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Proposing a Transactional Model of eHealth Literacy: Concept Analysis
(2018-10-02)
Background: Electronic health (eHealth) literacy was conceptualized in 2006 as the ability of internet users to locate, evaluate, and act upon web-based health information. Now, advances in eHealth technology have cultivated ...
protaTETHER - A Method for the Incorporation of Variable Linkers in Protein Fusions Reveals Impacts of Linker Flexibility in a PKAc-GFP Fusion Protein
(2018-04-25)
Protein fusions are of fundamental importance in the study of cellular biology and the elucidation of cell signaling pathways, and the importance of linkers for the proper function of protein fusions is well documented in ...
Qualitative assessment of a Context of Consumption Framework to inform regulation of cigarette pack design in the U.S.
(2018-02-10)
INTRODUCTION Researchers and regulators need to know how changes to cigarette packages can influence population health. We sought to advance research on the role of cigarette packaging by assessing a theory-informed framework ...
TEAM-UP for quality: a cluster randomized controlled trial protocol focused on preventing pressure ulcers through repositioning frequency and precipitating factors
(2018-02-20)
Background: Pressure ulcers/injuries (PrUs), a critical concern for nursing homes (NH), are responsible for chronic wounds, amputations, septic infections, and premature deaths. PrUs occur most commonly in older adults and ...
Adolescent smoking: The relationship between cigarette consumption and BMI
(2018-12-07)
Background:Studies relating cigarette smoking and body weight yield conflicting results. Weight-lowering effects in women and men have been associated with smoking, however, no effects on weight have been proven.This study ...
The 3-Phosphoinositide-Dependent Protein Kinase 1 Inhibits Rod Photoreceptor Development
(2018-10-10)
The transition of rod precursor cells to post-mitotic rod photoreceptors can be promoted by extrinsic factors such as insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF- 1), which regulates phosphatidylinositide concentration, and consequently ...
Temperature Influences Herbivory and Algal Biomass in the Galápagos Islands
(2018-08-17)
Temperature can influence trophic interactions via predictable effects on the metabolism of ecothermic consumers. Under some conditions, warming should increase top–down control, and trophic transfer rates, leading to ...
The Continuing Fellowship Conundrum
(2018-02-11)
The debate for a fair, equitable, and reasonable pathology fellowship application and selection process has been an ongoing issue with ebb and flow over approximately the past 10 years. The authors of this commentary have ...
Temporal dynamics of genetic clines of invasive European green crab (Carcinus maenas) in eastern North America
(2018-06-08)
Two genetically distinct lineages of European green crabs (Carcinus maenas) were in- dependently introduced to eastern North America, the first in the early 19th century and the second in the late 20th century. These ...