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Peroxisome proliferator–activated receptor γ ligands inhibit development of atherosclerosis in LDL receptor–deficient mice
The peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma) is a nuclear receptor that regulates fat-cell development and glucose homeostasis and is the molecular target of...
The Social Psychology of Self-Efficacy
The topic of self-efficacy is part of a broad literature which has developed around the issues of human agency, mastery, and control. Its more delimited focus is on perceptions ...
Habitat suitability modelling and niche theory
1 The concept of the ecological niche relates a set of environmental variables to the fitness of species, while habitat suitability models (HSMs) relate environmental variables ...
Theory-Based Stress Measurement
Although arguments about how to measure psychological stress are typically based on implicit epistemological and theoretical assumptions, stress measurement has almost never bee...
Global burden of disease attributable to illicit drug use and dependence: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
No systematic attempts have been made to estimate the global and regional prevalence of amphetamine, cannabis, cocaine, and opioid dependence, and quantify their burden. We aime...
Presence‐absence versus presence‐only modelling methods for predicting bird habitat suitability
Habitat suitability models can be generated using methods requiring information on species presence or species presence and absence. Knowledge of the predictive performance of s...
Evaluative Criteria for Qualitative Research in Health Care: Controversies and Recommendations
Qualitative research is not a unified field. Most manuscript and grant reviewers are not qualitative experts and are likely to embrace a generic set of criteria rather than thos...