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WHICH IS THE BEST WAY TO PERFORM THE PHYSIOLOGICAL COST INDEX IN ACTIVE INDIVIDUALS WITH UNILATERAL TRANS-TIBIAL AMPUTATION?

Canadian Prosthetics & Orthotics Journal, 2019
BACKGROUND: Physiological Cost Index (PCI) is a simple method used to estimate energy expenditure during walking. It is based on a ratio between heart rate and self-selected walking speed.
Stefano Brunelli, Andrea Sancesario, Marco Iosa, Anna Sofia Delussu, Noemi Gentileschi, Cinzia Bonanni, Calogero Foti, Marco Traballesi   +7 more
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Prenatal tobacco smoke exposure increases hospitalizations for bronchiolitis in infants [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND: Tobacco smoke exposure (TSE) is a worldwide health problem and it is considered a risk factor for pregnant women's and children's health, particularly for respiratory morbidity during the first year of life.
Adorni F, Agosti M, Aurilia C, Barberi I, Barboni G, Bertino E, Boldrini A, Bonomi A, Bottau P, Braibanti S, Carlucci A, Corona MF, Corsello G, Corso G, Coscia A, Dall’Agnola A, De Curtis M, De Luca MG, Del Vecchio A, Di Fabio S, Di Santo S, Ellero S, Fabiano A, Fabris C, Faccia P, Fanos V, Gabriele B, Gargano G, Gaudino M, Girardi E, La Forgia N, Ladetto L, Lanari M, Loprieno S, Macagno F, Magaldi R, Memo L, Molinari L, Musicco M, Natale F, Negri C, Ngalikpima CJ, Nicolini G, Nosari N, Orfeo L, Paolillo P, Parmigiani S, Piano F, Prinelli F, Puddu M, Rinaldi M, Romagnoli C, Sarnelli P, Silvestri M, Spinelli M, Umbaldo A, Vandini S, Vuerich M, Zorzi G, ” Faldella G   +59 more
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Does hospital cooperation increase the quality of healthcare? [PDF]

arXiv, 2019
Motivated by reasons such as altruism, managers from different hospitals may engage in cooperative behaviours, which shape the networked healthcare economy. In this paper we study the determinants of hospital cooperation and its association with the quality delivered by hospitals, using Italian administrative data.
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VIEW: a framework for organization level interactive record linkage to support reproducible data science [PDF]

arXiv, 2021
Objective: To design and evaluate a general framework for interactive record linkage using a convenient algorithm combined with tractable Human Intelligent Tasks (HITs; i.e. micro tasks requiring human judgment) that can support reproducible data science.
arxiv  

Recognition and Ranking Critical Success Factors of Business Intelligence in Hospitals -- Case Study: Hasheminejad Hospital [PDF]

, 2014
Business Intelligence, not as a tool of a product but as a new approach is propounded in organizations to make tough decisions in business as shortly as possible. Hospital managers often need business intelligence in their fiscal, operational, and clinical reports and indices. The main goal of recognition and ranking CSF is implementation of a business
arxiv   +1 more source

A LITERATURE REVIEW OF THE QUALITY OF LIFE, HEALTH STATUS AND PROSTHESIS SATISFACTION IN OLDER PATIENTS WITH A TRANS-TIBIAL AMPUTATION

Canadian Prosthetics & Orthotics Journal, 2020
BACKGROUND: Several reviews have been published regarding quality of life (QoL) and Health Status (HS) in persons with lower limb amputation (LLA). However, little has been discussed in the literature with respect to older populations (i.e. age>60 years)
Stefano Brunelli, Cinzia Bonanni, Calogero Foti, Marco Traballesi   +3 more
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Efficacy and safety of advanced hybrid closed loop systems in children with type 1 diabetes younger than 6 years

Frontiers in Endocrinology
BackgroundTight glycemic control is essential for the normal growth and development of preschool children. The aim of our study was to evaluate the impact of advanced hybrid closed loop (AHCL) systems in a real-life setting in children younger than 6 ...
Novella Rapini, Mariangela Martino, Mariangela Martino, Claudia Arnaldi, Annalisa Deodati, Annalisa Deodati, Lilian Anagnostopoulou, Maria Elisa Amodeo, Paolo Ciampalini, Valentina Pampanini, Antonella Lorubbio, Davide Tosini, Stefano Cianfarani, Stefano Cianfarani, Stefano Cianfarani, Riccardo Schiaffini   +15 more
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Population Density-based Hospital Recommendation with Mobile LBS Big Data [PDF]

arXiv, 2017
The difficulty of getting medical treatment is one of major livelihood issues in China. Since patients lack prior knowledge about the spatial distribution and the capacity of hospitals, some hospitals have abnormally high or sporadic population densities.
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Cytoplasmic lattices are not linked to mouse 2-cell embryos developmental arrest

European Journal of Histochemistry, 2018
Cytoplasmic lattices are important regulators of oocyte maturation. They store components of the protein synthesis machinery including ribosomes and, among others, they are involved in the regulation of microtubule dynamics in both mouse and human ...
Marianna Longo, Michele Boiani, CarloAlberto Redi, Manuela Monti   +3 more
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Prevalence of web trackers on hospital websites in Illinois [PDF]

arXiv, 2018
Web tracking technologies are pervasive and operated by a few large technology companies. This technology, and the use of the collected data has been implicated in influencing elections, fake news, discrimination, and even health decisions. Little is known about how this technology is deployed on hospital or other health related websites.
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