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Antibacterial Activity of Selected Fractions Extract of Coptis chinensis Franch Rhizomes
(World Informations Syndicate, 2020)The antibacterial activity of different fractions of selected extract of Coptis chinensis Franch rhizome was evaluated on gram positive bacteria. Three extracts were tested at concentrations ranging from 1 mg/ml, 10 mg/ml, ... -
Antioxidant and Cytotoxicity Activities of Butylated Hydroxytoluene Ligands Capped Gold Nanoparticles
(Chiang Mai Journal of Science, 2021)The new potent nano-antioxidant of sulfur-containing butylated hydroxytoluene ligands (S-BHTLs)-conjugated with gold nanoparticles, Au-S-BHTLs, was synthesized by a conjugation of sulfur-containing ligands derived from BHT ... -
Are They Watching: Pedagogical Influence of Role Modeling on Student Competence, Confidence, and Clinical Reasoning
(Scientific Research Publishing, Inc., 2022)Background: This article examines the effects of role modeling used as an educational scaffold in simulation. Students requested an exemplar of what was expected before entering the simulation scenario. Three expert nurses ... -
Association of Plasma C-reactive Protein With Ischemic Stroke: A Mendelian Randomization Study
(John Wiley & Sons, 2019)BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Elevated C-reactive protein (CRP) is associated with an increased risk of ischemic stroke (IS). However, the causality of this association is uncertain. We aim to investigate whether genetically ... -
Atlas of the Global Burden of Stroke (1990-2013): The GBD 2013 Study
(Karger, 2015)Background World mapping is an important tool to visualize stroke burden and its trends in various regions and countries. Objectives To show geographic patterns of incidence, prevalence, mortality, disability-adjusted ... -
Attending to Immigrants' Everyday Activities: A New Perspective on Ensuring Asian Immigrants' Quality of Life
(Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers (ANZASW), 2016)INTRODUCTION: The quality of Asian immigrants’ lives is significant to the harmony of New Zealand society where, at the 2013 Census, 11.8% of its residents identified as Asian. However, settlement can be stressful for new ... -
Attitude and Achievement of First-Year Chemistry Undergraduate Students at The University of the South Pacific
Student attitude toward chemistry may influence engagement and achievement in chemistry-related courses, however, equivocal results in studies conducted in Western countries to date indicate this relationship requires ... -
Attitudes about gambling: a Durkheimian perspective
(Gambling and Addictions Research Centre, AUT University, 2016)Intending to inform thinking and discussion over the cultivation of gambling attitudes. Attitudes are: comprised of emotions and cognitions; formed through experience, and; can fashion behaviour. There are swift changes ... -
Attitudes and Experiences Among First-Year Regional Australian Undergraduate Students Toward the Study of Chemistry
(Journal of University Learning & Teaching Practice (JUTLP), 2021)Both attitude and previous experiences play a large role in shaping a student’s approach to and achievement in a given subject. Similarly, students’ enjoyment of their learning experiences is an important factor in determining ... -
Automatic adjudication of symptom-based exacerbations in bronchiectasis patients treated with Azithromycin
(American Statistical Association (ASA), 2015)The EMBRACE multi-center RCT evaluated the effect of azithromycin on frequency of event-based exacerbations (EBEs), lung function and health-related quality of life in adult patients with non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis. ... -
Bayesian Reconstruction of Two-sex Populations by Age: Estimating Sex Ratios at Birth and Sex Ratios of Mortality
(arXiv, 2013)The original version of Bayesian reconstruction, a method for estimating age-specific fertility, mortality, migration and population counts of the recent past with uncertainty, produced estimates for female-only populations. ... -
Becoming Better Helpers: Rethinking Language to Move Beyond Simplistic Responses to Women Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence
(Institute for Governance and Policy Studies (IGPS), Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)The prevalence of family violence is a persistent challenge facing New Zealand. Its effects are pervasive, spanning multiple levels: individuals, family/whanau, communities, and society in general. A major challenge in ... -
Beginning to Address Institutional Racism Within the Public Health Sector: Insights From a Provider Survey
(Health Promotion Forum of New Zealand, 2013)No abstract. -
Being Māori and Pākehā: Methodology and method in exploring cultural hybridity
(2018)This article addresses the first author’s experience of identifying as both Māori and Pākehā in Aotearoa New Zealand. Based on her own research using both kaupapa research theory and heuristic research method, and supervised ... -
Bicultural praxis: the relevance of Te Tiriti o Waitangi to health promotion internationally
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)The transformation of health inequities between indigneous and non-indigneous people is necessary to any just society. Health promotion that addresses these injustices thus must be inherently political work particularly ... -
The biopolitics of Māori biomass: towards a new epistemology for Māori health in Aotearoa/New Zealand
(Taylor & Francis, 2015)In this paper we consider what impact a biopolitics that creates a compliant self-governing weight-focused population has had on Māori health in Aotearoa/New Zealand. We frame this discussion with three vignettes that in ... -
Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Combined With Gonadotropin Therapy Restore Postnatal Oogenesis of Chemoablated Ovaries in Rats via Enhancing Very Small Embryonic-Like Stem Cells
(BioMed Central, 2021)Background: Very small embryonic-like stem cells (VSELs) are a rare population within the ovarian epithelial surface. They contribute to postnatal oogenesis as they have the ability to generate immature oocytes and resist ... -
Brain Health, One Health and COVID-19
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The Burden of Neurological Disorders Across the States of India: The Global Burden of Disease Study 1990–2019
(Elsevier BV, 2021)Summary Background A systematic understanding of the burden of neurological disorders at the subnational level is not readily available for India. We present a comprehensive analysis of the disease burden and trends of ... -
Burden of Neurological Disorders Across the US From 1990-2017
(American Medical Association (AMA), 2020)IMPORTANCE Accurate and up-to-date estimates on incidence, prevalence, mortality, and disability-adjusted life-years (burden) of neurological disorders are the backbone of evidence-based health care planning and resource ...