Rabies – epidemiology, pathogenesis, public health concerns and advances in diagnosis and control: a comprehensive review

Polymorphism in solids is a common phenomenon in drugs, which can lead to compromised quality due to changes in their physicochemical properties, particularly solubility, and, therefore, reduce bioavailability. Herein, a bibliographic survey was performed based on key issues and studies related to polymorphism in active pharmaceutical ingredient (APIs) present in medications from the Farmácia Popular Rede Própria. Polymorphism must be controlled to prevent possible ineffective therapy and/or improper dosage. Few mandatory tests for the identification and control of polymorphism in medications are currently available, which can result in serious public health concerns.

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Listeriosis in animals, its public health significance (food-borne zoonosis) and advances in diagnosis and control: a comprehensive review

Veterinary Quarterly ◽

10.1080/01652176.2015.1063023 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 35 (4) ◽

pp. 211-235 ◽

Cited By ~ 40

Author(s):

Kuldeep Dhama ◽

Kumaragurubaran Karthik ◽

Ruchi Tiwari ◽

Muhammad Zubair Shabbir ◽

Sukhadeo Barbuddhe ◽

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Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Comprehensive Review ◽

Public Health Significance ◽

Food Borne ◽

Health Significance ◽

And Control

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Compendium of Animal Rabies Prevention and Control, 2003: National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians, Inc. (NASPHV)

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e548542006-001 ◽

2003 ◽

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Prevention And Control ◽

National Association ◽

And Control ◽

Rabies Prevention

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Feature extraction and prediction of Dengue Outbreaks

International Journal of Scientific Research in Computer Science Engineering and Information Technology ◽

10.32628/cseit206544 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 216-222

Author(s):

Kunal Parikh ◽

Tanvi Makadia ◽

Harshil Patel

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Machine Learning ◽

Developing Countries ◽

Feature Extraction ◽

Predictive Analytics ◽

Learning Algorithm ◽

Machine Learning Algorithm ◽

Health Concerns ◽

The World ◽

Dengue Outbreaks

Dengue is unquestionably one of the biggest health concerns in India and for many other developing countries. Unfortunately, many people have lost their lives because of it. Every year, approximately 390 million dengue infections occur around the world among which 500,000 people are seriously infected and 25,000 people have died annually. Many factors could cause dengue such as temperature, humidity, precipitation, inadequate public health, and many others. In this paper, we are proposing a method to perform predictive analytics on dengue’s dataset using KNN: a machine-learning algorithm. This analysis would help in the prediction of future cases and we could save the lives of many.

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A Comprehensive Review on Blast Furnace

SMART MOVES JOURNAL IJOSCIENCE ◽

10.24113/ijoscience.v4i11.171 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4 (11) ◽

pp. 6

Author(s):

Upendra Kumar ◽

Avinash Patidar ◽

Bhupendra Koshti

Keyword(s):

Blast Furnace ◽

Metallurgical Coke ◽

Waste Plastics ◽

Blast Furnaces ◽

Liquid Hydrocarbons ◽

Comprehensive Review ◽

Global Performance ◽

Flow Heat ◽

And Control ◽

Recycled Waste

The design and control of blast furnace (BF) ironmaking must be optimized in order to be competitive and sustainable, particularly under the more and more demanding and tough economic and environmental conditions. To achieve this, it is necessary to understand the complex multiphase flow, heat and mass transfer, and global performance of a BF. In this paper injection of alternative reducing agents via lances in the tubers of blast furnaces is discussed to reduce the consumption of metallurgical coke. Besides liquid hydrocarbons and pulverized coal the injection of recycled waste plastics is possible, offering the opportunity to chemically reuse waste material and also utilize the energy contained in such remnants.

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Strengthening of occupational health promotion by the German Prevention Health Care Act

Russian Journal of Occupational Health and Industrial Ecology ◽

10.31089/1026-9428-2019-3-188-190 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 188-190

Author(s):

Diana Hart

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Health Care ◽

Health Promotion ◽

Primary Prevention ◽

Occupational Health ◽

Life Expectancy ◽

Prevention And Control ◽

Occupational Health Promotion ◽

And Control

All countries are faced with the problem of the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (NCD): implement prevention strategies eff ectively, keep up the momentum with long term benefi ts at the individual and the population level, at the same time tackling hea lth inequalities. Th e aff ordability of therapy and care including innovative therapies is going to be one of the key public health priorities in the years to come. Germany has taken in the prevention and control of NCDs. Germany’s health system has a long history of guaranteeing access to high-quality treatment through universal health care coverage. Th r ough their membership people are entitled to prevention and care services maintaining and restoring their health as well as long term follow-up. Like in many other countries general life expectancy has been increasing steadily in Germany. Currently, the average life expectancy is 83 and 79 years in women and men, respectively. Th e other side of the coin is that population aging is strongly associated with a growing burden of disease from NCDs. Already over 70 percent of all deaths in Germany are caused by four disease entities: cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic respiratory disease and diabetes. Th ese diseases all share four common risk factors: smoking, alcohol abuse, lack of physical activity and overweight. At the same time, more and more people become long term survivors of disease due to improved therapy and care. Th e German Government and public health decision makers are aware of the need for action and have responded by initiating and implementing a wide spectrum of activities. One instrument by strengthening primary prevention is the Prevention Health Care Act. Its overarching aim is to prevent NCDs before they can manifest themselves by strengthening primary prevention and health promotion in diff erent sett ings. One of the main emphasis of the Prevention Health Care Act is the occupational health promotion at the workplace.

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Gendered Marketing of Food Supplements in Lifestyle Magazines in Greece

Current Nutraceuticals ◽

10.2174/2665978601666191204164206 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 54-63

Author(s):

Effrosyni Kotsaga

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Statistical Analysis ◽

Print Media ◽

Women's Magazines ◽

Quality Characteristics ◽

Food Supplements ◽

Health Concerns ◽

Comparative Statistical Analysis ◽

Gendered Stereotypes

Background: Marketing of food supplements in Greece in print media has not been examined and this study is the first attempt to provide a comparative statistical analysis. Methods: Lifestyle magazines that were distributed all over Greece and aimed at women and men were collected in the years 2014 and 2016. Five criteria with their subcriteria were developed and were related to the branding of the food supplements; their quality characteristics; the information given about health concerns; photographs of people who promoted food supplements and to claims of their suitability. Results: It seems that in terms of product branding, women’s magazines were more likely to be targeted. Some quality characteristics such as information about the ingredients of food supplements or information about banned substances were more likely to be seen in women’s magazines in 2016. In 2014 and 2016, not all advertisements provided information about health concerns and among those which informed readers about health concerns, differentiation in target audiences was observed. Photographs that showed people promoting food supplements as well as claims of suitability for various categories of consumers, seem to be gendered in 2014 but this trend was not strong enough in 2016. Conclusion: It can be argued that the marketing of food supplements was aggressive and gendered in 2014 and changed in 2016 with better information on public health but had retained some gendered stereotypes.

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Biosecurity and Public Health Ethics Issues Raised by Biological Threats

The Oxford Handbook of Public Health Ethics ◽

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190245191.013.67 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 773-785

Author(s):

Nicholas Evans ◽

Thomas Inglesby

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Resource Allocation ◽

Infectious Diseases ◽

Ethical Issues ◽

Emerging Infectious Diseases ◽

Biological Weapon ◽

Ethical Values ◽

Dual Use ◽

Health Concerns ◽

Trade Offs

This chapter introduces ethical issues that arise in the context of biosecurity: policies and actions intended to prevent the development or emergence, or mitigate the consequences, of serious biological threats. These threats could include deliberate biological weapon attacks (bioterrorism), pandemics, emerging infectious diseases, or major laboratory accidents. The basic values that underpin these public health concerns are first introduced. Ethical issues that arise before, during, and following a biosecurity crisis are then examined, including issues of resource allocation, dual-use research, and the possibility of quarantine. Their resolution requires trade-offs among different ethical values, including utility, fairness, and liberty.

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An Overview of the Ethics of Injury in Public Health

The Oxford Handbook of Public Health Ethics ◽

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190245191.013.51 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 597-603

Author(s):

Adnan A. Hyder

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Injury Prevention ◽

Prevention And Control ◽

Public Health Ethics ◽

Ethical Challenges ◽

Middle Income ◽

Middle Income Countries ◽

Health Ethics ◽

Prompt Attention ◽

And Control

This chapter briefly introduces ethics issues in injury prevention and control in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), using a series of examples that prompt attention to the ethical principles of autonomy and justice. The chapter also introduces the section of The Oxford Handbook of Public Health Ethics dedicated to an examination of injury and public health ethics, with attention given to the complex ethical challenges arising in injury prevention and control in LMICs. The section’s two chapters discuss public health ethics issues arising in the prevention and control of unintentional injuries and intentional injuries, respectively. Those chapters define a set of ethics issues within international injury work and provide an initial analysis of the nature of those ethics issues, their specificity, and potential pathways for addressing them.

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