SNAP and/or WIC Participation and Diet Quality in Mother-Child Dyads living in Greater Boston after Pandemic: A Mixed-Method Study by Thanit Vinitchagoon, Fang Fang Zhang, Rebecca C. Fauth, Erin Hennessy, Ana G. Maafs, Emma M. Browning, Christina D. Economos

“…Analysis of covariance using generalized linear models was employed to compare differences in Healthy Eating Index-2015 (HEI-2015) scores based on SNAP and/or WIC participation, and thematic analysis was used for coding themes. …”
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Single or multiple treatments with lusutrombopag in subjects with thrombocytopenia and chronic liver disease needing an invasive procedure by Davide Scalabrini, Paolo Sciuto, Cristina Felicani, Antonia Rudilosso, Pietro Andreone

“…This condition, when present in the severe form [platelet count (PLT) less than 50 × 109/L] correlates, with an increased risk of bleeding during the main diagnostic-therapeutic procedures which cirrhotic patients usually undergone. In these cases, generally, an infusion of platelets is performed, albeit in recent years has been replaced by a cycle of second generation thrombopoietin receptor (TpoR) agonists. …”
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Chemical structure–property relationships of photocurable monomers/macromers: Potential binder candidates for ceramic/metal vat photopolymerization by Setareh Zakeri, Antonia Ressler, Piie Konnunaho, Teemu Sandblom, Joshua Cunningham, Milla Rinne, Matti Järveläinen, Anastasia Elias, Erkka J. Frankberg, Erkki Levänen

“…Although resins with higher functionality (fave) generally showed higher Ec, this trend was not always consistent. …”
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The impact of staple crop price instability and fragmented policy on food security and sustainable development: a case study from Bangladesh by Zia Ahmed, Abdul Kadir, Rafiul Alam, Hafiz-Al-Rezoan, Md. Aminul Haque Laskor

“…Our findings show that medium-grade rice in Dhaka experienced frequent price spikes and volatility, with coarse-grade rice showing similar trends. Wheat prices were generally more stable compared to rice. Despite increased rice production over the years, significant price instability and seasonal fluctuations continue in production, imports, and pricing. …”
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Harnessing Meta-Reinforcement Learning for Enhanced Tracking in Geofencing Systems by Alireza Famili, Shihua Sun, Tolga Atalay, Angelos Stavrou

“…Furthermore, we show that the meta-training strategy enables the learned policy to generalize effectively and perform efficiently when faced with new environments.…”
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Flexible reproductive seasonality in Africa-dwelling papionins is associated with low environmental productivity and high climatic unpredictability by Dezeure, Jules, Dagorrette, Julie, Burtschell, Lugdiwine, Chowdhury, Shahrina, Lukas, Dieter, Swedell, Larissa, Huchard, Elise

“…Finally, we identified diverse patterns of reproductive phenology, with the most seasonal breeders generally aligning lactation with the peak in resource availability while other populations show more diverse patterns, where conception, lactation or weaning can all be synchronized with maximal food availability. …”
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Factores que influencian la producción de biomasa forrajera de axonopus jesuiticus valls, bajo dosel de pinus taeda l. en el nordeste de corrientes by H. E. Fassola, S. M. Lacorte, A. N. Pachas, R. Pezzuti

“…Dado el ordenamiento presentado por los coeficientes de estos modelos, por medio de un ajuste paramétrico se obtuvo una ecuación única para todas las edades, aunque se debió excluir el año 5: precipitaciones muy elevadas en ese año afectaron significativamente la producción de forraje y el patrón de evolución del modelo correspondiente puede haberse visto afectado por ese hecho, no permitiendo su inclusión en el modelo general…”
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Age- and Sex-Specific Risks of Major Cardiovascular Complications and All-Cause Mortality Following Elective Hip and Knee Arthroplasty in the Netherlands: A Dutch Hospital Data Reg... by Mark J.R. Smeets, MD, Maaike G.J. Gademan, PhD, Rob G.H.H. Nelissen, MD, PhD, Suzanne C. Cannegieter, MD, PhD, Banne Nemeth, MD, PhD

“…Interestingly, the risk of venous thromboembolism and bleeding, following a THA, was observed to be relatively high in men and women in the youngest age category. Conclusions: Generally, the 90-day incidence of cardiovascular complications and all-cause mortality is low but can be at least 3% for men in the highest age category. …”
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Enhancing the estimation of cadmium content in rice leaves by integrating vegetation indices and color indices using machine learning by Xiaoyun Huang, Shengxi Chen, Tianling Fu, Chengwu Fan, Hongxing Chen, Song Zhang, Hui Chen, Song Qin, Zhenran Gao

“…This study presents an accurate, reliable, and generalized method to estimate LCd, providing valuable insights for assessing the large-scale heavy metal pollution status of rice using unmanned aerial vehicle remote sensing technology.…”
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Evaluation of PM2.5 Surface Concentrations Simulated by NASA’s MERRA Version 2 Aerosol Reanalysis over India and its Relation to the Air Quality Index by Chimurkar D. Navinya, V. Vinoj, Satyendra K. Pandey

“…Our analysis shows that MERRA-2 generally underestimates the PM2.5 in terms of both the mass concentration and the number of exceedance days. …”
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Methodical approaches in experimental modelling of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease by N. V. Bivalkevich, Yu. K. Denisenko, T. P. Novgorodtseva

“…The aim of review. To generalize literature data on ways of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) modelling in experimental animals, to reveal advantages of various techniques, to present results of original studies on diet-induced NAFLD at rats.Key points. …”
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ANALYSIS OF THE RESULTS OF SIMULATIVE MODELLING OF THE INFORMATION SECURITY SYSTEM IN THE CORPORATE NETWORKS OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS by Vagif Gasimov, Balami Ismailov

“…This work is one of the approaches to generalizing the problems under consideration for systems with an unlimited volume of BM. …”
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Efficient k-mer based curation of raw sequence data: application in Drosophila suzukii by Gautier, Mathieu

“…Overall, the present analysis allowed the definition of a large curated dataset consisting of > 60 population samples representative of the worldwide genetic diversity, which may be valuable for further population genetics studies on D. suzukii. More generally, while we advocate careful sample identification and verification prior to sequencing, the proposed framework is simple and computationally efficient enough to be included as a routine post-hoc quality check prior to any data analysis and prior to data submission to public repositories. …”
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Genetic analysis of ocular tumour-associated genes using large genomic datasets: insights into selection constraints and variant representation in the population by Jose S Pulido, Mandeep S Sagoo, Omar A Mahroo, Alexander Tanner

“…Encoded proteins of ocular tumour-associated genes were generally longer than the median of the UniProt database.Conclusion Our findings highlight the importance of negative selection in ocular tumour genes, supporting cranial gene conservation. …”
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Characteristics, treatment patterns, and biomarker testing of patients with advanced RET fusion-positive non-small cell lung cancer in a real-world multi-country observational stud... by Urpo Kiiskinen, Grace Segall, Hollie Bailey, Cameron Forshaw, Tarun Puri

“…A smaller RET fusion-positive cohort comprised patients from the overall aNSCLC cohort who had RET fusion-positive disease and no other co-alterations, plus an oversample of patients with RET fusion-positive disease and no other co-alterations.ResultsPatient characteristics were generally similar between the overall aNSCLC cohort (n=2947) and the RET fusion-positive cohort (n=576), aside from higher proportions of White/Caucasian patients, never smokers, and adenocarcinoma among the RET fusion-positive cohort. …”
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Intervention effectiveness in reducing the clustering of non-communicable disease risk factors in the workplace: A quasi-experimental study. by Nahla Guesmi, Sihem Ben Fredj, Nawel Zammit, Rim Ghammam, Imed Harrabi, Firas Chouikha, Maher Maoua, Jihen Maatoug, Hassen Ghannem

“…Integrating this intervention program into a national health policy could potentially generalize its positive impact.…”
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ANTIGENIC AND PROTECTIVE PROPERTIES OF EXPERIMENTAL ASSOCIATED VIRUS VACCINE AGAINST SHEEP POX AND GOAT POX by A. V. Konstantinov, S. K. Starov, V. I. Diev, N. V. Moroz, E. V. Kurnenkova, D. К. Basova, А. V. Kononov, K. Yu. Fedoseyev

“…Three sheep vaccinated with a monovalent vaccine against goat pox demonstrated a large local reaction, one sheep was diagnosed with generalized form of sheep pox.…”
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The Referenced Vertex Ordering Problem: Theory, Applications, and Solution Methods by Omer, Jérémy, Mucherino, Antonio

“…We introduce the referenced vertex ordering problem (revorder) as a combinatorial decision problem generalizing several vertex ordering problems that already appeared in the scientific literature under different guises. …”
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Sorghum yield prediction based on remote sensing and machine learning in conflict affected South Sudan by John Karongo, Joseph Ivivi Mwaniki, John Ndiritu, Victor Mokaya

“…This paper demonstrates that despite ongoing conflict, reasonably good end-of-season sorghum yield prediction with relevant food security planning implications could be done with ML, but challenges remain in generalizing these results due to limited crop data and regional variability in South Sudan.…”
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Methods for tagging an ectoparasite, the salmon louse Lepeophtheirus salmonis by Folk, Alexius, Mennerat, Adèle

“…The proportion of RFID-tagged individuals followed a negative exponential decline, with tag retention among the living female population generally high. The projected retention was found to be about 88% after 30 days or 80% after 60 days, although one of the four batches of glue used, purchased from a different supplier, appeared to give significantly lower tag retention and with greater initial loss (74% and 60% respectively). …”
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