Browsing by Subject "Research"
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3Rs for innovating novel antibiotics: sharing resources, risks, and rewards.
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A brief history of research synthesis.
(Eval Health Prof, 2002-03)Science is supposed to be cumulative, but scientists only rarely cumulate evidence scientifically. This means that users of research evidence have to cope with a plethora of reports of individual studies with no systematic ... -
A census of marine biodiversity knowledge, resources, and future challenges.
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An ecological perspective on nanomaterial impacts in the environment.
(J Environ Qual, 2010-11)Growing concerns over the potential for unintended, adverse consequences of engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) in the environment have generated new research initiatives focused on understanding the ecological effects of ENPs. ... -
An interview with Professor Robert J. Lefkowitz, M.D. Interview by Vicki Glaser.
(Assay Drug Dev Technol, 2003-04)Robert J. Lefkowitz, M.D., is James B. Duke Professor of Medicine and Professor of Biochemistry at the Duke University Medical Center. He has been an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute since 1976. Dr. Lefkowitz ... -
Analysis of educational materials and destruction/opt-out initiatives for storage and use of residual newborn screening samples.
(Genet Test Mol Biomarkers, 2010-10)In recent years, the storage and use of residual newborn screening (NBS) samples has gained attention. To inform ongoing policy discussions, this article provides an update of previous work on new policies, educational materials, ... -
Data archiving.
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Developing a Language for Applied Causal Analysis: The Assessment of Causal Networks in Interdisciplinary Research
(2018)Integration of disparate research fields has become a major concern in recent years due to the increasing complexity of the issues that face policy makers and researchers. Concerted efforts have therefore been initiated ... -
Early Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic on Neurosurgical Training in the United States: A Case Volume Analysis of 8 Programs.
(World neurosurgery, 2021-01)<h4>Objective</h4>To determine the impact of the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic on operative case volume in 8 U.S. neurosurgical residency training programs in early 2020 and to survey these programs ... -
Health System Capacity for Epilepsy Care in Uganda: A Survey of Health Facilities In Western Uganda
(2023)BackgroundEpilepsy is a chronic neurological disorder characterized by recurrent seizure activity caused by abnormal electrical activity in the brain. Over 80% of all cases globally occur in Low- and Middle-Income countries. ... -
I Knew Home When I Saw it: Mapping RaMell Ross’s Hale County This Morning, This Evening
(2022-05-06)This project consists of two parts: 1) an initial, written analysis of Hale County This Morning, This Evening, a 2018 documentary of my home county (Hale County, Alabama) by filmmaker (and former public school coach) RaMell ... -
Identifying Barriers and Practical Solutions to Conducting Site-Based Research in North America: Exploring Acute Heart Failure Trials As a Case Study.
(Heart Fail Clin, 2015-10)Although the prognosis of ambulatory heart failure (HF) has improved dramatically there have been few advances in the management of acute HF (AHF). Despite regional differences in patient characteristics, background therapy, ... -
Institutional review boards' use and understanding of certificates of confidentiality.
(PloS one, 2012-01)Certificates of Confidentiality, issued by agencies of the U.S. government, are regarded as an important tool for meeting ethical and legal obligations to safeguard research participants' privacy and confidentiality. By ... -
Not published, not indexed: issues in generating and finding hospice and palliative care literature.
(J Palliat Med, 2010-06)INTRODUCTION: Accessing new knowledge as the evidence base for hospice and palliative care grows has specific challenges for the discipline. This study aimed to describe conversion rates of palliative and hospice care conference ... -
Partnership Conference
(Annals of Global Health, 2017-10-27)© 2017 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Background: The Duke Global Health Institute (DGHI) was founded in 2006 with a goal to foster interdisciplinary global health education and research across Duke University ... -
Patient-based outcome assessment instruments in acupuncture research.
(J Altern Complement Med, 2010-01)BACKGROUND: Outcome assessment can support the therapeutic process by providing a way to track symptoms and functionality over time, providing insights to clinicians and patients, as well as offering a common language to ... -
Priorities to Overcome Barriers Impacting Data Science Application in Emergency Care Research.
(Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, 2019-01)For a variety of reasons including cheap computing, widespread adoption of electronic medical records, digitalization of imaging and biosignals, and rapid development of novel technologies, the amount of health care data ... -
Remotely Sensed Data Informs Red List Evaluations and Conservation Priorities in Southeast Asia.
(PloS one, 2016-01)The IUCN Red List has assessed the global distributions of the majority of the world's amphibians, birds and mammals. Yet these assessments lack explicit reference to widely available, remotely-sensed data that can sensibly ... -
Selectivity of physiotherapist programs in the United States does not differ by institutional funding source or research activity level.
(J Educ Eval Health Prof, 2016)PURPOSE: This study aimed to compare selectivity characteristics among institution characteristics to determine differences by institutional funding source (public vs. private) or research activity level (research ... -
Surviving as an underrepresented minority scientist in a majority environment.
(Mol Biol Cell, 2015-11-01)I believe the evidence will show that the science we conduct and discoveries we make are influenced by our cultural experience, whether they be positive, negative, or neutral. I grew up as a person of color in the United ...
