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Open AccessThe prevalence and mortality risks of PRISm and COPD in the United States from NHANES 2007–2012
We estimated the prevalence and mortality risks of preserved ratio impaired spirometry (PRISm) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in the US adult population.
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Open AccessCorrection to: Association between cigar use, with and without cigarettes, and incident diagnosed COPD: a longitudinal cohort study
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Open AccessAssociation between cigar use, with and without cigarettes, and incident diagnosed COPD: a longitudinal cohort study
While regular cigar smoking is believed to carry similar health risks as regular cigarette smoking, the impact of cigar use, alone or in combination with cigarettes, on obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has...
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Open AccessA cell-level quality control workflow for high-throughput image analysis
Image-based high throughput (HT) screening provides a rich source of information on dynamic cellular response to external perturbations. The large quantity of data generated necessitates computer-aided quality...
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Surgical Options for Sialorrhea Management in Children with Cerebral Palsy
Sialorrhea is a condition that affects many children with cerebral palsy. It can lead to a myriad of problems, ranging from irritation of the peri-oral skin to recurrent aspiration causing respiratory compromi...
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Substance use and internalizing symptoms among high school students and access to health care services: results from a population-based study
To examine co-occurring mental health problems among a population-based sample of high school students in Ontario, Canada, to understand their prevalence, associated risk factors, and relationship with mental ...
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Using an in vitro system for maintaining Varroa destructor mites on Apis mellifera pupae as hosts: studies of mite longevity and feeding behavior
Varroa destructor mites (varroa) are ectoparasites of Apis mellifera honey bees, and the damage they inflict on hosts is likely a causative factor of recent poor honey bee colony performance. Research has produce...
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Surgical Options for Sialorrhea Management in Children with Cerebral Palsy
Sialorrhea is a condition that affects many children with cerebral palsy. It can lead to a myriad of problems, ranging from irritation of the peri-oral skin to recurrent aspiration causing respiratory compromi...
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Problem Gambling Among Ontario Students: Associations with Substance Abuse, Mental Health Problems, Suicide Attempts, and Delinquent Behaviours
This paper describes gambling problems among Ontario students in 2009 and examines the relationship between gambling problems and substance use problems, mental health problem indicators, and delinquent behavi...
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Symptom Persistence in Seriously Emotionally Disordered Children: Findings of a Two-Year Follow-up after Residential Treatment
Residential treatment is arguably the most costly and intensive part of the children’s mental health system. Yet, research suggests that a subset of the emotionally disordered children and youth admitted to in...
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Intercompany Study to Evaluate the Robustness of Capillary Isoelectric Focusing Technology for the Analysis of Monoclonal Antibodies
Interlaboratory comparisons are essential to bringing emerging technologies into biopharmaceutical industry practice and regulatory acceptance. As a result, an international team including 12 laboratories from...
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An International Perspective on Asymmetries in Consumers' Expenditure
Data on real consumers' expenditure for seven major OECD economies(Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, the UK and the US) are subjectedto Sichel's (1993) tests of business cycle asymmetry. The results d...
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The Power of Tests for Non-Linearity: The Escribano–Pfann Model
The power of the recently proposed Escribano–Pfann (1998) model ofasymmetryis examined via Monte Carlo simulation. As found previously for analternative asymmetric model, the power of this model is seen to be ...