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November 2014

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(How) Can We Reduce Violence Against Women by 50% over the Next 30 Years?
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In this month's editorial, PLOS Medicine Editorial Board member Rachel Jewkes identifies challenges that the violence prevention research community faces in substantially reducing violence against women and girls over the next 30 years.

Interpersonal violence is experienced and perpetrated by millions of people worldwide and an ambitious goal of reducing violence by 50% over the next 30 years has been mounted by the World Health Organization as a rallying point for the global violence prevention community.

Professor Jewkes argues that this target can be achieved but only if the violence prevention research field reduces fragmentation of research efforts, prioritises evidence-based approaches and secures funding to develop a violence prevention pipeline of promising interventions.

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Editorial

(How) Can We Reduce Violence Against Women by 50% over the Next 30 Years?

Rachel Jewkes

PLOS Medicine: published November 25, 2014 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001761

Essay

Act II of the Sunshine Act

Genevieve Pham-Kanter

PLOS Medicine: published November 4, 2014 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001754

Perspective

What Could Computerized Brain Training Learn from Evidence-Based Medicine?

Druin Burch

PLOS Medicine: published November 18, 2014 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001758

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Association of Adenotonsillectomy with Asthma Outcomes in Children: A Longitudinal Database Analysis

Rakesh Bhattacharjee, Beatrix H. Choi, David Gozal, Babak Mokhlesi

PLOS Medicine: published November 4, 2014 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001753

Sublingual Misoprostol versus Intramuscular Oxytocin for Prevention of Postpartum Hemorrhage in Uganda: A Double-Blind Randomized Non-Inferiority Trial

Esther C. Atukunda, Mark J. Siedner, Celestino Obua, Godfrey R. Mugyenyi, Marc Twagirumukiza, Amon G. Agaba

PLOS Medicine: published November 4, 2014 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001752

A Transdiagnostic Community-Based Mental Health Treatment for Comorbid Disorders: Development and Outcomes of a Randomized Controlled Trial among Burmese Refugees in Thailand

Paul Bolton, Catherine Lee, Emily E. Haroz, Laura Murray, Shannon Dorsey, Courtland Robinson, Ana M. Ugueto, Judith Bass

PLOS Medicine: published November 11, 2014 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001757

Association of FKBP51 with Priming of Autophagy Pathways and Mediation of Antidepressant Treatment Response: Evidence in Cells, Mice, and Humans

Nils C. Gassen, Jakob Hartmann, Jürgen Zschocke, Jens Stepan, Kathrin Hafner, Andreas Zellner, Thomas Kirmeier, Lorenz Kollmannsberger, Klaus V. Wagner, Nina Dedic, Georgia Balsevich, Jan M. Deussing, Stefan Kloiber, Susanne Lucae, Florian Holsboer, Matthias Eder, Manfred Uhr, Marcus Ising, Mathias V. Schmidt, Theo Rein

PLOS Medicine: published November 11, 2014 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001755

The kSORT Assay to Detect Renal Transplant Patients at High Risk for Acute Rejection: Results of the Multicenter AART Study

Silke Roedder, Tara Sigdel, Nathan Salomonis, Sue Hsieh, Hong Dai, Oriol Bestard, Diana Metes, Andrea Zeevi, Albin Gritsch, Jennifer Cheeseman, Camila Macedo, Ram Peddy, Mara Medeiros, Flavio Vincenti, Nancy Asher, Oscar Salvatierra, Ron Shapiro, Allan Kirk, Elaine Reed, Minnie M. Sarwal

PLOS Medicine: published November 11, 2014 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001759

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Computerized Cognitive Training in Cognitively Healthy Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Effect Modifiers

Amit Lampit, Harry Hallock, Michael Valenzuela

PLOS Medicine: published November 18, 2014 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001756

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Impact of Xpert MTB/RIF for TB Diagnosis in a Primary Care Clinic with High TB and HIV Prevalence in South Africa: A Pragmatic Randomised Trial

Helen S. Cox, Slindile Mbhele, Neisha Mohess, Andrew Whitelaw, Odelia Muller, Widaad Zemanay, Francesca Little, Virginia Azevedo, John Simpson, Catharina C. Boehme, Mark P. Nicol

PLOS Medicine: published November 25, 2014 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001760

Effect of Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea on Depressive Symptoms: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Marcus Povitz, Carmelle E. Bolo, Steven J. Heitman, Willis H. Tsai, JianLi Wang, Matthew T. James

PLOS Medicine: published November 25, 2014 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001762