Spatio-temporal dynamics of malaria in Rwanda between 2012 and 2022: a demography-specific analysis.

Background: Despite global efforts to reduce and eventually interrupt malaria transmission, the disease remains a pressing public health problem, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. This study presents a detailed spatio-temporal analysis of malaria transmission in Rwanda from 2012 to 2022. The main objective was to gain insights into the evolving patterns of malaria and to inform and tailor effective public health strategies.

Potential impact of climatic factors on malaria in Rwanda between 2012 and 2021: a time-series analysis.

Background: Malaria remains an important public health problem, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. In Rwanda, where malaria ranks among the leading causes of mortality and morbidity, disease transmission is influenced by climatic factors. However, there is a paucity of studies investigating the link between climate change and malaria dynamics, which hinders the development of effective national malaria response strategies.

Factors Influencing Data Quality in Electronic Health Record Systems in 50 Health Facilities in Rwanda and the Role of Clinical Alerts: Cross-Sectional Observational Study.

Background: Electronic health records (EHRs) play an increasingly important role in delivering HIV care in low- and middle-income countries. The data collected are used for direct clinical care, quality improvement, program monitoring, public health interventions, and research. Despite widespread EHR use for HIV care in African countries, challenges remain, especially in collecting high-quality data.

Childhood Obesity Evidence Base Project: Methods for Taxonomy Development for Application in Taxonomic Meta-Analysis.

Meta-analysis has been used to examine the effectiveness of childhood obesity prevention efforts, yet traditional conventional meta-analytic methods restrict the kinds of studies included, and either narrowly define mechanisms and agents of change, or examine the effectiveness of whole interventions as opposed to the specific actions that comprise interventions. Taxonomic meta-analytic methods widen the aperture of what can be included in a meta-analysis data set, allowing for inclusion of many types of interventions and study designs. The National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research Childhood Obesity Evidence Base (COEB) project focuses on interventions intended to prevent childhood obesity in children 2-5 years old who have an outcome measure of BMI.

Childhood Obesity Evidence Base Project: A Rationale for Taxonomic versus Conventional Meta-Analysis.

There is a great need for analytic techniques that allow for the synthesis of learning across seemingly idiosyncratic interventions. The primary objective of this paper is to introduce taxonomic meta-analysis and explain how it is different from conventional meta-analysis. Conventional meta-analysis has previously been used to examine the effectiveness of childhood obesity prevention interventions.

Quasi-linear viscoelastic characterization of human hip ligaments.

The object of this study was to develop a quasi-linear viscoelastic model for the iliofemoral and ischiofemoral hip ligaments. In order to accomplish this, a total of 56 axial tension tests were performed on 8 bone-ligament-bone specimens prepared from 4 fresh frozen male cadavers. Each specimen went through a battery of 7 tests including a series of step-and-hold tests and load-and-unload ramp tests.

The influence of strain rate on the compressive stiffness properties of human lumbar intervertebral discs.

The purpose of this study was to develop the compressive stiffness properties of individual lumbar intervertebral discs when subjected to various dynamic compressive loading rates. A total of 33 axial compression tests were performed on 11 individual human lumbar functional spinal units dissected from 6 fresh frozen human cadavers, 5 male and 1 female. The proximal and distal vertebral bodies were fixed to load cells with a custom aluminum pot, and subjected to a dynamic compressive loading at three different strain rates; 6.

Keeping battered women safe during welfare reform: new challenges.

This paper reviews the growing body of research literature on the relationship of domestic violence to welfare. Not only do women on welfare suffer from domestic violence in far greater numbers than women in the general population, but their abusers, threatened by the women's efforts at education, training, or work, also use violence and threats of violence to sabotage these efforts at economic self-sufficiency. For this reason, welfare reform exacerbates domestic violence in the lives of many low-income women.