Publications by authors named "M O El Ruby"
It is unclear how pet ownership is related to mental health, with some previous research suggesting pet owners have better mental health, while other research suggests they have worse mental health. Some researchers have suggested that it may be more useful to investigate the bond people feel with their pets and how this may impact mental health; however, this too has led to mixed results. This study examined how owners' attachment to their dogs was associated with mental health and how this compared to their attachment relationships with other humans in a sample of 607 dog owners.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPatients' expectations are a major contributor to the unnecessary prescribing of antibiotics, yet limited research has examined how physicians can calibrate these expectations. The studies we conducted tested how varying messages could impact patients' expectations for antibiotics and their experience of medical appointments. All the participants read a short scenario about an appointment for mild sinusitis symptoms, with the patient's expectation of antibiotics.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To estimate hospital services utilisation and cost among the Indonesian population enrolled in the National Health Insurance (NHI) program before and after COVID-19 hospital treatment.
Methods: 28,159 Indonesian NHI enrolees treated with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 in hospitals between May and August 2020 were compared to 8,995 individuals never diagnosed with COVID-19 in 2020. A difference-in-difference approach is used to contrast the monthly all-cause utilisation rate and total claims of hospital services between these two groups.
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- The brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus s.l., is a significant carrier of Rickettsia rickettsii, which causes Rocky Mountain spotted fever, prompting public health measures to control tick infestations around homes and on pets.
- Current control strategies primarily rely on acaricides, particularly synthetic pyrethroids, but many ticks have developed resistance to these chemicals, complicating prevention efforts.
- Researchers used advanced sequencing techniques to study genetic variations associated with acaricide resistance in different lineages of the tick, finding a specific genetic mutation tied to resistance that was commonly found in tropical lineage ticks across various locations in the US.
Market actors have a role to play in enabling sustainable food transitions. One challenge for these actors is how to promote plant-based foods in ways that appeal to a growing number of consumers. Here we test how different plant-based related labels affect consumer appraisals of a range of foods (cookies, sausages, cheese, chocolate, pasta).
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