Situation Analysis of Immune Response Status One Year After the Nationwide COVID‐19 Vaccination in Cameroon: Role of Obesity and SARS‐CoV‐2 Infection by Arlette Flore Moguem Soubgui, Loick Pradel Kojom Foko, Idriss Ntatou Lemouchele, Elisée Libert Embolo Enyegue, Martin Luther Koanga Mogtomo

“…Blood samples were used for determining serum levels of anti‐SARS‐CoV‐2 IgG and IgM antibodies, IL‐6, IFN‐γ, and CD4 + , while nasopharyngeal samples were used for molecular confirmation of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection. …”
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Barriers and facilitators to implementing core osteoarthritis treatments in China: a mixed-method study by Guoxin Ni, Ziru Wang, Shuning Duan, Xier Chen, Huili Deng, Yunqi Wang

“…Quantitative findings showed that physical agent therapy (56%) and traditional Chinese medicine (22%) were the most frequently used OA treatments, while exercise therapy was implemented in only 9% of cases. …”
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Implications for cost and access of site-of-service referrals for ancillary medical services in a US Medicaid population: analysis of claims data from Maryland, USA by Maqbool Dada, Simrita Singh, Kelsey J Rydland, Chester Chambers, Vishal Mundlye, Edward Kumian, Kayode Ayodele Williams

“…Shifting regulated bundles to unregulated sites, while imposing the constraint of no increase in travel time, reduced expenditures by 15.9%. …”
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Comparative analysis of pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis: A seven-year experience from a refugee host country, Turkiye by Tulay Unver Ulusoy, Filiz Duyar Agca, Hacer Demirköse, Hanife Nur Karakoc Parlayan, Nilgün Altın, Dilek Bulut, Irfan Sencan

“…The percentage of female patients was significantly higher (P=0.003) in EPTB compared to PTB group. While the prevalence of diabetes mellitus (P=0.002), hypertension (P=0.017), coronary obstructive pulmonary disease (P=0.001), congestive heart failure (P=0.005), coronary artery disease (P=0.001) and immunosuppressive medication use (P=0.017) were significantly higher in PTB patients than in EPTB patients. …”
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Response of Patch Characteristics of <i>Carex alatauensis</i> S. R. Zhang to Establishment Age in Artificial Grasslands on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau, China by Liangyu Lyu, Chao Wang, Pei Gao, Fayi Li, Qingqing Liu, Jianjun Shi

“…The results showed the following: (1) With the extension of restoration years, the asexual reproduction ability of <i>C. alatauensis</i> was enhanced, the patches became large, and aboveground/underground biomass significantly accumulated. (2) Community structure optimization meant that the coverage and biomass of Cyperaceae plants increased with restoration age, while those of Poaceae plants decreased. …”
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Evolution of Vegetation Landscape Pattern Dynamics in Ejina Delta, Northwest China—Before and After Ecological Water Diversion by Jingru Dong, Chaoyang Du, Jingjie Yu

“…To enhance oasis stability, future ecological management strategies should optimize spatiotemporal water allocation while considering differential vegetation responses.…”
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An intelligent non-destructive method to identify the quality of self-compacting concrete based on convolutional neural networks via image recognition by Zhong Xiao, Zixuan Liu, Xuying Guo, Jun Liu

“…Sampling inspection not only cannot realize the comprehensive coverage of the inspected concrete, but also is complicated, damaging and costly. …”
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Factors influencing dental care services utilization in India using Andersen health behaviour model: a systematic review by Sapna Negi, Ankita Mathur, Elakeya Udhaya, Neha Rani, Vini Mehta

“…Income level, insurance coverage, and facility availability were found as enablers of dental service utilization. …”
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Uncrewed Aerial Vehicle-Based Automatic System for Seat Belt Compliance Detection at Stop-Controlled Intersections by Gideon Asare Owusu, Ashutosh Dumka, Adu-Gyamfi Kojo, Enoch Kwasi Asante, Rishabh Jain, Skylar Knickerbocker, Neal Hawkins, Anuj Sharma

“…The model achieved a mean average precision (mAP) of 0.902, maintained high accuracy across the three studies, and outperformed manual methods in reliability and efficiency while offering a scalable, cost-effective alternative to LLM-based solutions.…”
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A taxonomically reliable DNA barcode reference library for North Sea macrobenthos by Magdalini Christodoulou, Sofie Derycke, Kevin K. Beentjes, Hans Hillewaert, Silke Laakmann, Kennet Lundin, Elham Kamyab, Sahar Khodami, Sara Maes, Henning Reiss, Carolin Uhlir, Laure Van den Bulcke, Berry Van der Hoorn, Annelies De Backer, Pedro Martinez Arbizu

“…Arthropoda is the most represented, while Bryozoa and Annelida have the lowest coverage. …”
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The Diabetes Care Cascade in Sri Lanka: An Analysis of Losses, Disparities, and Opportunities for Improved Health System Outcomes by Ravindra P. Rannan-Eliya, Nilmini Wijemunige, H. M. M. Herath, Prasadini Perera, Vajira H.W. Dissanayake, Bilesha Perera, Shanti Dalpatadu, Sarath Samarage, Anuji Gamage

“…Older adults and those with hypertension achieved higher rates at all steps, while disparities by gender, education, location, and body mass index were minimal. …”
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Pre-adopting new urban areas to climate change with coastal Nature-based solutions by Haoqi Wang, Baolong Han, Tong Wu, Felix Leung, Yingqi Ren

“…Results reveal that sea-level rise increases coastal vulnerability by 20.73% compared to the 2021 baseline, while NbS habitat restoration reduces vulnerability by 6.01%. …”
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Landsat Next current design for geological remote sensing: VNIR-SWIR-TIR data continuity and new opportunities by Bruno Portela, Harald van der Werff, Christoph Hecker, Mark van der Meijde

“…As the first multispectral spaceborne sensor to combine visible-near, shortwave, and thermal infrared coverage since ASTER, it presents a unique opportunity to reestablish long-term geological remote sensing continuity.In this study, we assess whether Landsat Next, in its currently published design, can replicate or even improve geological information derived from Sentinel-2 and ASTER. …”
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UK policymaker and expert perspectives on the smoke-free generation policy: a qualitative study by Rachael L Murray, Joanne Morling, Nathan Davies, Tessa Langley, Manpreet Bains

“…Some believed minimal enforcement would suffice due to anticipated compliance, while others stressed the need for strong enforcement. …”
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Does the reduction in obstetric hospitals result in an unintended decreased in-hospital delivery utilisation? A causal multilevel analysis in China by Jay Pan, Nan Chen, Peter C Coyte

“…These findings provide insights for optimising obstetric facility locations in similar low- and middle-income countries. While improving spatial accessibility is important, the potential quality gains from centralising obstetric resources should also be considered.…”
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Sociodemographic characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 serosurveillance studies with diverse recruitment strategies, Canada, 2020 to 2023 by Matthew J. Knight, Yuan Yu, Jiacheng Chen, Sheila F. O’Brien, David L. Buckeridge, Carmen Charlton, W. Alton Russell

“…Racialized minority representation was highest in a de novo probabilistic survey cohort and an open longitudinal cohort recruited from an online polling panel. Conclusion While no study had adequate representation of all subgroups, less traditional recruitment strategies were more representative of some population dimensions. …”
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Quantitative attribution of spatio-temporal pattern of pm2.5 concentration based on geodetector and GWR model: Evidence from China's three major urban agglomerations. by Zeduo Zou, Xiuyan Zhao, Shuyuan Liu, Xiaodie Yuan, Chunshan Zhou

“…Qinhuangdao: 34.2 μg/m3), YRD displayed "high-northwest" characteristics (Hefei: 68.5 μg/m3 vs. Ningbo: 42.1 μg/m3), while PRD exhibited a west-east gradient (Foshan: 49.8 μg/m3 vs. …”
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Planning Energy-Efficient Smart Industrial Spaces for Industry 4.0 by Viviane Bessa Ferreira, Raphael de Aquino Gomes, José Luis Domingos, Regina Célia Bueno da Fonseca, Thiago Augusto Mendes, Georgios Bouloukakis, Bruno Barzellay Ferreira da Costa, Assed Naked Haddad

“…By adapting this framework, we propose an integrated model for planning and implementing IoT applications that optimizes service utilization while adhering to operational and deployment cost constraints. …”
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Impacts of an Early Morning Low Earth Orbit Observing Platform in a Future Global Observing Network Scenario by Nikki C. Privé, Bryan M. Karpowicz, Erica L. McGrath-Spangler, Satya Kalluri

“…It is anticipated that there may be a gap in the LEO coverage between the planned mid-morning and early afternoon orbits. …”
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Theoretical Diagnostics for Narrow-line Regions of Active Galactic Nuclei by Peixin Zhu, Lisa J. Kewley, Ralph S. Sutherland

“…With a wide wavelength coverage, we anticipate that these AGN diagnostics will enable new metallicity studies of galaxies dominated by AGN.…”
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