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WARS DO END! CHANGING PATTERNS OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA by Straus, Scott

“…Contrary to common assumption, major forms of large-scale organized political violence in sub-Saharan Africa are declining in frequency and intensity, and the…”
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Anti-inflammatory actions of PPAR ligands: new insights on cellular and molecular mechanisms by Straus, Daniel S, Glass, Christopher K

“…The peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARα, -γ, and -β/δ) are nuclear receptors with distinct patterns of expression in many cell types both within…”
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Personal health records: a scoping review by Archer, N, Fevrier-Thomas, U, Lokker, C, McKibbon, K A, Straus, S E

“…Electronic personal health record systems (PHRs) support patient centered healthcare by making medical records and other relevant information accessible to…”
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Risk of cancer in patients on insulin glargine and other insulin analogues in comparison with those on human insulin: results from a large population-based follow-up study by Ruiter, R., Visser, L. E., van Herk-Sukel, M. P. P., Coebergh, J. W. W., Haak, H. R., Geelhoed-Duijvestijn, P. H., Straus, S. M. J. M., Herings, R. M. C., Stricker, B. H. Ch

“…Aims/hypothesis Several publications suggest an association between certain types of insulin and cancer, but with conflicting results. We investigated whether…”
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Interventions to improve antibiotic prescribing practices in ambulatory care by Arnold, S R, Straus, S E

“…The development of resistance to antibiotics by many important human pathogens has been linked to exposure to antibiotics over time. The misuse of antibiotics…”
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Varicella-Zoster Virus–Specific Immune Responses in Elderly Recipients of a Herpes Zoster Vaccine by Levin, M. J., Oxman, M. N., J. H. Zhang, Johnson, G. R., Stanley, H., Hayward, A. R., Caulfield, M. J., Irwin, M. R., Smith, J. G., Clair, J., Chan, I. S. F., Williams, H., Harbecke, R., Marchese, R., Straus, S. E., Gershon, A., Weinberg, A.

“…BackgroundA double-blind, placebo-controlled trial that involved 38,546 subjects ⩾60 years old demonstrated efficacy of a high-potency live-attenuated…”
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Structure and assembly of filamentous bacteriophages by Marvin, D.A., Symmons, M.F., Straus, S.K.

“…Filamentous bacteriophages are interesting paradigms in structural molecular biology, in part because of the unusual mechanism of filamentous phage assembly…”
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Impact of peer-trainer leadership style on uptake of a peer led educational outreach intervention to improve tuberculosis care and outcomes in Malawi: a qualitative study by Puchalski Ritchie, L M, Mundeva, H, van Lettow, Monique, Straus, S E, Kip, E, Makwakwa, A

“…Little is known about how to build leadership capacity to support implementation of evidence-based practices within health systems. We observed substantial…”
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A Vaccine to Prevent Herpes Zoster and Postherpetic Neuralgia in Older Adults by Oxman, M.N, Levin, M.J, Johnson, G.R, Schmader, K.E, Straus, S.E, Gelb, L.D, Arbeit, R.D, Simberkoff, M.S, Gershon, A.A, Davis, L.E, Weinberg, A, Boardman, K.D, Williams, H.M, Zhang, J. Hongyuan, Peduzzi, P.N, Beisel, C.E, Morrison, V.A, Guatelli, J.C, Brooks, P.A, Kauffman, C.A, Pachucki, C.T, Neuzil, K.M, Betts, R.F, Wright, P.F, Griffin, M.R, Brunell, P, Soto, N.E, Marques, A.R, Keay, S.K, Goodman, R.P, Cotton, D.J, Gnann, J.W, Loutit, J, Holodniy, M, Keitel, W.A, Crawford, G.E, Yeh, S.-S, Lobo, Z, Toney, J.F, Greenberg, R.N, Keller, P.M, Harbecke, R, Hayward, A.R, Irwin, M.R, Kyriakides, T.C, Chan, I.S.F, Chan, C.Y, Wang, W.W.B, Annunziato, P.W, Silber, J.L

“…Herpes zoster and postherpetic neuralgia occur more often with increasing age. In this controlled trial among 38,546 adults 60 years of age or older,…”
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Cyclopentenone prostaglandins: New insights on biological activities and cellular targets by Straus, Daniel S., Glass, Christopher K.

“…The cyclopentenone prostaglandins PGA2, PGA1, and PGJ2 are formed by dehydration within the cyclopentane ring of PGE2, PGE1, and PGD2. PGJ2 is metabolized…”
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Differential Regulation of Chemokines by IL-17 in Colonic Epithelial Cells by Lee, Jimmy W, Wang, Ping, Kattah, Michael G, Youssef, Sawsan, Steinman, Lawrence, DeFea, Kathryn, Straus, Daniel S

“…The IL-23/IL-17 pathway plays an important role in chronic inflammatory diseases, including inflammatory bowel disease. In inflammatory bowel disease,…”
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Dispensing of potentially teratogenic drugs before conception and during pregnancy: a population‐based study by Zomerdijk, IM, Ruiter, R, Houweling, LMA, Herings, RMC, Straus, SMJM, Stricker, BH

“…Objective To study the dispensing of potentially teratogenic drugs in the 12‐month period before as well as during pregnancy in the Netherlands. Design…”
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Complex interventions can increase osteoporosis investigations and treatment: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Kastner, M., Perrier, L., Munce, S. E. P., Adhihetty, C. C., Lau, A., Hamid, J., Treister, V., Chan, J., Lai, Y., Straus, S. E.

“…Osteoporosis is affecting over 200 million people worldwide. Despite available guidelines, care for these patients remains sub-optimal. We developed an…”
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Mechanism of Action and Limited Cross-Resistance of New Lipopeptide MX-2401 by RUBINCHIK, E, SCHNEIDER, T, STRAUS, S. K, SAHL, H. G, HANCOCK, R. E. W, ELLIOTT, M, SCOTT, W. R. P, PAN, J, ANKLIN, C, YANG, H, DUGOURD, D, MÜLLER, A, GRIES, K

“…Classifications Services AAC Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley Reddit…”
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Risk Management Plans as a Tool for Proactive Pharmacovigilance: A Cohort Study of Newly Approved Drugs in Europe by Vermeer, N S, Duijnhoven, R G, Straus, S M J M, Mantel-Teeuwisse, A K, Arlett, P R, Egberts, A C G, Leufkens, H G M, De Bruin, M L

“…Risk Management Plans (RMPs) have become a cornerstone in the pharmacovigilance of new drugs in Europe. The RMP was introduced in 2005 to support a proactive…”
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Drug-induced progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy: Lessons learned from contrasting natalizumab and rituximab by Vermeer, NS, Straus, SMJM, Mantel-Teeuwisse, AK, Hidalgo-Simon, A, Egberts, ACG, Leufkens, HGM, De Bruin, ML

“…Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) has been identified as a serious adverse drug reaction (ADR) of several immunomodulatory biologicals. In this…”
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Adapting implementation strategies: a case study of how to support implementation of healthy canteen policies by Yoong, S.L., Nathan, N., Reilly, K., Sutherland, R., Straus, S., Barnes, C., Grady, A., Wolfenden, L.

“…Although evidence-based interventions (EBIs) and effective strategies to implement them exist, they cannot be used by policy makers and practitioners if they…”
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Impact of psychological characteristics in self-management in individuals with traumatic spinal cord injury by Munce, S E P, Straus, S E, Fehlings, M G, Voth, J, Nugaeva, N, Jang, E, Webster, F, Jaglal, S B

“…Study design: Cross-sectional survey. Objective: To examine the association between psychological characteristics in self-management and probable depression…”
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When Direct Health-Care Professional Communications Have an Impact on Inappropriate and Unsafe Use of Medicines by Reber, K C, Piening, S, Wieringa, J E, Straus, S M J M, Raine, J M, de Graeff, P A, Haaijer-Ruskamp, F M, Mol, P G M

“…Serious safety issues relating to drugs are communicated to health‐care professionals via Direct Health‐Care Professional Communications (DHPCs). We explored…”
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Compliance with pregnancy prevention programmes of isotretinoin in Europe: a systematic review by Crijns, H.J.M.J., Straus, S.M., Gispen-de Wied, C., de Jong-van den Berg, L.T.W.

“…Summary Most of the publications on isotretinoin, pregnancy and compliance with the pregnancy prevention programme (PPP) originate from North America…”
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