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Incidental Finding of Hypertension and Diminished Femoral Pulses: Short-Segment Stenosis of the Aorta Just Distal to the Origin of the Left Subclavian Artery
Ellemdin Shiraz, Hassen Mohamed Iqbal Ebrahim, Soma Prashilla
2013

Coarctation of the aorta is a congenital condition generally; and may vary from mild to severe. Symptomatology depends on early or late presentation. Young patients may present within the first …

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How do community health committees contribute to capacity building for maternal and child health? A realist evaluation protocol
Tumwesigye NM, Gilmore B, McAuliffe E, Larkan F, Conteh M, Dunne N, Gaudrault M, Mollel H, Vallieres F
2016
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011885

Introduction: The proposed research is part of ongoing operations research within World Vision's Access: Infant and Maternal Health Programme. This study aims to identify key context features and underlying mechanisms …

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Mean Platelet Volume is Associated with Myocardial Perfusion Defect in Diabetic Patients : Cardiovascular Topic
Akyol Lutfi, Altunkas Fatih, Borekci Elif, Erbay Ali Riza, Karacavus Seyhan, Karaman Kayihan, Sahin Safak, Sarikaya Savas
2014

Aim: Our aim was to evaluate whether there was a relation-ship between mean platelet volume and myocardial perfusiondefect in diabetic patients using myocardial perfusion imaging.Method: Forty-four diabetic patients with myocardial …

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Lessons Learned from Implementing E-Learning for the Education of Health Professionals in Resource-Constrained Countries
Gupta Manu, Marsden Sophie, Oluka Tony, Sharma Reetu, Lucas Henry
2017

The growing global demand for tertiary education has led to the increased use of e-learning approaches around the world. Demand has increased most rapidly in low and middle income countries …

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Global funding for infectious diseases: TB or not TB?
2011
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61631-0

The author reflects on the 16th annual report on worldwide tuberculosis (TB) control released by the World Health Organization (WHO) on October 11, 2011, which details encouraging statistics but cautions …

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Contraception in Discourse and Development: A Case Study of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundationâs Role in Global Family Planning
Howerton Leslie Diane
2021

This study examines the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundationâs (BMGF) role in global family planning by interrogating how the organization structures its relationships with bilateral and multilateral donors, development NGOs, …

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Design of Optimized Peptide-Targeted Nanoparticles for Accomplishment of Selective Drug Delivery to Cancer Cells and Development of Inhibitors for Food Allergic Reactions
Kim Baksun
2020

This dissertation describes two main research topics that are associated with the development of effective treatments for the common diseases, cancer and allergy. The 1st part of this dissertation will …

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Optical coherence tomography angiography: microvascular alterations in diabetic eyes without diabetic retinopathy
Agra C.L.D.M., Lira R.P.C., Pinheiro F.G., Sá L.H.S.E., Bravo Filho V.T.F.
2021
DOI: 10.5935/0004-2749.20210023

PURPOSE: To describe microvascular changes in the maculas of individuals with type 2 diabetes observed on optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) images. We compared the maculas of diabetic subjects without …

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Apabetalone downregulates fibrotic, inflammatory and calcific processes in renal mesangial cells which may contribute to reduced cardiac events observed in ckd patients
Gilham D., Fu L., Rakai B., Wasiak S., Tsujikawa L., Halliday C., Sarsons C., Stotz S., Jahagirdar R., Johansson J., Sweeney M., Wong N., Kalantar-Zadeh K., Kulikowski E.
2021
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfab078.008

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Major adverse cardiac events (MACE) remain a leading cause of mortality in chronic kidney disease (CKD). Apabetalone is an orally available inhibitor of bromodomain & extraterminal (BET) …

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