• Asociación entre cognición y depresión en adultos mayores panameños con cognición normal y deterioro cognitivo leve 

  Pérez, Ambar; Oviedo, Diana; Britton, Gabrielle B (2020-07-29)

  La depresión y el deterioro cognitivo leve (DCL)en el adulto mayorestánrelacionadoscon el desarrollo de distintos tipos de demencia y disminución en la funcionalidad. Se realizó un estudio descriptivo de corte transversal ...

• Relación entre las funciones ejecutivas y el rendimiento académico en una muestra de escolares 

  Flores, Julio; Pérez, Ambar; Oviedo, Diana; Britton, Gabrielle B; Mojica, Marita (2020-07-30)

  En la última década, la integración entre las neurociencias y la educación hacontribuido a la comprensión y mejoramiento del sistema educativo, además, se ha mostrado un interés en el estudio de las funciones ejecutivas y ...

• Mapping geographical inequalities in oral rehydration therapy coverage in low-income and middle-income countries, 2000–17 

  Wiens, Kirsten E; Lindstedt, Paulina A; Blacker, Brigette F; Johnson, Kimberly B; Baumann, Mathew M; Schaeffer, Lauren E; Abbastabar Sr, Hedayat; Abd-Allah, Foad; Abdelalim, Ahmed; Abdollahpour, Ibrahim; Hussein Abegaz, Kedir; Negesse Abejie, Ayenew; Guimarães Abreu, Lucas; Abrigo, Michael RM; Abualhasan, Ahmed; Kokou Accrombessi, Manfred Mario; Acharya, Dilaram; Adabi, Maryam; Adamu, Abdu A; Adebayo, Oladimeji M; Adedoyin Sr, Rufus Adesoji; Adekanmbi, Victor; Adetokunboh Sr, Olatunji O; Meressa Adhena, Beyene; Afarideh, Mohsen; Ahmad, Sohail; Ahmadi, Keivan; Ahmed, Anwar E; Beshir Ahmed, Muktar; Ahmed, Rushdia; Yihunie Akalu, Temesgen; Alahdab, Fares; Al-Aly, Ziyad; Alam Sr, Noore; Alam, Samiah; Melak Alamene, Genet; Alanzi, Turki M; Alcalde-Rabanal, Jacqueline Elizabeth; Abdulqadir Ali, Beriwan; Alijanzadeh, Mehran; Alipour, Vahid; Aljunid, Syed Mohamed; Almasi Sr, Ali; Almasi-Hashiani, Amir; Al-Mekhlafi, Hesham M; Altirkawi, Khalid A; Alvis-Guzman, Nelson; Alvis-Zakzuk, Nelson J; Amini Sr, Saeed; Maever Amit Sr, Arianna L; Andrei Sr, Catalina Liliana; Anjomshoa, Mina; Anoushiravani Sr, Amir; Ansari, Fereshteh; Abelardo Antonio, Carl T; Antony, Benny; Antriyandarti, Ernoiz; Arabloo, Jalal; Amin Aref Sr, Hany Mohamed; Aremu, Olatunde; Armoon, Bahram; Arora Sr, Amit; Aryal, Krishna K; Arzani, Afsaneh; Asadi-Aliabadi, Mehran; Tasew Atalay, Hagos; Athari Sr, Seyyed Shamsadin; Masoume Athari, Seyyede; Atre, Sachin R; Ausloos, Marcel; Awoke, Nefsu; Ayala Quintanilla, Beatriz Paulina; Ayano, Getinet; Ayanore Sr, Martin Amogre; Aynalem IV, Yared Asmare; Azari, Samad; Azzopardi, Peter S; Babaee, Ebrahim; Kayode Babalola, Tesleem; Badawi Sr, Alaa; Bairwa, Mohan; Bakkannavar, Shankar M; Balakrishnan, Senthilkumar; Geleto Bali, Ayele; Banach Sr, Maciej; Mattar Banoub Sr, Joseph Adel; Barac, Aleksandra; Bärnighausen, Till Winfried; Basaleem, Huda; Basu, Sanjay; Bay, Vo Dinh; Bayati, Mohsen; Baye, Estifanos; Bedi, Neeraj; Beheshti, Mahya; Behzadifar, Masoud; Behzadifar, Meysam; Begashaw Bekele, Bayu; Muche Belayneh, Yaschilal; Bell Sr, Michellr L; Bennett Sr, Derrick A; Ajema Berbada, Dessalegn; Bernstein, Robert S; Bhat Sr, Anusha Ganapati; Bhattacharyya Sr, Krittika; Bhattarai, Suraj; Bhaumik, Soumyadeep; Bhutta, Zulfiqar A; Bijani, Ali; Bikbov, Boris; Birihane IV, Binyam Minuye; Kishore Biswas, Raaj; Bohlouli, Somayeh; Amensisa Bojia, Hunduma; Boufous, Soufiane; Brady, Oliver J; Bragazzi, Nicola Luigi; Briko, Andrey Nikolaevich; Briko, Nikolay Ivanovich; Britton, Gabrielle B; Nagaraja Sr, Sharath Burugina; Busse Sr, Reinhard; Butt, Zahid A; Cámera Sr, Luis LA Alberto; Campos-Nonato Sr, Ismael R; Cano, Jorge; Car, Josip; Cárdenas, Rosario; Carvalho Sr, Felix; Castañeda-Orjuela Sr, Carlos A; Castro, Franz; Chanie Sr, Wagaye Fentahun; Chatterjee, Pranab; Chattu, Vijay Kumar; Chichiabellu Jr, Tesfaye Yitna; Chin Sr, Ken Lee; Christopher, Devasahayam J; Chu, Dinh-Toi; Cormier, Natalie Maria; Costa, Vera Marisa; Culquichicon, Carlos; Soboka Daba, Matiwos; Damiani Sr, Giovanni; Dandona, Lalit; Dandona, Rakhi; Dang, Anh Kim; Darwesh, Aso Mohammad; Darwish, Amira Hamed; Daryani Sr, Ahmad; Das, Jai K (2020-08-01)

  Background Oral rehydration solution (ORS) is a form of oral rehydration therapy (ORT) for diarrhoea that has the potential to drastically reduce child mortality; yet, according to UNICEF estimates, less than half of ...

• Mapping geographical inequalities in access to drinking water and sanitation facilities in low-income and middle-income countries, 2000–17 

  Deshpande, Aniruddha; Miller-Petrie, Molly K; Lindstedt, Paulina A; Baumann, Mathew M; Johnson, Kimberly B; Blacker, Brigette F; Abbastabar, Hedayat; Abd-Allah, Foad; Abdelalim, Ahmed; Abdollahpour, Ibrahim; Abegaz, Kedir Hussein; Abejie, Ayenew Negesse; Abreu, Lucas Guimarães; Abrigo, Michael RM; Abualhasan, Ahmed; Kokou Accrombessi, Manfred Mario; Adamu, Abdu A; Adebayo, Oladimeji M; Adedeji, saac Akinkunmi; Adedoyin, Rufus Adesoji; Adekanmbi, Victor; Adetokunboh, Olatunji O; Adhikari, Tara Ballav; Afarideh, Mohsen; Agudelo-Botero, Marcela; Ahmadi, Mehdi; Ahmadi, Keivan; Ahmed, Muktar Beshir; Ahmed, Anwar E; Akalu, Temesgen Yihunie; Akanda, Ali S; Alahdab, Fares; Al-Aly, Ziyad; Alam, Samiah; Alam, Noore; Alamene, Genet Melak; Alanzi, Turki M; Albright, James; Albujeer, Ammar; Alcalde-Rabanal, Jacqueline Elizabeth; Alebel, Animut; Alemu, Zewdie Aderaw; Ali, Muhammad; Alijanzadeh, Mehran; Alipourv, Vahid; Aljunid, Syed Mohamed; Almasi, Ali; Almasi-Hashiani, Amir; Al-Mekhlafi, Hesham M; Altirkawi, Khalid A; Alvis-Guzman, Nelson; Alvis-Zakzuk, Nelson J; Amini, Saeed; Maever Amit, Arianna L; Herrera Amul, Gianna Gayle; Andrei, Catalina Liliana; Anjomshoa, Mina; Ansariadi, Ansariadi; Abelardo Antonio, Carl T; Antony, Benny; Antriyandarti, Ernoiz; Arabloo, Jalal; Amin Aref, Hany Mohamed; Aremu, Olatunde; Armoon, Bahram; Arora, Amit; Aryal, Krishna K; Arzani, Afsaneh; Asadi-Aliabadi, Mehran; Asmelash, Daniel; Tasew Atalay, Hagos; Masoume Athari, Seyyede; Shamsadin Athari, Seyyed; Atre, Sachin R; Ausloos, Marcel; Awasthi, Shally; Awoke, Nefsu; Ayala Quintanilla, Beatriz Paulina; Ayano, Getinet; Amogre Ayanore, Martin; Asmare Aynalem, Yared; Azari, Samad; Azman, Andrew S; Babaee, Ebrahim; Badawi, Alaa; Bagherzadeh, Mojtaba; Bakkannavar, Shankar M; Balakrishnan, Senthilkumar; Banach, Maciej; Mattar Banoub, Joseph Adel; Barac, Aleksandra; Barboza, Miguel A; Winfried Bärnighausen, Till; Basu, Sanjay; Bay, Vo Dinh; Bayati, Mohsen; Bedi, Neeraj; Beheshti, Mahya; Behzadifar, Meysam; Behzadifar, Masoud; Fernanda, Diana; Ramirez, Bejarano; Bell, Michelle L; Bennett, Derrick A; Benzian, Habib; Ajema Berbada, Dessalegn; Bernstein, Robert S; Ganapati Bhat, Anusha; Bhattacharyya, Krittika; Bhaumik, Soumyadeep; Bhutta, Zulfiqar A; Bijani, Ali; Bikbov, Boris; Bin Sayeed, Muhammad Shahdaat; Kishore Biswas, Raaj; Bohlouli, Somayeh; Boufous, Soufiane; Brady, Oliver J; Nikolaevich Briko, Andrey; Ivanovich Briko, Nikolay; Britton, Gabrielle B; Brown, Alexandria; Burugina Nagaraja, Sharath; Butt, Zahid A; Cámera, Luis Alberto; Campos-Nonato, Ismael R; Campuzano Rincon, Julio Cesar; Cano, Jorge; Car, Josip; Cárdenas, Rosario; Carvalho, Felix; Castañeda-Orjuela, Carlos A; Castro, Franz; Cerin, Ester; Chalise, Binaya; Kumar Chattu, Vijay; Lee Chin, Ken; Christopher, Devasahayam J; Chu, Dinh-Toi; Cormier, Natalie Maria; Costa, Vera Marisa; Cromwell, Elizabeth A; Fekadu Dadi, Abel Fekadu; Dahiru, Tukur; Dahlawi, Saad MA; Dandona, Rakhi; Dandona, Lalit; Dang, Anh Kim; Daoud, Farah; Darwesh, Aso Mohammad; Hamed Darwish, Amira (2020-09)

  Background Universal access to safe drinking water and sanitation facilities is an essential human right, recognised in the Sustainable Development Goals as crucial for preventing disease and improving human wellbeing. ...

• Intestinal volvulus in the pump twin of a twin reversed arterial perfusion (TRAP) sequence after laser therapy at 18 weeks: a case report 

  Herrera, Tania T; Rueda, Katia; Espinosa, Honorina; Britton, Gabrielle B (2020-08-08)

  Background: Twin reversed arterial perfusion sequence is a rare and potentially lethal condition affecting approximately 1% of monochorionic twin pregnancies and 1 in 35,000 pregnancies overall. An apparently normal (pump) ...

• New Perspectives on Oxidized Genome Damage and Repair Inhibition by Pro-Oxidant Metals in Neurological Diseases 

  Mitra, Joy; Guerrero, Erika N; Hegde, Pavana M; Wang, Haibo; Boldogh, Istvan; Rao, Kosagi Sharaf; Mitra, Sankar; Hegde, Muralidhar L (2014-07-17)

  The primary cause(s) of neuronal death in most cases of neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease, are still unknown. However, the association of certain etiological factors, e.g., oxidative ...

• Revisiting Metal Toxicity in Neurodegenerative Diseases and Stroke: Therapeutic Potential 

  Mitra, Joy; Vasquez, Velmarini; Hegde, Pavana M; Boldogh, Istvan; Mitra, Sankar; Kent, Thomas A; Rao, Kosagi S; L Hegde, Muralidhar (2014-12-31)

  Excessive accumulation of pro-oxidant metals, observed in affected brain regions, has consistently been implicated as a contributor to the brain pathology including neurodegenerative diseases and acute injuries such as ...

• Copper interactions with DNA of chromatin and its role in neurodegenerative disorders 

  Govindaraju, M; Shekar, HS; Sateesha, SB; Vasudeva Raju, P; Sambasiva Rao, KR; Rao, KSJ; Rajamma, AJ (2013-10-01)

  In this study, we have demonstrated the conformational changes to DNA induced by abnormal interactions of copper using circular dichroism, in combination with UV-absorbance and fluorescence spectroscopy. Results confirm ...

• Control of paratuberculosis: who, why and how. A review of 48 countries 

  Whittington, Richard; Donat, Karsten; Weber, Maarten F; Kelton, David; Saxmose Nielsen, Søren; Eisenberg, Suzanne; Arrigoni, Norma; Juste, Ramon; Sáez, Jose Luis; Dhand, Navneet; Santi, Annalisa; Michel, Anita; Barkema, Herman; Kralik, Petr; Kostoulas, Polychronis; Citer, Lorna; Griffin, Frank; Barwell, Rob; Scatamburlo Moreira, Maria Aparecida; Slana, Iva; Koehler, Heike; Vir Singh, Shoor; Sang Yoo, Han; Chávez-Gris, Gilberto; Goodridge, Amador; Ocepek, Matjaz; Garrido, Joseba; Stevenson, Karen; Collins, Mike; Alonso, Bernardo; Cirone, Karina; Paolicchi, Fernando; Gavey, Lawrence; Tanvir Rahman, Md; De Marchin, Emmanuelle; Van Praet, Willem; Bauman, Cathy; Fecteau, Gilles; McKenna, Shawn; Salgado, Miguel; Fernández-Silva, Jorge; Dziedzinska, Radka; Echeverría, Gustavo; Seppänen, Jaana; Thibault, Virginie; Fridriksdottir, Vala; Derakhshandeh, Abdolah; Haghkhah, Masoud; Ruocco, Luigi; Kawaji, Satoko; Momotani, Eiichi; Heuer, Cord; Norton, Solis; Cadmus, Simeon; Agdestein, Angelika; Kampen, Annette; Szteyn, Joanna; Frössling, Jenny; Schwan, Ebba; Caldow, George; Strain, Sam; Carter, Mike; Wells, Scott; Munyeme, Musso; Wolf, Robert; Gurung, Ratna; Verdugo, Cristobal; Fourichon, Christine; Yamamoto, Takehisa; Thapaliya, Sharada; Di Labio, Elena; Ekgatat, Monaya; Gil, Andres; Nuñez Alesandre, Alvaro; Piaggio, José; Suanes, Alejandra; De Waard, Jacobus H (2019-12-01)

  Paratuberculosis, a chronic disease affecting ruminant livestock, is caused by Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP). It has direct and indirect economic costs, impacts animal welfare and arouses public health ...

• Avian Mycobacteriosis in a Rescued Harpy Eagle from Darien Forest, Panama 

  Rengifo-Herrera, Claudia del Carmen; Reyes, Julio César; Magaña, Angie Marie; Acosta, Fermín; Ponder, Julia; Goodridge, Amador (2019-11-08)

  Background: The Harpy eagle (Harpia harpyia) is the largest raptor in the Neotropical region, distributed in low densities within primary forest habitats from southern Mexico to east-central Brazil, including Central America ...

• Reduced Food Intake Among Tuberculosis Patients Within an Urban Setting in Panama (P10-023-19) 

  Cubilla, Idalina; Rios, Maritza; Batista, Victoria; Rosero, Sara; Sambrano, Dilcia; Castillo, Juan; Colon-Ramos, Uriyoan; Cleary, Sean D; Goodridge, Amador; Luque, Odemaris; de Simmons, Isolina; de Chavez, Ana; Cuadra, Yaracelys; Jurado, Julio; Gonzalez, Rolando; Williams, Victoria (2019-06-01)

  Objectives The aim of our study is to characterize the dietary factors and food items intake of people living with pulmonary tuberculosis in an urban and high disease incidence city in Panama. Methods We recruited 41 ...

• Overweight, Obesity, and Older Age Favor Latent Tuberculosis Infection among Household Contacts in Low Tuberculosis-Incidence Settings within Panama 

  Cubilla-Batista, Idalina; Ruiz, Nadia; Sambrano, Dilcia; Castillo, Juan; de Quinzada, Markela O; Gasteluiturri, Begoña; Goodridge, Amador (2019-05-01)

  Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) remains the main source of new active tuberculosis (TB) cases worldwide. Household close contacts (HCCs) are at high risk of acquiring LTBI and subsequent development of TB. In this ...

• Simplified Model to Survey Tuberculosis Transmission in Countries Without Systematic Molecular Epidemiology Programs 

  Domínguez, Juan; Acosta, Fermín; Pérez-Lago, Laura; Sambrano, Dilcia; Batista, Victoria; De La Guardia, Carolina; Abascal, Estefanía; Chiner-Oms, Álvaro; Comas, Iñaki; González, Prudencio; Bravo, Jaime; Del Cid, Pedro; Rosas, Samantha; Muñoz, Patricia; Goodridge, Amador; García de Viedma, Darío (2019-03-01)

  Systematic molecular/genomic epidemiology studies for tuberculosis surveillance cannot be implemented in many countries. We selected Panama as a model for an alternative strategy. Mycobacterial interspersed repetitive ...

• Role of a2b1 integrins in mediating cell shape on microtextured titanium surfaces 

  Lai, Min; Hermann, Christopher D.; Cheng, Alice; Olivares-Navarrete, Rene; Gittens, Rolando A.; Bird, Meredith M.; Walker, Marcus; Cai, Ye; Cai, Kaiyong; Sandhage, Kenneth H.; Schwartz, Zvi; Boyan, Barbara D. (2014-05-07)

  Surface microroughness plays an important role in determining osteoblast behavior on titanium. Previous studies have shown that osteoblast differentiation on microtextured titanium substrates is dependent on alpha-2 beta-1 ...

• Global, regional, and national burden of tuberculosis, 1990–2016: results from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors 2016 Study 

  Kyu, Hmwe Hmwe; Maddison, Emilie R; Henry, Nathaniel J; Ledesma, Jorge R; Wiens, Kirsten E; Reiner Jr, Robert; Biehl, Molly H; Shields, Chloe; Osgood-Zimmerman, Aaron; Ross, Jennifer M; Carter, Austin; Frank, Tahvi D; Wang, Haidong; Srinivasan, Vinay; Agarwal, Sanjay Kumar; Alahdab, Fares; Alene, Kefyalew Addis; Abdulqadir Ali, Beriwan; Alvis-Guzman, Nelson; Andrews, Jason R; T Antonio, Carl Abelardo; Atique, Suleman; Atre, Sachin R; Awasthi, Ashish; Ayele, Henok Tadesse; Badali, Hamid; Badawi, Alaa; Barac, Aleksandra; Bedi, Neeraj; Behzadifar, Masoud; Behzadifar, Meysam; Begashaw Bekele, Bayu; Belay, Saba Abraham; Bensenor, Isabela M; Butt, Zahid A; Carvalho, Félix; Cercy, Kelly; Christopher, Devasahayam J; Kabeta Daba, Alemneh; Dandona, Lalit; Dandona, Rakhi; Daryani, Ahmad; Demeke, Feleke Mekonnen; Deribe, Kebede; Dhamminda Dharmaratne, Samath; Teye Doku, David; Dubey, Manisha; Edessa, Dumessa; El-Khatib, Ziad; Enany, Shymaa; Fernandes, Eduarda; Fischer, Florian; Garcia-Basteiro, Alberto L; Gebre, Abadi Kahsu; Berhe Gebregergs, Gebremedhin; Gebremichael, Teklu Gebrehiwo; Feto Gelano, Tilayie; Geremew, Demeke; Gona, Philimon N; Goodridge, Amador; Gupta, Rahul; Haghparast Bidgoli, Hassan; Bugssa Hailu, Gessessew; Yimam Hassen, Hamid; Tadesse Hedayati, Mohammad T; Henok, Andualem; Hostiuc, Sorin; Aman Hussen, Mamusha; Stephen Ilesanmi, Olayinka; Naghibi Irvani, Seyed Sina; Jacobsen, Kathryn H; Johnson, Sarah C; Jonas, Jost B; Kahsay, Amaha; Kant, Surya; Kasaeian, Amir; Dessale Kassa, Tesfaye; Saleh Khader, Yousef; Abdullatif Khafaie, Morteza; Khalil, Ibrahim; Ahmad Khan, Ejaz; Khang, Young-Ho; Kim, Yun Jin; Kochhar, Sonali; Koyanagi, Ai; Krohn, Kristopher J; Kumar, G Anil; Molla Lakew, Ayenew; Tesema Leshargie, Cheru; Lodha, Rakesh; King Macarayan, Erlyn Rachelle; Majdzadeh, Reza; Martins-Melo, Francisco Rogerlândio; Melese, Addisu; Memish, Ziad A; Mendoza, Walter; Tadese Mengistu, Desalegn; Mengistu, Getnet; Mestrovic, Tomislav; Moazen, Babak; Abdulmuhsin Mohammad, Karzan; Mohammed, Shafiu; Mokdad, Ali H; Moosazadeh, Mahmood; Mousavi, Seyyed Meysam; Mustafa, Ghulam; Nachega, Jean B; Hoang Nguyen, Long; Hoang Nguyen, Son; Huyen Nguyen, Trang; Anggraini Ningrum, Dina Nur; Legesse Nirayo, Yirga; Minh Nong, Vuong; Ofori-Asenso, Richard; Akpojene Ogbo, Felix; Oh, In-Hwan; Oladimeji, Olanrewaju; Olagunju, Andrew T; Oren, Eyal; Pereira, David M; Prakash, Swayam; Qorbani, Mostafa; Rafay, Anwar; Kumar Rai, Rajesh; Ram, Usha; Rubino, Salvatore; Safiri, Saeid; Salomon, Joshua A; Samy, Abdallah M; Sartorius, Benn; Satpathy, Maheswar; Seyedmousavi, Seyedmojtaba; Sharif, Mehdi; Silva, João Pedro; Alves Silveira, Dayane Gabriele; Singh, Jasvinder A; Sreeramareddy, Chandrashekhar T; Xuan Tran, Bach; Gebremeskel Tsadik, Afewerki; Nnanna Ukwaja, Kingsley; Ullah, Irfan; Uthman, Olalekan A; Vlassov, Vasily; Vollset, Stein Emil; Vu, Giang; Weldegebreal, Fitsum; Werdecker, Andrea; Yimer, Ebrahim M; Yonemoto, Naohiro; Yotebieng, Marcel (2018-12-01)

  Background Although a preventable and treatable disease, tuberculosis causes more than a million deaths each year. As countries work towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target to end the tuberculosis ...

• Global variation in bacterial strains that cause tuberculosis disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis 

  Wiens, Kirsten E; Woyczynski, Lauren P; Ledesma, Jorge R; Ross, Jennifer M; Zenteno-Cuevas, Roberto; Goodridge, Amador; Ullah, Irfan; Mathema, Barun; Djoba Siawaya, Joel Fleury; Biehl, Molly H; Ray, Sarah E; Bhattacharjee, Natalia V; Henry, Nathaniel J; Reiner Jr, Robert C; Kyu, Hmwe H; L Murray, Christopher J; Hay, Simon I (2018-10-30)

  Background: The host, microbial, and environmental factors that contribute to variation in tuberculosis (TB) disease are incompletely understood. Accumulating evidence suggests that one driver of geographic variation in ...

• Measuring progress from 1990 to 2017 and projecting attainment to 2030 of the health-related Sustainable Development Goals for 195 countries and territories: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 

  Lozano, Rafael; Fullman, Nancy; Abate, Degu; Abay, Solomon M; Abbafati, Cristiana; Abbasi, Nooshin; Abbastabar, Hedayat; Abd-Allah, Foad; Abdela, Jemal; Abdelalim, Ahmed; Abdel-Rahman, Omar; Abdi, Alireza; Abdollahpour, Ibrahim; Suliankatchi Abdulkader, Rizwan; Dereje Abebe, Nebiyu; Abebe, Zegeye; Negesse Abejie, Ayenew; Abera, Semaw F; Zewdie Abil, Olifan; Aboyans, Victor; Abraha, Haftom Niguse; Abrham, Aklilu Roba; Abu-Raddad, Laith Jamal; Abu-Rmeileh, Niveen Me; Abyu, Gebre Y; Kokou Accrombessi, Manfred Mario; Acharya, Dilaram; Acharya, Pawan; Adamu, Abdu A; Adebayo, Oladimeji M; Adedeji, Isaac Akinkunmi; Adedoyin, Rufus Adesoji; Adekanmbi, Victor; Adetokunboh, Olatunji O; Adhena, Beyene Meressa; Adhikari, Tara Ballav; Adib, Mina G; Kouablan Adou, Arsène; Adsuar, Jose C; Afarideh, Mohsen; Afshari, Mahdi; Afshin, Ashkan; Agarwal, Gina; Aghayan, Sargis Aghasi; Agius, Dominic; Agrawal, Anurag; Agrawal, Sutapa; Ahmadi, Alireza; Ahmadi, Mehdi; Ahmadieh, Hamid; Ahmed, Muktar Beshir; Ahmed, Sayem; Yihunie Akalu, Temesgen; Akanda, Ali S; Akbari, Mohammad Esmaeil; Akibu, Mohammed; Akinyemi, Rufus Olusola; Akinyemiju, Tomi; Akseer, Nadia; Alahdab, Fares; Al-Aly, Ziyad; Alam, Khurshid; Alam, Tahiya; Albujeer, Ammar; Alebel, Animut; Alene, Kefyalew Addis; Al-Eyadhy, Ayman; Alhabib, Samia; Ali, Raghib; Alijanzadeh, Mehran; Alizadeh-Navaei, Reza; Aljunid, Syed Mohamed; Alkerwi, Ala'a; Alla, François; Allebeck, Peter; Allen, Christine A; Almasi, Ali; Al-Maskari, Fatma; Al-Mekhlafi, Hesham M; Alonso, Jordi; Al-Raddadi, Rajaa M; Alsharif, Ubai; Altirkawi, Khalid; Alvis-Guzman, Nelson; Amare, Azmeraw T; Amenu, Kebede; Amini, Erfan; Ammar, Walid; Anber, Nahla Hamed; Anderson, Jason A; Andrei, Catalina Liliana; Androudi, Sofia; Animut, Megbaru Debalkie; Anjomshoa, Mina; Ansari, Hossein; Ansariadi, Ansariadi; Geleto Ansha, Mustafa; T Antonio, Carl Abelardo; Anwari, Palwasha; Appiah, Lambert Tetteh; Aremu, Olatunde; Abera Areri, Habtamu; Ärnlöv, Johan; Arora, Monika; Aryal, Krishna K; Asayesh, Hamid; Asfaw, Ephrem Tsegay; Weldegebreal Asgedom, Solomon; Asghar, Rana Jawad; Assadi, Reza; Ataro, Zerihun; Atique, Suleman; Atre, Sachin R; Atteraya, Madhu Sudhan; Ausloos, Marcel; Avila-Burgos, Leticia; Avokpaho, Euripide FGA; Awasthi, Ashish; Ayala Quintanilla, Beatriz Paulina; Ayele, Henok Tadesse; Ayele, Yohanes; Ayer, Rakesh; Azarpazhooh, Mahmoud Reza; Azzopardi, Peter S; Azzopardi-Muscat, Natasha; Babalola, Tesleem Kayode; Babazadeh, Arefeh; Badali, Hamid; Badawi, Alaa; Balakrishnan, Kalpana; Bali, Ayele Geleto; Banach, Maciej; Banerjee, Amitava; Mattar Banoub, Joseph Adel; Banstola, Amrit; Barac, Aleksandra; Barboza, Miguel A; Barker-Collo, Suzanne Lyn; Bärnighausen, Till Winfried; Barrero, Lope H; Barthelemy, Celine M; Bassat, Quique; Basu, Arindam; Basu, Sanjay; Battista, Robert J; Baune, Bernhard T; Wondifraw Baynes, Habtamu; Bazargan-Hejazi, Shahrzad; Bedi, Neeraj; Beghi, Ettore (2018-11-10)

  Background Efforts to establish the 2015 baseline and monitor early implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) highlight both great potential for and threats to improving health by 2030. To fully deliver ...

• Implant osseointegration and the role of microroughness and nanostructures: Lessons for spine implants 

  Gittens, Rolando A.; Olivares-Navarrete, Rene; Schwartz, Zvi; Boyan, Barbara D. (2014-04-08)

  The use of spinal implants for spine fusion has been steadily increasing to avoid the risks of complications and donor site morbidity involved when using autologous bone. A variety of fusion cages are clinically available, ...

• A review on the wettability of dental implant surfaces II: Biological and clinical aspects 

  Gittens, Rolando A.; Scheideler, Lutz; Rupp, Frank; Hyzy, Sharon L.; Geis-Gerstorfer, Jürgen; Schwartz, Zvi; Boyan, Barbara D. (2014-04-05)

  Dental and orthopedic implants have been under continuous advancement to improve their interactions with bone and ensure a successful outcome for patients. Surface characteristics such as surface topography and surface ...

• A review on the wettability of dental implant surfaces I: Theoretical and experimental aspects 

  Rupp, Frank; Gittens, Rolando A.; Scheideler, Lutz; Marmur, Abraham; Boyan, Barbara D.; Schwartz, Zvi; Geis-Gerstorfer, Jürgen (2014-02-28)

  The surface wettability of biomaterials determines the biological cascade of events at the biomaterial/ host interface. Wettability is modulated by surface characteristics, such as surface chemistry and surface topography. ...

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