SELF-RATED HEALTH AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG OLDER SOUTH AFRICANS: EVIDENCE FROM THE STUDY ON GLOBAL AGEING AND ADULT HEALTH

Self-rated health and associated factors among older South Africans: evidence from the study on global ageing and adult health

Background: Population ageing has become significant in South African society, increasing the need to improve understandings of health and well-being among the aged.Objective: To describe the self-reported ratings of overall health and functioning, and to identify factors associated with self-rated health among older South Africans.Design: A nation

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Oligosaccharide substrate preferences of human extracellular sulfatase Sulf2 using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry based glycomics approaches.

Sulfs are extracellular endosulfatases that selectively remove the 6-O-sulfate groups from cell surface heparan sulfate (HS) chain.By altering the sulfation at these particular sites, Sulfs function to remodel HS chains.As a result of the remodeling activity, HSulf2 regulates a multitude BRA of cell-signaling events that depend on interactions betw

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Polite vocabulary in the Javanese language of Surabaya

Surabaya and its surroundings are known for their peculiar dialect, which does not only exhibit very characteristic phonological and morphological features, but also has a politeness, honorific, and deferential system that has so far remained largely understudied.It is the aim of this paper to shed further light on the sociolinguistic situation of

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Bilateral cerebellar hemorrhagic infarcts as an early presentation following opioid-induced toxic encephalopathy in an adult patient

In the midst of the national opioid crisis, it is necessary for emergency physicians and Door Seal radiologists to be familiar with presentations of opioid-related complications.We describe a case report of a 51-year-old female who developed bilateral cerebellar hemorrhages following opioid and benzodiazepine overdose.Malignant cerebellar edema is

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