14 research outputs found
Anti-Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Immunoglobulin G Antibody Seroprevalence Among Truck Drivers and Assistants in Kenya.
In October 2020, anti-severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) immunoglobulin G seroprevalence among truck drivers and their assistants (TDA) in Kenya was 42.3%, higher than among healthcare workers and blood donors. Truck drivers and their assistants transport essential supplies during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, placing them at increased risk of being infected and of transmitting SARS-CoV-2 over a wide geographical area
HEXAFLUOROPHOSPHATE AS A NON-COORDINATING ANION IN LANTHANIDE COMPLEXES. III. TETRAMETHYLUREA (TMU) COMPLEXES
Multifidelity surrogate modeling of experimental and computational aerodynamic data sets
This study presents a multifidelity surrogate modeling approach, combining experimental and computational aerodynamic data sets. A multifidelity cokriging regression surrogate model is used. This study highlights how lowfidelity data from computations contribute to improving surrogate models built with limited high-fidelity data from experiments. Various types of sampling design for low fidelity data are also examined to study the impact of characteristics of the sampling design on the final surrogate models. Replication, blocking, and randomization techniques originally developed for design of experiments are used to minimize random and systematic errors. Surrogate models representing the performance of an inverted wing with counter-rotating vortex generators in ground effect are constructed, where design variables of the wing ride height and incidence and the response of sectional downforce are examined. A cokriging regression containing 12 experimental and 25 computational data points sampled with a Latin hypercube design shows the best performance here, capturing general characteristics of the target map well
Anti-severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 immunoglobulin g antibody seroprevalence among truck drivers and assistants in Kenya
In October 2020, anti-severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) immunoglobulin G seroprevalence among truck drivers and their assistants (TDA) in Kenya was 42.3%, higher than among healthcare workers and blood donors. Truck drivers and their assistants transport essential supplies during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, placing them at increased risk of being infected and of transmitting SARS-CoV-2 over a wide geographical area
Numerical/experimental investigations on reducing drag penalty of passive vortex generators on a NACA 4415 airfoil
Entropy stable numerical approximations for the isothermal and polytropic Euler equations
Neonatal mortality in Kenyan hospitals: a multisite, retrospective, cohort study
Background Most of the deaths among neonates in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) can be prevented through universal access to basic high-quality health services including essential facility-based inpatient care. However, poor routine data undermines data-informed efforts to monitor and promote improvements in the quality of newborn care across hospitals.Methods Continuously collected routine patientsâ data from structured paper record forms for all admissions to newborn units (NBUs) from 16 purposively selected Kenyan public hospitals that are part of a clinical information network were analysed together with data from all paediatric admissions ages 0â13 years from 14 of these hospitals. Data are used to show the proportion of all admissions and deaths in the neonatal age group and examine morbidity and mortality patterns, stratified by birth weight, and their variation across hospitals.Findings During the 354 hospital months study period, 90â222 patients were admitted to the 14 hospitals contributing NBU and general paediatric ward data. 46% of all the admissions were neonates (aged 0â28âdays), but they accounted for 66% of the deaths in the age group 0â13âyears. 41â657 inborn neonates were admitted in the NBUs across the 16 hospitals during the study period. 4266/41 657 died giving a crude mortality rate of 10.2% (95% CI 9.97% to 10.55%), with 60% of these deaths occurring on the first-day of admission. Intrapartum-related complications was the single most common diagnosis among the neonates with birth weight of 2000âg or more who died. A threefold variation in mortality across hospitals was observed for birth weight categories 1000â1499âg and 1500â1999âg.Interpretation The high proportion of neonatal deaths in hospitals may reflect changing patterns of childhood mortality. Majority of newborns died of preventable causes (>95%). Despite availability of high-impact low-cost interventions, hospitals have high and very variable mortality proportions after stratification by birth weight