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Vascular Factors and Risk of Dementia: Design of the Three-City Study and Baseline Characteristics of the Study Population | Objective: To describe the baseline characteristics of the participants in the Three-City (3C) Study, a study aiming to evaluate the risk of dementia and cognitive impairment attributable to vascular factors. Methods: Between 1999 and 2001, 9,693 persons aged 65 years and over, noninstitutionalized, were recruited from the electoral rolls of three French cities, i.e. Bordeaux, Dijon and Montpellier. Health-related data were collected during face-to-face interviews using standardized questionnaires. The baseline examination included cognitive testing and diagnosis of dementia, and assessment of vascular risk factors, including blood pressure measurements, ultrasound examination of the carotid arteries, and measurement of biological parameters (glycemia, total, high-density lipoprotein and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, triglycerides, creatinemia); 3,442 magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examinations were performed in subjects aged 65–79. Measurements of ultrasound, blood, and MRI parameters were centralized. Two follow-up examinations (at 2 and 4 years) were planned. Results: After exclusion of the participants who had subsequently refused the medical interview, the 3C Study sample consisted of 3,649 men (39.3%) and 5,645 women, mean age 74.4 years, with a relatively high level of education and income. Forty-two percent of the participants reported to be followed up for hypertension, about one third for hypercholesterolemia, and 8% for diabetes; 65% had elevated blood pressure measures (systolic blood pressure ≧140 or diastolic blood pressure ≧90). The proportion of Mini-Mental State Examination scores below 24 was 7% and dementia was diagnosed in 2.2% of the participants. Conclusion: Distribution of baseline characteristics of the 3C Study participants suggests that this study will provide a unique opportunity to estimate the risk of dementia attributable to vascular factors. | [
"Neurology (clinical)",
"Epidemiology"
] | |
Accretion behavior and debris flow along interelectrode gap in μED-milling process | The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology | [
"Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering",
"Computer Science Applications",
"Mechanical Engineering",
"Software",
"Control and Systems Engineering"
] | |
The sessile serotine: the influence of roost temperature on philopatry and reproductive phenology of Eptesicus serotinus (Schreber, 1774) (Mammalia: Chiroptera) | Acta Chiropterologica | [
"Animal Science and Zoology"
] | |
Conditions for government support of private research and development | [
"Information Systems and Management",
"Management Science and Operations Research",
"Modeling and Simulation",
"Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering"
] | ||
Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators in arrhythmias: a rapid and systematic review of effectiveness | [
"Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine"
] | ||
A. De Zayas, Völkermord als Staatsgeheimnis: Vom Wissen über die ‘Endlösung der Judenfrage’ im Dritten Reich, Olzog Verlag, Munich 2011, 208 pp., € 26.90 (hardback). ISBN 978-3-7892-8329-1. | Netherlands International Law Review | [
"Law"
] | |
Tu1103: INCIDENCE AND NATURAL HISTORY OF GASTRIC HIGH-GRADE DYSPLASIA IN FAMILIAL ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS | Gastroenterology | [
"Gastroenterology",
"Hepatology"
] | |
The biosynthesis of β-amyrin. Mechanism of squalene cyclization | 1. β-Amyrin synthesized by pea seedlings in the presence of (3RS)-[2−14C,(4R)-4−3H1]mevalonic acid (for nomenclature see Cahn, Ingold & Prelog, 1956) was subjected to a series of degradations to locate the positions within the molecule of the incorporated tritium. 2. The location of five of the six labelled hydrogen atoms at C-3, C-9, C-18 and C-19 (two) confirms that the mechanism of cyclization of squalene expected from the biogenetic isoprene rule is functioning in vivo. | Biochemical Journal | [
"Computer Science Applications",
"History",
"Education"
] |
Profile of a dictionary compiled from scanning over one million words of surgical pathology narrative text | [
"Medicine (miscellaneous)"
] | ||
EUROGRAPHICS Individual Membership Application | [
"Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design"
] | ||
Establishment and characterization of human gastric carcinoma cell lines | [
"Cancer Research",
"Oncology"
] | ||
Isothermal Sintering Effects on Phase Separation and Grain Growth in Yttria-Stabilized Tetragonal Zirconia Polycrystal | [
"Materials Chemistry",
"Ceramics and Composites"
] | ||
Analytical and numerical solution for a elastic pipe bend at in-plane bending with consideration for the end effect | [
"Applied Mathematics",
"Mechanical Engineering",
"Mechanics of Materials",
"Condensed Matter Physics",
"Modeling and Simulation"
] | ||
Irrevocable Conditions: Black, Palestinian, Disabled Homes in Jana Elhassan's The 99th Floor | CLA Journal | [
"Literature and Literary Theory",
"Linguistics and Language",
"Education",
"Language and Linguistics"
] | |
Contents of volume 14 | Polymer Testing | [
"Polymers and Plastics",
"Organic Chemistry"
] | |
Current topics in Epidermolysis bullosa: Pathophysiology and therapeutic challenges | Journal of Dermatological Science | [
"Dermatology",
"Molecular Biology",
"Biochemistry"
] | |
Metabolite changes in the loaded hypoperfused and failing diaphragm | [
"Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine"
] | ||
Zur Entstehung des semitischen Sprachtypus. | [
"Archeology"
] | ||
Graft dysfunction mimicking autoimmune hepatitis following liver transplantation in adults | Hepatology | [
"Hepatology"
] | |
Crafting Preservation Criteria: The National Register of Historic Places and American Historic Preservation | [
"History and Philosophy of Science",
"History"
] | ||
Semi-automatic tool to describe, store and compare proteomics experiments based on MIAPE compliant reports | [
"Molecular Biology",
"Biochemistry"
] | ||
Current English: The Uses of Usage | [
"Linguistics and Language",
"Anthropology",
"History",
"Language and Linguistics",
"Cultural Studies"
] | ||
Intracranial migration of ventriculoperitoneal shunt: A rare complication | [
"Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health"
] | ||
Assessment of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi diversity in the rhizosphere of Viola calaminaria and effect of these fungi on heavy metal uptake by clover | [
"Plant Science",
"Genetics",
"Molecular Biology",
"Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics"
] | ||
色彩の心理的機能 | JOURNAL OF THE ILLUMINATING ENGINEERING INSTITUTE OF JAPAN | [
"Electrical and Electronic Engineering"
] | |
Closure to “Environmental Engineering Forum: Backflow Prevention and Water Quality in Residential Sprinkler Systems” by Thomas M. Walski | [
"Civil and Structural Engineering",
"Environmental Chemistry",
"Environmental Engineering"
] | ||
Palladium-Catalyzed Dimerization Disilylation of 1,3-Butadiene with Chlorosilanes | [
"Organic Chemistry",
"Physical and Theoretical Chemistry",
"Biochemistry"
] | ||
The Canadian Transfusion Surveillance System: What is it and how can the data be used? | [
"Hematology"
] | ||
Serrate‐Associated Protein 1, a splicing‐related protein, promotes miRNA biogenesis in Arabidopsis | [
"Plant Science",
"Physiology"
] | ||
Crosslinking of extracellular matrix proteins: A preliminary report on a possible mechanism of argon laser welding | Lasers in Surgery and Medicine | [
"Dermatology",
"Surgery"
] | |
Why Viewers Watch: A Reappraisal of Television's Effects. | Contemporary Sociology | [
"Sociology and Political Science"
] | |
Isomerization study of C5H5NO molecules | [
"Physical and Theoretical Chemistry",
"Condensed Matter Physics",
"Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics"
] | ||
Fortschritte in der Erkenntnis des vegetativen Nervensystems | [
"Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics"
] | ||
Ethnic differences in achievement of cholesterol treatment goals | [
"Internal Medicine"
] | ||
Molecular and cellular determinants of immunity to Histoplasma capsulatum | Research in Immunology | [
"Immunology"
] | |
Edward Divers and the chemistry of nitrogen compounds | [
"Education"
] | ||
Subspace Clustering of Categorical and Numerical Data With an Unknown Number of Clusters | [
"Artificial Intelligence",
"Computer Networks and Communications",
"Computer Science Applications",
"Software"
] | ||
Samples and Populations | [
"Advanced and Specialized Nursing",
"Orthopedics and Sports Medicine"
] | ||
The Atlas-Meseta Red Beds basin (Morocco) and the Lower Ordovician rifting of NW-Gondwana | AbstractThe transition from the Cambrian to Ordovician in Morocco is known to be characterized by a frequent Furongian hiatus, restricted extension of the Tremadocian marine deposits, and frequent unconformities at the base of the transgressive upper Floian deposits. In the present work, we first highlight the occurrence of Fe- and mica-rich, red silty/sandy formations in the Central and Eastern High Atlas between the Middle Cambrian and Upper Floian sequences. In the Tislyt type-locality, a synsedimentary hemigraben structure is defined, within which the red beds show frequent slump folds, debris flows and internal unconformities. The correlation with several coeval series of the Meseta domain allows us to define a shallow marine, ferruginous clastic Atlas-Meseta Red Beds (AMRB) basin during the Tremadocian-early Floian. The AMRB basin extended between the Meseta coastal block and the Anti-Atlas domain, being limited by the fault zones that became the West Meseta shear zone and the South Meseta fault, respectively, in the Variscan orogen. The AMRB basin compares with the coeval rifted basins of the central Iberian and Armorican massifs. The red beds were likely sourced from the east, from both the Precambrian basement and Early Ordovician magmatic rocks, contrary to the Ordovician deposits of the Sahara platform sourced from the south. Subsidence of the AMRB and central Iberian-Armorican basins of the NW-Gondwana border aborted during the Floian, whereas the opening of the Rheic ocean went on more to the west. | Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France | [
"Geology"
] |
{[2-(Dimethylamino)ethyl]cyclopentadienyl | [
"Inorganic Chemistry",
"Organic Chemistry",
"Physical and Theoretical Chemistry"
] | ||
Wide-band corona circuit model for transient simulations | [
"Electrical and Electronic Engineering",
"Energy Engineering and Power Technology"
] | ||
Land use intensification alters the relative contributions of plant functional diversity and soil properties on grassland productivity | [
"Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics"
] | ||
Bankruptcy support system: taking advantage of information retrieval and case-based reasoning | [
"Artificial Intelligence",
"Computer Science Applications"
] | ||
The effect of race on serum ferritin during parturition. | [
"Nutrition and Dietetics",
"Medicine (miscellaneous)"
] | ||
Stringency of Rights and "Ought" | [
"History and Philosophy of Science",
"Philosophy"
] | ||
Innovation and Collaboration in the Digital Era: The Role of Emotional Intelligence for Innovation Leadership and Collaborative InnovationJaraPascual, De Gruyter: Berlin, Boston, 2021, ISBN‐13 978‐3110665116, paperback, £24.40, pp. 295. | [
"Management of Technology and Innovation",
"Strategy and Management",
"Business and International Management"
] | ||
Whole-Genome Mapping of Histone H3 Lys4 and 27 Trimethylations Reveals Distinct Genomic Compartments in Human Embryonic Stem Cells | [
"Cell Biology",
"Genetics",
"Molecular Medicine"
] | ||
Basic Medical Training in Britain | [
"Education"
] | ||
Poly[(N -isopropylacrylamide)-co -(itaconic acid)] hydrogels with poly(ethylene glycol) | Polymer International | [
"Polymers and Plastics",
"Materials Chemistry",
"Organic Chemistry"
] | |
Quality assurance of the oceanographic tracers Technetium-99 and Antimony-125: Intercomparisons and recovery tests | [
"Aquatic Science",
"Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics",
"Oceanography"
] | ||
A question of balance | [
"Nutrition and Dietetics",
"Food Science"
] | ||
Strategies for cancer gene therapy | [
"Oncology",
"Surgery"
] | ||
Acteurs et pratiques de la psychiatrie coloniale : le cas de la Libye italienne | [
"Microbiology"
] | ||
Editorial Board | [
"Orthopedics and Sports Medicine",
"Podiatry"
] | ||
Nondisjunction, disturbances in spindle structure, and characteristics of chromosome alignment in maturing oocytes of mice heterozygous for Robertsonian translocations | To correlate the chromosomal constitution of meiotic cells with possible disturbances in spindle function and the etiology of nondisjunction, we examined the spindle apparatus and chromosome behavior in maturing oocytes and analyzed the chromosomal constitution of metaphase Π-arrested oocytes of CD/ Cremona mice, which are heterozygous for a large number of Robertsonian translocation chromosomes (18 heterobrachial metacentrics in addition to two acrocentric chromosomes 19 and two X chromosomes). Spreading of oocytes during prometaphase I revealed that nearly all oocytes of the heterozygotes contained one large ring multivalent, apart from the bivalents of the two acrocentric chromosomes 19 and the X chromosomes, indicating that proper pairing and crossing-over between the homologous chromosome arms of all heterobrachial chromosomes took place during prophase. A large proportion of in vitro-matured oocytes arrested in metaphase II exhibited numerical chromosome aberrations (26.5% hyperploids, 40.8% hypoploids, and 6.1% diploids). In addition, some of the oocytes with euploid chromosome numbers (26.5% of the total examined) appeared to be nullisomic for one chromosome and disomic for another chromosome, so that aneuploidy levels may even be higher than expected on the basis of chromosome counts alone. Although oocytes of the complex heterozygous mice seemed able initially to form a bipolar spindle during first prometaphase, metaphase I spindles were frequently asymmetrical. Chromosomes in the multivalent did not align properly at the equator, centromeres of neighboring chromosomes in the multivalent remained maloriented, and pronounced lagging of chromosomes was observed at telophase I in oocytes obtained from the Robertsonian translocation heterozygotes. Therefore, disturbances in spindle structure and chromosome behavior appear to correlate with the chromosomal constitution in these oocytes and, ultimately, with failures in proper chromosome separation. In particular, reorientation appears to be a rare event, and malorientation of chromosomes may remain uncorrected throughout prometaphase, as we could not find many typical metaphase I stages in heterozygotes. This, in turn, could be the basis for malsegregation at anaphase and may ultimately induce a high rate of nondisjunction and aneuploidy in the oocytes of CD/Cremona mice, leading to total sterility in heterozygous females. | [
"Genetics (clinical)",
"Genetics",
"Molecular Biology"
] | |
Career Opportunities | [
"Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health"
] | ||
Knowledge of peripheral artery disease: What do the public, healthcare practitioners, and trainees know? | This systematic review evaluated the knowledge and awareness of peripheral artery disease (PAD) within the general public (including patients with peripheral vascular disease), nonspecialist healthcare professionals (nsHCP), and trainees (medical students and trainee doctors). Relevant articles were identified from electronic databases using key search terms: ‘peripheral artery disease’; ‘limb ischaemia’; ‘intermittent claudication’; ‘knowledge’; ‘understanding’; ‘public’; ‘medical professional’. The heterogeneous results were described narratively. A lack of knowledge and understanding of PAD (disease awareness) were identified in all groups. Among nsHCPs, factors which affect knowledge include the level of training, early clinical exposure and the presence of family members with cardiovascular/vascular disease. Within the general public, knowledge and awareness was improved if a family member/friend had a diagnosis, or following a patient-centred consultation with any HCP. Public campaigns are proven effective in improving disease knowledge/awareness in conditions such as stroke alongside sustained patient education. These may provide future avenues to improve PAD knowledge and awareness, in order to effectively manage risk factors and minimise delayed or missed diagnosis of PAD. (PROSPERO registration number: CRD42018117304) | [
"Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine"
] | |
Stable label-free fluorescent sensing of biothiols based on ThT direct inducing conformation-specific G-quadruplex | [
"Electrochemistry",
"Biomedical Engineering",
"Biophysics",
"Biotechnology"
] | ||
Editorial board | [
"Water Science and Technology",
"Geography, Planning and Development"
] | ||
Hautkrankheiten | [
"Dermatology"
] | ||
Editor’s presentation | [
"Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine",
"Epidemiology"
] | ||
AB0117 HLA B27*SUBTYPES FREQUENCIES IN COLOMBIAN PATIENTS WITH SPONDYLOARTHRITIS AND HEALTHY SUBJECTS TYPED IN HIGH-RESOLUTION TECHNIQUE | Background:HLA-B*27 has been identify as a susceptibility and prognostic factor associated to axial spondyloarthritis. HLA-B*27 allele has been described to be present in about 90% of patients with ankylosing spondylitis, and with a different frequency in patients with other subtypes of SpA. In contrast, this allele has been observed to be present only in 7–8% in general population. A remarkable heterogeneity in HLA-B*27 alleles has been reported. They have been determined at DNA sequence and some subtypes have been associated increasing the risk to develop the diseaseObjectives:To establish the frequencies of HLA-B27 subtypes in a group of Colombian patients with SpA and healthy populationMethods:In total, 61 Blood samples from Colombian mestizo individuals with SpA according to ASAS classification-criteria were evaluated by Sequencing Technology: Illumina Sequencing/PacBio Sequencing with analysis of the second and third exon. Results reported with six digits (including null alleles). In total, 294 results of peripheral blood from healthy individuals without joint symptoms were analyzed. Frequencies were obtained for demographic and genetic variables. Ethic Committee approval code 2018-020/2017-023Results:The SpA group had a mean age of 45,88 ± 11,67, 62.3% of them were male, 6.6% reported current smoking and 37.7% reported smoking sometime in life. In total, 67.2% had inflammatory back pain, 14.8% had dactylitis, 63.9% enthesitis and 57.4% arthritis. Thirty patients were HLA-B*27 positive with a genotypic frequency of 50.8% and an allelic frequency of 24.6%. In this group of patients, the mean age was 43,5 ± 11,8, 76.6% were male, 86.7% of them were subtype B*27:05:02g and 13.3% presented the B27:02:01g. None of the SpA patients had both B*27 alleles.On the other hand, the healthy individuals were men in 51.0% and the mean age was 37±15.4 years. Ten subjects were positive for the HLA-B*27 allele with a genotypic frequency of 3.4% and an allelic frequency of 1.7%. In this group of individuals 50.0% were male gender with a mean age of 38.4±17.9. No individuals were found to have the two alleles or homozygous for the B*27 allele. In all of them the subtype B*27:05:02g was observed in high-resolution sequencingConclusion:The SpA group had a mean age of 45,88 ± 11,67, 62.3% of them were male, 6.6% reported current smoking and 37.7% reported smoking sometime in life. In total, 67.2% had inflammatory back pain, 14.8% had dactylitis, 63.9% enthesitis and 57.4% arthritis. Thirty patients were HLA-B*27 positive with a genotypic frequency of 50.8% and an allelic frequency of 24.6%. In this group of patients, the mean age was 43,5 ± 11,8, 76.6% were male, 86.7% of them were subtype B*27:05:02g and 13.3% presented the B27:02:01g. None of the SpA patients had both B*27 alleles.On the other hand, the healthy individuals were men in 51.0% and the mean age was 37±15.4 years. Ten subjects were positive for the HLA-B*27 allele with a genotypic frequency of 3.4% and an allelic frequency of 1.7%. In this group of individuals 50.0% were male gender with a mean age of 38.4±17.9. No individuals were found to have the two alleles or homozygous for the B*27 allele. In all of them the subtype B*27:05:02g was observed in high-resolution sequencingAcknowledgments:Hospital Militar Central (Grant 2017-023/2018-020), the Government Institute of Science, Technology, and Innovation, Francisco Jose de Caldas—COLCIENCIAS (Grant No. 130877757442) and Colombian Rheumatology Association (Grant-Conv-2019)Disclosure of Interests:None declared | [
"Immunology",
"Immunology and Allergy",
"Rheumatology"
] | |
Tumors of the cerebral aqueduct | [
"Cancer Research",
"Oncology"
] | ||
Recherches sur le rôle des altérations myopiques choriorétinienne dans la pathogénie du décollement de la rétine | [
"Sensory Systems",
"Ophthalmology"
] | ||
Derrida, Hegel, and the Language of Finitude | [
"Literature and Literary Theory",
"Visual Arts and Performing Arts",
"Cultural Studies"
] | ||
Micronuclei containing whole chromosomes harbouring the selectable gene do not lead to mutagenesis | [
"Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis",
"Genetics (clinical)",
"Toxicology",
"Genetics"
] | ||
Trimethoprim/Sulfamethoxazole Pharmacokinetics in Two Patients Undergoing Continuous Venovenous Hemodiafiltration | Objective: To determine the extent of elimination of trimethoprim (TMP) and sulfamethoxazole (SMX) via continuous venovenous hemodiafiltration (CVVHDF) in 2 critically ill patients with renal failure. Case Summary: A 62-year-old woman with Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP) was admitted to our intensive care unit for severe acute respiratory distress syndrome. A 77-year-old man was admitted for aortic root replacement and developed septic shock and nosocomial pneumonia due to Stenotrophomonas maltophilia. Both patients developed acute renal failure, necessitating CVVHDF. They were treated with intravenous TMP/SMX adapted to renal function. The first patient received TMP 6.4 mg/kg/day and SMX 32 mg/kg/day, corresponding to 50% of the recommended high-dose TMP/SMX regimen in PCP patients. The second patient received TMP 1.7 mg/kg/day and SMX 8.6 mg/kg/day, corresponding to 50% of the usual dose in bacterial infections. We determined peak and trough serum TMP and SMX concentrations and the extent of TMP/SMX CVVHDF clearance at steady-state while the patients were still anuric and oliguric. Discussion: Data on TMP and SMX pharmacokinetics in CVVHDF are lacking and dosing recommendations are inconclusive. In both patients, CVVHDF clearance of TMP ranged from 21.5 to 28.9 mL/min, corresponding with normal renal clearance (20–80 mL/min). SMX clearance in CVVHDF showed high variability (18.7, 26.7, and 42.6 mL/min) and exceeded renal clearance values in normal renal function (1–5 mL/min). Accordingly, peak TMP serum concentrations were within the recommended range in the patient treated with a reduced TMP/SMX dose for PCP, whereas her SMX peak concentrations were only one third of recommended target concentrations. Conclusions: Our data indicate that both TMP and SMX are removed by CVVHDF to a significant degree, and dose reduction of TMP/SMX in CVVHDF bears the risk of underdosing. Given variability in drug exposure in critically ill patients, therapeutic drug monitoring is advisable in anuric or oliguric patients undergoing continuous renal replacement therapy to ensure optimal TMP/SMX dosing. | Annals of Pharmacotherapy | [
"Pharmacology (medical)"
] |
A C–H Oxidation/Two-Fold Cyclization Approach to Imidazopyridoindole Scaffold under Mild Oxidizing Conditions | [
"Organic Chemistry"
] | ||
Aging of the CD4 T Cell Compartment | Open Longevity Science | [
"Geriatrics and Gerontology",
"Aging"
] | |
Are Women Sexually Fluid? The Nature of Female Same-Sex Attraction and Its Evolutionary Origins | Evolutionary Psychological Science | [
"Social Psychology"
] | |
D023 Residual stresses in thin films characterized by the combination of SIN2Ψ and curvate methods: possibilities and limitations | [
"Condensed Matter Physics",
"Instrumentation",
"Radiation"
] | ||
Electron spin resonance measurements of the spin Hamiltonian zero‐field splitting parameterDas a function of temperature for trigonally distorted Cr3+⋅6H2O magnetic complexes in families of hydrated crystals. I | [
"Physical and Theoretical Chemistry"
] | ||
Review article: current and future treatment approaches for IBS with constipation | [
"Pharmacology (medical)",
"Gastroenterology",
"Hepatology"
] | ||
Produkthemmungen bei enzymatischen Hydrolysen, III. Die Auswertung experimenteller Daten | [
"Biochemistry"
] | ||
Trying to Grow: Gender Relations and Agricultural Innovations in Northern Ghana , by Martina A. Padmanabhan | Rural Sociology | [
"Sociology and Political Science"
] | |
Exploring preconception health beliefs amongst adults of childbearing age in the UK: a qualitative analysis | Abstract Background ‘Preconception health’ or ‘pre-pregnancy health’ are terms used to describe the health status of males and females prior to pregnancy. The goal of preconception health strategies is to optimise the health of future offspring via improved parental health, which may result from planned/unplanned pregnancies. Greater emphasis is being placed upon preconception health amongst research and public health, yet there is limited evidence on this topic from the perspective of UK adults. This research explored beliefs, knowledge and attitudes on preconception health amongst adults of childbearing age, drawn from the UK. Methods A descriptive qualitative focus group study was undertaken with healthy males and females of childbearing age (18–45 years) between October 2018 and July 2019. Two groups were held in a rural location (one focus group, one mini focus group) and three groups held in an urban location (two focus groups, one mini focus group), with a range of males and females, with and without children. A semi-structured topic guide was devised based on previous literature. All groups were conducted with two researchers trained in qualitative research methods. Focus groups explored understanding/prior knowledge of preconception health, beliefs and attitudes towards preconception healthcare support and personal health. Focus groups were transcribed verbatim and analysed using thematic analysis. Results Twenty-one males and females of childbearing age (aged 18 to 45 years) participated in the research. Discussions revealed a lack of comprehensive awareness of the importance of preconception health and a sense of reluctance to visit a doctor regarding the issue, favouring the internet, unless having problems conceiving. Five themes identified included: preconception education, preconception awareness, wider knowledge networks/support, optimal parental health, and attitudes/emotions towards preconception health. The roles of males regarding positive preconception care was not well understood. Conclusions This study highlighted a lack of detailed awareness surrounding the importance of preconception health per se, despite general agreement that health status should be optimal at this time. It identified a willingness to learn more about preconception health, creating an opportunity to improve preconception healthcare awareness via evidence-based education, social media campaigns, and within healthcare systems in a life course approach. | [
"Obstetrics and Gynecology"
] | |
Dignity in healthcare, a practical approach for nurses and midwives | Mental Health and Substance Use | [
"Psychiatry and Mental Health",
"Psychiatric Mental Health"
] | |
Social origins of support for democracy: a study of intergenerational mobility | International Review of Sociology | [
"Sociology and Political Science"
] | |
Indications et méthodes d’aide au sevrage tabagique chez un patient fumeur atteint de cancer bronchique | [
"Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine"
] | ||
Ana Mendieta: Art, Artist and Literary Afterlives | Ana Mendieta fue una de las más prolíficas y consagradas mujeres artistas cubano-americanas del siglo XX. La influencia de Mendieta en generaciones posteriores de artistas es innegable, y un creciente número de autores reconoce tanto su relevancia en la historia del arte feminista cubano y norteamericano. Sin embargo, casi nada se ha escrito sobre cómo es representada en la literatura, y cómo esas reconstrucciones literarias abordan algunas de las cuestiones sin resolver que todavía persisten en relación a la artista, su obra, su relación con Cuba, su vida personal y su trágica muerte. Este ensayo pretende abordar esa falta a través de una discusión de textos de escritoras cubanas, cubano-americanas y canadienses. | Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hispánicos | [
"Literature and Literary Theory",
"Visual Arts and Performing Arts",
"Cultural Studies"
] |
Stability and accuracy of adaptive tests of speech discrimination | [
"Acoustics and Ultrasonics",
"Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)"
] | ||
Lateral Distribution of Live Loads on Highway Bridges | Journal of Structural Engineering | [
"Mechanical Engineering",
"Mechanics of Materials",
"Building and Construction",
"Civil and Structural Engineering"
] | |
ORNAMENTAL TREES FROM AMERICA | Arboricultural Journal | [
"Agronomy and Crop Science"
] | |
Unidirectional Curved Surface Plasmon Polariton in a Radially Magnetized System | IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation | [
"Electrical and Electronic Engineering"
] | |
Effect of Trickle Irrigation and Black Mulch on Growth, Yield, and Mineral Composition of Watermelon | Abstract Response of watermelon [Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai cv. Charleston Gray] to factorial combinations of trickle irrigation or no irrigation and black polyethylene mulch or no mulch was evaluated during 2 successive years on a southwestern Indiana Lyles fine sandy loam. Both trickle irrigation and polyethylene mulch, alone and in various combinations, increased stem growth and early and total yields of watermelon compared to untreated watermelons. Greatest stem growth and early and total yields were obtained from plants grown on polyethylene mulch in combination with trickle irrigation. Mean fruit weight did not vary with treatment. Trickle-irrigated watermelon plants produced shallow rooting near trickle emitters; nonirrigated plants produced relatively extended, deep, and diffuse roots. Petiole Zn concentration was greater in plants grown on polyethylene mulch than no mulch. Trickle irrigation resulted in a decreased concentration of petiole Mn. | [
"Horticulture"
] | |
The effect of cytokinins on in vitro cultured inbred lines of Raphanus sativus var. radicula Pers. with genetically determined tumorigenesis | [
"Plant Science"
] | ||
Combination Therapy of Tacrolimus and Chinese Herb Medicated Bath in Children with Inverse Psoriasis | [
"Pharmacology (medical)",
"Complementary and Alternative Medicine"
] | ||
Can We Use the Disposable Laparoscopic Clip Appliers as Suture Anchors? An In Vitro Feasibility Study | Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques | [
"Surgery"
] | |
Reply | Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences | [
"Atmospheric Science"
] | |
TimeSpace: activity-based temporal visualisation of personal information spaces | Personal and Ubiquitous Computing | [
"Management Science and Operations Research",
"Computer Science Applications",
"Hardware and Architecture"
] | |
Implementation of isotropic quadratic filters using Walsh-Hadamard transform | [
"Electrical and Electronic Engineering"
] | ||
No influence of a functional polymorphism within the serotonin transporter gene on partial sleep deprivation in major depression | The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry | [
"Biological Psychiatry",
"Psychiatry and Mental Health"
] | |
Electrical discharge machining of titanium alloy (Ti–6Al–4V) | [
"Surfaces, Coatings and Films",
"Condensed Matter Physics",
"Surfaces and Interfaces"
] | ||
ERRATA: DOTTED AND UNDOTTED ALGEBRAIC SPINOR FIELDS IN GENERAL RELATIVITY | [
"Space and Planetary Science",
"Astronomy and Astrophysics",
"Mathematical Physics"
] | ||
New scientific arguments for regulation of ethylene oxide residues in skin-care products | [
"Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis",
"Toxicology"
] | ||
Leadership mechanisms associated with performance of coffee innovation platforms in Uganda | The demand for diffusion of agricultural technologies led to integration of innovation systems thinking in the agriculture sector as a pathway for delivery of agricultural extension services. However, like other multi-stakeholder organizations, the coffee innovation platforms of Uganda observed persistent challenges of commitment and poor coordination between actors. The reasons why coffee innovation platforms continue to face such challenges are not clearly known; hence the need to explore their underlying leadership issues. This study therefore sought to explain how leadership mechanisms enabled the actors in coffee innovation platforms to achieve their expectations. Data was collected through key informant interviews with 26 actors of the coffee steering committees; three focus group discussions of 19 participants and document review. Analysis was done using content and thematic analysis. The study found that selection of leaders, rules of engagement, incentives, organizational structures, personal attributes and distributed roles are critical but missing leadership facets which require due attention of the innovation intermediaries to build and sustain interactions and relationships in the IPs. The absence of a clear and structured selection criteria and capacity building plan of leaders compromised the diversity of the IP leadership which ultimately affected their performance. To enhance collaborative leadership for better platform performance, this study recommends a clear and structured leadership development model to identify contextual potential leaders and their leadership needs, draw a capacity development plan and develop organizational support mechanisms within a local context. | [
"Plant Science",
"Agronomy and Crop Science"
] | |
Editorial Board | Nano Today | [
"Pharmaceutical Science",
"Biomedical Engineering",
"Bioengineering",
"Biotechnology"
] | |
Metaphysically Reductive Causation | [
"Logic",
"Philosophy"
] | ||
Use of organic fertilization with irrigation in coffee production in brazilian cerrado | Coffee irrigation has increased in the main Brazilian coffee regions. However, in recent years, with climate change, years with water deficits greater than 150 mm have been observed, affecting the vegetative and productive development of the crop and also the replenishment of surface and underground springs. One practice that increases soil water retention capacity is organic fertilization. This work evaluated different combinations of irrigation and organic fertilization on the yield and quality of coffee produced in the Minas Gerais cerrado region. The treatments were: T1: total irrigation; T2: no irrigation; T3: total irrigation + organic fertilization (chicken manure, 10 ton ha-1); T4: no irrigation + organic fertilization (chicken manure, 10 ton ha-1); T5: 50% irrigation + organic fertilization (chicken manure, 10 ton ha-1). After 7 harvests, it was concluded that the treatment that combined organic fertilization with application of half of the necessary irrigation presented the best yield, superior to the treatment with total irrigation and exclusively mineral nutrition. | [
"Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health",
"Aquatic Science"
] | |
The meaning of flow-based market coupling on redispatch measures in Austria | [
"Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law"
] |
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