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Are women and providers satisfied with antenatal care? Views on a standard and a simplified, evidence-based model of care in four developing countries
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background This study assessed women and providers' satisfaction with a new evidence-based antenatal care (ANC) model within the WHO randomized trial conducted in... -
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Mechanical ventilation in rural ICUs
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background: In recent years, rural hospitals have expanded their scope of specialized services, which has led to the development and staffing of rural intensive care... -
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Impact of false-positive mammography on subsequent screening attendance and risk of cancer
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background One area of concern within the largely successful UK National Health Service breast screening programme is the relatively high proportion of women showing... -
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Use of intravenous antiarrhythmics to identify concealed Brugada syndrome
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Cardiology has recently witnessed the production of an overwhelming amount of data through the advances made in genetics and molecular biology research. Understanding... -
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Long term benzodiazepine use for insomnia in patients over the age of 60: discordance of patient and physician perceptions
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background The aim of this study was to determine and compare patients' and physicians' perceptions of benefits and risks of long term benzodiazepine use for insomnia... -
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Pancreatic hyperamylasemia during acute gastroenteritis: incidence and clinical relevance
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Many case reports of acute pancreatitis have been reported but, up to now, pancreatic abnormalities during acute gastroenteritis have not been studied... -
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Assessment of Equine Autoimmune Thrombocytopenia (EAT) by flow cytometry
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Rationale Thrombocytopenia is a platelet associated process that occurs in human and animals as result of i) decreased production; ii) increased utilization; iii)... -
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Accessing and distributing EMBL data using CORBA (common object request broker architecture)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background: The EMBL Nucleotide Sequence Database is a comprehensive database of DNA and RNA sequences and related information traditionally made available in flat-... -
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Assessing health-related quality of life in patients with inflammatory bowel disease, in Crete, Greece
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) is an important outcome measure in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). The aim of our study was to assess HRQoL in a... -
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A comparison of hospital readmission rates between two general physicians with different outpatient review practices
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background There has been a relentless increase in emergency medical admissions in the UK over recent years. Many of these patients suffer with chronic conditions... -
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Modeling of failure mode in knee ligaments depending on the strain rate
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background The failure mechanism of the knee ligament (bone-ligament-bone complex) at different strain rates is an important subject in the biomechanics of the knee.... -
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A draft annotation and overview of the human genome
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background The recent draft assembly of the human genome provides a unified basis for describing genomic structure and function. The draft is sufficiently accurate to... -
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A successful pregnancy following SEM fine tuning of hormonal priming
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Manipulation of the uterine epithelium utilising standard dose exogenous oestrogen (E2) and progesterone (P4) has been shown to achieve a mature secretory... -
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Molecular distinction amongst varieties of Mulberry using RAPD and DAMD profiles
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Mulberry trees are the most important host for rearing mulberry silkworms in sericulture. Improved varieties of mulberry tree have been developed through... -
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Endovascular treatment of huge saccular abdominal aortic aneurysm in a young Behcet patient: mid-term result
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Abdominal aortic aneurysm formation is among the arterial complications of Behcet's disease. Weakness and fragility of aortic walls leads to the... -
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Prehospital point of care testing of blood gases and electrolytes — an evaluation of IRMA
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background: This study evaluated the feasibility of blood gas analysis and electrolyte measurements during emergency transport prior to hospital admission. Results: A... -
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Evaluation of differential gene expression during behavioral development in the honeybee using microarrays and northern blots
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background The honeybee (Apis mellifera) has been used with great success in a variety of behavioral studies. The lack of genomic tools in this species has, however,... -
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High calcium and dobutamine positive inotropy in the perfused mouse heart: myofilament calcium responsiveness, energetic economy, and effects of protein kinase C inhibition
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background In perfused hearts, high calcium-induced inotropy results in less developed pressure relative to myocardial oxygen consumption compared to the β-adrenergic... -
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Cytosolic acidification as a signal mediating hyperosmotic stress responses in
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background Dictyostelium cells exhibit an unusual response to hyperosmolarity that is distinct from the response in other organisms investigated: instead of... -
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Protection against ultraviolet radiation by commercial summer clothing: need for standardised testing and labelling
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services —
Background The use of clothing as a means of sun protection has been recommended in recent education campaigns. Contrary to popular opinion, however, some fabrics...