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International Ranking of Infant Mortality Rates: Taiwan Compared with European Countries
, 2017 Background: Rankings of infant mortality rates are commonly cited international comparisons to assess the health status of individual countries. We compared the infant mortality rate of Taiwan with those of European countries for 2004 according to two ...
Liang, Fu-Wen;Lu, Tsung-Hsueh;Wu, Mei-Hwan;Lue, Hung-Chi;Chiang, Tung-Liang;Huang, Ya-Li;Chen, Lea-Hua +1 more
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Porcine kidney xenotransplantation: From primate models to clinical reality
Animal Models and Experimental Medicine, EarlyView.In the face of a critical shortage of human donor kidneys for end‐stage renal disease patients, porcine kidney xenotransplantation has emerged as a viable solution. This field has navigated major hurdles, including immune rejection, physiological incompatibilities, potential biomechanical differences and the risk of cross‐species infection. To overcome
Zihang Guo +3 more
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Exploring the Racial Gap in Infant Mortality Rates, 1920-1970 [PDF]
This paper examines the racial gap in infant mortality rates from 1920 to 1970. Using state-level panel data with information on income, urbanization, women's education, and physicians per capita, we can account for a large portion of the racial gap in ...
Melissa A. Thomasson, William J. Collins
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Annals of Neurology, EarlyView.Objective Pathogenic variants in GNAO1 cause a spectrum of epilepsy, movement disorders, and developmental impairment. Clinical heterogeneity complicates prognosis and therapeutic development. We present the first longitudinal natural history study of GNAO1‐related disorders (GNAO1‐RD) to delineate phenotypic trajectories. Methods Sixty‐six individuals
Jana Domínguez‐Carral +52 more
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Causality and Innovations Between Fertility and Infant Mortality [PDF]
The main issue of this paper is to study the sign and direction of causality between two demographic variables --the fertility rate and the infant mortality rate - by using time series methodology.
Tadashi Yamada
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract The human mandibular symphysis concentrates multiaxial loads during function and remodels throughout growth, but the precise mechanisms underlying cortical bone shape during growth remain relatively unexplored. Approaches based solely on thickness or external cortical contours provide only partial insights and do not capture the functional ...
Ana Ribeiro +3 more
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Influence of women's autonomy on infant mortality in Nepal
Reproductive Health, 2011 Background Nepalese women lag behind men in many areas, such as educational attainment, participation in decision-making and health service utilization, all of which have an impact on reproductive health outcomes.
Adhikari Ramesh, Sawangdee Yothin
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Determinants of infant and child mortality in Zimbabwe: Results of multivariate hazard analysis [PDF]
This study addresses important issues in infant and child mortality in Zimbabwe. The objective of the paper is to determine the impact of maternal, socioeconomic and sanitation variables on infant and child mortality. Results show that births of order 6+
Jeroen K Van Ginneken, Joshua Kembo
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Over the edge: Empirical evidence for the cliff‐edge model of obstetric selection
The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract The cliff‐edge model of obstetric selection maintains that larger neonates and smaller birth canals confer a positive selective advantage until labor becomes obstructed and vaginal delivery is no longer possible, eliciting an abrupt reduction in fitness.
Laura M. Watson +6 more
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