Towards a cervical cancer-free future: women’s healthcare decision making and cervical cancer screening uptake in sub-Saharan Africa by Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Richard Gyan Aboagye, Bernard Yeboah-Asiamah Asare, Joshua Okyere, Bupe Mwamba

“…We employed multilevel binary logistic regression modelling.Setting Sub-Saharan Africa.Participants Women aged 15–49 years in Benin (n=5282), Côte d’Ivoire (n=1925), Cameroon (n=7558), Kenya (n=6696), Namibia (n=1990) and Zimbabwe (n=5006).Primary outcome measures Cervical cancer screening uptake.Results The overall prevalence of cervical cancer screening across the six sub-Saharan African countries was 13.4%. …”
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TÜRKİYE’DE KAMU PERSONEL POLİTİKALARININ SÜREÇ MODELİ ÇERÇEVESİNDE ANALİZİ - AN ANALYSIS OF PUBLIC PERSONNEL POLICIES IN THE FRAMEWORK OF PROCESS MODEL IN TURKEY by Osman Kürşat Acar, Elvettin Akman

“…Cumhurbaşkanlığı Hükümet Sisteminde Cumhurbaşkanlığı Makamı altında “İnsan Kaynakları Ofisi”, İdari İşler Başkanlığına bağlı “Personel ve Prensipler Genel Müdürlüğü” ve “Strateji ve Bütçe Başkanlığı” kurulmuştur. …”
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Osmanlı Mîrî Rejiminin Suriye ve Irak’ta Uygulanmasının Sonuçları by Mustafa

“…Bağdat ise bazen mîrî rejime dâhil olurken, bazen de salyaneli tarzda idare edilmiştir. Bu idarî ve iktisadî sistem, yüzyıllar boyunca bölge halkının devletin merkezi ile bütünleşmesini sağlamıştır. …”
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Outcomes with bridging radiation therapy prior to chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy in patients with aggressive large B-cell lymphomas by Gohar S. Manzar, Chelsea C. Pinnix, Stephanie O. Dudzinski, Kathryn E. Marqueen, Elaine E. Cha, Lewis F. Nasr, Alison K. Yoder, Michael K. Rooney, Paolo Strati, Sairah Ahmed, Chijioke Nze, Ranjit Nair, Luis E. Fayad, Michael Wang, Loretta J. Nastoupil, Jason R. Westin, Christopher R. Flowers, Sattva S. Neelapu, Jillian R. Gunther, Bouthaina S. Dabaja, Susan Y. Wu, Penny Q. Fang

“…Survival was modeled using Kaplan-Meier or Cox regression models for events distributed over time, or binary logistic regression for disease response. Fisher’s Exact Test or Mann-Whitney U methods were used.ResultsOf 51 patients, 25.5% had bulky disease and 64.7% had Stage III/IV disease at the time of RT. …”
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Obstetric Danger Signs: Knowledge, Attitude, Health-Seeking Action, and Associated Factors among Postnatal Mothers in Nekemte Town, Oromia Region, Western Ethiopia—A Community-Base... by Misganu Teshoma Regasa, Jote Markos, Ashenafi Habte, Shivaleela P. Upashe

“…To assess the associations between dependent and independent variables, binary and multivariate logistic regressions were employed, and the strength of association was presented using odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals. …”
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Time-dynamic associations between symptom-related expectations, self-management experiences and somatic symptom severity in everyday life: an ecological momentary assessment study... by Bernd Löwe, Yvonne Nestoriuc, Anne Toussaint, Stefanie Hahn, Franz Pauls, Simon Kirchhof

“…Symptom-related expectations were assessed using 11-point Numerical Rating Scales and self-management experiences were assessed using binary variables.Results Concurrent analysis revealed a significant association between symptom-related expectations and symptom severity (β=0.934, p<0.001), but no significant associations between self-management experiences and symptom severity. …”
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Prospects for the Use of Quasi-Mersen Numbers in the Design of Parallel-Serial Processors by Aruzhan Kadyrzhan, Kaisarali Kadyrzhan, Akhat Bakirov, Ibragim Suleimenov

“…It is shown that a serial-parallel processor, comparable in bit capacity to a 16-bit binary processor, can be implemented based on an algorithm built on the residue number system, a distinctive feature of which is the use of the first four quasi-Mersenne numbers, i.e., prime numbers representable as <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>p</mi><mi>k</mi></msub><mo>=</mo><msup><mn>2</mn><mi>k</mi></msup><mo>+</mo><mn>1</mn><mo>,</mo><mo> </mo><mi>k</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>1</mn><mo>,</mo><mn>2</mn><mo>,</mo><mn>3</mn><mo>,</mo><mn>4</mn></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>. …”
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Implementasi Simple Reflex Autonomous Smart Mopping The Floor by Asep Kosasih, Faisal Akbar

“…Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk membuat prototipe atau model robot peralatan rumah tangga pintar mengepel lantai datar (ubin, tembok, kayu) dengan pendekatan penggunaan perangkat elektronika Arduino dan peralatan komponen elektronika serta mekatronika pendukungnya. …”
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QCD predictions for simultaneously produced Higgs and vector bosons at $$\sqrt{s}$$ s = 13, 14, 27 and 100 TeV with a comprehensive study of systematic uncertainty and charge asymm... by Kamuran Dilsiz, Emrah Tiras, Meryem Yilmaz, Hasan Ogul

“…Then, the threshold values (selection cuts) close to the values used by the CMS and ATLAS Collaborations were selected and used on several parameters such as invariant mass, transverse momentum ( $$p_{T}$$ p T ), pseudorapidity ( $$\eta $$ η ), etc. …”
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The Association between ER, PR, HER2, and ER−/PR+ Expression and Lung Cancer Subsequent in Breast Cancer Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study Based on SEER Database by Hong Yu Shao, Bao Tan Hao, Feng Xiao Gao

“…Result of fully adjusted binary logistic regression showed PR+ and HER2+ were positively associated with lower risk BC-LuC after adjusting confounders (ORs = 0.84, 95% CI: 0.73–0.96, p = 0.011 and ORs = 0.83, 95% CI: 0.72–0.96, p = 0.012, respectively). …”
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Prevalence and Determinants of Diarrheal Diseases among Under-Five Children in Horo Guduru Wollega Zone, Oromia Region, Western Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study by Kefalew Alemayehu, Lemessa Oljira, Melake Demena, Abdi Birhanu, Dasselegn Workineh

“…Before data collection, a pretest of the structured questionnaires was done on nonselected kebeles. Binary logistic regression was used to assess the association of the diarrheal diseases with independent variables. …”
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Dynamics of HDL-Cholesterol Following a Post-Myocardial Infarction Cardiac Rehabilitation Program by Carlos Bertolín-Boronat, Héctor Merenciano-González, Víctor Marcos-Garcés, María Luz Martínez-Mas, Josefa Inés Climent Alberola, Nerea Pérez, Laura López-Bueno, María Concepción Esteban-Argente, María Valls Reig, Ana Arizón Benito, Alfonso Payá Rubio, César Ríos-Navarro, Elena de Dios, Jose Gavara, Juan Sanchis, Vicente Bodi

“…Changes in lipid profiles were evaluated, and predictors of failure to increase HDL-C levels were identified by binary logistic regression analysis. …”
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Determinants of poor access to health care among women of reproductive age in Sierra Leone: a cross-sectional study by Augustus Osborne, Peter Bai James, Camilla Bangura

“…A mixed-effect multilevel binary logistic regression analysis was conducted, determining the factors associated with poor access to healthcare using a four-modeled approach. …”
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AiGPro: a multi-tasks model for profiling of GPCRs for agonist and antagonist by Rahul Brahma, Sunghyun Moon, Jae-Min Shin, Kwang-Hwi Cho

“…However, existing models for the GPCRs often focus on single-target or a small subset of GPCRs or employ binary classification, constraining their applicability for high throughput virtual screening. …”
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Molecular epidemiology of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases and carbapenemases-producing Shigella in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Namwin Siourimè Somda, Rabbi Nyarkoh, Abel Tankoano, Ouindgueta Juste Isidore Bonkoungou, Patience B. Tetteh-Quarcoo, Eric S. Donkor

“…All data were analyzed using a binary random-effects model by the DerSimonian-Laird method at a 95% confidence interval. …”
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Integrated analysis of the prevalence and influencing factors of poststroke dysphagia by Xiaopeng Wen, Baochao Fan, Jie Zhan, Hao Wen, Huihui Ban, Yujiao Yang, Chenyang Tao, Cui Li, Kunbin Li, Liming Lu

“…A subgroup analysis was performed to identify sources of heterogeneity, and the relationship between PSD and various clinical features was examined using binary logistic regression. Results Among 95 studies of 1,059,969 patients, the overall pooled estimated prevalence of PSD was 38.57% (95% CI 35.45–41.69%). …”
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Effect of Al and Ta Impurities on Si Adsorption on (001) and (111) Surfaces of B1-TiN by Yury M. Koroteev, Leonid A. Svyatkin, Sergey O. Ognev, Vyacheslav M. Silkin

“…It was found that the binding energy of Si with the Ti_1−x−yAl<i>_x</i>Ta<i>_y</i>N surface system can be both higher and lower than the binding energy of its bonding with the surface of the binary TiN compound depending on the position of the Al and Ta substitution atoms in the surface layers. …”
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Correlation Between the Ratio of Uric Acid to High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol (UHR) and Diabetic Retinopathy in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus:A Cross-Sectional Study by Wang L, Liu L, Luo H, Wu Y, Zhu L

“…The Mantel-Haenszel chi-square test for linear association validated a pronounced positive correlation between the UHR ratio and the incidence of DR (P< 0.001). Binary logistic regression analysis revealed that age, glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), uric acid (UA), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), and the UHR ratio were all independent risk factors for the development of DR in patients with type 2 diabetes. …”
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Treatment Planning Strategies for Interstitial Ultrasound Ablation of Prostate Cancer by Pragya Gupta, Tamas Heffter, Muhammad Zubair, I-Chow Hsu, E. Clif Burdette, Chris J. Diederich

“…., Tthres &#x003D; 52 &#x00B0;C) at the treatment margin, emulating placement of invasive temperature sensing, can be applied for pilot-point feedback control to improve conformality of thermal ablation. Also, binary power control (e.g., Treg &#x003D; 45 &#x00B0;C) can be applied which will regulate the applied power level to maintain the surrounding temperature to a safe limit or maximum threshold until the set heating time. …”
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Charm fragmentation fractions and $$\mathbf {c\overline{c}}$$ c c ¯ cross section in p–Pb collisions at $$\mathbf {\sqrt{s _{NN}}=5.02 TeV}$$ s NN = 5.02 TeV by ALICE Collaboration

“…\pm 19.5\;(\text {rapidity shape})+15.0\;(\Omega _\textrm{c}^{0})\;\textrm{mb} $$ d σ ( c c ¯ ) / d y = 219.6 ± 6.3 ( stat . ) - 11.8 + 10.5 ( syst . ) - 2.9 + 8.3 ( extr . ) ± 5.4 ( BR ) ± 4.6 ( lumi . ) ± 19.5 ( rapidity shape ) + 15.0 ( Ω c 0 ) mb , which is consistent with a binary scaling of pQCD calculations from pp collisions. …”
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