Background: Clinical predictive models (CPMs) estimate the probability of clinical outcomes and hold the potential to improve decision-making and individualize care. The Tufts Predictive Analytics and Comparative Effectiveness (PACE) CPM Registry is a comprehensive database of cardiovascular disease (CVD) CPMs. The Registry was last updated in 2012, and there continues to be substantial growth ...

1 Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics, P.O.Box 5746, Tehran 19395, Iran. 2 Department of Physics, Alzahra University, Tehran 19834, Iran 3 Department of Physics, Sharif University of Technology, P.O.Box 9161, Tehran 11365, Iran. 4 Department of Physics, Tehran University, North-Kargar Ave. Tehran, Iran. 5 Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences, P.O.Box 159, Ga...

OBJECTIVE To assess the long-term effects of population-level HSV-2 infection on HIV incidence. METHODS Data from a population-based cohort in south-western Uganda were used to estimate HIV incidence from 1990 to 2007. Stored blood samples were tested for HSV-2, and the impact of HSV-2 prevalence and incidence on HIV incidence was estimated by calculating population attributable fractions (PA...

OBJECTIVE Determine representation by gender for individual recognition awards presented to physicians by the Association of Academic Physiatrists (AAP). DESIGN Cross-sectional survey was used. Lists of individual recognition award recipients for the 27-yr history of the AAP awards (1990-2016) were analyzed. The primary outcome measures were the total numbers of men versus women physician awa...

BACKGROUND Breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices have profound implications for the maternal and child health status of a society. Feeding practices in Pakistan are suboptimal, leading to adverse outcomes on child health. In Pakistan, the Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health (MNCH) Program, in collaboration with several international organizations, including WHO and UNICEF, is workin...

Taking almost all cities in China(including Hong Kong and Macau) as the research object in the year 1990, 2000 and 2007, this article studies the urban spheres of influence by using gravity model. Based on overall grasp of the spatial pattern of Chinese urban spheres of influence, the spatial characteristics of urban agglomerations are paid close attention to. Urban agglomerations are national ...

BACKGROUND The objectives of this community-based study were to examine the overall and changing (1990-2007) frequency and impact on 30-day and 1-year death rates from multiple cardiovascular comorbidities in adults from a large central New England metropolitan area hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). METHODS The study population consisted of 9581 patients hospitalized with A...

BACKGROUND The need for timely and reliable information about global health resource flows to low-income and middle-income countries is widely recognised. We aimed to provide a comprehensive assessment of development assistance for health (DAH) from 1990 to 2007. METHODS We defined DAH as all flows for health from public and private institutions whose primary purpose is to provide development...