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University of Cuenca
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About: University of Cuenca is a education organization based out in Cuenca, Ecuador. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Computer science. The organization has 2218 authors who have published 2058 publications receiving 30246 citations. The organization is also known as: Universidad de Cuenca.
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Mariachiara Di Cesare1, Mariachiara Di Cesare2, James Bentham2, Gretchen A Stevens3 +738 more•Institutions (60)
TL;DR: The posterior probability of meeting the target of halting by 2025 the rise in obesity at its 2010 levels, if post-2000 trends continue, is calculated.
3,766 citations
Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy1, Princeton University2, Public Health Foundation of India3, University of the Witwatersrand4, Aga Khan University5, University of Oxford6, Food and Drug Administration7, Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp8, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary9, University of Antwerp10, National Veterinary Institute11, Duke University12, Karolinska Institutet13, St. John's University of Tanzania14, University of Cuenca15, Wellcome Trust16, St George's, University of London17, McMaster University18, Uppsala University19
TL;DR: The global situation of antibiotic resistance, its major causes and consequences, and key areas in which action is urgently needed are described and identified.
Abstract: The causes of antibiotic resistance are complex and include human behaviour at many levels of society; the consequences affect everybody in the world. Similarities with climate change are evident. Many efforts have been made to describe the many different facets of antibiotic resistance and the interventions needed to meet the challenge. However, coordinated action is largely absent, especially at the political level, both nationally and internationally. Antibiotics paved the way for unprecedented medical and societal developments, and are today indispensible in all health systems. Achievements in modern medicine, such as major surgery, organ transplantation, treatment of preterm babies, and cancer chemotherapy, which we today take for granted, would not be possible without access to effective treatment for bacterial infections. Within just a few years, we might be faced with dire setbacks, medically, socially, and economically, unless real and unprecedented global coordinated actions are immediately taken. Here, we describe the global situation of antibiotic resistance, its major causes and consequences, and identify key areas in which action is urgently needed.
3,181 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used a Bayesian hierarchical model to estimate trends in diabetes prevalence, defined as fasting plasma glucose of 7.0 mmol/L or higher, or history of diagnosis with diabetes, or use of insulin or oral hypoglycaemic drugs in 200 countries and territories in 21 regions, by sex and from 1980 to 2014.
2,782 citations
TL;DR: The International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) and the International Bureau for Epilepsia (IBE) have come to consensus definitions for the terms epileptic seizure and epilepsy.
Abstract: The International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) and the International Bureau for Epilepsy (IBE) have come to consensus definitions for the terms epileptic seizure and epilepsy. An epileptic seizure is a transient occurrence of signs and/or symptoms due to abnormal excessive or synchronous neuronal activity in the brain. Epilepsy is a disorder of the brain characterized by an enduring predisposition to generate epileptic seizures and by the neurobiologic, cognitive, psychological, and social consequences of this condition. The definition of epilepsy requires the occurrence of at least one epileptic seizure.
2,201 citations
TL;DR: The number of adults with raised blood pressure increased from 594 million in 1975 to 1·13 billion in 2015, with the increase largely in low-income and middle-income countries, and the contributions of changes in prevalence versus population growth and ageing to the increase.
1,573 citations
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| Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan Feyen | 57 | 273 | 9502 |
| Wouter Buytaert | 45 | 175 | 7313 |
| Carl Lachat | 44 | 199 | 18005 |
| Patrick Kolsteren | 35 | 88 | 10950 |
| Elisabet Vila | 28 | 80 | 2189 |
| Abdalla Abdal-hay | 26 | 68 | 1650 |
| Susana L. A. Andrade | 25 | 74 | 3442 |
| Rolando Célleri | 25 | 70 | 2432 |
| Gerd Dercon | 24 | 69 | 1732 |
| Arturo Carpio | 24 | 73 | 4927 |
| Carlos Gracia | 24 | 46 | 4020 |
| Changqing Tian | 22 | 108 | 1602 |
| Denis Borenstein | 22 | 90 | 3403 |
| René-Vinicio Sánchez | 22 | 66 | 2372 |
| Saulo L. da Silva | 22 | 59 | 1399 |