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Microwave Brightness Temperature (MBT) Background in Bayan Har Block, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and Its Importance in Searching for Seismic MBT Anomalies

Remote Sensing, 2022
The abnormal behaviors of microwave brightness temperature (MBT) before and after some strong inland earthquakes have been studied for more than 15 years, but the normal features of MBT background in the investigated regions still lack essential ...
Yuan Qi, Lixin Wu, Yifan Ding, Yingjia Liu, Xiao Wang, Wenfei Mao   +5 more
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Extraction and Discrimination of MBT Anomalies Possibly Associated with the Mw 7.3 Maduo (Qinghai, China) Earthquake on 21 May 2021

Remote Sensing, 2021
Earthquakes are one of the most threatening natural disasters to human beings, and pre- and post-earthquake microwave brightness temperature (MBT) anomalies have attracted increasing attention from geosciences as well as remote sensing communities ...
Yuan Qi, Lixin Wu, Yifan Ding, Yingjia Liu, Shuai Chen, Xiao Wang, Wenfei Mao   +6 more
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Setting Dengue Fever Epidemic Thresholds Between 2016 and 2021 in the Central Health Region, Burkina Faso: An Ecological Study

Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health, 2023
Background Dengue fever (DF) is endemic in Burkina Faso, with 70% of its burden supported by the Central Health Region. Then, a single confirmed case can no longer mean an epidemic. This study aimed at describing trends and setting epidemic thresholds of
Jean Claude Romaric Pingdwindé Ouédraogo, Sylvain Ilboudo, Espérance Ouédraogo, Wendlasida Thomas Ouédraogo, Salfo Ouédraogo, Benoit Césaire Samadoulougou, Mikaila Kaboré, Léon G. Blaise Savadogo   +7 more
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A low-cost ultrasound program leads to increased antenatal clinic visits and attended deliveries at a health care clinic in rural Uganda. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
BACKGROUND: In June of 2010, an antenatal ultrasound program to perform basic screening for high-risk pregnancies was introduced at a community health care center in rural Uganda.
Andrew B Ross, Kristen K DeStigter, Matthew Rielly, Sonia Souza, Gabriel Eli Morey, Melissa Nelson, Eric Z Silfen, Brian Garra, Alphonsus Matovu, Michael Grace Kawooya   +9 more
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Seasonal and temperature-associated increases in gram-negative bacterial bloodstream infections among hospitalized patients. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2011
BackgroundKnowledge of seasonal trends in hospital-associated infection incidence may improve surveillance and help guide the design and evaluation of infection prevention interventions.
Michael R Eber, Michelle Shardell, Marin L Schweizer, Ramanan Laxminarayan, Eli N Perencevich   +4 more
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Efficacy and safety of fremanezumab in patients with migraine and inadequate response to prior preventive treatment: subgroup analyses by country of a randomized, placebo-controlled trial

The Journal of Headache and Pain, 2021
Background The FOCUS study evaluated the efficacy of migraine preventive medications across different countries within the same patient population, particularly for patients with difficult-to-treat migraine. These prespecified subgroup analyses evaluated
Egilius L. H. Spierings, Mikko Kärppä, Xiaoping Ning, Joshua M. Cohen, Verena Ramirez Campos, Ronghua Yang, Uwe Reuter   +6 more
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Outcomes of three intravitreal injections of bevacizumab given monthly for diabetic macular oedema is a viable treatment for an economically disadvantaged population

African Vision and Eye Health, 2021
Background: The treatment of diabetic macular oedema (DMO) by intravitreal injection (IVI) of approved anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is costly and hence off label use of bevacizumab is practiced in spite of concerns about its safety ...
Aazambir S. Brar, Vivek B. Wani, Arvind L. Tenagi   +2 more
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Forecasting Confirmed Malaria Cases in Northwestern Province of Zambia: A Time Series Analysis Using 2014–2020 Routine Data

Advances in Public Health, 2021
Background. Malaria remains a significant public health problem, especially in resource-poor settings. We aimed to forecast the year 2021 monthly confirmed malaria cases in the northwestern province of Zambia. Methods.
Dhally M. Menda, Mukumbuta Nawa, Rosemary K. Zimba, Catherine M. Mulikita, Jim Mwandia, Henry Mwaba, Karen Sichinga   +6 more
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Placebo response with subcutaneous injections in calcitonin gene-related peptide receptor monoclonal antibody migraine preventative trials – A systematic review and meta-analysis

Cephalalgia Reports, 2022
Background: The majority of CGRP monoclonal antibodies for migraine prevention are administered subcutaneously. Therefore, we attempted to calculate the pooled placebo response with subcutaneous placebo injections in this systematic review and meta ...
Sasikanth Gorantla, Murali Mohan Reddy Gopireddy, Archana Bhat, Lavanya Ayyasamy, Sarath Kumar Jaganathan Jaishankar, Bassil Kherallah, Hrachya Nersesyan   +6 more
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Long-term MST radar observations of vertical wave number spectra of gravity waves in the tropical troposphere over Gadanki (13.5° N, 79.2° E): comparison with model spectra [PDF]

Annales Geophysicae, 2008
The potential utility of Mesosphere-Stratosphere-Troposphere (MST) radar measurements of zonal, meridional and vertical winds for divulging the gravity wave vertical wave number spectra is discussed. The data collected during the years 1995–2004
A. Narendra Babu, K. Kishore Kumar, G. Kishore Kumar, M. Venkat Ratnam, S. Vijaya Bhaskara Rao, D. Narayana Rao   +5 more
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