Through trend analyses, this surveillance highlighted both the emergence and decline of AMR across diverse bacterial pathogens, helping inform which antibiotics may remain appropriate as first-line ...

Abstract: In the last few years, the support vector machine (SVM) method has motivated new interest in kernel regression techniques. Although the SVM has been shown to exhibit excellent generalization ...

Statistical analysis included descriptive analysis, chi-square test, and multivariable logistic regression. P values <.05 were deemed statistically significant. Results: No HIV seroconversions were ...

Objectives To assess the outcomes of patients undergoing open abdominal surgery at a National Referral Hospital in Tanzania. Design A prospective, observational, single-arm cohort study. Setting Dar ...

Abstract: Traffic stream determining is an essential part of the intelligent transportation management system. Precise prediction of traffic flow provides a basis for other tasks, like forecasting ...

Many scientific problems entail labeling data items with one of a given, finite set of classes based on features of the data items. For example, oncologists classify tumors as different known cancer ...

Background Understanding the ‘real-world’ challenges of delivery of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among men who have sex ...

Suicide and suicidal behavior are major health problems, throughout the world. Close to one million people die by suicide annually, which make it a leading cause of death. However, it is still not ...

Objectives To examine primary care contacts among individuals with eating disorders (EDs) and assess differences across ...

Objective Unlike several other fields of healthcare, little is known about the size of ‘therapist effects’ on patient ...

Oral health disparities are profound worldwide, and they affect the quality of life of individuals of all age groups. Disparities in oral health are seen in racial and ethnic minorities, at different ...