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Infectious Diseases
Monica Golumbeanu, Guo-Jing Yang, Flavia Camponovo, Erin M. Stuckey, Nicholas Hamon, Mathias Mondy, Sarah Rees, Nakul Chitnis, Ewan Cameron, Melissa A. Penny
Summary: This study presents a quantitative approach using mathematical models and machine learning to guide the development of malaria interventions. The analysis identifies the efficacy, coverage, and duration requirements needed for these interventions to achieve targeted reductions in malaria prevalence.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES OF POVERTY
(2022)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Daniel T. Citron, Carlos A. Guerra, Andrew J. Dolgert, Sean L. Wu, John M. Henry, Hector M. C. Sanchez, David L. Smith
Summary: Newly available datasets offer opportunities to investigate the role of human population movement in the spread of infectious diseases globally, but leveraging the data to parameterize movement models and understanding their impact on disease outcomes remains a question. Adaptations of infectious disease models with different movement models show significant impact on epidemiological outcomes, highlighting the importance of choosing an appropriate movement model in disease modeling.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2021)
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Health Care Sciences & Services
Yijing Wang, Junko Tanuma, Jinghua Li, Kota Iwahashi, Liping Peng, Chun Chen, Yuantao Hao, Stuart Gilmour
Summary: The study found that despite current policies, Japan will not be able to eliminate HIV transmission by 2050. However, behavioral and biomedical interventions can eliminate HIV among MSM by 2050, with comprehensive interventions accelerating the achievement of this goal.
LANCET REGIONAL HEALTH-WESTERN PACIFIC
(2022)
Review
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Eduardo Guzman, Beatriz Andres, Raul Poler
Summary: Production planning, scheduling, and sequencing are crucial for manufacturing companies to meet the market demands efficiently. Recent research has focused on addressing the challenges posed by new and changing market demands, and has identified future research opportunities.
JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL INFORMATION INTEGRATION
(2022)
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Management
Mario Amorim-Lopes, Monica Oliveira, Mariana Raposo, Teresa Cardoso-Grilo, Antonio Alvarenga, Marta Barbas, Marco Alves, Ana Vieira, Ana Barbosa-Povoa
Summary: This study proposes a new methodology to incorporate uncertainty over the future within mathematical programming modeling by using foresight and scenario planning concepts. Stakeholders and experts are engaged in building tailor-made scenarios and adjusting input parameters for mathematical programming models. This approach has been applied to healthcare workforce planning and can be extended to address strategic and sensitive policy planning issues.
OMEGA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
(2021)
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Biology
Marissa L. Childs, Morgan P. Kain, Mallory J. Harris, Devin Kirk, Lisa Couper, Nicole Nova, Isabel Delwel, Jacob Ritchie, Alexander D. Becker, Erin A. Mordecai
Summary: The study evaluated a stochastic SEIR model of COVID-19 to estimate transmission parameters during the first wave of the epidemic in Santa Clara County, California. While the model accurately predicted dynamics through June, it did not anticipate rising summer cases after shelter-in-place orders were relaxed in June.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2021)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Mady Cissoko, Mahamadou Magassa, Vincent Sanogo, Abdoulaye Ouologuem, Lansana Sangare, Modibo Diarra, Cedric Stephane Bationo, Mathias Dolo, Mamadou Djoulde Bah, Sidy Doumbia, Mamadou B. Coulibaly, Diahara Traore, Boubacar Sidibe, Jordi Landier, Idrissa Cisse, Moussa Sacko, Jean Gaudart, Issaka Sagara
Summary: This study conducted a malaria risk stratification at the health district level in Mali and proposed targeted control interventions based on spatial heterogeneity of malaria incidence, malaria prevalence in children, vector resistance distribution, health facility usage, child mortality, and seasonality of transmission. The findings provide valuable information for the targeting of malaria control interventions in Mali and can be used as a template for continuous risk stratifications in Mali and other countries.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
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Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Yinuo Li, Jin-Kao Hao, Brahim Chabane
Summary: The translated paragraph discusses the importance of developing personalized projects in social and medico-social centers to improve project efficiency. The work explores the main issue of elaborating feasible and thoughtful personalized projects, as well as the imperative constraints and optimizing objectives to consider when creating personalized projects. The study presents a general formulation of the problem and investigates two solution approaches based on mathematical programming and greedy search.
EXPERT SYSTEMS WITH APPLICATIONS
(2021)
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Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Yue Jin, Shuangqing Wei, Jian Yuan, Xudong Zhang
Summary: In this article, we address an important and challenging problem of cooperative navigation control. We formulate the problem as a stochastic game and propose a hierarchical and stable multiagent deep reinforcement learning algorithm. Experimental results demonstrate that our method converges quickly and generates more efficient cooperative navigation policies compared to other methods.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NEURAL NETWORKS AND LEARNING SYSTEMS
(2023)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Arran Hamlet, Dereje Dengela, J. Eric Tongren, Fitsum G. Tadesse, Teun Bousema, Marianne Sinka, Aklilu Seyoum, Seth R. Irish, Jennifer S. Armistead, Thomas Churcher
Summary: Sub-Saharan Africa has experienced a reduction in malaria cases and deaths in recent years, but this progress may be at risk due to the invasion of Anopheles stephensi. A modeling study found that without additional interventions, malaria cases could increase by 50%. Scaling up vector control interventions would be necessary to prevent a major public health emergency, but it would come with significant costs.
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Environmental Sciences
Raju Chauhan, Alina Shrestha, Dharmendra Khanal
Summary: In Nepal, there is significant noise pollution issue in Kathmandu, with the enforcement of No Horn Regulation proving effective in reducing noise levels, although compliance and monitoring remain challenges. Recommendations for a comprehensive noise strategy with a focus on compliance monitoring and regular assessment have been proposed to address noise pollution as a major public health concern.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2021)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Aliya Karim, Don de Savigny, Phyllis Awor, Daniel Cobos Munoz, Daniel Maeusezahl, Antoinette Kitoto Tshefu, Jean Serge Ngaima, Ugo Enebeli, Chinwoke Isiguzo, Humphreys Nsona, Ikechi Ogbonnaya, Pascal Ngoy, Ayo Alegbeleye
Summary: The study proposes a Global South-driven, systems-based framework that aims to capture the different elements of iCCM program implementation. The resulting framework consists of 10 thematic domains comprising 106 categories. It also includes critical questions that can be used by program designers, implementers, and evaluators to facilitate meaningful discussions and explore the potential implications of implementation in decentralized settings. The framework aims to complement existing intervention benchmarks and indicators by expanding the scope and depth of the thematic components.
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Urban Studies
Nir Barak, Nir Mualam
Summary: This study explores how city governments create their own regulatory practices despite top-down control, using the case of Israel's regulation of high-rise residential building maintenance. The analysis reveals an ongoing struggle between local and central governments and how municipalities push the central government to act, contributing to the existing literature with a proposed conceptual framework of two types of municipal autonomy.
Review
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
E. B. Esu, M. Chibuzor, E. Aquaisua, E. Udoh, O. Sam, S. Okoroafor, M. Ongom, E. Effa, A. Oyo-ita, M. Meremikwu
Summary: There is insufficient evidence on the effectiveness of various interventions to attract and retain health workers in rural and underserved areas. Regulatory measures and recruiting rural students appear to be effective in improving attraction and retention, but challenges remain, such as health workers potentially relocating once obligations are fulfilled.
JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
(2021)
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Automation & Control Systems
Dengpeng Xing, Fangfang Liu, De Xu, Bo Xu
Summary: This article investigates the simultaneous insertion of multiple objects and proposes a strategy to control it in belief space. An optimization approach is discussed to decrease estimated radial interaction forces, resulting in a toward-center movement. Experiments validate the proposed method.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL INFORMATICS
(2021)
Article
Immunology
Brooke E. Nichols, Lise Jamieson, Sabrina R. C. Zhang, Gabriella A. Rao, Sheetal Silal, Juliet R. C. Pulliam, Ian Sanne, Gesine Meyer-Rath
Summary: Countries like South Africa have limited ICU capacity to handle COVID-19 patients, but Remdesivir can prevent deaths by reducing ICU stay and freeing up bed capacity.
CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES
(2021)
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Management
Sheetal Prakash Silal
Summary: Infectious diseases, whether established or emerging, are a significant burden globally. Operational research plays a vital role in strengthening health systems and supporting disease control efforts.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Infectious Diseases
Rima Shretta, Sheetal P. Silal, Keziah Malm, Wahjib Mohammed, Joel Narh, Danielle Piccinini, Kathryn Bertram, Jessica Rockwood, Matt Lynch
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Infectious Diseases
Timothy Awine, Sheetal P. Silal
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Immunology
Youngji Jo, Lise Jamieson, Ijeoma Edoka, Lawrence Long, Sheetal Silal, Juliet R. C. Pulliam, Harry Moultrie, Ian Sanne, Gesine Meyer-Rath, Brooke E. Nichols
Summary: The study suggests that in South Africa, using remdesivir for nonventilated patients and dexamethasone for ventilated patients may be more cost-effective than standard care, saving lives and costs. Further efforts to improve recovery time with remdesivir and dexamethasone in ICUs could have potential benefits in terms of saving lives and costs.
OPEN FORUM INFECTIOUS DISEASES
(2021)
Article
Infectious Diseases
Joseph Njau, Sheetal P. Silal, Aparna Kollipara, Katie Fox, Ryleen Balawanth, Anthony Yuen, Lisa J. White, Mandisi Moya, Yogan Pillay, Devanand Moonasar
Summary: This study presents a cost-benefit analysis of malaria elimination in South Africa through simulating different scenarios aimed at achieving elimination within a 10-year period. Results show that malaria elimination in South Africa is feasible and economically worthwhile with a positive return on investment, particularly by securing funding for proposed interventions in the endemic areas of South Africa and neighbouring Mozambique.
Editorial Material
Health Policy & Services
Alec Morton, Ebru Bish, Itamar Megiddo, Weifen Zhuang, Roberto Aringhieri, Sally Brailsford, Sarang Deo, Na Geng, Julie Higle, David Hutton, Mart Janssen, Edward H. Kaplan, Jianbin Li, Monica D. Oliveira, Shankar Prinja, Marion Rauner, Sheetal Silal, Jie Song
HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Infectious Diseases
Jenna Patterson, Susan Cleary, Sheetal P. Silal, Gregory D. Hussey, Annabel Enoch, Stephen Korsman, Elizabeth Goddard, Mashiko Setshedi, Wendy C. Spearman, Benjamin M. Kagina, Rudzani Muloiwa
Summary: This study describes the severity, clinical outcomes, and cost of hepatitis A cases presenting to two tertiary healthcare centers in Cape Town, South Africa. The results show that more than 10% of the cases developed complications or resulted in death. Given the severity of clinical outcomes and high costs associated with hepatitis A hospitalization, it is important to consider the introduction of hepatitis A immunization in the public sector in South Africa to potentially avert future morbidity, mortality, and healthcare spending.
BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Simon Pollett, Michael A. Johansson, Nicholas G. Reich, David Brett-Major, Sara Y. Del Valle, Srinivasan Venkatramanan, Rachel Lowe, Travis Porco, Irina Maljkovic Berry, Alina Deshpande, Moritz U. G. Kraemer, David L. Blazes, Wirichada Pan-ngum, Alessandro Vespigiani, Suzanne E. Mate, Sheetal P. Silal, Sasikiran Kandula, Rachel Sippy, Talia M. Quandelacy, Jeffrey J. Morgan, Jacob Ball, Lindsay C. Morton, Benjamin M. Althouse, Julie Pavlin, Wilbert van Panhuis, Steven Riley, Matthew Biggerstaff, Cecile Viboud, Oliver Brady, Caitlin Rivers
Summary: The EPIFORGE checklist is a guideline developed for standardized reporting of epidemic forecasting research, aiming to improve the consistency, reproducibility, comparability, and quality of reporting in this field.
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Medicine, General & Internal
M. Modisenyane, L. Madikezela, S. Mngemane, O. P. Ramadan, M. Matlala, K. McCarthy, N. Govender, T. Nemungadi, S. P. Silal
Summary: In this article, the experiences, opportunities, and lessons for community-based COVID-19 response are presented, with a focus on South Africa's primary healthcare system. The implementation of community screening, testing, contact tracing, and movement modeling in the early stages of the pandemic posed both challenges and opportunities.
SAMJ SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL JOURNAL
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
S. P. Silal, M. J. Groome, N. Govender, J. R. C. Pulliam, O. P. Ramadan, A. Puren, W. Jassat, E. Leonard, H. Moultrie, K. G. Meyer-Rath, W. Ramkrishna, T. Langa, T. Furumele, D. Moonasar, C. Cohen, S. Walaza
Summary: This paper describes the adaptation, development, and operation of epidemiological surveillance and modeling systems in South Africa in response to the COVID-19 epidemic. The data systems for monitoring COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, mortality, and recoveries at a national and provincial level were used to inform modeling projections and public health decisions. Challenges remain to be addressed to better prepare for future waves of COVID-19 and other health emergencies.
SAMJ SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL JOURNAL
(2022)
Article
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Evelyn Sakeah, Ayaga A. A. Bawah, Patrick O. O. Asuming, Cornelius Debpuur, Paul Welaga, Timothy Awine, Maria Anyorikeya, Irene Kuwolamo, Juhwan Oh, Hoon Sang Lee, Hwa-Young Lee, Inseok Lee, Myeong Seon Kim, Seoyeon Hong, John Koku Awoonor-Williams, James F. F. Phillips, Patrick Aboagye, Abraham R. R. Oduro
Summary: This paper presents the findings of a research initiative conducted in the Upper East Region of northern Ghana, which aimed to strengthen the healthcare system. The implementation of transformative interventions led to significant improvements in maternal and child health indicators, such as increased coverage of antenatal and postnatal care, higher proportion of deliveries in healthcare facilities, and reduced incidence of upper respiratory infections.
BMC PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH
(2023)
Meeting Abstract
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Jared M. Norman, Sheetal Silal
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE
(2021)
Meeting Abstract
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Saadiyah Mayet, Ian Durbach, Sheetal Silal
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE
(2021)
