Evaluating programmatic reactive focal drug administration impact on malaria incidence in northern Senegal: an interrupted time series analysis by Ellen Leah Ferriss, Yakou Dieye, Moustapha Cissé, Gnagna Dieng Sow, Jean Louis Lankia, Damien Diedhiou, Abiboulaye Sall, Tamba Souane, Tidiane Thiam, Doudou Sene, Elhadji Doucouré, Ibrahima Diallo, Adam Bennett, Caterina Guinovart

“…Methods An interrupted time series analysis was conducted with routine surveillance data on health post-level monthly confirmed malaria case counts from the District Health Information Software (DHIS2). …”
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Assessment of Time to Hospital Encounter after an Initial Hospitalization for Heart Failure: Results from a Tertiary Medical Center by Nicolas W. Shammas, Ryan Kelly, Jon Lemke, Ram Niwas, Sarah Castro, Christine Beuthin, Jackie Carlson, Marti Cox, Gail A. Shammas, Terri DeClerck, Kathy Lenaghan, Sunny Arikat, Marcia Erickson

“…This, however, does not include admissions for observations or emergency department (ED) visits within the same time frame and does not show a time-dependent hospital encounter following discharge after an index admission. …”
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Late-time Radio Brightening and Emergence of a Radio Jet in the Changing-look AGN 1ES 1927+654 by Eileen T. Meyer, Sibasish Laha, Onic I. Shuvo, Agniva Roychowdhury, David A. Green, Lauren Rhodes, Amelia M. Hankla, Alexander Philippov, Rostom Mbarek, Ari laor, Mitchell C. Begelman, Dev R. Sadaula, Ritesh Ghosh, Gabriele Bruni, Francesca Panessa, Matteo Guainazzi, Ehud Behar, Megan Masterson, Haocheng Zhang, Xiaolong Yang, Mark A. Gurwell, Garrett K. Keating, David Williams-Baldwin, Justin D. Bray, Emmanuel K. Bempong-Manful, Nicholas Wrigley, Stefano Bianchi, Federica Ricci, Fabio La Franca, Erin Kara, Markos Georganopoulos, Samantha Oates, Matt Nicholl, Main Pal, S. Bradley Cenko

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Predictors and time to poor management outcomes among pediatric patients hospitalized with pneumonia in the Gedeo Zone, southern Ethiopia: a prospective follow-up study by Wagaye Alemu, Mebirat Ademassu, Firehiwot Belayneh, Yabibal Gebeyehu, Getachew Assefa Zenebe, Temesgen Leka Lerango

“…Over the study period, the incidence rate of poor management outcomes was 4 per 100 person-days of observation, while the incidence rate of recovery was 15 per 100 person-days of observation. …”
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Influence of hydrocortisone infusion method on the clinical outcome of patients with septic shock: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Yuting Li, Youquan Wang, Jianxing Guo, Dong Zhang

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Effect of exposure time of pregnant females guppies, Poecilia reticulata Peters, in 17a-methyltestosterone solution on sex ratio of their offsprings by M. Zairin Junior, A. Yunianti, R.R.S.P.S. Dewi, Kusman Sumawidjaja

“…Adapun pada lama waktu perendaman 0, 6, 12, 24, dan 48 jam, menghasilkan persentase anak ikan gapi berfenotip jantan berturut-turut sebesar 42,1%, 51%, 84,6%, 100%, dan 100%.  Lama waktu perendaman terbaik adalah 24 jam.  …”
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Determination of Importance Given to Control Forest Pest and Time Allocated to Them (A Case Study of Denizli Forest Enterprise Directorate) by İsmail Şafak, Emre Göksu

“…Percentage of time spent in the questionnaires was evaluated at 100% for each question. …”
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Toward Enhanced Prediction of High‐Impact Solar Energetic Particle Events Using Multimodal Time Series Data Fusion Models by Pouya Hosseinzadeh, Soukaina Filali Boubrahimi, Shah Muhammad Hamdi

“…In this study, we conduct an in‐depth investigation into the application of multimodal data fusion techniques for the prediction of high‐energy SEP events, particularly ∼100 MeV events. Our research utilizes six machine learning (ML) models, each finely tuned for time series analysis, including Univariate Time Series (UTS), Image‐based model (Image), Univariate Feature Concatenation (UFC), Univariate Deep Concatenation (UDC), Univariate Deep Merge (UDM), and Univariate Score Concatenation (USC). …”
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Service Time-Based Region Division in OVSF-Based Wireless Networks with Adaptive LTE-M Network for Machine to Machine Communications by Vipin Balyan, Davinder S. Saini, Bhasker Gupta

“…The IoT applications are event-driven and time-bound also, and the resources are also reserved for these applications in the proposed work. …”
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Comparative Evaluation of Ozone Water and Glutaraldehyde on Surface Detail Reproduction of Vinyl Polyether Silicone Impression Materials at Different Time Intervals by Kriti Shankar, Savita Dandekeri, Rajesh Shetty, Kevin Fernandes, Sanath Kumar Shetty, Mallikarjuna Ragher

“…Objective: The study aims to evaluate the impact of chemical disinfection using ozone water and glutaraldehyde on the surface detail reproduction (SDR) of vinyl polyether silicone (VPES) impression material at different time intervals. Methodology: VPES impressions were categorized into light-body and heavy-body groups and further divided based on the disinfectant used (ozone water or glutaraldehyde) and the time interval of disinfection (T1: 15 minutes and T2: 24 hours). …”
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Prophylactic intravenous immunoglobulin use in allogeneic stem cell transplantation; does intravenous immunoglobulin affect survival, sepsis, and engraftment time? by Ahmet Kaya, İlhami Berber, İrfan Kuku, Emin Kaya, Mehmet Ali Erkurt, Soykan Biçim, Süleyman Arslan, Fatma Hilal Yağin

“…While it was observed that IVIG did not have a significant effect on platelet engraftment and discharge times (P > 0.05), neutrophil engraftment time was significantly higher in patients given IVIG compared to patients not given IVIG (P < 0.009). …”
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Feasibility of Remote Real-Time Guidance of a Cardiac Examination Performed by Novices Using a Pocket-Sized Ultrasound Device by Tuan V. Mai, David T. Ahn, Colin T. Phillips, Donna L. Agan, Bruce J. Kimura

“…Three trainees applied PUDs on 27 subjects while directed by an off-site cardiologist to obtain a CLUE to screen for LV systolic dysfunction (LVSD), LA enlargement (LAE), ultrasound lung comets (ULC+), and elevated CVP (eCVP). Real-time remote audiovisual guidance and interpretation by the cardiologist were performed using the iPhone 4/iPod (FaceTime, Apple, Inc.) attached to the PUD and transmitted data wirelessly. …”
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A Hybrid Dual-Axis Solar Tracking System: Combining Light-Sensing and Time-Based GPS for Optimal Energy Efficiency by Muhammad Hammas, Hassen Fituri, Ali Shour, Ashraf Ali Khan, Usman Ali Khan, Shehab Ahmed

“…The system is based on the combination of two approaches to precisely track the sunlight: first, using multiple LDRs (light-dependent resistors) as photo sensors to track the position of the sun by balancing the resistivity using a proportional integral deprival (PID) controller, and the second approach using the time-based control for cloudy days when sunlight is diffused, getting the time GPS coordinates and time to calculate the accurate position of the sun by determining the azimuth and altitude angle. …”
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Determination of 19 polyphenolic compounds in tea by ultra-high performance liquid chromatography combined with quadrupole-time of flight mass spectrometry by Jian Li, Junmei Ma, Yan Zhang, Lei Zheng

“…A rapid method was presented for the determination of 19 polyphenols in tea by ultra-high performance liquid chromatography coupled with quadrupole-time of flight mass spectrometry (UPLC-Q-TOF MS). …”
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Metatranscriptomic time series insight into antibiotic resistance genes and mobile genetic elements in wastewater systems under antibiotic selective pressure by An-Dong Li, Yuanfang Chen, Lei Han, Ye Li, Ming Xu, Baoli Zhu

“…Methods Batch experiments were conducted by adding ampicillin to fresh activated sludge to final concentrations of 100 and 20 mg/L. The ampicillin concentration was detected via UPLC‒MS/MS. …”
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Development and validation of highly sensitive multiplex real-time RT-PCR assay for detection of classical swine fever virus genome by A. S. Sadchikova, A. S. Igolkin, R. S. Chernyshev, A. A. Kozlov, I. S. Kolbin, A. V. Sprygin, D. A. Biryuchenkov, I. A. Chvala, A. Mazloum

“…Therefore, areal time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction using an internal control sample has been developed. …”
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Time and cost of linking administrative datasets for outcomes assessment in a follow-up study of participants from two randomised trials by Mohammad Shahbaz, Jane E. Harding, Barry Milne, Anthony Walters, Lisa Underwood, Martin von Randow, Lena Jacob, Greg D. Gamble, for the ANCHOR Study Group

“…Team members estimated the average time they spent on each action, and invoices from agencies were recorded. …”
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Application of optical coherence tomography angiography to study retinal and choroidal vascular changes in patients with first-time coronary artery stenosis by Rongrong Guan, Shuyan Qin, Yezhu Chi, Zhen Tang, Haiyang Liu

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Metabolic syndrome in type 1 diabetes: higher time above range and glycemic variability revealed by continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) by Yayu Fang, Wei Liu, Xiaoling Cai, Yu Zhu, Mingxia Zhang, Siqian Gong, Xiangqing Wang, Chu Lin, Rui Zhang, Sai Yin, Juan Li, Yongran Huo, Xiaodan Hu, Xiaoqi Xie, Linong Ji

“…The comparison of CGM metrics suggested significantly higher time above range (TAR, 48.9%, IQR 35.3–59.5 vs. 32.8%, IQR 16.1–47.6; P < 0.001), standard deviation (SD, 3.6 ± 0.9 mmol/L vs. 3.2 ± 1.0 mmol/L; P = 0.022) and interquartile range (IQR, 4.2 mmol/L, IQR 3.2–4.8 vs. 3.7 mmol/L, IQR 3.0-4.5; P = 0.046) in those with metabolic syndrome. …”
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Relationship Between Adenoma Detection Rate and Respective Withdrawal Time in Different Colon Segments: A Retrospective, Single‐Center Study by Xujin Chen, Bingxin Xu, Bingni Wei, Lin Ji, Cheng Yang, Qiang Zhan

“…While all of their positive withdrawal time were longer than negative withdrawal time (94.34 ± 33.76 s vs. 70.40 ± 41.84 s, t = 3.31, p = 0.001; 85.40 ± 49.76 s vs. 71.66 ± 36.87 s, t = 1.95, p = 0.025; 80.29 ± 39.85 s vs. 69.73 ± 35.96 s, t = 1.40, p = 0.016;100.95 ± 55.92 s vs. 80.96 ± 42.87 s, t = 3.61; p < 0.001, respectively). …”
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