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Analysis of human disease burden, determinants of treatment costs and affordability perceptions in the Rwenzori region, Uganda using DALYs, OLS and Bayesian regression

open access: yesCost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation
Sub-Saharan Africa faces a substantial burden from both communicable and non-communicable diseases, yet gaps in health data tracking hinder understanding of health impacts and treatment affordability.
Edwin Akugizibwe   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluating key environmental variables in dust occurrence through artificial intelligence methods

open access: yesEcological Informatics
Dust storms in arid and semi-arid regions present a critical environmental challenge, arising from complex interactions between climatic patterns, landform features, and surface conditions.
Mohammad Mahdi Pourhanifeh   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hay meadows' overriding effect shapes ground beetle functional diversity in mountainous landscapes

open access: yesEcosphere, 2022
Mountain regions are hotspots of biodiversity, and are particularly sensitive to human activities and global changes. Characterizing biodiversity using trait‐based approaches may improve the understanding of the evolutionary and mechanistic basis of ...
Mauro Gobbi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Children in the mountains

open access: yesBMJ, 1998
Editorial p 873 High altitude areas of the world were once visited only by a privileged minority. Now the great mountain ranges have become popular tourist destinations. An increasing number of children accompany their parents on such journeys, but little consideration has been paid to the potential risks of exposing young children to high altitudes.
Pollard, A, Murdoch, DR, Bärtsch, P
openaire   +3 more sources

Burden and Risk Factors for Sharp Injuries among Healthcare Workers in a Ugandan Tertiary Hospital: a Cross-Sectional Study

open access: yesInfermieristica Journal
Introduction. Uganda’s efforts for sharps handling, and their waste management are restrained due to shortage of equipment and supplies resorting to alternatives that may not meet standards. The aim of this study was to provide a current detailed account
Pauline Irumba   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

On the Importance of High-Resolution Time Series of Optical Imagery for Quantifying the Effects of Snow Cover Duration on Alpine Plant Habitat

open access: yesRemote Sensing, 2016
We investigated snow cover dynamics using time series of moderate (MODIS) to high (SPOT-4/5, Landsat-8) spatial resolution satellite imagery in a 3700 km2 region of the southwestern French Alps.
Jean-Pierre Dedieu   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

“Mobile Mountains?” [PDF]

open access: yesRevue de géographie alpine, 2013
Introduction to a special issue on the mobile borders in mountain regionsThis special issue of the Journal of Alpine Research - La Revue de Géographie Alpine focuses on the link between mountains and borders in a context where the very notion of border, traditionally seen as a basis for categorisation and delimitation, is being increasingly called into
openaire   +3 more sources

Linking the reversal of gestational insulin resistance to postpartum depression

open access: yesBMC Medicine
Background Postpartum depression (PPD) constitutes a significant mental health disorder affecting almost one fifth of pregnancies globally. Despite extensive research, the precise etiological mechanisms underlying PPD remain elusive.
Minoli Vinoda Abeysekera   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Genetic evolution of parental populations and construction of core germplasm populations in qinghai spruce seed orchard based on SLAF-seq technology

open access: yesFrontiers in Genetics
In order to explore the genetic background and genetic basis of the parental population of Qinghai spruce (Picea crassifolia Kom.) seed orchard, to reduce the cycle of genetic improvement of Qinghai spruce and the scale of germplasm resources, and to ...
Hu Zhao   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

The “Holy Mountain” [PDF]

open access: yesScientific American, 1911
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