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A comparative evaluation of mobile medical APPS (MMAS) for reading and interpreting malaria rapid diagnostic tests

Malaria Journal, 2021
Background The World Health Organization recommends confirmatory diagnosis by microscopy or malaria rapid diagnostic test (RDT) in patients with suspected malaria.
Theodoor Visser, Sumedh Ramachandra, Emilie Pothin, Jan Jacobs, Jane Cunningham, Arnaud Le Menach, Michelle L. Gatton, Samaly dos Santos Souza, Sydney Nelson, Luke Rooney, Michael Aidoo   +10 more
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Time series analysis of survival and oviposition cycle duration of Anopheles funestus (Giles) in Mozambique [PDF]

PeerJ, 2023
Background Survival and gonotrophic cycle duration are important determinants of the vectorial capacity of malaria vectors but there are a limited number of approaches to estimate these quantities from field data.
Jacques D. Charlwood, Thomas A. Smith, Ayubo Kampango, Erzelia V. E. Tomas, Nakul Chitnis   +4 more
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Effect of altitude and acetazolamide on postural control in healthy lowlanders 40 years of age or older. Randomized, placebo-controlled trial

Frontiers in Physiology
Background: Hypoxia and old age impair postural control and may therefore enhance the risk of accidents. We investigated whether acetazolamide, the recommended drug for prevention of acute mountain sickness, may prevent altitude-induced deterioration of ...
Tim Mutschler, Michael Furian, Michael Furian, Michael Furian, Mona Lichtblau, Mona Lichtblau, Mona Lichtblau, Aline Buergin, Aline Buergin, Aline Buergin, Simon R. Schneider, Simon R. Schneider, Simon R. Schneider, Paula Appenzeller, Paula Appenzeller, Paula Appenzeller, Laura Mayer, Laura Mayer, Laura Mayer, Lara Muralt, Lara Muralt, Lara Muralt, Maamed Mademilov, Maamed Mademilov, Maamed Mademilov, Ainura Abdyraeva, Ainura Abdyraeva, Ainura Abdyraeva, Shoira Aidaralieva, Shoira Aidaralieva, Shoira Aidaralieva, Aibermet Muratbekova, Aibermet Muratbekova, Aibermet Muratbekova, Azamat Akylbekov, Azamat Akylbekov, Azamat Akylbekov, Saltanat Shabykeeva, Saltanat Shabykeeva, Saltanat Shabykeeva, Talant M. Sooronbaev, Talant M. Sooronbaev, Talant M. Sooronbaev, Silvia Ulrich, Silvia Ulrich, Silvia Ulrich, Konrad E. Bloch, Konrad E. Bloch, Konrad E. Bloch   +48 more
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The sovereign money initiative in Switzerland: an economic assessment

Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics, 2018
The sovereign money initiative will be submitted to the Swiss people in 2018. This paper reviews the arguments behind the initiative and discusses its potential impact.
Philippe Bacchetta
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THE PERSPECTIVES OF INTERNATIONAL REGULATION OF PRIVATE MILITARY AND SECURITY COMPANIES’

Vestnik MGIMO-Universiteta, 2016
Modern international security is a heterogeneous sphere that includes both state and nonstate actors. Legal status of some non-state actors is not always clear. This can be attributed mostly to the dynamics of the global processes.
M. A. Nebolsina, A. I. Nikitin
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Sortir de la crise. Enjeux et modalités de la politique hôtelière suisse entre 1937 et 1950

Mondes du Tourisme, 2022
After the devaluation of the Swiss franc in 1936, the Swiss hospitality industry, which had been severely affected by the Great Depression, regained its competitiveness. Suddenly, its financial recovery seemed within reach.
Mathieu Narindal
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Features of direct democracy in Switzerland

Правоприменение, 2020
The subject. The article is about the peculiarities of referendum and popular initiative which are the main forms and institutions of direct democracy in Switzerland.The purpose of the article is to determine the peculiarities of direct democracy in ...
Svetlana A. Solomonova
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Improving quality of medical certification of causes of death in health facilities in Tanzania 2014–2019

BMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background Monitoring medically certified causes of death is essential to shape national health policies, track progress to Sustainable Development Goals, and gauge responses to epidemic and pandemic disease.
Trust Nyondo, Gisbert Msigwa, Daniel Cobos, Gregory Kabadi, Tumaniel Macha, Emilian Karugendo, Joyce Mugasa, Geofrey Semu, Francis Levira, Carmen Sant Fruchtman, James Mwanza, Isaac Lyatuu, Martin Bratschi, Claud J. Kumalija, Philip Setel, Don de Savigny   +15 more
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The Swiss Public Initiative against Mass Immigration (‘Masseneinwanderungsinitiative’): Caught between Constitutional Sovereignty and Pacta Sunt Servanda

, 2014
This article seeks to bring some clarity to the publicly held debate on the Swiss federal popular initiative to limit immigration as it was adopted on 9 February 2014 by the Swiss people.
Kläser, Julian
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The SPHN Data Coordination Center (SPHN-DCC): Consolidating the SPHN infrastructures beyond 2024 [PDF]

, 2023
Since 2017, the Swiss Personalized Health Network (SPHN) initiative has been coordinating the development of data infrastructures for the responsible use of health data for research throughout Switzerland.
Swiss Personalized Health Network (SPHN)
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