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Changing circumstances, disrupting habits

interventions

Tam L, Wood W.
GSID: Vhpafq-pAUkJ
W Wood, L Tam, MG Witt - Journal of personality and social …, 2005 - psycnet.apa.org

The present research investigated the mechanisms guiding habitual behavior, specifically, the stimulus cues that trigger habit performance. When usual contexts for performance …

Biologically active, high levels of interleukin-22 inhibit hepatic gluconeogenesis but do not affect obesity and its metabolic consequences.

Cell & bioscience

Park O, Ki SH, Xu M, Wang H, Feng D, Tam J, Osei-Hyiaman D, Kunos G, Gao B.
PMID: 26064446
Cell Biosci. 2015 May 30;5:25. doi: 10.1186/s13578-015-0015-0. eCollection 2015.

BACKGROUND: Interleukin-22 (IL-22), a cytokine with important functions in anti-microbial defense and tissue repair, has been recently suggested to have beneficial effects in obesity and metabolic syndrome in some but not in other studies. Here, we re-examined the effects...

Needle aponeurotomy for Dupuytren contracture: Effectiveness of postoperative night extension splinting.

Plastic surgery (Oakville, Ont.)

Tam L, Chung YY.
PMID: 27054134
Plast Surg (Oakv). 2016;24(1):23-6. doi: 10.4172/plastic-surgery.1000951.

BACKGROUND: Night extension splinting has been used to treat patients with Dupuytren contracture to improve active range of motion (AROM) of the hand. A published case study demonstrated the benefit of splinting following needle aponeurotomy; however, no larger studies...

Hemodialysis Infection Prevention Protocols Ontario-Shower Technique (HIPPO-ST): A Pilot Randomized Trial.

Kidney international reports

Kosa SD, Gafni A, House AA, Lawrence J, Moist L, Nathoo B, Tam P, Sarabia A, Thabane L, Wu G, Lok CE.
PMID: 29142959
Kidney Int Rep. 2016 Nov 08;2(2):228-238. doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2016.11.001. eCollection 2017 Mar.

INTRODUCTION: We developed the Hemodialysis Infection Prevention Protocols Ontario-Shower Technique (HIPPO-ST) to permit hemodialysis (HD) patients with central venous catheters (catheters) to shower without additional infection risk. Our primary objective was to determine the feasibility of conducting a parallel...

Topic: Inguinal Hernia - Post op chronic pain: incidence, evaluation, legal consequences, therapy, follow up.

Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery

Zwaans W, Verhagen T, Roumen R, Scheltinga M, Dieleman J, Vad M, Frost P, Rosenberg J, Svendsen SW, Tabbara M, Carandina S, Bossi M, Polliand C, Barrat C, Soler M, Chander J, Sharma R, Lal R, Pradhan G, Mol F, Mitura K, Romanczuk M, Lundstrom K, Nordin P, Holmberg H, Sahin A, Kulacoglu H, Olcucuoglu E, Guadalaxara A, Rampinelli LA, Mariani P, Ubezio D, Felici A, Santagati G, Novellino L, Gitelis M, DeAsis F, Chao S, Lapin B, Denham W, Linn J, Haggerty S, Carbray J, Ujiki M, Evans L, Canciani GN, Gordon EM, Wei P, Tam K, Chen C, Kao C, Protasov A, Bogdanov D, Meshkov M, Kurganov I, Misra MC, Bansal VK, Subodh K, Krishna A, Bansal D, Ray S, Rajeshwari S, Marzo F, Forni S, Massi M, Gia L, Dabrowski A.
PMID: 26518822
Hernia. 2015 Apr;19:S267-74. doi: 10.1007/BF03355370.

No abstract available.

Modern Measurement Approaches to Health Literacy Scale Development and Refinement: Overview, Current Uses, and Next Steps.

Journal of health communication

Nguyen TH, Paasche-Orlow MK, Kim MT, Han HR, Chan KS.
PMID: 26513038
J Health Commun. 2015;20:112-5. doi: 10.1080/10810730.2015.1073408.

There are currently more than 100 health literacy instruments. The procedures used to develop and test the measures are primarily guided by classical test theory. However, a small and growing number (n = 13) of health literacy measures are...

A high-risk group of pregnant women with elevated levels of conflict-related trauma, intimate partner violence, symptoms of depression and other forms of mental distress in post-conflict Timor-Leste.

Translational psychiatry

Rees SJ, Tol W, Mohammad M, Tay AK, Tam N, Dos Reis N, da Costa E, Soares C, Silove DM.
PMID: 27023173
Transl Psychiatry. 2016 Mar 29;6:e767. doi: 10.1038/tp.2016.33.

No abstract available.

Agonist anti-GITR monoclonal antibody and stereotactic radiation induce immune-mediated survival advantage in murine intracranial glioma.

Journal for immunotherapy of cancer

Patel MA, Kim JE, Theodros D, Tam A, Velarde E, Kochel CM, Francica B, Nirschl TR, Ghasemzadeh A, Mathios D, Harris-Bookman S, Jackson CC, Jackson C, Ye X, Tran PT, Tyler B, Coric V, Selby M, Brem H, Drake CG, Pardoll DM, Lim M.
PMID: 27190629
J Immunother Cancer. 2016 May 17;4:28. doi: 10.1186/s40425-016-0132-2. eCollection 2016.

BACKGROUND: Glioblastoma (GBM) is a poorly immunogenic neoplasm treated with focused radiation. Immunotherapy has demonstrated synergistic survival effects with stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) in murine GBM. GITR is a co-stimulatory molecule expressed constitutively on regulatory T-cells and by effector T-cells...

Type 2 diabetes among Asian Americans: Prevalence and prevention.

World journal of diabetes

Nguyen TH, Nguyen TN, Fischer T, Ha W, Tran TV.
PMID: 25987951
World J Diabetes. 2015 May 15;6(4):543-7. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v6.i4.543.

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a growing problem among Asian Americans. Based on the Centers for Disease Control, the age-adjusted prevalence of T2DM for Asian Americans is 9%, placing them at "moderate risk". However differential patterns of disease...

Hepatorenal Syndrome: A Review of Pathophysiology and Current Treatment Options.

Seminars in interventional radiology

Erly B, Carey WD, Kapoor B, McKinney JM, Tam M, Wang W.
PMID: 26622108
Semin Intervent Radiol. 2015 Dec;32(4):445-54. doi: 10.1055/s-0035-1564794.

No abstract available.

A Comprehensive Quality-of-Life Instrument for Aesthetic and Functional Rhinoplasty: The RHINO Scale.

Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open

Lee MK, Most SP.
PMID: 27014540
Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2016 Feb 04;4(2):e611. doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000000592. eCollection 2016 Feb.

UNLABELLED: Currently, there is no validated quality-of-life instrument that evaluates both functional and aesthetic outcomes after rhinoplasty. The goal of this study was to develop and validate a comprehensive quality-of-life instrument to assess patient satisfaction with both functional and...

Collaborative Paradigm of Preventive, Personalized, and Precision Medicine With Point-of-Care Technologies.

IEEE journal of translational engineering in health and medicine

Dhawan AP.
PMID: 28560119
IEEE J Transl Eng Health Med. 2016 Dec 09;4:2800908. doi: 10.1109/JTEHM.2016.2635126. eCollection 2016.

Recent advances in biosensors, medical instrumentation, and information processing and communication technologies (ICT) have enabled significant improvements in healthcare. However, these technologies have been mainly applied in clinical environments, such as hospitals and healthcare facilities, under managed care by...

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