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Nutritional vitamin D supplementation and health-related outcomes in hemodialysis patients: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis by Mehrotra, Anita, Leung, Wai-Yin, Joson, Tannia

“…The prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in hemodialysis patients is high. While most hemodialysis patients are treated with activated vitamin D (1,25[OH]2D) to…”
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Erratum to: Nutritional vitamin D supplementation and health-related outcomes in hemodialysis patients: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis by Mehrotra, Anita, Leung, Wai-Yin, Joson, Tannia

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Retraining programme for older patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis: A randomised controlled trial by Leung, Wai Yin, Ng, Marques S. N., Hau, Anthony K. C., So, Winnie K. W.

“…BackgroundPeritonitis is a common cause of hospitalisation and death among patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis. Periodic retraining is recommended to…”
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Development and optimization of an injectable formulation of copper diethyldithiocarbamate, an active anticancer agent by Wehbe, Mohamed, Anantha, Malathi, Shi, Minghan, Leung, Ada Wai-Yin, Dragowska, Wieslawa H, Sanche, Léon, Bally, Marcel B

“…Copper diethyldithiocarbamate (Cu(DDC) ) is the active anticancer agent generated when disulfiram (DSF) is provided in the presence of copper. To date,…”
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Histological Quantification of Angiogenesis after Focal Cerebral Infarction: A Systematic Review by Leung, Wai Yin, Jensen, Matthew B.

“…Ischemic stroke is a leading cause of disability, and current treatments to improve recovery are limited. Part of the natural recovery process after brain…”
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Consultation with local fishers on the Hong Kong artificial reefs initiative by Clarke, Shelley, Leung Wai-Yin, Albert, Mak, Y. M., Kennish, Robin, Haggan, Nigel

“…As part of an ongoing effort to rehabilitate depleted local fish stocks, the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) has undertaken to…”
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Acute care patient portals: a qualitative study of stakeholder perspectives on current practices by Collins, Sarah A, Rozenblum, Ronen, Leung, Wai Yin, Morrison, Constance RC, Stade, Diana L, McNally, Kelly, Bourie, Patricia Q, Massaro, Anthony, Bokser, Seth, Dwyer, Cindy, Greysen, Ryan S, Agarwal, Priyanka, Thornton, Kevin, Dalal, Anuj K

“…Objective: To describe current practices and stakeholder perspectives of patient portals in the acute care setting. We aimed to: (1) identify key features, (2)…”
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Patient Activation Related to Fall Prevention: A Multisite Study by Christiansen, Taylor L., Lipsitz, Stuart, Scanlan, Maureen, Yu, Shao Ping, Lindros, Mary Ellen, Leung, Wai Yin, Adelman, Jason, Bates, David W., Dykes, Patricia C.

“…Falls are a major problem in hospitals. The fall prevention program Fall TIPS (Tailoring Interventions for Patient Safety) has been shown to be effective in…”
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Assessment of retinal neurodegeneration with spectral-domain optical coherence tomography: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Tang, Ziqi, Chan, Ming Yan, Leung, Wai Yin, Wong, Ho Yeung, Ng, Ching Man, Chan, Victor T. T., Wong, Raymond, Lok, Jerry, Szeto, Simon, Chan, Jason C. K., Tham, Clement C., Wong, Tien Y., Cheung, Carol Y.

“…Objectives To comprehensively assess diabetic retinopathy neurodegeneration (DRN) as quantified by retinal neuronal and axonal layers measured with…”
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Impact of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolation on Mortality and Outcomes in an Outpatient Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Cohort by Jacobs, David M, Ochs-Balcom, Heather M, Noyes, Katia, Zhao, Jiwei, Leung, Wai Yin, Pu, Chan Yeu, Murphy, Timothy F, Sethi, Sanjay

“…Tracheobronchial colonization by ( ) has been shown to negatively impact outcomes in cystic fibrosis and bronchiectasis. There is uncertainty whether the same…”
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Validating Fall Prevention Icons to Support Patient-Centered Education by Leung, Wai Yin, Adelman, Jason, Bates, David W., Businger, Alexandra, Dykes, John S., Ergai, Awatef, Hurley, Ann, Katsulis, Zachary, Khorasani, Sarah, Scanlan, Maureen, Schenkel, Laura, Rai, Amisha, Dykes, Patricia C.

“…INTRODUCTIONFalls with injury are the most prevalent hospital adverse event. The objective of this project was to refine fall risk and prevention icons for a…”
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Iterative user centered design for development of a patient-centered fall prevention toolkit by Katsulis, Zachary, Ergai, Awatef, Leung, Wai Yin, Schenkel, Laura, Rai, Amisha, Adelman, Jason, Benneyan, James, Bates, David W., Dykes, Patricia C.

“…Due to the large number of falls that occur in hospital settings, inpatient fall prevention is a topic of great interest to patients and health care providers…”
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Histological Quantification of Angiogenesis after Focal Cerebral Infarction: A Systematic Review by Leung, Wai Yin, Jensen, Matthew B.

“…Ischemic stroke is a leading cause of disability, and current treatments to improve recovery are limited. Part of the natural recovery process after brain…”
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Forecasting tail risk measures for financial time series: An extreme value approach with covariates by James, Robert, Leung, Henry, Leung, Jessica Wai Yin, Prokhorov, Artem

“…The paper develops a tail risk forecasting model that incorporates the wealth of economic and financial information available to risk managers. The approach…”
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The Effectiveness of an Evidence-based Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD) Retraining Program to Reduce Peritonitis among Incident CAPD Patients by Leung, Wai Yin

“…Introduction: Continuous ambulatory peritonitis dialysis (CAPD) has been the mainstay renal replacement therapy for end stage renal disease in Hong Kong…”
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Protein kinase D2 mediates lysophosphatidic acid-induced interleukin 8 production in nontransformed human colonic epithelial cells through NF-kappaB by Chiu, Terence T, Leung, Wai Yin, Moyer, Mary Pat, Strieter, Robert M, Rozengurt, Enrique

“…The signaling pathways mediating lysophosphatidic acid (LPA)-stimulated PKD(2) activation and the potential contribution of PKD(2) in regulating LPA-induced…”
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New Metrics for Assessing Projection Pursuit Indexes, and Guiding Optimisation Choices by Zhang, H. Sherry, Cook, Dianne, Langrené, Nicolas, Leung, Jessica Wai Yin

“…The projection pursuit (PP) guided tour interactively optimises a criterion function known as the PP index, to explore high-dimensional data by revealing…”
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An intervention enhancing the perceived efficacy of professional mental health services with Chinese Americans by Leung, Wai Yin

“…Based on past literature findings that Asian Americans considerably underutilized mental health services, the present study developed and tested an…”
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Development of a novel non-viral gene delivery vehicle: Construction and functional testing of a targeted fusion protein by Leung, Vivian Wai Yin

“…Gene therapy benefits a range of diseases from single gene defects, to chronic diseases such as cancer. Initially, gene therapy used viral vectors, but the…”
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Effect of Lycium barbarum Polysaccharides on the expression of endothelin-1 and its receptors in an ocular hypertension model of rat glaucoma by Mi, Xue-Song, Chiu, Kin, Van, Geoffrey, Leung, Justin Wai Chung, Lo, Amy Cheuk Yin, Chung, Sookja Kim, Chang, Raymond Chuen-Chung, So, Kwok-Fai

“…Lycium barbarum, a traditional Chinese anti-aging herb, has been shown to protect retinal ganglion cells （RGCs） in a rat chronic ocular hypertension （COH）…”
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