Concrete design and biotic colonization at the interface with the human user by Anne Marie Mahon, Christine A. Maggs, P. A. M. Basheer, Mark P. Johnson

“…Biotic composition and succession have an impact on the human use of the structures, as algae have varying levels of slipperiness, hence danger for users, and also influence degradation of concrete. …”
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"Where does my menstruation come from?" Experiences and costs of menstrual hygiene management among Rwandese school girls. by Kirsten Beata Dodroe, Lilian Nantume Wampande, Arlene Nishimwe, Mutesi Mukinisha, Janna M Schurer

“…The main source of information on menstruation was mothers. Most girls (82.5%) used single-use sanitary pads, and a small proportion (14.6%) relied on reusable cloth pads. …”
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Reverse anterolateral thigh flap: a reconstruction option for the lower limbs by Guataçara Schenfelder Salles-Junior, Renato da Silva Freitas, Jean Raitz Novais, Andre Gustavo Maschio, Dayane Raquel Paula, Renata Fernanda Ramos Mascante, Victor Rodamilans Sanjuan, Andre Bilieri Pazio

“…The literature has reported only few cases of the use of the reverse anterolateral (ALT) flap for defects in the popliteal fossa, knee, and leg proximal portion. …”
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Transitioning from sickness absence to disability pension—the impact of poor health behaviours: a prospective Swedish twin cohort study by Annina Ropponen, Pia Svedberg, Björg Helgadóttir, Lisa Mather, Jurgita Narusyte, Victoria Blom

“…Alcohol use and lack of physical activity as well as poor health behaviour sum score showed no significant associations.Conclusions Being a current smoker influences the transition from SA to DP. …”
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Experience and perspectives on palliative or end-of-life care of Chinese people and their families as immigrants to high-income countries: a systematic review and thematic synthesi... by Delan Devakumar, Bridget Candy, Harley H Y Kwok, Joesph Low

“…They may benefit from palliative care, which is integrated into universal health coverage in many of these countries, but the uptake of this care among migrant communities remains low. …”
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Optimal Flexibility Provision of Electric Vehicle and Photovoltaic Systems Through Probabilistic Forecasting and Unsuccessful Day-Ahead Market Integration by Anulekha Saha, Arnon Teawnarong, Surachai Chaitusaney

“…The proposed flexibility program also integrates unsuccessful day-ahead market participants into real-time operations, increasing distributed resource use and reducing reliance on the main grid. Numerical simulations on a 380-V low-voltage distribution system in Thailand demonstrate that the model successfully resolved all real-time power imbalances. …”
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Exploring factors influencing the selection of primary health care delivery models in conflict-affected settings of North West and South West regions of Cameroon and North-East Nig... by Lundi-Anne Omam, Kelli O'Laughlin, Nicholas Tendongfor, Zara Wudiri, Mohammed Ngubdo Hassan, Alain Metuge, Ooju Oluwafemi, Esther Omam, Rosalind Parkes-Ratanshi

“…Using in-depth interviews and focus group discussions with staff from humanitarian organizations and internally displaced persons, we will explore the factors influencing the selection of primary health care models in these settings and determine the coverage and gaps in services across the different primary health care models. …”
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Advancements in Forest Monitoring: Applications and Perspectives of Airborne Laser Scanning and Complementarity with Satellite Optical Data by Costanza Borghi, Saverio Francini, Giovanni D’Amico, Ruben Valbuena, Gherardo Chirici

“…This study reviews research from 2010 to 2023 on the integration of airborne laser scanning (ALS) metrics with satellite and ground-based data for forest monitoring, highlighting the potential of the combined use of ALS and optical remote sensing data in improving the accuracy and the frequency. …”
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Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS: Revitalization and organization of services in the provincial health division of Kwango, Democratic Republic of the Congo by Ngimbi Jean Jacques Kisaka, Baswa Babintu Leyka Mukandu, Baellani John Inipavudu, Sibadiamambu Didier Tsikisa, Kisita Espoir Bipa

“…Statistical analyses (Chi²) were used to examine relationships between sociodemographic variables and the use of PMTCT services. …”
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Automated Collection Planning for Civilian and Commercial Satellite Imagery, and Definition and Exploitation of the Collection Asset Specification Data Structure by Jeff Secker, Katerina Biron, Dany Dessureault, Pierre Lamontagne, Rodney Rear

“…These can be used by a collection manager to automate elements of the collection planning process, and they can be used for machine-to-machine communication using web services, thereby decreasing the total time required. …”
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CooccurrenceAffinity: An R package for computing a novel metric of affinity in co-occurrence data that corrects for pervasive errors in traditional indices. by Kumar P Mainali, Eric Slud

“…We further develop functions (a) to compute those intervals, (b) to evaluate their true coverage probability of enclosing the population parameter, and (c) to generate figures. 4. …”
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Testing models in the development of a web platform for the exchange of three-dimensional models by D.A. Makuhovska, M.O. Ukrainets, I.D. Liminovych, D.D. Plechystyy, V.V. Budanov

“…Deterministic models are used to evaluate the structure and complexity of the code and assess test coverage, which helps to detect certain problems in the software code in a timely manner. …”
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Multiple tropical infections hepatitis, malaria, and leptospirosis induced acute kidney injury: a case report. by Kartik Goel, Shubhi Gupta, Ravi Bhargav, Shailesh Kumar, Rupesh Yadav

“…The patient was treated with IV antibiotics (ceftriaxone and doxycycline for 5 days), including coverage for tropical infections such as leptospirosis and antimalarial (IV artesunate for 3 days). …”
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Determinants of parental self-reported uptake of influenza vaccination in preschool children during the COVID-19 pandemic by Shujuan Qu, Minghua Yang, Wei He, Hao Xie, Min Zhou, Kathryn S. Campy, Xinyu Tao

“…In China, the coverage rate of influenza vaccination among the general population is significantly lower than that of high-income countries, with only 2.46% of the population vaccinated. …”
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Economic Evidence on Cost Sharing and Alternative Insurance Designs to Address Moral and Behavioral Hazards in High-Income Health Care Systems: A Systematic Review by Marlon Graf, James R. Baumgardner, Ulrich Neumann, Iris P. Brewer, Jacquelyn W. Chou, A. Mark Fendrick

“…In health insurance, “moral hazard” describes the concept that coverage without an out-of-pocket cost to consumers could result in health care utilization beyond economically efficient levels. …”
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Estimating total species richness: Fitting rarefaction by asymptotic approximation by Yi Zou, Peng Zhao, Jan Christoph Axmacher

“…We test the performance of TESa, TESb, and their average (TESab) across simulated and empirical data, and compare their bias, precision, and accuracy with other commonly used, nonparametric species richness estimators: the bias‐corrected (bc‐)Chao1 and the abundance‐based coverage estimator (ACE). …”
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Optimization of electrode position in electric field treatment for pancreatic cancer by Sangcheol Kim, Yousun Ko, Dongho Shin, Haksoo Kim, Sung Uk Lee, Jonghyun Kim, Tae Hyun Kim, Myonggeun Yoon

“…The mean electric field, minimum electric field, homogeneity index (HI) and coverage index (CI) calculated from the six simulated plans were compared with the reference plan to evaluate the effects of each simulated plan on the tumor. …”
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Technology independent optimization when implementing sparse systems of disjunctive normal forms of Boolean functions in ASIC by P. N. Bibilo, S. N. Kardash

“…For the design of digital ASIC, the effectiveness of combined approach is shown, when initially the block coverage programs of the DNF system is used, followed by the use of programs to minimize multilevel block representations in the form of Boolean networks minimized based on Shannon expansion.…”
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Short-term Forecasting of the Prevalence of Trachoma: Expert Opinion, Statistical Regression, versus Transmission Models. by Fengchen Liu, Travis C Porco, Abdou Amza, Boubacar Kadri, Baido Nassirou, Sheila K West, Robin L Bailey, Jeremy D Keenan, Anthony W Solomon, Paul M Emerson, Manoj Gambhir, Thomas M Lietman

“…<h4>Background</h4>Trachoma programs rely on guidelines made in large part using expert opinion of what will happen with and without intervention. …”
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Protecting Dynamically Obfuscated Scan Chain Architecture from DOSCrack with Trivium Pseudo-Random Number Generation by Jiaming Wu, Olivia Dizon-Paradis, Sazadur Rahman, Damon L. Woodard, Domenic Forte

“…Design-for-test/debug (DfT/D) introduces scan chain testing to increase testability and fault coverage by inserting scan flip-flops. However, these scan chains are also known to be a liability for security primitives. …”
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