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Environmental Studies
Michelle Felton, Philip Jones, Richard Tranter, Joanna Clark, Tristan Quaife, Martin Lukac
Summary: Agroforestry (AF) is a land use practice that combines agricultural crops or livestock production with the cultivation of trees on the same piece of land. It has the potential to generate extra products, improve environmental benefits, and enhance farmers' financial returns. However, AF adoption in the UK remains low, indicating that there are barriers to overcome. This study investigates these barriers and identifies potential drivers for further AF uptake in South-East and East lowland England.
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Clinical Neurology
Zane Schnurman, Elad Mashiach, Katherine E. Link, Bernadine Donahue, Erik Sulman, Joshua Silverman, John G. Golfinos, Eric Karl Oermann, Douglas Kondziolka
Summary: Most patients with brain metastases die secondary to systemic disease progression. For patients who die because of neurological disease, tumor dynamics and cause of death mechanisms indicate that the primary driver of decline for many may be unchecked systemic disease with unrelenting spread of new tumors to the CNS rather than failure of local growth control.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Sefer Elezkurtaj, Selina Greuel, Jana Ihlow, Edward Georg Michaelis, Philip Bischoff, Catarina Alisa Kunze, Bruno Valentin Sinn, Manuela Gerhold, Kathrin Hauptmann, Barbara Ingold-Heppner, Florian Miller, Hermann Herbst, Victor Max Corman, Hubert Martin, Helena Radbruch, Frank L. Heppner, David Horst
Summary: The study conducted autopsies on 26 patients who died after SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19, finding that septic shock and multi organ failure were the most common immediate causes of death, often due to suppurative pulmonary infection. Most patients had comorbidities such as hypertension, ischemic heart disease, and obesity. The majority of deaths were found to be directly related to COVID-19, with contributory implications of preexisting health conditions to the mechanism of death.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Carmen Diva Saldiva de Andre, Ana Luiza Bierrenbach, Lucia Pereira Barroso, Paulo Afonso de Andre, Lisie Tocci Justo, Luiz Alberto Amador Pereira, Mauro T. Taniguchi, Catia Martinez Minto, Pedro Losco Takecian, Leonardo Tadashi Kamaura, Joao Eduardo Ferreira, Riley H. Hazard, Deirdre Mclaughlin, Ian Riley, Alan D. Lopez, Ana Maria de Oliveira Ramos, Maria de Fatima Marinho de Souza, Elisabeth Barboza Franca, Paulo Hilario Nascimento Saldiva, Luiz Fernando Ferraz da Silva
Summary: Reliable mortality data is crucial for public health policies. However, the quality of cause of death information varies across regions in Brazil. Verbal autopsy is an alternative method to improve mortality data. This study evaluated the performance of an adapted verbal autopsy questionnaire in identifying the underlying causes of non-forensic deaths in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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Medicine, General & Internal
Tharwa Bilbeisi, Razaq Almasry, Mariam Obeidat, Mona Mohammad, Imad Jaradat, Hadeel Halalsheh, Ayat Alni'mat, Danah Kanj Ahmad, Nour Alsaket, Mustafa Mehyar, Ibrahim Al-Nawaiseh, Yacoub A. Yousef
Summary: The causes and prognostic factors for death among Retinoblastoma (Rb) patients treated at a specialized cancer center in Jordan were analyzed. The study found that 5% of patients died from metastatic disease. Predictive factors for metastasis and death included tumor stage, high-risk pathological features, parental refusal of treatment, and extraocular extension.
FRONTIERS IN MEDICINE
(2023)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Elizabeth M. McClure, Sarah Saleem, Shivaprasad S. Goudar, Shiyam Sunder Tikmani, Sangappa M. Dhaded, Kay Hwang, Gowdar Guruprasad, Dhananjaya Shobha, B. Sarvamangala, S. Yogeshkumar, Manjunath S. Somannavar, Sana Roujani, Sayyeda Reza, Jamal Raza, Haleema Yasmin, Anna Aceituno, Lindsay Parlberg, Jean Kim, Carla M. Bann, Robert M. Silver, Robert L. Goldenberg
Summary: This study aims to assess the underlying and contributing causes of stillbirth in India and Pakistan. The findings indicate that fetal asphyxia is the major cause of stillbirth in South Asia, and several placental lesions, as well as maternal hypertension, are associated with fetal death.
LANCET GLOBAL HEALTH
(2022)
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Parasitology
Jessica Eleanor Stokes, Simon Carpenter, Christopher Sanders, Simon Gubbins
Summary: This study provides long-term monitoring of Culicoides adult emergence from larval development habitats, revealing the continual and highly variable rates of emergence of Culicoides throughout the year. It also highlights the presence of other vector species and emphasizes the need for complementary surveillance techniques to investigate seasonality and phenology.
PARASITES & VECTORS
(2022)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Rezwanul Haque, Syed Afroz Keramat, Syed Mahbubur Rahman, Maimun Ur Rashid Mustafa, Khorshed Alam
Summary: Maternal obesity in South and South-East Asian countries is significantly associated with an increased risk of miscarriage, stillbirth, and early neonatal mortality. Children of obese mothers also have a higher risk of death during the early neonatal period.
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Infectious Diseases
Adeel A. Butt, Mylai D. Guerrero, Elenor B. Canlas, Husni Al-Dwairi, Aseel Hatem Subhi Alzibdeh, Thasneem Odaippurath, Ali Ahmed Sheikh Saleh Alkeldi, Mohammad Fawaz Saber Mohammad, Anil G. Thomas, Sherin Shams, Samah Saleem, Fathima Hanana, Anvar Hassan Kaleeckal, Ali Nizar Latif, Riyazuddin Mohammad Shaik, Abdullatif Al-Khal, Muna Al-Maslamani, Abdul-Badi Abou-Samra
Summary: Accurate determination of the immediate causes of death in patients with COVID-19 is important. A study in Qatar reviewed all deaths flagged for likely relationship to COVID-19 and found that COVID-19 pneumonia was the most common cause of death, but a significant proportion of patients died from non-COVID-19 causes.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
(2023)
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Geriatrics & Gerontology
Minjia Mo, Hong Xu, Minh Tuan Hoang, Pol Grau Jurado, Shayan Mostafaei, Ingemar Kareholt, Kristina Johnell, Maria Eriksdotter, Sara Garcia-Ptacek
Summary: This study analyzed the risk of death from specific external causes, including falls, complications of medical and surgical care, unintentional injuries, and suicide, in dementia patients. The study found that dementia patients had an increased risk of unintentional injuries, falls, and suicide compared to control participants. Frontotemporal dementia had the highest risks of unintentional injuries and falls, while mixed dementia patients were less likely to die from suicide and complications of medical and surgical care.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION
(2023)
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Environmental Studies
Carlos Moreno-Leguizamon, Marcela Tovar-Restrepo
Summary: This paper explores the spatial affiliation and territorialisation of intersecting identities, stigma, and health-based infrastructures in the South East of England through three research projects. It critiques Wacquant's approach to territorial stigma and suggests the use of an intersectional approach to identity to better understand the interplay between stigma and health infrastructures. The paper proposes the concept of 'transbordering assemblages' to describe the complex relationships between health settings and infrastructures.
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Construction & Building Technology
Alison Quinn, Alessio Russo
Summary: This research examines how primary schools in England have modified their outdoor spaces in response to COVID-19 regulations and guidelines in order to meet the needs of students who returned after the school closures and national lockdown of Spring/Summer 2020. It investigates the impact on play and learning value of the school grounds, and explores how these findings can inform future design considerations for school grounds. The study utilized a mixed-method approach, including qualitative interviews, quantitative desk research, and in-person site surveys.
BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
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Psychology, Clinical
Chi-Kang Chang, Edward Chesney, Wei-Nung Teng, Sam Hollandt, Megan Pritchard, Hitesh Shetty, Robert Stewart, Philip McGuire, Rashmi Patel
Summary: This study investigates whether the mortality rate in people with serious mental illness (SMI) has changed over the last decade. The results show that, compared to the general population, individuals with SMI still have a significantly shorter life expectancy, although there appears to be some improvement. Additionally, the study finds that cancer-related mortality accounts for a similar proportion of deaths as cardiovascular disease in the 2013-2017 cohorts.
PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Sreten Simovic, Tijana Ivanisevic, Bojana Bradic, Svetlana Cicevic, Aleksandar Trifunovic
Summary: The study examined the challenges and changes faced by passenger transport and traffic management in Southeast Europe, revealing that the acceptability of vehicle occupancy is most often influenced by the age, education, and health conditions of the respondents.
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Oncology
Luchen Yang, Pan Song, Xiaotian Wu, Kai Ma, Zhenghuan Liu, Jing Zhou, Qiang Dong
Summary: This study evaluated the causes of death for testicular cancer patients and found that besides TC, the main causes of death included lung and bronchus cancer, colon and rectum cancer, and diseases of heart. Localized TC patients had lower risks of non-tumor deaths. The results provide valuable information for healthcare prioritization during testicular cancer survival.
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Primary Health Care
Henry Jensen, Camilla Hoffmann Merrild, Henrik Moller, Peter Vedsted
BRITISH JOURNAL OF GENERAL PRACTICE
(2019)
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Oncology
Rhonda Arthur, Henrik Moller, Hans Garmo, Christel Haggstrom, Lars Holmberg, Par Stattin, Hakan Malmstrom, Mats Lambe, Niklas Hammar, Goran Walldius, David Robinson, Ingmar Jungner, Mieke Van Hemelrijck
CANCER CAUSES & CONTROL
(2019)
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Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Hajira Ilyas, N. George Mikhaeel, Joel T. Dunn, Fareen Rahman, Henrik Moller, Daniel Smith, Sally F. Barrington
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND MOLECULAR IMAGING
(2019)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Mark Rezk, Ashish Chandra, Daniel Addis, Henrik Moller, Mina Youssef, Prokar Dasgupta, Hide Yamamoto
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Oncology
Trille Kristina Kjaer, Elisabeth Anne Wreford Andersen, Jeanette Falck Winther, Pernille Envold Bidstrup, Michael Borre, Henrik Moller, Signe Benzon Larsen, Christoffer Johansen, Susanne Oksbjerg Dalton
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Oncology
Line Flytkjaer Virgilsen, Henrik Moller, Peter Vedsted
CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2019)
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Oncology
Mary Nguyen-Nielsen, Henrik Moller, Anne Tjonneland, Michael Borre
CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2019)
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Cell Biology
Daniel M. Berney, Luis Beltran, Holly Sandu, Geraldine Soosay, Henrik Moller, Peter Scardino, Jacqueline Murphy, Amar Ahmad, Jack Cuzick
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Pathology
Solene-Florence Kammerer-Jacquet, Amar Ahmad, Henrik Moller, Holly Sandu, Peter Scardino, Geraldine Soosay, Luis Beltran, Jack Cuzick, Daniel M. Berney
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Line Flytkjaer Virgilsen, Henrik Moller, Peter Vedsted
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Primary Health Care
Thomas Round, Carolynn Gildea, Mark Ashworth, Henrik Moller
BRITISH JOURNAL OF GENERAL PRACTICE
(2020)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Philip A. J. Crosbie, Rhian Gabe, Irene Simmonds, Martyn Kennedy, Suzanne Rogerson, Nazia Ahmed, David R. Baldwin, Richard Booton, Ann Cochrane, Michael Darby, Kevin Franks, Sebastian Hinde, Sam M. Janes, Una Macleod, Mike Messenger, Henrik Moller, Rachael L. Murray, Richard D. Neal, Samantha L. Quaife, Mark Sculpher, Puvanendran Tharmanathan, David Torgerson, Matthew E. J. Callister
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Oncology
Hiba A. Wanis, Henrik Moller, Keyoumars Ashkan, Elizabeth A. Davies
Summary: This study described the incidence of adult primary brain tumors by major subtypes in England using data from the National Cancer Registration and Analysis Service (NCRAS). Glioblastoma was the most frequent tumor subtype, followed by meningioma. The increase in the incidence of major subtypes of brain tumors in England could be explained by advances in clinical practice.
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Oncology
Hiba A. Wanis, Henrik Moller, Keyoumars Ashkan, Elizabeth A. Davies
Summary: This study found ethnic differences in survival rates of patients with malignant primary brain tumors in England. Patients with an Indian background, Any Other White, Other Ethnic Group, and Unknown/Not Stated Ethnicity had better one-year survival rates than the White British Group, after adjusting for known prognostic factors. Understanding these ethnic variations could help identify potential risk or protective factors and improve patient outcomes.
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Medicine, General & Internal
Henriette Engberg, Marianne Steding-Jessen, Inge Oster, Jens Winther Jensen, Claus Wilki Fristrup, Henrik Moller
DANISH MEDICAL JOURNAL
(2020)