Barriers to healthcare access among female youths in Mozambique: a mixed-effects and spatial analysis using DHS 2022/23 data by Habtu Kifle Negash, Hiwot Tezera Endale, Hailu Aragie, Winta Tesfaye, Mihret Getnet, Tseganesh Asefa, Yibeltal Yismaw Gela, Alebachew Ferede Zegeye

“…Analyses included multilevel logistic regression and spatial methods (Global Moran’s I, SaTScan) using Stata 17 and ArcGIS 10.7 to identify barriers and clusters. Results This study found that 49.10% (95% CI: 47.81%, 50.39%) of female youths reported barriers to healthcare access, primarily due to financial difficulties (40.69%) and distance (38.16%). …”
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Factores tecnológicos-educativos asociados a problemas fisioergonómicos en estudiantes de medicina by Christian Richard Mejia, Armando Miñan-Tapia, Laura Arce-Villalobos, Liz Cuevas-Zapata, Fátima Nina-Tancara, Juan Aranguren, Maria Rodriguez-Parra, Inti Valle-Bracamontes, Palmer José Hernández-Yépez, Danai Valladares-Garrido, César Johan Pereira-Victorio, Mario Valladares-Garrido

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Spatial distribution and determinants of children ever born among reproductive age women in Ethiopia: spatial and multilevel analysis of 2019 mini Ethiopian demographic health surv... by Ahmed Fentaw Ahmed, Bezawit Adane, Tilahun Degu Tsega, Mekides Nigusu, Kalaab Esubalew Sharew, Abebaw Molla, Mulugeta Tesfa

“…STATA and Aeronautical Reconnaissance Coverage Geographic Information System (ArcGIS) 10.8 software was used. The primary outcome, CEB, was categorized as “low” if fewer than five children were born and “high” if five or more children were born. …”
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Geographic variation in modern contraceptive utilization among women of reproductive age in Mozambique: a multilevel analysis by Habtu Kifle Negash, Destaye Tirite Gelaw, Mihret Getnet, Hiwot Tezera Endale, Tseganesh Asefa, Fethiya Seid Hasen, Yihun Tefera Ayenew, Nebebe Demis Baykemagn, Trualem Zeleke Yehuala, Winta Tesfaye

“…Data analysis was conducted using Stata 17 and ArcGIS 10.7, employing multilevel logistic regression and spatial techniques (Global Moran’s I, Getis-Ord Gi*, interpolation, and SaTScan) to identify patterns and geographic clusters of contraceptive use. …”
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Improving the Determination of Supernova Cosmological Redshifts by Using Galaxy Groups by Erik R. Peterson, Bastien Carreres, Anthony Carr, Daniel Scolnic, Ava Bailey, Tamara M. Davis, Dillon Brout, Cullan Howlett, David O. Jones, Adam G. Riess, Khaled Said, Georgie Taylor

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Prediction of long-term drug-free outcomes in ACPA-positive and ACPA-negative rheumatoid arthritis by combined clinical and ultrasound assessment of residual disease: a 5-year pros... by Carlomaurizio Montecucco, Garifallia Sakellariou, Claudia Alpini, Catherine Klersy, Serena Bugatti, Ludovico De Stefano, Emanuele Bozzalla Cassione, Antonio Manzo, Blerina Xoxi, Terenzj Luvaro, Ylenia Sammali

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تحلیل خطر زمین‌لرزه بر اساس بیشینه شتاب با استفاده از رهیافت تعیینی (مطالعه موردی: شهرستان سمنان) by فاطمه نیکوکار, محمد آریامنش

“…در گام بعدی با توجه به ویژگی‌های زمین‌شناسی و تکتونیکی منطقه به قطعه‌بندی زمین‌شناختی و لرزه‌ای منطقه مورد مطالعه پرداخته شد و سازوکار گسل‌ها مشخص شدند و نقشه‌ رقومی گسل‌ها در محیط نرم‌افزار Arc GIS تهیه شد. سپس با استفاده از معادلات تجربی معتبر، بیشینه‌ بزرگای مورد انتظار گسل‌های اصلی منطقه محاسبه و میانگین‌گیری انجام شد. …”
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ارزیابی آسیب‌پذیری بافت شهری منطقه 18 تهران تحت تأثیر فرونشست زمین با استفاده از تحلیل شبکه‌ای ANP و GIS... by رامین رضایی شهابی, علیرضا عرب, حسن احمدی, امیر پیشوا, محمد اقبال شه بخش موسی زهی

“…درنهایت، در گام سوم وزن حاصل از مدل ANP، در محیط نرم­افزار ArcGIS بر لایه­های مکانی منطقه اعمال شد. نتایج اجرای مدل نشان داد که درصد بالایی از اراضی ساخته شده منطقه 18 دارای ویژگی­هایی نظیر بافت فرسوده، بناهایی با مقاومت سازه­ای پایین، کیفیت ساخت بسیار پایین بناها، تراکم بالای جمعیتی و ساختمانی بوده و مستعد آسیب­پذیری زیاد می­باشند. …”
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HPLC and GC-MS analyses of phytochemicals from Ficus carica leaf extract and essential oil along with their antimicrobial properties by Maximilian Lackner, Abdelfattah Z.M. Salem, Mohamed Z.M. Salem, Abeer A. Mohamed, José Luis Ponce-Covarrubias, Shady Selim

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La répartition des chimpanzés à Sebitoli (Parc National de Kibale, Ouganda): influence des facteurs naturels et anthropiques by Sarah Bortolamiol, Marianne Cohen, Milena Palibrk, Sabrina Krief

“…We also used Google Earth pro mosaic for an analysis in remote sensing (Idrisi Andes). Finally, using ArcGIS 9.3 we define 200 x 200 meters quadrats in the chimpanzees home range in which we quantify their presence in function of vegetation types, landscape features (river streams, altitude, slopes, transects) and anthropogenic factors (presence of plantations, gardens and houses).In addition, we used MaxEnt software to analyse the influence of environmental variables on chimpanzees’ repartition. …”
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Botulinum Toxin Injection with Conjunctival Microincision for the Treatment of Acute Acquired Comitant Esotropia and Its Effectiveness by Hongjia Xu, Weifeng Sun, Shuying Dai, Yanyan Cheng, Jing Zhao, Yuan Liu, Juan Wang, Ya’nan Wang, Yu Gao, Huifang Han, Aijun Han

“…Mean stereoacuity improved from 338 to 88 arc seconds. During the follow-up period, 5 of 29 patients had recurrent esotropia. …”
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Agro-Ecological Assessment of Lands in Behshahr County for Lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) Cultivation by Karim Reyahi, Hossein Kazemi, Afshin Soltani, Fardin Sadeghzadeh

“…Thematic maps for each variable were created using various models in ArcGIS 10.8 and then overlaid with AHP weights. …”
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Analysis of the Spatial Pattern of Military River Defense on the Ming Great Wall: A Case Study of the Shanxi Section of the Yellow River by Tianlian WANG, Zhe LI

“…MethodsThe quantitative analysis is conducted using the ArcGIS geographic information platform, involving the review of historical documents, the field investigation of existing sites, the utilization of drones for low-altitude image data collection for purpose of generating 3D real scene model, and the integration of historical aerial films and other multi-source data.The specific methodology comprises two key components: Firstly, analyzing the constituent elements of the defense system of river defence space and summarizing their functional attributes based on the theoretical framework of the Ming Great Wall’s military defence; secondly, summarizing the spatial distribution characteristics of river defence elements by incorporating changes in geographic location, hydrology, environment, and other natural factors. …”
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تعیین آستانه دمایی موج گرما طی دوره گرم سال بر اساس شاخص‌های جهانی در مناطق مختلف کشور by فرشته رضایی, محمود احمدی, علیرضا شکیبا

“…سپس بعد از پردازش اولیه داده­های خام، به تعیین آستانه دمایی موج گرما طی دوره گرم سال، بر اساس 3 شاخص­ جهانی (صدک 95، بالدی، سازمان هواشناسی جهانی(WMO) برای ایستگاه­های مورد مطالعه پرداخته شد. سپس در محیط ArcGIS با استفاده از روش ترکیبی IDW و رگرسیون با در نظر گرفتن عرض جغرافیایی و ارتفاع (به عنوان 2 عامل مهم و تأثیرگذار در مقدار آستانه دمایی موج گرما)، آستانه دمایی برای کل کشور درونیابی گردید. …”
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Construction of “Biomigration – Regional Cooling” Multi-functional Ecological Network in Wuhan Urban Agglomeration by Jiajie LI, Yuanyuan GU, Zhong XING

“…Based on land use type, elevation, slope, distance from road, distance from construction land, normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and other data, the resistance values of biomigration and cold island diffusion are calculated respectively, and raster resistance surfaces are generated in ArcGIS. 3) Based on minimum cumulative resistance (MCR) and circuit theory, biomigration corridors and regional cooling corridors are generated respectively by using the Linkage Mapper toolbox. 4) Two kinds of corridors are overlapped to form a multifunctional ecological network pattern, based on which the key areas for ecological protection and restoration are identified in Wuhan urban agglomeration.ResultsIn this research, Wuhan urban agglomeration is taken as the research area. …”
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Treating common mental disorder including psychotic experiences in the primary care improving access to psychological therapies programme (the TYPPEX study): protocol for a stepped... by David Fowler, Jesus Perez, Peter B Jones, Debra Russo, Clare Knight, Mary Dixon-Woods, Allan B Clark, Margaret Heslin, Sarah Byford, Paul French, Thomas Kabir, Jan Stochl, Mona Kanaan, James Clarke, Nick Grey, Ann Marie Swart, Polly-Anna Ashford, Ushma Patel, Freya Stuart, Hannah Murray, J Hodgekins, Nesta Reeve, Nicola Marshall, Michelle Painter, Maria Leathersich, Martin Pond

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Effect of Floating Needle Perfusion Therapy combined with Joint Mobilization on Shoulder Pain of Hemiplegia after Stroke by Xin WANG, Hu LI, Xiuyan LU

“…The affected muscle was taked as the needle entry point, and the needle tip was facing the shoulder joint, after inserting into the loose connective tissue, the needle body was scanned in arc, 100 times per min, one min per group, three groups each time. …”
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Que peut-on apprendre du développement locomoteur des catarrhiniens? Approche intégrative de la bipédie chez le babouin olive élevé en captivité by François Druelle, Gilles Berillon, Peter Aerts

“…L’étude initiée en 2013 porte sur un échantillon de babouins olive ("Papio anubis") captifs à la station de primatologie du CNRS (Rousset sur Arc, France), afin d'observer précisément la graduation des changements au cours des premiers stades du développement locomoteur. …”
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Identifying pre-diabetes ‘hotspots’ in Northern California using geospatial analysis: opportunities to target diabetes prevention strategies and improve health equity by Tannaz Moin, Luis A Rodriguez, Obidiugwu Kenrik Duru, Julie Schmittdiel, Tainayah W Thomas, Maher Yassin, Yelba Castellon-Lopez

“…A ‘hotspot’ is defined as a cluster of 3 or more neighbouring census tracts with elevated pre-diabetes prevalence.Design A cross-sectional study using ArcGIS software to geospatially map pre-diabetes prevalence hotspots. …”
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Microcephaly protein ANKLE2 promotes Zika virus replication by Adam T. Fishburn, Cole J. Florio, Thomas N. Klaessens, Brian Prince, Neil A. B. Adia, Nicholas J. Lopez, Nitin Sai Beesabathuni, Sydney S. Becker, Liubov Cherkashchenko, Sophia T. Haggard Arcé, Vivian Hoang, Traci N. Shiu, R. Blake Richardson, Matthew J. Evans, Claudia Rückert, Priya S. Shah

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