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231. [BIPS Project] Cohort study of the relative incidence of major cardiovascular events (MACE) among patients initiating prucalopride versus a matched comparator cohort

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Date: 23-04-13

Prucalopride (Resolor®) is a new selective 5-HAT4 agonist and was approved in Europe in October 2009 as first agent of its drug class for the treatment of chronic constipation in women in which…

232. [BIPS Project] Colaborative Research Center 1320: Everyday activity science and engeineering

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Date: 01-07-21

This project "Sensorimotor and Causal Human Activity Models for Cognitive Architectures" is part of a DFG funded collaborative research centre at the University of Bremen. The goal is to identify…

233. [BIPS Project] Community interpreting services Lower Saxony - Setting up regional capacity for community interpreting

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Date: 01-01-18

The project aims at building a lasting, sustainable and state-wide infrastructure for qualification, agency, supervision and quality management, as well as telephone interpreting. Based on a…

234. [BIPS Project] Community-based integration of a digital mental health intervention in Pakistan

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Date: 01-08-21

The project WellPak is conducted to alleviate the significant mental health burden in low-and middle-income countries. It is a collaboration between the Leibniz Institute of Prevention Research and…

235. [BIPS Project] Counselling for alcohol problems during pregnancy

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Date: 01-03-24

South Africa (SA) has the highest prevalence of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders in the world due to high alcohol consumption among pregnant women in this setting. The aim of CAP-PRE (Counselling for…

236. [BIPS Project] Cross-departmental Center A: Research Data Infrastructure

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Date: 01-01-23

High quality research data are essential for epidemiological research. Generally, it is not possible to fully exploit the potential of the research data generated in individual research projects…

237. [BIPS Project] Cross-generational adverse drug effects

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Date: 01-10-20

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238. [BIPS Project] Data competence center for the Bremen region. “HealthyPlanet": Satellite-based data of environmental factors and its impact on health and health behaviors and Citizen Science project “Guardians of the Hedgehogs”

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Date: 15-11-23

Healthy Planet: Satellite-based data of environmental factors and their effects on health and health behaviors Environmental conditions impact our health through several exposures, such as air,…

239. [BIPS Project] Database study of lenalidomide (Revlimid®) in Germany: Monitoring off-label use

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Date: 10-12-07

Lenalidomide, a derivate of thalidomide, is in combination with dexamethasone indicated for the treatment of multiple myeloma in patients who have received at least one prior therapy. In the USA,…

240. [BIPS Project] Dementia in the German Pharmacoepidemiological Research Database

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Date: 01-02-18

Dementias, including Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia, and other forms of dementia (oD) rank highest among neurodegenerative diseases in the elderly. In contrast to the epidemiology of…