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Knowledge, attitudes and practices towards the diagnosis and management of paediatric sepsis among paediatric physicians and nurses: a cross-sectional study of 21 hospitals in Hubei Province, China

BMJ Open
Objectives To evaluate the knowledge, attitudes and practices towards diagnosing and managing paediatric sepsis among paediatric physicians and nurses.Design A cross-sectional, questionnaire-based study.Setting 21 hospitals in Hubei Province between ...
Jie Li, Hui Zhao, Jiannan Wu, Jing Yue, Ronghao Zheng   +4 more
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Epidemiology and molecular characterization of the re-emerging measles virus among children and adults in the Haut-Ogooue, Gabon

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2019
Background Measles is one of the most infectious diseases with a high mortality rate worldwide. It is caused by the measles virus (MeV) which is a single stranded RNA virus with genetic diversity based on the nucleoprotein gene, including 24 genotypes ...
Sonia Etenna Lekana-Douki, Pater Noster Sir-Ondo-Enguier, Octavie Banga-Mve-Ella, Romeo Karl Imboumy-Limoukou, Gael D. Maganga, Jean-Bernard Lekana-Douki, Nicolas Berthet   +6 more
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Integrating lay knowledge and practice into snakebite prevention and care in central Africa, a hotspot for envenomation

Toxicon: X, 2021
The WHO has identified the goal of halving deaths and disability from snakebite envenomation (SBE) by 2030 through a four-pillar program that promotes accessible and affordable treatments, strengthens health systems, promotes community and multi-level ...
Romain Duda, Wuelton M. Monteiro, Tamara Giles-Vernick   +2 more
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Causal Emergence and Epiphenomenal Emergence [PDF]

Erkenntnis, 2018
According to one conception of strong emergence, strongly emergent properties are nomologically necessitated by their base properties and have novel causal powers relative to them. In this paper, I raise a difficulty for this conception of strong emergence, arguing that these two features (i.e., nomological necessitation and causal novelty) are ...
openaire   +3 more sources

Neuropsychological and Educational Outcomes in Shwachman–Diamond Syndrome—A Report From the North American Shwachman–Diamond Syndrome Registry

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Shwachman–Diamond syndrome (SDS) is a rare autosomal recessive ribosomopathy characterized by bone marrow failure and multisystem involvement, with emerging evidence of associated neurocognitive impairment. Methods We conducted a retrospective study of 240 individuals with biallelic Shwachman–Bodian–Diamond syndrome (SBDS) mutations
Jane Koo, Melissa Gerstle, Leah Cheng, Richard Cooper, Katherine Coyne, Claire Dusa, Naomi E. Joffe, Diana Schwarz, Sarah Steltz, Akiko Shimamura, Kasiani C. Myers, Thea Quinton   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Situational Assessment of the Diagnostic Landscape and Organizational Readiness to Implement Next‐Generation Sequencing at Two Childhood Cancer Treatment Centers in Ghana

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Next‐generation sequencing (NGS) has emerged as a promising approach to improve diagnostic accuracy, but its feasibility in low‐ and middle‐income countries remains unknown. This study characterized the diagnostic landscape and assessed organizational readiness for NGS implementation at two childhood cancer treatment centers in Accra ...
Melissa Carvalho, Emmanuella Amoako, Nihad Salifu, Lily Gloria Tagoe, Yaw Bediako, Michelle Hermiston, Catherine Segbefia   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Proposal of a novel particle swarm optimization for constrained optimization problems (1st report: Basic study with benchmark problems)

Nihon Kikai Gakkai ronbunshu
There are many requirements, issues and complexities that engineering design problems must take into account, and these engineering items are often treated as constraints in optimization problems.
So FUKUHARA, Nobuhisa KATSUMATA, Masao ARAKAWA   +2 more
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Referral Practices and Utilisation of Paediatric Oncology Physiotherapy Services in Ghana: A Cross‐Sectional Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Physical rehabilitation is highly recognised in improving the quality of life of cancer survivors through prehabilitation, sequelae management and palliative care, yet its integration into routine care in Ghana has not been characterised, leading to potential gaps in service access.
Dorothy Ekua Adjabu, Philip Junior Nyarko, Precious Madzimbe, Kofi Adesi Kyei, Tawagidu Mohammed, Sandra Banini   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biosafety and Biosecurity in European Containment Level 3 Laboratories: Focus on French Recent Progress and Essential Requirements

Frontiers in Public Health, 2017
Even if European Union (EU) Member States are obliged to implement EU Directives 2000/54/EC on the protection of workers from risks related to exposure to biological agents at work, national biosafety regulations and practices varied from country to ...
Boris Pastorino, Boris Pastorino, Xavier de Lamballerie, Xavier de Lamballerie, Rémi Charrel, Rémi Charrel   +5 more
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Longitudinal analysis of rainfall patterns, flood inundation, and population and agricultural exposure in the Shire River Basin, Malawi

Progress in Disaster Science
Flooding is a recurrent hazard in Malawi, particularly in the Shire River Basin (SRB), where low-lying terrain, rapid population growth, and reliance on rain-fed agriculture increase flood exposure.
Thokozani Kapichi, Yoshio Kajitani
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