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Expert en Médecine, Optimisation des Parcours de Soins et Révision Médicale
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IAS-Research Centre for Life, Mind and Society, Department of Philosophy, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Avenida de Tolosa 70, Donostia-San Sebastian, 20018, Spain; Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh, 1117 Cathedral of Learning, 4200 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA. Electronic address: leonardo.bich@ehu.es.
Publications dans "Organismes" :
2 publications dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Department of Philosophy, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA, 92093-0119.
Publications dans "Organismes" :
1 publication dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements, CNRS, INRAE, Université de Tours, Nouzilly, France.
Fondazione Ethoikos, Radicondoli, Italy.
Publications dans "Organismes" :
1 publication dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements, CNRS, INRAE, Université de Tours, Nouzilly, France.
Publications dans "Organismes" :
1 publication dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Fondazione Ethoikos, Radicondoli, Italy.
Parco Faunistico di Piano dell'Abatino, Poggio San Lorenzo, Italy.
Publications dans "Organismes" :
1 publication dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Parco Faunistico di Piano dell'Abatino, Poggio San Lorenzo, Italy.
Publications dans "Organismes" :
1 publication dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
EthoS (Ethologie Animale et Humaine), Université de Rennes, Université de Normandie, CNRS, Rennes, France.
Publications dans "Organismes" :
1 publication dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements, CNRS, INRAE, Université de Tours, Nouzilly, France.
Publications dans "Organismes" :
1 publication dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Unité fonctionnelle de coordination hospitalière de prélèvements d'organes et de tissus, centre hospitalier universitaire de Rennes, site Pontchaillou, 2 rue Henri-le-Guilloux, 35000 Rennes, France. Electronic address: karine.baudoin@chu-rennes.fr.
Publications dans "Organismes" :
1 publication dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Unité fonctionnelle de coordination hospitalière de prélèvements d'organes et de tissus, centre hospitalier universitaire de Rennes, site Pontchaillou, 2 rue Henri-le-Guilloux, 35000 Rennes, France.
Publications dans "Organismes" :
1 publication dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Unité fonctionnelle de coordination hospitalière de prélèvements d'organes et de tissus, centre hospitalier universitaire de Rennes, site Pontchaillou, 2 rue Henri-le-Guilloux, 35000 Rennes, France.
Publications dans "Organismes" :
1 publication dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Publications dans "Organismes" :
1 publication dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
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1 publication dans cette catégorie
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Gift of Life Donor Program, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Publications dans "Organismes" :
1 publication dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Gift of Life Donor Program, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Publications dans "Organismes" :
1 publication dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Gift of Life Donor Program, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Publications dans "Organismes" :
1 publication dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Publications dans "Organismes" :
1 publication dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Division of Surgical Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Division of Pediatric Transplantation, Children's Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Publications dans "Organismes" :
1 publication dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Division of Surgical Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Publications dans "Organismes" :
1 publication dans cette catégorie
Affiliations :
Division of Surgical Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
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This study aimed to utilize wastewater surveillance for monitoring Mpox cases at a community level. Untreated wastewater samples were collected once a week from two wastewater treatment plants (A and ...
To define metrics of phenotypic aging, it is essential to identify biological and environmental factors that influence the pace of aging. Previous attempts to develop aging metrics were hampered by cr...
In Baltimore, clients in methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) experiment with prescription medicine and in doing so face new risks of noncompliance as they tread this blurry line between medical and ...
Intervetions are urgently needed to reduce the trajectory of the US opioid overdose epidemic, yet implementation is often hampered by resistance or opposition from key community stakeholders. While bu...
To assess mental health-related stigma in an emerging Latino immigrant community and explore demographic characteristics associated with stigma. We surveyed 367 Spanish-speaking Latino adults recruite...
To explore: 1) provider narratives of their contraceptive counseling practices with Latina patients within the context of patient-centered care (PCC); and 2) provider perceptions about the barriers to...
We conducted 25 semistructured qualitative interviews with physicians and nurse practitioners from four specialties who provide contraceptive care to Latinas in Baltimore, MD. We analyzed data using d...
Providers described a contraceptive counseling approach focused on pregnancy prevention as the primary goal. Most respondents used a tiered-effectiveness approach, even while noting the importance of ...
Providers described knowledge of and intention to practice PCC but had limited integration of it in their own counseling with Latinas. Responses suggest tension between an expressed desire to provide ...
Translating contraceptive PCC into practice, especially for marginalized communities, is paramount. Training should teach clinicians to recognize systems of structural inequity and discrimination that...
We measured the association between vacant housing demolitions and changes in crime and emergency department (ED) visits in Baltimore, MD. We included 646 block groups in Baltimore, 224 of which exper...
The aim of this study was to examine associations of gut microbiome diversity and composition with directly measured regional fat distribution, including central fat, in a large community-based cohort...
A cross-sectional investigation was conducted in the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging (N = 815, 55.2% female, 65.9% White). The fecal microbiome was assessed using whole-genome shotgun metagenomi...
Trunk fat, leg fat, BMI, and waist circumference all significantly explained similar amounts of variance in microbiome structure. Differential abundance testing identified 11 bacterial species signifi...
Microbiome diversity and composition, in particular higher abundance of Ruminococcus gnavus, were associated with greater trunk fat, in addition to other measures of obesity. Longitudinal studies are ...
Socioeconomic status (SES) indicators such as educational attainment are fundamental factors affecting health. One mechanism through which education affects health is by reducing the likelihood of eng...
This study aimed to investigate the differential association between educational attainment and tobacco use among racial groups in a community sample in Baltimore City....
This cross-sectional study used data from a community survey conducted in 2012-2013 in Baltimore City among adults aged 18 years or older. The participants were 3501 adults. Univariate, bivariate, and...
The study found that adults with a graduate degree were less likely to be current smokers (adjusted odds ratio [AOR]: 0.10, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.08-0.13) and menthol tobacco users (AOR: 0.1...
Due to MDRs of educational attainment, while highly educated White adults show a low risk of tobacco use, educated Black adults remain at a disproportionately increased risk. The study emphasizes the ...
To mitigate the harms of arrest and incarceration on health and racial equity, jurisdictions are increasingly enacting reforms to decriminalize drug possession through prosecutorial discretion (de fac...
Police and court records were used to explore the possible impacts of Baltimore City's de facto decriminalization on street arrests and (processed) arrests advancing through the courts among people wh...
The policy was associated with a significant and immediate decline in street and processed arrests for possession, which was not seen for other crime categories. Although declines were concentrated in...
De facto decriminalization may be a promising strategy to reduce exposure to the carceral system, an established risk factor for overdose and other drug-related sequelae and a driver of racial dispari...