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Computer model for the cardiovascular system: development of an e-learning tool for teaching of medical students

open access: yesBMC Medical Education, 2017
Background This study combined themes in cardiovascular modelling, clinical cardiology and e-learning to create an on-line environment that would assist undergraduate medical students in understanding key physiological and pathophysiological processes in
David Roy Warriner   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The influence of risk perceptions on close contact frequency during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2022
Human behaviour is known to be crucial in the propagation of infectious diseases through respiratory or close-contact routes like the current SARS-CoV-2 virus.
James Wambua   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Multivariate Hierarchical Frameworks for Modelling Delayed Reporting in Count Data [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
In many fields and applications count data can be subject to delayed reporting. This is where the total count, such as the number of disease cases contracted in a given week, may not be immediately available, instead arriving in parts over time.
Dobson A., Gelman A., R Core Team
core   +3 more sources

Implementing Health‐Related Quality of Life Assessment in Pediatric Oncology: A Feasibility Study

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background There is growing interest in embedding health‐related quality of life (HRQoL) assessment and patient‐reported outcome measures (PROMs) within clinical cancer care. This study evaluated the feasibility, acceptability, and usability of implementing an electronic PROM (ePROM) platform to measure HRQoL in children with cancer ...
Mikaela Doig   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Regional-based within-year seasonal variations in influenza-related health outcomes across mainland China: a systematic review and spatio-temporal analysis

open access: yesBMC Medicine, 2022
Background China experiences large variations in influenza seasonal activity. We aim to update and improve the current understanding of regional-based within-year variations of influenza activity across mainland China to provide evidence for the planning
Charlie Diamond   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

A hybrid CA-PDE Model of chlamydia trachomatis infection in the female genital tract [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Chlamydia trachomatis is amongst the most common sexually transmitted diseases in the world and when left untreated, may lead to serious sequelae particularly in women such as pelvic inflammatory disease, ectopic pregnancy and infertility. Currently, most
Heymer, Kelly-Jean   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Evaluating Modelling Approaches for Medical Image Annotations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Information system designers face many challenges with regards to selecting appropriate semantic technologies and deciding on a modeling approach for their system.
Bijan Parsia   +2 more
core   +5 more sources

Treatment Decision‐Making Roles and Preferences Among Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Decision‐making (DM) dynamics between adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer, parents, and oncologists remain underexplored in diverse populations. We examined cancer treatment DM preferences among an ethnically and socioeconomically diverse group of AYAs and their parents.
Amanda M. Gutierrez   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) mathematical models and disease parameters: a systematic review

open access: yesThe Lancet Microbe
Summary: SARS-CoV-1 was the first documented coronavirus to cause an acute epidemic in humans and remains a priority pathogen owing to the risk of re-emergence.
Christian Morgenstern, MSci   +79 more
doaj   +1 more source

New insights into the biomechanics of Legg-Calvé-Perthes’ disease: The role of epiphyseal skeletal immaturity in vascular obstruction [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
ObjectivesLegg–Calvé–Perthes’ disease (LCP) is an idiopathic osteonecrosis of the femoral head that is most common in children between four and eight years old.
Dobson, C. A.   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

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