Characteristics and outcomes of adults with acute brain injuries admitted to intensive care units in Australia and New Zealand from 2013 to 2022.

Background: The characteristics and outcomes of patients with acute brain injuries admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) in Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) are insufficiently described.

Objective: This study aimed to describe the epidemiology of acute brain injury in ICU patients in ANZ.

Methods: A binational retrospective cohort study was conducted using the ANZ Intensive Care Society Adult Patient Database.

Is biomass fuel smoke exposure associated with anemia in non-pregnant reproductive-aged women?

Objectives: Sri Lanka is a developing country where the majority of households still rely on firewood for cooking. Furthermore, the prevalence of anemia among reproductive-aged women is of moderate public health importance, according the classification of World Health Organization. Despite the researchers' ongoing efforts to investigate a link between solid fuel smoke exposure and anemia, the veracity of their findings remains uncertain.

Cost-effectiveness of two long-lasting insecticidal nets delivery models in mass campaign in rural Mozambique.

Objective: The aim is to compare the cost-effectiveness of two long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) delivery models (standard vs. new) in universal coverage (UC) campaigns in rural Mozambique.

Results: The total financial cost of delivering LLINs was US$ 231,237.

Insight into genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Kandy, Sri Lanka reveals predominance of the Euro-American lineage.

Objective: Sri Lanka is a country where the molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) is poorly explored. Therefore, this study was performed to identify circulating lineages/sub-lineages of MTB and their transmission patterns.

Methods: DNA was extracted from 89 isolates of MTB collected during 2012 and 2013 from new pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Kandy, Sri Lanka and analyzed by spoligotyping, large sequence polymorphism (LSP), mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit-variable number tandem repeat (MIRU-VNTR) typing, and drug resistance-associated gene sequencing.

Tests of the Stokes-Einstein Relation through the Shear Viscosity Activation Energy of Water.

A method for calculating the activation energy for the shear viscosity of a liquid from simulations at a single temperature is demonstrated. Importantly, the approach provides a route to the rigorous decomposition of the activation energy into contributions due to different motions and interactions, e.g.