Performance of the National Tuberculosis Control Program in the post conflict Liberia. by Kassaye Tekie Desta, T E Masango, Zerish Zethu Nkosi

“…Of the 139 participants, 120 (86%) completed TB treatment while 19 (14%) did not.<h4>Conclusion</h4>Between 2003 and 2013, the National Leprosy and Tuberculosis Control Programme (NLTCP) succeeded in restoring the TB services and improving some of the TB treatment outcomes including the Directly observed treatment short courses(DOTS) coverage. …”
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A STUDY TO ASSESS THE DISTRIBUTION OF SUSPECTED ADVERSE EVENTS FOLLOWING IMMUNISATION REPORTED IN A METROPOLITAN CITY IN INDIA by Sophie Simon, Shalini Rawat, Rohan Sangam, G D Velhal

“…Injectable Polio Vaccine (IPV) showed the highest rate of antigen-specific AEFI (13.2/100000 doses administered) while measles vaccine showed the lowest rate (2.7/100000 doses administered). …”
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Protecting Dynamically Obfuscated Scan Chain Architecture from DOSCrack with Trivium Pseudo-Random Number Generation by Jiaming Wu, Olivia Dizon-Paradis, Sazadur Rahman, Damon L. Woodard, Domenic Forte

“…Design-for-test/debug (DfT/D) introduces scan chain testing to increase testability and fault coverage by inserting scan flip-flops. However, these scan chains are also known to be a liability for security primitives. …”
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Identification of Cross-Protective Potential Antigens against Pathogenic Brucella spp. through Combining Pan-Genome Analysis with Reverse Vaccinology by Yasmin Hisham, Yaqoub Ashhab

“…The number of potential antigens was 87; those with adhesion score ≥ 0.5 were considered antigen with “high potential,” while those with a score of 0.4–0.5 were considered antigens with “intermediate potential.” …”
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Predicting laboratory solution kit accuracy using artificial intelligence: a data-driven approach by Abdulwahab AL-Deib, Eshraq Alsherif, Husameddin Abuzgaia, Amel Rabti, Ruwaida Rtemi, Salem Elfard, Sheren Njaim

“…Future improvements should expand analyte coverage, incorporate mmol/L conversion, and enable batch processing. …”
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The Comparative Bibliometric Analysis of Watershed Ecological Protection and Restoration in the Context of Territorial Spatial Planning: An Overview of Global Research Trends by Hengsong Zhao, Guangyu Wang, Wanlin Wei

“…The main findings are as follows: (1) A quantitative analysis indicates that the number of publications has increased significantly since 1998, with growing interdisciplinary and cross-sector collaboration. (2) The qualitative analysis reveals three fundamental theoretical principles: holistic management, multi-scale interactions, and dynamic coordination. (3) The Chinese Academy of Sciences led in research output, while other institutions showed wider geographic coverage, stronger collaboration networks, and a decentralized, multi-core structure. (4) Keyword clustering highlights three major themes: evaluation methodologies for ecological protection and restoration, spatiotemporal evolution and driving mechanisms, and integrated governance system development. (5) Within the territorial spatial planning paradigm, future researchers should employ big data analytics and monitoring technologies to better diagnose and address ecological challenges.…”
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Fragmented patch patterns accelerate evapotranspiration: Implications for alpine meadow restoration by Wei Zhang, Jinglin Zhang

“…Restoring vegetation coverage of BP around IV is crucial for the management of degraded alpine meadows.…”
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‘They say we are money minded’ exploring experiences of formal private for-profit health providers towards contribution to pro-poor access in post conflict Northern Uganda by Justine Namakula, Suzanne Fustukian, Barbara McPake, Freddie Ssengooba

“…Most mechanisms were preceded by managers’ subjective identification of the poor, while operationalisation heavily depended on the managers’ availability and trust between the provider and the customer. …”
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Evaluation of Fiber Post Exposure on Coronal Microleakage of Endodontically Treated Teeth: An In Vitro Study by Nafise Elmamooz, Mehrnaz Karimi Afshar, Mohammad Amin Eslami

“…The fiber posts were exposed in the second and fourth groups, while the fiber posts and luting cement were exposed in the third and fifth groups. …”
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Real price of health-experiences of out-of-pocket costs in Australia: protocol for a systematic review by Anne Parkinson, Danielle Butler, Jane Desborough, Vanessa Fanning, Shelley Ting-Li Wang, Hsei Di Law

“…While it is known that high OOP healthcare costs may contribute to poorer health outcomes, it is not clear exactly how these expenses are experienced by people with chronic illnesses. …”
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A curated benchmark dataset for molecular identification based on genome skimming by Renata C. Asprino, Liming Cai, Yujing Yan, Peter J. Flynn, Lucas C. Marinho, Xiaoshan Duan, Christiane Anderson, Goia M. Lyra, Charles C. Davis, Bruno A. S. de Medeiros

“…One of them consists of novel sequences from taxonomically verified samples in the plant clade Malpighiales, while the other three datasets compile publicly available data. …”
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Effects of Grazing Intensity on Features of Vegetation, Soil and Its Erosion in a Steppe Desert by Yang Yanan, Yang Zhenqi, Guo Jianying

“…[Results] ① Average coverage, height, and aboveground biomass of the vegetation community decreased as grazing intensity increased, while species richness index, diversity index, and evenness index increased. ② Sand content of the soil increased with grazing intensity, and bulk density and infiltration of the surface soil (0—10 cm) were more affected by grazing. ③ Under the same rainfall intensity, soil erosion and sediment yield increased with increasing grazing intensity. …”
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Time-resolved large-scale neural coactivations in macaque monkey by Valarie Ivey, Han Yuan, Lei Ding

“…Recent studies using human electroencephalography (EEG) and magnetoencephalography (MEG) have further revealed that large-scale distributed activations are frequency-specific and of fast dynamics (tens of milliseconds), while these phenomena have not been investigated in animals. …”
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Modeling the Ecological Network in Mountainous Resource-Based Cities: Morphological Spatial Pattern Analysis Approach by Liyun Zeng, Rita Yi Man Li, Hongzhou Du

“…The results show that most ecological core patches are fragmented and dispersed, while ecological corridors are vulnerable to disruption by external interference. …”
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The impact of COVID-19 on private healthcare service utilisation: time series analysis in the capital region of Finland during 2020–2022 by Oskar Niemenoja, Antti-Jussi Ämmälä, Sari Riihijärvi, Paul Lillrank, Petri Bono, Simo Taimela

“…While the overall diagnostic activity has eventually recovered to predicted levels, many classes of diagnoses display reduced levels in the study population over the follow-up period. …”
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Photofixation Pd Functionalization of ZnO Thin Films for Efficient Photocatalytic Removal of Doxycycline Antibiotic in Aqueous Phase by Dobrina Ivanova, Hristo Kolev, Bozhidar Stefanov, Nina Kaneva

“…At low UV doses (2.5 J/cm²), approximately 1.6 at.% of Pd was photodeposited, primarily as PdO, while higher UV doses (5–10 J/cm²) increased the metallic Pd⁰ content. …”
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Analysis of potential tourism development in perintis reservoir by using environmental approach, Suwawa, Bone Bolango by David Chow, Audrey Maura, Meliana Putri Suman, Salsabilah Hamidah Putri Wicaksono, Anna Pudianti, Vincentia Reni Vitasurya

“…The Riparian buffer system and rain garden can help to balance water conservation while increasing the naturalness of the landscape. …”
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Economic Evaluation of Free Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmissions (PMTCT) Services to Non-South African Women Living in South Africa by Micheal Kofi Boachie, Vinayak Bhardwaj, Bontle Mamabolo, Winfrida Mdewa, Susan Goldstein, Karen Hofman, Evelyn Thsehla

“…The comparator was provision of only antenatal care (ANC) while the intervention was ANC + PMTCT services. …”
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An Integrated and High-resolution Assessment of Territorial Water Vulnerability: The Case of the Gran Valparaiso Conurbation, Central Chile by Nicolás Álamos, Inti Lefort, Angel Allendes, Marco Billi, Tamara Monslve, Anahi Urquiza

“…Ensuring water security requires equitable access to water services of adequate quantity and quality to meet diverse needs, while also guaranteeing the sustainability of these services in the face of natural and anthropogenic threats. …”
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Ab Initio Accuracy Neural Network Potential for Drug-Like Molecules by Manyi Yang, Duo Zhang, Xinyan Wang, BoWen Li, Linfeng Zhang, Weinan E, Tong Zhu, Han Wang

“…We employed state-of-the-art molecular dynamic (MD) techniques, including temperature acceleration and enhanced sampling, to construct a comprehensive dataset to ensure exhaustive coverage of relevant configurational spaces. Our rigorous testing protocols, including torsion scanning, structure relaxation, and high-temperature MD simulations across various organic molecules, have culminated in an NN model that achieves chemical precision commensurate with the highly regarded density functional theory model while substantially outstripping the accuracy of prevalent semi-empirical methods. …”
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