Epidemiology

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Turning global water security research into policy and action


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2 months ago

Biomedical

Social-ecological factors related to preventive behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea


Most studies on COVID-19 preventive behaviors have focused on single-level factors such as national policy, community social capital, or individuals' sociodemographic characteristics. Through a social-ecological model, this study attempts to comprehensively examine the multilevel factors associated with COVID-19 preventive practices in South Korea. Accordingly, a web survey involving 1,500 partici...
2 years ago

Biomedical

Iraq Healthcare System During the First Year of Covid-19 Pandemic


Background: The year 2020 witnessed the rapid spread of covid-19 pandemic in Iraq and in almost all the countries in the world. This spread has created a serious health crises and a public health emergency in Iraq and throughout the world. Throughout the world, healthcare systems have been negatively influenced by the pandemic and experienced unexpected changes. We have previously provided sever...
2 years ago

Biomedical

Semantic Pattern Detection in COVID-19 Using Contextual Clustering and Intelligent Topic Modeling


The COVID-19 pandemic is the deadliest outbreak in our living memory. So, it is the need of hour to prepare the world with strategies to prevent and control the impact of the pandemic. In this paper, a novel semantic pattern detection approach in the COVID-19 literature using contextual clustering and intelligent topic modeling is presented. For contextual clustering, three level weights at ...
2 years ago

Biomedical

Subnational variations in electricity access and infant mortality: Evidence from Ghana


Objectives: The study investigated the relationship between electricity access and infant mortality at the sub- national level in Ghana, controlling for correlates such as birth interval, children living with both parents, women’s education, and income distribution. Methods: The study employed a pooled cross‐section regression approach using data from the Ghana Demographic and Health Surve...
2 years ago

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