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Disease prevention in the age of convergence - The need for a wider, long ranging and collaborative vision

Our global health crisis and the pandemic of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) is clearly rooted in complex modern societal and environmental changes, many of...

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Children with chronic suppurative lung disease have a reduced capacity to synthesize interferon-gamma in vitro in response to non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae

The aim of this study was to identify features of innate, cell-mediated and humoral immunity that may increase susceptibility to respiratory infections in...

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Late language emergence in 24-month-old twins: Heritable and increased risk for late language emergence in twins

This study investigated the etiology of late language emergence (LLE) in 24-month-old twins, considering possible twinning, zygosity, gender, and...

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Hospital costs of multiple-birth and singleton-birth children during the first 5 years of life and the role of assisted reproductive technology

The objective was to conduct a comprehensive economic and health services assessment of the frequency, duration, and cost of hospital admissions during the...

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Update of the WHO/IUIS Allergen Nomenclature Database based on analysis of allergen sequences

This paper summarizes updates of allergen names approved at the meetings of the IUIS Allergen Nomenclature Sub-Committee in 2011 through 2013.

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Comparison of monochromatic aberrations in young adults with different visual acuity and refractive errors

Monochromatic aberrations were measured using a Zywave II wavefront aberrometer with natural pupils in a dark room.

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Public-private collaboration in clinical research during pregnancy, lactation, and childhood

This position statement summarises a view of academia regarding standards for clinical research in collaboration with commercial enterprises, focussing on...

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Transition to secondary school: Expectation versus experience

This study investigated what young people in primary school reported being worried about with their impending move to secondary school, and how their...

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Is the effect of compulsory community treatment

We investigated whether a reduction of preventable deaths from physical disorders was mediated by better access to specialized medical procedures.

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Vitamin D is crucial for maternal care and offspring social behaviour in rats

These data highlight that early life levels of vitamin D are an important consideration for maternal behavioural adaptations as well as offspring neuropsychiatry