In turboprop aircraft, the low-frequency noise field created by the propellers is the major contributor to the interior vibro-acoustic field, which determines a passenger’s discomfort. This paper deals with the experimental assessment of an act...
Background/Objectives: Timely initiation of antenatal care (ANC) services is crucial for ensuring maternal and fetal well-being. Despite the importance of ANC, research regarding its initiation remains limited in the Jazan region of Saudi Arabia, an...
20 November 2022
Antenatal care (ANC) is considered a cornerstone of reproductive health programmes, but many women face difficulties in accessing these services, particularly in some sub-Saharan African countries, such as Tanzania. This study aimed to test ANC visit...
27 January 2024
Background Early initiation of antenatal care (ANC) is critical in identifying and mitigating adverse pregnancy-related complications. However, globally, a high percentage of women initiate ANC only at a late stage of their pregnancy. In view of this...
4 September 2019
Although HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) testing for all women has been promoted by Vietnam’s Ministry of Health since 2000, test acceptance rates in this country were reported to be less than 30% in the community. This country has been faci...
This study aimed to investigate the antioxidant activity and release behavior of anthocyanin (ANC) loaded within FA-g-MD wall (ANC-FA-g-MD microcapsule) in vitro. The microencapsulation of ANC was prepared by spray drying and displayed a biphasic rel...
Polymer-based dressings deriving from natural biomaterials have advantages such as nontoxicity, biocompatibility, and mechanical stability, which are essential for efficient wound healing and microbial infection diagnostics. Here, we designed a proto...
γ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA), a vital bioactive component, is biosynthesized via the decarboxylation of L-glutamate (L-Glu) catalyzed by glutamate decarboxylase (GAD). However, the GADs from various sources commonly suffer from low thermal stabil...
Background and objective: The aim of this randomized, single dose, two-period crossover study with two weeks wash-out period was the demonstration of bioequivalence of two recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (rG-CSF) formulations...
Serious bacterial infections (SBI) in children are associated with considerable morbidity and mortality, and their early identification remains challenging. The role of laboratory tests in this setting is still debated, and new biomarkers are needed....
Objective: This study aimed to provide pooled predictors of ANC (antenatal care) service use among women of reproductive age in Ethiopia. Methods: Studies were systematically searched using PubMed, Medline, CINAHL, EMBASE, and Google Scholar. The New...
This paper proposes an architecture to develop machine learning/deep learning models for anomaly network intrusion detection systems on reconfigurable computing platforms. We build two models to validate the framework: Anomaly Detection Autoencoder (...
Background and Objectives: Chemotherapy-induced febrile neutropenia is the most widespread oncologic emergency with high morbidity and mortality rates. Herein we present a retrospective risk factor identification study to evaluate the prognostic role...
Background: In 2022, we adapted the World Health Organization Digital Adaptation Kit (DAK) for antenatal care (ANC) into the BornFyne digital health platform. Because ANC services in many facilities relied on fragmented paper-based guidance, the DAK...
In this paper, a variable threshold voice activity detector (VAD) is developed to control the operation of a two-sensor adaptive noise canceller (ANC). The VAD prohibits the reference input of the ANC from containing some strength of actual speech si...
Introduction: Using the essential reproductive care services such as antenatal care (ANC) and skilled birth services are vital for ensuring safe motherhood and controlling maternal and child mortality. There is no recent evidence on the state of usin...
Human angiotensin-I-converting enzyme (ACE) is involved in vasoregulation, inflammation, and neurodegenerative disorders. The enzyme is formed of two domains; the C-domain (cACE) is primarily involved in blood pressure regulation, whereas the N-domai...
Background/Objectives: The Duffy (Fy) blood group system, encoded by the ACKR1 gene, plays a key role in transfusion medicine and host susceptibility to malarial infections such as Plasmodium vivax. The Duffy-null phenotype [Fy(a−b−)] is...
A necessary condition for agriculture to provide environmental public goods at the level desired by the society is the existence and compliance with appropriate “rules of the game” (institutions). Undoubtedly, institutions are of fundamen...
30 October 2024
Participating in antenatal clinics is a major determinant in reducing poor maternal and neonatal birth outcomes. We aimed to evaluate the utilization of antenatal clinic (ANC) services provided by a mobile clinic led by skilled midwives and determine...
12 March 2019
This study aims to identify the relationship of women’s autonomy and intimate partner violence (IPV) with maternal healthcare service utilization among married women of reproductive age in Nepal. This study used data from the 2016 Nepal Demogra...
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) worsens prognosis after myocardial infarction (MI) but often remains undiagnosed. The study aimed to evaluate the usefulness of questionnaires in assessing the risk of OSA in patients participating in managed care after...
30 April 2020
Asymptomatic malaria and anemia during pregnancy increase the risk of negative birth outcomes. This cross-sectional study investigated the prevalence and correlates of asymptomatic malaria and anemia during first antenatal care (ANC) visit among preg...
Generating a quiet zone at a target location is the ultimate goal of active noise control (ANC). Generally, the best noise cancellation is achieved at the locations of error sensors. However, the distribution of physical error sensors at a given loca...
As urbanization accelerates, the increasing number of vehicles and travel demands contribute to escalating road traffic noise pollution. Although passive noise control techniques such as noise barriers and green belts effectively mitigate noise, they...
4 February 2023
Steel slag has been proven to be an effective environment remediation media for acid neutralization, and a potential aid to mitigate acid mine drainage (AMD). Yet its acid neutralization capacity (ANC) is frequently inhibited by precipitate after a p...
Soil acidification is a significant threat to agricultural sustainability, particularly in paddy fields, where acidic conditions can limit crop productivity and soil health. This study aimed to explore the combined effects of alkaline amendments&mdas...
Inner ear gene therapy using adeno-associated viral vectors (AAVs) in neonatal mice can alleviate hearing loss in mouse models of deafness. However, efficient and safe transgene delivery to the adult mouse cochlea is critical for the effectiveness of...
Objectives: This study aimed to examine the association between maternal health behaviors and neonatal outcomes among the Indonesian population. Methods: Articles were collected from PubMed, EBSCO, ProQuest, DOAJ, and GARUDA. Funnel plots and Egger&r...
In some jurisdictions, race, ancestry or population affinity are part of the biological profile used in preliminary identification, for historical and political reasons. It is long overdue for forensic anthropologists to abandon this typological appr...
The aim of this paper is to develop and describe an objective method for measuring the performance of headphones with active noise cancellation (ANC). The focus was on measuring both passive and active sound attenuation and determining the convergenc...
29 December 2020
Antenatal care (ANC) aims of monitoring wellbeing of mother and foetus during pregnancy. We validate a set of indicators aimed of measuring the quality of ANC of women on low-risk, uncomplicated pregnancy through their relationship with maternal and...
Background: Musculoskeletal (MSK) pain is a frequent but under-addressed concern during pregnancy. In Bangladesh, challenges such as limited antenatal care (ANC) access and heavy maternal workloads make this issue particularly urgent for maternal hea...
Background: Secondary distribution of HIV self-testing kits (HIVST) to pregnant women attending antenatal care (ANC) clinics to give to their male partners is a promising strategy to increase testing coverage among men, but its costs are unknown. Met...
Mining produces significant amounts of solid mineral waste. Mine waste storage facilities are often challenging to manage and may cause environmental problems. Mining waste is often linked to contaminated mine drainage, including acidic waters with m...
The presence of transmitted drug resist- ance (TDR) in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infected individuals naive to antiretroviral therapy, may affect the effectiveness of treatment. Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia, recorded the h...
Raman spectroscopy is a well-established technique for the molecular characterisation of samples and does not require extensive pre-analytical processing for complex cosmetic products. As an illustration of its potential, this study investigates the...
Neutropenia is the most frequent dose-limiting toxicity reported in patients with metastatic breast cancer receiving palbociclib. The objective of this study was to investigate the pharmacokinetic–pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) relationships for toxic...
Audio-integrated feedback active noise control (AFANC) systems deliver wideband audio signals and cancel low frequency narrowband noises simultaneously. The conventional AFANC system uses single-rate processing with fullband adaptive active noise con...
Background: The United Nations International Multiple Micronutrient Antenatal Preparation of a multiple micronutrient supplement (UNIMMAP MMS or MMS) is replacing iron and folic acid supplementation (IFAS) in antenatal care (ANC) in low- and middle-i...
Parvovirus B19 frequently infects children and targets cells of the erythroid lineage. Although healthy children rarely suffer severe disease, children with sickle cell disease (SCD) can experience transient red cell aplasia (TRCA), hospitalization,...
Background: Disability and caste are two different forms of oppression; however, people of the Dalit caste in Nepal and people with disabilities commonly face similar types of marginalities. Dalit women with disabilities may experience double discrim...
Rotating machines in industrial environments often generate fundamental-frequency noise and its harmonics, which may affect workers’ physical and mental health. This study investigates the active control of single-frequency noise in an open sou...
More than 90% of children who are HIV positive were infected via mother-to-child transmission (MTCT). In Sudan, HIV testing rates during pregnancy remain low. This study aimed to understand the key determinants of HIV testing and their association wi...
In this study, we conducted a quantitative evaluation of the comfort of the interior of an electric vehicle (EV) using the brain wave appearance rate, which is part of the human biologic information that the initial stage of the proposed active noise...
19 June 2025
Background: Adherence to iron supplementation is influenced by systemic barriers, including poor healthcare infrastructure, shortage of healthcare providers, and limited access to antenatal care (ANC) services. These challenges are more pronounced in...
The uncertainty in the secondary path of active noise control (ANC) headphones affects the waterbed effect and stability of the feedback system. This study focuses on the uncertainty of the secondary path when real users wear headphones and proposes...
As a typical active noise control algorithm, Filtered-x Least Mean Square (FxLMS) is widely used in the field of audio denoising. In this study, an audio denoising coprocessor based on Retrenched Injunction System Computer-V (RISC-V), a custom instru...
10 February 2022
There are many factors that affect vitamin D supplementation, including those from the theory of planned behaviour (TPB); however, how the perceived benefit acts in the model remains unknown. In the current study, we tested the efficacy of the TPB an...
The presence of sulfur in coal processing wastes can lead to environmental impacts, such as acid rock drainage (ARD). However, not all sulfur species are acid-forming, and the implications of sulfur speciation when assessing acid rock drainage potent...
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