Screening for aneurysms of the abdominal aorta using a simple screening device [PDF]
The Ultrasound Journal, 2020 Introduction Several countries advocate screening for aneurysms of the abdominal aorta (AAA) in selected patients. In the Netherlands, routine screening is currently under review by the National Health Council. In any screening programme, cost-efficiency
J. W. Brakel +5 more
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The Impact of a Handheld Ultrasound Device in a Rheumatic Heart Disease Screening Program in Ethiopia [PDF]
POCUS Journal, 2023 Background: Rheumatic heart disease affects 33 million people in low and middle income countries and is the leading cause of cardiovascular death among children and young adults.
Zach Kaltenborn +6 more
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The Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Teleglaucoma Screening Device. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible vision loss and costs the American economy $2.9 billion. Teleglaucoma remotely detects glaucoma improving access to ophthalmic care in rural areas. It helps manage glaucoma more efficiently to preserve vision
Sera Thomas +2 more
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Women’s preference for HPV self-sampling devices: a programme-embedded, large-scale paired comparative study within the cervical cancer screening programme in the Capital Region of Denmark [PDF]
BMJ OpenObjective To demonstrate women’s preferences for three human papillomavirus (HPV) self-sampling devices.Design Cross-sectional, programme-embedded paired comparative study with randomised sampling order within device pairs.Setting Organised cervical ...
Jesper Bonde +7 more
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A Flexible Wearable Glucose Sensor for Noninvasive Diabetes Screening: Functional Equivalence and Model Interpretability [PDF]
BiosensorsReal-world evidence for wearable noninvasive glucose monitoring (NIGM) remains limited. To evaluate the functional equivalence of a wearable NIGM device and explore its utility for T2DM and prediabetes screening.
Wenhan Xie +10 more
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Design of and Experiment with Secondary Cutting Equipment for Broccoli
Agriculture, 2022 To solve the problem of large-sized blocks in single-process broccoli cutting, this paper proposes the design of broccoli secondary cutting equipment, in which the screening device with differential round belts, spiral attitude-adjusting mechanism ...
Jiangming Jia +4 more
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Intrinsic fluorescence spectroscopy and detection of pre-invasive lesions of the cervix using portable optical device [PDF]
New Indian Journal of OBGYN, 2023 Objectives: To evaluate the screening potential of portable optical device based on the principle of intrinsic fluorescence spectroscopy to detect the fluorescence of FAD molecules in pre-invasive lesions of cervix and its comparison to conventional ...
Vartika Awasthi +4 more
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Are portable ankle brachial pressure index measurement devices suitable for hypertension screening?
PLoS ONE, 2023 ObjectiveIn a large-scale population cardiovascular screening programme, peripheral artery disease (PAD) and hypertension would ideally be rapidly assessed using a single device.
Justyna Janus +4 more
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Judicial Torture as a Screening Device [PDF]
The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, 2015 AbstractJudicial torture to extract information or to elicit a confession was a common practice in pre-modern societies, both in the east and the west. This paper proposes a positive theory for judicial torture. It is shown that torture reflects the magistrate’s attempt to balance type I and type II errors in the decision-making, by forcing the guilty ...
Chen, Kong-Pin, Tsai, Tsung-Sheng
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Novel Microfluidics Device for Rapid Antibiotics Susceptibility Screening
Applied Sciences, 2022 In recent years, excessive utilization of antibiotics has led to the emergence of antibiotic microbial resistance on a planetary scale. This recent phenomenon represents a serious threat to public health, as well as an enormous burden for healthcare ...
Emil Grigorov +2 more
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