RISK FACTORS FOR 30-DAY IN-HOSPITAL MORTALITY FOR IN-PATIENT WITH STROKE IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: PROTOCOL FOR A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS

Risk factors for 30-day in-hospital mortality for in-patient with stroke in sub-Saharan Africa: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis

Introduction While individual studies have reported on in-hospital stroke mortality rates in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the estimates are highly variable and inconclusive, buttressing the need for precise and reliable estimations.To overcome these inconsistencies, a well-structured systematic review and meta-analytical models are necessary.However,

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Tapping the Neglected Resource in Kiswahili Terminology

This paper is about corpus-based computational terminography.It highlights computational techniques and tools for compiling Kiswahili terms in the domain-particular texts written by field experts.At present, a reasonable number of domain-specific texts are available into Kiswahili.However, no efforts have been made so far to collect terms in such t

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Are supplemental appraisal/reimbursement processes needed for rare disease treatments? An international comparison of country approaches

Abstract Background There is increasing recognition that conventional appraisal approaches may be unsuitable for miracle academy clothing assessing the value rare disease treatments (RDTs).This research examines what supplemental appraisal/reimbursement processes for RDTs are used internationally and how they can be characterised.A qualitative rese

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Polyphenol-based hydrogels: Pyramid evolution from crosslinked structures to biomedical applications and the reverse design

As a kind of nature-derived bioactive materials, polyphenol-based hydrogels possess many unique and outstanding properties such as adhesion, toughness, and self-healing due to their specific crosslinking structures, which have been widely used in biomedical fields including wound healing, antitumor, treatment of motor system injury, digestive syste

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