CaBagE: A Cas9-based Background Elimination strategy for targeted, long-read DNA sequencing. by Amelia D Wallace, Thomas A Sasani, Jordan Swanier, Brooke L Gates, Jeff Greenland, Brent S Pedersen, Katherine E Varley, Aaron R Quinlan

“…Enrichment with CaBagE resulted in a median of 116X coverage (range 39-416) of target loci when tested on five genomic targets ranging from 4-20kb in length using healthy donor DNA. …”
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Outcomes of interventions to optimize linkage to HIV care and antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation after HIV self-testing: A scoping review by Patience A. Muwanguzi, Paul Kuodi Otiku, Blessings Gausi, Tom Denis Ngabirano, Scovia Nalugo Mbalinda, Mobolanle Balogun, Derrick Tembi Efie, Charles Peter Osingada

“…# Background Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) self-testing is an innovative solution to the problem of low HIV testing coverage. It can help in realizing the first “95” of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS targets in the HIV treatment cascade. …”
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Modernization of the PGU-450 thermal circuit with an increase in the thermal power of heating selections and preservation of the total electric power by L. O. Zverev, V. G. Zlobin, E. R. Zvereva

“…Modernization of the PGU with an increase in thermal power and preservation of electrical power using a block afterburning device (BDU) in a heat recovery boiler (CU). …”
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‘They say we are money minded’ exploring experiences of formal private for-profit health providers towards contribution to pro-poor access in post conflict Northern Uganda by Justine Namakula, Suzanne Fustukian, Barbara McPake, Freddie Ssengooba

“…Methods: Data collection was conducted in Gulu municipality in 2015 using Organisational survey of 45 registered formal private for-profit providers (FPFPs),10 life histories, and 13 key informant interviews. …”
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Uptake of and willingness to pay for health insurance in rural Senegal: a reinforcement effect by Sylvie Boyer, Cheikh Sokhna, Bruno Ventelou, Marwân-al-Qays Bousmah

“…Introduction Expanding health insurance is viewed as a core strategy for achieving universal health coverage. In Senegal, as in many other developing countries, this strategy has been implemented by creating community-based health insurance (CBHI) schemes with voluntary enrolment and a fixed premium paid by enrollees. …”
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Assessing Root Causes and Solutions to Address Cross-Programmatic Inefficiencies in a Subnational Health System: A Case Study of Anambra State, Nigeria by Obinna Onwujekwe, Uchenna Ezenwaka, Prince Agwu, Chukwudi Nwokolo, Francis Ukwuije, Alexandra J. Earle, Agnes Gatome-Munyua, Susan Sparkes

“…Identifying and addressing the root causes of cross-programmatic inefficiencies in a health system can ensure more efficient use of resources to make progress toward Universal Health Coverage. …”
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Prostate Intrafraction Translation Margins for Real-Time Monitoring and Correction Strategies by Dale W. Litzenberg, James M. Balter, Scott W. Hadley, Daniel A. Hamstra, Twyla R. Willoughby, Patrick A. Kupelian, Toufik Djemil, Arul Mahadevan, Shirish Jani, Geoffrey Weinstein, Timothy Solberg, Charles Enke, Lisa Levine, Howard M. Sandler

“…The purpose of this work is to determine appropriate radiation therapy beam margins to account for intrafraction prostate translations for use with real-time electromagnetic position monitoring and correction strategies. …”
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Current course of measles in adults (a literature review) by Yu. Yu. Riabokon, S. O. Bilokobyla, O. V. Riabokon

“…Thanks to the widespread use of measles vaccine in the European Region in the early 2000s, WHO set a goal to achieve measles elimination. …”
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Modeling the Ecological Network in Mountainous Resource-Based Cities: Morphological Spatial Pattern Analysis Approach by Liyun Zeng, Rita Yi Man Li, Hongzhou Du

“…It employs multiple data sets, including land use data, remote sensing images, Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) digital elevation, vegetation coverage data, etc., to conduct the quantitative analysis. …”
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Development of a Textbook in the Modern Educational and Scientific Mathematical and Informatics Environment of Higher Education Students by Marianna Kovtoniuk, Olena Soіa, Olena Kosovets, Ivanna Leonova

“…The developed and implemented author's digital manuals meet the main criteria for their effective functioning: strategic focus, completeness of coverage, intensity, orderliness, coherence and mobility.…”
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The pharmacopuncture in dorsopathy by L. G. Agasarov

“…The aim of the study is to clarify the main mechanisms and therapeutic possibilities of pharmacopuncture with various medicines used in the case of vertebrogenic pathology.Results. …”
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Priority-Based Data Flow Control for Long-Range Wide Area Networks in Internet of Military Things by Rachel Kufakunesu, Herman C. Myburgh, Allan De Freitas

“…To address these challenges, we developed an enhanced sensor data sender application capable of simulating priority-based traffic within LoRaWAN, specifically targeting use cases like border security and healthcare monitoring. …”
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Two Decades of Coastal Development across the Arabian Gulf: Insights from Remote Sensing and Machine Learning by B. Dahy, R. Sousa, M. Sultan, J. A. Burt

“…This study analyzes land use and land cover (LULC) changes in the Arabian Gulf coastal zone between 2001 and 2021, revealing significant transformations driven by urbanization, coastal reclamation, inundation and urban vegetation expansion. …”
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STREAM‐Sat: A Novel Near‐Realtime Quasi‐Global Satellite‐Only Ensemble Precipitation Dataset by Kaidi Peng, Daniel B. Wright, Yagmur Derin, Samantha H. Hartke, Zhe Li, Jackson Tan

“…Abstract Satellite‐based precipitation observations can provide near‐global coverage with high spatiotemporal resolution in near‐realtime. …”
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Evaluating on Effect of Conversion from Farmland to Forest and Grassland Porject on Ecosystem Carbon Storage in Loess Hilly-gully Region Based on InVEST Model by Yao Nan, Liu Guangquan, Yao Shunbo, Deng Yuanjie, Hou Mengyang, Zhang Xiao

“…[Methods] The GIS spatial analysis method and the InVEST model were used to study changes in land use and carbon storage in the loess hilly-gully region from 2000 to 2020. …”
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Transdermal influenza immunization with vaccine-coated microneedle arrays. by Dimitrios G Koutsonanos, Maria del Pilar Martin, Vladimir G Zarnitsyn, Sean P Sullivan, Richard W Compans, Mark R Prausnitz, Ioanna Skountzou

“…Due to virus antigenic drift and short-lived immune responses, annual vaccination is required. However, vaccine coverage is incomplete, and improvement in immunization is needed. …”
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Mental Fatigue in Parkinson’s Disease: Systematic Review and Evaluation of Self-Reported Fatigue Scales by Junle Chen, Yanjun Zhou, Hengyi Rao, Jianghong Liu

“…The review found that it is best to use Fatigue Severity Inventory (FSI) and Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory (MdFI) to screen for severity of PD mental fatigue and Neuro-QoL Item Bank v1.0 (Neuro-QoL) to evaluate its impact on patients’ lives. …”
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Does inhabitant’s fertility intention respond to housing status in the urban built environment: evidence from China by Xuefang Zhuang, Qingyin Li, Tian Su, Siying Zhang, Rong Wu, Tianxiang Zheng

“…Housing status appears to be an essential factor influencing the fertility-related decisions of residents in China.MethodsWe use cross-sectional data from a nationally representative large-scale tracking survey targeting the labor force in China. …”
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Reproducibility in Subsurface Geoscience by Michael J. Steventon, Christopher A-L. Jackson, Matt Hall, Mark T. Ireland, Marcus Munafo, Kathryn J. Roberts

“…Access to data, undocumented methodologies, and confidentiality issues (e.g., use of proprietary data and methods) were identified as major barriers to reproducing published results. …”
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Ecological Suitability Assessment Methods of Waste Pile-Up along Railway Routes Based on Machine Learning Algorithms by Cuicui Ji, Zaoyang Huang, Xiangjun Pei, Bin Sun, Lichuan Chen, Dan Liang, Yanfei Kang

“…To develop ESWP maps, we employed Landsat 8, digital elevation model (DEM), soil database, land use, and meteorological data. We tested 3 machine learning methods—random forest (RF), deep neural network (DNN), and extreme gradient boosting (XGBoost)—using 7 key indicators as input parameters. …”
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