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Executive dysfunctions mediate between altered sensory processing and daily activity performance in older adults

By: Engel-Yeger B., Rosenblum S.
Published in: BMC Geriatrics
SDGs : SDG 03 | Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences | Time: 2021 | Link
Description: Background: Sensory processing is essential for the interaction with the environment and for adequate daily function. Se (more…)

Suicide Behavior Among Vocational High School Students: The Role of School-Related Factors

By: Benatov J., Brunstein-Klomek A., Chen-Gal S.
Published in: School Mental Health
SDGs : SDG 03 | Units: Education | Time: 2021 | Link
Description: Suicide, the second leading cause of death among adolescents, requires an integrative approach to maximize the effective (more…)

Frailty status as a potential factor in increased postoperative opioid use in older adults

By: Auckley E.D., Bentov N., Zelber-Sagi S., Jeong L., Reed M.J., Bentov I.
Published in: BMC Geriatrics
SDGs : SDG 03 | Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences | Time: 2021 | Link
Description: Background: Prescription opioids are commonly used for postoperative pain relief in older adults, but have the potential (more…)

A study of ethnic, gender and educational differences in attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccines in Israel – implications for vaccination implementation policies

By: Green M.S., Abdullah R., Vered S., Nitzan D.
Published in: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research
SDGs : SDG 03 | Units: | Time: 2021 | Link
Description: Background: Vaccines for COVID-19 are currently available for the public in Israel. The compliance with vaccination has (more…)

3D virtual reconstruction and quantitative assessment of the human intervertebral disc’s annulus fibrosus: a DTI tractography study

By: Stein D., Assaf Y., Dar G., Cohen H., Slon V., Kedar E., Medlej B., Abbas J., Hay O., Barazany D., Hershkovitz I.
Published in: Scientific Reports
SDGs : SDG 03 | Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences | Time: 2021 | Link
Description: The intervertebral disc’s (IVD) annulus fibrosus (AF) retains the hydrostatic pressure of the nucleus pulposus (NP), con (more…)

Factors associated with dynamic balance in people with Persistent Postural Perceptual Dizziness (PPPD): a cross-sectional study using a virtual-reality Four Square Step Test

By: Aharoni M.M.H., Lubetzky A.V., Arie L., Krasovsky T.
Published in: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation
SDGs : SDG 03 | Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences | Time: 2021 | Link
Description: Background: Persistent postural-perceptual dizziness (PPPD) is a condition characterized by chronic subjective dizziness (more…)

Using a biopsychosocial approach to examine differences in post-traumatic stress symptoms between Arab and Jewish Israeli mothers following a child’s traumatic medical event

By: Hussein S., Sadeh Y., Dekel R., Shadmi E., Brezner A., Landa J., Silberg T.
Published in: International Journal for Equity in Health
SDGs : SDG 03 | Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences | Time: 2021 | Link
Description: Background: Parents of children following traumatic medical events (TMEs) are known to be at high risk for developing se (more…)

Role of a thrombin generation assay in the prediction of infection severity

By: Elad B., Avraham G., Schwartz N., Elias A., Elias M.
Published in: Scientific Reports
SDGs : SDG 03 | Units: | Time: 2021 | Link
Description: Thrombin plays a central role in sepsis pathophysiology. The correlation of thrombin generation (TG) assays with infecti (more…)

Defective viral genomes as therapeutic interfering particles against flavivirus infection in mammalian and mosquito hosts

By: Rezelj V.V., Carrau L., Merwaiss F., Levi L.I., Erazo D., Tran Q.D., Henrion-Lacritick A., Gausson V., Suzuki Y., Shengjuler D., Meyer B., Vallet T., Weger-Lucarelli J., Bernhauerová V., Titievsky A., Sharov V., Pietropaoli S., Diaz-Salinas M.A., Legros V., Pardigon N., Barba-Spaeth G., Brodsky L., Saleh M.-C., Vignuzzi M.
Published in: Nature Communications
SDGs : SDG 03 | Units: | Time: 2021 | Link
Description: Arthropod-borne viruses pose a major threat to global public health. Thus, innovative strategies for their control and p (more…)

The prevalence and prescribing patterns of benzodiazepines and Z-drugs in older nursing home residents in different European countries and Israel: retrospective results from the EU SHELTER study

By: Lukačišinová A., Fialová D., Peel N.M., Hubbard R.E., Brkic J., Onder G., Topinková E., Gindin J., Shochat T., Gray L., Bernabei R.
Published in: BMC Geriatrics
SDGs : SDG 03 | Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences | Time: 2021 | Link
Description: Background: Benzodiazepines (BZDs) and Z-drugs have high potential for developing frequent adverse drug events in older (more…)

Novel mechanism for OSM-promoted extracellular matrix remodeling in breast cancer: LOXL2 upregulation and subsequent ECM alignment

By: Dinca S.C., Greiner D., Weidenfeld K., Bond L., Barkan D., Jorcyk C.L.
Published in: Breast Cancer Research
SDGs : SDG 03 | Units: Natural Sciences | Time: 2021 | Link
Description: Background: Invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) is a serious problem for patients as it metastasizes, decreasing 5-year pati (more…)

Motivating healthcare professionals (nurses, nurse assistants, physicians) to integrate new practices for preventing healthcare-associated infections into the care continuum: turning Positive Deviance into positive norms

By: Gesser-Edelsburg A., Cohen R., Halavi A.M., Zemach M.
Published in: BMC Infectious Diseases
SDGs : SDG 03 | Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences | Time: 2021 | Link
Description: Background: The literature examining healthcare-associated infections (HAI) points to two main problems in conforming to (more…)

Investigating patient-specific mechanisms of change in SET vs. EFT for depression: study protocol for a mechanistic randomized controlled trial

By: Zilcha-Mano S., Shahar B., Fisher H., Dolev-Amit T., Greenberg L.S., Barber J.P.
Published in: BMC Psychiatry
SDGs : SDG 03 | Units: Social Sciences | Time: 2021 | Link
Description: Background: Major depressive disorder (MDD) is the leading cause of disability worldwide and one of the most heterogeneo (more…)

Determinants of penetrance and variable expressivity in monogenic metabolic conditions across 77,184 exomes

By: Goodrich J.K., Singer-Berk M., Son R., Sveden A., Wood J., England E., Cole J.B., Weisburd B., Watts N., Caulkins L., Dornbos P., Koesterer R., Zappala Z., Zhang H., Maloney K.A., Dahl A., Aguilar-Salinas C.A., Atzmon G., Barajas-Olmos F., Barzilai N., Blangero J., Boerwinkle E., Bonnycastle L.L., Bottinger E., Bowden D.W., Centeno-Cruz F., Chambers J.C., Chami N., Chan E., Chan J., Cheng C.-Y., Cho Y.S., Contreras-Cubas C., Córdova E., Correa A., DeFronzo R.A., Duggirala R., Dupuis J., Garay-Sevilla M.E., García-Ortiz H., Gieger C., Glaser B., González-Villalpando C., Gonzalez M.E., Grarup N., Groop L., Gross M., Haiman C., Han S., Hanis C.L., Hansen T., Heard-Costa N.L., Henderson B.E., Hernandez J.M.M., Hwang M.Y., Islas-Andrade S., Jørgensen M.E., Kang H.M., Kim B.-J., Kim Y.J., Koistinen H.A., Kooner J.S., Kuusisto J., Kwak S.-H., Laakso M., Lange L., Lee J.-Y., Lee J., Lehman D.M., Linneberg A., Liu J., Loos R.J.F., Lyssenko V., Ma R.C.W., Martínez-Hernández A., Meigs J.B., Meitinger T., Mendoza-Caamal E., Mohlke K.L., Morris A.D., Morrison A.C., Ng M.C.Y., Nilsson P.M., O’Donnell C.J., Orozco L., Palmer C.N.A., Park K.S., Post W.S., Pedersen O., Preuss M., Psaty B.M., Reiner A.P., Revilla-Monsalve C., Rich S.S., Rotter J.I., Saleheen D., Schurmann C., Sim X., Sladek R., Small K.S., So W.Y., Spector T.D., Strauch K., Strom T.M., Tai E.S., Tam C.H.T., Teo Y.Y., Thameem F., Tomlinson B., Tracy R.P., Tuomi T., Tuomilehto J., Tusié-Luna T., van Dam R.M., Vasan R.S., Wilson J.G., Witte D.R., Wong T.-Y., Burtt N.P., Zaitlen N., McCarthy M.I., Boehnke M., Pollin T.I., Flannick J., Mercader J.M., O’Donnell-Luria A., Baxter S., Florez J.C., MacArthur D.G., Udler M.S., AMP-T2D-GENES Consortia
Published in: Nature Communications
SDGs : SDG 03 | Units: Natural Sciences | Time: 2021 | Link
Description: Hundreds of thousands of genetic variants have been reported to cause severe monogenic diseases, but the probability tha (more…)

Did the events following the COVID-19 outbreak influence the incidents of violence against hospital staff?

By: Basis F., Moskovitz K., Tzafrir S.
Published in: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research
SDGs : SDG 03 | Units: Social Sciences | Time: 2021 | Link
Description: Background: During the COVID-19 outbreak, (March 1 – June 15, 2020) citizens expressed sympathy and gratitude towards me (more…)

Health and socio-demographic implications of the Covid-19 second pandemic wave in Israel, compared with the first wave

By: Birenbaum-Carmeli D., Chassida J.
Published in: International Journal for Equity in Health
SDGs : SDG 03 | Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences | Time: 2021 | Link
Description: Background: Israel’s containment of the first wave of Covid-19 was relatively successful. Soon afterwards, however, in t (more…)

Distress and Resilience in Days of COVID-19: International Study of Samples from Israel, Brazil, and the Philippines

By: Kimhi S., Eshel Y., Adini B., Aruta J.J.B.R., Antazo B.G., Briones-Diato A., Reinert M., da Silva J.D., Verdu F.C., Marciano H.
Published in: Cross-Cultural Research
SDGs : SDG 03 | Units: | Time: 2021 | Link
Description: We compared three types of resilience (individual, community, and national resilience), two indicators of distress (sens (more…)

COVID-19 social distancing: negative effects on people with Parkinson disease and their associations with confidence for self-management

By: Yogev-Seligmann G., Kafri M.
Published in: BMC Neurology
SDGs : SDG 03 | Units: | Time: 2021 | Link
Description: Background: The purpose of this study was to describe the effects of COVID-19 social distancing on the function, health, (more…)

The role of caloric intake in the association of high salt intake with high blood pressure

By: Stern N., Buch A., Goldsmith R., Nitsan L., Margaliot M., Endevelt R., Marcus Y., Shefer G., Grotto I.
Published in: Scientific Reports
SDGs : SDG 03 | Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences | Time: 2021 | Link
Description: Since current recommendations call for a substantial reduction in overall sodium consumption, we tested whether or not t (more…)

Experiences of frontline healthcare workers and their views about support during COVID-19 and previous pandemics: a systematic review and qualitative meta-synthesis

By: Billings J., Ching B.C.F., Gkofa V., Greene T., Bloomfield M.
Published in: BMC Health Services Research
SDGs : SDG 03 | Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences | Time: 2021 | Link
Description: Background: Healthcare workers across the world have risen to the demands of treating COVID-19 patients, potentially at (more…)

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