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A preliminary spatial analysis of diagnosed stroke disease in Osun state, Nigeria

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2016
INTRODUCTION: there have been a number of clinical studies on diagnosed Stroke disease. However, there have been few studies on the geographical disparities for stroke.
Ayila Emmanuel Adzandeh, John Awope, Osaretin Isoken Oviasu   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Conducting Truthful Surveys, Cheaply [PDF]

, 2012
We consider the problem of conducting a survey with the goal of obtaining an unbiased estimator of some population statistic when individuals have unknown costs (drawn from a known prior) for participating in the survey.
Roth, Aaron, Schoenebeck, Grant
core   +2 more sources

Cosmology with large redshift surveys

, 2012
Galaxy redshift surveys are a major tool to address the most challenging cosmological problems facing cosmology, like the nature of dark energy and properties dark matter.
Sodre Jr, Laerte
core   +1 more source

Patients’ satisfaction with long-acting injectable somatostatin analog therapy for neuroendocrine tumors

Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes, 2021
Background Long-acting somatostatin analogs (LA SSAs) are approved and recommended for the treatment of patients with advanced neuroendocrine tumors (NETs).
Christina Darden, Mark Price, David Ray, Grace Goldstein, Diana Goss, Lee Bennett, Diana Garbinsky, Ramya Thota   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Utilizing Online Software for Surveys

, 2007
In institutions where assessment is part of our everyday vocabulary, we are always looking for ways to collect the data that we need in a more efficient manner. Online surveys may be one answer.
Ruleman, Alice B.
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Adherence to Protocol Recommendations for Children With Wilms Tumour in Two Consecutive Studies in the United Kingdom and Ireland—Does Variation Matter?

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Wilms tumour (WT) has excellent event‐free and overall survival (OS). However, small differences exist between countries participating in the same international study. This led us to examine variation in adherence to protocol recommendations as a potential contributing factor.
Suzanne Tugnait, R. Al‐Saadi, A. Lopez‐Cortes, K. Dzhuma, M. Oostveen, J. Brok, S. Irtan, M. Weeks, J. Bate, S. Baker, R. Williams, M. Powis, D. Saunders, O. Olsen, T. Watson, S. Shelmerdine, S. Vaidya, L. Howell, C. Duncan, G. M. Vujanic, C. Stiller, G. P. Balchin, T. Chowdhury, K. Pritchard‐Jones   +23 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sarcopenic obesity is associated with long-term trajectories of physical activity and sedentary behavior

Experimental Gerontology
Background: Sarcopenia is characterized by decreased muscle mass and strength, and when combined with obesity, it is called sarcopenic obesity (SO).
Aarón Salinas-Rodríguez, Ana Rivera-Almaraz, Betty Manrique-Espinoza   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fat-soluble vitamin intake from the consumption of food, fortified food and supplements: design and methods of the Belgian VITADEK study

Archives of Public Health, 2017
Background The adequacy of micronutrient intake is a public health concern, as both insufficient and excessive intake levels may result in adverse health effects.
Isabelle Moyersoen, Stefaan Demarest, Karin De Ridder, Jean Tafforeau, Carl Lachat, John Van Camp   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

National, Regional, and Global Trends in Infertility Prevalence Since 1990: A Systematic Analysis of 277 Health Surveys

PLoS Medicine, 2012
Gretchen Stevens and colleagues use information from demographic reproductive health surveys to estimate the global, regional, and country levels, patterns, and trends in infertility between 1990 and 2010.
M. Mascarenhas, S. Flaxman, T. Boerma, S. Vanderpoel, Gretchen A. Stevens   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

What galaxy surveys really measure

, 2011
In this paper we compute the quantity which is truly measured in a large galaxy survey. We take into account the effects coming from the fact that we actually observe galaxy redshifts and sky positions and not true spatial positions. Our calculations are
Bonvin, Camille, Durrer, Ruth
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