Exploring the Epidemiological Characteristics and Survival Analysis Among Prostate Cancer Patients Under 50: A Seer‐Based Population Study by Bahaa Mali, Ali Mali, Alaa Mali, Mohammed Abdulrazzak, Afnan W. M. Jobran

“…However, there is insufficient knowledge about recent trends in the incidence and survival of this disease. …”
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Large-scale mapping of plastic-mulched land from Sentinel-2 using an index-feature-spatial-attention fused deep learning model by Lizhen Lu, Yunci Xu, Xinyu Huang, Hankui K. Zhang, Yuqi Du

“…In this paper, we demonstrated a large-scale PML mapping using Sentinel-2 data by combining the PML domain knowledge and the deep Convolutional Neural Network (CNN). …”
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Occurrence of Cytomegalovirus among pregnant antenatal women within Bauchi metropolis, Nigeria by Timothy Waje, Mahmud Yerima Iliyasu, Ahmed Faruk Umar, Ediga B. Agbo

“…The diabetic patient (100 %) and women without knowledge of their health status (40.53 %) had the highest prevalence of clinical history. …”
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Prevalence of Thyroid Dysfunction and Antithyroid Antibodies in North India by Cherry Bansal, Amanpreet Singh, Pragya Pandey

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Sodium glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) for pediatric kidney disease: the future is near by Gilda M. Portalatin, Irene Hong-McAtee, Irene Hong-McAtee, Anna M. Burgner, Edward R. Gould, Tracy E. Hunley, Tracy E. Hunley

“…This review explores the currently available body of knowledge regarding the kidney protective effects of SGLT2 inhibitors in adults and mechanisms thought to contribute to improved kidney outcomes. …”
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Systems science and systems thinking for public health: a systematic review of the field by Gemma Carey, Brad Crammond, Eleanor Malbon, Nicole Carey, Andrew Joyce, Alan Carey

“…Our analysis suggests that soft systems modelling techniques are likely to be the most useful addition to public health, and align well with current debate around knowledge transfer and policy. However, the full range of systems methodologies is yet to be engaged with by public health researchers.…”
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Evaluation of a Low-threshold Exercise And Protein supplementation intervention for Women (LEAP-W) experiencing homelessness and addiction: Protocol for a single-arm mixed methods... by Fiona Kennedy, Deirdre Murray, Clíona Ní Cheallaigh, Roman Romero-Ortuno, Julie Broderick

“…This proposed study will help to increase the knowledge base regarding the physical health burden and frailty experienced by this vulnerable population and will deliver a targeted intervention with a gendered dimension to mitigate its affects. …”
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Molecular Identification of Necrophagous Muscidae and Sarcophagidae Fly Species Collected in Korea by Mitochondrial Cytochrome c Oxidase Subunit I Nucleotide Sequences by Yu-Hoon Kim, Sang Eon Shin, Chan Seon Ham, Seong Yoon Kim, Kwang Soo Ko, Tae-Ho Jo, Gi Hoon Son, Seong Hwan Park, Juck-Joon Hwang

“…However, sequence comparison with previously reported sequences revealed a few inconsistencies or paraphylies requiring further investigation. To the best of our knowledge, this study is the first report of COI nucleotide sequences from Hydrotaea occulta, Muscina angustifrons, Muscina pascuorum, Ophyra leucostoma, Sarcophaga haemorrhoidalis, Sarcophaga harpax, and Phaonia aureola.…”
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Risk and protective factors for ASF in domestic pigs and wild boar in the EU, and mitigation measures for managing the disease in wild boar by European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Anette Ella Boklund, Karl Ståhl, Miguel Ángel Miranda Chueca, Tomasz Podgórski, Timothée Vergne, José Cortiñas Abrahantes, Eleonora Cattaneo, Sofie Dhollander, Alexandra Papanikolaou, Stefania Tampach, Lina Mur

“…Other factors, such as vegetation, altitude, climate and barriers affecting population connectivity, also played a role on ASF epidemiology in wild boar. Third, knowledge on Ornithodoros erraticus competence, presence and surveillance was updated concluding that this species did not play any role in the current ASF epidemic in affected areas of the EU. …”
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Climate emergency and vocational education and training. Topic of scientific interest: A systematic review of the literature by M.ª de Fátima Poza Vilches, Susana Ripoll Martín, Mª Teresa Pozo Llorente

“…Furthermore, the preference for green knowledge and skills to the detriment of teacher training and collaboration networks could be hindering the integration of good practices and affecting educational quality. …”
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Clinical Scenarios for Discordant Anti-Xa by Jesus Vera-Aguilera, Hindi Yousef, Diego Beltran-Melgarejo, Teng Hugh Teng, Ramos Jan, Mary Mok, Carlos Vera-Aguilera, Eduardo Moreno-Aguilera

“…Conclusions and Relevance. To our knowledge this is the first paper that summarizes the most common causes in which this assay can be affected, several “day to day” clinical scenarios can modify the outcomes, and we concur that these rarely recognized scenarios can be affected by negative outcomes in the daily practice.…”
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optimal location to reduce earthquake vulnerability of cities (Case study: Bojnord) by sana rahmani, sayed hossein vahedi, leila abedi far, saleh ebrahimi pour

“…Due to the unexpected nature of most natural disasters and the need for rapid and accurate decision-making and implementation process, fundamental and theoretical basis has created a knowledge called crisis management. Bojnord city is the center of Bojnord town in North Khorasan province and is the largest city in the province. …”
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Rabies epidemiology, prevention and control in Nigeria: Scoping progress towards elimination. by Philip P Mshelbwala, J Scott Weese, Olufunmilayo A Sanni-Adeniyi, Shovon Chakma, Stephen S Okeme, Abdullah A Mamun, Charles E Rupprecht, R J Soares Magalhaes

“…<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted a scoping review using standard Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines to identify and select published articles from Nigeria during 1978-2020 reporting on rabies virus infections (human, canine, livestock, and wildlife), canine bites, knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) surveys on rabies and canine ecology studies. …”
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Examination of empirical and Machine Learning methods for regression of missing or invalid solar radiation data using routine meteorological data as predictors by Konstantinos X Soulis, Evangelos E Nikitakis, Aikaterini N Katsogiannou, Dionissios P Kalivas

“…The results indicated that while ML methods, and especially RNNs, are in general more accurate than their empirical counterparts, the investment in technical knowledge, time, and processing capacity they require for their implementation cannot constitute them as a panacea, as such selection for the best method is case-sensitive. …”
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Role of sludge biochar immobilized multifunctional microbiome in phytoremediation of lead-zinc composite pollution by Zihao Yang, Lijuan Jiang, Xuejun Li, Qiaoling Ji, Mengyuan Wang, Yi Zhang, Yuanlin Cheng, Xuan Zhang, Hui Li, Chongling Feng

“…Nonetheless, there exists a knowledge gap regarding the influence of biochar on the migration and accumulation of Pb and Zn within soil-microbe-plant systems, as well as its effects on plant growth conditions and microbial community composition. …”
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Postpartum changes in maternal physiology and milk composition: a comprehensive database for developing lactation physiologically-based pharmacokinetic models by Neel Deferm, Neel Deferm, Jean Dinh, Jean Dinh, Amita Pansari, Masoud Jamei, Khaled Abduljalil

“…In silico tools, such as physiologically-based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) models, can help to bridge this knowledge gap. To increase the accuracy of these models, it is essential to account for the physiological changes that occur throughout the postpartum period.MethodsThis study aimed to collect and analyze data on the longitudinal changes in various physiological parameters that can affect drug distribution into breast milk during lactation. …”
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A systematic realist synthesis of digital interventions for enhancing mental health at work: contexts, mechanisms, and outcomes by Josefina Peláez Zuberbuhler, Luca Pietrantoni, Greta Mazzetti, Marco De Angelis, Davide Giusino, Mabel San Román-Niaves, Dina Guglielmi, Marisa Salanova

“…This systematic realist review aimed to synthesize current knowledge on contexts, mechanisms, and outcomes of workplace DIs to enhance mental health at work. …”
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Factors Affecting the Accuracy of Endoscopic Ultrasonography in the Diagnosis of Early Gastric Cancer Invasion Depth: A Meta-analysis by Ding Shi, Xiao-xia Xi

“…The literatures were identified by searching PubMed, SpringerLink, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, Nature, and Karger knowledge databases. Two researchers extracted the data from the literature and reconstructed these in 2×2 tables. …”
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Family planning in Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs): A scoping review. by Relmah Baritama Harrington, Nichole Harvey, Sarah Larkins, Michelle Redman-MacLaren

“…Five themes were identified: i) family planning services in the Pacific; ii) education, knowledge and attitudes; iii) geographical isolation and access; iv) socio-cultural beliefs, practices and influences; and v) potential enabling factors for improved family planning, such as appropriate family planning awareness by health care providers and services tailored to meet individual needs. …”
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Learning deep forest for face anti-spoofing: An alternative to the neural network against adversarial attacks by Rizhao Cai, Liepiao Zhang, Changsheng Chen, Yongjian Hu, Alex Kot

“…This work provides a competitive option in a fusing scheme for improving system-level security and offers important ideas to those who want to explore methods besides CNNs. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first attempt at exploiting the deep forest model in the problem of FAS, with the consideration of adversarial attacks.…”
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