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Radiation dose estimation of patients undergoing lumbar spine radiography.

Journal of medical physics

Gyekye PK, Simon A, Geoffrey ER, Johnson Y, Stephen I, Engmann CK, Samuel WG.
PMID: 24672153
J Med Phys. 2013 Oct;38(4):185-8. doi: 10.4103/0971-6203.121196.

Radiation dose to organs of 100 adult patients undergoing lumbar spine (LS) radiography at a University Hospital have been assessed. Free in air kerma measurement using an ionization chamber was used for the patient dosimetry. Organ and effective dose...

Transitional B Cells in Early Human B Cell Development - Time to Revisit the Paradigm?.

Frontiers in immunology

Martin VG, Wu YB, Townsend CL, Lu GH, O'Hare JS, Mozeika A, Coolen AC, Kipling D, Fraternali F, Dunn-Walters DK.
PMID: 27994589
Front Immunol. 2016 Dec 02;7:546. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2016.00546. eCollection 2016.

The B cell repertoire is generated in the adult bone marrow by an ordered series of gene rearrangement processes that result in massive diversity of immunoglobulin (Ig) genes and consequently an equally large number of potential specificities for antigen....

Racial/Ethnic Differences in Dually Diagnosed Anglo and Ethnic Minority Women Receiving Chemical Dependency Treatment.

Journal of ethnicity in substance abuse

Fowler DN, Dinitto DM, Webb DK.
PMID: 29019292
J Ethn Subst Abuse. 2004;3(3):1-16. doi: 10.1300/J233v03n03_01.

This article examines racial/ethnic differences in a sample of 51 dually diagnosed women who received chemical dependency treatment. Comparisons are made between Anglo and racial/ethnic minority women at admission to the inpatient treatment program and at follow-up where data...

Adiposity and hyperleptinemia during the first trimester among pregnant women with preeclampsia.

International journal of women's health

Yeboah FA, Ngala RA, Bawah AT, Asare-Anane H, Alidu H, Hamid AM, Wumbee JDK.
PMID: 28670144
Int J Womens Health. 2017 Jun 16;9:449-454. doi: 10.2147/IJWH.S134088. eCollection 2017.

BACKGROUND: Leptin levels start increasing from the early stages of pregnancy, irrespective of the maternal body mass index. Leptin levels are increased in pregnant women with preeclampsia (PE) and may precede the clinical onset of the disease, with peaks...

Body composition and ankle-brachial index in Ghanaians with asymptomatic peripheral arterial disease in a tertiary hospital.

BMC obesity

Yeboah K, Puplampu P, Yorke E, Antwi DA, Gyan B, Amoah AG.
PMID: 27239322
BMC Obes. 2016 May 13;3:27. doi: 10.1186/s40608-016-0107-3. eCollection 2016.

BACKGROUND: Ankle-brachial index (ABI) and indices of obesity are both use to indicate cardiovascular risk. However, association between body composition indices and ABI, a measure of peripheral arterial disease, is inconsistent in various study reports. In this study, we...

Quality of Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine Given as Antimalarial Prophylaxis in Pregnant Women in Selected Health Facilities in Central Region of Ghana.

Journal of parasitology research

Yeboah DF, Afoakwah R, Nwaefuna EK, Verner O, Boampong JN.
PMID: 27042341
J Parasitol Res. 2016;2016:9231946. doi: 10.1155/2016/9231946. Epub 2016 Mar 06.

The use of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) as an intermittent preventive treatment (IPT) against malaria during pregnancy has become a policy in most sub-Sahara African countries and crucially depends on the efficacy of SP. This study sets out to evaluate the...

Case Study: The Role of eLearning in Midwifery Pre-Service Education in Ghana.

World health & population

Appiagyei M, Trump A, Danso E, Yeboah A, Searle S, Carr C.
PMID: 26860764
World Health Popul. 2015;16(2):54-61. doi: 10.12927/whp.2016.24492.

The issues and challenges of implementing eLearning in pre-service health education were explored through a pilot study conducted in six nurse-midwifery education programs in Ghana. Case-based, interactive computer mediated eLearning modules, targeted to basic emergency and obstetrical signal functions,...

Complex Recovery: Understanding the Lives of Formerly Homeless Adults with Complex Needs.

Journal of social distress and the homeless

Padgett DK, Tiderington E, Smith BT, Derejko KS, Henwood BF.
PMID: 28439191
J Soc Distress Homeless. 2016;25(2):60-70. doi: 10.1080/10530789.2016.1173817. Epub 2016 Jul 26.

OBJECTIVE: This report examines mental health recovery in a population neglected in the literature--formerly homeless adults with serious mental illness and co-occurring substance abuse. The term 'complex recovery' is used to examine the onset and impact of various types...

Challenges and predictors of exclusive breastfeeding among mothers attending the child welfare clinic at a regional hospital in Ghana: a descriptive cross-sectional study.

International breastfeeding journal

Diji AK, Bam V, Asante E, Lomotey AY, Yeboah S, Owusu HA.
PMID: 28286540
Int Breastfeed J. 2017 Mar 09;12:13. doi: 10.1186/s13006-017-0104-2. eCollection 2016.

BACKGROUND: The challenges and predictors of exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) have been examined in many parts of the world. Considering the socio-cultural dynamics and the few research studies in Ghana, the factors that hinder and predict EBF practice in other...

Effects of silver nanoparticles on human and rat embryonic neural stem cells.

Frontiers in neuroscience

Liu F, Mahmood M, Xu Y, Watanabe F, Biris AS, Hansen DK, Inselman A, Casciano D, Patterson TA, Paule MG, Slikker W, Wang C.
PMID: 25904840
Front Neurosci. 2015 Apr 08;9:115. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2015.00115. eCollection 2015.

Silver nano-particles (Ag-NPs) are becoming increasingly prevalent in consumer products as antibacterial agents. The increased use of Ag NP-enhanced products will almost certainly increase environmental silver levels, resulting in increased exposures and the potential for increased adverse reactions including...

Animated documentation of the filaria dance sign (FDS) in bancroftian filariasis.

Filaria journal

Mand S, Marfo-Debrekyei Y, Dittrich M, Fischer K, Adjei O, Hoerauf A.
PMID: 12636874
Filaria J. 2003 Feb 27;2(1):3. doi: 10.1186/1475-2883-2-3.

BACKGROUND: Ultrasonography is able to detect adult Wuchereria bancrofti worms in scrotal lymphatic vessels of infected men on account of the characteristic pattern of adult worm movements, known as the filarial dance sign. Furthermore, the technique is able to...

Counter-rotating microplates at the Galapagos triple junction.

Nature

Klein EM, Smith DK, Williams CM, Schouten H.
PMID: 15729339
Nature. 2005 Feb 24;433(7028):855-8. doi: 10.1038/nature03262.

An 'incipient' spreading centre east of (and orthogonal to) the East Pacific Rise at 2 degrees 40' N has been identified as forming a portion of the northern boundary of the Galapagos microplate. This spreading centre was described as...

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