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Improved walking energy efficiency might persist in presence of simulated full weight regain after multidisciplinary weight loss in adolescents with obesity: the POWELL study
Weight loss leads to a reduction of the energy cost of walking but the respective implications of the metabolic and mechanic changes remain unknown. The present study compares the post-weight loss energy cost ...
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Comparison of the cardiovascular risk profile of rheumatoid arthritis versus hand osteoarthritis patients
It is clear that there is an increased cardiovascular (CV) risk in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) as a result of systemic inflammation. Hand osteoarthritis (HOA) patients, also have an increased CV risk, but the ca...
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Open AccessReply to ‘Response to “The opinion of French pulmonologists and palliative care physicians on non-invasive ventilation during palliative sedation at end of life: a nationwide survey’’ ’
We read with interest the letter by Twycross and al on our article recently published in BMC Palliative Care. The authors suggest that the term palliative sedation has been used inappropriately and they consid...
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Open AccessFocal HDR brachytherapy boost to stereotactic radiotherapy (fBTsRT) for prostate cancer: a phase II randomized controlled trial
For patients with a higher burden of localized prostate cancer, radiation dose escalation with brachytherapy boosts have improved cancer control outcomes at the cost of urinary toxicity. We hypothesize that a ...
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Open AccessA case–control study investigating food addiction in Parkinson patients
Eating disorders (EDs) in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) are mainly described through impulse control disorders but represent one end of the spectrum of food addiction (FA). Although not formally recog...
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Open AccessThe opinion of French pulmonologists and palliative care physicians on non-invasive ventilation during palliative sedation at end of life: a nationwide survey
Deciding to withdraw non-invasive ventilation (NIV) at end-of-life (EOL) in patients with chronic respiratory failure is a challenge. The European Association for Palliative Care recommends not maintaining art...
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Exploring thoracic kyphosis and incident fracture from vertebral morphology with high-intensity exercise in middle-aged and older men with osteopenia and osteoporosis: a secondary analysis of the LIFTMOR-M trial
Our aim was to explore change in kyphosis and vertebral fracture incidence following 8 months of high-intensity resistance and impact training (HiRIT) or machine-based isometric axial compression (IAC) trainin...
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Open AccessStriking forest revival at the end of the Roman Period in north-western Europe
The Holocene period (last 11,700 years BP) has been marked by significant climate variability over decadal to millennial timescales. The underlying mechanisms are still being debated, despite ocean–atmosphere–...
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Open AccessImpact of alternative materials to plasticized PVC infusion tubings on drug sorption and plasticizer release
Medical tubings in plasticized polyvinylchloride (PVC) are widely used for the infusion of medications but are known in some cases to cause content-container interactions (drug sorption and plasticizer release...
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Depression Severity as a Risk Factor of Sarcopenic Obesity in Morbidly Obese Patients
Etiopathogenic factors of physical disability in obesity are numerous, underestimated and not sought in the non-geriatric population. Amongst these factors, depression may favor the development of sarcopenic o...
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Multi-Disciplinary North-South Collaboration in Participatory Action Research on Food Value Chains: a German-Tanzanian Case Study on Perceptions, Experiences and Challenges
Upgrading local food value chains is a promising approach to invigorating African food systems. This endeavour warrants multi-disciplinary North-South collaboration and partnerships through participatory actio...
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Chapter 3.3: A Pilot Evaluation of a Community-Based Service Learning Pedagogy Within an Undergraduate Psychology Degree
Research suggests that Community-based Service Learning (CbSL) can be a transformative pedagogy, and mutually beneficial for both community and student. It has been shown to positively impact on students’ educ...
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A New Stochastic Approach to Predict Peak and Residual Shear Strength of Natural Rock Discontinuities
Natural discontinuities are known to play a key role in the stability of rock masses. However, it is a non-trivial task to estimate the shear strength of large discontinuities. Because of the inherent complexi...
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Erratum to: A large polyp in the rectum: not always an epithelial lesion
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Rockfall Trajectory Analysis with Drapery Systems
This work presents some recent developments on the experimental and numerical analysis of rockfalls involving a simple drapery system. Since blocks can still detach in between the installed drapery and the roc...
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A large polyp in the rectum: not always an epithelial lesion
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Vitamin-A-Mangel – ein potenziell übersehenes Problem
Vitamin-A-Mangel ist zwar weltweit ein Problem, in ausgeprägter Form in Deutschland jedoch nicht anzutreffen. Eine Unterversorgung ist allerdings auch hier in einigen Risikogruppen wahrscheinlich. Zu diesen zä...
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High response rate and improved exercise capacity and quality of life with a new regimen of darbepoetin alfa with or without filgrastim in lower-risk myelodysplastic syndromes: a phase II study by the GFM
Darbepoetin (DAR), with or without granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF), has proved effective in treating anemia in patients with lower-risk myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), but its effects on quality ...
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Longitudinal follow-up of nutritional status and its influencing factors in adults undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation
There are few longitudinal data on nutritional status and body composition of patients undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (alloHCT). We assessed nutritional status of 105 patients before ...
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Secondary Metabolites and Plant Defence
Infected or elicited plants accumulate an array of plant defensive compounds. Now-a-days, it is well accepted that plant SECONDARY METABOLITES are involved in this plant defence system. The process of inducing...
