OBJECTIVE Determine current health services research (HSR) publication trends in major general otolaryngology journals. STUDY DESIGN Bibliometric analysis. METHODS All main issues of 8 high-impact general-interest otolaryngology journals published worldwide in 2002, 2005, 2008, and 2011 were searched for HSR-related publications. To qualify as HSR, the abstract of the article must discuss a...

BACKGROUND Front-of-pack nutrition labelling may support healthier packaged food purchases. Australia has adopted a novel Health Star Rating (HSR) system, but the legitimacy of this choice is unknown. OBJECTIVE To define the effects of different formats of front-of-pack labelling on the healthiness of food purchases and consumer perceptions. DESIGN Individuals were assigned at random to acc...

The Drosophila hsr omega locus produces one of the largest and most active heat shock puffs, yet it does not encode a heat shock protein. Instead, this locus produces a distinctive set of three transcripts, all from the same start site. The largest transcript, omega 1, is limited to the nucleus and appears to have a role there. A second nuclear transcript, omega 2, is produced by alternative te...

34 35 Globalization and the interconnectivity of the economy have magnified the role of regions, 36 restructuring social and economic relationships into networks that span increasing distances. At 37 the same time, greater attention is due to localized urban quality, as non-vehicular modes and 38 compact forms of development become critical in an environmentally conscious world. Within 39 this ...

Head splitting resistance (HSR) in cabbage is an important trait closely related to both quality and yield of head. However, the genetic control of this trait remains unclear. In this study, a doubled haploid (DH) population derived from an intra-cross between head splitting-susceptible inbred cabbage line 79-156 and resistant line 96-100 was obtained and used to analyze inheritance and detect ...

The scavenger receptor class B type I (SR-BI) and its human homologue CLA-1 (CD36 and LIMPII Analogous-1) have recently been identified to bind HDL and mediate the selective uptake of HDL lipids. Tissue distribution of both murine and human receptors is quite similar, in that they are expressed abundantly in liver and steroidogenic tissues. However, expression and function of the human SR-BI (h...

BACKGROUND The heat-shock response (HSR) protects from insults, such as ischemia-reperfusion injury, by inhibiting signaling pathways activated by sterile inflammation. However, the mechanisms by which the HSR activation would modulate lung damage and host response to a bacterial lung infection remain unknown. METHODS HSR was activated with whole-body hyperthermia or by intraperitoneal geldan...

BACKGROUND The Health Star Rating (HSR) is an interpretive front-of-pack labelling system that rates the overall nutritional profile of packaged foods. The algorithm underpinning the HSR includes total sugar content as one of the components. This has been criticised because intrinsic sugars naturally present in dairy, fruits, and vegetables are treated the same as sugars added during food proce...

Introduction One of the key themes of this book is whether and to what extent health sector reform (HSR) in Africa has in effect caused more harm than good in relation to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). This introduction explores the dominant HSR movement, reviews the African context within which reforms have been implemented and begins to examine the interrelationship between...

The construction and operation of high-speed rail (HSR) has become an important policy for China to achieve efficiency fairness promote high-quality economic growth. HSR promotes the flow production factors such as labor capital affects growth, may further affect urban land use (ULUE). To explore impact on ULUE, this paper uses panel data 284 cities in from 2005 2018, constructs Propensity Scor...