Theory-Based Social Media Intervention for Nonmedical Use of Prescription Opioids in Young Adults: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial by Cheuk Chi Tam, Sean D Young, Sayward Harrison, Xiaoming Li, Alain H Litwin

“…Given the advantages of flexibility, wide coverage, and real-time responses and assessment, using social media appears to be a promising and innovative approach to delivering psychosocial intervention to young adults. …”
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Putting health facilities on the map: a renewed call to create geolocated, comprehensive, updated, openly licensed dataset of health facilities in sub-Saharan African countries by Peter M. Macharia, Lenka Beňová, Nicolas Ray, Aline Semaan, Moses M. Musau, John Kapoi Kipterer, Mark Herringer, Robert W. Snow, Emelda A. Okiro

“…We provide historical and recent examples while looking at key issues and challenges, such as privacy, legitimacy, resources, and leadership, which must be considered to achieve such HFDBs. …”
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COVID-19 testing experiences and attitudes among young adults and socially isolated older adults living in public housing, New York City (2022) by Emily Gill, Zora Hall, Lorna E. Thorpe, Natasha J. Williams, Natasha J. Williams, Elle Anastasiou, Stefanie Bendik, Malcolm Punter, Jeremy Reiss, Donna Shelley, Marie Bragg

“…Participants identified several barriers to testing, such as long lines, insurance coverage, and cost. Young adults reported that at-home COVID testing was more convenient, while older adults expressed concern about accuracy and administering the tests themselves. …”
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Coronoid height index: a reliable and reproducible technique for quantifying coronoid bone loss in elbow instability by Olamide Oyelade, BMBS, Mithun A. Joshi, MBBS (Hons), FRACS (Orth), FAOrthA, Joideep Phadnis, MBChB, FRCS (Tr & Orth), PhD

“…A best fit circle was drawn in the greater sigmoid notch on the sagittal section. The coronoid coverage height (CCH) was defined as the distance (in mm) measured at 90° from the greater sigmoid notch floor to a line between the olecranon and coronoid tips (or fracture base in fractured coronoids), bisecting the center of the circle. …”
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Ultra-high-Q photonic crystal nanobeam cavity for etchless lithium niobate on insulator (LNOI) platform by Zhi Jiang, Cizhe Fang, Xu Ran, Yu Gao, Ruiqing Wang, Jianguo Wang, Danyang Yao, Xuetao Gan, Yan Liu, Yue Hao, Genquan Han

“…The expansive spectral coverage and superior optical properties of lithium niobate (LN) offer a comprehensive suite of tools for exploring novel functionalities. …”
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CRISPR/Cas13a-assisted rapid and portable HBV DNA detection for low-level viremia patients by Yuan Tian, Zihao Fan, Ling Xu, Yaling Cao, Sisi Chen, Zhenzhen Pan, Yao Gao, Hao Li, Sujun Zheng, Yingmin Ma, Zhongping Duan, Xiangying Zhang, Feng Ren

“…The positive coincidence rate for LLV patients was 87%, while the negative coincidence rate was 100%. The positive coincidence rate reached 100% in LLV patients (viral loading >100 IU/mL). …”
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Rectal Cancer and Lateral Lymph Node Staging: Interobserver Agreement and Success in Predicting Locoregional Recurrence by Hüseyin Akkaya, Okan Dilek, Selim Özdemir, Turgay Öztürkçü, Mustafa Gürbüz, Zeynel Abidin Tas, Süleyman Çetinkünar, Bozkurt Gülek

“…<b>Results:</b> Among the parameters examined, for the MRI T stage and distance between the tumor and the MRF, a moderate agreement (kappa values: 0.61–0.80) was obtained, while for all other parameters, the interobserver agreement was notably high (kappa values 0.81–1.00). …”
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Variation patterns of different vegetation types and soil nutrients in water-land ecotone of the Li River by WANG Jing1,2, PAN Fujing3, LU Qianqian2, WANG Bin1*

“…As the submersed duration decreased, the water-land ecotone gradually evolved from scattered herbaceous plant communities to grass, shrub, and tree plant communities, and the α diversity of vegetation species(Shannon-Wiener index, Pielou index and Simpson index )and vegetation coverage showed a gradually increasing trend, which were lowest value on the gravel zone and the highest on the tree zone.(2)There were significant differences in soil nutrient content among different vegetation types. …”
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Adapting the High-Resolution PlanetScope Biomass Model to Low-Resolution VIIRS Imagery Using Spectral Harmonization: A Case of Grassland Monitoring in Mongolia by Margad-Erdene Jargalsaikhan, Masahiko Nagai, Begzsuren Tumendemberel, Erdenebaatar Dashdondog, Vaibhav Katiyar, Dorj Ichikawa

“…The uncertainty analysis showed strong overall agreement with PlanetScope-derived biomass, with an RMSE of 11.6 g/m², a mean percentage difference of 10.74%, and an R² of 0.92. While mountain grasslands exhibited the lowest RMSE, a relatively lower R² indicated limited variability. …”
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Invasive bacteria isolates from children with severe infections in a Nigerian hospital by Anthony O. Onipede, Adedeji A. Onayade, Jerome B.E. Elusiyan, Perpetua O. Obiajunwa, Ezra O.O. Ogundare, Olarinde O. Olaniran, Lateef A. Adeyemi, Oyeku O. Oyelami

“…S. aureus was more frequently isolated in sepsis while H. influenzae appears to play a major role in meningitis. …”
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Multi-omics analysis of methylmalonic acidemia caused by a non-coding region variant in MMAA gene combined with uniparental disomy by HUO Xiaoyan, LUO Xiaomei, YE Xiantao, SUN Yu, YU Yongguo, LIANG Lili, FAN Yanjie

“…Sanger sequencing confirmed that the mother was heterozygous for this variant, while the father did not carry it. RNA-seq showed no detectable expression of the MMAA gene on chromosome 4 in the patient. …”
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Unlocking horizontal and vertical cropping intensification potentials to address landlessness and food security challenges of rainfed crop production systems in Ethiopia: potential... by Tibebu Kassawmar, Tibebu Kassawmar, Matebu Tadesse, Matebu Tadesse, Gizaw Desta, Amare Bantider, Amare Bantider, Ermias Teferi, Ermias Teferi, Woldeamlak Bewket, Woldeamlak Bewket, Lemlem Abraha, Gete Zeleke, Claire L. Walsh, Greg O’Donnell

“…On the other hand, Vertical Cropping Intensification (VCI) practices cover only 10%, while about 1/3 of the RCA is suitable for VCI strategies at various levels of suitability. …”
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Predictable anconeus dimensions with limited influence from patient size: implications for surgical planning and applications by Connor C. Park, BS, Julia R. Wieland, BS, Ryan D. DeAngelis, MD, Manuel E. Cevallos, MD, Andrew M. Choo, MD

“…While anatomical studies have explored the anconeus muscle's dimensions, it is unclear whether it scales consistently with nearby structures or changes markedly with subject size. …”
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Deep unsupervised clustering for prostate auto-segmentation with and without hydrogel spacer by Hengrui Zhao, Biling Wang, Michael Dohopolski, Ti Bai, Steve Jiang, Dan Nguyen

“…In recent years, hydrogel spacers have been used in some prostate cancer patients receiving radiotherapy to separate the prostate and the rectum to better spare the rectum while achieving adequate dose coverage on the prostate. …”
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Sleep, Health Care–Seeking Behaviors, and Perceptions Associated With the Use of Sleep Wearables in Canada: Results From a Nationally Representative Survey by Karianne Dion, Meggan Porteous, Tetyana Kendzerska, Ashley Nixon, Elliott Lee, Massimiliano de Zambotti, Sheila N Garland, Mandeep Singh, Gino De Luca, Samuel Gillman, Andrée-Ann Baril, Dave Gallson, Rebecca Robillard

“…Yet, there are significant gaps in understanding the real-life implications of this phenomenon. While wearables may offer insights about sleep and promote sleep health awareness, evidence remains mixed on whether they lead to improved sleep outcomes or fuel sleep anxiety. …”
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Low Impact Development-Based Drainage Design in Residential Areas: A Case Study of Mastrip Housing by Yangga Purnagusti, Entin Hidayah, Audiananti Meganandi Kartini

“…Nonetheless, this study finds that the usage of rain barrels is not equally successful in all situations. While they may effectively minimize runoff in some locations, their efficacy varies elsewhere even in the same housing area. …”
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Flood Risk Assessment in Coastal Cities: A Case Study of Lingang New City, Shanghai by CHEN Li-hui, CHEN Jie, GAO Guo-ping

“…The southeastern coastal region (e.g., Nanhui New Town and its surroundings) had the highest risk, followed by central town areas (e.g., Nicheng Town, Shuyuan Town), while the central-western rural areas had the lowest risk. …”
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Oat Cover Crop Integration in Alfalfa‐Tall Fescue Mixed Grasslands: Optimizing Sowing Ratios and Spatial Arrangements for Enhanced Productivity and Weed Suppression by Xiaoyu Zhao, Yuchen Sun, Yuan Li, Yu Jiao, Mengxin Xing, Jiayu Shi, Guofeng Yang, Chao Yang, Wei Tang, Yufang Xu, Juan Sun, Fuhong Miao

“…In 2023, inter‐row sowing with 15% oat yielded 16.57 t/ha, while in 2024, inter‐row sowing with 20% oat achieved the maximum dry matter yield of 18.4 t/ha. …”
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Primary liver cancer burden and its association with health development in the Western Pacific, 1990–2021 by Teng-Chao Zhou, Teng-Chao Zhou, Dan Qin, Peng Yan, Peng Yan, Bin Lan, Bin Lan, Qing Wang, Qing Wang, Jie Tan, Jie Tan

“…HBV remained the leading cause, while burdens from alcohol use and NASH grew markedly. …”
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Troca pulpar: uma solução simples para um problema complexo Pulp exchange: a simple solution for a complex problem by Felipe Kunrath Simões Pires, Lourenço Frigeri Teixeira, Pedro Djacir Escobar Martins, Jefferson Braga Silva

“…In the Semmes-Weinstein monofilament test, D1 and D3 scored 3.61, while the other fingers scored 4.31. The same contralateral digits scored 2.83, except D5, which scored 3.61. …”
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