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Effects of fluid and drinking on pneumonia mortality in older adults
Lee Hooper, Asmaa Abdelhamid, Sarah M Ajabnoor, Chizoba Esio-Bassey, Julii Brainard, Tracey J Brown, Diane Bunn, Eve Foster, Charlotte C Hammer, Sarah Hanson, Florence O Jimoh, Hassan Maimouni, Manraj Sandhu, Xia Wang, Lauren Winstanley, Jane L Cross, Ailsa A Welch, Karen Rees, Carl Philpott
Feb 22, 2022
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Advice to drink plenty of fluid is common in respiratory infections. We assessed whether low fluid intake (dehydration) altered outcomes in adults with pneumonia. METHODS: We systematically reviewed trials...
Key Competencies for Project Managers: An Empirical Study
Sahil Sandhu
Jan 01, 0001
Extant project management literature on the factors that impact the success of projects suggests that the traits, competencies and leadership style of project managers positively impact project success. Despite this...
Competencies behavioral traits project manager project success Human Resources Management Interpersonal and Small Group Communication Management Information Systems Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
Published by: Harrisburg University of Science and Technology
Sociodemographic patterns of health insurance coverage in Namibia.
INTRODUCTION: Health insurance has been found to increase healthcare utilisation and reduce catastrophic health expenditures in a number of countries; however, coverage is often unequally distributed among populations. The...
Dopamine promotes instrumental motivation, but reduces reward-related vigour.
We can be motivated when reward depends on performance, or merely by the prospect of a guaranteed reward. Performance-dependent (contingent) reward is instrumental, relying on an internal action-outcome model, whereas motivation...
Anthropometric and cardiometabolic risk factors in parents and child obesity in Segamat, Malaysia.
Uttara Partap, Elizabeth H Young, Pascale Allotey, Manjinder S Sandhu, Daniel D Reidpath
Apr 09, 2019
BACKGROUND: There is little evidence regarding risk factors for child obesity in Asian populations, including the role of parental anthropometric and cardiometabolic risk factors. We examined the relation between parental risk...
South East Asia anthropometric risk factors cardiometabolic risk factors child obesity health and demographic surveillance intergenerational associations Adolescent Adult Age Distribution Anthropometry Body Mass Index Child Child Preschool Female Humans Hypertension Linear Models Logistic Models Malaysia Male Middle Aged Overweight Parents Pediatric Obesity Risk Factors Sex Distribution Young Adult
The Use of Different International References to Assess Child Anthropometric Status in a Malaysian Population.
Uttara Partap, Elizabeth H Young, Pascale Allotey, Manjinder S Sandhu, Daniel D Reidpath
Apr 05, 2019
OBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence of child underweight, overweight, and obesity in a Malaysian population according to 3 international references because classification of anthropometric status may differ according to the...
Long reads
Martin O Pollard, Deepti Gurdasani, Alexander J Mentzer, Tarryn Porter, Manjinder S Sandhu
Apr 10, 2019
In recent years long-read technologies have moved from being a niche and specialist field to a point of relative maturity likely to feature frequently in the genomic landscape. Analogous to next generation sequencing, the cost...
A cross-sectional analysis of ITN and IRS coverage in Namibia in 2013.
BACKGROUND: Achieving vector control targets is a key step towards malaria elimination. Because of variations in reporting of progress towards vector control targets in 2013, the coverage of these vector control interventions in...
Changes in cerebral vascular reactivity and structure following prolonged exposure to high altitude in humans.
Glen E Foster, Jodie Davies-Thompson, Paolo B Dominelli, Manraj KS Heran, Joseph Donnelly, Gregory R duManoir, Philip N Ainslie, Alexander Rauscher, A William Sheel
Apr 27, 2018
Although high-altitude exposure can lead to neurocognitive impairment, even upon return to sea level, it remains unclear the extent to which brain volume and regional cerebral vascular reactivity (CVR) are altered following...
HDSS Profile
Uttara Partap, Elizabeth H Young, Pascale Allotey, Ireneous N Soyiri, Nowrozy Jahan, Kridaraan Komahan, Nirmala Devarajan, Manjinder S Sandhu, Daniel D Reidpath
Apr 05, 2019
Increased $\small \textit{THEMIS}$ First Exon Usage in CD4+ T-Cells Is Associated with a Genotype that Is Protective against Multiple Sclerosis
Adult Alleles CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes Exons Female Gene Expression Regulation Genetic Predisposition to Disease Genome-Wide Association Study Genotype Humans Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins Male Middle Aged Multiple Sclerosis Polymorphism Single Nucleotide Protein Isoforms Quantitative Trait Loci
Burden of Diabetes and First Evidence for the Utility of HbA1c for Diagnosis and Detection of Diabetes in Urban Black South Africans
Thomas R Hird, Fraser J Pirie, Tonya M Esterhuizen, Brian O'Leary, Mark I McCarthy, Elizabeth H Young, Manjinder S Sandhu, Ayesha A Motala
Apr 09, 2019
OBJECTIVE: Glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) is recommended as an additional tool to glucose-based measures (fasting plasma glucose [FPG] and 2-hour plasma glucose [2PG] during oral glucose tolerance test [OGTT]) for the diagnosis of...
The Effects of Cross-Border E-Commerce Platforms on Transnational Digital Entrepreneurship
This research examines the important concept of transnational digital entrepreneurship (TDE). The paper integrates the host and home country entrepreneurial ecosystems with the digital ecosystem to the framework of the...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
Erratum: Antimicrobial resistance in human populations
[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1017/gheg.2017.4.].
Antimicrobial resistance in human populations
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global public health threat. Emergence of AMR occurs naturally, but can also be selected for by antimicrobial exposure in clinical and veterinary medicine. Despite growing worldwide attention...
The First Norovirus Longitudinal Seroepidemiological Study From Sub-Saharan Africa Reveals High Seroprevalence of Diverse Genotypes Associated With Host Susceptibility Factors.
Lucy Thorne, Angela Nalwoga, Alexander J Mentzer, Alexis de Rougemont, Myra Hosmillo, Emily Webb, Margaret Nampiija, Allan Muhwezi, Tommy Carstensen, Deepti Gurdasani, Adrian V Hill, Manj S Sandhu, Alison Elliott, Ian Goodfellow
Jul 25, 2018
BACKGROUND: Human noroviruses (HuNoVs) are a prominent cause of gastroenteritis, yet fundamental questions remain regarding epidemiology, diversity, and immunity in sub-Saharan African children. We investigated HuNoV...
Antibodies Viral Blood Group Antigens Caliciviridae Infections Child Preschool Cross-Sectional Studies Demography Disease Susceptibility Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Female Fucosyltransferases Gastroenteritis genetic variation Genotype Humans Infant Infant Newborn Longitudinal Studies Male Norovirus Polymorphism Single Nucleotide Pregnancy Risk Factors Seroepidemiologic Studies Socioeconomic Factors Uganda
Adaptive and Convex Optimization-Inspired Workflow Scheduling for Cloud Environment
Ammar Almomani, Kamlesh Lakhwani, Gajanand Sharma, Ramandeep Sandhu, Naresh Nagwani, Sandeep Bhargava, Varsha Arya
Jan 01, 2023
Scheduling large-scale and resource-intensive workflows in cloud infrastructure is one of the main challenges for cloud service providers (CSPs). Cloud infrastructure is more efficient when virtual machines and other resources...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
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