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    • Global prevalence, cascade of care, and prophylaxis coverage of hepatitis B in 2022: a modelling study 

      Polaris Observatory Collaborators; Contreras, Fernando A (PubMed, 2023)
      The 2016 World Health Assembly endorsed the elimination of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection as a public health threat by 2030; existing therapies and prophylaxis measures make such elimination feasible, even in the absence ...
    • Using Regional Sero-Epidemiology SARS-CoV-2 Anti-S Antibodies in the Dominican Republic to Inform Targeted Public Health Response 

      Mario Martin, Beatris; Cadavid Restrepo, Angela; J. Mayfield, Helen; Then Paulino, Cecilia; De St Aubin, Micheal; Duke, William; Jarolim, Petr; Zielinski Gutiérrez, Emily; Skewes Ramm, Ronald; Dumas, Devan; Garnier, Salome; Etienne, Marie Caroline; Peña, Farah; Abdalla, Gabriela; Lopez, Beatriz; de la Cruz, Lucia; Henríquez, Bernarda; Baldwin, Margaret; Sartorius, Benn; Kucharski, Adam; James Nilles, Eric; Colleen L. Lau, Colleen L. (MDPI, 2023-11)
      Incidence of COVID-19 has been associated with sociodemographic factors. We investigated variations in SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence at sub-national levels in the Dominican Republic and assessed potential factors influencing ...
    • Alcohol consumption during COVID-19 in Latin America according to age and employment situation 

      Villanueva-Blasco, Víctor José; Villanueva-Silvestre, Verónica; Vázquez-Martínez, Andrea; Canay, Roberto; Ferri, Lorena Belda; Folgar, Manuel Isorna; Villaverde, Beatriz Abad (Asociacion Espanola de Estudio en Drogodependencias, 2024)
      This research evaluated alcohol consumption in the Latin American and Latin Caribbean adult population during COVID-19 confinement, taking into account age and employment status. Non-probabilistic design with convenience ...
    • Hand hygiene perceptions, preferences, and practices among hospital staff in the Dominican Republic in the context of COVID-19: a qualitative study 

      Craig, Christina E; Schnorr, Charles D.; Then Paulino, Cecilia J.; Payano, Eulogia Cristina; Guzmán, Paloma Martínez; Ripkey, Carrie; de St Aubin, Michael; Dumas, Devan; Roberts, Kathryn W; Duke, William; Skewes-Ramm, Ronald; Lozier, Matthew J.; Nilles, Eric J. (Elsevier Ltd, 2024-06)
      Proper hand hygiene (HH), which includes sanitizing with alcohol-based hand rub (ABHR) (or handwashing with soap and water if ABHR is unavailable), is key for preventing healthcare-associated infections (HCAI), including ...
    • Rare genetic variation in fibronectin 1 (FN1) protects against APOEε4 in Alzheimer’s disease 

      Bhattarai, Prabesh; Iniyan Gunasekaran, Tamil; Belloy, Michael E.; Reyes-Dumeyer, Dolly; Jülich, Dörthe; Tayran, Hüseyin; Yilmaz, Elanur; Flaherty, Delaney; Turgutalp, Bengisu; Sukumar, Gauthaman; Alba, Camille; Martínez McGrath, Elisa; Hupalo, Daniel N.; Bacikova, Dagmar; Le Guen, Yann; Lantigua, Rafael; Medrano, Martin; Rivera, Diones; Recio, Patricia; Nuriel, Tal; Ertekin-Taner, Nilüfer; Teich, Andrew F.; Dickson, Dennis W.; Holley, Scott; Greicius, Michael; Dalgard, Clifton L.; Zody, Michael; Mayeux, Richard; Kizil, Caghan; Vardarajan, Badri N. (Acta Neuropathologica, 2024-03)
      The risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease (AD) significantly increases in individuals carrying the APOEε4 allele. Elderly cognitively healthy individuals with APOEε4 also exist, suggesting the presence of cellular ...
    • Using Bacteriophages to Treat Resilient Bacteria Found in Produced Water 

      Sánchez-Rosario, Ramon; Rodríguez, Vivian; García, Jesús; A. Schug, Kevin; L. Hildenbrand, Zacariah; A. Bernal, Ricardo; Bernal, Ricardo A (Water, 2024-03)
      Numerous treatment modalities have been employed over the years to eradicate bacterial communities in industrial wastewater. Oxidizing agents and chemical additives, such as ozone, permanganate, glutaraldehyde, and ...
    • Mathematical argumentation of three-year-old children on a classroom experience based on two STEAM domains 

      Salgado, María; Berciano, Ainhoa; Abad-Villaverde, Beatriz (Modestum. EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2024-01)
      In the last decades, the importance of argumentation as a human competence in general and its close relationship with mathematical comprehension in particular has been highlighted. Thus, in this paper we focus our interest ...
    • Commentary: A classification system for antimicrobial activity based on MIC-values: fake or reality? 

      Roersch, Carles M. (J Ethnopharmacol, 2012-01-31)
      In the literature circulates a classification system for antimicrobial activity, which has no basis whatsoever. In this commentary the non-existence of this classification system will be clearly indicated based on MIC values.
    • Prehospital care of biologic agent-induced injuries 

      Asensio, Juan A; Kessler, John J; Dabestani, Parinaz J; Peralta, Ruben; Cancio, Leopoldo (Current Therapy of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, 2023-01-01)
      Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major healthcare problem and a major burden to society. The identification of a TBI can be challenging in the prehospital setting, particularly in elderly patients with unobserved falls. ...
    • Potential risk of medication discrepancies and reconciliation errors at admission and discharge from an inpatient medical service 

      Climente-Martí, Mónica; García-Mañón, Elda R; Artero-Mora, Arturo; Jiménez-Torres, N Víctor (Ann Pharmacother ., 2010)
      Medication discrepancies, defined as unexplained variations among drug regimens at care transitions, are common. Some are unintended and cause reconciliation errors that are potentially detrimental for patients. To determine ...
    • Multifractal analysis of brain tumor interface in glioblastoma 

      Sánchez, Jacksson; Martín-Landrove, Miguel (PulbMed, 2024)
      The dynamics of tumor growth is a very complex process, generally accompanied by numerous chromosomal aberrations that determine its genetic and dynamical heterogeneity. Consequently, the tumor interface exhibits a non-regular ...
    • The protocols for the 10/66 dementia research group population-based research programme 

      Prince, Martin; Ferri, Cleusa P; Acosta, Daisy; Albanese, Emiliano; Arizaga, Raul; Dewey, Michael; I Gavrilova, Svetlana; Guerra, Mariella; Huang, Yueqin; Jacob, KS; Krishnamoorthy, ES; McKeigue, Paul; Llibre Rodriguez, Juan; Salas, Aquiles; Sosa, Ana Luisa; MM Sousa, Renata; Stewart, Robert; Uwakwe, Richard (BMC Public Health., 2007)
      Latin America, China and India are experiencing unprecedentedly rapid demographic ageing with an increasing number of people with dementia. The 10/66 Dementia Research Group's title refers to the 66% of people with dementia ...
    • The association between common physical impairments and dementia in low and middle income countries, and, among people with dementia, their association with cognitive function and disability. A 10/66 Dementia Research Group population-based study 

      Prince, Martin; Acosta, Daisy; Ferri, Cleusa P; Guerra, Mariella; Huang, Yueqin; Jotheeswaran, AT; Liu, Zhaorui; Llibre Rodriguez, Juan J.; Salas, Aquiles; Sosa, Ana Luisa; Williams, Joseph D. (International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 2011-03)
      Chronic physical comorbidity is common in dementia. However, there is an absence of evidence to support good practice guidelines for attention to these problems. We aimed to study the extent of this comorbidity and its ...
    • AMPERE: exploiting Galileo for electrical asset mapping in emerging countries 

      Fasano, Giancarmine; Causa, Flavia; Opromolla, Roberto; Asciolla, Marcello; Nisi, Marco; Pozzoli, Leonardo; Lisi, Marco; Mennella, Alberto; Gagliarde, Graziano; Luisi, Gianluca; Molina, Pere; Blazquez, Marta; Colomina, Ismael; Cabrera, Pedro; Rodriguez, Gustavo; Poggi, Riccardo; Lisi, Luigi; Fagioli, Giulia; Muscinelli, Roberto (IEEE, 2021)
      The AMPERE project aims at engineering and starting to commercialize a dedicated solution, to be used for electrical power network information gathering. AMPERE will support decision making actors (e.g., institutions and ...
    • Post-Operative Analgesics Score, Another Tool in the Quest for a Better Pain Management 

      Peralta, Ruben; Strandvik, Gustav Frans (World J Surg, 2023-07-23)
      Although acute pain has obvious implications in terms of resource utilization and humane treatment, it is chronic pain resulting from surgical procedures that has the greater impact on quality of life and economic activity. ...
    • Travelers from the marks of seduction (1983) 

      Alcántara Almánzar, José (Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas, 2022-05-10)
    • Unilateral application of the carriere distalizer 

      Rodríguez, Hector Luis (J Clin Orthod ., 2010-03)
    • Can “Stop The Bleed” training courses for laypersons improve hemorrhage control knowledge, skills, and attitudes? A systematic review 

      Consunji, Rafael; Mekkodathil, Ahammed; Abdelrahman, Husham; El-Menyar, Ayman; Peralta, Ruben; Rizoli, Sandro; Al-Thani, Hassan (European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, 2023)
      in many regions of the world, most trauma deaths occur within 1–2 h of injury due to uncontrolled bleeding. For this reason, training lay first-person responders in trauma care, focusing on hemorrhage control, has been ...
    • Reportes del camarón tigre (Penaeus monodon) en la pesca artesanal de Sánchez, Bahía de Samaná, República Dominicana 

      Beltré-Díaz, Marcia J.; Giménez-Hurtado, Enrique; Galán, Jesús; Montero-Fortunato, Enmanuel; Mateo, Jeannette (Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña, 2023-12-21)
      El Penaeus monodon, es un camarón que fue introducido en República. Dominicana en 1985 por el proyecto “Isabel Acuacultura”, costa atlántica del país y de ésta en 1992 al “Proyecto Piloto de Camarones Marinos” costa ...
    • Anafilaxia por alimentos 

      Rojo-Gutiérrez, María Isabel; Valentín-Rostan, Marylin; Latour-Staffeld, Patricia; Jares, Edgardo José (Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña, 2023-12-31)
      La anafilaxia, una reacción potencialmente mortal, se caracteriza por la aparición aguda de síntomas que afectan diversos sistemas y requiere intervención médica inmediata. Aunque la tasa de mortalidad general es baja, la ...