Academic Articles & Research Papers

Numerical Modal Analysis of Vibrations in a Three-Phase Linear Switched Reluctance Actuator

This paper addresses the problem of vibrations produced by switched reluctance actuators, focusing on the linear configuration of this type of machines, aiming at its characterization regarding the structural vibrations. The complexity of t...

Demographic changes and the need for health technology

Discussion focusses on recent trends in demand, giving consideration to how these trends might change between now and the end of the century. Attention is directed to the UK, but to put the situation in perspective a brief review of the wor...

Gender, power, and digital health inequities: a narrative review of barriers to digital health access among women in Lesotho

Digital health technologies are increasingly recognised as tools to enhance healthcare accessibility in resource-constrained settings. However, evidence suggests that not every section of society has benefitted equally. Women in developing ...

Factors associated with adolescent use of tobacco products in the Upper East Region of Ghana: A cross-sectional study

Introduction Tobacco use among adolescents is a concern in the Upper East Region of Ghana. We estimated the prevalence and identified factors contributing to single and multiple use of tobacco products among junior high school students in G...

Narratives of risk: Women at midlife, medical 'experts' and health technologies

The 'management' of midlife women's bodies is becoming an increasingly important focus for both themselves and medical 'experts'. Health technologies play a major part in this process, given health promotion messages about their usefulness ...

Treatment of Gluteal Tendinopathy: A Systematic Review and Stage-Adjusted Treatment Recommendation

Background: Gluteal tendinopathy is the most common lower limb tendinopathy. It presents with varying severity but may cause debilitating lateral hip pain. Purpose: To review the therapeutic options for different stages of gluteal tendinopa...

Comparison of working conditions and prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms among dairy farmers in southern Sweden over a 25-year period

Working conditions and the prevalence of perceived musculoskeletal symptoms (MSSs) among dairy farmers in 2013 were monitored by repeating a mail survey of dairy workers in Scania, southern Sweden, using the same method for collecting data...

Skilled antenatal care services utilisation in sub-Saharan Africa: a pooled analysis of demographic and health surveys from 32 countries

Abstract Background Each day, an estimated 800 women die from preventable pregnancy and childbirth related complications, where 99% of these avoidable deaths happen in low-and middle-income countries. Skilled attendance during antenatal car...

Creating Access To Health Technologies In Poor Countries

Many people in developing countries lack access to health technologies. We present seven findings about processes that shape access, based on analysis of six case histories: praziquantel to treat schistosomiasis (a parasitic worm disease), ...

Adolescents’ perception of dietary behaviour in a public school in Chile: a focus groups study

Abstract Background The objective of this study was to assess dietary behavior among sixth- to eighth-grade students to inform the delivery and content of nutrition education. Methods This was a qualitative study through focus groups. Subje...

Treatment seeking behaviors related to gonorrhea among female sex workers in 7 cities in Indonesia

Abstrak Latar belakang:Gonore merupakan salah satu infeksi menular seksual yang menjadi permasalahan besar kesehatan terutama pada wanita penjaja seks (WPS) di Indonesia. Tujuan dari artikel ini adalah untuk melihat hubungan antara pola pen...

Changing trends of blindness, visual impairment and cataract surgery in Bhutan: 2009-2018.

PurposeTo obtain new rapid assessment of avoidable blindness (RAAB) data on the prevalence, causes and trends of blindness, visual impairment and cataract surgery; and compare the new 2018 data with the older RAAB 2009 data.MethodologyThe s...

Morbimortality in Patients Undergone an Operation for Intestinal Occlusion in General Surgery Service

Introduction: the treatment of the intestinal obstruction depends on a premature diagnosis, a skilful and opportune- treatment handling. Objective: characterizing the behavior of the morbimortality for intestinal occlusion at Cienfuegos pro...

Histological Evidences of Autograft of Dentin/Cementum Granules into Unhealed Socket at 5 Months after Tooth Extraction for Implant Placement

The aim of this clinical case study was to observe biopsy tissues at 5 months after an autograft of a partially demineralized dentin/cementum matrix (pDDM) into a tooth-extracted socket exhibiting healing failure. A 66-year-old female prese...

Evaluating the Psychological Impacts Related to COVID-19 of Vietnamese People Under the First Nationwide Partial Lockdown in Vietnam

This is the first time in Vietnam that people have undergone “social distancing” to minimize the spreading of infectious disease, COVID-19. These deliberate preemptive strategies may have profound impacts on the mental health of the populat...

A Single Simulated Heliox Dive Modifies Endothelial Function in the Vascular Wall of ApoE Knockout Male Rats More Than Females

IntroductionThe number of divers is rising every year, including an increasing number of aging persons with impaired endothelial function and concomitant atherosclerosis. While diving is an independent modulator of endothelial function, lit...

Further validation of the Chinese short Warwick Edinburgh mental wellbeing scale in the adult population of Macau: an application of classic test theory and item response theory

BackgroundThis study aims to validate the Chinese version of the Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (SWEMWBS) by employing both Classical Test Theory (CTT) and Item Response Theory (IRT) approaches.MethodsData were gathered thr...

Innovative Health Technologies and the Social: Redefining Health, Medicine and the Body

This paper explores the growth and social implications of what are regarded as highly innovative technologies in health. Conventional medical sociology and the sociology of health have had a very uneven engagement with technology, apart fro...

Health Technology and Reproduction

Kathleen M. Hoeger, MD, MPH Terhi T. Piltonen, MD, PhD The current issue of Seminars in Reproductive Medicine is devoted to a review of the burgeoning role of health technology in the field of reproductive medicine. The guest editor for the...

Hypermethylated PCDHGB7 as a universal cancer only marker and its application in early cervical cancer screening