Publications by authors named "P Nicolas"
Article Synopsis
- Orthorexia Nervosa (ON) is an eating disorder focused on the quality of food rather than quantity, leading to varied and inconsistent assessment tools, affecting healthcare support for individuals with ON.
- The study aims to develop the first culturally relevant assessment tool for ON (LONI) in the Lebanese population, addressing limitations of existing scales.
- The LONI demonstrated strong reliability and validity, with a unidimensional structure that is effective for measuring ON traits across diverse populations.
To evaluate whether incorporating CT perfusion imaging can significantly enhance diagnostic CT accuracy in stroke detection. Two 3rd-year residents (3rd of 5 years of residency) reviewed CT scans of 200 patients with suspected stroke, consisting of 104 patients with a proven stroke and a control group with 96 patients. They analyzed each patient in a blinded and randomized manner in two runs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFStressed bacteria can enter a dormant viable but non-culturable (VBNC) state. VBNC pathogens pose an increased health risk as they are undetectable by growth-based techniques and can wake up back into a virulent state. Although widespread in bacteria, the mechanisms governing this phenotypic switch remain elusive.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFis a ubiquitous and psychrotrophic foodborne pathogen commonly found in raw materials, ready-to-eat products, and food environments. We previously demonstrated that can grow faster at low temperature when unsaturated fatty acids (UFA) are present in its environment. This could question the maintenance of food safety for refrigerated foods, especially those reformulated with a higher ratio of UFA versus saturated fatty acids (SFA) to fit with nutritional recommendations.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFImportance: Governments worldwide have become increasingly cognizant of the spread of genetic discrimination (negative treatment or harm on the basis of actual or presumed genetic characteristics). Despite efforts by a number of governments to establish regulations addressing this phenomenon, public concern about genetic discrimination persists.
Objective: To identify key elements of an optimal genetic nondiscrimination policy and inform policymakers as they seek to allay genetic nondiscrimination and related public anxieties.