Chromatography Online

Non-Destructive Banana Ripeness Prediction Using Volatile Organic Compounds

A recent study conducted at The University of Osaka (Japan), based on the research team’s hypothesis that a non-destructive model for predicting fruit ripeness could be developed using volatile ...
BMJ Global Health

Prevalence, spatial and temporal distribution of tungiasis in the Kilifi Health and Demographic Surveillance System (KHDSS) in Kenya

Introduction Tungiasis is a highly neglected tropical disease of the skin caused by an embedded female sand flea affecting ...
Open Heart

Depression may not be an independent risk factor for mortality in patients with cardiovascular disease: data from NHANES 2011–2018

Background Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality worldwide, while depression is highly prevalent in this patient population and has long been regarded as an independent risk ...
BMJ Global Health

Untreated, uncontrolled and below-target hypertension in southern Africa: a population-based prevalence and care cascade assessment in rural Lesotho

Introduction Hypertension programmes have expanded substantially in low-income and middle-income countries, yet treatment and control rates remain insufficient. Programme scale-up may lead to ...
Tobacco Control

Pro-tobacco legislative representation and current smoking: an individual-level panel study of older adults in Japan

Using longitudinal data on more than 370 000 older Japanese adults, we found that living in constituencies represented by pro-tobacco legislators was associated with higher smoking prevalence. The ...
Open Heart

Enhanced cardiovascular disease risk prediction using integrated machine learning models: a study from the UK Biobank cohort

Objective Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) remain the leading cause of mortality globally, necessitating early risk identification to improve prevention and management strategies. Traditional risk ...
mercerme

A Call for Critical Analysis in the Debate Over USAID Cuts

In a recent Letter to the Editor the author shared their concern about the cuts in funding for the USAID (Agency for International Development) and the effects these cuts may have on adults and ...
Scientific Research Publishing

Schreiber-Gregory, D., Jackson, H.M. and Bader, K. (2018) Logistic and Linear Regression Assumptions: Violation Recognition and Control. Conference Paper 1-23.

ABSTRACT: The Regional Examination for Nurse Registration (RENR) is the licensure examination for registered nurses in Jamaica and other Caribbean Community and Common Market CARICOM territories.
The Diplomat

The Variables of OPCON: The ‘Control Rod’ Logic in Today’s ROK-US Alliance

United Nations Command, U.S. Forces Korea, and Combined Forces Command commander Gen. Xavier T. Brunson (2nd from left) talks to a Korean War veteran at a ceremony in South Korea to commemorate the ...
The Diplomat

The Variables of OPCON: The History of the ‘Control Rod’ Logic

General Douglas MacArthur, commanding general for the unified U.N. forces Aiding the Republic of Korea to repel the North Korean Communists, and a staff officer (right) inspecting a North Korean tank ...
BMJ

Exercise based cardiac rehabilitation for atrial fibrillation: Cochrane systematic review, meta-analysis, meta-regression and trial sequential analysis

Objective To undertake a contemporary review of the impact of exercise based cardiac rehabilitation (ExCR) for patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). Data sources CENTRAL, MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO, ...