Analysis of the 2016 – 2025 fiscal budget of U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by Nana LIU, Lieyu HUANG, Yuan DANG, Zekai YU, Qianqiu LIU, Yan GUO

“…The budget for "Birth Defects, Developmental Disabilities, Disabilities and Health" remained at a relatively low level with minor fluctuations (US$ 0.100 billion to US$ 0.223 billion). ConclusionsThe CDC continues to promote the integration of public health tasks and dynamically optimize the setting of fiscal budget items. …”
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Sistem Pengontrol Temperatur dan Kelembaban Otomatis untuk Ruang Penyimpanan Buah by Zulkifli Amin, Muhamad Adha

“…This research is started by designing and building the electronic wiring system and controlling system. Next, continuing with programming for a microcontroller kit using Arduino IDE software. …”
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Study of Teakwood Quality from Community Forests in Gunungkidul. VII. Natural Subterranean Termite Resistance by Ganis Lukmandaru, Pito Wargono, Arsy Rahman Mohammad, Vendy Eko Prasetyo

“…In this study, as a continuation, natural termite resistance of teak wood grown in community forests of Gunungkidul and the factors correlating to the termite resistance i.e. chemical and colour properties, were determined. …”
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Composition and Performance Evaluation of SBS/SBR Modified Emulsified Asphalt for Tack Coat on Airport Pavement by Kaiwei Wang, Xiangbing Xie, Guanghui Li, Jinggan Shao, Meng Bao, Mingwei Wang, Xianglei Zhu, Yahui He

“…After demulsification, the continuous phase and the dispersed phase were more closely integrated, so that the emulsified asphalt exhibited better bonding performance. …”
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Mechanism of Damage and Deterioration of Red Sandstone in South China under Different pH Treatments by Shuguang Zhang, Shutian Zhao, Jiaqi Liu, Zhifeng Liu, Dipeng Zhu, Yingbo Li

“…Acidic and alkaline solutions exhibit distinct mechanisms: acidic solutions corrode particles and framework to form continuous fractures, whereas alkaline solutions generate new substances filling the fractures through hydration reactions. …”
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Digital Health Intervention (SANGYAN Podcast) to Enhance Knowledge Related to COVID-19 and Other Health Conditions: Protocol for an Implementation and Evaluation Study by Ashish Joshi, Surapaneni Krishna Mohan, Apurva Kumar Pandya, Ashoo Grover, Sofia Rani Saggu, Saravanavel Kalpana Revathi, Shruti Sharma

“…Descriptive analysis will be used for continuous variables, and frequency analysis will be used for categorical variables. …”
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Neovascular Glaucoma from Ocular Ischemic Syndrome Treated with Serial Monthly Intravitreal Bevacizumab and Panretinal Photocoagulation: A Case Report by Hassaan Asif, Zhuangjun Si, Steven Quan, Pathik Amin, David Dao, Lincoln Shaw, Dimitra Skondra, Mary Qiu

“…However, 6 weeks after the last injection, the anterior segment neovascularization and elevated IOP again recurred, so he was resumed on a third course of lifetime monthly anti-VEGF injections, which may be continued in perpetuity. Conclusion. The patient’s NVG was quiescent while under the protection of serial anti-VEGF injections with interspersed PRP; however, the disease recurred each time injections were stopped. …”
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Randomized radial basis function neural network for solving multiscale elliptic equations by Yuhang Wu, Ziyuan Liu, Wenjun Sun, Xu Qian

“…Subsequently, a selection of collocation points is stochastically sampled at the boundaries of the subdomain, ensuring the satisfaction of C ^0 and C ^1 continuity and boundary conditions to couple these localized solutions. …”
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Apply IOT technology to practice a pandemic prevention body temperature measurement system: A case study of response measures for COVID-19 by Wei-Ling Lin, Chun-Hung Hsieh, Tung-Shou Chen, Jeanne Chen, Jian-Le Lee, Wei-Chung Chen

“…Today, the most serious threat to global health is the continuous outbreak of respiratory diseases, which is called Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). …”
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Effect of Skin Protectants on the Total Inward Leakage of N95 Respirators: Testing with an Advanced Static Headform by Xinyi Niu, Sergey A. Grinshpun, Michael Yermakov, Roman Jandarov, Iliya Rivkin

“…Disposable medical masks and NIOSH-approved N95 filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs) are typically their only defense against the virus. At the same time, continuous wearing of these devices, especially some N95 FFR models cause damage to the facial skin, such as skin irritation, swelling, and scaling. …”
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Parametric study and optimization of thermal performance and pressure drop in heat sinks with double-layer porous microchannels by Fahimeh Aliyari, Keivan Fallah, Hossein Zolfaghary Azizi, Farhad Hosseinnejad

“…These findings underscore the importance of optimizing geometric and operational parameters to achieve a balance between high thermal efficiency and acceptable pressure drop in the design of porous heat sinks. In the continuation of the research, the extracted parameters were used as inputs for optimization with a multi-objective genetic algorithm aimed at enhancing thermal performance and reducing pressure drop. …”
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Process evaluation of a cross-sectoral, coordinated follow-up care of stroke patients: a qualitative study by Theresa Schrage, Claudia Glissmann, Götz Thomalla, David Leander Rimmele, Holger Schmidt, Michael Rosenkranz, Stefan Boskamp, Martin Härter, Levente Kriston

“…However, high adoption and appropriateness in regard to patient-centeredness, psychosocial implications, and an overall benefit for the patients supported continuation of the remaining intervention components. …”
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The Diurnal Variation of L-Band Polarization Index in the U.S. Corn Belt Is Related to Plant Water Stress by Richard Cirone, Brian K. Hornbuckle

“…This diurnal behavior can be explained by transpiration outpacing root water uptake during daylight hours (resulting in a decrease in vegetation water from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.) and continued root water uptake overnight (that recharges vegetation water) only when plants have adequate soil water. …”
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Optimization of the Offshore Wind Turbines Layout Using Cuckoo Search Algorithm by Ibrahim Abdulwahab, Solomon Andrew Onazi, Gideon Rimamfate, Akande Abdulwasiu, Abubakar Umar, N.A Iliyasu

“…Developing effective means of optimizing wind farm configurations is a major concern for energy communities. This has continuously led to increased power generation and a corresponding cost reduction. …”
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Impact of elexacaftor-tezacaftor-ivacaftor in lung transplantation for cystic fibrosis in the United States by Tahuanty A. Pena, MD, MS, Brittany Wright, PharmD, Kalpaj R. Parekh, MBBS, Julia Kleney-Tait, MD, PhD

“…These findings underscore the transformative impact of CFTR modulators like ETI on the natural history of CF, highlighting the importance of continued advancements in precision medicine for genetic disorders. …”
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Association between Red Blood Cell Distribution Width and In-Hospital Mortality among Congestive Heart Failure Patients with Diabetes among Patients in the Intensive Care Unit: A R... by Kai Zhang, Yu Han, Yu Xuan Gao, Fang Ming Gu, Tianyi Cai, Rui Hu, Zhao Xuan Gu, Jia Ying Liang, Jia Yu Zhao, Min Gao, Bo Li, Dan Cui

“…RDW was assessed as both continuous and categorical variables. The primary outcome of the study was in-hospital mortality at the time of hospital discharge. …”
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Identification of species in the genus Nitraria L. (Nitrariaceae) based on nucleotide variability of nuclear ribosomal DNA by T. A. Poliakova, E. V. Banaev, M. A. Tomoshevich

“…Most likely, the processes of homogenization of nuclear ribosomal DNA of N. sibirica samples, the origin of which is associated with hybridization and speciation, are currently continuing.…”
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Influence of No-Tillage on Soil CO₂ Emissions Affected by Monitoring Hours in Maize in the North China Plain by Kun Du, Fadong Li, Peifang Leng, Qiuying Zhang

“…The soil CO₂ emissions, soil water content (SWC), and soil temperature (ST) were automatically monitored using the morning sampling (MonS) and continuous sampling (multi-hour sampling in one day, DayS) methods during the whole maize growth stages. …”
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Does sociality affect evolutionary speed? by Socias-Martínez, Lluís, Peckre, Louise Rachel

“…In addition, we develop predictions for how variation in each social dimension and component might affect evolutionary speed. Continuing to refine the theory and evidence on social effects on evolutionary speed might come at a benefit not only for the current issue but also for the domains it integrates. …”
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Biodegradable Polymer DES (Ultimaster) vs. Magnesium Bioresorbable Scaffold (BRS Magmaris) in Diabetic Population with NSTE-ACS: A One-Year Clinical Outcome of Two Sirolimus-Elutin... by Piotr Rola, Adrian Włodarczak, Mateusz Barycki, Marek Szudrowicz, Magdalena Łanocha, Jan Jakub Kulczycki, Karol Turkiewicz, Katarzyna Woźnica, Maciej Lesiak, Adrian Doroszko

“…Although percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) continues to evolve, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a well-established marker of poor clinical prognosis after PCI, which is mainly attributed to the rapid progression of atherosclerosis requiring recurrent revascularizations. …”
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