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Continuous Monitoring of Vital Signs Using Wearable Devices on the General Ward: Pilot Study Open
Background Measurement of vital signs in hospitalized patients is necessary to assess the clinical situation of the patient. Early warning scores (EWS), such as the modified early warning score (MEWS), are generally calculated 3 times a da…
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Warning signs for stabilizing global CO <sub>2</sub> emissions Open
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuels and industry comprise ~90% of all CO2 emissions from human activities. For the last three years, such emissions were stable, despite continuing growth in the global economy. Many positive tr…
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Detection of suicide-related posts in Twitter data streams Open
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Awareness about Breast Cancer and Breast Self-Examination among Female Students at the University of Sharjah: A Cross-Sectional Study Open
Background: Breast cancer is a leading cause of mortality among women in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Many young women in the UAE have poor knowledge about breast cancer screening, including risk factors and warning signs/symptoms. We i…
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Ischemic Stroke Open
Occupational health nurses play a valuable role in educating workers and supervisors about the risk factors and warning signs of ischemic stroke.
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Medical errors; causes, consequences, emotional response and resulting behavioral change Open
Medical errors committed by residents have inadequate disclosure to senior physicians and result in negative emotions but there was positive change in their behavior, which resulted in improvement in their future training and patient care.
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Awareness of Colorectal Cancer and Attitudes Towards Its Screening Guidelines in Lebanon Open
Serious active measures should be taken by health care sectors, authoritative groups, primary care physicians, and awareness campaigns to fill the gap in awareness of this disease and to alleviate the barriers and misconceptions around it.
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Knowledge on Signs and Risk Factors in Stroke Patients Open
Background: There is a pressing need to contribute evidence to the improvement in the early identification of signs and symptoms associated with strokes, and address the treatment-seeking delays. The objective of this study is to describe …
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Awareness of risk factors and warning symptoms and attitude towards gastric cancer screening among the general public in China: a cross-sectional study Open
Objectives This study aimed to assess the knowledge of risk factors and warning symptoms and attitude towards gastric cancer screening among the general population in China. Setting Hunan province, China Participants Individuals aged older…
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Mass Media Campaigns’ Influence on Prehospital Behavior for Acute Coronary Syndromes: An Evaluation of the Australian Heart Foundation's Warning Signs Campaign Open
Background The aim of this study was to examine the awareness of a recent mass media campaign, and its influence on knowledge and prehospital times, in a cohort of acute coronary syndrome ( ACS ) patients admitted to an Australian hospital…
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Functional gastro‐intestinal disorder algorithms focus on early recognition, parental reassurance and nutritional strategies Open
Up to 50% of infants present with symptoms of regurgitation, infantile colic and/or constipation during the first 12 months of life. Although they are often classed as functional disorders, there is an overlap with cows' milk allergy. We p…
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Does stroke health promotion increase awareness of appropriate behavioural response? Impact of the face, arm, speech and time (FAST) campaign on population knowledge of stroke risk factors, warning signs and emergency response Open
Introduction Inability to identify stroke warning signs accurately is an important cause of delay in seeking medical attention, leading to potential ineligibility for acute intervention. We report on post-campaign findings (wave 2) of nati…
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‘Errors’ and omissions in paper-based early warning scores: the association with changes in vital signs—a database analysis Open
Objectives To understand factors associated with errors using an established paper-based early warning score (EWS) system. We investigated the types of error, where they are most likely to occur, and whether ‘errors’ can predict subsequent…
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Clinical ABCDE rule for early melanoma detection Open
A higher number of ABCDE signs were associated with a greater chance of MM being first suspected by a non-dermatologist, but not in situ MM diagnosis. Relying on the ABCDE rule alone might result in missing early MM lesions.
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Primary and Secondary Immunodeficiency Diseases in Oncohaematology: Warning Signs, Diagnosis, and Management Open
Background: Immunodeficiencies (ID), in particular primary immunodeficiencies (PID), are often associated with haematological manifestations, such as peripheral cytopenias or lymphoproliferative syndromes. Early diagnosis and management ha…
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Earthquake early warning in Aotearoa New Zealand: a survey of public perspectives to guide warning system development Open
Earthquake early warning (EEW) can be used to detect earthquakes and provide advanced notification of strong shaking, allowing pre-emptive actions to be taken that not only benefit infrastructure but reduce injuries and fatalities. Current…
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Innovative Crisis Management in Construction: Approaches and the Process Open
Crisis management is a process that includes catching and evaluating crisis signals and needs to take and implement necessary precautions in order to overcome a crisis with a minimal damage. Detecting the early warning signals of a crisis …
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Heatwaves and dengue outbreaks in Hanoi, Vietnam: New evidence on early warning Open
The short-term association between temperature and dengue risk varied by the level of outbreaks and temperature seems more likely affect large outbreaks. Moreover, heatwaves may delay the timing and increase the magnitude of dengue outbrea…
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Knowledge of Stroke Risk Factors and Warning Signs in Patients with Recurrent Stroke or Recurrent Transient Ischaemic Attack in Thailand Open
Stroke is a global burden. It is not known whether patients who are most at risk of stroke (recurrent stroke or recurrent transient ischaemic attack) have enough knowledge of stroke risk factors and warning signs. The aim of this study was…
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Suicide in pediatrics: epidemiology, risk factors, warning signs and the role of the pediatrician in detecting them Open
Epidemiological data suggests suicide is uncommon in childhood but becomes an extremely serious issue among adolescents.Several risk factors have been identified and include the presence of psychiatric illness, a previous suicide attempt, …
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Conversations Gone Awry: Detecting Early Signs of Conversational Failure Open
One of the main challenges online social systems face is the prevalence of antisocial behavior, such as harassment and personal attacks. In this work, we introduce the task of predicting from the very start of a conversation whether it wil…
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Intelligent identification and real-time warning method of diverse complex events in horizontal well fracturing Open
The existing approaches for identifying events in horizontal well fracturing are difficult, time-consuming, inaccurate, and incapable of real-time warning. Through improvement of data analysis and deep learning algorithm, together with the…
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WHO Dengue Case Classification 2009 and its usefulness in practice: an expert consensus in the Americas Open
The expert panel recommends to (1) update ICD10, (2) include D/SD in country epidemiological reports, and (3) implement studies improving sensitivity/specificity of the dengue case definition.
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Wet Bulb Globe Temperature: Indicating Extreme Heat Risk on a Global Grid Open
The Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT) is an international standard heat index used by the health, industrial, sports, and climate sectors to assess thermal comfort during heat extremes. Observations of its components, the globe and the wet…
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Pathophysiology diabetic foot ulcer Open
Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is known to have many complications. Diabetes and its complications are rapidly becoming the world's most significant cause of morbidity and mortality, and one of the most distressing is Diabetic Foot Ulcer (DFU). Ch…
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The Black Swan – Knowing the Unknown in Projects Open
A “Black Swan” is produced when the gap between what we know and what we think we know becomes dangerously wide (Taleb, 2007). This concept is closely related to uncertainty and learning. A Black Swan event is usually a surprise, at least …
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The use of indigenous climate forecasting methods by the pastoralists of Northern Kenya Open
This paper focused on the early warning signs of climate variation as indicated by the Borana community of Isiolo County, Kenya. The objective of the study was to determine the indigenous early warning signs used by the Borana to predict t…
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Barriers against effective responses to early warning signs in projects Open
It is a major challenge for project organizations to react sufficiently quickly to the identified early warning signs of project problems in order to avoid the occurrence of those problems. This article investigates project and project org…
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An Extensive Examination of the Warning Signs, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Available Therapies, and Prognosis for Lumpy Skin Disease Open
The lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV) infects cattle and buffalo and causes lumpy skin disease (LSD). It affects the lymph nodes of the sick animals, causing them to enlarge and appear as lumps (cutaneous nodules) that are 2–5 cm in diameter…
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The Sensitivity, Specificity and Accuracy of Warning Signs in Predicting Severe Dengue, the Severe Dengue Prevalence and Its Associated Factors Open
Objectives: To study Malaysian dengue clinical practice guideline (CPG) warning signs (WS) in predicting severe dengue (SD) and its associated factors among confirmed cases presented to a teaching hospital in north-eastern Malaysia in 2014…