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A comparative study of serological diagnosis of dengue outbreak 2019
Saleem A., Habib M.B., Akbar N.S.
2021
DOI: 10.4314/ahs.v21i3.20

Purpose: The interpretation & correlation of the different laboratory parameters in positive dengue cases in order to eval-uate that which laboratory test is more significant for diagnosis of Dengue. Methods: …

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Expression and function of FGF9 in the hypertrophied ligamentum flavum of lumbar spinal stenosis patients
Habibi H., Suzuki A., Hayashi K., Salimi H., Terai H., Hori Y., Tamai K., Orita K., Ohyama S., Yabu A., Maruf M.H., Nakamura H.
2021
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2021.02.004

BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Ligamentum flavum (LF) hypertrophy plays a dominant role in lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS). A previous study found that fibroblast growth factor 9 (FGF9) was upregulated with mechanical stress …

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Expression and function of fibroblast growth factor 1 in the hypertrophied ligamentum flavum of lumbar spinal stenosis
Habibi H., Suzuki A., Hayashi K., Salimi H., Terai H., Hori Y., Orita K., Yabu A., Nakamura H.
2022
DOI: 10.1016/j.jos.2021.01.004

Background: Fibrosis is one of the main pathologies caused by hypertrophy of the ligamentum flavum (LF), which leads to lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS). The fibroblast growth factor (FGF) family is …

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Towards Absolute Dosimetry and Field Verification of Whole Breast Radiation Therapy Treatment Using Cherenkov Imaging
Hachadorian Rachael L.
2021

This thesis focused on the development of a fundamentally new way to validate the precision and accuracy of radiation therapy treatment sessions for breast cancer, by optically imaging the Cherenkov …

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The Impact of Adjuvant Chemoradiotherapy on the Overall Survival of Completely Resected Ampullary and Periampullary Carcinoma: An Updated Meta-Analysis
Haddad P.A., Hammoud D., Gallagher K.
2020
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2020.07.1788

Purpose/Objective(s): Ampullary and Periampullary carcinomas (APAC) are uncommon gastrointestinal cancers that are often amenable to surgical resection. The benefit of postoperative adjuvant chemoradiotherapy (ACRT) in patients with completely resected localized …

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Suicide Prevention Strategies: Case Studies from across the Globe
Wasserman D, Hadlaczky G, Hoven CW, Mandell DJ, Wasserman C
2011

In the light of the more than 1.5 million annual suicide deaths worldwide projected for 2020, suicide prevention is clearly a high priority. Moreover, the goal of suicide prevention is …

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Distributive Justice: An Ethical Priority in Global Palliative Care
Hadler RA, Rosa WE
2018
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2017.12.483

Providing care to cancer patients in resource-poor settings often demands complex trade-offs regarding resource allocation. It is estimated that over 60% of all cancer deaths worldwide occur in low-and middle-income …

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How equitable is social franchising? Case studies of three maternal healthcare franchises in Uganda and India
Goodman C, Benova L, Haemmerli M, Santos A, Penn-Kekana L, Lange I, Matovu F, Wong KLM
2018
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czx192

Substantial investments have been made in clinical social franchising to improve quality of care of private facilities in low-and middle-income countries but concerns have emerged that the benefits fail to …

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Institutionalizing and sustaining social change in health systems: the case of Uganda
Hage J, Valadez JJ
2017
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czx066

The key to high impact health services is institutionalizing and sustaining programme evaluation. Uganda represents a success story in the use of a specific programme evaluation method: Lot Quality Assurance …

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Emerging Early Actions to Bend the Curve in Sub-Saharan Africa's Nutrition Transition
Haggblade S, Duodu K G, Kabasa J D, Minnaar A, Ojijo N K.O, Taylor J R.N
2016
DOI: 10.1177/0379572116637723

Background:Sub-Saharan Africa is the last region to undergo a nutrition transition and can still avoid its adverse health outcomes.Objective:The article explores emerging responses to âbend the curveâ in sub-Saharan Africaâs …

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