Deaths ascribed to non-communicable diseases among rural Kenyan adults are proportionately increasing: evidence from a health and demographic surveillance system, 2003-2010. by Penelope A Phillips-Howard, Kayla F Laserson, Nyaguara Amek, Caryl M Beynon, Sonia Y Angell, Sammy Khagayi, Peter Byass, Mary J Hamel, Anne M van Eijk, Emily Zielinski-Gutierrez, Laurence Slutsker, Kevin M De Cock, John Vulule, Frank O Odhiambo

“…NCD MRs for adults aged 15y to <65y fell from 409 to 183 per 100,000 among females and from 517 to 283 per 100,000 population among males. …”
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Consequences, costs and cost-effectiveness of workforce configurations in English acute hospitals by Peter Griffiths, Christina Saville, Jane Ball, David Culliford, Jeremy Jones, Francesca Lambert, Paul Meredith, Bruna Rubbo, Lesley Turner, Chiara Dall’Ora

“…More beds per nurse support were associated with lower morale scores but more beds per surgical doctor were associated with higher morale scores. …”
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Prenatal diagnosis and prevalence of critical congenital heart defects: an international retrospective cohort study by David Tucker, Sergey Krikov, Lorenzo D Botto, Hermien E K de Walle, Miriam Gatt, Anna Pierini, Anke Rissmann, Marian K Bakker, Jorieke E H Bergman, Emmanuelle Amar, Guido Cocchi, Janet Cragan, Boris Groisman, Wendy N Nembhard, Shanthi Chidambarathanu, Antonin Sipek Jr, Elena Szabova, Giovanna Tagliabue, Pierpaolo Mastroiacovo

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Projected health and economic effects of nonavalent versus bivalent human papillomavirus vaccination in preadolescence in the Netherlands by Birgit Sollie, Johannes Berkhof, Johannes A. Bogaards

“…In the base-case, we assumed two-dose vaccination with 60% uptake, lifelong partial cross-protection against HPV-31/33/45 for the bivalent vaccine and EUR 25 extra cost per dose for the nonavalent vaccine. Cost-effectiveness was assessed from a healthcare provider perspective by comparing the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) per life-year gained (LYG) with the Dutch threshold of EUR 20,000/LYG. …”
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EXamining the feasibility of exerCisE to manage symptoms of Lupus (EXCEL): a protocol for a randomised controlled pilot study by John Reynolds, Katie Hesketh, Matthew Cocks, Megan Quickfall, Alex J Wadley, Scott Green, Jet Veldhuijzen Van Zanten

“…EXCEL will examine the feasibility of conducting a large-scale randomised controlled trial comparing the effects of a remotely monitored, home-based, exercise programme with standard of care for individuals with SLE.Methods and analysis 30 females with SLE will be recruited, and those randomised into Exercise (SLE-Ex) will codesign a progressive training plan with support from the research team. …”
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Two strategies for the delivery of IPTc in an area of seasonal malaria transmission in the Gambia: a randomised controlled trial. by Kalifa A Bojang, Francis Akor, Lesong Conteh, Emily Webb, Ousman Bittaye, David J Conway, Momodou Jasseh, Virginia Wiseman, Paul J Milligan, Brian Greenwood

“…<h4>Background</h4>The Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) provides an effective way of delivering intermittent preventive treatment for malaria (IPT) to infants. …”
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Incidence and predictors of lost to follow up among children receiving antiretroviral therapy a computing risk regression model by Gebrehiwot Berie Mekonnen, Birara Ayichew Tilaye, Fikadie Dagnew Baye, Demewoz Kefale, Menigstu Ewunetu, Tigabu Munye Aytenew, Yeshiambaw Eshetie, Gashaw Kerebeh, Tigabu Desie Emiru, Biruk Demissie, Addisu Assfaw Ayen, Bruck Tesfaye Legesse, Wubet Tazeb Wondie, Amare Kassaw, Lakachew Yismaw Bazezew, Temesgen Lingerh Endalew, Kidist Hunegn Setargew, Astewle Andargie Baye

“…Abstract Loss to follow-up (LTFU) poses a major challenge to achieving the joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS 95–95–95 targets and ending the HIV epidemic by 2030. …”
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A High-throughput, Robotic System for Analysis of Aerosol Sampling Filters by Christian L’Orange, Gabe Neymark, Ellison Carter, John Volckens

“…The system actively monitors microbalance stability and chamber relative humidity. …”
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Functional Verification of Extended Kalman Filter on FPGA for Railway Wheelset Parameters Estimation by Khakoo Mal, Tayab Din Memon, Imtiaz Hussain Kalwar, Allah Rakhio Junejo, Majid Hussain Memon, Tarique Rafique Memon, Sufyan Ali Memon, Bhawani Shankar Chowdhry

“…The fast-processing speed and hardware flexibility of field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) make them ideal for the implementation of nonlinear condition monitoring systems. …”
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A process evaluation of the walking in ScHools (WISH) study using the RE-AIM framework by Angela Carlin, Leanne C. Doherty, S. Maria O’Kane, Russell Jago, Ian M. Lahart, Gary McDermott, Maria Faulkner, Alison M. Gallagher, Marie H. Murphy

“…At baseline, 15% of these pupils met the recommended physical activity guidelines of 60 min moderate-vigorous physical activity per day, as measured by accelerometers. The total number of walks reported per school ranged from 2 to 104 across intervention schools. …”
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Estimating vegetation indices and biophysical parameters for Central European temperate forests with Sentinel-1 SAR data and machine learning by Daniel Paluba, Bertrand Le Saux, Francesco Sarti, Přemysl Štych

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Software with artificial intelligence-derived algorithms for detecting and analysing lung nodules in CT scans: systematic review and economic evaluation by Julia Geppert, Peter Auguste, Asra Asgharzadeh, Hesam Ghiasvand, Mubarak Patel, Anna Brown, Surangi Jayakody, Emma Helm, Dan Todkill, Jason Madan, Chris Stinton, Daniel Gallacher, Sian Taylor-Phillips, Yen-Fu Chen

“…Models estimated incremental cost-effectiveness ratios, cost per correct detection of an actionable nodule, and cost per cancer detected and treated. …”
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Culturally appropriate nature-based solutions policy settings supporting Indigenous Peoples in Australia—International lessons and applications by Kamaljit K Sangha, Ronju Ahammad, Jeremy Russell-Smith, Marcello Hernández-Blanco, Octavio Pérez-Maqueo, Robert Costanza

“…One common feature of the selected schemes is the pivotal role of national (Costa Rica and Mexico) and state (NSW) governments in developing specific legislation and regulatory guidelines to mediate these programmes, establish a national/state fund and authority to monitor the contracted conservation sites—offering a standardised and credible arrangement for ES providers and beneficiaries while reducing transactional costs for all parties. …”
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Development of a Drone-Based Phenotyping System for European Pear Rust (<i>Gymnosporangium sabinae</i>) in Orchards by Virginia Maß, Johannes Seidl-Schulz, Matthias Leipnitz, Eric Fritzsche, Martin Geyer, Michael Pflanz, Stefanie Reim

“…Computer vision techniques offer promising tools for disease detection in orchards and can enable effective phenotyping for the selection of resistant cultivars in breeding programmes and research. In this study, a digital phenotyping system for disease detection and monitoring was developed using drones, object detection and photogrammetry, focusing on European pear rust (<i>Gymnosporangium sabinae</i>) as a model pathogen. …”
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Five-year carry-over effects in dune slack vegetation response to hydrology by Lisanne van Willegen, Hilary Wallace, Angela Curreli, Ciara Dwyer, John Ratcliffe, Davey L. Jones, Graham Williams, Martin Hollingham, Laurence Jones

“…MSL is also flexible to implement within manual monitoring programmes, which could be targeted to 3-months per year over the spring as a minimum requirement. …”
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A Hardware Accelerator for Real-Time Processing Platforms Used in Synthetic Aperture Radar Target Detection Tasks by Yue Zhang, Yunshan Tang, Yue Cao, Zhongjun Yu

“…In recent years, achieving real-time monitoring of regions has become a pressing need, leading to the direct completion of real-time SAR image target detection on airborne or satellite-borne real-time processing platforms. …”
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État des maraudes et des dégâts de cultures liés aux éléphants à l’ouest du secteur de Djouroutou dans le sud-ouest du Parc National de Taï (Côte d’Ivoire) by F.A. Ouattara, O. Soulemanee, A. Nandjui, E.J. Tondoh

“…Elephant density was estimated to be 1.1 ± 0.7 elephants per km-2 in the sector of the Park bordering the crops. …”
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High-flow nasal cannula therapy versus continuous positive airway pressure for non-invasive respiratory support in paediatric critical care: the FIRST-ABC RCTs by Padmanabhan Ramnarayan, Alvin Richards-Belle, Karen Thomas, Laura Drikite, Zia Sadique, Silvia Moler Zapata, Robert Darnell, Carly Au, Peter J Davis, Izabella Orzechowska, Julie Lester, Kevin Morris, Millie Parke, Mark Peters, Sam Peters, Michelle Saull, Lyvonne Tume, Richard G Feltbower, Richard Grieve, Paul R Mouncey, David Harrison, Kathryn Rowan

“…Total costs per patient for up to 6 months post randomisation were reported. …”
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Effectiveness of biomarker-guided duration of antibiotic treatment in children hospitalised with confirmed or suspected bacterial infection: the BATCH RCT by Cherry-Ann Waldron, Philip Pallmann, Simon Schoenbuchner, Debbie Harris, Lucy Brookes-Howell, Céu Mateus, Jolanta Bernatoniene, Katrina Cathie, Saul N Faust, Josie Henley, Lucy Hinds, Kerry Hood, Chao Huang, Sarah Jones, Sarah Kotecha, Sarah Milosevic, Helen Nabwera, Sanjay Patel, Stéphane Paulus, Colin VE Powell, Jenny Preston, Huasheng Xiang, Emma Thomas-Jones, Enitan D Carrol

“…Incremental cost-effectiveness ratio per duration of intravenous antibiotics hour avoided from bootstrapped samples was £467.62 per intravenous antibiotic hour avoided. …”
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Invasive urodynamic investigations in the management of women with refractory overactive bladder symptoms: FUTURE, a superiority RCT and economic evaluation by Mohamed Abdel-Fattah, Christopher Chapple, Suzanne Breeman, David Cooper, Helen Bell-Gorrod, Preksha Kuppanda, Karen Guerrero, Simon Dixon, Nikki Cotterill, Karen Ward, Hashim Hashim, Ash Monga, Karen Brown, Marcus Drake, Andrew Gammie, Alyaa Mostafa, Rebecca Bruce, Victoria Bell, Christine Kennedy, Suzanne Evans, Graeme MacLennan, John Norrie

“…Primary economic outcome was incremental cost per quality-adjusted life-year gained as modelled over the lifetime of participants. …”
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