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Abstract Purpose A set of treatment planning strategies were designed and retrospectively implemented for locally advanced, non‐small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients in order to minimize cardiac dose without compromising target coverage goals. Methods Retrospective analysis was performed for 20 NSCLC patients prescribed to 60–66 Gy that received a ...
Joshua P. Kim+5 more
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Background To promote institutional delivery, the Government of India, through the Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) program, gives monetary reward to all pregnant women who give birth at the government or private health center.
Ratna Patel+4 more
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Self-rated health and mortality: a review of twenty-seven community studies.
We examine the growing number of studies of survey respondents' global self-ratings of health as predictors of mortality in longitudinal studies of representative community samples. Twenty-seven studies in U.S.
E. Idler, Y. Benyamini
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Image quality improvement in low‐dose chest CT with deep learning image reconstruction
Abstract Objectives To investigate the clinical utility of deep learning image reconstruction (DLIR) for improving image quality in low‐dose chest CT in comparison with 40% adaptive statistical iterative reconstruction‐Veo (ASiR‐V40%) algorithm. Methods This retrospective study included 86 patients who underwent low‐dose CT for lung cancer screening ...
Qian Tian+7 more
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Disposal of children’s stools and its association with childhood diarrhea in India
Background Children’s stool disposal is often overlooked in sanitation programs of any country. Unsafe disposal of children’s stool makes children susceptible to many diseases that transmit through faecal-oral route.
Rahul Bawankule+3 more
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Assessing the impact of the COVID-19 shock on a stochastic multi-population mortality model [PDF]
We aim to assess the impact of a pandemic data point on the calibration of a stochastic multi-population mortality projection model and its resulting projections for future mortality rates. Throughout the paper we put focus on the Li & Lee mortality model, which has become a standard for projecting mortality in Belgium and the Netherlands. We calibrate
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Psychopathy and Mortality [PDF]
AbstractIt is not known how mortality differs between psychopathic and nonpsychopathic individuals. We linked data from subjects having been in forensic mental examinations at Niuvanniemi Hospital during 1984–1993 to the data from the National Death Registry to estimate the association between psychopathy and mortality.
B A Hannu Kautiainen+5 more
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Plain Language Summary We use information from mothers with a child under the age of 18 months, who were interviewed in a national survey conducted in 2018.
Jean Christophe Fotso+4 more
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COVID-19 mortality prediction: A case study for İstanbul [PDF]
In this paper, we use SEIR equations to make predictions for the number of mortality due to COVID-19 in \.Istanbul. Using excess mortality method, we find the number of mortality for the previous three waves in 2020 and 2021. We show that the predictions of our model is consistent with number of moralities for each wave.
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Retinopathy and Mortality [PDF]
Objective. We evaluated the specific association between retinopathy and all-cause mortality among a national sample of the broader U.S. adult population. Methods. Data from the 2005–2008 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were used to
Paul D. Loprinzi, Emily Frith
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