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Paul E. Farmer • Current Anthropology
(2004)
Any thorough understanding of the modern epidemics of AIDS and tuberculosis in Haiti or elsewhere in the postcolonial world requires a thorough knowledge of history and political economy. This essay, based on over a decade of research in ru...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/382250
Eduardo O. Kohn • Annual Review of Anthropology
(2015)
The turn to ontology, often associated with the recent works of Philippe Descola, Eduardo Viveiros de Castro, and Bruno Latour, but evident in many other places as well, is, in Elizabeth Povinelli's formulation, “symptomatic” and “diagnosti...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-anthro-102214-014127
Joyce B. Der, Alison D. Grant, Daniel Grint, Clement T. Narh et al. • BMC Health Services Research
(2022)
Abstract Background Ghana’s national tuberculosis (TB) prevalence survey conducted in 2013 showed higher than expected TB prevalence indicating that many people with TB were not being identified and treated. Responding to this, we assessed ...
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DOI: 10.1186/s12913-022-07711-1
Bulent Cavas • Science Education International
(2026)
Dear Readers, The September 2026 issue of Science Education International presents 11 original research articles authored by scholars from 11 countries, including Germany, Slovenia and Italy, Finland and South Africa, Brazil, Chile and Arge...
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DOI: 10.33828/sei.v37.i4.e
Jiwen Fan, Meng Ren, Yuquan He • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
(2022)
Cardiac fibrosis results from both the differentiation of cardiac fibroblasts and excessive accumulation of extracellular matrix (ECM), leading to myocardial stiffness and reduced compliance of the ventricular wall. The conversion of cardia...
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DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2022.931082
Lejla Kuralić-Ćišić, Adela Ĉokić, Dţana Sultanić • Research in Education and Rehabilitation
(2023)
Educational institutions record an increase in behavioral disorders in children and adolescents every day, with severe symptoms that result in hospitalization or the imposition of criminal sanctions for juvenile delinquents....
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DOI: 10.51558/2744-1555.2023.6.2.243
Philipp Arnold, Fanni Annamária Boros, Jochen Mattner, Gerald Seidel et al. • Journal of Extracellular Biology
(2025)
ABSTRACT Extracellular vesicles (EVs) have gained increasing attention in recent years due to their pivotal role in both health and disease. Emerging from both eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells, EVs serve as essential mediators of intercellu...
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DOI: 10.1002/jex2.70093
Jian Yuan, Yuhan Zhu, Zirui Wang, Zhongjing Lv et al. • Journal of Dental Sciences
(2025)
Genomic and mutational sequencing in malignant transformation of oral leukoplakia (OLK) has emergingly gained momentum. In this short communication, we identified 5 retrospective follow-up studies and 5 cross-section comparative studies on ...
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jds.2025.07.016
Rezaali Bagheri, Seyed Ahmad Mohammadikia, Mehraneh Kazemian, Batuol Kazemi et al. • آموزش پزشکی
(2014)
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Since that one of the basic points in the competences of physicians, is the communication skill to carry out their professional duties properly, several studies suggest that manyphysicians can not communicate to th...
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Renata Inglez de Souza Tej, Lilian Maria Lapa Montenegro, Wlisses Henrique Veloso de Carvalho Silva, Jéssica Lopes Teixeira et al. • Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
(2023)
Introdução/objetivo: A tuberculose (TB) mantém-se como um grave problema de saúde pública, sendo a principal causa de morte por doença infecciosa antes da COVID-19. Em 2022, foram notificados 78.057 novos casos de TB no Brasil, destes, 5.14...
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DOI: 10.1016/j.bjid.2023.103607
Jose Maria Pereira De Godoy, Henrique Jose Pereira De Godoy, Maria De Fatima Guerreiro Godoy • Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
(2019)
Introduction: Lymphoedema is a progressive, chronic, clinical sign of an abnormal accumulation of macromolecules in the interstitial space that causes a buildup of fluids. Aim: To evaluate specific data of bioimpedance such as impedance and...
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DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2019/40158.12806
Enkelejda Velo, Fabrizio Balestrino, Fabrizio Balestrino, Përparim Kadriaj et al. • Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
(2022)
The pathogen transmitting Aedes albopictus mosquito is spreading rapidly in Europe, putting millions of humans and animals at risk. This species is well-established in Albania since its first detection in 1979. The sterile insect technique ...
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DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2022.833698
Yilma Chisha, Wondwossen Terefe, Huruy Assefa, Serawit Lakew • PLoS ONE
(2017)
BackgroundCurrently 93 million people are estimated as living with diabetic retinopathy worldwide. The prevalence and risk factors of diabetic retinopathy in developed countries have been well documented; but in Ethiopia, data on prevalence...
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0171987
Piotr Augustyniak • Sensors
(2020)
A non-uniform distribution of diagnostic information in the electrocardiogram (ECG) has been commonly accepted and is the background to several compression, denoising and watermarking methods. Gaze tracking is a widely recognized method for...
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DOI: 10.3390/s20020373
Dorota Religa, Seyed-Mohammad Fereshtehnejad, Pavla Cermakova, Ann-Katrin Edlund et al. • PLoS ONE
(2015)
BackgroundThe Swedish Dementia Registry (SveDem) was developed with the aim to improve the quality of diagnostic work-up, treatment and care of patients with dementia disorders in Sweden.MethodsSveDem is an internet based quality registry w...
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0116538
Zubair Younis Ringshawl, Ajaz Ahmad Bhat, Zahid Bashir, Munir Farooq et al. • Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
(2020)
Introduction: Shoulder pain is a significant cause of decreased
functional activity of an individual. The overall prevalence of
shoulder pain is 16-26%, which makes it the third most common
cause among musculoskeletal complaints. The cau...
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DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2020/44557.14048
Zeeshan M, Han J, Rehman A, Ullah I et al. • Risk Management and Healthcare Policy
(2021)
Muhammad Zeeshan,1 Jiabin Han,1 Alam Rehman,2 Irfan Ullah,3 Fakhr E Alam Afridi4 1College of Business Administration, Liaoning Technical University, Xingcheng, Liaoning Province, 125105, People’s Republic of China; 2Faculty of Managem...
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Caricato A., Ficarella A., Chiodo L. Spada • E3S Web of Conferences
(2021)
Predictive maintenance is the latest frontier in the management and maintenance of many industrial assets, including aeroengines. Made possible by last decades advances in monitoring equipment and machine learning algorithms, it permits ind...
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DOI: 10.1051/e3sconf/202131211017
Melinda C. Power ScD, Victoria Willens MPH, Christina Prather MD, Ali Moghtaderi PhD et al. • Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine
(2023)
Diagnostic delay in dementia is common in the U.S. Drivers of diagnostic delay are poorly understood, but appear related to misconceptions about dementia, stigma, concerns about autonomy, the nature of the diagnostic process, and provider-r...
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DOI: 10.1177/23337214231213185
Claudia Contreras, Diana Paola Córdoba‐Rodríguez, Robinson Cuadros, José Ricardo Jauregui et al. • JCSM Communications
(2026)
ABSTRACT Background Secondary sarcopenia driven by chronic disease, acute illness, immobilization, malnutrition or treatment‐related factors contributes to functional decline, falls, disability, readmission and mortality. In Colombia, uneve...
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DOI: 10.1002/rco2.70051