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The impact of community midwives on maternal healthcare utilization
(Wiley Periodicals, Inc.Advancing Partners & Communities, 2023-03)
Globally 800 women die every day from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. One of the major reasons for high maternal mortality ratios in many developing countries is the low proportion of births attended ...
Current challenges and future directions for engineering extracellular vesicles for heart, lung, blood and sleep diseases
(Wiley Periodicals, Inc., 2023-02)
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) carry diverse bioactive components including nucleic acids, proteins, lipids and metabolites that play versatile roles in intercellular and interorgan communication. The capability to modulate ...
Gestational weight gain and breastfeeding practices in relation to offspring body mass index among Amazonian young children
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2023-02)
ObjectiveExcessive weight gain during childhood has been considered an early life risk factor for chronic disease in the long term. We examined the role of excessive gestational weight gain (GWG) and breastfeeding (BF) ...
The local health impacts of natural resource booms
(Wiley Periodicals, Inc.World Bank, 2023-02)
This paper uses novel micro-data on natural resources and administrative health data in Brazil to study how economic booms in minerals affect health at birth. By implementing a reduced-form estimation of shift-share research ...
Comprehensive review: Frailty in pancreas transplant candidates and recipients
(Modern medicine Publishing CompanyWiley Periodicals, Inc., 2023-02)
Well-selected patients with kidney disease and diabetes mellitus who undergo simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplantation often experience dramatic improvements in quality of life and long-term survival compared to those ...
Multi-scale cascaded networks for synthesis of mammogram to decrease intensity distortion and increase model-based perceptual similarity
(Wiley Periodicals, Inc.Springer International Publishing, 2023-02)
PurposeSynthetic digital mammogram (SDM) is a 2D image generated from digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) and used as a substitute for a full-field digital mammogram (FFDM) to reduce the radiation dose for breast cancer ...
We need to build the evidence: A systematic review of psychological first aid on mental health and well-being
(Wiley Periodicals, Inc.Pearson, 2023-02)
Ensuring effective mental health and psychosocial support is crucial following exposure to a potentially traumatic event and can have long-term consequences for individuals, families, and communities. Psychological first ...
Ultrasound Elastography Detects Age-Related Changes in Adult False Vocal Folds
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2023-02)
AAPM task group report 273: Recommendations on best practices for AI and machine learning for computer-aided diagnosis in medical imaging
(University of WarwickWiley Periodicals, Inc., 2023-02)
Rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, and specifically in deep learning (DL) techniques, have enabled broad application of these methods in health care. The promise of the DL approach has ...