Sensor Node Deployment Based on Electromagnetism-Like Algorithm in Mobile Wireless Sensor Networks by Recep Özdağ, Ali Karcı

“…A new approach has been improved in calculating the coverage rate of the sensors by using binary detection model so as to carry out the dynamic deployments of sensors and it has been thought to reach realistic results efficiently. …”
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Factors Contributing to Maternal and Child Mortality Reductions in 146 Low- and Middle-Income Countries between 1990 and 2010. by David M Bishai, Robert Cohen, Y Natalia Alfonso, Taghreed Adam, Shyama Kuruvilla, Julian Schweitzer

“…Changes in the levels of health determinants were measured using secondary data.<h4>Findings</h4>The model shows that respectively 100% and 89% of the reductions in maternal and child mortality since 1990 were due to improvements in nationwide coverage of health determinants. …”
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Overcoming challenges in prevalence meta-analysis: the case for the Freeman-Tukey transform by Jazeel Abdulmajeed, Tawanda Chivese, Suhail A. R. Doi

“…In meta-analysis, the Freeman-Tukey transformation consistently showed lower absolute deviation from the population parameter, with narrower confidence intervals, and improved coverage compared to the same meta-analyses using the logit transformation. …”
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Low Complexity CS/CB Techniques for Aerial Assisted Cellular Network With Imperfect CSI by Sheila N. Mugala, Jonathan Serugunda, Dorothy K. Okello

“…The beamforming algorithms are zero forcing beamforming (ZFBF), block diagonalization using singular value decomposition (BD SVD) and block diagonalization using Householder transformation (BD HH). …”
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The Impedance of East Jakarta Road Network to Estimate Fire Station Service Areas by Jarot Mulyo Semedi, Mohammad Raditia Pradana, Dhavani Ardyas Putera, Nurul Sri Rahatiningtyas

“…Google Maps’ estimated travel times, incorporating traffic conditions, are used to assess travel times, with a 5-minute travel time set as the standard barrier for coverage. …”
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Evaluation of endothelialization of an occluder device with cardiac computed tomography and assessment of the pathological validation. by Ang Liu, Xuejing Duan, Ke Wang, Hongguang Fan, Li Li, Chaowu Yan

“…This included no coverage in 47.37% of patients and partial coverage in the remaining cases. …”
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Demand for family planning satisfied by modern methods in Ghana: trends and inequalities (2013–2022) by Akua Amponsaa Obeng, Cauane Blumenberg, Seth Kwaku Afagbedzi, Yohannes Dibaba Wado, Kristen Nilsen

“…Absolute complex measures of inequalities (SII and WMADM) were used to identify wealth, education and regional related inequalities in mDFPS coverage. …”
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A multi-country implementation research initiative to jump-start scale-up of outpatient management of possible serious bacterial infections (PSBI) when a referral is not feasible:... by Yasir Bin Nisar, Samira Aboubaker, Shams El Arifeen, Shabina Ariff, Narendra Arora, Shally Awasthi, Adejumoke Idowu Ayede, Abdullah H Baqui, Ashish Bavdekar, Melkamu Berhane, Temsunaro Rongsen Chandola, Abadi Leul, Salim Sadruddin, Antoinette Tshefu, Robinson Wammanda, Assaye Nigussie, Lee Pyne-Mercier, Luwei Pearson, Neal Brandes, Steve Wall, Shamim A Qazi, Rajiv Bahl

“…These lessons will be used to introduce and scale-up implementation in relevant Low- and middle-income countries.…”
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Epitope-Based Immunoinformatic Approach on Heat Shock 70 kDa Protein Complex of Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii by Reham M. Elhassan, Nagla M. Alsony, Khadeejah M. Othman, Duaa T. Izz-Aldin, Tamadour A. Alhaj, Abdelrahman A. Ali, Lena A. Abashir, Omar H. Ahmed, Mohammed A. Hassan

“…The proposed T-cell epitopes were subjected to the population coverage analysis tool to compute the global population’s coverage. …”
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Chinese Pangolins in China Demonstrate Regional Differences in Burrow Habitat Selection by Dongling Liang, Xinrui Tang, Yilong Chen, Fei Xi, Shibao Wu, Fuhua Zhang

“…The resulting data were analyzed using a generalized additive model, principal coordinate analysis, and Kruskal–Wallis tests. …”
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Antenatal Care - How to ensure quality! by Lubna Ejaz

“…Therefore, it is important to comprehend that effective coverage, in perspective of ANC, has two components: ANC attendance (contact coverage) refers to total number of ANVs, and standard ANC content (effective coverage) refers to a set of interventions, which include WHO recommended indicators of history, examination, screening tests and managements at specified times during pregnancy 7,8. …”
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Improved Virtual Potential Field Algorithm Based on Probability Model in Three-Dimensional Directional Sensor Networks by Junjie Huang, Lijuan Sun, Ruchuan Wang, Haiping Huang

“…Furthermore, cross-set test is used to determine whether the sensory region has any overlap and coverage impact factor is introduced to reduce profitless rotation from coverage optimization, thereby the energy cost of nodes was restrained and the performance of the algorithm was improved. …”
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Modelling the potential financial impacts of expanding access to immune checkpoint inhibitors as monotherapy for treating advanced non-small cell lung cancerResearch in context by Kiu Tay-Teo, Dario Trapani, Manju Sengar, Zeba Aziz, Filip Meheus, André Ilbawi, Elisabeth G.E. de Vries, Lorenzo Moja

“…Policymakers should negotiate lower prices to ensure cost-effectiveness and affordability, improve spending efficiency by optimised dosing and treatment duration, and enhance health system capacity, including ensuring appropriate use and introducing biosimilars. Funding: This publication was made available as open access through WHO funding provided by two projects: the Universal Health Coverage Partnership (Award 74812, the European Union, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Irish Aid, the Government of Japan, the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth &amp; Development Office, the Government of Belgium, the Government of Canada, and the Government of Germany) and the Increasing Global Equitable Access to Health Products &amp; Health Technologies project (Award 72913, the Government of Belgium).…”
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Exploring the relationship between data sample size and traffic flow prediction accuracy by Jianhu Zheng, Minghua Wang, Mingfang Huang

“…This paper investigates the relationship between traffic flow prediction performance and data sample size, considering data sample missing rates, duration, and road segment coverage. Real traffic flow data from 13 road sections in Changsha, China, are analyzed using the Decision Tree, Support Vector Machine, Gaussian Process Regression and Artificial Neural Network models. …”
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Modeling within-host effects of drugs on Plasmodium falciparum transmission and prospects for malaria elimination. by Geoffrey L Johnston, Peter W Gething, Simon I Hay, David L Smith, David A Fidock

“…This level of treatment coverage corresponds to an estimated 81-85% of all infected individuals in these settings. …”
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Silicone Oil Adhesion to Hydrophobic Acrylic Intraocular Lenses: A Comparative Laboratory Study of a New versus an Established Hydrophobic Acrylic Intraocular Lens Material by Gerd U. Auffarth, Hui Fang, Qiang Wang, Fritz Hengerer, Ramin Khoramnia, Hyeck-Soo Son, Sonja Schickhardt

“…The lenses were washed with distilled water and photographed at 25x magnification using a microscope. The percent coverage was calculated by dividing the area of oil coverage by the total surface area of the lens. …”
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Surviving the first five years: the economic and healthcare determinants of child mortality in Sri Lanka by Vageesha Rajapakse, Ruwan Jayathilaka

“…Methods This study employs multiple linear regression to analyze the statistical associations between economic growth, healthcare investment, immunization, malnutrition, and under-five mortality in Sri Lanka. Using secondary data from the World Bank and UNICEF (2000–2021), U5MR was modeled against economic growth (per capita GDP), government healthcare expenditure (GHE), immunization coverage (DTP1), and malnutrition (MLN), with significance assessed through p-values and model fit via R². …”
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The impact of the Brazilian family health strategy on selected primary care sensitive conditions: A systematic review. by Mayara Lisboa Bastos, Dick Menzies, Thomas Hone, Kianoush Dehghani, Anete Trajman

“…<h4>Methods</h4>We searched Medline, Web of Science and Lilacs in May 2016 using key words in Portuguese and English, without language restriction. …”
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Advanced molecular surveillance approaches for characterization of blood borne hepatitis viruses. by Michael G Berg, Ana Olivo, Kenn Forberg, Barbara J Harris, Julie Yamaguchi, Rachel Shirazi, Yael Gozlan, Silvia Sauleda, Lazare Kaptue, Mary A Rodgers, Orna Mor, Gavin A Cloherty

“…HBV/HDV coinfections were characterized by suppressed HBV viral loads, resulting in sparse mNGS coverage. A probe-based enrichment approach (xGen) aiming to increase HBV and HDV coverage was validated on a panel of diverse genotypes, geography and titers. …”
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Risk classification for the transmission of vaccine-preventable diseases in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil: 2018 to 2022. by Thales Philipe Rodrigues da Silva, Carolina Machado Moreira, Janaina Fonseca Almeida Souza, Eder Gatti Fernandes, Josianne Dias Gurmão, Ana Catarina de Melo Araújo, Aline Mendes Vimieiro, Fernanda Penido Matozinhos

“…This epidemiological time-series study uses secondary data on vaccination coverage, dropout rates, and homogeneity of the recommended immunobiologicals for children under 2 years of age from 2018 to 2022 in Minas Gerais. …”
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