Mathematical modeling of the impact of HPV vaccine uptake in reducing cervical cancer using a graph-theoretic approach via Caputo fractional-order derivatives by Sylas Oswald, Eunice Mureithi, Berge Tsanou, Michael Chapwanya, Crispin Kahesa, Kijakazi Mashoto

“…Despite ongoing vaccination efforts, challenges such as latency, persistent infections, and imperfect vaccine coverage complicate disease control. In this study, we develop a novel fractional-order compartmental model using Caputo derivatives to capture the memory and non-local transmission effects inherent in HPV dynamics. …”
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Factors Influencing Patient Satisfaction with Zambia's National Health Insurance Scheme: A Systematic Literature Review using Empirical Evidence from Nigeria and Ghana by Wesley Mwambazi, Abubaker Qutieshat

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Equity in Health Care Financing in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review of Evidence from Studies Using Benefit and Financing Incidence Analyses. by Augustine Asante, Jennifer Price, Andrew Hayen, Stephen Jan, Virginia Wiseman

“…We also searched the grey literature, specifically websites of leading organizations supporting health care in LMICs. Only studies using benefit incidence analysis (BIA) and/or financing incidence analysis (FIA) as explicit methodology were included. …”
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SDG3-related inequalities in women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health: an SDG monitoring baseline for Latin America and the Caribbean using national cross-sectional surveys... by Cesar G Victora, Oscar J Mújica, Luis Paulo Vidaletti, Antonio Sanhueza, Liliana Carvajal-Vélez, Aluisio JD Barros

“…We present a baseline of health inequalities in the region, against which progress towards the SDGs can be monitored.Setting We studied 21 countries in LAC using data from Demographic and Health Surveys and Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey carried out from 2011 to 2016Participants The surveys collect nationally representative data on women and children using multistage sampling. …”
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Correlates associated with health insurance on cervical cancer screening in Tanzania: a comparison between the insured and uninsured women using demographic and health survey 2022 by Malale Tungu, Pankras Luoga, Amani Anaeli, Tumaini Nyamhanga

“…The analysis of this study used univariate, bivariate and multivariable logistic regression analysis models. …”
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Benefits, challenges, and strategies related to using presumptive recommendations for HPV vaccination: A qualitative study with rural and non-rural-serving primary care professiona... by Olufeyisayo O. Odebunmi, Lisa P. Spees, Caitlin B. Biddell, Tatenda Yemeke, Juan Yanguela, Colleen Higgins, Melissa B. Gilkey, Sachiko Ozawa, Stephanie B. Wheeler

“…Primary care professionals (PCPs) can increase coverage by using presumptive recommendations to introduce HPV vaccination in a way that assumes parents want to vaccinate. …”
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Mapping Key Populations to Develop Improved HIV and AIDS Interventions: Multiphase Cross-Sectional Observational Mapping Study Using a District and City Approach by Pande Putu Januraga, Endang Lukitosari, Lanny Luhukay, Rizky Hasby, Aang Sutrisna

“…The results from individual hotspots were aggregated at the district or city level, and a formula was used to estimate the population size. …”
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Reconstruction of Traumatic Defect of the Lower Third of the Leg Using a Combined Therapy: Negative Pressure Wound Therapy, Acellular Dermal Matrix, and Skin Graft by Sergio Brongo, Domenico Pagliara, Nicola Campitiello, Corrado Rubino

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Cervical screening using HPV-DNA cytology in a low-income setting: an audit within a socio-economically deprived rural community in the Philippines by Elena Harty, Samantha Carr, Zelda Doyle, Charlotte Hespe

“…All participants were screened for CC using the VIA/VILI method, with only 284 women tested for HPV using the HPV-polymerase chain reaction (HPV-PCR) method. …”
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Comparative Analysis of the Slope Stability Using Slide and Plaxis 2D Software: A Case Study of Tombel Pozzolan Quarry (South-West Cameroon) by Mambou Ngueyep Luc Leroy, Oscar Rodrigue Michel Kenmoe, Hervé Joël Tchognia Nkuissi, Sylvain Lawou Kouayep, Gael Nkenwoum Chebou, André Chéagé Chamgoué, Innoua Mohamadou

“…The characteristics of the support that can be used to stabilize the slopes are geotextile support of 100% strip coverage, a tensile strength of 100 kN/m, an adhesion property of 4 kPa, and a frictional angle of 40°. …”
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Design of multi-epitope-based therapeutic vaccine candidates from HBc and HBx proteins of hepatitis B virus using reverse vaccinology and immunoinformatics approaches. by Patricia Gita Naully, Marselina Irasonia Tan, Husna Nugrahapraja, Aluicia Anita Artarini, Reza Aditama, Ernawati Arifin Giri-Rachman

“…The vaccine candidate designed using cholera toxin subunit B and pan HLA DR-binding epitope adjuvants was predicted to be safe, antigenic, stable, and has a global population coverage of 99.43%. …”
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Factors contributing to neonatal mortality reduction in three regions in Ghana: a mixed-methods study using the Lives Saved (LiST) modelling tool by Emma Sacks, Kwame Sakyi, Prince G Owusu, Catherine Ohrt, Lydia Ademuwagun, Kristin Watkoske, Celeste Zabel, Amos Laar, Mufaro Kanyangarara

“… # Methods The quantitative component consisted of an analysis of trends in coverage of key neonatal health interventions using subnational data from the Ghana Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and the Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS). …”
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Mapping of cholera hotspots in Kenya using epidemiologic and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) indicators as part of Kenya's new 2022-2030 cholera elimination plan. by Catherine Kiama, Emmanuel Okunga, Annastacia Muange, Doris Marwanga, Daniel Langat, Francis Kuria, Patrick Amoth, Ian Were, John Gachohi, Nolluscus Ganda, Marion Martinez Valiente, M Kariuki Njenga, Eric Osoro, Joan Brunkard

“…Additionally, two indicators were used to identify sub-counties with poor WASH coverage due to low proportions of households accessing improved water sources and improved sanitation facilities. …”
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PSO-optimized dual-channel BP neural network for bathymetric prediction using multisource marine geodetic data: A case study of the gulf of Mexico by Jiajia Yuan, Haoran Liu, Jianli Chen, Chen Yang

“…Traditional bathymetric surveying methods are constrained by limited spatial coverage and high operational costs, particularly in deep-sea environments. …”
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FACILITY ASSESSMENT FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH SERVICES IN BANGLADESH USING SERVICE AVAILABILITY AND READINESS ASSESSMENT (SARA) TOOL: A CROSS-SECTIONAL PILOT STUDY by Afzal Aftab, Mehedi Hasan, Rahmatul Bari, Mohammad Didar Hossain, Mehadi Hasan, Abul Kalam Azad, Bulbul Islam, Malabika Sarker

“… Background: To initiate journey towards the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) it is essential to assess the health facilities. …”
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Impact of Streetscape Built Environment Characteristics on Human Perceptions Using Street View Imagery and Deep Learning: A Case Study of Changbai Island, Shenyang by Xu Lu, Qingyu Li, Xiang Ji, Dong Sun, Yumeng Meng, Yiqing Yu, Mei Lyu

“…Correlation and regression analyses were used to reveal the relationship between physical characteristics such as green visual index, openness, and pedestrians. …”
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Water Body Detection Using Sentinel-2 Imagery Through Particle Swarm Intelligence: A Novel Framework for Optimizing Spectral Multi-Band Index by Baydaa Ismail Abrahim, Ammar Abd Jasim, Mohammed Riyadh Mahmood, Hassanein Riyadh Mahmood, Hayder A. Alalwan, Malik M. Mohammed

“…This paper proposes a new approach by incorporating Particle Swarm Optimization with a Spectral Multi-Band Water Index for the enhanced detection of water bodies using Sentinel-2 imagery. The proposed approach optimizes the coefficients of seven Sentinel-2 bands (Blue, Green, NIR, NIR-Narrow, Water Vapor, SWIR1, and SWIR2) using an intelligent PSO with adaptive inertia weight and early stopping mechanisms. …”
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Protocol to assess bottlenecks inhibiting the scaling up of evidence-based family planning practices in low-income and middle-income countries using mixed methods by James Kiarie, Moazzam Ali, Rita Kabra, Komal Preet Allagh, Kathryn Church, Abdulmumin Saad, Petrus Steyn

“…While there has been some success in implementing these practices, coverage remains inadequate in many countries. To gain a better understanding of the factors that may be hindering the sustained scale-up of these interventions, WHO has developed an assessment protocol to systematically identify the health systems’ ‘bottlenecks’ to implementation and to then identify solutions and develop strategies to address them.Methods and analysis A mixed method approach that includes document review, secondary data analysis (from surveys, service delivery data and case studies) and key informant interviews with policymakers, programme managers, health providers and community groups will be used to identify bottlenecks. …”
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High-density SNP-based linkage map construction and QTL analysis for growth-related traits in Luciobarbus brachycephalus using whole-genome resequencing data by Xuanpeng Wang, Dandan Gao, Gaowei Zhang, Yongchun Ge, Xinhai Wang

“…The high-density linkage map for L. brachycephalus incorporated 164,435 high-quality SNPs distributed across 50 linkage groups, achieving complete genome coverage of 6,425.95 cM. The exceptional marker density (average inter-marker distance = 0.10 cM) establishes this as the most precise genetic map reported for this species to date, enabling the accurate candidate gene localization and enhanced marker-assisted selection. …”
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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

“…Monitoring grassland biomass accurately and frequently is critical for ecological management, climate change assessment, and sustainable resource use. However, the use of single-satellite data faces challenges due to trade-offs between spatial resolution and temporal frequency, especially for large areas. …”
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