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Economic evaluation of treatments for Alzheimer's disease
(2003-11-14)
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia, leading to progressive cognitive impairment and loss of functional abilities for die afflicted patient, a heavy burden on caregivers and high costs for society. ...
Viral dynamics and evolution following primary HIV-1 infection
(2000-11-24)
The knowledge of the early events during primary HIV-1 infection (PER) is of great importance for the understanding of the pathogenesis of HIV-1. A major problem in studies on PHI is the limited amount of data accessible ...
Managing trafic safety : an approach to the evaluation of new vehicle safety systems
(2012-04-12)
Road traffic crashes are killing more than one million road users per year, worldwide. Preventive measures to decrease this number are warranted. Relevant measures can be to introduce systematic road traffic safety management ...
Tracking and predicting cognitive development using magnetic resonance imaging
(2016-05-11)
Neuroimaging of the developing brain has helped describing and quantifying many of the biological processes underlying cognitive development. The protracted development of higher
order cognitive functions has allowed ...
HLA predisposition to human papillomavirus induced cervical neoplasia : population based studies from the Västerbotten county in northern Sweden
(2001-08-08)
Infection with human papillomaviruses (HPV) types 16 and 18 is the major
cause of cervical neoplasia. Although a high proportion of cervical
cancers (CXCA) harbor HPV genomes, only a small number of women infected
with ...
Assessment of anti-diabetic effect of Vietnamese herbal drugs
(2005-11-18)
The prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus is increasing in Vietnam as well as in other developing countries (China, Indian subcontinent, and Africa). Searching for hypoglycemic agents with origin from domestic herbals was ...
Kinetics of HIV-1 drug resistance mutations in vivo
(2006-03-10)
Antiretroviral therapy (ARV) exert a selective pressure on HIV-1 and may select viral drug resistant strains which have competitive advantage in the presence of the drug. Knowledge about the appearance and disappearance ...
Traffic noise and cardiovascular disease
(2010-04-30)
Traffic noise is an increasing problem in urban areas worldwide, but health effects in relation to traffic noise exposure are not well understood. Several studies show that noise may give rise to acute stress reactions, ...
The impact of vascular structure and function on tumor growth, retinopathy, and antiangiogenic therapy
(2011-08-22)
Tumors produce multiple angiogenic factors to stimulate neovascularization that is essential for tumor growth, invasion and metastasis. Despite the known angiogenic functions of each individual factor, the interplay between ...
Congenital CMV infection and connexin 26 mutations in childhood deafness : intervention with early cochlear implantation
(2013-11-22)
Hearing impairment (HI) is a common disability, which affects a significant proportion of the population. Early in life, however, the risk of acquiring a HI is low, with 0.2 % of all newborns having a permanent HI, and of ...