A study on a broadband photodetector based on hybrid 2D copper oxide/reduced graphene oxide.

These days, photodetectors are a crucial part of optoelectronic devices, ranging from environmental monitoring to international communication systems. Therefore, fabricating these devices at a low cost but obtaining high sensitivity in a wide range of wavelengths is of great interest. This report introduces a simple solution-processed hybrid 2D structure of CuO and rGO for broadband photodetector applications.

Developing low-cost nanohybrids of ZnO nanorods and multi-shaped silver nanoparticles for broadband photodetectors.

Photodetectors are essential elements for various applications like fiber optic communication systems, biomedical imaging, and so on. Thus, improving the performance and reducing the material costs of photodetectors would act as a motivation toward the future advancement of those applications. This study introduces the development of a nanohybrid of zinc oxide nanorods (ZnONRs) and multi-shaped silver nanoparticles MAgNPs through a simple solution process; in which ZnONRs are hybridized with MAgNPs to enable visible absorption through the surface plasmon resonance (SPR) effect.

Readmission and Mortality After Hospitalization With Acute Kidney Injury.

Rationale & Objective: Acute kidney injury (AKI) carries high rates of morbidity and mortality. This study quantified various short- and long-term outcomes after hospitalization with AKI.

Study Design: Retrospective propensity score (PS)-matched cohort study.

Trends and risk markers of student hazardous drinking: a comparative analysis using longitudinally linked datasets in a public university.

This study compares the incidence and risk-markers of student alcohol intoxication-related emergency department (ED) visits and alcohol-related incidents reported to student affairs. Enrollment data were linked to ED visits with alcohol intoxication and to alcohol-related incidents reported to campus authorities within one year following the first (index) annual enrollment. Incidence, annual trends and associated risk markers were analyzed.

Epidemiology of pediatric buprenorphine and methadone exposures reported to the poison centers.

Background: Buprenorphine prescriptions have increased dramatically within the United States, whereas methadone continues to be used widely. We investigated the trends and characteristics of buprenorphine and methadone exposures in the pediatric population.

Methods: We identified pediatric exposures to buprenorphine and methadone using the National Poison Data System from 2013 to 2016.

Impact of instituting hard-waiver on a student health insurance program at a public university.

The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of implementing hard-waiver on the student health insurance landscape at a major public university. Data from two years before (2013-2015) and after (2015-2017) the hard-waiver program was implemented were analyzed descriptively using the university data sources. : The university-sponsored insurance group pre-waiver was made up of 4,850 students, while this group included 9,002 students after the hard-waiver program was implemented.

Epidemiology of severe buprenorphine exposures reported to the U.S. Poison Centers.

Objective: This study aims to evaluate the trends and risk factors of severe buprenorphine outcomes (SBO) reported to the U.S. Poison Centers (PCs).

Development and validation of a risk predictive model for student harmful drinking-A longitudinal data linkage study.

Background: This study aimed to develop a predictive model to quantify the risk of student harmful drinking associated with emergency department (ED) visits and/or campus-wide incidents reported to campus authorities in a U.S. public university.

Trends and characteristics of naloxone therapy reported to US poison centers.

Background And Aims: In the United States, access to naloxone has been expanded as a measure to address growing opioid overdose mortality. The study aimed to describe the national trends in naloxone use as reported to the US poison centers (PCs).

Methods: The National Poison Data System (NPDS) was queried for cases reporting naloxone therapy from 1 January 2001 to 31 December 2016.

Trends in incidence and risk markers of student emergency department visits with alcohol intoxication in a U.S. public university-A longitudinal data linkage study.

Background: To examine the trends in incidence and socio-demographic, organizational, academic, and clinical risk markers of student alcohol intoxication associated with emergency department (ED) visits.

Methods: Student admission data from 2009 to 2015 were linked to primary healthcare data and subsequent ED visits with alcohol intoxication identified using ICD-9 codes within one year following the first (index) enrollment each year. Incidence rate per 10,000 person-years was calculated.

Differentials and trends in emergency department visits due to alcohol intoxication and co-occurring conditions among students in a U.S. public university.

Background: Few studies have explored the epidemiology of students presenting to the emergency department (ED) as a consequence of hazardous drinking. This study examined differentials and trends in ED visits following alcohol intoxication and co-occurring conditions among students presenting to a major U.S.

Strengthening primary health care in low- and middle-income countries: generating evidence through evaluation.

Since the publication of the World Health Report 2008, there has been renewed interest in the potential of primary health care (PHC) to deliver global health policy agendas. The WHO Western Pacific Regional Strategy 2010 states that health systems in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) can be strengthened using PHC values as core principles. This review article explores the development of an evidence-based approach for assessing the effectiveness of PHC programs and interventions in LMICs.

Mortality measures from sample-based surveillance: evidence of the epidemiological transition in Viet Nam.

Objective: To report methods and results from a national sample mortality surveillance programme implemented in Viet Nam in 2009.

Methods: A national sample of 192 communes located in 16 provinces and covering a population of approximately 2.6 million was selected using multi-stage cluster sampling.

Male homosexual identities, relationships, and practices among young men who have sex with men in Vietnam: implications for HIV prevention.

Rapid socioeconomic transformation in Vietnam in last 15 years has been followed by more liberation of sexual expression and representation of sexual identity among young people. There has been an increase in the visibility of homosexual men in major cities of Vietnam who were largely an unknown population until the emergence of the HIV epidemic. Men who have sex with men (MSM) are now considered as one of the target groups in many HIV prevention programs.