Deep reinforcement learning for multi-objective location optimization of onshore wind power stations: a case study of Guangdong Province, China by Yanna Gao, Hong Dong, Liujun Hu, Fanhong Zeng, Yuqun Gao, Zhuonan Huang, Shaohua Wang, Shaohua Wang

“…Computational experiments focus on wind-rich coastal regions of Guangdong Province, evaluating both solution quality (coverage and utilization metrics) and computational efficiency under varying problem sizes.ResultsThe DRL algorithm achieves objective values comparable to or better than those from the Gurobi-based method, while substantially reducing computation time for large problem instances. …”
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Tuberculosis in Adults and Children in the Northwestern Federal District: Changes in Epidemiological Rates and Criteria for Their Assessment by A. A. Starshinova, I. F. Dovgalyuk, D. A. Kudlay, M. V. Beltyukov, P. K. Yablonskiy

“…The use of the coefficient of low coverage with screening for tuberculosis made it possible to determine that Murmansk Oblast, St. …”
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Methods to Adjust for Confounding in Test-Negative Design COVID-19 Effectiveness Studies: Simulation Study by Elizabeth AK Rowley, Patrick K Mitchell, Duck-Hye Yang, Ned Lewis, Brian E Dixon, Gabriela Vazquez-Benitez, William F Fadel, Inih J Essien, Allison L Naleway, Edward Stenehjem, Toan C Ong, Manjusha Gaglani, Karthik Natarajan, Peter Embi, Ryan E Wiegand, Ruth Link-Gelles, Mark W Tenforde, Bruce Fireman

“…The lowest coverage in the multivariable scenarios was 93.7% (95% CI 92.2%-95.2%) and occurred in the multivariable model with key covariates, while the highest coverage in the multivariable scenarios was 95.3% (95% CI 94.0%-96.6%) and occurred in the multivariable model with all covariates. …”
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Community-led management maintains higher predator biomass supporting kelp forests persistence in Baja California by Jeremie Bauer, Rodrigo Beas-Luna, Luis Malpica-Cruz, Alicia Abadía-Cardoso, Paulina Filz, Juan Carlos Bonilla, Julio Lorda

“…Our analyses revealed significant regional differences in kelp forest coverage recovery following extreme warming events, with the southern region maintaining historical coverage levels while the northern region showed a 95% decline in 2023. …”
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The effect of etching and pickling on the reactivity of intermetallics in cast aluminium alloys towards conversion coating deposition by Salil Sainis, Caterina Zanella

“…Fe-rich β-Al5FeSi IMs exhibit nearly 100% coverage even after a short 30 s NaOH etch and 0.5 h CeCC treatment, whereas Cu-rich θ-Al2Cu requires 120 s NaOH etching plus HNO3​ pickling for reliable coverage. …”
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Modeling the health and economic implications of adopting a 1-dose 9-valent human papillomavirus vaccination program in adolescents in low/middle-income countries: An analysis of I... by Vincent Daniels, Kunal Saxena, Oscar Patterson-Lomba, Andres Gomez-Lievano, Jarir At Thobari, Nancy Durand, Evan Myers

“…The girls-only 2-dose program tends to be cost-effective at lower WTP thresholds, particularly in scenarios with high coverage, dose price and discount rate, while the girls and boys 2-dose program is cost-effective at higher WTP thresholds. …”
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Making voluntary medical male circumcision services sustainable: Findings from Kenya's pilot models, baseline and year 1. by Stephanie M Davis, Nandi Owuor, Elijah Odoyo-June, Jonesmus Wambua, Eunice Omanga, Mainza Lukobo, Catharine Laube, Zebedee Mwandi, Chutima Suraratdecha, Urbanus M Kioko, Wesley Rotich, Jacquin Kataka, Caroline Ng'eno, Diwakar Mohan, Carlos Toledo, Appolonia Aoko, John Anyango, Daniel Oneya, Kennedy Orenjuro, Elizabeth Mgamb, Kennedy Serrem, Ambrose Juma

“…Kenya is one of the first countries to achieve high population coverage and seek to transition the program to a more sustainable structure designed to maintain coverage while making all aspects of service provision domestically owned and implemented. …”
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Dental visits among adolescents in Brazil: descriptive analysis of the National School Health Survey, 2019 by Hellen Monique da Motta, Nathalia Ribeiro Jorge da Silva-Garcia, Letícia Regina Morello Sartori, Maria Beatriz Junqueira de Camargo, Sarah Arangurem Karam

“…Federative units with high dental coverage reported lower use of services, while those with lower coverage reported a higher proportion of visits to the dentist. …”
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Tetanus Vaccination in Agricultural Workers: A Retrospective Study on Seroprevalence over 10 Years by Ermanno Vitale, Veronica Filetti, Giorgio Bertolazzi, Gabriele Giorgianni, Nektaria Zagorianakou, Andrea Marino, Massimiliano Esposito, Vincenzo Restivo, Serena Matera, Venerando Rapisarda, Luigi Cirrincione

“…Of the 835 vaccinated workers, 9% were not immune, while 19% of those who were not vaccinated or did not recall their vaccination history were immune. …”
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Preparedness and response to the international poliovirus and diphtheria reintroduction alert: public health interventions and strategy review in the Veneto Region, Italy by Marco Milani, Marco Milani, Michele Nicoletti, Michele Nicoletti, Michele Tonon, Davide Gentili, Stefan-Alexandru Panaite, Stefan-Alexandru Panaite, Filippo Da Re, Andrea Basso, Gloria Pagin, Marco Zampini, Debora Ballarin, Francesca Zanella, Vanessa Groppi, Silvia Cocchio, Francesca Russo, Vincenzo Baldo

“…While improvements in vaccination rates were achieved, the findings underscore the need for targeted, community-specific interventions and continuous monitoring to address disparities. …”
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Competitive Efficiency of Foreign Cereal Trade Between Kazakhstan and China by Zh. Nurgazina, U. Ali

“…The study used Revealed Comparative Advantage and Import Coverage indexes to achieve its goal. The results revealed that Kazakhstan’s most productive foreign trade has been achieved for wheat, barley, and rice, while the most productive cereals of China are rice, buckwheat, and sorghum. …”
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Dosimetric Comparison between 3D Conformal and IMRT Techniques in Medulloblastoma Cases in Radiotherapy by Sarah Ashraf, Ahmed M Abdelaal, T. M. Hegazy

“…IMRT achieves the lowest dose to all organs at risk while the 3D techniques show little difference. It is recommended to use the IMRT technique in the treatment of medullablastoma cases to achieve good coverage for the target (brain and spinal cord) and more sparing to organs at risk. …”
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Dynamics and triggers of misinformation on vaccines. by Emanuele Brugnoli, Marco Delmastro

“…This is especially important for sensitive topics, where the risk of misinformation spreading and potentially exacerbating negative attitudes toward vaccines is higher. While reliable sources have successfully promoted vaccine efficacy, reducing anti-vax impact, gaps in pro-vax coverage on vaccine safety led to the highest engagement with anti-vax content.…”
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Temporal and Spatial Dynamics of Soil Erosion and Its Influencing Factors in Yunlong County, Northwest Yunnan Province from 2000 to 2020 by ZHU Wanjing, WANG Keqin, SONG Yali, MA Jiangang, LIU Xinyi, WANG Zhenchao, ZHAO Yangyi

“…During this period, there had been a weakening trend in soil erosion accompanied by an increase in vegetation coverage. Future attention should be directed towards monitoring changes in soil erosion within altitudes ranging from 2 000~2 500 m and slopes between 15°~25° in Yunlong County while ensuring proper implementation of measures to develop featured agriculture and restore the microtopography on slopes to mitigate risks associated with further deterioration of soil erosion.…”
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EFESIENSI DAN KEGIATAN MANAJEMEN RESIKO KEUANGAN PERBANKAN INDONESIA by Naqib Fursan Al Hakim, Eki Renaldi, Farah Margaretha Leon

“…The independent variables include the Cost Efficient Ratio, Loan to Deposit Ratio, LN Asset, and Return on Equity, while the dependent variables consist of Risk Coverage, Non-Performing Loans, and Loan Loss Provision. …”
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Ecological study on seaweed diversity in Suez, Hurghada and Marsa Alam, Red Sea, Egypt by Mahmoud Sami, Fayrouz Ahmed, Tarek A. Temraz, Amira A. Ali

“…In general, winter and spring recorded the highest number of species (43 and 38, respectively), while autumn recorded the lowest (n = 33). In spring, Chlorophyta recorded the highest coverage (35.7%) mostly represented by Ulva lactuca, Caulerpa racemosa, Dictyosphaeria cavernosa, Valonia aegagropila and Cladophora prolifera, followed by Rhodophyta (34.3%) with a dominance of Actinotrichia fragilis and Jania rubens. …”
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Detection and Tracking of MAVs Using a Rosette Scanning Pattern LiDAR by Sandor Gazdag, Tom Moller, Anita Keszler, Andras L. Majdik

“…The system’s tracking capabilities (both in coverage and distance), as well as its accuracy are validated and compared to State Of The Art (SOTA) models, demonstrating improved performance, particularly in terms of coverage and maximum tracking distance. …”
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Health insurance purchase intentions in the past decade: a systematic review and future research directions by Zhangwei Zheng, Hafizuddin-Syah B.A.M, Hafizah Omar Zaki, Qin Lingda Tan

“…However, misconceptions about risks and costs often lead to poor decision-making and low coverage, even in major economies. Understanding the factors influencing health insurance purchase intentions is essential for expanding coverage and addressing healthcare disparities. …”
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Methods to evaluate the performance of a multicomponent meningococcal serogroup B vaccine by Ray Borrow, Laura Tomasi Cont, Daniela Toneatto, Stefania Bambini, Shravani Bobde, Woo-Yun Sohn, Alessia Biolchi, Vega Masignani, Peter T. Beernink, Maria Lattanzi

“…Traditional hSBA assay against a limited panel of strains is useful at all stages, while predicted strain coverage methods, such as the meningococcal antigen typing system, are used independent of clinical trials. …”
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Optimizing UAV Location for Deployment in Cell-Free Massive MIMO Networks Using a Soft Actor-Critic Reinforcement Learning by Okello Kenneth, Elijah Mwangi, Dominic Bernard Onyango Konditi

“…While UAVs offer reliable connectivity in such challenging scenarios, integrating them with Cell-Free Massive MIMO (CF-mMIMO) networks presents severe issues in optimal deployment and coverage efficiency. …”
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