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View article: Bedding materials and early infant wheezing: A randomised controlled trial
Bedding materials and early infant wheezing: A randomised controlled trial Open
Background Various observational studies have suggested that infants and young children who regularly sleep in synthetic bedding materials are more likely to experience wheezing and asthma, while children who use feather duvets and/or feat…
View article: The Association of Physical Activity and Work Engagement Among Participants in an Employee Wellness Program
The Association of Physical Activity and Work Engagement Among Participants in an Employee Wellness Program Open
Work engagement has been linked with employee health and work performance outcomes making it an area of attention within the field of human resources management. However, work engagement among the US workforce has declined in recent years.…
View article: Large expert-curated database for benchmarking document similarity detection in biomedical literature search
Large expert-curated database for benchmarking document similarity detection in biomedical literature search Open
Document recommendation systems for locating relevant literature have mostly relied on methods developed a decade ago. This is largely due to the lack of a large offline gold-standard benchmark of relevant documents that cover a variety of…
View article: Large expert-curated database for benchmarking document similarity detection in biomedical literature search
Large expert-curated database for benchmarking document similarity detection in biomedical literature search Open
Document recommendation systems for locating relevant literature have mostly relied on methods developed a decade ago. This is largely due to the lack of a large offline gold-standard benchmark of relevant documents that cover a variety of…
View article: Effect of Betel (Areca) Nut Chewing on Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide: A Pilot Study
Effect of Betel (Areca) Nut Chewing on Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide: A Pilot Study Open
Betel (areca) nuts are extensively chewed in many countries. This has been associated with respiratory symptoms. We aimed to determine whether betel nut chewing is associated with acute changes in fractional exhaled nitric oxide, a non-inv…
View article: Allergies in Animals and Humans
Allergies in Animals and Humans Open
Allergy to inhalant and food allergens affects many patients worldwide [...]
View article: Nurses’ knowledge of HIV/AIDS
Nurses’ knowledge of HIV/AIDS Open
A recent article in this journal presented the knowledge and attitude towards caring for HIV/AIDS patients in Nigeria. The authors, in their discussion section, state that the majority of their respondents had a good knowledge of HIV/AIDS …
View article: Serum periostin in obstructive airways disease
Serum periostin in obstructive airways disease Open
Serum periostin is a potential biomarker of response to therapies that target type 2 inflammation in asthma. The objectives of this study were to describe: 1) the distribution of serum periostin levels in adults with symptomatic airflow ob…
View article: Randomized controlled trial of the effect of regular paracetamol on influenza infection
Randomized controlled trial of the effect of regular paracetamol on influenza infection Open
Background and objective Anti‐pyretic treatment is recommended in the management of influenza infection. In animal models anti‐pyretic treatment increases mortality from influenza. We investigated the effects of paracetamol on viral and cl…