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In Canada and the United States, the incident use of an arteriovenous fistula is 16% and 14% and the prevalent use of fistula is 44% and 55%, respectively ([1][1],[2][2]). The fistula is considered the vascular access of choice for patients with ESRD because of its decreased risk for complications,
Deborah, Zimmerman, Charmaine E, Lok
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The accessibility of an access structure [PDF]
Summary: In secret sharing, different access structures have different difficulty degrees for acceding to the secret. We give a numerical measure of how easy or how difficult is to recover the secret, depending only on the structure itself and not on the particular scheme used for realizing it. We derive some consequences.
Francesc Carreras +2 more
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Cervical cancer remains a significant problem in the U.S., with approximately 10,000 new cases diagnosed annually. Low income and low socioeconomic status appear to be strong risk factors for developing cervical cancer. In this issue of Cancer, Saraiya and colleagues report the results of a 2004 survey of practitioners who offer cervical cancer ...
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Access to Medicines, Access to Markets [PDF]
This article explores some uses by the pharmaceutical industry of language from the "access to medicines" movement in global health, sometimes for goals almost completely opposite to those of the movement. Important in the context of extremely expensive treatments, the industry draws on the idealistic discourse around access to medicines to create a ...
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Accessibility of research data to disabled users has received scant attention in literature and practice. In this paper we briefly survey the current state of accessibility for research data and suggest some first steps that repositories should take to make their holdings more accessible.
Anderson, Theresa +3 more
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In Nigeria, two maternal and neonatal health Networks of Care (NOC) focus on extending the reach and quality of routine and emergency maternal and neonatal health services tailored to the different contexts.
Olufunke Fasawe +7 more
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Introduction Reductions in HIV acquisition have slowed, and the global community is significantly off track from global goals. Oral pre‐exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) alone cannot address the diverse needs of the millions of people at risk of HIV ...
Sarah Y. Jenkins +6 more
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Background A strong evidence base exists regarding routine and emergency services that can effectively prevent or reduce maternal and new-born mortality.
Sandra Mudhune +11 more
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Background Health care workers in Kenya have launched major strikes in the public health sector in the past decade but the impact of strikes on health systems is under-explored.
Michael L. Scanlon +9 more
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Background Road Traffic Crashes (RTCs) are the third highest cause of death in Zambia, claiming about 2000 lives annually, with pedestrians and cyclists being the most vulnerable. Human error accounts for 87.3% of RTCs. Minibus and big bus public service
Sydney Chauwa Phiri +7 more
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