Magnetic Resonance Imaging Techniques For Contrast - Enhanced Cellular And Molecular Imaging

Ph.DDOCTOR OF PHILOSOPH

Global respiratory syncytial virus–related infant community deaths

Background Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a leading cause of pediatric death, with >99% of mortality occurring in low- and lower middle-income countries. At least half of RSV-related deaths are estimated to occur in the community, but clinical characteristics of this group of children remain poorly characterized. Methods The RSV Global Online Mortality Database (RSV GOLD), a global registry of under-5 children who have died with RSV-related illness, describes clinical characteristics of children dying of RSV through global data sharing. RSV GOLD acts as a collaborative platform for global deaths, including community mortality studies described in this supplement. We aimed to compare the age distribution of infant deaths <6 months occurring in the community with in-hospital. Results We studied 829 RSV-related deaths <1 year of age from 38 developing countries, including 166 community deaths from 12 countries. There were 629 deaths that occurred <6 months, of which 156 (25%) occurred in the community. Among infants who died before 6 months of age, median age at death in the community (1.5 months; IQR: 0.8−3.3) was lower than in-hospital (2.4 months; IQR: 1.5−4.0; P < .0001). The proportion of neonatal deaths was higher in the community (29%, 46/156) than in-hospital (12%, 57/473, P < 0.0001). Conclusions We observed that children in the community die at a younger age. We expect that maternal vaccination or immunoprophylaxis against RSV will have a larger impact on RSV-related mortality in the community than in-hospital. This case series of RSV-related community deaths, made possible through global data sharing, allowed us to assess the potential impact of future RSV vaccines

Instrumentation and signal processing for the detection of Obstructive Sleep Apnea

In this thesis, we investigated the use of features derived from snoring sounds as a method of simplying the diagnosis procedure and to discriminate between benign (non-pathological) and apenic (OSA-related) episodes of snoring.Master of Engineerin

Training needs analysis for a hotel

Human resource is about the only natural resource that Singapore has. It is in short supply and not re-producing itself fast enough. It is doubtful that Singapore would ever be self-sufficient in labour supply. As such, training staff to be more productive and in delivery quality service is most important.Master of Business Administration (Hospitality and Tourism Management

Foreign Exchange Reform In China.

49 p.China has been adopting the "open door policy" since the late 70s and since then, China is slowly opening up to the other parts of the world. Changes had occurred throughout all parts of China. These changes may be in the form of economical, political and social changes.ACCOUNTANC

A study on service quality of local Junior Colleges

The objective of this research is to determine whether there is any expectation gap between the service providers and the service recipients. Such gaps, if exist, should be identified by the research conducted so that appropriate remedial actions could be implemented. The perceptions of service quality among the three junior colleges are under review

Methodology for neural network training for control of drives with nonlinearities

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics402243-249ITIE

Press Freedom, Corporate Governance and Stock Price Informativeness

Purpose of the study • To examine the relationship between corporate governance mechanisms (firm-level transparency, product market competition, and financial leverage) and stock price informativeness. • To examine the relationship between externally generated transparency mechanisms (analyst following and press freedom) and stock price informativeness. • To examine the interaction effects of externally generated transparency mechanisms (analyst following and press freedom) and corporate governance mechanisms (firm-level transparency, product market competition, and financial leverage) on stock price informativeness