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Machine learning model for predicting fetal nutritional status [PDF]

Computational Ecology and Software
Malnutrition tends to be one of the most important reasons for child mortality in Tanzania and other developing countries, in most cases during the first five years of life.
B. Selemani, D. Machuve, N. Mduma
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Using mid-upper arm circumference z-score measurement to support youth malnutrition screening as part of a global sports and wellness program and improve access to nutrition care

Frontiers in Nutrition
ObjectiveHistorically, mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) has been instrumental to identifying malnutrition in children under 5 years living in resource restricted settings. Less attention is directed to at-risk, school-aged youth.
Amy R. Sharn, Raissa Sorgho, Suela Sulo, Emilio Molina-Molina, Clara Rojas Montenegro, Mary Jean Villa-Real Guno, Susan Abdel-Rahman   +6 more
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On the Destruction and Humanitarianisation of the Health System in Gaza and the Need for a Biopolitical Bioethics

Bioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines Israel's destruction and ‘humanitarianisation’ of Palestinian health systems, arguing that this should be understood as an instance of ‘necropolitics,’ as conceived by Achille Mbembe. We review the extensive, long‐term destruction of health systems in Palestine before 7 October 2023 and the catastrophic acceleration of that
Mohammad Salaymeh, Arianne Shahvisi, Sohail Jannesari   +2 more
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Prevalence, conceptual distinctiveness, and cross‐sectional correlates of climate worry in Canadian adolescents

Child and Adolescent Mental Health, EarlyView.
Background As the impacts of the climate crisis escalate, adolescents face increasing threats to their health and well‐being. However, little is known about the extent to which young adolescents experience climate worry (both in its general affective response and its specific cognitive concerns) and whether it is distinguishable from generalized ...
Joanne L. Park, Audrey‐Ann Deneault, Brae Anne McArthur, Suzanne Tough, Sheri Madigan   +4 more
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Health and Well‐Being Beyond Residential Care: Implications for Extended Care Service Responses for Young People

Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Care leavers often encounter considerable health and well‐being challenges, underscoring the need for continued support into early adulthood. This small‐scale mixed‐methods study explored the health, well‐being and extended care experiences of participants in the South Australian Next Steps pilot program for residential care leavers, assessed ...
Sally‐Ann Keipert, Helen McLaren, Samuel Carpenter, Michelle Jones   +3 more
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The (In)visibility of the SDGs in Students' Learning in England: Evidence From Focus Groups With 15‐Year‐Olds

Children &Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Within the English key stage four curriculum, where pupils are preparing for standardised assessment at age 16, many subjects include content pertinent to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, due to the assessment focus and exam content of this educational phase, these are rarely explicitly referenced or discussed.
Penelope Williams, Gwadabe Kurawa
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Improved Malnutrition Classification in Toddlers Using Mutual Information-Guided Feature Selection and Hybrid KNN–MLP Ensemble Learning

Journal of Innovation Information Technology and Application
Malnutrition remains a significant public health challenge in Indonesia, with early detection being crucial for effective intervention. Previous studies utilizing the K-Nearest Neighbor (KNN) algorithm demonstrated promising results in classifying ...
Syahrani Lonang, Anton Yudhana, Shoffan Saifullah   +2 more
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A qualitative study exploring and understanding the experiences and unmet needs of adults with type 2 diabetes and diabetes‐related foot ulcers

Diabetic Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Aims Diabetes‐related foot ulcers (DFUs) are associated with depression, impaired health‐related quality of life, an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and early mortality. To inform holistic care pathways, this qualitative study explored the experiences and unmet needs of adults living with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and DFUs ...
Molly Caba, Jane Speight, Agnieszka Glab, Patrick Highton, Kamlesh Khunti, Michelle Hadjiconstantinou   +5 more
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Current Status and the 10 Years Trend in the Malnutrition Indexes of Children under 5 years in Iran

مجله اپیدمیولوژی ایران, 2008
Background & Objective: Malnutrition is one of the main nutritional problems among children under 5 years especially in developing countries. The effects of malnutrition in this range of age group includes ; disorder of mental and physical growth and ...
R Sheikholeslam, M Naghavi, Z Abdollahi, M Zarati, S Vaseghi, F Sadeghi Ghotbabadi, F Kolahdooz, K Samadpour, M Minaei, S Arabshahi   +9 more
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How Common Is Hypercortisolism in Patients With Hypertension? Risk Factors, Epidemiology, and Making a Diagnosis

Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Endogenous hypercortisolism (EHC) is an underrecognised and clinically significant contributor to hypertension, particularly resistant hypertension. Once viewed as a rare entity, EHC is now understood as a spectrum of cortisol excess associated with adverse cardiometabolic outcomes and target‐organ damage.
Omar Al Dhaybi, Deepak L. Bhatt
wiley   +1 more source