Ultrasound-guided acupuncture therapy in Korea: advancing traditional practices with new technology by Sang-ho Lee, You Suk Youn, Min Chul Kim, Junghum Sun, Donghyon Ha, Tae-Hun Kim

“…By improving accuracy, ultrasound-guided acupuncture enhances the effectiveness and safety of both traditional acupuncture and emerging techniques like acupotomy and pharmacopuncture. However, its clinical use remains limited due to the lack of national health insurance coverage and insufficient clinical evidence. …”
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Diffuse choroidal hemangioma: IMRT versus episcleral plaque brachytherapy by Adannia Ufondu, Zackery Oakey, Jose Cijin Puthussery, Sheen Cherian, Arun D. Singh

“…RESULTS: Ten patients (11 eyes) examined in this review were treated between 2005 and 2023. The use of IMRT and 3D allowed for effective coverage of the planning target volume (PTV) with low doses to critical visual and surrounding structures. …”
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Formation of the System of Providing Users with Foreign Periodicals by V. I. Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine in the Context of International Library Practice by Lopata Olena

“…The purpose of the article is to concise coverage and generalization of the main results of research on the use of licensed electronic journals, which were conducted and are currently being conducted in the Foreign Periodicals Reading Room (hereinafter RHFP) of V. …”
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Urban-rural disparities in skilled birth attendance among women in Ethiopia: Multivariate decomposition analysis. by Tsegereda Abebe Andargie, Emebet Birhanu Lealem, Betelhem Abebe Andargie

“…The disparity in skilled birth attendance coverage between urban and rural areas was significantly high (Urban coverage was 72.1% and rural coverage was 42.5%). …”
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Reducing Plasmodium falciparum malaria transmission in Africa: a model-based evaluation of intervention strategies. by Jamie T Griffin, T Deirdre Hollingsworth, Lucy C Okell, Thomas S Churcher, Michael White, Wes Hinsley, Teun Bousema, Chris J Drakeley, Neil M Ferguson, María-Gloria Basáñez, Azra C Ghani

“…<h4>Background</h4>Over the past decade malaria intervention coverage has been scaled up across Africa. However, it remains unclear what overall reduction in transmission is achievable using currently available tools.…”
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BCG vaccination decline and pediatric tuberculosis rise in Brazil: spatial-temporal study by Fabiana Rabe Carvalho, Alice Ramos-Silva, Debora Castanheira Pires, Carla Veras Yigashira Oliveira, Claudete Aparecida Araújo Cardoso, Clemax Couto Sant’Anna, Elisangela Costa Lima, Andrea Alice Silva

“…Joinpoint regression was used to assess trends in tuberculosis and BCG rates over time. …”
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Fairness-Oriented Charging Station Location Optimization Driven by Deep Reinforcement Learning by Siyue Yuan, Jiaying Fu, Xiaoyin Ma

“…Geographic detectors are then used to quantify the weight of influencing factors. …”
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Quality of Counselling, Exposure to Vaccination Messages, and Caregivers’ Knowledge on the Uptake of Pentavalent Vaccine in Six Northern Nigerian States by Matthew Alabi, Leanne Dougherty, Eno-Obong Etim, Adebola Adedimeji

“…Pentavalent (Penta) vaccine coverage for children aged 12–23 months is used as the prime substitute for determining vaccination coverage and monitoring the performance of the national immunization program. …”
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The relationship between insurance support and awareness, attitude, and self-care behaviors of patients with coronary artery bypass graft surgery: A cross-sectional study by Fatemehsadat Mirbehbahani, Zahra Sabzi, Sara Montazeri

“…Universal and supplemental insurance coverage plays a crucial role in accessing medical services. …”
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Modelling the spatial variability and uncertainty for under-vaccination and zero-dose children in fragile settings by Victor A. Alegana, Johnson M. Ticha, Jason M. Mwenda, Reggis Katsande, Marta Gacic-Dobo, Maria Carolina Danovaro-Holliday, Charles W. Shey, Kalu A. Akpaka, Lawrence N. Kazembe, Benido Impouma

“…Age-disaggregated population (12–23 months) and vaccination coverage were modelled at a fine spatial resolution scale (1km × 1 km) using a Bayesian geostatistical framework adjusting for a set of parsimonious covariates. …”
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Research on Path Planning of Agricultural UAV Based on Improved Deep Reinforcement Learning by Haitao Fu, Zheng Li, Weijian Zhang, Yuxuan Feng, Li Zhu, Xu Fang, Jian Li

“…Based on this, a path planning framework for pest and disease control using agricultural drones is designed. This framework comprises four modules: remote sensing image acquisition via the Google Earth platform, task area segmentation using a deep learning U-Net model, rasterized environmental map creation, and coverage path planning. …”
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Assessment of Green Space Dynamics Under Urban Expansion of Senegalese Cities: The Case of Dakar by Mariama Cissé, Oluwole Morenikeji, Elke Mertens, Awa Niang Fall, Appollonia Aimiosino Okhimamhe

“…This study aims to assess the spatiotemporal changes in Dakar’s green spaces from 1990 to 2022. Using satellite imagery, this study produces land use maps to quantify green space coverage over the years. …”
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Analysis of Landscape Fragmentation Evolution Characteristics and Driving Factors in the Wei River Basin, China by Changzheng Gao, Qisen Dang, Chu Li, Yongming Fan

“…The edge density index (ED), the landscape division index (DIVISION), the landscape shape index (LSI), and the Shannon diversity index (SHDI) have increased annually, while the contagion index (CONTAG) and area-weighted mean patch size (Area_AM) have continuously decreased; (2) Landscape fragmentation in the Wei River basin is characterized by stable changes in the source and tributary fragmentation areas, a concentrated distribution of fragmentation in the tributaries, and a significant increase in fragmentation in the main stream; (3) The analysis using the geographic detector method indicates that vegetation coverage (FVC), human activity intensity (HAI), and land use/land cover change (LUCC) are the main driving factors of landscape fragmentation in the Wei River basin. …”
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How Deutsche Welle Shapes Knowledge and Behaviour of Syrian Diaspora by Mohammad Qudah, Husain A. Murad, Mohammed Habes, Mokhtar Elareshi

“…Grounded in the Uses and Gratifications theory, data were collected from 207 Syrian immigrants residing in Germany between September and November 2023 using a convenience sampling approach. …”
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THE SCOPE OF FARMS SUSTAINABILITY TOOLS BASED ON FADN DATA by Vida DABKIENĖ

“…FADN data in terms of coverage the SAFA developed subthemes revealed medium coverage of the SAFA economic and environmental subthemes, and low coverage of social SAFA subthemes. …”
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Received Signal Strength Indicator Measurements and Simulations for Radio Frequency Identification Tag Identification and Location in Beehives by José Lorenzo-López, Leandro Juan-Llácer

“…The methodology employed involves measuring Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) values and simulating the environment using CST Studio. The results show that tags located along the frame’s wires have more coverage than tags in the center positions, revealing coupling of the microtag antenna with the wire. …”
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Dynamic Inspection Planning for River Water Conservancy Facilities Based on Coupled Risk Warning and Genetic Algorithm by LUO Gang, LIN Yuanqin, ZHOU Xinmin, LIN Xu

“…The risk warning model in this paper calculates the risk levels of the inspection targets using the entropy weight-Topsis method. By coupling a genetic algorithm-based route planning model for river inspections, the risk warning model uses these risk levels as input data for the route planning model, ultimately determining the routes for river inspections. …”
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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

“…The DRL approach is benchmarked against a traditional optimization implementation using the Gurobi solver. 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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Diphtheria Incidence is a Public Health Challenge in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) by Monica Dwi Hartanti, Novaria Sari Dewi Panjaitan, Syarif Hidayat, Fitriana Fitriana, Sunarno Sunarno, Sri Susanty

“…In order to assess the distribution of healthcare access and vaccine coverage, we conducted a descriptive analysis of all of the data. …”
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Acute flaccid paralysis indicators during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mozambique 2019 - 2020 by Beatriz Nhantumbo, Dionísia Balate, Samuel Nuvunga, Fabião Maússe, Eduardo Chicanequisso, Neusa Fataha, Cidia Francisco, Áuria Banze, Judite Monteiro, Erika Rossetto, Cynthia Baltazar

“…We aimed to evaluate the Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) surveillance indicators and determine the polio vaccine coverage in Mozambique, 2019-2020. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study using secondary data extracted from the AFP surveillance system and the monthly vaccination summaries for January to June 2019 and January to June 2020 for these five Mozambique provinces: Cabo Delgado, Nampula, Niassa, Tete, and Zambezia. …”
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