Each year, the American Heart Association, in conjunction with the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, and other government agencies, brings …

Each year, the American Heart Association (AHA), in conjunction with the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, and other government agencies, …

Background Underweight, overweight, and obesity in childhood and adolescence are associated
with adverse health consequences throughout the life-course. Our aim was to estimate …

Background and Purpose— This guideline provides an overview of the evidence on established
and emerging risk factors for stroke to provide evidence-based recommendations for …

The aim of this updated statement is to provide comprehensive and timely evidence-based
recommendations on the prevention of ischemic stroke among survivors of ischemic stroke or …

nally, the evaluation provides historical data or other information that can be used to establish
the vascular distribution of the stroke and to provide clues about its likely pathophysiology …

Background Blood transfusions prevent recurrent stroke in children with sickle cell anemia,
but the value of transfusions in preventing a first stroke is unknown. We used transcranial …

A multidimensional Rasch-type item response model, the multidimensional random
coefficients multinomial logit model, is presented as an extension to the Adams & Wilson (1996) …

Background Hypertension can be detected at the primary health-care level and low-cost
treatments can effectively control hypertension. We aimed to measure the prevalence of …

11.1 Introduction The gain-scheduling problem has been the subject of a great deal of research
over recent years, from both theoretical and practical viewpoints. This renewed interest …