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BMC Glob Public Health
January 2025
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Background: Undernutrition remains a global crisis and is a focus of Sustainable Development Goals. While there are multiple known, effective interventions, complex interactions between prevention and treatment and resource constraints can lead to difficulties in allocating funding. Simulation studies that use in silico simulation can help illuminate the interactions between interventions and provide insight into the cost-effectiveness of alternative packages of options.
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January 2025
Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Zurich, Binzmühlestrasse 14, Zurich, 8050, Switzerland.
Background: Despite the growing use of social egg freezing (SEF), research focusing on its psychological aspects is lacking. This study aimed to investigate possible psychological predictors, reasons, and outcomes of SEF in German-speaking countries.
Methods: The cross-sectional study included 1,131 women (average age 31 years) who had never used medical egg freezing.
Microsyst Nanoeng
January 2025
Key Laboratory of Instrumentation Science and Dynamic Measurement Ministry of Education, North University of China, 030051, Taiyuan, China.
The alarming prevalence and mortality rates associated with cardiovascular diseases have emphasized the urgency for innovative detection solutions. Traditional methods, often costly, bulky, and prone to subjectivity, fall short of meeting the need for daily monitoring. Digital and portable wearable monitoring devices have emerged as a promising research frontier.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Psychiatr Res
December 2024
The Cairnmillar Institute, Hawthorn East, VIC, 3123, Australia. Electronic address:
Hoarding Disorder (HD) is marked by the inability to discard possessions, and often excessive acquiring, which results in cluttered living spaces that substantially disrupt daily life. While the Saving Inventory-Revised (SI-R) serves as a reliable and valid tool for assessing hoarding severity, its length may preclude routine use. We aimed to develop a valid shorter version of the scale using Item Response Theory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis in a non-selected sample of 2890 individuals and a clinical HD sample of 200 participants, which were divided into test and confirmatory samples in a 2:1 ratio.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRev Med Suisse
January 2025
Service de néphrologie et d'hypertension, Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois et Université de Lausanne, 1011 Lausanne.
From immunoglobulin A nephropathy to primary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, sparsentan expands its indications. Complement inhibitors offer new hope for patients with certain poor-prognosis glomerulonephritides. Semaglutide enjoys great success, promising nephro- and cardioprotection for type 2 diabetics.
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