Publications by authors named "K G Heinz"
Background: Treatment preference research can support shared and informed decision making for currently available atopic dermatitis (AD) treatments, and simultaneously guide research and development for future therapies. In this systematic literature review, we aimed to provide an overview of preferences for AD treatments.
Methods: This systematic literature review was conducted in the Medline and Embase (via Ovid) databases, supplemented by manual searching.
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- The West Midlands Newborn Bloodspot Screening Laboratory has been screening for cystic fibrosis (CF) since 2006 and has reported data from 15 years of screening over a million babies.
- Out of 1,075,161 screened infants, 402 were referred as 'CF suspected', with 268 diagnosed with CF and a low number classified as carriers or with inconclusive results.
- The screening protocol shows high effectiveness, with a sensitivity of 97.1% and a birth prevalence of CF in the region of 1 in 4012 live births, indicating successful implementation of the screening process over the years.
In this paper, we describe a simple method for performing multifrequency eddy current characterization of free-standing uniform-thickness metallic foils using a forked inductive coil arrangement. The method involves measuring the mutual inductance between two coils when a foil is present between the coils, and when it is not present; the ratio of these mutual inductances is compared with an analytical solution, and foil conductivity, thickness, and sheet resistance are simultaneously estimated using numerical inversion and least-squares fitting. This method was used to characterize 34 non-ferrous metallic samples with thicknesses between 50 and 640 μm and with conductivities between 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Numerous therapies have recently emerged for treatment of patients with atopic dermatitis (AD), a common skin disease, and understanding their cost-effectiveness is of high importance for policy makers. This systematic literature review (SLR) aimed to provide an overview of full economic evaluations that assessed cost-effectiveness of emerging AD treatments.
Methods: The SLR was conducted in Medline, Embase, UK National Health Service Economic Evaluation Database and EconLit.
Storage roots of cassava plants crops are one of the main providers of starch in many South American, African, and Asian countries. Finding varieties with high yields is crucial for growing and breeding. This requires a better understanding of the dynamics of storage root formation, which is usually done by repeated manual evaluation of root types, diameters, and their distribution in excavated roots.
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