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The Double African Paradox: What does selective mortality tell us? [PDF]
We study the relationship between height stature and child mortality in West Africa. This is motivated by two things: understanding the determinants of height, widely used health indicator, and explaining the « double African paradox ».
Rouanet, Léa
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Hematopoietic (stem) cells—The elixir of life?
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.The aging of HSCs (hematopoietic stem cells) and the blood system leads to the decline of other organs. Rejuvenating aged HSCs improves the function of the blood system, slowing the aging of the heart, kidney, brain, and liver, and the occurrence of age‐related diseases.
Emilie L. Cerezo +4 more
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Association Between Malnutr ition & Colostrum For Severe Pneumonia
Pakistan Journal of Medicine and Dentistry, 2022 Background: Pneumonia remains one of the main causes of childhood mortality despite the availability of simple, safe, effective and inexpensive interventions to curb its mortality.
Faiza Siddiqui +3 more
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PICALM::MLLT10 translocated leukemia
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.This comprehensive review of PICALM::MLLT10 translocated acute leukemia provides an in‐depth review of the structure and function of CALM, AF10, and the fusion oncoprotein (1). The multifaceted molecular mechanisms of oncogenesis, including nucleocytoplasmic shuttling (2), epigenetic modifications (3), and disruption of endocytosis (4), are then ...
John M. Cullen +7 more
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Deadly Cities? A Note on Spatial Inequalities in Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa [PDF]
In this paper we analyze if an 'urban mortality penalty' exists for today's developing countries, repeating the history of industrialized nations during the 19th century.
Günther, Isabel, Harttgen, Kenneth
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Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.A comprehensive genomic and proteomic analysis of cervical cancer revealed STK11 and STX3 as a potential biomarkers of chemoradiation resistance. Our study demonstrated EGFR as a therapeutic target, paving the way for precision strategies to overcome treatment failure and the DNA repair pathway as a critical mechanism of resistance.
Janani Sambath +13 more
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Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 2009 Bangladesh is currently one of the very few countries in the world, which is on target for achieving the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 4 relating to child mortality. There have been very rapid reductions in mortality, especially in recent years and among children aged over one month.
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Child Survival, Poverty and Policy Options from DHS Surveys in Kenya: 1993-2003 [PDF]
This paper analyses multidimensional aspects of child poverty in Kenya. We carry out poverty and inequality comparisons for child survival and also use the parametric survival model to explain childhood mortality using DHS data.
Francis K. Mwangi +2 more
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The effect of distance to health-care facilities on childhood mortality in rural Burkina Faso.
, 2011 This study aims to investigate the relation between distance to health facilities, measured as continuous travel time, and mortality among infants and children younger than 5 years of age in rural Burkina Faso, an area with low health facility density ...
Akello +32 more
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A predictive model and socioeconomic and demographic determinants of under-five mortality in Sierra Leone. [PDF]
, 2020 Sierra Leone is among the countries that recorded high under-five child mortality rate in the world. To design and implement policies that can address this public health challenge, the present study developed a predictive model of factors that explained ...
Agbadi, Pascal +5 more
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