Integrating post-validation surveillance of lymphatic filariasis with the WHO STEPwise approach to non-communicable disease risk factor surveillance in Niue, a study protocol. by Adam T Craig, Harriet Lawford, Grizelda Mokoia, Minerva Ikimau, Peter Fetaui, Tonia Marqardt, Colleen L Lau

“…After extensive efforts involving multiple rounds of Mass Drug Administration, Niue was validated by the World Health Organization (WHO) as having e4liminated LF as a public health problem in 2016. …”
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Alterations of Sexual and Erectile Functions after Brachytherapy for Prostate Cancer Based on Patient-Reported Questionnaires by László Gesztesi, Zsuzsa S. Kocsis, Kliton Jorgo, Georgina Fröhlich, Csaba Polgár, Péter Ágoston

“…In hormone-receiving patients, the orgasm function was significantly better in the HDR group at multiple time points compared to the baseline, and sexual desire improved at four time points. …”
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Research on CSI feedback and precoding in FDD cell-free massive MIMO systems by ZHANG Dekun, BAI Baoming

“…For frequency division duplexing (FDD) cell-free massive multiple input multiple output (MIMO) systems, maximizing downlink capacity relies on designing a precoding matrix that achieves high beamforming gain and effectively suppresses multi-user interference. …”
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Investments for effective functionality of health systems towards Universal Health Coverage in Africa: A scoping review. by Humphrey Cyprian Karamagi, Ali Ben Charif, Solyana Ngusbrhan Kidane, Tewelde Yohanes, David Kariuki, Maritza Titus, Charles Batungwanayo, Aminata Binetou-Wahebine Seydi, Araia Berhane, Jacinta Nzinga, David Njuguna, Hillary Kipchumba Kipruto, Edith Andrews Annan, Benson Droti

“…Most interventions were undertaken in Africa (80.9%), covered multiple elements of health systems (median: 3), and focused on service delivery (77.4%) and health workforce (65.6%). …”
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Double Retinal Tamponade for Treatment of Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment with Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy and Inferior Breaks by Mohamed Farouk Abdelkader, Shaaban Abd-Elhamid Mehany Elwan, Ahmed Shawkat Abdelhalim

“…It included 30 eyes of 30 patients who had RRD with PVR grade C and multiple retinal breaks including inferior tears attending the vitreoretinal unit of Minia University Hospital, Egypt. …”
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An Integrated Consensus Improving Strategy Based on PL-Wasserstein Distance and Its Application in the Evaluation of Network Public Opinion Emergencies by Shitao Zhang, Zhenzhen Ma, Xiaodi Liu, Zhiying Wang, Lihui Jiang

“…In real life, multiple network public opinion emergencies may break out in a certain place at the same time. …”
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Elritercept, a modified activin receptor IIA ligand trap, increased erythropoiesis and thrombopoiesis in a phase 1 trial by Jennifer Lachey, Christopher Rovaldi, Suresh Bobba, Jared Tur, Harveen Natarajan, Ben Snyder, Jasbir Seehra

“…This study comprised 2 parts: single ascending doses ranging from 0.05 to 4.5 mg/kg; and multiple (up to 2 doses) ascending doses of 0.75 mg/kg administered subcutaneously (SC) every 4 weeks. …”
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Manifestaciones polifónicas de la pedagogía: epílogo(s) que interrumpen sentido(s) / Polyphonic manifestations of pedagogy: Epilog(s) that interrupt sense(s) by Silvia Grinberg, Luis Gabriel Porta

“…Claro está que sus efectos y afectos locales son múltiples y diversos. Este dossier se instala allí: habitar la palabra educacional, preguntarse por ella. …”
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The preference for surprise in reinforcement learning underlies the differences in developmental changes in risk preference between autistic and neurotypical youth by Motofumi Sumiya, Kentaro Katahira, Hironori Akechi, Atsushi Senju

“…Furthermore, we validated the results of model fitting with multiple methods, model recovery, parameter recovery, and posterior predictive check. …”
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Latent profile analysis of sense of coherence and relationship with meaning of life and professional identity among nursing undergraduate by Yating Liu, Dudu Zhang, Song Ge, Shanshan Wang, Xin Li, Zhenxiang Zhang, Beilei Lin, Suyan Chen, Yongxia Mei

“…Latent profile analysis was employed to identify subgroups of nursing undergraduates’ sense of coherence, and multiple logistic regression was utilized to analyze the factors associated with each subgroup. …”
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Interpretable Machine Learning Model for Predicting Postpartum Depression: Retrospective Study by Ren Zhang, Yi Liu, Zhiwei Zhang, Rui Luo, Bin Lv

“…ObjectiveThis study aimed to comprehensively collect variables from multiple aspects, develop and validate machine learning models to achieve precise prediction of PPD, and interpret the model to reveal clinical implications. …”
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The Quality of Competence Through Nursing Career Paths Among Indonesian Nurses in Hospital Settings by Muhammad Hadi, Dina Rahmawati, Nyimas Heny Purwati, Dhea Natashia, Slametiningsih Slametiningsih, Idyatul Hasanah

“…The analysis of the research data was conducted utilising multiple linear regression tests. Results: As established through the use of multiple linear regression tests, demonstrate a statistically significant positive association (p<0.05) between organisational loyalty, organisational support, guidance, and financing, and the implementation of nurse competence quality. …”
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Social Support Theory for Predicting Stress, Anxiety, and Job Burnout of Healthcare Workers in the Post-pandemic COVID-19 by Masoumeh Mohammadi Khanqah, Fataneh Bakhshi, Asieh Ashouri, Abolhasan Afkar

“…The mean perceived social support score was 45.87±8.75. Multiple regression model including significant demographic and confounding variables along with perceived social support explained 25% of the variance in stress, 16% in anxiety, and 23% in burnout. …”
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Psychological distress among middle-aged adults with Diabetes Mellitus: findings from the Indonesia national population health survey (Riset Kesehatan Dasar, Riskesdas 2018) by Marisa Syavitri Dilaga, Aimi Nadira Mat Ruzlin, Xin Wee Chen

“…Conclusions Multiple factors were significantly associated with psychological distress. …”
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Unmet medical needs definition and incentives: stakeholders perspectives on the reform of the EU pharmaceutical legislation by Io Wens, Zilke Claessens, Alice Vanneste, Liese Barbier, Rosanne Janssens, Isabelle Huys

“…A mixed-method analysis was conducted on publicly available data of stakeholders’ responses, including descriptive and quantitative statistics for multiple-choice questions and a qualitative thematic framework analysis for open answer questions. …”
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Smart building energy management with renewables and storage systems using a modified weighted mean of vectors algorithm by Mohamed Ebeed, Sabreen hassan, Salah Kamel, Loai Nasrat, Ali Wagdy Mohamed, Abdel-Raheem Youssef

“…However, this progress has brought about a new challenge for smart homes: the EM has become more complex with the integration of multiple conventional, renewable, and energy storage systems. …”
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Type-Specific Persistence/Clearance Results in Human Papillomavirus Infections in Turkish Women by Haci Ozturk Sahin, Beril Gurlek, Bulent Demir, Fatma Silan

“…A statistically significant difference was not found in human papillomavirus persistence with regard to the infection’s being single/multiple or low-ris/high risk. A significant difference was not found between age groups and persistence. …”
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Higher Levels of Income and Education are Associated with More Specialized Sport Participation Behaviors: Results from a Representative Sample of Youth Sport Parents from the Unite... by Eric G Post, Matthew J. Rivera, Darleesa Doss, Lindsey E. Eberman

“…Parents who reported receiving a Bachelor's degree or higher were more likely than parents who did not to report that their child participated on an organized club team (OR \[95%CI\]: 3.04 \[1.78-5.18\]), participated on multiple organized teams at the same time (OR \[95%CI\]: 2.42 \[1.43-4.10\]), or specialized in a single sport (OR \[95%CI\]: 1.94 \[1.15-3.26\])…”
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The Venus score for the assessment of the quality and trustworthiness of biomedical datasets by Davide Chicco, Alessandro Fabris, Giuseppe Jurman

“…Abstract Biomedical datasets are the mainstays of computational biology and health informatics projects, and can be found on multiple data platforms online or obtained from wet-lab biologists and physicians. …”
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Synchronization frequency analysis and stochastic simulation of multi-site flood flows based on the complicated vine copula structure by X. Yu, Y.-P. Xu, Y. Guo, S. Chen, H. Gu

“…<p>Accurately modeling and predicting flood flows across multiple sites within a watershed presents significant challenges due to potential issues of insufficient accuracy and excessive computational demands in existing methodologies. …”
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