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Feasibility of radical cardiac‐sparing, treatment planning strategies for patients with locally advanced, non‐small cell lung cancer

open access: yesJournal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, Volume 23, Issue 12, December 2022., 2022
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
wiley   +1 more source

Why women choose to deliver at home in India: a study of prevalence, factors, and socio-economic inequality

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2021
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
doaj   +1 more source

Self-rated health and mortality: a review of twenty-seven community studies.

open access: yesJournal of Health and Social Behavior, 1997
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
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Image quality improvement in low‐dose chest CT with deep learning image reconstruction

open access: yesJournal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, Volume 23, Issue 12, December 2022., 2022
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
wiley   +1 more source

Disposal of children’s stools and its association with childhood diarrhea in India

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2017
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
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing the impact of the COVID-19 shock on a stochastic multi-population mortality model [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2021
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
arxiv  

Psychopathy and Mortality [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Forensic Sciences, 2017
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
openaire   +4 more sources

Pregnancy risks and contraceptive use among postpartum mothers in Cameroon: implications for improving the coverage of postpartum family planning services

open access: yesReproductive Health, 2023
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
doaj   +1 more source

COVID-19 mortality prediction: A case study for İstanbul [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2022
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.
arxiv  

Retinopathy and Mortality [PDF]

open access: yesDiabetes Spectrum, 2018
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
openaire   +3 more sources

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