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NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASES

Pakistan Journal of Medicine and Dentistry
Non Communicable Diseases (NCD’s), the emerging of major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide including developing countries, are estimated to accounts for 50% of total deaths in Pakistan according to WHO country profile of 2014.
Ejaz A Vohra
doaj  

An SIR Graph Growth Model for the Epidemics of Communicable Diseases [PDF]

arXiv, 2013
It is the main purpose of this paper to introduce a graph-valued stochastic process in order to model the spread of a communicable infectious disease. The major novelty of the SIR model we promote lies in the fact that the social network on which the epidemics is taking place is not specified in advance but evolves through time, accounting for the ...
arxiv  

Impact of enhanced leaf model on dose calculation accuracy in single‐isocenter multitarget stereotactic radiosurgery treatments

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose Single‐isocenter multitarget (SIMT) radiosurgery has become increasingly popular as advancement in planning and delivery systems have made this approach clinically viable. With targets varying in size and distance from isocenter, SIMT plans are highly complex with dynamic multileaf collimator (MLC) motion.
Hem Moktan, Hongyu Jiang, H. Harold Li, Kenny Guida   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Chronic non-communicable diseases [PDF]

, 2008
This chapter will examine the current actions, including lifestyle measures, for the prevention and management of non-communicable diseases within a South African context.
Parker, Whadiah, Puoane, Thandi, Sanders, David, Tsolekile, Lungiswa   +3 more
core  

Stereotactic radiosurgery for multiple small brain metastases using gamma knife versus single‐isocenter VMAT: Normal brain dose based on lesion number and size

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose The study evaluates rapid linear accelerator (Linac) single isocenter stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) with Hyperarc for large target numbers. We compared to Gamma Knife (GK), which suffers from long treatment times and investigated causes of differences. Methods Linac SRS and GK treatment plans for patients receiving 18 Gy to the gross
Abram Abdou, Timoteo Almeida, Elizabeth Bossart, Irene Monterroso, Eric A. Mellon   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

An MRI assessment of mechanisms underlying lesion growth and shrinkage in multiple sclerosis

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
By applying the tensor model, we analysed lesion orientation and the directionality of lesion expansion/contraction in multiple sclerosis. Each lesion is summarized as an ellipsoid, and the tensor model is applied to calculate lesion anisotropy. From the top to the bottom white matter atlas, surface‐in gradient segmentation and venous atlas used in the
Ermelinda De Meo, Ferran Prados Carrasco, J. William L. Brown, Alasdair J. Coles, Nick G. Cunniffe, Amy E. Jolly, Baris Kanber, Rebecca Samson, Frederik Barkhof, Declan Chard   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Handling rescue therapy in myasthenia gravis clinical trials: why it matters and why you should care

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
Abstract Myasthenia gravis (MG) clinical trials typically allow rescue therapy during follow‐up in the event of marked worsening of MG symptoms. Failure to appropriately address rescue therapy in defining treatment effects and planning statistical analyses may yield biased estimates, increase false positive rates, or decrease statistical power – all of
Justin M. Leach, Inmaculada Aban, Gary Cutter, Michael Benatar   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Amygdala Neurodegeneration: A Key Driver of Visual Dysfunction in Parkinson's Disease

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Visual disability in Parkinson's disease (PD) is not fully explained by retinal neurodegeneration. We aimed to delineate the brain substrate of visual dysfunction in PD and its association with retinal thickness. Methods Forty‐two PD patients and 29 controls underwent 3‐Tesla MRI, retinal spectral‐domain optical coherence tomography,
Asier Erramuzpe, Ane Murueta‐Goyena, Antonio Jimenez‐Marin, Marian Acera, Sara Teijeira‐Portas, Rocío Del Pino, Tamara Fernández‐Valle, Ibai Diez, Unai Sainz‐Lugarezaresti, Naroa Ibarretxe‐Bilbao, Unai Ayala, Maitane Barrenechea, Alberto Cabrera‐Zubizarreta, Jesús Cortés, Juan Carlos Gómez‐Esteban, Iñigo Gabilondo   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Transforming the food system to fight non-communicable diseases

British medical journal, 2019
Malnutrition and unhealthy diets are important risk factors for non-communicable diseases. Francesco Branca and colleagues call for changes in both what and how food is produced, marketed, and ...
F. Branca, A. Lartey, S. Oenema, V. Aguayo, G. Stordalen, R. Richardson, M. Arvelo, A. Afshin   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Bartonella henselae and Bartonella quintana seroprevalence in HIV-positive, HIV-negative and clinically healthy volunteers in Gauteng, South Africa

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 2012
Bartonella is a genus of opportunistic, Gram-negative bacilli transmitted from animals to human hosts. Bartonellae are newly emerging pathogens that can cause a variety of clinical manifestations in both immunocompromised and healthy persons.
Anastasia N. Trataris, Lorraine Arntzen, Jennifer Rossouw, John Frean, Allan Karstaedt   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source