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Expanding conceptualizations of harm reduction: results from a qualitative community-based participatory research study with people who inject drugs
(2017-05-12)
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The perspectives of people who use drugs are critical in understanding why people choose to reduce harm in relation to drug use, what practices are considered ...
Treatment of old landfill leachate with high ammonium content using aerobic granular sludge
(2017-11-09)
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Aerobic granular sludge has become an attractive alternative to the conventional activated sludge due to its high settling velocity, compact structure, and ...
Biomaterials and tissue engineering for scar management in wound care
(2017-01-21)
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Scars are a natural and unavoidable result from most wound repair procedures and the body’s physiological healing response. However, they scars can cause considerable functional impairment and emotional ...
Study of the variations of fall induced hip fracture risk between right and left femurs using CT-based FEA
(2017-10-03)
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Hip fracture of elderly people—suffering from osteoporosis—is a severe public health concern, which can be reduced by providing a prior assessment of hip ...
An education intervention to improve health literacy and decision making about supporting self-care among older Australians: a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
(2017-09-26)
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Older Australians are high consumers of complementary and alternative medicines (CM). To help older people to take an active role in their health, we will ...
Intermittent auscultation versus continuous fetal monitoring: exploring factors that influence birthing unit nurses’ fetal surveillance practice using theoretical domains framework
(2017-09-25)
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Intermittent Auscultation (IA) is the recommended method of fetal surveillance for healthy women in labour. However, the majority of women receive continuous ...
Rethinking course structure: increased participation and persistence in introductory post-secondary mathematics courses
(2017-12-08)
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High failure and withdrawal rates in introductory post-secondary mathematics courses are a problem locally, nationally, and internationally. This leads to first-year mathematics courses creating a ...
Birdcage volume coils and magnetic resonance imaging: a simple experiment for students
(2017-11-02)
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This article explains some simple experiments that can be used in undergraduate or graduate physics or biomedical engineering laboratory classes to learn ...
Ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase isozyme L1 is associated with shelterin complex at interstitial telomeric sites
(2017-11-10)
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Ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase isozyme L1 (UCHL1) is primarily expressed in neuronal cells and neuroendocrine cells and has been associated with various ...
Atypical bacterial pneumonia in the HIV-infected population
(2017-08-25)
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Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected individuals are more susceptible to respiratory tract infections by other infectious agents (viruses, bacteria, parasites, and fungi) as their disease ...