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Background
The practice of medicine has evolved significantly during the past decade, with the emergence of Machine Learning (ML) that offers the opportunity of personalized patient-tailored care. However, ML models still face some challenges when classifying patients where clear-cut boundaries between classes are hard to identify. In this work, we propose an ML architecture to improve the sensitivity of detecting patients in intermediate ...

Air pollution exposure and physical inactivity are risk factors for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. The vascular effects are the result of complex molecular and physiological changes that also occur in the microcirculation, which is the network of smallest blood vessels. These vessels make up the bulk of the cardiovascular system and ensure delivery of nutrients, removal of metabolites and gas exchange. The microcirculation is the ...

Issue Addressed: While there has been an increased focus on how local governments can support the creation of healthy food environments through healthy public policy, little is known about how this is reflected in public health policy in regional areas. The aim of this study was to understand how improvements to the food environment are prioritised, implemented and evaluated by local governments in regional Victoria. Methods: Using a qualitative ...

Background Health literacy concerns the knowledge and competences of persons to meet the complex demands of health in modern society. Although its importance is increasingly recognised, there is no consensus about the definition of health literacy or about its conceptual dimensions, which limits the possibilities for measurement and comparison. Methods A systematic literature review was performed to identify definitions and conceptual frameworks ...

Background: Malaria the first causes of death from parasitic infection worldwide. Interventions to reduce the burden of malaria have produced a tremendous drop in malaria morbidity and mortality. However, progress is slower in DRC, which shares with Nigeria 39% of deaths related to malaria globally. Inappropriate use of drugs may be one of the factors of this below-average performance. The aim of this study was to describe the use of drugs in ...