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Disseminated Adenovirus Infection After Combined Liver-Kidney Transplantation
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Formative, multimethod case studies of learn to quit, an acceptance and commitment therapy smoking cessation app designed for people with serious mental illness.
(Translational behavioral medicine, 2018-11-16)Despite public health efforts, individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) still have very high rates of tobacco smoking. Innovative approaches to reach this population are needed. These series of case studies aimed to ... -
Genome-wide association reveals contribution of MRAS to painful temporomandibular disorder in males.
(Pain, 2018-11-13)Painful temporomandibular disorders (TMD) is the leading cause of chronic orofacial pain, but its underlying molecular mechanisms remain obscure. While many environmental factors have been associated with higher risk of ... -
Duke catalog masthead usability test - November 2018
(2018-11-12)This study was conducted to test the overall usability of the masthead for the new Duke University Libraries catalog, explore user conceptualizations of the catalog, evaluate user navigation paths, and provide recommendations ... -
The Efficacy of an Antioppression Curriculum for Health Professionals.
(Family medicine, 2018-11-09)BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Health professionals increasingly recognize the role that social determinants play in health disparities. However, little focus is placed on how health care professionals themselves contribute to ... -
Population and fertility by age and sex for 195 countries and territories, 1950-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017.
(Lancet (London, England), 2018-11-08)BACKGROUND:Population estimates underpin demographic and epidemiological research and are used to track progress on numerous international indicators of health and development. To date, internationally available estimates ... -
Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017.
(Lancet (London, England), 2018-11-08)BACKGROUND:The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2017 comparative risk assessment (CRA) is a comprehensive approach to risk factor quantification that offers a useful tool for synthesising ... -
Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017.
(Lancet (London, England), 2018-11-08)BACKGROUND:The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2017 (GBD 2017) includes a comprehensive assessment of incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability (YLDs) for 354 causes in 195 countries ... -
Measuring progress from 1990 to 2017 and projecting attainment to 2030 of the health-related Sustainable Development Goals for 195 countries and territories: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017.
(Lancet (London, England), 2018-11-08)BACKGROUND:Efforts to establish the 2015 baseline and monitor early implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) highlight both great potential for and threats to improving health by 2030. To fully deliver ... -
Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality and life expectancy, 1950-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017.
(Lancet (London, England), 2018-11-08)BACKGROUND:Assessments of age-specific mortality and life expectancy have been done by the UN Population Division, Department of Economics and Social Affairs (UNPOP), the United States Census Bureau, WHO, and as part of ... -
Toll-like receptor activation as a biomarker in traumatically injured patients
(Journal of Surgical Research, 2018-11-01)© 2018 Elsevier Inc. Background: Surgical insult and trauma have been shown to cause dysregulation of the immune and inflammatory responses. Interaction of damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) with toll-like receptors ... -
Modelling the effects of crime type and evidence on judgments about guilt
(Nature Human Behaviour, 2018-11-01)© 2018, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited. Concerns over wrongful convictions have spurred an increased focus on understanding criminal justice decision-making. This study describes an experimental ... -
The neural processing of phonemes is shaped by linguistic analysis
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Drought and thinning have limited impacts on evapotranspiration in a managed pine plantation on the southeastern United States coastal plain
(Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2018-11)© 2018 Managed and natural coastal plain forests in the humid southeastern United States exchange large amounts of water and energy with the atmosphere through the evapotranspiration (ET) process. ET plays an important role ... -
Identifying Thoracic Compensation and Predicting Reciprocal Thoracic Kyphosis and Proximal Junctional Kyphosis in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery.
(Spine, 2018-11)STUDY DESIGN:Retrospective analysis. OBJECTIVE:To define thoracic compensation and investigate its association with postoperative reciprocal thoracic kyphosis and proximal junctional kyphosis (PJK) SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND ... -
Incidence and Predictive Factors of Sepsis Following Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery.
(Neurosurgery, 2018-11)BACKGROUND:Surgery for adult spinal deformity (ASD) improves quality of life, yet morbidity is high. Sepsis is a challenging postoperative complication that can result in death and drive inpatient resources. OBJECTIVE:To ... -
Outcomes of Operative Treatment for Adult Cervical Deformity: A Prospective Multicenter Assessment With 1-Year Follow-up.
(Neurosurgery, 2018-11)BACKGROUND:Despite the potential for profound impact of adult cervical deformity (ACD) on function and health-related quality of life (HRQOL), there are few high-quality studies that assess outcomes of surgical treatment ... -
The Emergency Department as an Opportunity for Naloxone Distribution.
(The western journal of emergency medicine, 2018-11)Introduction:Substance use disorders, including opioid use disorders, are a major public health concern in the United States. Between 2005 and 2014, the rate of opioid-related emergency department (ED) visits nearly doubled, ... -
Eosinophilic Esophagitis and Epithelial Inflammation: Just the Tip of the Iceberg?
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Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 359 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017.
(Lancet (London, England), 2018-11)BACKGROUND:How long one lives, how many years of life are spent in good and poor health, and how the population's state of health and leading causes of disability change over time all have implications for policy, planning, ...
