Habit or Utility: A Key Choice Point in Promoting the Adoption of Telehealth in China by Yun Fan, Sifeng Liu, Jun Liu, Saad Ahmed Javed, Zhigeng Fang

“…The strategy to promote the adoption of telehealth in China should include providing adequate training for doctors and patients on the use of telehealth technology, rewarding doctors who provide telehealth services and raising the threshold cost of patient’s telehealth adoption.…”
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Morphometric Evaluation of the Hip Joint in Dogs by Kacková Gabriela, Horňák Slavomír, Figurová Mária, Vargová Nela, Tauberová Veronika

“…Diagnosis and selection for breeding use radiographic evaluation of the ventrodorsal projection of the hip joint. …”
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A Comprehensive LC–MS Metabolomics Assay for Quantitative Analysis of Serum and Plasma by Lun Zhang, Jiamin Zheng, Mathew Johnson, Rupasri Mandal, Meryl Cruz, Miriam Martínez-Huélamo, Cristina Andres-Lacueva, David S. Wishart

“…<b>Background/Objectives:</b> Targeted metabolomics is often criticized for the limited metabolite coverage that it offers. Indeed, most targeted assays developed or used by researchers measure fewer than 200 metabolites. …”
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Global patterns in access and benefit-sharing: a comprehensive review of national policies by Rebecca Katz, Ellie Graeden, Ciara M Weets, Gunnar V Ljungqvist, Tess Stevens, Hailey Robertson, Ryan Zimmerman

“…Introduction The goal of access and benefit-sharing (ABS) in global health governance is to ensure that countries that provide access to genetic resources, including pathogens, receive equitable access to the benefits derived from their use. The increasing digitalisation of health data has brought this issue to the forefront of discussions on global health security and health equity. …”
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Field Study of UAV Variable-Rate Spraying Method for Orchards Based on Canopy Volume by Pengchao Chen, Haoran Ma, Zongyin Cui, Zhihong Li, Jiapei Wu, Jianhong Liao, Hanbing Liu, Ying Wang, Yubin Lan

“…The use of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) pesticide spraying technology in precision agriculture is becoming increasingly important. …”
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The Impact of Individual Mandate and Income on Private Health Insurance Enrollment: A State-Level Analysis on Individual Behavior Change by Kim H, Cha J, Jang J, Han A, Oh D, Lee KH

“…After the penalty under the Individual Mandate had been repealed, several states have kept regulative measures to encourage individuals to keep health insurance.Methods: This study analyzed the impact of individual mandates in four states and D.C. on private health insurance enrollment using pooled cross-sectional data from the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) USA. …”
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Improving Suicidal Ideation Detection in Social Media Posts: Topic Modeling and Synthetic Data Augmentation Approach by Hamideh Ghanadian, Isar Nejadgholi, Hussein Al Osman

“…Additionally, by generating synthetic data, we aimed to ensure that datasets used for training classifiers have high coverage of critical risk factors to address and adequately represent underrepresented or misrepresented topics. …”
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Population Immunity against Serotype-2 Poliomyelitis Leading up to the Global Withdrawal of the Oral Poliovirus Vaccine: Spatio-temporal Modelling of Surveillance Data. by Margarita Pons-Salort, Natalie A Molodecky, Kathleen M O'Reilly, Mufti Zubair Wadood, Rana M Safdar, Andrew Etsano, Rui Gama Vaz, Hamid Jafari, Nicholas C Grassly, Isobel M Blake

“…District immunity estimates were spatio-temporally smoothed using a Bayesian hierarchical framework. Coverage estimates for immunisation activities were also obtained, allowing for heterogeneity within and among districts. …”
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HawkEars: A regional, high-performance avian acoustic classifier by Jan Huus, Kevin G. Kelly, Erin M. Bayne, Elly C. Knight

“…We developed a novel solution, using embedding-based search to efficiently generate strong labels. …”
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Identifying populations at high risk of malaria: a mixed-methods case–control study to inform targeted interventions in Senegal by Tidiane Thiam, Demba Kande, Henry Ntuku, Caterina Guinovart, Natalie Galles, Laura Merriman, Moustapha Cissé, Abiboulaye Sall, Ndack Diop, Aichatou Barry Diouf, Mama Moussa Diaw, Mamadou Diop, Baba Camara, Niene Seck, Aliou Ndour, Yakou Dieye, Jennifer Smith, Adam Bennett

“…Multivariable logistic regression was used to identify malaria risk factors. Results KIIs and FGDs indicated that nomadic pastoralists, gold miners and Koranic school students have high exposure to mosquito bites through outdoor sleeping, spending time outside at night and sleeping in informal structures, with important gaps in the coverage of indoor residual spraying (IRS) and long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) and limited access to health services. …”
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A novel soil moisture evaluation framework incorporating brightness temperature and a high-resolution 1 km summer brightness temperature dataset by Ziyue Zhu, Runze Zhang, Bin Fang, Hyunglok Kim, Hoang Hai Nguyen, Venkataraman Lakshmi

“…Coarser resolution SM products, although beneficial for broader area coverage, often struggle to capture fine-scale variations influenced by local hydrological processes, land use, vegetation cover, and microclimates. …”
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LR-FHSS Transceiver for Direct-to-Satellite IoT Communications: Design, Implementation, and Verification by Sooyeob Jung, Seongah Jeong, Jinkyu Kang, Gyeongrae Im, Sangjae Lee, Mi-Kyung Oh, Joon Gyu Ryu, Joonhyuk Kang

“…Furthermore, we also detail various DtS-IoT use cases. Considering low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellites, we develop the LR-FHSS transceiver to improve system efficiency, which is a leading attempt to build practical satellite communication systems using LR-FHSS, excluding commercial products. …”
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Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus outbreak in Chiengi District, Zambia, September 2019 by Chipoya Musole, Kapina Muzala, Ngomah Albertina, Mwansa Dien Francis, Matapo Belem, Liwewe Maziyanga, Monze Mwaka, Zulu Paul, Kayeyi Nkomba, Situmbeko Mwangala, Simwaba Davis, Gama Angela, Sinyange Nyambe, Mukonka Victor

“…The WHO immunisation coverage cluster survey design was used to assess polio immunisation coverage in children aged 6-59 months in the catchment area surrounding Chipungu Rural Health Centre (RHC) and Lunchinda RHC. …”
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Measles resurgence: an outbreak investigation in Chimanimani District, Manicaland Province, Zimbabwe, 2022 by Ernest Tsarukanayi Mauwa, Owen Mugurungi, Gerald Shambira, Tsitsi Juru, Addmore Chadambuka, Notion Gombe, Mufuta Tshimanga

“…An interviewer-administered questionnaire and line list were used to obtain data about the outbreak. District vaccination coverage was analysed from annual reports. …”
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Child morbidity and mortality associated with alternative policy responses to the economic crisis in Brazil: A nationwide microsimulation study. by Davide Rasella, Sanjay Basu, Thomas Hone, Romulo Paes-Sousa, Carlos Octávio Ocké-Reis, Christopher Millett

“…We used fixed effects multivariate regression models including BFP and ESF coverage and accounting for secular trends, demographic and socioeconomic changes, and programme duration effects. …”
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The reactive vaccination campaign against cholera emergency in camps for internally displaced persons, Borno, Nigeria, 2017: a two-stage cluster survey by Wondimagegnehu Alemu, Chikwe Ihekweazu, Moise Chi Ngwa, Ifeanyi Okudo, Collins Owili, Uzoma Ugochukwu, Peter Clement, Isabelle Devaux, Lorenzo Pezzoli, David A Sack, James Agada Oche

“…While 43% (95% CI: 36% to 50%) asked no questions, 37% (95% CI: 31% to 44%) felt the team addressed all their concerns.Conclusion The campaign achieved high coverage using door-to-door and fixed sites strategies amidst insecurity posed by Boko Haram. …”
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The Potential Impact of a Single-Dose HPV Vaccination Schedule on Cervical Cancer Outcomes in Kenya: A Mathematical Modelling and Health Economic Analysis by Grace Umutesi, Christine L. Hathaway, Jesse Heitner, Rachel Jackson, Christine W. Miano, Wesley Mugambi, Lydiah Khalayi, Valerian Mwenda, Lynda Oluoch, Mary Nyangasi, Rose Jalang’o, Nelly R. Mugo, Ruanne V. Barnabas

“…We modelled the potential impact of adopting single-dose HPV vaccination strategies on health and economic outcomes in Kenya, where a two-dose schedule is the current standard. <b>Methods</b>: Using a validated compartmental transmission model of HPV and HIV in Kenya, we evaluated the costs from the payer’s perspective to vaccinate girls by age 10 with either one or two doses and increasing coverage levels (0%, 70%, 77%, 90%). …”
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Scaling up target regimens for tuberculosis preventive treatment in Brazil and South Africa: An analysis of costs and cost-effectiveness. by Ntwali Placide Nsengiyumva, Jonathon R Campbell, Olivia Oxlade, Juan F Vesga, Christian Lienhardt, Anete Trajman, Dennis Falzon, Saskia Den Boon, Nimalan Arinaminpathy, Kevin Schwartzman

“…<h4>Methods and findings</h4>We used outputs from a model simulating scale-up of TPT regimens meeting minimal and optimal criteria. …”
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Population Immunity and Structure of Measles Cases in the Russian Federation by O. V. Tsvirkun, N. T. Tikhonova, N. T. Turaeva, E. B. Ezhlova, A. A. Melnikova, A. G. Gerasimova

“…Materials and methods. The work uses epidemiological operational and retrospective analysis. …”
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Analysis of the Changes in the Water Yield Coefficient over the Past 50 Years in the Huang-Huai-Hai River Basin, China by Xiaoqing Shi, Tianling Qin, Denghua Yan, Ruochen Sun, Shuang Cao, Lanshu Jing, Yang Wang, Boya Gong

“…The WYC is positively correlated with precipitation, rainstorm days, and vegetation coverage and negatively correlated with rainless days, but the correlation coefficient is greatly influenced by the precipitation characteristics and land use types. …”
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