Asia

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • "All hands on deck": An imperative for tackling hypertension in South Asia. 
  • 'Real-world' observational studies in arrhythmia research: data sources, methodology, and interpretation. A position document from European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA), endorsed by Heart Rhythm Society (HRS), Asia-Pacific HRS (APHRS), and Latin America HRS (LAHRS). 
  • 137 ancient human genomes from across the Eurasian steppes. 
  • 2021 ISHNE/ HRS/ EHRA/ APHRS collaborative statement on mHealth in Arrhythmia Management: Digital Medical Tools for Heart Rhythm Professionals: From the International Society for Holter and Noninvasive Electrocardiology/Heart Rhythm Society/European Heart Rhythm Association/Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society. 
  • A Community-Based Intervention for Hypertension in Rural South Asia. Reply. 
  • A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Prevalence of Community-Onset Bloodstream Infections among Hospitalized Patients in Africa and Asia. 
  • A Waiting Time Distribution for the First Conception and Its Application to a Non-Contracepting Traditional Society 
  • A distress-continuum, disorder-threshold model of depression: a mixed-methods, latent class analysis study of slum-dwelling young men in Bangladesh. 
  • A family of human Y chromosomes has dispersed throughout northern Eurasia despite a 1.8-Mb deletion in the azoospermia factor c region. 
  • A framework for comparative analysis of health systems: experiences from the Asia Pacific Observatory on Health Systems and Policies. 
  • A genetic legacy of introgression confounds phylogeny and biogeography in oaks. 
  • A global call for talaromycosis to be recognised as a neglected tropical disease. 
  • A model that fits female age at first marriage in a traditional society. 
  • A multi-dimensional model for projecting family households--with an illustrative numerical application. 
  • African origin of the malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax. 
  • Age validation of Han Chinese centenarians. 
  • Alkaloids of some African, Asian, Polynesian and Australian species of Erythrina. 
  • Alternative calculations of individual patient time in therapeutic range while taking warfarin: results from the ROCKET AF trial. 
  • Antithrombotic management in patients undergoing electrophysiological procedures: a European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) position document endorsed by the ESC Working Group Thrombosis, Heart Rhythm Society (HRS), and Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS). 
  • Aristolochic acids and their derivatives are widely implicated in liver cancers in Taiwan and throughout Asia. 
  • Association between angiographic complications and clinical outcomes among patients with acute coronary syndrome undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: an EARLY ACS (Early Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Inhibition in Non-ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome) angiographic substudy. 
  • Association of Diabetic Retinopathy and Diabetic Kidney Disease With All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality in a Multiethnic Asian Population. 
  • Atractiella rhizophila, sp. nov., an endorrhizal fungus isolated from the Populus root microbiome. 
  • Availability and variability in guidelines on diabetic retinopathy screening in Asian countries. 
  • Awareness and Utilization of Palliative Care Among Advanced Cancer Patients in Asia. 
  • Benchmarks in Pancreatic Surgery: A Novel Tool for Unbiased Outcome Comparisons. 
  • Biogeochemical transformations of mercury in solid waste landfills and pathways for release. 
  • Birth planning propaganda, incentives and peer pressure. 
  • British tobacco company denies "orchestrating smuggling". 
  • Brucellosis in low-income and middle-income countries. 
  • Burden of HIV among female sex workers in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 
  • C-reactive protein and microalbuminuria in a multi-ethnic Asian population. 
  • Can Sound Public Health Policies Stem the Tide of Burgeoning Epidemic of Cardiovascular Disease in South Asians? 
  • Changes in the divorce rate and age distribution in China since the 1980s. 
  • Climate regulation of fire emissions and deforestation in equatorial Asia. 
  • Clinical features of depression in Asia: results of a large prospective, cross-sectional study. 
  • Clinical features of scrub typhus. 
  • Clinical practice patterns on the use of magnesium sulphate for treatment of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia: a multi-country survey. 
  • Comparing Presenting Clinical Features in 48 Children With Microscopic Polyangiitis to 183 Children Who Have Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis (Wegener's): An ARChiVe Cohort Study. 
  • Corporal punishment, maternal warmth, and child adjustment: a longitudinal study in eight countries. 
  • Cost-effectiveness of Intravitreal Ranibizumab With Verteporfin Photodynamic Therapy Compared With Ranibizumab Monotherapy for Patients With Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy. 
  • Daily rifapentine for treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis. A randomized, dose-ranging trial. 
  • Defining high bleeding risk in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: a consensus document from the Academic Research Consortium for High Bleeding Risk. 
  • Definitions and Standardized Endpoints for Treatment of Coronary Bifurcations. 
  • Dementia caregiver interventions in Chinese people: A systematic review. 
  • Developing classification criteria for skin-predominant dermatomyositis: the Delphi process. 
  • Diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and chronic kidney disease in South Asia: current status and future directions. 
  • Diabetic Retinopathy in the Asia-Pacific. 
  • Diabetic macular oedema: evidence-based treatment recommendations for Asian countries. 
  • Disparities in breast carcinoma treatment in Asian/Pacific Islander women. A challenge to the provider. 
  • Disproportionately high risk of left ventricular hypertrophy in Indo-Asian women: a call for more studies. 
  • Diversity and carbon storage across the tropical forest biome. 
  • Dynamics of rural-urban migration in India: 1960-1981. 
  • Editorial - Health Systems of Asia: Equity, Governance and Social Impact. 
  • Effect of a Multicomponent Intervention on Antihypertensive Medication Intensification in Rural South Asia: Post Hoc Analysis of a Cluster RCT. 
  • Effect of race on the glycaemic response to sitagliptin: Insights from the Trial Evaluating Cardiovascular Outcomes with Sitagliptin (TECOS). 
  • Effectiveness of the 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine against radiographic pneumonia among children in rural Bangladesh: A case-control study. 
  • Effects of antihypertensive treatment in Asian populations: a meta-analysis of prospective randomized controlled studies (CARdiovascular protectioN group in Asia: CARNA). 
  • Effects of changing demographic factors upon women's family status in China: a model of a family status life table and its application. 
  • Efficacy of zoniporide, an Na/H exchange ion inhibitor, for reducing perioperative cardiovascular events in vascular surgery patients. 
  • Elevated risk for HIV infection among men who have sex with men in low- and middle-income countries 2000-2006: a systematic review. 
  • End compulsory drug treatment in the Asia-Pacific region. 
  • Epidemiologic studies targeting primary cardiovascular disease prevention in South Asia. 
  • Epidemiology / vaccine efficacy trials. "HIV Incidence in Adults in Northern Thailand". 
  • Evolution of Pleopsidium (lichenized Ascomycota) S943 group I introns and the phylogeography of an intron-encoded putative homing endonuclease. 
  • Expanding Access: Cost-effectiveness of Cochlear Implantation and Deaf Education in Asia. 
  • Fertility of rural China: effects of local family planning and health programs. 
  • Follow-up care after a diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection in an Asian immigrant cohort. 
  • Gender Differences in Radiation Dose From Nuclear Cardiology Studies Across the World: Findings From the INCAPS Registry. 
  • Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk. 
  • Genome-wide association studies in East Asians identify new loci for waist-hip ratio and waist circumference. 
  • Genome-wide meta-analysis of five Asian cohorts identifies PDGFRA as a susceptibility locus for corneal astigmatism. 
  • Genomic and Transcriptomic Profiling of Combined Hepatocellular and Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma Reveals Distinct Molecular Subtypes. 
  • Genomic sequencing is required for identification of tuberculosis transmission in Hawaii. 
  • Glaucoma in Asia: regional prevalence variations and future projections. 
  • Global Estimates on the Number of People Blind or Visually Impaired by Diabetic Retinopathy: A Meta-analysis From 1990 to 2010. 
  • Global Prevalence and Impact of Hostility, Discrimination, and Harassment in the Cardiology Workplace. 
  • Global Survey of Outcomes of Neurocritical Care Patients: Analysis of the PRINCE Study Part 2. 
  • Global operating theatre distribution and pulse oximetry supply: an estimation from reported data. 
  • Global variation in quality of care among patients hospitalized with acute heart failure in an international trial: findings from the acute study clinical effectiveness of nesiritide in decompensated heart failure trial (ASCEND-HF). 
  • Health services and the family planning component. 
  • High risk of relapsed disease in patients with NK/T-cell chronic active Epstein-Barr virus disease outside of Asia. 
  • Human papillomavirus detection in cervical neoplasia attributed to 12 high-risk human papillomavirus genotypes by region. 
  • Hypertension and kidney disease in Asia. 
  • IAEA survey of paediatric computed tomography practice in 40 countries in Asia, Europe, Latin America and Africa: procedures and protocols. 
  • IAEA survey of pediatric CT practice in 40 countries in Asia, Europe, Latin America, and Africa: Part 1, frequency and appropriateness. 
  • INternational ORthopaedic MUlticentre Study (INORMUS) in Fracture Care: Protocol for a Large Prospective Observational Study. 
  • Identification of four novel variants that influence central corneal thickness in multi-ethnic Asian populations. 
  • Identifying context-specific domains for assessing antimicrobial stewardship programmes in Asia: protocol for a scoping review. 
  • Image quality and dose in mammography in 17 countries in Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe: results from IAEA projects. 
  • Impact of global geographic region on time in therapeutic range on warfarin anticoagulant therapy: data from the ROCKET AF clinical trial. 
  • Implementation of Tuberculosis Intensive Case Finding, Isoniazid Preventive Therapy, and Infection Control ("Three I's") and HIV-Tuberculosis Service Integration in Lower Income Countries. 
  • Incidence and predictors of lesion-specific ischemia by FFRCT: Learnings from the international ADVANCE registry. 
  • Intercontinental impacts of ozone pollution on human mortality. 
  • International Variation in Outcomes Among People with Cardiovascular Disease or Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Impaired Glucose Tolerance: Insights from the NAVIGATOR Trial. 
  • International variation in characteristics and clinical outcomes of patients with type 2 diabetes and heart failure: Insights from TECOS. 
  • International variation in the use of evidence-based medicines for acute coronary syndromes. 
  • International variation in use of oral anticoagulation among heart failure patients with atrial fibrillation. 
  • JCL roundtable: South Asian atherosclerotic risk. 
  • Latent possibility for a change of the fertility behaviors of rural-urban migrants. 
  • Leprosy: biblical opprobrium? 
  • Level and determinants of kidney function in a South Asian population in Pakistan. 
  • Lifecourse socioeconomic status and cancer-related risk factors: Analysis of the WHO study on global ageing and adult health (SAGE). 
  • Living donor liver transplantation: the historical and cultural basis of policy decisions and ongoing ethical questions. 
  • Lopinavir/Ritonavir Monotherapy as Second-line Antiretroviral Treatment in Resource-Limited Settings: Week 104 Analysis of AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG) A5230. 
  • Lower incidence of vascular events following small artery ischemic stroke. 
  • Management and 1-Year Outcomes of Patients With Newly Diagnosed Atrial Fibrillation and Chronic Kidney Disease: Results From the Prospective GARFIELD - AF Registry. 
  • Mapping human genetic diversity in Asia. 
  • Marketing child survival. 
  • Marriage and fertility in China: 1950-1989. 
  • Medication Discontinuation in the IMPROVE-IT Trial. 
  • Migration in the urban-rural hierarchy of China: insights from the microdata of the 1987 National Survey. 
  • Modeling of treatment response to erythropoiesis-stimulating agents as a function of center- and patient-related variables: results from the Anemia Cancer Treatment (ACT) study. 
  • Modernization and status of the aged: international correlations. 
  • Mortality patterns in developed countries. 
  • Multi-ethnic comparisons of diabetes in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: insights from the HF-ACTION trial and the ASIAN-HF registry. 
  • Multicentre analysis of second-line antiretroviral treatment in HIV-infected children: adolescents at high risk of failure. 
  • Mutations at arginine residues in two Asian hemophilia B patients. 
  • Nesiritide in patients hospitalized for acute heart failure: does timing matter? Implication for future acute heart failure trials. 
  • New fossils, systematics, and biogeography of the oldest known crown primate Teilhardina from the earliest Eocene of Asia, Europe, and North America. 
  • Non-major bleeding with apixaban versus warfarin in patients with atrial fibrillation. 
  • Nuclear Cardiology Practice in Asia: Analysis of Radiation Exposure and Best Practice for Myocardial Perfusion Imaging　- Results From the IAEA Nuclear Cardiology Protocols Cross-Sectional Study (INCAPS). 
  • Overcoming biological, behavioral, and structural vulnerabilities: new directions in research to decrease HIV transmission in men who have sex with men. 
  • Overland heroin trafficking routes and HIV-1 spread in south and south-east Asia. 
  • Paediatric CT examinations in 19 developing countries: frequency and radiation dose. 
  • Pathogen-specific burdens of community diarrhoea in developing countries: a multisite birth cohort study (MAL-ED). 
  • Patient doses in radiographic examinations in 12 countries in Asia, Africa, and Eastern Europe: initial results from IAEA projects. 
  • Phylogenetic and biogeographic relationships of eastern Asian and eastern North American disjunct Suillus species (fungi) as inferred from nuclear ribosomal RNA ITS sequences. 
  • Phylogenetic structure in the Sphagnum recurvum complex (Bryophyta) in relation to taxonomy and geography. 
  • Place of birth and dietary intake in Ontario. II. Protein and selected micronutrients. 
  • Population genomics in South East Asia captures unexpectedly high carrier frequency for treatable inherited disorders. 
  • Population-based rates, timing, and causes of maternal deaths, stillbirths, and neonatal deaths in south Asia and sub-Saharan Africa: a multi-country prospective cohort study. 
  • Potentially traumatic experiences and sexual health among orphaned and separated adolescents in five low- and middle-income countries. 
  • Practical assessment and evaluation of mental health problems following a mass disaster. 
  • Predictors of the performance of foreign medical graduates on the 1982 certifying examination in internal medicine. 
  • Pregnancy termination following prenatal diagnosis of anencephaly or spina bifida: a systematic review of the literature. 
  • Prevalence and Etiology of Community-acquired Pneumonia in Immunocompromised Patients. 
  • Prevalence and Incidence of Traumatic Experiences Among Orphans in Institutional and Family-Based Settings in 5 Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Longitudinal Study. 
  • Prevalence of Hyperoxaluria in Urinary Stone Formers: Chronological and Geographical Trends and a Literature Review. 
  • Prevalence of overweight and obesity and their association with hypertension and diabetes mellitus in an Indo-Asian population. 
  • Property structures, demography and the crisis of the agrarian economy of colonial Bombay Presidency. 
  • Proposals of statistical consideration to evaluation of results for a specific region in multi-regional trials--Asian perspective. 
  • Radiation exposure to patients during interventional procedures in 20 countries: initial IAEA project results. 
  • Radiation protection of patients in diagnostic and interventional radiology in Asian countries: impact of an IAEA project. 
  • Radiology Education in Asia: Differences, Similarities, and Opportunities. 
  • Rationale and design of the CONFIRM (COronary CT Angiography EvaluatioN For Clinical Outcomes: An InteRnational Multicenter) Registry. 
  • Rationale, design and goals of the HeartFlow assessing diagnostic value of non-invasive FFRCT in Coronary Care (ADVANCE) registry. 
  • Regional, age and sex differences in baseline characteristics of patients enrolled in the Trial Evaluating Cardiovascular Outcomes with Sitagliptin (TECOS). 
  • Relationships among Common Illness Symptoms and the Protective Effect of Breastfeeding in Early Childhood in MAL-ED: An Eight-Country Cohort Study. 
  • Retrospective analysis of census data on general practitioners who qualified in South Asia: who will replace them as they retire? 
  • Rice yields in tropical/subtropical Asia exhibit large but opposing sensitivities to minimum and maximum temperatures 
  • Safety and Efficacy of Durvalumab With or Without Tremelimumab in Patients With PD-L1-Low/Negative Recurrent or Metastatic HNSCC: The Phase 2 CONDOR Randomized Clinical Trial. 
  • Similarities and differences in the treatment of spine trauma between surgical specialties and location of practice. 
  • Social innovation in sexual health: a scoping review towards ending the HIV epidemic. 
  • Socio-economic inequalities in suffering at the end of life among advanced cancer patients: results from the APPROACH study in five Asian countries. 
  • Some problems of future demographic processes in China. 
  • Spousal-residence separation among Chinese young couples. 
  • Standardized End Point Definitions for Coronary Intervention Trials: The Academic Research Consortium-2 Consensus Document. 
  • Surveillance of iclaprim activity: In vitro susceptibility of gram-positive pathogens collected from 2012 to 2014 from the United States, Asia Pacific, Latin American and Europe. 
  • Survey of Social Media Use for Surgical Education During Covid-19. 
  • Synergistic effects of multiple natural products in pancreatic cancer cells. 
  • The Association of Nutrition Status Expressed as Body Mass Index z Score With Outcomes in Children With Severe Sepsis: A Secondary Analysis From the Sepsis Prevalence, Outcomes, and Therapies (SPROUT) Study. 
  • The East Asian Paradox: An Updated Position Statement on the Challenges to the Current Antithrombotic Strategy in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease. 
  • The Household Registration System: computer software for the rapid dissemination of demographic surveillance systems. 
  • The Marquesans at the fringes of the Austronesian expansion. 
  • The SERI-ARVO Meeting and future challenges of ophthalmic research in Asia. 
  • The age-specific prevalence of myopia in Asia: a meta-analysis. 
  • The association between gestational diabetes mellitus and cancer in women: A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies. 
  • The cost-effectiveness of typhoid Vi vaccination programs: calculations for four urban sites in four Asian countries. 
  • The effects of Cenozoic global change on squirrel phylogeny. 
  • The global health and economic burden of hospitalizations for heart failure: lessons learned from hospitalized heart failure registries. 
  • The impact of country and culture on end-of-life care for injured patients: results from an international survey. 
  • The impact of large terrestrial carnivores on Pleistocene ecosystems 
  • The neglected tropical diseases of India and South Asia: review of their prevalence, distribution, and control or elimination. 
  • The oldest Asian record of Anthropoidea. 
  • The prevalence of retinal vein occlusion: pooled data from population studies from the United States, Europe, Asia, and Australia. 
  • The use of electronic health records for recruitment in clinical trials: a mixed methods analysis of the Harmony Outcomes Electronic Health Record Ancillary Study. 
  • Top Ten Things Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Caring for Hindus. 
  • Towards Equity in Service Provision for Gay Men and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men in Repressive Contexts. 
  • Trends in attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder medication use: a retrospective observational study using population-based databases. 
  • Trends in global health research among universities in China: a bibliometric analysis. 
  • Trends in the pattern of blindness and major ocular diseases in Singapore and Asia. 
  • Tropical heterothermy is "cool": The expression of daily torpor and hibernation in primates. 
  • Tuberculosis Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome in children initiating Antiretroviral Therapy for HIV infection: A systematic literature review. 
  • Uncovering the epidemic of HIV among men who have sex with men in Central Asia. 
  • Unexplained international differences in clinical outcomes after acute myocardial infarction and fibrinolytic therapy: lessons from the Hirulog and Early Reperfusion or Occlusion (HERO)-2 trial. 
  • Use of albumin creatinine ratio and urine albumin concentration as a screening test for albuminuria in an Indo-Asian population. 
  • Using theory of change frameworks to develop evaluation strategies for research engagement: results of a pre-pilot study. 
  • Variation in stochastic demography between and within central and peripheral regions in a widespread short-lived herb. 
  • WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT AND FAMILY PLANNING: A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE. 
  • What's in a name? Family-group taxonomy of larger-bodied Southeast Asian Eocene primates. 
  • Worldwide Organization of Neurocritical Care: Results from the PRINCE Study Part 1. 
  • Worldwide burden of HIV in transgender women: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Dodge, Kenneth A., William McDougall Distinguished Professor of Public Policy Studies, Duke Science & Society
  • O'Connor, Christopher Michael, Adjunct Professor in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, Clinical Pharmacology
  • Ostbye, Truls, Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health, Family Medicine and Community Health
  • Roth, V. Louise, Professor of Biology, Evolutionary Anthropology
  • Shindell, Drew Todd, Nicholas Distinguished Professor of Earth Science, Duke Science & Society