Competence Centre on Health Technologies (Estonia)

Delivery mode and maternal health conditions before and after childbirth: A population‐based cohort study from Estonia

INTRODUCTION: Cesarean section (CS) is the most common gynecological surgery globally, with rates increasing in many developed countries. In Estonia, the CS rate rose from 6.4% in 1992 to 20.6% in 2021. While CS can be lifesaving when medically necessary, its rising use without c...

Near-ideal plug-flow enables stage separation during dry anaerobic digestion of biowaste in a rotating drum fermenter

Conventional designs of anaerobic plug-flow reactors frequently exhibit stagnant zones and pronounced short-circuiting, undermining plug-flow behavior and reliable biowaste pasteurization. Ideal plug-flow conditions could, in contrast, enable a spatial separation of metabolic sta...