Criscuolo, François Sueur, Cédric Bergouignan, Audrey
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Long-term and deep space exploration is a prevailing dream that is becoming a reality. Is that so? The answer to this question depends on how the main actors of space exploration, i.e., politicians, scientists, and engineers, define “long-term” and the ultimate goals of the current space programs. Presently, long-term refers to few months or years,...
Puci, Mariangela Valentina Loi, Federica Ferraro, Ottavia Eleonora Cappai, Stefano Rolesu, Sandro Montomoli, Cristina
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December 2019 saw a novel coronavirus (COVID-19) from China quickly spread globally. Currently, COVID-19, defined as the new pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO), has reached over 750,000 confirmed cases worldwide. The virus began to spread in Italy from the 22nd February, and the number of related cases is still increasing. Furthermore,...
Caron, Nadine Rena Chongo, Meck Hudson, Maui Arbour, Laura Wasserman, Wyeth W. Robertson, Stephen Correard, Solenne Wilcox, Phillip
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The potential to grow genomic knowledge and harness the subsequent clinical benefits has escalated the building of background variant databases (BVDs) for genetic diagnosis across the globe. Alongside the upsurge of this precision medicine, potential benefits have been highlighted for both rare genetic conditions and other diagnoses. However, with ...
Galbadage, Thushara Peterson, Brent M. Gunasekera, Richard S.
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Sun, Chuan-bin Wang, Yue-ye Liu, Geng-hao Liu, Zhe
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The outbreak of the current 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV, now named SARS-CoV-2) infection has become a worldwide health threat. Currently, more information is needed so as to further understand the transmission and clinical characteristics of 2019-nCoV infection and the infection control procedures required. Recently, the role of the eye in tr...
Strobl, Helmut Ptack, Katharina Töpfer, Clemens Sygusch, Ralf Tittlbach, Susanne
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Introduction: The development of knowledge and understanding in relation to movement and health is a basic requirement to facilitate lifelong engagement in physical activity with its accompanying possible health benefits. To train teachers in applying adequate strategies, implementation studies have often shown little acceptance of traditional top-...
Maffetone, Philip B. Laursen, Paul B.
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Holecki, Tomasz Kowalska-Bobko, Iwona Fraczkiewicz-Wronka, Aldona Wegrzyn, Maria
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A key objective of the European Union is to strengthen regional cohesion by addressing development disparities, particularly by targeting less-favored regions ( 1 ). Initiatives related to leveling development differences in the field of health care are recognized as a one of priorities in the European Union. Therefore, when implementing cohesion p...
Stojanovic, Jovana Wübbeler, Markus Geis, Sebastian Reviriego, Eva Gutiérrez-Ibarluzea, Iñaki Lenoir-Wijnkoop, Irene
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Introduction: Public health (PH) interventions are crucial for ensuring sustainable healthcare services. Nevertheless, they represent a neglected area in the field of health technology assessment (HTA) due to various methodological issues and their complex design that goes beyond clinical setting. The present study provides an environmental scan of...
Rajpal, Sunil Joe, William Kim, Rockli Kumar, Alok Subramanian, S. V.
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In India and worldwide, there has been increased strategic focus on multisectoral convergence of nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive interventions to attain rapid reductions in child undernutrition. For instance, a Convergence Action Plan in India has been formed to synchronize and converge various nutrition-related interventions across mini...
