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Knowledge of obstetric danger signs and associated factors among pregnant wom...
Abstract Background Knowledge of danger signs of obstetric complications is first step in the appropriate and timely referral to essential obstetric care. Although women’s... -
Nutritional status and Cardiometabolic health among adolescents; findings fro...
Abstract Background Obesity has been associated with an increased risk for cardio-metabolic diseases. The prevalence of obesity among adolescents is increasing worldwide,... -
Development of predictive risk models for major adverse cardiovascular events...
Abstract Background There exist several predictive risk models for cardiovascular disease (CVD), including some developed specifically for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus... -
Eye Biometry Using Quantitatve 3-D OCT
Cataracts cause the crystalline lens of the eye to progressively lose its transparency, which decreases vision. It is one of the major causes of vision loss in our aging... -
Access and utilization of maternal healthcare in a rural district in the fore...
Abstract Background Poor maternal health delivery in developing countries results in more than half a million maternal deaths during pregnancy, childbirth or within a few weeks... -
Prospective observations study protocol to investigate cost-effectiveness of ...
Abstract Background Among the non-invasive screening methods for the identification of fetal aneuploidy, NIPT (non-invasive prenatal testing) shows the highest sensitivity and... -
Bus commuting, subway commuting, and walking to workplaces in U.S. cities: So...
Most previous studies that examine the controversies involved in transit subsidies concentrate on large metropolitan areas in the U.S. The main contribution of this paper to the... -
Differences in reported sepsis incidence according to study design: a literat...
Abstract Background Sepsis and severe sepsis are common conditions in hospital settings, and are associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality, but reported incidences... -
Predicting potential adverse events using safety data from marketed drugs
Abstract Background While clinical trials are considered the gold standard for detecting adverse events, often these trials are not sufficiently powered to detect difficult to... -
ISSEC: inferring contacts among protein secondary structure elements using de...
Abstract Background The formation of contacts among protein secondary structure elements (SSEs) is an important step in protein folding as it determines topology of protein... -
Additional file 1: of The prognostic value of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes ...
Table S1. General characteristics of the studies included in this meta-analysis (XLSX 15 kb) -
Development of a prediction model for bacteremia in hospitalized adults with ...
Abstract Background Cellulitis is a common infectious disease. Although blood culture is frequently used in the diagnosis and subsequent treatment of cellulitis, it is a... -
On asymptotic risk of selecting models for possibly nonstationary time-series
Model selection criteria are often assessed by the so-called asymptotic risk. Asymptotic risk is defined either with the mean-squared error of estimated parameters; or with the... -
Comparing retrospective and panel data collection methods to assess labor mar...
Abstract There is potential for measurement problems in both retrospective and panel microdata. In this paper, we compare results on basic indicators related to labor markets... -
Helios + Regulatory T cell frequencies are correlated with control of viral r...
Abstract Background The acute phase of HIV infection is characterized by massive depletion of CD4 T cells, high viral plasma levels and pronounced systemic immune activation.... -
UK national clinical audit: management of pregnancies in women with HIV
Abstract Background The potential for HIV transmission between a pregnant woman and her unborn child was first recognized in 1982. Since then a complex package of measures to... -
A multicenter randomized controlled trial of surgery alone or surgery with at...
Abstract Background Postoperative cancer recurrence is a major problem following curative surgery. In a previous retrospective study of lung cancer surgery, we reported that... -
Probiotics may not prevent the deterioration of necrotizing enterocolitis fro...
Abstract Background Probiotic therapy can reduce the incidence of NEC. Therapeutic use of probiotics after NEC diagnosis reduces the severity of NEC in preterm infants or... -
Increased calcium intake is associated lower serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels...
Abstract Background There are indications that an increased intake of calcium has a vitamin D sparing effect, which might be explained by a decreased catabolism of... -
A method for sensitivity analysis to assess the effects of measurement error ...
Abstract Background Measurement error in self-reported dietary intakes is known to bias the association between dietary intake and a health outcome of interest such as risk of a...
