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Using the Lives Saved Tool as part of evaluations of community case management programs

Journal of Global Health, 2014
Integrated community case management (iCCM) has been recommended by the World Health Organization to reduce mortality among children in populations with limited access to facility–based health care providers. Although many countries have introduced iCCM,
Ingrid K. Friberg, Neff Walker
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Health Care Use Among Patients Presenting to Emergency Department for Gout Flares in Ontario, Canada: A Population‐Based Health Systems Analysis

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective We characterized emergency department (ED) gout visits and identified patient characteristics and health services patterns contributing to ED presentations. Methods We conducted a population‐based study of ED gout visits in Ontario, Canada, between 2014 and 2023.
Timothy S. H. Kwok, Samantha Morais, William K. Silverstein, Clare L. Atzema, Gregory Choy, Priyanka Chandratre, Ping Li, Jessica Widdifield   +7 more
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Measuring progress towards achieving Millennium Development Goals in small populations: is under‐five mortality in Tuvalu declining?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2014
Objectives: Infant mortality rates (IMR) and under‐five mortality rates (U5MR) in Tuvalu (2010 population 11,149) for 1990–2011 were evaluated to determine best estimates of levels and trends.
Richard Taylor, Christine Linhart, Geoffrey Hayes, Steven Homasi   +3 more
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Assessing the impact of integrated community case management (iCCM) programs on child mortality: Review of early results and lessons learned in sub–Saharan Africa

Journal of Global Health, 2014
To accelerate progress in reducing child mortality, many countries in sub–Saharan Africa have adopted and scaled–up integrated community case management (iCCM) programs targeting the three major infectious killers of children under–five.
Agbessi Amouzou, Saul Morris, Lawrence H Moulton, David Mukanga   +3 more
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Race and Household Income Are Associated With Disease Outcomes in Pediatric Patients With Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody–Associated Vasculitis Hospitalized in the United States

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Race and household income impact outcomes in patients with rheumatic conditions; however, their role in pediatric antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)–associated vasculitis (AAV) remains poorly understood. We aimed to evaluate whether race and ethnicity and household income are associated with severe AAV disease and renal outcomes among
Roberto Alejandro Valdovinos, William Daniel Soulsby III, Emily von Scheven   +2 more
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Under-two child mortality according to maternal HIV status in Rwanda: assessing outcomes within the National PMTCT Program

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2011
INTRODUCTION: We sought to compare risk of death among children aged under-2 years born to HIV positive mother (HIV-exposed) and to HIV negative mother (HIV non-exposed), and identify determinants of under-2 mortality among the two groups in Rwanda ...
Placidie Mugwaneza, Nadine Umutoni Wa Shema, Hinda Ruton, Alphonse Rukundo, Alexandre Lyambabaje, Jean de Dieu Bizimana, Landry Tsague, Claire M Wagner, El"vanie Nyankesha, Jane Muita, Vincent Mutabazi, Jean Pierre Nyemazi, Sabin Nsanzimana, Corine Karema, Agnes Binagwaho   +14 more
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Distinct Systemic Sclerosis Phenotypes Related to Ethnicity: An Opportunity to Personalize Care?

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objective The objective is to describe and compare demographic, clinical and serological characteristics of systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients according to ethnic background. Methods Participants enrolled in the Canadian Scleroderma Research Group cohort who self‐identified to a single ethnicity group were included.
Danick Goulet, Camille Guertin, Maggie Larché, Isabelle Ferdinand, Marie Hudson, May Y. Choi, Mohammed Osman, Janet Pope, Carter Thorne, Murray Baron, Canadian Scleroderma Research Group, M. Baron, M.Y. Choi, P. Docherty, P.R. Fortin, M. Fritzler, G. Gyger, S. Hoa, M. Hudson, A. Ikic, N. Jones, H. Kim, N. Khalidi, M. Larché, S. LeClercq, N. Maltez, A. Man, A. Masetto, J. Pope, D. Robinson, E. Sutton, C. Thorne, Sasha Bernatsky, Sabrina Hoa   +33 more
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Multimodal Soft Surgical Robots Enabled by Eco‐Degradable, Sterilizable Polymers and Transient Electronics

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A compostable PGS soft surgical robot with interchangeable modules integrates transient Mo tactile and Si thermal sensors for dual feedback. The device preserves its function after clinical‐grade sterilization, demonstrates stable actuation and cardiac tissue grasping with real‐time in vivo pulsatile monitoring, and biodegrades post‐use with soil‐safe, 
Minseong Chae, Kyung‐Sub Kim, Gyeong‐Seok Hwang, Jun‐Seok Shim, Sung‐Woo Kim, Yong‐Wu Kim, Jieun Han, Jae‐Young Bae, Jae‐Hwan Lee, Minjung Chae, Jooik Jeon, Joo‐Hyeon Park, You‐Jung Park, Ju‐Yong Lee, Sung‐Geun Choi, Min‐Ha Oh, Yong‐Joong Shin, Young‐In Ryu, Ji‐Woo Gu, Seong‐Yu Choi, Jeong‐Yun Sun, Jung Keun Hyun, Myoung‐Ryul Ok, Sang Yup Kim, Edyta Wyszkowska, Ju‐Young Kim, Kang‐Sik Lee, Seung‐Kyun Kang   +27 more
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Extracellular Vesicles Modulation by an Adiponectin Receptor Agonist Provides Cardioprotection for Myocardial Ischemic Injury

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This study demonstrates that ALY688, a drug mimicking the heart‐protective hormone adiponectin, reduces myocardial ischemia injury. ALY688 increases the production of extracellular vesicles, which carry protective cargo including adiponectin itself.
Jialing Tang, Wing Yan Chung, Serena M. Pulente, Yubin Lei, Khang Nguyen, Eddie Tam, Nadya M. Morrow, Ilka Lorenzen‐Schmidt, Fengxia Xiao, Augusto Zani, Dylan Burger, Hye Kyoung Sung, Erin E. Mulvihill, Gary Sweeney   +13 more
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Poblaciones urbana y rural de Panamá. Un análisis a partir de microdatos censales Urban and rural populations of Panama. An analysis using census microdata

Novedades en Población, 2015
El censo de población y viviendas continúa jugando un rol esencial en las sociedades contemporáneas. La disponibilidad de la información a partir de microdatos censales ofrece posibilidades incalculables para la labor científica, docente y de ...
María Isabel Camacho Cárdenas,, Fabian Cabrera Marrero, Amarilis Pittí de Rivera   +2 more
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