Comparative Cost Analysis of Four Interventions to Prevent HIV Transmission in Bandung, Indonesia by Eveline J.M. Verstraaten, Fenna M.M. Beeren, Jip L.C Janssen, Sophie Kemper, Adiatma Y.M Siregar, Noor Tromp, Rob Baltussen

“…Results: the total annualized costs for condom distribution, mobile voluntary counselling and testing (VCT), religious based information, communication, and education (IEC) and STI services equalled US$56,926, US$2,985, US$1,963 and US$5,865, respectively. …”
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Efficient Zero-Knowledge Proofs for Set Membership in Blockchain-Based Sensor Networks: A Novel OR-Aggregation Approach by Oleksandr Kuznetsov, Emanuele Frontoni, Marco Arnesano, Kateryna Kuznetsova

“…Extensive experimental evaluation demonstrates the superiority of our approach over existing methods, particularly for large-scale deployments. …”
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Interlaboratory comparison tests in mineralogical works by Elena G. Ozhogina, Maria I. Lebedeva, Elena A. Gorbatova

“…For unreliable and unsatisfactory results percentages total less than 11%, the percentage for unfulfilled results is equal to zero. Interlaboratory comparison tests in mineralogical works are an important means for controlling competence of testing laboratories.…”
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Latent and Asymptomatic Toxocara Infection among Young Population in Northwest Iran: The Necessity of Informing People as a Potential Health Risk by Tina Momeni, Mahmoud Mahami-Oskouei, Esmaeil Fallah, Abdolrasoul Safaiyan, Leyla Mahami-Oskouei

“…This study was designed to determine the frequency of anti-Toxocara antibodies in youngsters aging from 2 to 20 years in northwest Iran. Materials and Methods. 397 samples were taken randomly almost equally from four locations in Urmia, west Azerbaijan, during August 2014 to September 2015. …”
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Structure and Elemental Composition of Pb1 – xSnxS Films by P.V. Koval, А.S. Оpanasyuk, A.I. Turavets, I.S. Tashlykov, A.A. Ponomarev, P. Zhukowski

“…CSD sizes in the films are equal to L(040) = (35.5-47.5) nm, L(131) = (44.4-51.5) nm. …”
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RELATED KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE OF THE USE OF ANTIBIOTICS IN PATIENTS WITH DIARRHEA IN KENDARI INDONESIA by Alfrida Alik Langgesa, Ramadhan Tosepu, Hariati Lestari, Devi Savitri Effendy, La Ode Ali Imran, Pitrah Asfian, Hartati Bahar, Ambo Sakka

“…The negative impact of the use of antibiotics is the emergence and development of bacteria resistant to antibiotics, the emergence of diseases caused by bacterial superinfection, the occurrence of side effects of drugs Objective:  To determine the relationship between knowledge and attitude of people with diarrhea in the city kendari Methods: This research was analytic observational cross-sectional method with the entire patient population is diarrhea who came to visit in as many as 234 people Poasia Health Center and the study sample is equal to 148 people. …”
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Predicting fitness coaches’ intentions to include persons with disabilities in gyms: an application of the theory of planned behavior by Milan Dransmann, Michael Braksiek, Christopher Meier, Bernd Gröben, Lara Lesch, Pamela Wicker

“…IntroductionPromoting equal access to fitness offers implies the inclusion of individuals with disabilities in gyms. …”
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Tradeoffs and decision-making in moderate to severe psoriasis for oral versus injectable treatments: data from patients and dermatologists in Australia by Saxon D. Smith, Simon Fifer, Meredith Edwards, Anne Walter, Yichen Zhong, Joe Zhuo, Bronwyn West, Lynda Spelman

“…When treatment attributes were held equal, patients and dermatologists preferred oral versus injectable treatments for moderate disease. …”
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Comparative Cost Analysis of Four Interventions to Prevent HIV Transmission in Bandung, Indonesia by Eveline J.M. Verstraaten, Fenna M.M. Beeren, Jip L.C Janssen, Sophie Kemper, Adiatma Y.M Siregar, Noor Tromp, Rob Baltussen

“…Results: the total annualized costs for condom distribution, mobile voluntary counselling and testing (VCT), religious based information, communication, and education (IEC) and STI services equalled US$56,926, US$2,985, US$1,963 and US$5,865, respectively. …”
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Two‐stage stochastic energy and reserve market clearing model considering real‐time offering strategy of renewable energy by Zhengting Jiang, Yunpeng Xiao, Taishan Xu, Qi Liu, Jianxue Wang

“…The effectiveness of the proposed method is validated using the extended IEEE‐118 test system.…”
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Comparative Evaluation of Efficiency, Efficacy, and Patient Perception of Caries Excavation Burs in Pediatric Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial by Arundhati Goyal, Manvi Srivastava, Ritu Khanduja, Kusum Bharti

“…For patient acceptance, a significant difference was obtained (<italic>p</italic> = 0.000), diamond point and ceramic bur were equally acceptable to the patient and the least accepted was smart bur. …”
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A Machine Learning Approach to Quantitative Analysis of Enamel Microstructure from Scanning Electron Microscopy Images by Carli Marsico, Cameron Renteria, Jack R. Grimm, Juliana Fernandez‐Arteaga, Donna Guillen, Dwayne Arola

“…The methodology applied here is equally applicable to other hard tissues.…”
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Unveiling the situation of water hyacinth on fresh water bodies in Nigeria and South Africa: Management, workable practices and potentials by Ednah K. Onyari, Gloria U. Fayomi, Adesoji T. Jaiyeola

“…The presence of the weed in fresh water has become a major threat to economic, social activities especially to individuals who obtain their source of livelihood and survival from waterways, lack of access to clean water resulting to increased spread of water borne diseases and health implications is equally noted as continuous threat of this weed. Several efforts made to eradicate this weed have proved unsuccessful as the invasive weed outgrow the control methods. …”
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Small Intestinal Atresia: Should We Preserve the Peel or Toss It? by Benedetta Marino, Giulia Mottadelli, Marta Bisol, Maria Sergio, Piergiorgio Gamba, Elisa Zambaiti

“…We compared outcomes of apple-peel atresia based on different surgical approaches. Methods: a retrospective review from two institutions compared APA-resected and APA-preserved patients. …”
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A Unified Deep-Domain Adaptation Framework: Advancing Feature Separability and Local Alignment by Pranav Kumar, Jimson Mathew, Rakesh Kumar Sanodiya, Avinash Kumar Chouhan, Rahul Reddy Bukkasamudram, Chandra Sai Teja Adhikarla

“…Angular loss enhances feature discrimination through angular alignment, whereas LMMD equalizes local data distributions across domains, and entropy minimization refines the decision boundaries. …”
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Efficacy of diode laser application versus silver diamine fluoride (SDF) as a modification of Hall technique in primary teeth by Ghada A. Salem, Rasha F. Sharaf, Maryam El Mansy

“…Aim: The current study aimed to increase the success rate of the Hall technique in carious primary molars by eradicating bacteria present in carious lesions using SDF or diode laser in combination with the Hall technique. Materials and methods: A total of 159 children aged 4–8 years were randomly divided into three equal groups: Group I, application of the Hall technique; Group II, SDF with Hall technique; Group III, diode laser with Hall technique. …”
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Protocol: what are the ethnic inequities in care outcomes related to haematological malignancies, treated with transplant/cellular therapies, in the UK? A systematic review by Krishnarajah Nirantharakumar, Alastair K Denniston, Joht Singh Chandan, Nicola Adderley, David Burns, Samuel Cusworth, Zareen Deplano

“…Research into the determinates of treatment efficacy, and access to treatments, is key to ensuring equal benefit across patients and patient safety. …”
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Study of Electrokinetic Possibilities of Bacteria (S.aureus) Separation and Concentration by Developed Four-electrode Biosensor Chip Formats with ITO Microelectrodes in Whole Blood by A. I. Drapeza, S. K. Lazaruk, G. A. Skorokhod, V. A. Loban, T. I. Orekhovskaya, A. I. Khmelnitsky, E. I. Gudkova, A. V. Dolbik

“…It is determined that the amplitude-frequency mode and biosensor chip format can be used to develop methodological support for the identification of bacterial species, but only by optical methods. It is shown that in order to increase the number of bacteria on both of the central electrode in the concentration mode, it is necessary to increase the speed of the electroosmotic flow at alternating current, by optimizing the composition of the medium and the parameters of the electrical regime in order to equalize the rates of separation and concentration processes.…”
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Design, implementation and evaluation of value-based payment models: a Delphi study by Diogo L. L. Leao, Lise A. M. Moers, Henricus-Paul Cremers, Dennis van Veghel, Wim Groot, Milena Pavlova

“…The Delphi technique was used to reach consensus among a panel of (inter)national experts on these factors. Methods An expert panel of 15 members participated in a three-round Delphi study. …”
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Impact of Digital Panoramic Radiograph Magnification on Vertical Measurement Accuracy by Marc El Hage, Jean-Pierre Bernard, Christophe Combescure, Lydia Vazquez

“…The purpose of this panoramic radiography study was to assess the impact of image magnification on the accuracy of vertical measurements in the posterior mandible. Methods. Six dental implants, inserted in the posterior segments of a resin model, were used as reference objects. …”
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