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From studentship to academia: the academic female STEM trajectory in Ghana

STEM and underrepresented

Boateng FK, Gaulee U.
GSID: jftGJE3y3tIJ
FK Boateng, U Gaulee - Journal of Underrepresented & Minority Progress, 2019 - ojed.org

… of women in STEM academia relative to the STEM pipeline in Ghana. The STEM pipeline is … to a higher education academic career in STEM. Another impetus for this chapter is the …

Unfettering the ball and chain of gender discrimination: Gendered experiences of senior STEM women in Ghana

STEM and gender

Boateng FK.
GSID: Wu8YeFlw_UcJ
FK Boateng - Cogent Education, 2017 - Taylor & Francis

… to understand how they overcame the gender discrimination they faced. More so, … in STEM were also sought. They overcame gender discrimination due to the socialization in their STEM …

Characterisation of the flavin adenine dinucleotide binding region of .

Biochemistry and biophysics reports

Boateng MO, Corrigall AV, Sturrock E, Meissner PN.
PMID: 29124218
Biochem Biophys Rep. 2015 Oct 29;4:306-311. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrep.2015.10.006. eCollection 2015 Dec.

Protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPOX), the penultimate enzyme in the haem biosynthetic pathway catalysers the six electron oxidation of protoporphyrinogen-IX to protoporphyrin-IX, in the presence of flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) and oxygen. In humans, partial defects in PPOX result in variegate...

Pediatric Residents' Perceptions of Potential Professionalism Violations on Social Media: A US National Survey.

JMIR medical education

Dawkins R, King WD, Boateng B, Nichols M, Desselle BC.
PMID: 28143804
JMIR Med Educ. 2017 Jan 31;3(1):e2. doi: 10.2196/mededu.5993.

BACKGROUND: The ubiquitous use of social media by physicians poses professionalism challenges. Regulatory bodies have disseminated guidelines related to physicians' use of social media.OBJECTIVE: This study had 2 objectives: (1) to understand what pediatric residents view as appropriate social...

The contribution of Ghanaian pharmacists to mental healthcare: current practice and barriers.

International journal of mental health systems

Owusu-Daaku FT, Marfo AF, Boateng EA.
PMID: 20550668
Int J Ment Health Syst. 2010 Jun 15;4:14. doi: 10.1186/1752-4458-4-14.

BACKGROUND: There is scant knowledge of the involvement of developing country pharmacists in mental healthcare. The objectives of this study were: to examine the existing role of Ghanaian community and hospital pharmacists in the management of mental illness, and...

The role of natriuretic peptides in cardiovascular disorders and human cardiac allografts (Review).

International journal of molecular medicine

Ationu A, Boateng S.
PMID: 9855695
Int J Mol Med. 1998 Aug;2(2):235-239. doi: 10.3892/ijmm.2.2.235.

The human myocardium is composed of a variety of cardiac cell types that synthesise cardioactive factors with autocrine, paracrine and endocrine functions. These cardioactive factors include a family of structurally and functionally related peptides, natriuretic peptides (NPs), that act...

Relation of Mitral Valve Surgery Volume to Repair Rate, Durability, and Survival.

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Chikwe J, Toyoda N, Anyanwu AC, Itagaki S, Egorova NN, Boateng P, El-Eshmawi A, Adams DH.
PMID: 28476349
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017 Apr 24; doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2017.02.026. Epub 2017 Apr 24.

BACKGROUND: Degenerative mitral valve repair rates remain highly variable, despite established benefits of repair over replacement. The contribution of surgeon-specific factors is poorly defined.OBJECTIVES: This study evaluated the influence of surgeon case volume on degenerative mitral valve repair rates...

Cohort Description of the Madagascar Health and Environmental Research-Antongil (MAHERY-Antongil) Study in Madagascar.

Frontiers in nutrition

Golden CD, Borgerson C, Rice BL, Allen LH, Anjaranirina EJG, Barrett CB, Boateng G, Gephart JA, Hampel D, Hartl DL, Knippenberg E, Myers SS, Ralalason DH, Ramihantaniarivo H, Randriamady H, Shahab-Ferdows S, Vaitla B, Volkman SK, Vonona MA.
PMID: 31428615
Front Nutr. 2019 Jul 19;6:109. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2019.00109. eCollection 2019.

The Madagascar Health and Environmental Research-Antongil (MAHERY-Antongil) study cohort was set up in September 2015 to assess the nutritional value of seafood for the coastal Malagasy population living along Antongil Bay in northeastern Madagascar. Over 28 months of surveillance,...

Predictors and Outcomes of Cardiac Events following Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair in Descending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm and Dissection.

Aorta (Stamford, Conn.)

Acheampong DO, Paul P, Boateng P, Leitman IM.
PMID: 32599627
Aorta (Stamford). 2020 Feb;8(1):6-13. doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1701606. Epub 2020 Jun 29.

BACKGROUND:  Cardiac events following thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) have been associated with significant morbidity and mortality. However, predictors of post-TEVAR cardiac events in descending thoracic aortic aneurysm or dissection are poorly understood.METHODS:  A retrospective analysis of completed TEVAR...

An examination of eating disorder education and experience in a 1-month adolescent medicine rotation: what is sufficient to foster adequate self-efficacy?.

International journal of adolescent medicine and health

Pasold TL, Woods JL, Portilla MG, Nesmith JD, Boateng BA.
PMID: 29953405
Int J Adolesc Med Health. 2018 Jun 28;32(5). doi: 10.1515/ijamh-2017-0212.

Objective Medical students and professionals report receiving limited education/training related to treating eating disorders. Because medical professionals are the point of initial contact for these patients and are involved necessarily in their treatment, sufficient knowledge on identification and intervention...

Risk factors contributing to cardiac events following general and vascular surgery.

Annals of medicine and surgery (2012)

Acheampong D, Guerrier S, Lavarias V, Pechman D, Mills C, Inabnet W, Boateng P, Leitman IM.
PMID: 30147870
Ann Med Surg (Lond). 2018 Aug 08;33:16-23. doi: 10.1016/j.amsu.2018.08.001. eCollection 2018 Sep.

BACKGROUND: Cardiac events (CE) following surgery have been associated with morbidity and mortality. Defining risk factors that contribute to CE is essential to improve surgical outcomes.STUDY DESIGN: This was a retrospective study at a large urban teaching hospital for...

Transport energy consumption and environmental quality: Does urbanization matter?.

The Science of the total environment

Adams S, Boateng E, Acheampong AO.
PMID: 32712414
Sci Total Environ. 2020 Nov 20;744:140617. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140617. Epub 2020 Jul 04.

Previous studies on environmental quality have emphasized the importance of transportation and urbanization in influencing carbon emission globally. While the theoretical and empirical discussions remain inconclusive and controversial, the question of whether transport energy consumption and urbanization induce emissions...

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