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Association between spill-related exposure to fine particulate matter and peripheral motor and sensory nerve function among oil spill response and cleanup workers following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
BackgroundBurning/flaring of oil/gas during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill response and cleanup (OSRC) generated high concentrations of fine...
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Vaccine-masked spread of SARS-CoV2 in an elderly care home, and how to prevent a spill-over into the general population
AimThe vaccination campaign against SARS-CoV2 in Germany started at the peak of the second wave. An outbreak in an elderly care home occurred in our...
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Cascade (cup and spill) stomach
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Impacts to Diné activities with the San Juan River after the Gold King Mine Spill
BackgroundOn August 5th, 2015, 3 million gallons of acid mine drainage was accidentally discharged from the Gold King Mine near Silverton, Colorado...
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Challenges to the control of Mycobacterium bovis in livestock and wildlife populations in the South African context
Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) was first diagnosed in cattle in South Africa in 1880 and proclaimed a controlled disease in 1911. Testing of cattle for...
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Do in-person and computer-based brief alcohol interventions reduce tobacco smoking among general hospital patients? Secondary outcomes from a randomized controlled trial
BackgroundAt-risk alcohol use and tobacco smoking often co-occur. We investigated whether brief alcohol interventions (BAIs) among general hospital...
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Changes in launch delay and availability of pharmaceuticals in 30 European markets over the past two decades
BackgroundThe timing of the launch of a new drug is an important factor that determines access for patients. We evaluated patient access to...
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Foodborne Pathogens at the Livestock–Wildlife–Human Interface in Rural Western Uganda
Foodborne pathogens are an important cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. To assess the presence of Salmonella , Campylobacter and Arcobacter ...
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Geography and health: role of human translocation and access to care
Natural, geographical barriers have historically limited the spread of communicable diseases. This is no longer the case in today’s interconnected...
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Breast cancer screening motivation and behaviours of women aged over 75 years: a sco** review
BackgroundThis sco** review aimed to identify and present the evidence describing key motivations for breast cancer screening among women aged ≥ 75...
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Performance evaluation of SimPET-L and SimPET-XL: MRI-compatible small-animal PET systems with rat-body imaging capability
BackgroundSimPET-L and SimPET-XL have recently been introduced with increased transaxial fields of view (FOV) compared with their predecessors...
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Spill-in counts in the quantification of 18F-florbetapir on Aβ-negative subjects: the effect of including white matter in the reference region
BackgroundWe aim to provide a systematic study of the impact of white matter (WM) spill-in on the calculation of standardized uptake value ratios...
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Trends in ICU mortality and underlying risk over three decades among mechanically ventilated patients. A group level analysis of cohorts from infection prevention studies
BackgroundHas either the underlying risk or the mortality incidence among ICU patients receiving mechanical ventilation (MV) in the literature...
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High study participation but diverging adherence levels: qualitatively unpacking PrEP use among adolescent girls and young women over two years in Eastern Cape, South Africa
In Southern and Eastern Africa, initiation of daily oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention has been high among adolescent girls and...
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Hypergranulation over a meshed split-thickness skin graft, a complication of negative-pressure wound therapy: a case report
BackgroundWe present a case of a rare complication of negative-pressure wound therapy (NPWT) wherein there was fixation of a meshed split-thickness...
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Surgical management of a giant paratubal cyst: a case report and review of the literature
BackgroundSurgical management of giant paratubal cysts can be challenging in the pediatric and adolescent population. Larger adnexal masses can...
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Minimally invasive technique for gastric GIST at challenging locations: single incision surgical gastroscopy
Organ sparing resection of gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) located in the proximal stomach or esophagogastric junction can be challenging,...
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Comparison of Hysterosal**ography and Laparoscopy in the Evaluation of Infertility: A Prospective Study
BackgroundWorldwide one of the major problems of human reproduction that haunts men and women is infertility . Hysterosal**ography (HSG) and...
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First experiences with dynamic renal [68Ga]Ga-DOTA PET/CT: a comparison to renal scintigraphy and compartmental modelling to non-invasively estimate the glomerular filtration rate
PurposeThe determination of the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is decisive for a variety of clinical issues, for example, to monitor the renal...
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Helicobacter pylori infection: is there circulating vacuolating cytotoxin A or cytotoxin-associated gene A protein?
BackgroundHelicobacter pylori infection is a well-recognized cause of gastric diseases, including chronic gastritis, peptic ulcer, and gastric...
