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Effect of the STRIDE fall injury prevention intervention on falls, fall injuries, and health-related quality of life
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2022-11)
BackgroundFalls are common in older adults and can lead to severe injuries. The Strategies to Reduce Injuries and Develop Confidence in Elders (STRIDE) trial cluster-randomized 86 primary care practices across 10 health ...
Changes of perceived Neighbourhood environment: A longitudinal study of collective efficacy among vulnerable families
(Harvard University PressWiley Periodicals, Inc., 2022-11)
Neighbourhood level factors are associated with individual’s behaviours but limited empirical research investigate the long-term changes of neighbourhood factors, especially neighbourhood collective efficacy. Moreover, the ...
Engineering Multifunctional Nanoparticles: Applied Nanoscale Therapeutics
(2022)
Decades of research towards the development of nanomedicines have, to date, yielded minimal
clinical impact. Focused particularly on the treatment of cancer, the relatively low
number of pursued technologies to reach the ...
Pre-Clinical Investigation of Histotripsy for Non-Invasive Ablation of Liver Cancer
(2022)
Liver cancer, including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the top ten causes of cancer related deaths worldwide and in the United States. The liver is also a frequent site for metastases originating from colorectal ...
Prevention Strategies for Gynecologic Cancers
(2022)
This dissertation focused on prevention strategies for ovarian and cervical cancers. Primary prevention of ovarian cancer was explored in Aim 1 using data from the Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium (OCAC; 7,743 cases; ...
Dynamics of Influenza Protection and Infection: Implications for Vaccination Development
(2022)
Influenza is a major contributor to respiratory morbidity and mortality worldwide and is a particular concern for high-risk populations including children. Although influenza has been studied for over 100 years, major gaps ...
The Regulatory Mechanisms of PIR-B and STARD7 in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
(2022)
Rationale: The inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), Crohn’s Disease (CD) and Ulcerative Colitis (UC) are chronic relapsing gastrointestinal (GI) inflammatory diseases that are driven by a breakdown of the intestinal epithelial ...