Hanganu, Bianca Ioan, Beatrice Gabriela
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International journal of environmental research and public health
Background: Complaints regarding medical practice represent a harsh reality of the current world. Patients have the right to receive explanations and compensation when they are injured during the medical act, but the increased potential for exposure to complaints determines personal and professional consequences for the doctors, with significant im...
Verga, Jacopo Umberto Huff, Matthew Owens, Diarmuid Wolf, Bethany J Hardiman, Gary
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International journal of environmental research and public health
Exposure to Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDC) has been linked with several adverse outcomes. In this review, we examine EDCs that are pervasive in the environment and are of concern in the context of human, animal, and environmental health. We explore the consequences of EDC exposure on aquatic life, terrestrial animals, and humans. We focus on ...
Kim, Kyoungja Lee, Youngjin
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International journal of environmental research and public health
To explore the effect of changes in sleep characteristics on changes in quality of life during the transition period of new graduate nurses. Sleep problems among nurses are associated with negative physical and psychological consequences. This prospective cohort study was conducted at a tertiary hospital in South Korea. Participants included 88 new...
Chang, Yuan-Chieh Tsai, Jen-Pi Wang, Ji-Hung Hsu, Bang-Gee
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International journal of environmental research and public health
By suppressing mineralization and preventing ectopic calcium deposits, osteopontin (OPN) has an inhibitory effect on vascular calcification. Also, there is an association between OPN and aortic stiffness (AS). We aimed to investigate the association between serum OPN levels and AS measured by carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV) in hypertens...
Tran, Tai Tan Vo, Thang Van Hoang, Tuyen Dinh Hoang, Minh Vu Tran, Nhu Thi Quynh Colebunders, Robert
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International journal of environmental research and public health
An online cross-sectional survey using a "snowball" sampling method was carried out to assess the adherence to COVID-19 preventive measures among dental care workers (DCWs) during the pandemic. Six questions concerning the COVID-19 preventive guidelines issued by the Vietnam Ministry of Health were used to evaluate DCWs' adherence to preventive mea...
McColl, Kathleen Debin, Marion Souty, Cecile Guerrisi, Caroline Turbelin, Clement Falchi, Alessandra Bonmarin, Isabelle Paolotti, Daniela Obi, Chinelo Duggan, Jim
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International journal of environmental research and public health
Unrealistic optimism, the underestimation of one's risk of experiencing harm, has been investigated extensively to understand better and predict behavioural responses to health threats. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, a relative dearth of research existed in this domain regarding epidemics, which is surprising considering that this optimistic bias ...
Pachuau, Lucy Ngaihbanglovi Tannous, Caterina Agho, Kingsley Emwinyore
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International journal of environmental research and public health
Despite a campaign of effective educational interventions targeting knowledge, attitudes, and prevention, Human Immunodeficiency-Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) continues to be a significant public health issue in India, with Mizoram reporting the highest HIV/AIDS cases in 2018-2019. In this study, we extracted Mizoram state fr...
Cărămidă, Mariana Țâncu, Ana Maria Cristina Imre, Marina Dumitrache, Mihaela Adina Mihai, Christina Sfeatcu, Ruxandra
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International journal of environmental research and public health
Although the aims of any public health coverage are prevention, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, and maintenance, dental services are hardly ever included in services. The goal of our pilot study is to assess the perspective of a group of adult patients on their covered dental treatments. The present cross-sectional study was conducted on 140 ...
Sámano, Reyna Chico-Barba, Gabriela Flores-Quijano, María Eugenia Godínez-Martínez, Estela Martínez-Rojano, Hugo Ortiz-Hernandez, Luis Nájera-Medina, Oralia Hernández-Trejo, María Hurtado-Solache, Cristopher
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International journal of environmental research and public health
During pregnancy, adolescents experience physiological changes different from adults because they have not concluded their physical growth. Therefore, maternal and neonatal outcomes may not be the same. This paper aimed to analyze the association between pregestational BMI (pBMI) and gestational weight gain (GWG) with maternal and neonatal outcomes...
Karjee, Sumona Mukherjee, Sunil Kumar
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Journal of Biosciences
The two biological evidences to endorse the antiviral activity of RNA interference (RNAi) are biogenesis of viral-siRNA (v-siRNA) by the host and encoding of RNAi-suppressor protein by viral genome. It has been recently established that mammals and mammalian cell lines mount antiviral RNAi to defend themselves against the invading viruses. The larg...
