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A prospective cohort study examining exposure to incarceration and cardiovascular disease (Justice-Involved Individuals Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology – JUSTICE study): a protocol paper

Benjamin A. Howell, Lisa B. Puglisi, Jenerius Aminawung, Kirsten Bibbins- Domingo et al. • BMC Public Health (2022)

Abstract Background People who have been incarcerated have high rates of cardiovascular risk factors, such as hypertension and smoking, and cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a leading cause of hospitalizations and mortality in this population...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12889-022-12688-x

Students’ experiences of sexual harassment; a descriptive cross-sectional study in a college of education, Ghana

Kennedy Diema Konlan, Muriel Mavis Dangah • Heliyon (2023)

Introduction: Sexual harassment is a component of gender-based discrimination that indicates unequal power relations and affects students' psychological and physical well-being and academic achievement. This study assessed students’ experie...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e14764

The correspondence between the structure of the terrestrial mobility network and the spreading of COVID-19 in Brazil

Vander Luis de Souza Freitas, Thais Cláudia Roma de Oliveira Konstantyner, Jeferson Feitosa Mendes, Cátia Souza do Nascimento Sepetauskas et al. • Cadernos de Saúde Pública (2020)

The inter-cities mobility network is of great importance in understanding outbreaks, especially in Brazil, a continental-dimension country. We adopt the data from the Brazilian Ministry of Health and the terrestrial flow of people between c...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1590/0102-311x00184820

EmergingAeromonasSpecies Infections and Their Significance in Public Health

Isoken Henrietta Igbinosa, Ehimario Uche Igumbor, Farhad Aghdasi, Mvuyo Tom et al. • The Scientific World JOURNAL (2012)

Aeromonas species are ubiquitous bacteria in terrestrial and aquatic milieus. They are becoming renowned as enteric pathogens of serious public health concern as they acquire a number of virulence determinants that are linked with human dis...

OPENALEX cc-by DOI: https://doi.org/10.1100/2012/625023 PMC: 3373137

Support for mask use as a COVID-19 public health measure among a large sample of Canadian secondary school students

Karen A. Patte, Terrance J. Wade, Adam J. MacNeil, Richard E. Bélanger et al. • BMC Public Health (2022)

Abstract Background Youth voice has been largely absent from deliberations regarding public health measures intended to prevent SARS-CoV-2 transmission, despite being one of the populations most impacted by school-based policies. To inform ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12889-022-14011-0

Underweight, body image, and weight loss measures among adolescents in Saudi Arabia: is it a fad or is there more going on?

Talal M. Hijji, Hassan Saleheen, Fadia S. AlBuhairan • International Journal of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine (2021)

Background and Objective: Adolescence is considered to be a pivotal point in which optimum nutrition and eating habits are developed. Although tackling the obesity epidemic has been much discussed, addressing the issue of underweight and bo...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpam.2020.01.002

Genotypic Variants of Pandemic H1N1 Influenza A Viruses Isolated from Severe Acute Respiratory Infections in Ukraine during the 2015/16 Influenza Season

Oksana Zolotarova, Anna Fesenko, Olga Holubka, Larysa Radchenko et al. • Viruses (2021)

Human type A influenza viruses A(H1N1)pdm09 have caused seasonal epidemics of influenza since the 2009–2010 pandemic. A(H1N1)pdm09 viruses had a leading role in the severe epidemic season of 2015/16 in the Northern Hemisphere and caused a h...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/v13112125

Impact of COVID-19 health precautions on asymptomatic Streptococcus pyogenes carriage in palestinian children: a pre- and post-pandemic study

Ibrahim Amer Ghannam, Rana Mahmoud Maraqa, Duha Shokri Qawasmeh, Rania Khalil Alsous et al. • BMC Infectious Diseases (2024)

Abstract Background Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A Streptococcus, GAS) is a significant pathogen that causes diverse infections, ranging from pharyngitis to severe invasive diseases. Asymptomatic carriage in children is pivotal for transmi...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12879-024-10023-w

Awareness of COVID 19 pandemic among dental practioners of Telangana state, India: A cross sectional survey

Alekhya Kanaparthi, Divya Dukkireddy, Hema Gopalaiah, Sathya Prakash Reddy Kesary et al. • Journal of Oral Biology and Craniofacial Research (2020)

Background: Coronavirus diseases (COVID-19) is a public health emergency of international concern. The dental professionals are considered to be at high risk, as most of the treatments may lead to the spread of infection due to direct proxi...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.jobcr.2020.08.001

Encyclopedia of public health

• Choice Reviews Online (2002)

Comme quelqu'un pourroit dire de moy que j'ay seulement faict icy un amas de fleurs estrangeres, n'y ayant fourny du mien que le filet à les lier. "Essais", Livre III, Chapitre XIII Michel de MontaignePublic Health is defined as health prom...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.5860/choice.39-6159

Encyclopedia of Public Health

Torsten Kruse, Harald Wagner • Springer eBooks (2008)

Comme quelqu'un pourroit dire de moy que j'ay seulement faict icy un amas de fleurs estrangeres, n'y ayant fourny du mien que le filet à les lier. "Essais", Livre III, Chapitre XIII Michel de MontaignePublic Health is defined as health prom...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5614-7

LASIK Surgery

Megan Yu • Voices in Bioethics (2020)

Photo by Scott Van Daalen on Unsplash INTRODUCTION LASIK surgery, one of the most common elective procedures worldwide, aims to decrease or eliminate the need to wear glasses or contact lenses by reshaping the cornea’s curvature to re...

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Prevalence of malaria infection and factors associated among HIV-infected adult patients attending HIV care and treatment clinic at Kitete regional referral hospital in Tabora region, Tanzania: a cross-sectional study

Hamad Nnimbo, Doreen Kamori, Nsiande Lema, Abdallah Mohamed • Bulletin of the National Research Centre (2023)

Abstract Background HIV and malaria are serious public health concerns, particularly in Tanzania. HIV-infected individuals are more likely to get malaria and its complications. However, data on the interaction of the two diseases in Tanzani...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s42269-023-01141-7

Wild immunology

Amy B. Pedersen, Simon A. Babayan • Molecular Ecology (2011)

In wild populations, individuals are regularly exposed to a wide range of pathogens. In this context, organisms must elicit and regulate effective immune responses to protect their health while avoiding immunopathology. However, most of our...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294x.2010.04938.x

Is There a Retrograde Accretion Disk around 4U 1626–67? Tracking Torque Reversals with a State-space Model

Joseph O’Leary, Andrew Melatos, Tom Kimpson, Dimitris M. Christodoulou et al. • The Astrophysical Journal (2026)

X-ray timing studies of the persistent, Galactic, accretion-powered pulsar 4U 1626−67 reveal torque reversals, during which the pulse frequency ν ( t ) alternates between multiyear episodes of secular acceleration and deceleration, separate...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ae2610

Gravitationally induced unified relation among duality, coherence, steering, and maximal average fidelity

Duo-Duo Chen, Dong-Dong Dong, Xue-Ke Song, Liu Ye et al. • European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields (2024)

Abstract Recently, numerous measures have been proposed for quantifying the quantumness of a given system, and the existence of intrinsic connections among quantum resource measures has been proven. Here, we study the unified relationship b...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-024-12616-w

Evaluation of Respiratory Protection Program in Petrochemical Industries: Application of Analytic Hierarchy Process

Hadi Kolahi, Mehdi Jahangiri, Haleh Ghaem, Akbar Rostamabadi et al. • Safety and Health at Work (2018)

Background: Respiratory protection equipment (RPE) is the last resort to control exposure to workplace air pollutants. A comprehensive respiratory protection program (RPP) ensures that RPE is selected, used, and cared properly. Therefore, R...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.shaw.2017.05.003