Search Results - "KWAN, M"

Urban-rural inequalities in suicide mortality: a comparison of urbanicity indicators by Helbich, M, Blüml, V, de Jong, T, Plener, P L, Kwan, M-P, Kapusta, N D

“…Urban-rural disparities in suicide mortality have received considerable attention. Varying conceptualizations of urbanity may contribute to the conflicting…”
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Thrombocytopathy and endotheliopathy: crucial contributors to COVID-19 thromboinflammation by Gu, Sean X., Tyagi, Tarun, Jain, Kanika, Gu, Vivian W., Lee, Seung Hee, Hwa, Jonathan M., Kwan, Jennifer M., Krause, Diane S., Lee, Alfred I., Halene, Stephanie, Martin, Kathleen A., Chun, Hyung J., Hwa, John

“…The core pathology of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is infection of airway cells by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that…”
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Pulling back the curtain: live imaging adult disease processes by Kwan, Kristen M.

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The Effects of Gas Angular Momentum on the Formation of Magnetically Arrested Disks and the Launching of Powerful Jets by Kwan, Tom M., Dai, Lixin, Tchekhovskoy, Alexander

“…In this letter, we investigate Bondi-like accretion flows with zero or low specific angular momentum by performing 3D general relativistic magnetohydrodynamic…”
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Effect of the Obesity Epidemic on Kidney Transplantation: Obesity Is Independent of Diabetes as a Risk Factor for Adverse Renal Transplant Outcomes by Kwan, Jennifer M, Hajjiri, Zahraa, Metwally, Ahmed, Finn, Patricia W, Perkins, David L

“…Obesity is a growing epidemic in most developed countries including the United States resulting in an increased number of obese patients with end-stage renal…”
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Adolescents’ attitudes to the COVID-19 vaccination by Wong, W.H.S., Leung, D., Chua, G.T., Duque, J.S.R., Peare, S., So, H.K., Chan, S.M., Kwan, M.Y.W., Ip, P., Lau, Y.L.

“…Vaccines against COVID-19 are now available for adolescents in Hong Kong but vaccine hesitancy is a major barrier to herd immunity. This survey study explores…”
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Local country food sources of methylmercury, selenium and omega-3 fatty acids in Nunavik, Northern Quebec by Lemire, M., Kwan, M., Laouan-Sidi, A.E., Muckle, G., Pirkle, C., Ayotte, P., Dewailly, E.

“…Country foods are central to Inuit culture and replete in selenium (Se) and long-chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n−3 PUFA). However, some marine…”
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The rural pipeline to longer-term rural practice: General practitioners and specialists by Kwan, Marcella M S, Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan, Srinivas, Ranmuthugala, Geetha, Toombs, Maree R, Nicholson, Geoffrey C

“…Rural medical workforce shortage contributes to health disadvantage experienced by rural communities worldwide. This study aimed to determine the regional…”
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Loss of zebrafish dzip1 results in inappropriate recruitment of periocular mesenchyme to the optic fissure and ocular coloboma by Nandamuri, Sri Pratima, Lusk, Sarah, Kwan, Kristen M

“…Cilia are essential for the development and function of many different tissues. Although cilia machinery is crucial in the eye for photoreceptor development…”
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Notch Signaling Controls Multiple Steps of Pancreatic Differentiation by Murtaugh, L. Charles, Stanger, Ben Z., Kwan, Kristen M., Melton, Douglas A.

“…Multiple cell types of the pancreas appear asynchronously during embryogenesis, which requires that pancreatic progenitor cell potential changes over time…”
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Complications Associated With Operative Versus Nonsurgical Treatment of Distal Radius Fractures in Patients Aged 65 Years and Older by Lutz, Kristina, MD, Yeoh, Kwan M., MBBS, MacDermid, Joy C., MSc, PhD, Symonette, Caitlin, MSc, MD, Grewal, Ruby, MSc, MD

“…Purpose To compare complication rates for distal radius fractures treated operatively versus nonsurgical in patients older than 65 years. We hypothesized that…”
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Towards clinical implementation of circulating tumor DNA in metastatic prostate cancer: Opportunities for integration and pitfalls to interpretation by Kwan, Edmond M, Wyatt, Alexander W, Chi, Kim N

“…Plasma circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) represents short fragments of tumor-derived DNA released into the bloodstream primarily from cancer cells undergoing…”
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Treatment preference, engagement, and clinical improvement in pharmacotherapy versus psychotherapy for depression by Kwan, Bethany M., Dimidjian, Sona, Rizvi, Shireen L.

“…Pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy are generally effective treatments for major depressive disorder (MDD); however, research suggests that patient preferences…”
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The Tol2kit: A multisite gateway‐based construction kit for Tol2 transposon transgenesis constructs by Kwan, Kristen M., Fujimoto, Esther, Grabher, Clemens, Mangum, Benjamin D., Hardy, Melissa E., Campbell, Douglas S., Parant, John M., Yost, H. Joseph, Kanki, John P., Chien, Chi‐Bin

“…Transgenesis is an important tool for assessing gene function. In zebrafish, transgenesis has suffered from three problems: the labor of building complex…”
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Understanding and applying the RE-AIM framework: Clarifications and resources by Holtrop, Jodi Summers, Estabrooks, Paul A., Gaglio, Bridget, Harden, Samantha M., Kessler, Rodger S., King, Diane K., Kwan, Bethany M., Ory, Marcia G., Rabin, Borsika A., Shelton, Rachel C., Glasgow, Russell E.

“…Introduction:Understanding, categorizing, and using implementation science theories, models, and frameworks is a complex undertaking. The issues involved are…”
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Affective response to exercise as a component of exercise motivation: Attitudes, norms, self-efficacy, and temporal stability of intentions by Kwan, Bethany M., Bryan, Angela D.

“…A positive affective response is associated with increased participation in voluntary exercise, but the mechanisms by which this occurs are not well known…”
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Combined Cell-free DNA and RNA Profiling of the Androgen Receptor: Clinical Utility of a Novel Multianalyte Liquid Biopsy Assay for Metastatic Prostate Cancer by Fettke, Heidi, Kwan, Edmond M., Docanto, Maria M., Bukczynska, Patricia, Ng, Nicole, Graham, Lisa-Jane K., Mahon, Kate, Hauser, Christine, Tan, Winston, Wang, Xiao Hong, Zhao, Zhixin, Zheng, Tiantian, Zhou, Kemin, Du, Pan, Yu, Jianjun, Huang, Yong, Jia, Shidong, Kohli, Manish, Horvath, Lisa G., Azad, Arun A.

“…The androgen receptor (AR) remains a critical driver in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). Profiling AR aberrations in both circulating…”
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Multiple motors cooperate to establish and maintain acentrosomal spindle bipolarity in C. elegans oocyte meiosis by Cavin-Meza, Gabriel, Kwan, Michelle M, Wignall, Sarah M

“…While centrosomes organize spindle poles during mitosis, oocyte meiosis can occur in their absence. Spindles in human oocytes frequently fail to maintain…”
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The Internet, mobile phone and space-time constraints by Schwanen, Tim, Kwan, Mei-Po

“…While the implications of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for daily travel and activities have been studied extensively, there is only scant…”
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"All of the things to everyone everywhere": A mixed methods analysis of community perspectives on equitable access to monoclonal antibody treatment for COVID-19 by Kwan, Bethany M, Sobczak, Chelsea, Gorman, Carol, Roberts, Samantha, Owen, Vanessa, Wynia, Matthew K, Ginde, Adit A, Pena-Jackson, Griselda, Ziegler, Owen, Ross DeCamp, Lisa

“…Neutralizing monoclonal antibody (mAb) treatment for COVID-19 prevents hospitalization and death but is underused, especially in racial/ethnic minority and…”
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