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Geographical variations in infant and child mortality in West Africa: a geo-additive discrete-time survival modelling

Genus, 2016
This study examines the residual geographical variations in infant and child mortality and how the different categories of the risk factors account for the spatial inequality in West African countries.
Ezra Gayawan, Mumini I. Adarabioyo, Dorcas M. Okewole, Stephen G. Fashoto, Joel C. Ukaegbu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

WHO tackles food inequalities: Europe's first comprehensive Food and Nutrition Action Plan debate, 8–10 November 1999, Malta [PDF]

, 2000
Aileen Robertson
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UP3: Unsupervised Predictive Path Planner for Mobile Robots in Unknown Environment

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
In this article, an unsupervised learning‐based predictive path planning framework UP3 for mobile robots is introduced. The framework employs attention‐based path optimization, control barrier functions, and a deep constraint correction module. UP3 allows the robot to use local observation to generate smooth, safe, and collision‐free path points toward
Jianing Luo, Jiwei Zhu, Ruopeng Cui, Gaoxiong Lu, Wei Li   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Socioeconomic inequality in financial hardship in accessing quality healthcare services in Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundThe 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development aims to ensure that no one is left behind in health. However, the high magnitude of catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) and impoverishing health expenditure (IHE) remain global challenges.
Yawkal Tsega, Zelalem Birhan, Kidist Adamu   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Still the lucky country? [PDF]

Over the past 30 years the gap between the rich and the poor has increased rapidly in a majority of the world’s countries. Oxfam has previously reported that inequality is so severe that the 85 richest people in the world own the same as half of the ...

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EndoARSS: Adapting Spatially Aware Foundation Model for Efficient Activity Recognition and Semantic Segmentation in Endoscopic Surgery

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
This article introduces EndoARSS, a novel multitask learning framework that combines surgical activity recognition and semantic segmentation for endoscopic surgery. Utilizing the foundation model with novel modules like task efficient shared low‐rank adapters and spatially aware multiscale attention, EndoARSS can effectively tackle challenges in ...
Guankun Wang, Rui Tang, Mengya Xu, Long Bai, Huxin Gao, Hongliang Ren   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Socioeconomic inequalities in high-risk fertility behaviors over time in Ethiopia.

PLoS ONE
IntroductionHigh-risk fertility behaviors (HRFB), including short birth intervals, early or late childbearing age, and high parity, are associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes.
Melash Belachew Asresie, Michael Ekholuenetale, Kedir Y Ahmed, Sabuj Kanti Mistry, Navira Chandio, Kingsley Agho, Gedefaw Abeje Fekadu, Amit Arora   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Vaginally administered PEGylated LIF antagonist blocked embryo implantation and eliminated non-target effects on bone in mice.

PLoS ONE, 2011
Female-controlled contraception/HIV prevention is critical to address health issues associated with gender inequality. Therefore, a contraceptive which can be administered in tandem with a microbicide to inhibit sexually transmitted infections, is ...
Ellen Menkhorst, Jian-Guo Zhang, Natalie A Sims, Phillip O Morgan, Priscilla Soo, Ingrid J Poulton, Donald Metcalf, Estella Alexandrou, Melissa Gresle, Lois A Salamonsen, Helmut Butzkueven, Nicos A Nicola, Evdokia Dimitriadis, Evdokia Dimitriadis   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Health inequalities in Korea: age- and sex-specific educational differences in the 10 leading causes of death [PDF]

, 2004
Young‐Ho Khang
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Community music, identity and belonging among Dutchies in Australia: Comparing assimilation to multiculturalism

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
Abstract This article discusses variations in the experiences of Dutch identity and belonging to a music‐making group in the Dutch migrant community in Melbourne, Australia. It answers the research question “Which variations of ‘Dutch identity’ are there for the participants and how does music‐making relate to this?”. Feelings of identity and belonging
Karien Dekker, Jora Broerse, Nonja Peters   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source