Background Up-to-date evidence about levels and trends in disease and injury incidence,
prevalence, and years lived with disability (YLDs) is an essential input into global, regional, …

… in the patient's room to avoid disorientation; (e) sleep protocols that included dimmed lights,
promotion … More detail on both intervention protocols can be found in the Electronic Material …

In 2008, we published the first set of guidelines for standardizing research in autophagy.
Since then, this topic has received increasing attention, and many scientists have entered the …

Background The Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 (GBD 2013) aims to bring together
all available epidemiological data using a coherent measurement framework, standardised …

Background The fifth Millennium Development Goal (MDG 5) established the goal of a 75%
reduction in the maternal mortality ratio (MMR; number of maternal deaths per 100 000 …

Background Up-to-date evidence on levels and trends for age-sex-specifi c all-cause and
cause-specifi c mortality is essential for the formation of global, regional, and national health …

Background The Millennium Declaration in 2000 brought special global attention to HIV,
tuberculosis, and malaria through the formulation of Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 6. …

Malaria is a devastating infection caused by protozoa of the genus Plasmodium. Drug resistance
is widespread, no new chemical class of antimalarials has been introduced into clinical …

Forests are major components of the global carbon cycle, providing substantial feedback to
atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations 1 . Our ability to understand and predict …

Background Remarkable financial and political efforts have been focused on the reduction
of child mortality during the past few decades. Timely measurements of levels and trends in …