Investigation of a suspected measles outbreak in a security crisis and border zone, Cinkansé, Burkina Faso, November 2022 by Morou Nikiema, Aloukoumane Lengane, Denis Yelbeogo, Bérenger Kabore, Madi Saidou Bagaya, Issa Guire, Abdramane Sawadogo, Souleymane Kabore, Yamregma Kabore

“…The collection tools used included an interview guide and a documentary analysis framework. …”
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Extended and pedicled pectoralis major flap for right orbitofrontal-parietal reconstruction following invasive squamous cell carcinoma resection by Andres Ordenes Evensen, Daniel Cazeto López, Andrés Fernando Cánchica, Carlos Fernando Goyeneche, Leonardo Gobetti, Renato Giannini, Osvaldo Ribeiro Saldanha

“…Introduction: The myocutaneous flap is often used in reconstruction of head and neck defects. …”
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Partial Proportional Odds of Child Polio Vaccination Status Among Children Aged 12–23 Months in Ethiopia by Alebachew Taye Belay, Denekew Bitew Belay, Seyifemickael Amare Yilema, Yikeber Abebaw Moyehodie

“…Conclusion: The coverage of full polio vaccination in Ethiopia was below 50%, which is below the global and regional percentage. …”
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Hydrilla Management in Florida Lakes by Stacia A. Hetrick, Ken A. Langeland

“…It can provide some benefits to fish and wildlife at low levels of coverage, but it also can have major detrimental impacts to water uses, causing substantial economic and environmental hardships. …”
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Operative Interfaces of English for Medical Purposes. Linguistic and Translational Perspectives by Mihai Robert Rusu

“…It is common sense knowledge that medical research and medical practice need a specialized language, or, in other words, a language for specific purposes (LSP) with an international coverage – English is the leading candidate as the lingua franca. …”
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Hydrilla Management in Florida Lakes by Stacia A. Hetrick, Ken A. Langeland

“…It can provide some benefits to fish and wildlife at low levels of coverage, but it also can have major detrimental impacts to water uses, causing substantial economic and environmental hardships. …”
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Enhanced catalytic activity on atomically dispersed PtSe2 two-dimensional layers by Gyuho Han, Hyuk Choi, Jong Hun Kim, Daeho Kim, Sang Sub Han, Hyewon Park, Si Woo Lee, Ki-jeong Kim, Jeongjin Kim, Min Gyu Kim, Yeonwoong Jung, Hyun You Kim, Jeong Young Park

“…The substantial presence of surface-exposed Pt species on PtSe2 and their role as catalytic reaction sites are elucidated using operando ambient-pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. …”
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Deep Learning-Driven Multi-Temporal Detection: Leveraging DeeplabV3+/Efficientnet-B08 Semantic Segmentation for Deforestation and Forest Fire Detection by Joe Soundararajan, Andrew Kalukin, Jordan Malof, Dong Xu

“…In contrast, satellite imagery provides broad, repeatable, and economically feasible coverage. This study presents a deep learning framework that combines the DeepLabV3+ architecture with an EfficientNet-B08 backbone to address both deforestation and wildfire detection using satellite imagery. …”
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Current prevalence of hepatitis delta diagnosis in Valencia, Spain by Enrique Ortega González, María Dolores Ocete Mochón, María Martínez-Roma, Concepción Gimeno Cardona, Neus Gómez Muñoz, Moisés Diago Madrid, Alba Carrodeguas, José Luis González-Sánchez, Marta Plaza de la Torre, Miguel García Deltoro

“…A retrospective analysis of HDV diagnostic and prevalence (2007–2020) was followed by prospective HDV screening using reflex testing from April to October 2022. …”
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A benefit-cost analysis quantifying the broader socioeconomic value of adult respiratory vaccination programs in Japan by Claud Theakston, Matthew Napier, Simon Brassel, Kazumasa Kamei, Shuhei Ito, Jeffrey Vietri, Diana Mendes, Jingyan Yang, Tianyan Hu, Lotte Steuten

“…Scenario and sensitivity analyses explore coverage scenarios and parameter assumptions.Results Adult vaccination programs generated BCRs around 18:1 within 5 years and 20:1 over a lifetime. …”
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Modified ionosphere delay fitting model with atmosphere uncertainty grids for wide-area real-time positioning by Bobin Cui, Jungang Wang, Pan Li, Jiahuan Hu, Xiang Zuo, Longjiang Tang

“…With ten coefficients, the model surpasses legacy polynomial fitting accuracy. Using a 166-station, 150 km-spaced European networks for atmospheric delays and 113 external stations for validation, our model achieves a 59.6% standard deviation reduction compared to the legacy model. …”
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Public health impact of adjuvanted RSVPreF3 vaccine in older adults: a modeling study in nine countries in Middle East and North Africa by Evelina Zimovetz, Abdullah M. Assiri, Sara Al Dallal, Desirée van Oorschot, Adriana Guzman-Holst, Jorge A. Gomez, Ru Han

“…RSV acute respiratory infection (ARI) cases, LRTD-related pneumonia, hospitalizations, and deaths were computed over a five-year time horizon assuming no vaccination, and assuming adjuvanted RSVPreF3 vaccination coverage rates of 30% and 70%. Sensitivity of key inputs was explored using one-way sensitivity analyses.Results Across the considered countries, 9.1 million RSV ARI cases, including 4.6 million LRTD, were projected in adults ≥60 years over 5 years. …”
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Health inequities in medical crowdfunding: a systematic review by Yingying Cai, Syafila Kamarudin, Xiaoyu Jiang, Baiyu Zhou

“…Results We identified three key categories of metrics used to assess equity in medical crowdfunding: funding outcomes, campaign visibility, and donor participation. …”
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Graph Learning-Based Power System Health Assessment Model by Koji Yamashita, Nanpeng Yu, Evangelos Farantatos, Lin Zhu

“…The numerical studies explored the performance of the proposed and baseline machine learning models under both full PMU coverage and various partial PMU coverage conditions, where different data imputation methods are used for substations without PMUs. …”
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Harnessing μ‐X‐Ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy as a Tool to Assess Extracellular Vesicle‐Induced Biomineralization by Mathieu Y. Brunet, Adam McGuinness, Kenny Man, Marie‐Christine Jones, Sophie C. Cox

“…Herein, a robust methodology is presented to assess the osteogenic potential of an EV therapy using μ‐X‐ray fluorescence spectroscopy (μ‐XRF). …”
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Supporting the role and enabling the potential of community health workers in Bangladesh’s rural maternal and newborn health programs: a qualitative study by Alayne M Adams, Myriam Vuckovic, Emily Graul, Sabina F Rashid, Malabika Sarker

“…# Background In the global journey towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC), strong primary healthcare systems are essential. …”
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Salivary Function and Quality of Life Following Adaptive Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy for Locally Advanced Head and Neck Cancer by Wael El-Sheshtawy, Mostafa Mostafa

“…Unstimulated salivary flow rate (uSFR) was measured to assess salivary function, while QoL was evaluated using the EORTC QLQ-HN43 questionnaire. Results: A total of 43 patients (median age: 56 years; range: 19–74) were included. …”
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Exposure of Skin Homografts from Related Living Donors to Radiotherapy and Its Effects on Acute Rejection and Wound Healing in Children with Deep Burns: A Randomized Controlled Tri... by Mohammed Ahmed Megahed, Sherief Mohamed El Kashty, Ahmed Tharwat Nassar, Mohamed Aboulfetouh, Mohammed Saad AboShaban

“…Through the tomotherapy device, a skin homograft from a related living donor was exposed to a local dose of radiotherapy of 500 centigray (cGy). It was immediately used for coverage of the prepared bed after the irradiation was completed. …”
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CCL2 Inhibitor Bindarit Improve Postoperative Cognitive Function by Attenuating Pericyte Loss-Related Blood–Brain Barrier Disruption and Neuroinflammation by Hui Yuan, Bo Lu, Daofan Sun, Junping Chen, Xiangming Fang

“…CCL2 expression in hippocampal tissues was downregulated using intraperitoneal injections of 200 mg/kg daily Bindarit for 4 days prior to surgery. …”
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