Background: Population impact measures (PIMs) have been developed as tools to help policy-makers with locally relevant decisions over health risks and benefits. This involves estimating and prioritising potential benefits of interventions in specific populations. Using tuberculosis (TB) in India...

Area deprivation measures provide a pragmatic tool for targeting public health interventions at socioeconomically deprived individuals. Ethnic minority groups in the UK experience higher levels of socioeconomic deprivation and certain associated diseases than the White population. The aim of...

Blockchain technology is reshaping business models by altering how transactions and data integrity are managed. This shift necessitates evaluating long-term profitability and operational efficiency across various blockchain frameworks. Our research describes the development and application of a...

Multi-color luminescence stimulus-responsive materials based on lanthanide (Ln 3+ ) complexes have attracted increasing interest because of their considerable potential applications in various fields. However, enabling materials with rapidly stimulus-responsive property remains a challenge....

Although the prevalence of angina in women is increasing, women are less likely than men to undergo invasive management of coronary disease. Gender differences in language use may contribute to disparities in management, since the diagnosis of angina relies on a patient's description of their...

Continuous decline in functioning is not an inevitable consequence of ageing, as some individuals maintain high levels of functioning to old age. The origins of functional problems in old age are not only related to current circumstances, but may be traced back to earlier life-experiences....

Symptoms play a crucial part in the formulation of medical diagnoses, yet the construction and interpretation of symptom narratives is not well understood. The diagnosis of angina is largely based on symptoms, but a substantial minority of patients diagnosed with "non-cardiac" chest pain go on...

Task 5.1 of SafetyNet Work Package 5 is concerned with the development of abroad ranging, intermediate level Fatal Accident database. The informationprovided in the database represents a major advance in the knowledge of thenature and circumstances of fatal accidents within the EU. The...