Adaptive path planning for efficient object search by UAVs in agricultural fields by Rick van Essen, Eldert van Henten, Lammert Kooistra, Gert Kootstra

“…This paper presents an adaptive path planner for object search in agricultural fields using UAVs. The path planner uses a high-altitude coverage flight path and plans additional low-altitude inspections when the detection network is uncertain. …”
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Direct and Indirect Protection with Pediatric Quadrivalent Live-Attenuated Influenza Vaccination in Europe Estimated by a Dynamic Transmission Model by Laetitia Gerlier, Judith Hackett, Richard Lawson, Sofia Dos Santos Mendes, Catherine Weil-Olivier, Markus Schwehm, Martin Eichner

“… # Methods A deterministic, age-structured, dynamic model was used to simulate influenza transmission across 14 European countries, comparing current vaccination coverage using a quadrivalent inactivated vaccine (QIV) to a scenario whereby vaccination coverage was extended to 50% of 2–17 year-old children, using QLAIV. …”
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The Training and Evaluation of the “Dual-Index” Screening Method for Neonatal Congenital Heart Disease: A Multi-Center Study in China by Panpan Huang, Qing Gu, Xiaoting Zhu, Ijaz ul Haq, Liling Li, Xiaojing Hu, Guoying Huang

“…Background: This study aimed to enhance the scope of neonatal congenital heart disease (CHD) screening by evaluating the effectiveness of training personnel in CHD screening using the “dual-index” method, combining pulse oximetry with cardiac murmur auscultation. …”
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On Performance of Two-Parameter Gompertz-Based X¯ Control Charts by Johnson A. Adewara, Kayode S. Adekeye, Olubisi L. Aako

“…Furthermore, real-life data on thickness of paint on refrigerators which are nonnormal data that have attributes of a Gompertz distribution were used to illustrate the proposed control chart. The coverage probability (CP), control limit interval (CLI), and average run length (ARL) were used to measure the performance of the two methods. …”
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The impact of preferential trade agreements on bilateral trade: A structural gravity model analysis. by Xing Yao, Yongzhong Zhang, Rizwana Yasmeen, Zhen Cai

“…This study develops a product-based coverage index of PTAs using the World Trade Organization (WTO) preferential trade agreements and calculates bilateral trade measures using the EORA multi-regional input-output (MRIO) tables covering 189 countries worldwide over the period 1990-2015; the structural gravity model is employed to test how PTAs affect bilateral trade. …”
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Countrywide Observations of Plate Spreading and Glacial Isostatic Adjustment in Iceland Inferred by Sentinel‐1 Radar Interferometry, 2015–2018 by Vincent Drouin, Freysteinn Sigmundsson

“…Abstract East‐west and vertical ground velocities for 2015–2018 are retrieved over 81% of Iceland from Sentinel‐1 radar interferometry, using satellite images from six different tracks. …”
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The advantages of lexicon-based sentiment analysis in an age of machine learning. by A Maurits van der Veen, Erik Bleich

“…We demonstrate the strong performance of lexica using MultiLexScaled, an approach which averages valences across a number of widely-used general-purpose lexica. …”
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Mobility Load Balancing in Cellular System with Multicriteria Handoff Algorithm by Solomon T. Girma, Abinet G. Abebe

“…Simulation shows that new call blocking and handoff blocking using the proposed algorithm are enhanced notably.…”
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Activity-Based Scene Decomposition for Topology Inference of Video Surveillance Network by Hongguang Zhang, Jianzhu Cui, Peng Wang, Shibao Zheng

“…We propose a novel approach to understand activities based on the visual coverage of a video surveillance network. In our approach, an optimal camera placement scheme is firstly presented by using a binary integer programming algorithm in order to maximize the surveillance coverage. …”
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Probing Factors Shaping Childhood Vaccination of Under-5: A Rural Health Center Perspective by Aparna Sharma, Shambhavee Singh, Vikram Singh, Priya Arora, Kritika, Suruchi Mishra

“…A criterion-based purposive sampling technique was used. A total of 140 mothers or female legal guardians were personally interviewed using a predesigned, pretested semistructured and partially open-ended questionnaire. …”
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Design and Experimental Research on Staggered Straw Cleaning Device for No-Till Seeding in Drip Irrigation Area by Panpan Yuan, Xingliang Zhu, Xuejun Zhang, Jia You, Jinshan Yan, Shilong Qiu

“…The interaction model of staggered tine discs group–straw–soil is established using the discrete element method (DEM). The forwarding speed, rotating speed, disc rake angle, and lateral distance of the middle tine discs were used as influencing factors, and the straw cleaning rate and the mass of straw returned in the drip irrigation coverage area were selected as the text indexes to carry out quadratic orthogonal rotation experiments. …”
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An investigation of inversion method to measure the radial velocity of Kuroshio from Sentinel-1 SAR data by Benhua Tan, Lihua Wang, Dechen Ge, Zhen Fang, Weiwei Sun, Tian Feng

“…Three solutions matching different land coverage were adopted in the range direction, and the scalloping was removed by using average filtering in the azimuth direction. …”
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Spatiotemporal characteristics of vegetation cover change in the Central Yunnan urban agglomeration from 2000 to 2020 based on Landsat data and its driving factors by Rong Wang, Xue Ding, Bangjin Yi, Jinliang Wang

“…The study of dynamic changes in vegetation coverage has significant implications for urban clusters in terms of ecological environment protection, climate change research, water resource management and urban planning. …”
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A quality improvement initiative to improve growth monitoring of children attending immunization clinic in an urban primary health centre in Delhi by Ravneet Kaur, Udita Singh, K. Srinath, Anjusha Ranjith, Baridalyne Nongkynrih

“…The main change ideas implemented were training of health workers, allotting regular supervisors for the session, and appending a stamp for quick identification of underweight children. Run chart was used to assess the changes over time. We considered the outcome achieved if the plotting coverage was more than 90% sustained for at least six consecutive immunization sessions. …”
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Health service utilization in immigrants with multiple sclerosis. by Dalia L Rotstein, Ruth Ann Marrie, Karen Tu, Susan E Schultz, Kinwah Fung, Colleen J Maxwell

“…We compared rates of health service use in immigrants versus long-term residents using negative binomial regression models with generalized estimating equations adjusted for age, sex, socioeconomic status, urban/rural residence, MS diagnosis calendar year, and comorbidity burden.…”
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Association of co-prescribing of opioid and benzodiazepine substitutes with incident falls and fractures among older adults: a cohort study by Rahul Shah, Yong-Fang Kuo, Jordan Westra, Mukaila A Raji

“…Objective Examine the association between the co-prescribing of opioids, benzodiazepines, gabapentinoids (pregabalin and gabapentin) and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors/serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SSRI/SNRIs) in different combinations and the risk of falls and fractures.Design Retrospective cohort study from 2015 to 2018.Setting Medicare enrolment and claims data.Participants Medicare beneficiaries with both chronic pain and anxiety disorders in 2016 with continuous enrolments in Parts A and B from 2015 to 2016 who were prescribed any combination of opioid, benzodiazepine, gabapentinoid and SSRI/SNRI in 2017 for ≥7 days, as documented in their Medicare Part D coverage.Interventions Any combination of use of seven drug regimens (benzodiazepine +opioid; benzodiazepine +gabapentinoid; benzodiazepine +SSRI/SNRI; opioid +gabapentinoid; opioid +SSRI/SNRI; gabapentinoid +SSRI/SNRI; ≥3 drug classes).Main outcomes First event of fall and the first event of fracture after the index date, which was the first day of combination drug use that lasted ≥7 days in 2017.Results A total of 47 964 patients (mean [SD] age, 75.9 [7.1]; 78.0% woman) with diagnoses of both chronic pain and anxiety were studied. …”
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Implementation of differentiated service delivery for paediatric HIV care and treatment: opportunities, challenges and experience from seven sub-Saharan African countries by Anna Grimsrud, Rebecca Abelman, Catharina Alons, Jeni Stockman, Ivan Teri, Maryanne Ombija, Christopher Makwindi, Justine Odionyi, Esther Tumbare, Barry Longwe, Mahoudo Bonou, Juma Songoro, Lawrence Mugumya, Jennifer Cohn

“…Given that children and adolescents have lower rates of HIV diagnosis, treatment and viral load suppression, there is a need to use DSD to meet the needs of children and adolescents living with HIV. …”
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Selecting the Strategic Port of “the Belt and Road” Based on the Global Network by Zihui Yang, Qingchun Meng, Chanjuan Li

“…On the basis of constructing a network of 155 ports in the world, according to the number of ports crossed by the shortest path and betweenness centrality in the network, this paper uses K-Medoids clustering algorithm to train the strategic importance of ports and verifies the reliability of the analysis results. …”
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Constructing the 'Foreign': Stereotypes in Western Reporting on China and India. A Content Analysis of German and U.S. Newspapers by Gianna Albrecht, Judith Gayler, Marla Hanenberg, Steven Hermanutz, Susanne Ködel

“…Both countries used political stereotypes to a similar extent, with economic stereotypes being the second most common in coverage of China, while stereotypes about the population dominated the articles on India.…”
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An Independent UAV-Based Mobile Base Station by Sung-Chan Choi, Sung-Yeon Kim

“…We provide a simulation result to achieve the radio coverage of mobile base station. By using this radio coverage, we find an appropriate location of the end device for performing the outdoor experiments. …”
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