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Determinants of Neonatal and Post-neonatal Mortality in Pakistan [PDF]

Ensuring the survival and well being of children is a concern of families, communities and nations throughout the world. Since the turn of the 20th century infant and child mortality in more developed countries has steadily declined and, currently, has ...
M. Arshad Mahmood
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The Impact of Aging on the Anatomical Course of the Azygos Vein: A Retrospective, Computed Tomography Study

Clinical Anatomy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The azygos vein (AV) is typically described as ascending vertically to the right of the vertebral column before arching anteriorly to drain into the superior vena cava. However, a small number of studies suggest that it is found leftward in older adults.
Lauren R. Hector, Hania Paverd, Arthikkaa Thavakumar, Cecilia Brassett, Timothy J. Sadler   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Infant and child mortality in Afghanistan: A scoping review

Health Science Reports
Background and Aims Since 1990, global child and infant mortality rates have typically stabilized or decreased due to improved healthcare, vaccination rollouts, and international funding.
Khulud Qamar, Mohammad Yasir Essar, Javeria Arif Siddiqui, Ariba Salman, Yumna Salman, Michael G. Head   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Poor at Birth: Infant Auxology and Mortality at Philadelphia's Almshouse Hospital, 1848-1873 [PDF]

This paper presents an analysis of birth weights and infant mortality in mid-nineteenth century Philadelphia using obstetrics records of Philadelphia's Almshouse hospital, an institution for the poor and their offspring.
Claudia D. Goldin, Robert A. Margo
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Key Challenges for Commercializing Perovskite–Silicon Tandem Solar Cells

Carbon Energy, EarlyView.
This review discusses the scientific and technological challenges in advancing perovskite–silicon tandem solar cells (PSTSCs) from lab‐scale to commercial viability, focusing on long‐term stability, scalability, and economic feasibility. Key issues include intrinsic and extrinsic degradation factors, installation conditions, environmental impacts, and ...
Bilal Mehmood, Yuanyuan Qin, Abdul Sattar, Rabeea Eman, Faheem Abbas, Shan Wu, Yipeng Xu, Xu Zheng, Jiangying Lu, Wei Jiang, Jiankai Liu, Shudi Lu, Shizhong Yue, Zhijie Wang, Kong Liu, Xiaopeng Zheng, Shengchun Qu   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Piped Water Provision on Infant Mortality in Brazil: A Quantile Panel Data Approach [PDF]

We examine the impact of piped water on the under-1 infant mortality rate (IMR) in Brazil using a novel econometric procedure for the estimation of quantile treatment effects with panel data.
Shanti Gamper-Rabindran, Christopher Timmins, Shakeeb Khan   +2 more
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Pediatric Neuropalliative Medicine Clinic: Five‐Year Data Characterizing a Novel Model of Outpatient Care

Annals of the Child Neurology Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Pediatric neuropalliative medicine (PNPM) is a recently developed area of subspecialty neurology practice focused on supporting the complex emotional, psychological, and physical aspects of caring for a child with serious neurological disease.
Lauren Treat, Lori Silveira, Kevin C. Ess   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Infant mortality rates: Time trends and fractional integration

, 2011
This paper examines the time trends in infant mortality rates in a number of countries in the 20th century. Rather than imposing that the error term is a stationary I(0) process, we allow for the possibility of fractional integration and hence for a much
Caporale, GM, Gil-Alana, LA
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A White Paper on Advancing Long‐Acting Therapeutics for Maternal and Pediatric Health by Bridging Gaps in Clinical Research, Access and Regulation

Clinical Pharmacology &Therapeutics, EarlyView.
As use cases for long‐acting therapeutics expand across clinical indications, there is a critical need to ensure the inclusion of women who are pregnant or breastfeeding, infants and children—populations with a historical gap in the availability of interventions already approved for use in adults.
Moherndran Archary, Robert Bies, Osei Boateng, Rachel Daley, Pierre Gashema, Mili Karina, Emily Njuguna, Sharon Nachman, Nathaniel Nkrumah, Carolyne Odula, Andrew Owen, Ethel D. Weld, Prajith Venkatasubramanian, Adeniyi Olagunju, on behalf of the Community of Practice for Long‐acting Therapeutics for Maternal and Paediatric Health, Rana Abutaima, Dorothy Akongo, Abdulnaser Alsharaa, Moherndran Archary, Shakir Atoyebi, Benoit Bestgen, Robert Bies, Osei Boateng, Andrew Butler, Edmund Capparelli, Rachel Daley, Layla Davies, Joelle Dountio, Henry Enzama, Pierre Gashema, Katila George, Dan Hawcutt, Rene Holm, Patrick Gad Iradukunda, Elodie Jambert, Mili Karina, Linda Lewis, Grace Miheso, Sebastien Morin, Andrew Morrison, Sharon Nachman, Shadia Nakalema, Emily Njunga, Nathaniel Nkrumah, Carolyne Odula‐Obonyo, Brenda Okware, Adeniyi Olagunju, Andrew Owen, Martina Penazzato, Natella Rakhmanina, Mphako Brighton Ratlabyana, Rachel Scott, Kimberly Struble, Andre‐Marie Tchouatieu, Catherine Unsworth, Prajith Venkatasubramanian, Catriona Waitt, Ethel Weld, Janine Winterbottom, Leena Zino   +59 more
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Infant Mortality in Rural Bangladesh: State Dependence vs. Unobserved Heterogeneity

Using longitudinal data of the Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) in Matlab, Bangladesh, covering the time period 1982 – 2005, and exploiting dynamic panel data models, we analyze siblings’ death at infancy, controlling for unobserved ...
Saha, U.R., Soest, A.H.O. van
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