Self-Organizing Wireless Sensor Networks Solving the Coverage Problem: Game-Theoretic Learning Automata and Cellular Automata-Based Approaches by Franciszek Seredynski, Miroslaw Szaban, Jaroslaw Skaruz, Piotr Switalski, Michal Seredynski

“…In this paper, we focus on developing self-organizing algorithms aimed at solving, in a distributed way, the coverage problem in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). …”
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Assessing the influence of male vaccination on cervical cancer elimination in China under different vaccination coverage scenarios: A modeling study by Ibrahim Diakite, Jeffrey Kyle, Sujian Situ, Wei (Vivian) Wang, Xingxing Zhang, Yin Wang, Rui Bian, Hai Bin Wu, Xu Sheng Wang, Ya-Ting Chen, Vincent Daniels

“…These results suggest that updating the current Chinese HPV vaccination program by including males and using a nonavalent vaccine, in conjunction with efforts to increase cervical cancer screening uptake, offers the fastest route to cervical cancer elimination in China, especially while VCRs remain low.…”
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Path to full immunisation coverage, role of each vaccine and their importance in the immunisation programme: a cross-sectional analytical study of India by Gunjan Taneja, Pawan Kumar, Disha Agarwal, Ajay Kumar Verma, Pritu Dhalaria, Sanjay Kapur, Ajeet Kumar Singh, Bhupendra Tripathi

“…Remarkably, within partially vaccinated (20%) children, 42.8% show zero dose for measles-containing vaccines, while 6.7% of children failed to achieve full immunisation coverage due to just one missed dose of vaccine. …”
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Inequities in PrEP annualized pill‐day coverage, United States, 2018–2022: a cross‐sectional pharmacoequity analysis by Patrick S. Sullivan, Eric Hall, Heather Bradley, Elizabeth S. Russell, Cory R. Woodyatt

“…Abstract Introduction Pre‐exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is highly effective in reducing the risk of HIV acquisition, but the population‐level impact of PrEP depends on the proportion of people with PrEP indications who use it (coverage) and how long they stay on it while at risk (persistence). …”
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Chromosomal instability by low-coverage whole-genome sequencing assay predicts prognosis in bladder cancer patients underwent radical cystectomy by Qi Ding, Hailiang Zhu, Bo Fan, Lisheng Wang, Xiaohua Jin, Cheng Cao, Ying Shi, Zhijiang Fan, Wenjian Tu, Feng Li

“…We analyzed CIN in tumor of bladder by low-coverage whole genome sequencing (LC-WGS). Kaplan-Meier log-rank test was used to perform survival analysis. …”
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How does shrub stem coverage affect the hydraulic properties of concentrated flow and sediment yield during gully bed erosion? by Lin Liu, Donghong Xiong, Baojun Zhang, Dan Yang, Yong Yuan, Binyan Zhang, Wenduo Zhang, Liangtao Shi, Xiaodan Wang

“…However, it is still unclear how the stem coverage affects gully bed erosion processes by altering the runoff hydraulics and soil sedimentation. …”
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Trends of Coverage of Mass Drug Administration, Population at Risk and Reported Cases of Schistosomiasis and Soil-Transmitted Helminths, Uganda, 2013–2023 by Benigna G. Namara, Benon Kwesiga, Richard Migisha, Lilian Bulage, Benjamin Tinkitina, Alex Riolexus Ario, Alfred Mubangizi

“…Strategies to improve and maintain MDA coverage for both NTDs to a target of 75% are crucial, while the rise in PAR and unabating case counts necessitate targeted interventions, including improved sanitation, health education, and vaccine development.…”
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An immunoinformatics approach in designing high-coverage mRNA multi-epitope vaccine against multivariant SARS-CoV-2 by Ernawati Arifin Giri-Rachman, Al Mirahma Febri Kurnianti, Rizarullah, Aditya Hanung Setyadi, Anita Artarini, Marselina Irasonia Tan, Catur Riani, Dessy Natalia, Reza Aditama, Husna Nugrahapraja

“…In this study, utilizing immunoinformatics and reverse vaccinology, we aimed to develop a multi-epitope mRNA vaccine with high population coverage, targeting multiple variants of SARS-CoV-2. …”
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The most gender-equal Olympics? A corpus-assisted keywords analysis of Italian press coverage of male and female athletes in Paris 2024 by Simona Frabotta, Javier Fernández-Cruz

“…Results show that women’s sports received less  coverage  than  men’s,  are  more  likely  to  be  represented  in  traditionally  “feminine”  sports  like  gymnastics,  while  in  other  sports  they  were  underrepresented.  …”
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Combined Impacts of Temperature, Sea Ice Coverage, and Mixing Ratios of Sea Spray and Dust on Cloud Phase Over the Arctic and Southern Oceans by Barbara Dietel, Hendrik Andersen, Jan Cermak, Philip Stier, Corinna Hoose

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Human papillomavirus vaccination at age 9 or 10 years to increase coverage – a narrative review of the literature, United States 2014–2024 by Sarah K. Brewer, Ruth Stefanos, Neil C. Murthy, Amimah F. Asif, Shannon Stokley, Lauri E. Markowitz

“…Impact of age 9 vaccination is difficult to isolate in intervention studies that had multiple components. While initiating vaccination at age 9 is feasible, questions remain regarding the benefit of this approach to increase coverage.…”
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Condensation Characteristics of Superhydrophobic Surface at Different Working Conditions by Gu Guiyu, Sheng Wei, Zheng Haikun, Hao Xiaoru, Wang Ruirui

“…The droplets on the superhydrophobic surface grow faster under high humidity, while the droplet growth radius under low humidity will exceed that under medium and high humidity after sufficient time. …”
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Time series changes and influencing factors of fractional vegetation coverage under weed competition in wheat field ecosystems through remote sensing by Guofeng Yang, Yong He, Zhenjiang Zhou, Lingzhen Ye, Hui Fang, Xuping Feng

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Tent–PSO-Based Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Path Planning for Cooperative Relay Networks in Dynamic User Environments by Shuyue Liu, Wenmao Zhou, Mingwei Qin, Xin Peng

“…The proper planning of UAV paths can improve user coverage while maintaining communication quality. The traditional particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm exhibits strong global search capabilities; however, it suffers from challenges such as uneven search coverage owing to the random distribution of the initial particle positions. …”
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Snow occurrence time on the Russia’s territory in the early 21st century (from satellite data) by T. B. Titkova, V. V. Vinogradova

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Assessing vaccine coverage and delivery strategies for influenza and COVID-19 among Italian healthcare workers: A 2015–2023 case study by Domenico Pascucci, Alberto Lontano, Eleonora Marziali, Giuseppe Vetrugno, Umberto Moscato, Patrizia Laurenti

“…The success of different delivery models indicates that healthcare institutions should implement multiple, complementary vaccination strategies tailored to specific contexts and workforce preferences, while maintaining continuous educational support to ensure sustained vaccine coverage.…”
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Minimizing maximum cost in task coverage problem with multiple mobile sensors: A heuristic approach based on all-pairs shortest path by Hyeun Jeong Min, Hyo-Sang Lim

“…We address a task coverage problem to cover all given tasks with a given number of mobile sensors. …”
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Correlation analysis of vaccination coverage, positivity rate, and community mobility rate on COVID-19 effective reproductive rate: SIR modeling study from Indonesia by Meirina Nur Asih Susanti, Siti Nurrochmah, Lucky Radita Alma, Supriyadi Supriyadi

“…Results: The results of the study showed a decrease in the number of cases of vulnerable and infected subpopulations after public health interventions, followed by the results that the positivity rate and level assessment situation were significantly correlated with the strength of the relationship powerful to the Covid-19 Effective Reproductive Rate with values (r=0.856; p=0.00) and (r=-0.712; p=0.00), while vaccination coverage was not statistically significantly correlated with a value of (r=-0.209; p=0.137). …”
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Household-based Survey of Diphtheria Vaccination in Osogbo Vis-à-vis 2023 Diphtheria Outbreak in Osun State, Nigeria: A Snapshot Assessment by Waidi Folorunso Sule, Hannah Ifedayo Ajayi, Ayokunle David Obayomi, Omolola Yinka Adeagbo, Omotayo Opemipo Oyedara, Olayode Olayiwola, Sunday Babatunde Akinde

“…Conclusion: The partially immunised/high dropout rate (incompletely immunised) and the 23 zero-dose children (non-immunised) could initiate diphtheria outbreak; while the high full coverage would make it low as observed in Osun State in 2023. …”
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NGS coverage accurately predicts MET and HER2 (ERBB2) gene amplifications in a real-world non-small cell lung cancer cohort by Adam Kowalewski, Adam Kowalewski, Adam Kowalewski, Janna Siemanowski-Hrach, Thomas Stehle, Jan Rehker, Udo Siebolts, Sabine Merkelbach-Bruse, Carina Heydt

“…NGS fold changes, reflected by gene coverage, were calculated as the ratio of the highest gene-specific coverage to the mean coverage across all genes.ResultsAmplification was detected in 46 (68.7%) samples. …”
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