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Forecast of the incidence, prevalence and burden of end-stage renal disease i...
Abstract Background There are limited data on the trends of incidence or prevalence of end stage renal disease (ESRD) in China. To assist in future planning for the ESRD... -
Childhood diarrhea in high and low hotspot districts of Amhara Region, northw...
Abstract Background Childhood diarrhea is one of the major public health problems in Ethiopia. Multiple factors at different levels contribute to the occurrence of childhood... -
Rough surface Au@Ag core–shell nanoparticles to fabricating high sensitivity ...
Abstract Immunochromatographic sensors (ICSs) are inexpensive, simple, portable, and robust, thus making ICSs commonplace in clinical diagnoses, food testing, and environmental... -
New insights on serodiagnosis of trichinellosis during window period: early d...
Abstract The clinical diagnosis of trichinellosis is difficult because its clinical manifestations are nonspecific. Detection of anti-Trichinella IgG by ELISA using T. spiralis... -
Virulence factor RNA transcript expression in the Leishmania Viannia subgenus...
Abstract Background Leishmania RNA virus-1 (LRV1) is a double-stranded RNA virus identified in 20–25% of Viannia—species endemic to Latin America, and is believed to accelerate... -
Probabilistic modelling of prospective environmental concentrations of gold n...
Abstract Background The use of gold nanoparticles (Au-NP) based medical applications is rising due to their unique physical and chemical properties. Diagnostic devices based on... -
Characterizing measles transmission in India: a dynamic modeling study using ...
Abstract Background Decreasing trends in measles mortality have been reported in recent years. However, such estimates of measles mortality have depended heavily on assumed... -
Unhealthy weight among children in Spain and the role of the home environment
Abstract Objective Unhealthy weight is a major global health concern. This study examines unhealthy weight among children in Spain and the role of the home environment therein.... -
Electron wave-packet dynamics in a relativistic electromagnetic field: 3-D an...
A solution to the Klein Gordon equation for a laser-driven electron is constructed from a superposition of Volkov states. The time-and space-dependent three-dimensional... -
Sub-national levels and trends in contraceptive prevalence, unmet need, and d...
Abstract Background Ambitious global goals have been established to provide universal access to affordable modern contraceptive methods. To measure progress toward such goals in... -
Can tryptophan supplement intake at breakfast enhance melatonin secretion at ...
Abstract Background Tryptophan (TRP) is an essential amino acid, and it has been suggested that TRP intake at breakfast combined with daytime bright light exposure can increase... -
Changes in the food environment over time: examining 40 years of data in the ...
Abstract Background Research has explored associations between diet, body weight, and the food environment; however, few studies have examined historical trends in food... -
Completeness of tuberculosis case notifications in Germany in 2013–2017: firs...
Abstract Background Evaluating the completeness of tuberculosis (TB) notification data is important for monitoring of TB surveillance systems. We conducted an inventory study to... -
ENSO hindcast skill of the IAP-DecPreS near-term climate prediction system: c...
Model initialization is a key process of climate predictions using dynamical models. In this study, the authors evaluated the performances of two distinct initialization... -
De novo transcriptome sequencing of radish (Raphanus sativus L.) fleshy roots...
Abstract Background The HongXin radish (Raphanus sativus L.), which contains the natural red pigment (red radish pigment), is grown in the Fuling district of Chongqing City.... -
Understanding microbial community dynamics to improve optimal microbiome sele...
Abstract Background Artificial selection of microbial communities that perform better at a desired process has seduced scientists for over a decade, but the method has not been... -
Temperature-related mortality estimates after accounting for the cumulative e...
Abstract Background To propose a new method for including the cumulative mid-term effects of air pollution in the traditional Poisson regression model and compare the... -
Generation and dynamics of one- and two-dimensional cavity solitons in a vert...
Cavity solitons are predicted in a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser with a saturable absorber and coupled to an external frequency-selective feedback element. An entirely... -
Measurement and compensation of optical aberrations using a single spatial li...
We describe a compact adaptive optical system using a spatial light modulator (SLM) as a single element to both measure and compensate optical aberrations. We used a low-cost,... -
Use of meat juice and blood serum with a miniaturised protein microarray assa...
Abstract Background Serological screening of pig herds at the abattoir is considered a potential tool to improve meat inspection procedures and herd health management....
