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Alzheimer’s Disease Prediction Using Fly-Optimized Densely Connected Convolution Neural Networks Based on MRI Images
Alzheimer’s is a degenerative brain cell disease that affects around 5.8 million people globally. The progressive neurodegenerative disease known as...
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Making Europe health literate: including older adults in sparsely populated Arctic areas
BackgroundOlder people have been identified as having lower health literacy (HL) than the general population average. Living in sparsely populated...
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A stabilized spatiotemporal kriging method for disease map** and application to male oral cancer and female breast cancer in Taiwan
Map** spacetime disease rates can provide a more in-depth understanding of their distribution and trends. Traditional spatiotemporal kriging...
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TransCode: Uncovering COVID-19 transmission patterns via deep learning
BackgroundThe heterogeneity of COVID-19 spread dynamics is determined by complex spatiotemporal transmission patterns at a fine scale, especially in...
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Spatial and temporal analysis of road traffic crashes and ambulance responses in Lagos state, Nigeria
BackgroundSub-Saharan African countries, Nigeria inclusive, are constrained by grossly limited access to quality pre-hospital trauma care services...
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Increasing emergency number utilisation is not driven by low-acuity calls: an observational study of 1.5 million emergency calls (2018–2021) from Berlin
BackgroundThe Emergency Medical Service (EMS) in Germany is increasingly challenged by strongly rising demand. Speculations about a greater...
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Association of food consumption patterns and nutritional status of children under 5 years from rural households in Northern regions, Namibia
BackgroundMany develo** countries, Namibia included, have a high prevalence of malnutrition among children, especially in rural subsistence farming...
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Travel time to cataract surgical services in Kenya, Malawi and Rwanda: demonstrating a standardised indicator of physical access to cataract surgery
BackgroundTravel time can be used to assess health services accessibility by reflecting the proximity of services to the people they serve. We aimed...
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The trade-off between health system resiliency and efficiency: evidence from COVID-19 in European regions
The objective of this paper was to investigate the existence of a trade-off between health system resilience and the economic efficiency of the...
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Trends in the mobility of primary healthcare human resources in underdeveloped regions of western China from 2000 to 2021: Evidence from Nanning
ObjectiveThis research aimed to identify the fundamental and geographic characteristics of the primary healthcare personnel mobility in Nanning from...
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The Role of Functional Urban Areas in the Spread of COVID-19 Omicron (Northern Spain)
This study focuses on the space-time patterns of the COVID-19 Omicron wave at a regional scale, using municipal data. We analyze the Basque Country...
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Locating helicopter ambulance bases in Iceland: efficient and fair solutions
BackgroundFixed-wing air ambulances play an important role in healthcare in rural Iceland. More frequent use of helicopter ambulances has been...
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An epidemiological, strategic and response analysis of the COVID-19 pandemic in South Asia: a population-based observational study
IntroductionSouth Asia has had a dynamic response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The overall burden and response have remained comparable across...
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Study on the influence of meteorological factors on influenza in different regions and predictions based on an LSTM algorithm
BackgroundInfluenza epidemics pose a threat to human health. It has been reported that meteorological factors (MFs) are associated with influenza....
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Aortic Dissection Research in China: Analysis of Studies Funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
ObjectiveThe National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) has made great progress in promoting the development of aortic dissection research...
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Cost efficiency of primary health care facilities in Ghana: stochastic frontier analysis
Primary health care (PHC) is a universally accepted key strategy to achieve universal health coverage (UHC) and Sustainable Development Goal 3 (SDG...
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The distributional effects of tobacco tax increases across regions in Mexico: an extended cost-effectiveness analysis
BackgroundSeveral studies have shown the beneficial effects of tobacco fiscal policy, but distributional effects have been less examined, especially...
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Stroke epidemiology and outcomes of stroke patients in Nepal: a systematic review and meta-analysis
BackgroundWith an increasing burden of stroke, it is essential to minimize the incidence of stroke and improve stroke care by emphasizing areas that...
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Bayesian spatial modelling of early childhood development in Australian regions
BackgroundChildren’s early development plays a vital role for maintaining healthy lives and influences future outcomes. It is also heavily affected...
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Equal access to outreach mental health care? Exploring how the place of residence influences the use of intensive home treatment in a rural catchment area in Germany
BackgroundInternationally, intensive psychiatric home treatment has been increasingly implemented as a community-based alternative to inpatient...
