THE POTENTIAL OF MOBILE HEALTH CLINICS IN CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION IN UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS. AN ON-FIELD EXPERIMENT

The potential of mobile health clinics in chronic disease prevention and health promotion in universal healthcare systems. An on-field experiment

Abstract Background Mobile health clinics (MHCs) are recognized to facilitate access to healthcare services, especially in disadvantaged populations.Notwithstanding that in Europe a wide-ranging background in mobile screening units for cancer is shared, evidences about MHCs targeting also at other non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in universal healt

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Dispersion of Micro Fibrillated Cellulose (MFC) in Poly(lactic acid) (PLA) from Lab-Scale to Semi-Industrial Processing Using Biobased Plasticizers as Dispersing Aids

In the present study, two commercial typologies of microfibrillated cellulose (MFC) (Exilva and Celish) with 2% wt % were firstly melt-compounded at the laboratory scale into polylactic acid (PLA) by a microcompounder.To reach an MFC proper dispersion and avoid the well-known aglomeration Coffee Mug problems, the use of two kinds of biobased plasti

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Solidarity and Theories of Collective Action

The concept of solidarity is of central importance to the political sense of collective action.But it is a curious fact that solidarity is virtually unmentioned across the large and growing literature in philosophical collective Meeting Table action theory.Instead, we see discussions of collective action overwhelmingly focus on epistemic conditions

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IL-2 regulates SEB induced toxic shock syndrome in BALB/c mice.

BACKGROUND:Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS) is characterized by fever, rash, hypotension, constitutional symptoms, and multi-organ involvement and is caused by Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxins such as Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B (SEB).SEB binds to the MHC-IIalpha chain and is recognized by the TCRbeta chain of the Vbeta8 TCR(+) T cells.The binding of

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