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Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titlePrevention and Prophylaxis of Tick Bites and Tick-Borne Related DiseasesLara Garcia-Alvarez, Ana Maria Palomar, Jose Antonio OteoTicks are obligate haematophagous arthropods present all over the world able to produce human diseases. Several factors have increased the abundance, circulation and distribution of the pathogens transmitted by ticks, contributing to the change in the vector-borne diseases epidemiology in the last years. This review collects the most important measures for the prevention and prophylaxis of tick-borne diseases. The pre-exposition … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 9, Issue 3 · 5 Nov 2013 · 7,692 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleEXPERT-SYSTEM BASED MEDICAL STROKE PREVENTIONAnindito, Bens Pardamean, Robby Christian, Bahtiar Saleh AbbasStroke always comes unexpected and the general public is not usually aware of its symptoms. Individuals who have had their first stroke with permanent damage could become an economic burden to their family and a social burden to the society due to their unproductive nature. Stroke could be prevented and its risk factors have been identified. Through a stroke prevention … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 9, Issue 9 · 6 Aug 2013 · 7,161 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleIn-Depth Review of Stroke Prevention in Patients with Non-Valvular Atrial FibrillationDaych Chongnarungsin, Supawat Ratanapo, Narat Srivali et al.Stroke is a common complication of atrial fibrillation that leads to high morbidity. Anticoagulation therapy significantly reduces the risk of stroke in a selected group of patients. The decision to start anticoagulation needs to be balanced with bleeding risk. During the past years, multiple oral anticoagulation agents were proven to be as effective as warfarin in multiple randomized clinical trials. … …Current Research in Medicine, Vol. 3, Issue 2 · 22 May 2012 · 12,564 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleSmall Business Entrepreneurs: A Focus on Fraud Risk and PreventionDoug LauferProblem statement: Small businesses have unique problems in fighting fraud. Typically there are limited resources devoted to anti-fraud efforts by small businesses. Employee fraud typically results in monetary loss, often not recovered, investigation expenses and negative impact on employee productivity and morale. Conclusion/Recommendations: This study provides information to assist the small business entrepreneur in identifying potential fraud risks and to … …American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Vol. 3, Issue 2 · 14 Jun 2011 · 8,620 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleKnowledge of the Most-at-Risk Populations about Human Immunodeficiency Virus PreventionA. Ebadian, V. Alli, H. Sedghi et al.Problem statement: In this study we tried to assess the knowledge of general population (15-45 years), injecting drug users, female sex workers, MSM and male prisoners about HIV prevention in Iran. Approach: Respondents are asked the following set of prompted questions: (a) Can we reduce the risk of HIV transmission by having sex with only one uninfected partner who has … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 11 · 30 Nov 2009 · 6,540 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleCurrent Approaches for the Prevention of Surgical Site InfectionsSander Florman, Ronald Lee NicholsSurgical site infections (SSIs) are the most common type of nosocomial infection among surgical patients and are commonly caused by the patients’ own microbial flora. The prevalence of SSI is a major concern because of the associated increase in the incidence of morbidity and mortality, length of hospitalization and cost of care for postoperative patients. Key factors that determine whether … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 3, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2007 · 7,824 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleInterventions and Patterns of Risk in Adolescent HIV/AIDS PreventionRobert M. Malow, Rhonda Rosenberg, Geri Donenberg, Jessy G. DévieuxMid-way through the third decade of experience in preventing HIV/AIDS among adolescents, behavioral interventions and outcomes for high risk subgroups have generated evidence extremely instructive for navigating future priorities in reducing transmission risk behavior. Youth who abuse alcohol or drugs, who are detained or incarcerated, or have mental health co-morbidity such as externalizing disorders, represent the most significant challenge to … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 2, Issue 2 · 30 Jun 2006 · 7,281 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleStudy on the Synergistic Treatment of Soil Fumigation and Biocontrol Bacteria for the Prevention and Control of Root-Knot Nematodes in Facility SoilLijin Qin, Yingmin Hu et al.Years of continuous cropping have led to the inability to cure root-knot nematode disease. In this study, soil fumigation was used before tomato planting to study the decline rate and the effect of root-knot nematode population control after soil fumigation. During the experiment, "Wofengkang" organic sulfur soil fumigant was used. A constant temperature drying oven was used to artificially simulate … …American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Vol. 20, Issue 4 · 26 Sep 2024 · 4,837 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleTunneling Operations, Occupational S&H and Environmental Protection: A Prevention Through Design ApproachDavide Labagnara, Alberto Martinetti, Mario PatruccoThe study refers on the main results of a research work that has been carried out by the Safety and Health group of the Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering (DIATI) at the Politecnico di Torino, with reference to the substantial difference that exists between the case of an established absence of hazards due to the presence of noxious … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 10, Issue 11 · 11 Sep 2013 · 6,768 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleHYPOXIC INFLAMMATION, A DEADLY BRIDGE TO MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION AND A FERTILE SOIL FOR CANCER PREVENTIONKambiz Afrasiabi, Robert Edwards, Jonathan Melekh-Shalom, Kehui WangThe interplay of the inflammatory microenvironment with its hypoxic niche and the potential mechanism by which they lead to malignant transformation has long been the subject of great controversy and continues to be an area of great interest today. In our previous studies we have examined this subject by using Gia2 knock out mice as the focus of our research. … …OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, Vol. 13, Issue 3 · 4 Sep 2013 · 7,148 accessesView PDFCite