BMJ Open

School-based and animation-based comprehensive sexuality education in Kenya: protocol for a quasiexperimental study

Introduction Adolescents in Kenya face a high burden of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) challenges, including early pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections and limited access to accurate ...
BMJ Global Health

Intimate partner violence trajectories over a 1-year period in a population-based cohort of women in Kenya: associations with individual and community normative factors

Introduction The global evidence base on intimate partner violence (IPV) prevalence and risk factors is predominantly cross-sectional, limiting clarity in changes over time. Prospective cohort data ...
BMJ

Effectiveness of treatments for acute and subacute mechanical non-specific low back pain: a systematic review with network meta-analysis

Correspondence to Dr Silvia Bargeri, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Unit of Clinical Epidemiology, Milan, Italy Milano, Lombardia, IT, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milano 20161, Italy; ...
BMJ Global Health

Coverage and social and behavioural drivers of routine childhood immunisation in selected regions in the Philippines: a cross-sectional study

Introduction Like many countries globally, childhood immunisation coverage is below government targets in the Philippines and ...
Lupus Science & Medicine

Association between disease duration and comorbidity burden in systemic lupus erythematosus: a multicentre study from Pakistan

Objective This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence and predictors of cardiovascular disease (CVD), chronic kidney disease ...
Scientific Research Publishing

Evaluating the Impact of “Smart Water” on the Management and Technical Efficiency of Water Supply Utilities: Evidence from Investigation on Shandong Province in China ()

The New Type Key Think Tank of Zhejiang Province “China Research Institute of Regulation and Public Policy”, Hangzhou, China. 2 Shandong Province City Water Supply and Drainage Water Quality ...
IEEE

Bayesian Multiple Linear Regression and New Modeling Paradigm for Structural Deflection Robust to Data Time Lag and Abnormal Signal

Abstract: Long-span bridges are the lifeline throats of urban transportation network. Deflection (i.e., deformation) behavior of long-span bridges is complex. It can be found from long-term monitoring ...