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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Risk factor analysis"”.
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Epidemiology and risk factor analysis of avian influenza virus
… details, as no comprehensive epidemiological analysis of global avian influenza outbreaks from 2010 to 2016 existed. Another scope of this work was to evaluate and compare the epidemiological data recorded by the surveillance programmes applied in Greece, during the decade 2002-2011, by both …
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Portfolio diversification utilising rolling economic drawdown constraints and risk factor analysis
… a new asset allocation technique termed Factor Adjusted Rolling Economic Drawdown (FAREDD), whereby resources are allocated to different assets by way of integrating Principle Component Analysis (PCA) with existing Rolling Economic Drawdown Methods (REDD). The primary purpose of this …
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Using survey data to estimate the prevalence of Diabetes in South Africa - from risk factor analysis to action
… to all who rely on it. The Indian Diabetes Risk Score (IDRS) was developed as a low-cost screening tool to assess the potential undiagnosed case prevalence of type 2 diabetes using analysis of risk factors and their association to diabetes. The South African General Household Survey (SAGHS) …
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The epidemiology of ovine progressive pneumonia (ovine lentivirus): Diagnosis, risk factor analysis, and production effects in sheep at the United States Meat Animal Research Center
… the TM and P25 ELISAs, the prevalence of and risk factors for OLV infection among 1466 breeding ewes in 9 MARC flocks and their 328 yearling replacement offspring were determined. Overall, 48% of ewes and 41% of yearlings were ELISA-positive. Based on multiple logistic regression, greater risk …
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An Epidemiological Study Of Collegiate Women's Basketball Injuries
… relationship between injury rates and specific risk factors. Method: Baseline data were collected on the basketball team through pre-participation physical, medical history questionnaires, and a balance measurement. The players were followed throughout their regular season and all injuries and …
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Shoulder and Upper Extremity Injuries in Canadian Youth Ice Hockey: Investigating Injury Rates, Types, Severity, Mechanisms, and Risk Factors
… examined shoulder injury rates (IR), mechanisms, risk factors, and prevention strategies that have been studied. It was found that sport-related shoulder injuries are prevalent among youth athletes (accounting for a median of 10.9% of all injuries, n=41 studies). Injury risk factors identified …
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Design of a mobile kit for cardiovascular disease screening in resource constrained environments
… include population based approaches and high risk management strategies. In this thesis, the design of a mobile CVD Screening Kit to aid the screening of high risk subjects by low-skilled health workers is described. Focusing on India, a fertile ground where a mobile tool-kit may be …
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Injury and illness risk factors for elite athletes in training environment
… due to its multi-facets, potentially interactive risk related factors. The present thesis aim to address issues of feasibility of establishing a validated measure for injury/illness, training environment and psychosocial risk factors by creating the evaluation tool namely risk of injury …
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Investigation into Hepatitis B virus prevalence, risk factors and health care workers' awareness in Kavango East And West regions of Namibia
… information on the HBV prevalence and risk factors to be able to understand and interrupt its transmission. In Namibia, data on the HBV prevalence and risk factors are scanty and older than two decades. Also, health care workers’ (HCWs) awareness on the HBV prevention and control are …
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Identification of Essential Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) Bundle Elements to Optimize Patient Outcomes in an Academic Health-System
… any additional patient- or disease-specific risk factors for consideration of inclusion. Research Question What elements impact 30-day readmission rates in patients receiving outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy? Hypothesis Compliance with a tailored OPAT Bundle will have lower rates …
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Quantitative histopathology and epidemiology of prawn viral diseases
… changes in the prawns. At the population level, risk factor analysis was applied relative to a declining prawn production in a farm with no written records of prawn diseases. Statistics were employed to investigate any possible correlation between the food budget (proxy measure of prawn health) …
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CBCT Evaluation for Risk Analysis in Implant Placement: A Retrospective and Validation Study
… tissue relative to adjacent teeth, and increased risk of peri-implant bone loss. The objective of this retrospective study is threefold: (1) to analyze anterior-posterior skeletal changes in the maxillary and mandibular anterior regions over time using a dataset of 500 cone-beam computed …