Temperature-related mortality: a systematic review and investigation of effect modifiers

JY Son, JC Liu, ML Bell - Environmental Research Letters, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Background: Understanding which populations are vulnerable and which factors affect
vulnerability to temperature-mortality associations is important to reduce the health burden …

[HTML][HTML] Combined impacts of climate and air pollution on human health and agricultural productivity

J Sillmann, K Aunan, L Emberson… - Environmental …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Climate change and air pollution can interact to amplify risks to human health and crop
production. This has significant implications for our ability to reach the Sustainable …

[HTML][HTML] Causal inference in medical records and complementary systems pharmacology for metformin drug repurposing towards dementia

ML Charpignon, B Vakulenko-Lagun, B Zheng… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Metformin, a diabetes drug with anti-aging cellular responses, has complex actions that may
alter dementia onset. Mixed results are emerging from prior observational studies. To …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing causality in epidemiology: revisiting Bradford Hill to incorporate developments in causal thinking

M Shimonovich, A Pearce, H Thomson, K Keyes… - European journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract The nine Bradford Hill (BH) viewpoints (sometimes referred to as criteria) are
commonly used to assess causality within epidemiology. However, causal thinking has …

The effect of stereoscopic augmented reality visualization on learning anatomy and the modifying effect of visual‐spatial abilities: A double‐center randomized …

K Bogomolova, IJM van der Ham… - Anatomical sciences …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Monoscopically projected three‐dimensional (3D) visualization technology may have
significant disadvantages for students with lower visual‐spatial abilities despite its overall …

Effect of Diet Quality and Genetic Predisposition on Hemoglobin A1c and Type 2 Diabetes Risk: Gene-Diet Interaction Analysis of 357,419 Individuals

P Zhuang, X Liu, Y Li, X Wan, Y Wu, F Wu… - Diabetes …, 2021 - Am Diabetes Assoc
OBJECTIVE To assess the interactions between diet quality and genetic predisposition to
incident type 2 diabetes (T2D). RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Between 2006 and …

Quantitative research excellence: Study design and reliable and valid measurement of variables

LJ Duckett - Journal of Human Lactation, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Researchers study problems they care about, often over many decades. They strive to
create new knowledge, test promising interventions, prevent disease, ameliorate disability …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanical power and 30-day mortality in mechanically ventilated, critically ill patients with and without Coronavirus Disease-2019: a hospital registry study

BA Azizi, R Munoz-Acuna, A Suleiman, E Ahrens… - Journal of Intensive …, 2023 - Springer
Background Previous studies linked a high intensity of ventilation, measured as mechanical
power, to mortality in patients suffering from “classic” ARDS. By contrast, mechanically …

Social determinants of health: if you aren't measuring them, you aren't seeing the big picture

ZD Rethorn, C Cook, JC Reneker - journal of orthopaedic & sports physical …, 2019 - jospt.org
Clinicians often assume that interventions directly influence the recovery of patients with
musculoskeletal impairments. In reality, other factors may influence recovery more than the …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical characteristics of Coronavirus Disease 2019 and development of a prediction model for prolonged hospital length of stay

Y Hong, X Wu, J Qu, Y Gao, H Chen… - Annals of translational …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background The epidemic of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become a global
health emergency, but the clinical characteristics of COVID-19 are not fully described. We …