Publications by authors named "A Bernasconi"
Background: Low-income and Middle-income Countries (LMIC) are continually working to ensure everyone can access life-saving vaccines. Recognising the considerable impact of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in healthcare, we performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to summarise ICT effectiveness in improving vaccine delivery in LMICs.
Methods: A systematic search from January 2010 to August 2023 in MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, BMJ Health & Care Informatics, and grey literature was performed.
Interest in adhesively bonded joints has significantly increased due to their numerous advantages over other joining techniques. However, they are frequently used in structures subjected to fatigue loading, which might cause defects such as cracks within the bondline. Thus, timely detection, localization, and size estimation of such defects are crucial for ensuring structural safety.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Rare cancers correspond to approximately 200 clinical entities, which can be grouped into 12 families. Updated data are available for childhood and haematological cancers, ie, for only two of the 12 families of rare cancer. We provide incidence and survival for the remaining ten families of rare adult solid cancers (RAC), across 29 EU Member States and over time.
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- The study addresses the growing concern of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) among adolescent and young adult (AYA) survivors of breast cancer due to the cardiotoxic effects of cancer treatments.
- Researchers developed a Bayesian network model using data from over a thousand young female BC survivors to predict CVD risk, achieving strong classification performance and clear causal relationships.
- An application was created to provide individual risk assessments for patients, aimed at helping clinicians personalize follow-up care for AYA BC survivors at higher risk of developing CVDs.
The prevalence of infections and risk factors that go along with them give insights into the burden of disease and effectiveness of infection prevention and control strategies. In this study we investigated the burden of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and associated epidemiological factors in three regions of Madagascar among healthcare workers. Between May and June 2021, we conducted a multi-site cross-sectional study among healthcare workers in eight University Hospital Centers, during the local second wave and before the coronavirus disease 2019 vaccination campaign in three regional capitals of Madagascar.
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