Publications by authors named "N C Flowers"

Objective: To explore the experiences of people having cfDNA screening to detect unbalanced translocations, and to understand motivations for choosing this option.

Methods: We used a qualitative approach with in-depth semi-structured interviews with reciprocal translocation carriers and their partners. People who underwent cfDNA screening with translocation analysis through Victorian Clinical Genetics Services between 2015 and 2019 were invited to take part.

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Objectives: Studies on oral processing are often snapshots of behaviors that examine feeding through individual bouts. In this study, we expand on our previous work comparing bite/chew variables per feeding bout to summed daily biting, chewing, and food intake to interpret loading that could have potential morphological effects.

Materials And Methods: We observed sympatric Lemur catta and Propithecus verreauxi over two field seasons in the dry forest of Bezà Mahafaly Special Reserve in southwestern Madagascar.

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Purpose: Pharmacy chains can differ with respect to the characteristics of their patient populations as well as their nonprescription products, services, and practices, and thus may serve as a surrogate for potential unmeasured confounding in observational studies of prescription drugs. This study evaluates whether a single-source drug can have different patient outcomes based on the dispensing pharmacy chain.

Methods: Separate analyses for two anticoagulant drugs, rivaroxaban and apixaban, were conducted using Medicare Fee-for-Service claims evaluating the association between dispensing pharmacy chain and outcomes of acute myocardial infarction, ischemic stroke, intracranial hemorrhage, gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding, all-cause mortality, and major GI bleeding.

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