Malaria epidemics and its drivers in Uganda in 2022 by Maru W. Aregawi, Catherine Maiteki, John C. Rek, Bosco Agaba, Charles Katureebe, Mansour Ranjbar, Chunzhe Zhang, Samson Kiware, Jimmy Opigo

“…While climate was not the main driver, programmatic deficiencies, vector composition shift, reduced efficacy of insecticides, coverage and effectiveness of the interventions likely fueled the epidemic. …”
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NDVI Estimation Throughout the Whole Growth Period of Multi-Crops Using RGB Images and Deep Learning by Jianliang Wang, Chen Chen, Jiacheng Wang, Zhaosheng Yao, Ying Wang, Yuanyuan Zhao, Yi Sun, Fei Wu, Dongwei Han, Guanshuo Yang, Xinyu Liu, Chengming Sun, Tao Liu

“…RGB images were used to extract conventional features, including color indices (CIs), texture features (TFs), and vegetation coverage, while convolutional features (CFs) were extracted using the deep learning network ResNet50 to optimize the model. …”
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Power and marginalization in discourse on AI in education (AIEd): social actors’ representation in China Daily (2018–2023) by Xi Huang, Savitri Gadavanij

“…This study examines how social actors are represented in AIEd discourses in China Daily (2018–2023), using 100 news articles selected through stratified proportional sampling in Nexis Uni to ensure balanced coverage across all years. Employing intertextuality analysis and social actor theory, the results show that government and corporate voices dominate, while public perspectives are marginalized. …”
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Scaling up target regimens for tuberculosis preventive treatment in Brazil and South Africa: An analysis of costs and cost-effectiveness. by Ntwali Placide Nsengiyumva, Jonathon R Campbell, Olivia Oxlade, Juan F Vesga, Christian Lienhardt, Anete Trajman, Dennis Falzon, Saskia Den Boon, Nimalan Arinaminpathy, Kevin Schwartzman

“…Compared to the status quo, costs per DALY averted were $7,608 and $808 for scaling up the 6H and minimal regimens, respectively, while the optimal regimen was dominant (cost savings, reduced DALYs). …”
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A mechanism of topology optimization for underwater acoustic sensor networks based on autonomous underwater vehicles by Ming He, Fangxin Liu, Zhuang Miao, Huan Zhou, Qiuli Chen

“…The comparison of TO-A algorithm and TO-DA algorithm shows that under low energy consumption, TO-A algorithm can keep the network coverage at about 97% for a long time, connectivity rate above 89%, while the TO-DA algorithm can improve the survivability of the network by above 50% at the expense of 8.5% of the network coverage.…”
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Improving the utilization of insecticide-treated nets for malaria prevention among pregnant women, lactating mothers and children in Sierra Leone: a commentary by Ronald Carshon-Marsh, Erica Di Ruggiero

“…While considerable research has examined ITN access and usage in the general SSA population, focused implementation research on these high-risk groups in Sierra Leone is notably lacking. …”
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A New Approach to Expanding Interior Green Areas in Urban Buildings by Chyi-Gang Kuo, Chien-Wei Chiu, Pei-Shan Chung

“…For example, Taipei City mandates that the green coverage rate of new buildings must be between 40% and 70%, while Singapore requires a green coverage rate of 100% or higher. …”
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Overcoming Barriers to Diabetes Technology in Youth with Type 1 Diabetes and Public Insurance: Cases and Call to Action by Ming Yeh Lee, Molly L. Tanenbaum, David M. Maahs, Priya Prahalad

“…Three youths had improved engagement with the care team while on CGM and the remote monitoring protocol, and three youths were able to leverage sustained CGM wear to obtain insurance coverage for automated insulin delivery systems. …”
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Polarization in reporting the 2019 presidential election campaign on Indonesian television by Budi Utami, Deddy Mulyana, Eni Maryani, Dadang Rahmat Hidayat

“…Qualitative research conducted on the 2019 Presidential Election in Indonesia focused on analyzing the coverage of Kompas TV, a national news television station unaffiliated with any political party. …”
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The Epidemiological Tuberculosis Situation in the Russian Penitentiary System: Main Trends and Challenges by V. V. Testov, V. S. Burykhin, M. E. Vostroknutov, S. A. Sterlikov

“…The incidence of tuberculosis among PLHIV decreased from 3,490.6 per 100,000 population in 2014 to 2,014.2 per 100,000 population in 2020, while coverage of PLHIV with ART increased from 21.7 to 89.6%. …”
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Deep reinforcement learning for multi-objective location optimization of onshore wind power stations: a case study of Guangdong Province, China by Yanna Gao, Hong Dong, Liujun Hu, Fanhong Zeng, Yuqun Gao, Zhuonan Huang, Shaohua Wang, Shaohua Wang

“…Computational experiments focus on wind-rich coastal regions of Guangdong Province, evaluating both solution quality (coverage and utilization metrics) and computational efficiency under varying problem sizes.ResultsThe DRL algorithm achieves objective values comparable to or better than those from the Gurobi-based method, while substantially reducing computation time for large problem instances. …”
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Tuberculosis in Adults and Children in the Northwestern Federal District: Changes in Epidemiological Rates and Criteria for Their Assessment by A. A. Starshinova, I. F. Dovgalyuk, D. A. Kudlay, M. V. Beltyukov, P. K. Yablonskiy

“…The use of the coefficient of low coverage with screening for tuberculosis made it possible to determine that Murmansk Oblast, St. …”
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Methods to Adjust for Confounding in Test-Negative Design COVID-19 Effectiveness Studies: Simulation Study by Elizabeth AK Rowley, Patrick K Mitchell, Duck-Hye Yang, Ned Lewis, Brian E Dixon, Gabriela Vazquez-Benitez, William F Fadel, Inih J Essien, Allison L Naleway, Edward Stenehjem, Toan C Ong, Manjusha Gaglani, Karthik Natarajan, Peter Embi, Ryan E Wiegand, Ruth Link-Gelles, Mark W Tenforde, Bruce Fireman

“…The lowest coverage in the multivariable scenarios was 93.7% (95% CI 92.2%-95.2%) and occurred in the multivariable model with key covariates, while the highest coverage in the multivariable scenarios was 95.3% (95% CI 94.0%-96.6%) and occurred in the multivariable model with all covariates. …”
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Precision Target Spraying System Integrated with Remote Deep Learning Recognition Model for Cabbage Plant Centers by ZHANG Hui, HU Jun, SHI Hang, LIU Changxi, WU Miao

“…By meticulously recording the response times of the three primary components of the system, the valuable data were gathered. The average time required for image processing was determined to be 29.50 ms, while the transmission of decision signals took an average of 6.40 ms. …”
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Community-led management maintains higher predator biomass supporting kelp forests persistence in Baja California by Jeremie Bauer, Rodrigo Beas-Luna, Luis Malpica-Cruz, Alicia Abadía-Cardoso, Paulina Filz, Juan Carlos Bonilla, Julio Lorda

“…Our analyses revealed significant regional differences in kelp forest coverage recovery following extreme warming events, with the southern region maintaining historical coverage levels while the northern region showed a 95% decline in 2023. …”
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The effect of etching and pickling on the reactivity of intermetallics in cast aluminium alloys towards conversion coating deposition by Salil Sainis, Caterina Zanella

“…Fe-rich β-Al5FeSi IMs exhibit nearly 100% coverage even after a short 30 s NaOH etch and 0.5 h CeCC treatment, whereas Cu-rich θ-Al2Cu requires 120 s NaOH etching plus HNO3​ pickling for reliable coverage. …”
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Modeling the health and economic implications of adopting a 1-dose 9-valent human papillomavirus vaccination program in adolescents in low/middle-income countries: An analysis of I... by Vincent Daniels, Kunal Saxena, Oscar Patterson-Lomba, Andres Gomez-Lievano, Jarir At Thobari, Nancy Durand, Evan Myers

“…The girls-only 2-dose program tends to be cost-effective at lower WTP thresholds, particularly in scenarios with high coverage, dose price and discount rate, while the girls and boys 2-dose program is cost-effective at higher WTP thresholds. …”
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Making voluntary medical male circumcision services sustainable: Findings from Kenya's pilot models, baseline and year 1. by Stephanie M Davis, Nandi Owuor, Elijah Odoyo-June, Jonesmus Wambua, Eunice Omanga, Mainza Lukobo, Catharine Laube, Zebedee Mwandi, Chutima Suraratdecha, Urbanus M Kioko, Wesley Rotich, Jacquin Kataka, Caroline Ng'eno, Diwakar Mohan, Carlos Toledo, Appolonia Aoko, John Anyango, Daniel Oneya, Kennedy Orenjuro, Elizabeth Mgamb, Kennedy Serrem, Ambrose Juma

“…Kenya is one of the first countries to achieve high population coverage and seek to transition the program to a more sustainable structure designed to maintain coverage while making all aspects of service provision domestically owned and implemented. …”
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Dental visits among adolescents in Brazil: descriptive analysis of the National School Health Survey, 2019 by Hellen Monique da Motta, Nathalia Ribeiro Jorge da Silva-Garcia, Letícia Regina Morello Sartori, Maria Beatriz Junqueira de Camargo, Sarah Arangurem Karam

“…Federative units with high dental coverage reported lower use of services, while those with lower coverage reported a higher proportion of visits to the dentist. …”
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Tetanus Vaccination in Agricultural Workers: A Retrospective Study on Seroprevalence over 10 Years by Ermanno Vitale, Veronica Filetti, Giorgio Bertolazzi, Gabriele Giorgianni, Nektaria Zagorianakou, Andrea Marino, Massimiliano Esposito, Vincenzo Restivo, Serena Matera, Venerando Rapisarda, Luigi Cirrincione

“…Of the 835 vaccinated workers, 9% were not immune, while 19% of those who were not vaccinated or did not recall their vaccination history were immune. …”
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