Zebrafish glial-vascular interactions progressively expand over the course of brain development by Lewis G. Gall, Courtney M. Stains, Moises Freitas-Andrade, Bill Z. Jia, Nishi Patel, Sean G. Megason, Baptiste Lacoste, Natasha M. O’Brown

“…Sparse labeling showed fewer glial-vascular interactions at early stages, with glial coverage and contact area increasing with age. Stable transgenic lines for glast and glastini revealed similar developmental increases, starting at ∼30% coverage at 3 days post-fertilization (dpf) and peaking at ∼60% by 10 dpf, and consistently higher glial coverage in the forebrain and midbrain than in the hindbrain. …”
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Language as a barrier to colorectal cancer screening in Flanders: an ecological study by Simon Van den bergh, Lidia Casas, Gökhan Ertaylan, Guido Van Hal, Jos Bessems

“…Methods In an ecological study analysing data on the level of Flemish municipalities (n = 300) from 2016 to 2021, we investigated whether the proportion of non-Dutch speakers at home is correlated with the response rate to CRC screening programme invitations and/or the total CRC screening coverage using multiple linear regression. We also performed Kruskal-Wallis tests and Dunn’s tests to examine municipal differences in screening based on their adjacency to the regions of Brussels and Wallonia. …”
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Comparative Assessment of Preventable Socioeconomic Damage in Different Approaches to the Prevention of Vaccine-Controlled Infections in the Framework of the National Vaccination S... by N. I. Briko, L. D. Popovich, A. Ya. Mindlina, O. I. Volkova, E. O. Kurilovich

“…The study showed that the more widely the combined pentavalent vaccine is used, the lower the average cost of saving each additional year of life.Conclusions. …”
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Cost-effectiveness of scaling up of hepatitis C screening and treatment: a modelling study in South Korea by Rifat Atun, Jungyeon Kim, Markus Haacker, Salmaan Keshavjee

“…South Korea expanded DAAs coverage through national health insurance. This study aims to analyse the cost-effectiveness of scale-up of hepatitis C screening and treatment with DAAs in South Korea, a high-income country.Methods This study uses a compartmental age–sex structured model of progression of hepatitis C to analyse effects of different policy choices for the scale up of screening and treatment with DAAs on hepatitis C disease burden and costs from 2017 to 2050. …”
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UWB Base Station Deployment Optimization Method Considering NLOS Effects Based on Levy Flight-Improved Particle Swarm Optimizer by Shengliang Wang, Ming Gao, Ling’ai Li, Dong Lv, Yingqi Li

“…In this paper, we propose a new UWB BS deployment optimization method that takes into account the influence of NLOS occlusion, determines the BS deployment range and occlusion by indoor map information, uses the locatable points coverage rate in the whole indoor positioning area as the fitness function, and proposes an improved particle swarm optimization algorithm based on the Levy flight strategy (LPSO) to solve the optimization problem. …”
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The Epidemiological Impact of Community-Based Skin Camps on Leprosy Control in East Hararghe Zone, Ethiopia: a Modelling Study by Thomas Hambridge, David J. Blok, Ephrem Mamo, Jan Hendrik Richardus, Sake J. de Vlas

“…In this study, we aimed to predict the epidemiological impact of community-based skin camps to shorten the period of leprosy case detection delay in a population. Methods We used the individual-based model SIMCOLEP to predict the epidemiological impact of two successive community-based skin camps with 50%, 70% and 90% target population coverage conducted five years apart (in 2024 and 2029). …”
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Health insurance type, healthcare utilization and out-of-pocket expenditure in the face of COVID-19: Evidence from Thai national survey data. by Chantal Herberholz, Piraya Saichol, Kannika Damrongplasit

“…<h4>Objectives</h4>Universal population coverage for healthcare was achieved in several countries, including Thailand, while retaining fragmented health insurance schemes. …”
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Heterogeneity Analysis of Resident Demands and Public Service Facilities in Megacities of China from the Perspective of Urban Health Examination by Ning Zhang, Shaohua Wang, Haojian Liang, Zhuonan Huang, Xiao Li, Zhenbo Wang

“…To improve the monitoring of urban public service facility coverage and supply–demand patterns, this paper adopts an urban diagnostic perspective, using 14 megacities from nine urban agglomerations in China as the study area. …”
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Scaling-up the delivery of dog vaccination campaigns against rabies in Tanzania. by Maganga Sambo, Elaine A Ferguson, Bernadette Abela-Ridder, Joel Changalucha, Sarah Cleaveland, Kennedy Lushasi, Geofrey Joseph Mchau, Alphoncina Nanai, Hezron Nonga, Rachel Steenson, Paul Cd Johnson, Katie Hampson

“…During 2013-2017 when vaccination coverage was monitored, approximately 20% of vaccination units achieved the recommended 70% coverage, with average coverage around 50%. …”
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Effective preparation of Plasmodium vivax field isolates for high-throughput whole genome sequencing. by Sarah Auburn, Jutta Marfurt, Gareth Maslen, Susana Campino, Valentin Ruano Rubio, Magnus Manske, Barbara Machunter, Enny Kenangalem, Rintis Noviyanti, Leily Trianty, Boni Sebayang, Grennady Wirjanata, Kanlaya Sriprawat, Daniel Alcock, Bronwyn Macinnis, Olivo Miotto, Taane G Clark, Bruce Russell, Nicholas M Anstey, François Nosten, Dominic P Kwiatkowski, Ric N Price

“…In 22 P. vivax patient isolates prepared with the 2-step method, we demonstrate high depth (median 654X coverage) and breadth (≥89%) of coverage on the Illumina GAII and HiSeq platforms. …”
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Missed Measles Immunisations Places Individuals and Communities at Risk: The Equity Argument for Including Measles in Under-Immunised Definitions by Stefanie Vaccher, Moses Laman, Margie Danchin, Fiona Angrisano, Christopher Morgan

“…We propose that lack of receipt of measles vaccine is included in global definitions of ‘under-immunised’ children. Methods: We used publicly available WHO/UNICEF estimates of national immunization coverage (WUENIC) data to determine the number and proportion of children missing out on routine immunisations in each country globally in 2019 and 2022. …”
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Top management team media exposure and corporate ESG performance: Evidence from China by Rui Zhang, Yunpeng Li, Luejun Qin, Zhixiong Tan, Xiao Wei

“…The study findings show that: (1) TMT positive media exposure significantly enhances corporate ESG performance, while negative coverage notably suppresses it; (2) TMTP significantly weakens the negative association between negative coverage and ESG performance, yet it has no significant regulatory impact on the positive association from positive coverage; (3) TSN demonstrates an “amplifier” effect, which strengthens the promoting role of positive coverage and aggravate the inhibiting role of negative exposure. …”
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SCH-Hunter: A Taint-Based Hybrid Fuzzing Framework for Smart Contract Honeypots by Haoyu Zhang, Baotong Wang, Wenhao Fu, Leyi Shi

“…Empirical results are as follows. (i) For code coverage, SCH-Hunter performs better than the state-of-art tool, HoneyBadger, achieving higher average code coverage rates on both datasets, surpassing it by 4.79% and 17.41%, respectively. …”
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Path Planning for Agricultural UAVs Based on Deep Reinforcement Learning and Energy Consumption Constraints by Haitao Fu, Zheng Li, Weijian Zhang, Yuxuan Feng, Li Zhu, Yunze Long, Jian Li

“…The methodology encompasses four components: payload-energy consumption modeling, soybean cultivation area identification using Google Earth Engine-derived spatial distribution data, raster map construction, and enhanced segmented coverage path planning implementation. …”
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Amniotic membrane versus platelet-rich fibrin in treatment of gingival recession- a randomized control trial by M.P. Chaitra, Shrinidhi Maji Shankar, T.P. Shivakumar, Soumya B. Gururaj, Chethana K. Chidambar, Kala S. Bhushan

“…AM showed comparable results to PRF and could be used as an alternative.…”
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Machine Learning for Health Insurance Prediction in Nigeria by Victor Enemona Ochigbo, Oluwasogo Adekunle Okunade, Emmanuel Gbenga Dada, Oluyemi Mikail Olaniyi, Oluwatoyosi Victoria Oyewande

“…The outcome of this paper gives insights in the efficiency of each machine learning models used to forecast medical insurance coverage, and identifying key determinants influencing insurance coverage can assist policymakers and healthcare stakeholders in devising targeted strategies to improve healthcare access and affordability for the Nigerian people. …”
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Dosimetric Comparison between Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) and Three-Dimensional Conformal Radiation Therapy (3DCRT) in Mid Lower esophageal Carcinoma: An Analytica... by Tavseef Ahmad Tali, Fiza Amin, Aijaz Ahmad Khan, Shahid Rashid Sofi, Mushtaq Ahmad Sofi, Mohsin Rehman Khan

“…This study was performed to investigate if intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) offers a better planning target volume (PTV) coverage and/or lower dose to organs at risk in comparison to three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy (3DCRT). 30 patients with locally advanced histo-pathologically proven mid and lower oesophageal carcinoma, not reaching gastro-esophageal junction were treated with chemoradiation using IMRT technique. 3DCRT plans were generated for those 30 patients. …”
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Nitrogen-Doped Carbonaceous Materials for Removal of Phenol from Aqueous Solutions by Magdalena Hofman, Robert Pietrzak

“…Sorption capacity of these selected materials was found to depend on the time of use, their surface area, and pore distribution. …”
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An Open Source Python Library for Anonymizing Sensitive Data by Judith Sáinz-Pardo Díaz, Álvaro López García

“…The library has been implemented following best practices for integration and continuous development, as well as the use of workflows to test code coverage based on unit and functional tests.…”
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Connectivity-Guaranteed Hybrid Topology Management Scheme for Improving the Operational Lifetime of 3-Dimensional Wireless Sensor Networks by A. Jawahar, S. Radha, S. Vadivelan

“…By using this fact, we can save energy by switching off the transceiver, which consumes most of the energy. …”
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