Estimating the actual importation risk of dengue virus infection among Japanese travelers. by Baoyin Yuan, Hiroshi Nishiura

“…Using a mathematical model, we estimated the force of infection in each destination country with seroepidemiological data while jointly inferring the reporting coverage of DENV infections among Japanese travelers from datasets of imported cases and travelers. …”
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Impact of upper blepharoplasty on quality of life and its insertion in the context of Brazilian public health: scoping review by Lucas Freire Guerra Boldrin, Juliana Diogo Silva, Marilene Mendes dos Santos

“…Seven studies (36.8%) examined the impact of blepharoplasty on quality of life, while others assessed functional criteria (31.5%) or subjective factors related to quality of life (26.3%). …”
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Motion Adaptive Vertical Handoff in Cellular/WLAN Heterogeneous Wireless Network by Limin Li, Lin Ma, Yubin Xu, Yunhai Fu

“…Basically, they can be summarized as hysteresis-based and dwelling-timer-based algorithms, which are reliable on avoiding unnecessary handoff caused by the terminals dwelling at the edge of WLAN coverage. However, the coverage of WLAN is much smaller compared with cellular network, while the motion types of terminals can be various in a typical outdoor scenario. …”
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Bioretention Design Simulation for Efficient Urban Stormwater Reduction by Ega Fajar Wicaksono, Entin Hidayah, Cantika Almas Fildzah

“…The bioretention scenarios used coverage of 5%, 10%, and 20% of the subcatchment area as Scenario 1, 2, and 3. …”
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Benchmarking the performance of healthcare systems in the provision of childhood immunization services in sub-Saharan Africa from 2016 to 2019 by Kwadwo Arhin, Kwame Acheampong, Albert Opoku Frimpong

“…Efficiency is positively associated with female education, governance quality, social health insurance coverage, population density, and healthcare access, while per capita GDP negatively correlates with efficiency. …”
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Research on Weighted Fusion Method for Multi-Source Sea Surface Temperature Based on Cloud Conditions by Xiangxiang Rong, Haiyong Ding

“…In this paper, three representative global datasets from home and abroad are selected, while the South China Sea region, which suffers from extreme weather, is used as a typical study area for validation. …”
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Evaluation of Diagnostic Services in Rural and Remote Areas: Bottlenecks, Success Stories, and Solutions by Pratyush Kumar, Anshu, Christos Lionis, Dewanto Andoko, Zakiur Rahman, Marilena Anastasaki, Bernadette Awankem

“…Ensuring equitable access to diagnostic services is critical for achieving universal health coverage, yet nearly half of the global population lacks access to essential diagnostics. …”
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Exact Algorithms for the Satellite Image Selection Problem by Swat Sylwester, Antczak Maciej, Zok Tomasz, Blazewicz Jacek, Musial Jedrzej

“…Each satellite image has various parameters, such as cost, download time, cloud coverage, and resolution. The main question is how to optimally select the subset of available images to fully cover the AOI while minimizing total cost and cloud coverage. …”
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A Review on Bamboo Resource in the African Region: A Call for Special Focus and Action by Tinsae Bahru, Yulong Ding

“…Madagascar ranked first with 37 indigenous species, while Ethiopia led by 25 introduced bamboo species. …”
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Assessing and Prioritizing Agricultural Drone Sprayers in Kerman Province: an Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) Approach by Zinat Eskandari Nasab, Hossein Maghsoudi

“…Within the AHP framework, the coverage percentage was accorded the highest weight of 0.340, while spraying uniformity received the lowest weight of 0.100. …”
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Research on Laser Radar Inspection Station Planning of Vehicle Body-In-White (BIW) with Complex Constraints by Lijuan Li, Siyi Wang, Jichao Ma, Xiaobing Gao

“…Secondly, kinematic equations are formulated using Denavit–Hartenberg (D-H) parameters, while a hierarchical bounding volume collision detection mechanism is integrated to establish a comprehensive constraint. …”
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COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and resistance: Correlates in a nationally representative longitudinal survey of the Australian population. by Ben Edwards, Nicholas Biddle, Matthew Gray, Kate Sollis

“…<h4>Background</h4>High levels of vaccination coverage in populations will be required even with vaccines that have high levels of effectiveness to prevent and stop outbreaks of coronavirus. …”
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A Phenomenological Investigation of the Unmet Needs of Newcomers Experiencing Insecure Housing in the Waterloo Region by Abbey Davis, Paula Fletcher

“…Interviews revealed unmet health needs related to food insecurity and lack of health insurance coverage, including meal avoidance, compromised food quality, medical noncompliance, and costly health service avoidance. …”
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Location allocation approach based on influence of points of dispensing by Nusaybah Alghanmi, Reem Alotaibi, Sultanah Alshammari, Arif Mahmood

“…A considerable amount of research has been conducted to determine the number and location of new PODs while keeping existing ones operational. A query-based approach needs data on the number of new PODs in advance, and an optimisation-based approach requires the specification of distance and percentage gap as constraints or objective to ensure the required population coverage is achieved. …”
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Heuristic algorithm tool for planning mass vaccine campaigns by Jessica Rodríguez-Pereira, Helena Ramalhinho, Paula Sarrà

“…Originality/value – Motivated by a real-life problem and different from previous studies, the objective of the planning is to reduce the length of the vaccination campaigns with the available resources and ensure a target coverage instead of planning for minimizing costs or maximizing coverage. …”
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RIMFuzz: real-time impact-aware mutation for library API fuzzing by Xiaoke Wang, Lei Zhao

“…Specifically, RIMFuzz infers the real-time impact of APIs on coverage during fuzzing, while capturing the benefits of mutations on the impact. …”
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Spatio-temporal Impacts of Eucalyptus Tree Plantation on Agricultural Land in the Highland areas of Dega Damot District, Ethiopia by Minyichil Teshome Kassahun

“…For each Landsat scene, the cloud coverage was set to below 10% throughout the downloading process, to ensure quality image for higher accuracy data analysis Results: Results show a significant increase in eucalyptus coverage from 1.11% in 1990 to 5.33% in 2021, with a 352.47% change, while grazing land decreased by 62.39%. …”
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Exploring Park and Ride: A Spatial Analysis of Transit Catchment in Outer Melbourne by Yanlin Chen, Kiki Adhinugraha, Shiyang Lyu, David Taniar

“…However, inadequate public transportation in outer Melbourne is a significant issue limiting urban development. While existing research primarily focuses on walking distance to define service catchments, commuters in transit-disadvantaged or outlying urban areas often drive to transit, noted as the park-and-ride mode. …”
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Choosing Clutter Heights in ITU-R P.1812 Recommendation for LoRaWAN Link Budget by Bryan da S. Duarte, Maurício H. C. Dias

“…In this context, communication techniques that offer long-range coverage, cost-effectiveness, and minimal energy consumption are essential. …”
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Hospital Admissions from Nursing Homes: Rates and Reasons by Kjell Krüger, Kristian Jansen, Anders Grimsmo, Geir Egil Eide, Jonn Terje Geitung

“…Solely increasing physician coverage in nursing homes will probably not reduce the number of hospitalizations.…”
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