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Biomarkers of environmental enteric dysfunction and adverse birth outcomes: an observational study among pregnant women living with HIV in Tanzania
(Elsevier, 2022-09-17)BACKGROUND: Environmental enteric dysfunction (EED) may contribute to adverse birth outcomes in low-resource settings. We examined the associations of EED biomarkers with birth outcomes in pregnant women living with human ... -
Non-muscle myosin II regulates aortic stiffness through effects on specific focal adhesion proteins and the non-muscle cortical cytoskeleton
(Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, 2020)Non-muscle myosin II (NMII) plays a role in many fundamental cellular processes including cell adhesion, migration, and cytokinesis. However, its role in mammalian vascular function is not well understood. Here, we ... -
Vascular aging, the vascular cytoskeleton and aortic stiffness
(Open Exploration Publishing, 2021)Vascular aging, aortic stiffness and hypertension are mechanistically interrelated. The perspective presented here will focus mainly on the molecular mechanisms of age-associated increases in the stiffness of the vascular ... -
Ageing causes an aortic contractile dysfunction phenotype by targeting the expression of members of the extracellular signal-regulated kinase pathway
(Wiley, 2022-03)The extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) pathway is a well-known regulator of vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation, but it also serves as a regulator of caldesmon, which negatively regulates vascular contractility. ... -
Experiences of LGBTQ-identifying students, interns, and practitioners of dietetics
(2021)Individuals who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and/or queer (LGBTQ) currently comprise over five percent of the population in America. It is unknown how many dietetics students, interns, or practitioners ... -
Improving iron folic acid consumption through interpersonal communication: findings from the reduction in anemia through normative innovations (RANI) project
(Elsevier BV, 2022-01)OBJECTIVE: More than half of Indian women of reproductive age are anemic. Regular iron folic acid uptake can prevent and treat anemia. This study investigated the effect of interpersonal communication on improving IFA use ... -
How does a social norms-based intervention affect behaviour change? Interim findings from a cluster randomised controlled trial in Odisha, India
(BMJ Journals, 2022-07-08)Background Behaviour change interventions targeting social norms are burgeoning, but researchers have little guidance on what they look like, and which components affect behaviour change. The Reduction in Anaemia through ... -
Multilevel theorizing in health communication: integrating the Risk Perception Attitude (RPA) framework and the Theory of Normative Social Behavior (TNSB)
(Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2022-07-22)Research testing the risk perception attitudes (RPA) framework has demonstrated that efficacy can moderate the effect of risk perceptions on behavior. This effect of efficacy has also been seen at the social-level through ... -
Determinants of work capacity (predicted VO2max) in non-pregnant women of reproductive age living in rural India
(Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2021-12)BACKGROUND: The negative impact of anemia on work capacity has been studied extensively in male and female workers; however, the simultaneous contributions of confounding variables such as physical activity, as well as ... -
If fear of infertility restricts contraception use, what do we know about this fear? An examination in rural Ethiopia
(BioMed Central, 2022-06-13)BACKGROUND: Ethiopia has made great progress toward reducing unmet need for family planning and increasing contraception use over the last decade. However, almost one-quarter of women still have an unmet need. The primary ...
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