Linking Anopheles bionomics and human behaviour in the Lao PDR by Sebastien Marcombe, Santi Maithaviphet, Rita Reyburn, Khamfong Kunlaya, Khambang Silavong, Bouasy Hongvanthong, Viengxay Vanisaveth, Viengphone Sengsavath, Vilasack Banouvong, Keobouphaphone Chindavongsa, Boualam Khamlome, Élodie A. Vajda, Edward Thomsen, Timothy Finn, Neil F. Lobo, Matthew Shortus

“…HBOs recorded spatial and temporal human presence and LLIN use. Human biting rates (HBR) were adjusted with HBO data to quantify spatial and temporal protection and identify gaps in protection. …”
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Assessment of a Social Media‐Based Method for Determining Raptor Diet by Leo Biggs, Greg S. Baxter, Stephen J. S. Debus, Neal Finch, Anysha Riggs, Hayden Houweling, Melissa Appleby, Peter J. Murray

“…The social media method was also efficient, with prey items collected and identified at a rate of 0.21 h per prey item; over 25 times faster than other raptor diets collected using direct visual observations. Furthermore, the social media method countered the biases of alternative methods such as small population samples, restricted spatial coverage, and over or under‐representation of animal classes. …”
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Unlocking horizontal and vertical cropping intensification potentials to address landlessness and food security challenges of rainfed crop production systems in Ethiopia: potential... by Tibebu Kassawmar, Tibebu Kassawmar, Matebu Tadesse, Matebu Tadesse, Gizaw Desta, Amare Bantider, Amare Bantider, Ermias Teferi, Ermias Teferi, Woldeamlak Bewket, Woldeamlak Bewket, Lemlem Abraha, Gete Zeleke, Claire L. Walsh, Greg O’Donnell

“…Knowledge-based evidence about potential and existing rainfed cropping is crucial for decision-making for sustainable land use and food security. Using multi-criteria spatial analysis techniques, this study assessed the current status of cropland availability and projected impacts on future crop production in Ethiopia. …”
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Primary liver cancer burden and its association with health development in the Western Pacific, 1990–2021 by Teng-Chao Zhou, Teng-Chao Zhou, Dan Qin, Peng Yan, Peng Yan, Bin Lan, Bin Lan, Qing Wang, Qing Wang, Jie Tan, Jie Tan

“…Associations with Human Resources for Health (HRH), Universal Health Coverage (UHC) index, and Sociodemographic Index (SDI) were examined using Spearman correlation and generalized linear models.ResultsBetween 1990 and 2021, age-standardized DALYs rates for LC in the WPR rose from 281.78 to 334.74 per 100,000 population (EAPC: 0.56%). …”
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Changement climatique : certitudes, incertitudes et controverses by Claude Kergomard

“…The two last years have been marked by a a lot of media coverage about the climate change controversy. Actual uncertainties in the science of climate change have been used in order to contest the reality, magnitude and causes of the present ʺglobal warmingʺ. …”
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Antimicrobial prescription patterns in tertiary care centres in India: a multicentric point prevalence surveyResearch in context by Samiksha Bhattacharjee, Chakrant Mothsara, Nusrat Shafiq, Prasan Kumar Panda, Rachna Rohilla, Shilpa N. Kaore, Deepak Kumar, Shefali Gupta, Parul Singh, Niyati Trivedi, Sagar Khadanga, Naveen Murali, Ashish Kumar Kakkar, Deepa Kumari, Monika Chaudhary, Samir Malhotra, Navinchandra Kaore, Balakrishnan Sadasivam, Pankaj Arora, Navneet Dhaliwal, Manisha Biswal, Ashish Bhalla, Vanita Suri, Ritesh Agarwal, Amber Prasad, Puneet Dhamija, Mayank Gupta, Madhur Verma, Tejas Patel, Atul Rukadikar, Kanishka Kumar, Mangesh Bankar, Mahendra Meena, Sana Islahi, Gopal Krishana Bohra, Durga Shankar Meena, Dhara Naik, Jaya Pathak, Aarzoo, M.V. Adarsh, Amandeep Kaur, Asheema Khosla, Ashish Thomas George, Ashok Kumar, Ashwin Kumar, Himanshi Khera, Kumaravel, Manav Jain, N. Mekala, Nikhil Aravind, Nisha Sharma, K. Niveditha, Rishin Raj P, Rupamdeep Kaur, Shreya Gupta, Tania Sidana, Abhishek, Bimalesh Yadav, Girraj Saini, Manish Kumar Mathuriya, N.P.K. Teja, Priyal Anand, Simi Mohan, Anchal Arora, Anjali Dalal, Monika Rathee, Priti Mahala, Sweta Sharma, Tavish Pandit, Anuja Singh, Bhavya, Rishika Anand, Shamsher Singh Kalra, Parneet Kaur Sidhu, Khushi Tibarewal, Ramakishan Jeengar, Punit Bishnoi, Anita Dhoundiyal, Harender Tewatia, Mahesh Mannava, Vaishali Singh, K.M. Pooja, Sakshi Sharma, Shubham, Bhaumil Koshti, Krishna Patel, Nishee Sadhu

“…The survey comprised two parts: the ward form, which captured ward details (name, specialty, bed count, and antibiotic use), and the patient form, which documented demographics, antimicrobial therapy, and microbiological data, including redundant coverage and designated antibiotics. …”
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Routine health management information system data in Ethiopia: consistency, trends, and challenges by Abyot Adane, Tewabe M. Adege, Mesoud M. Ahmed, Habtamu A. Anteneh, Emiamrew S. Ayalew, Della Berhanu, Netsanet Berhanu, Misrak G. Beyene, Antoinette Bhattacharya, Tesfahun Bishaw, Eshetu Cherinet, Mamo Dereje, Tsega H. Desta, Abera Dibabe, Heven S. Firew, Freweini Gebrehiwot, Etenesh Gebreyohannes, Zenebech Gella, Addis Girma, Zuriash Halefom, Sorsa F. Jama, Binyam Kemal, Abyi Kiflom, Carina Källestål, Seblewengel Lemma, Yidnekachew D. Mazengiya, Kalkidan Mekete, Magdelawit Mengesha, Meresha W. Nega, Israel A. Otoro, Joanna Schellenberg, Tefera Taddele, Gulilat Tefera, Admasu Teketel, Miraf Tesfaye, Tsion Tsegaye, Kidist Woldesenbet, Yakob Wondarad, Zemzem M. Yosuf, Kidist Zealiyas, Mebratom H. Zeweli, Lars Åke Persson, Annika Janson

“…Results: Several services reported coverage of above 100%. For many indicators, denominators were based on poor-quality population data estimates. …”
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Targeting malaria in high-risk populations in low endemic regions in northern Namibia: a quasi-experimental controlled trial to reduce malaria in seasonal agricultural workers and... by Roly Gosling, Adam Bennett, Petrina Uusiku, Henry Ntuku, Bryan Greenhouse, Jennifer L Smith, Jerry O Jacobson, Cara Smith-Gueye, Francois Rerolle, Ashley Morgan Burke, Tabeth Mwema, Keirstinne Turcios, Justine Kulla Haikali, Michael Lifasi, Elodie Vajda, Davis R Mumbengegwi

“…Impact on malaria outcomes and intervention coverage was evaluated over a single transmission season using pre-intervention and post-intervention cross-sectional surveys in a random subset of worksites and community incidence from passively detected cases. …”
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Analysis of the spatiotemporal evolution pattern of the synergistic relationship among high temperature, drought, and CHTDs in climate transition zones by Hui Su, Chunxiao Wu, Shuai Zhou, Xiangxu Song, Jiaqi Tian, Xiaoqing Han, Xiao Zhang, Ting Zhang

“…However, in the SSP245 and SSP585 scenarios, the maximum coverage of CHTDs is also advanced to July, but the coverage rate (SSP245 is 17.82 %, SSP585 is 17.80 %) is smaller compared to the SSP126 scenario. …”
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Penalized landmark supermodels (penLM) for dynamic prediction for time-to-event outcomes in high-dimensional data by Anya H. Fries, Eunji Choi, Summer S. Han

“…When evaluated using the proposed metrics, the penLM model developed using multi-source data ( $$\:\overline{AUC}_{w}\:$$ of 0.77 [95% confidence interval: 0.74–0.79]) outperformed those developed using single-source data ( $$\:\overline{AUC}_{w}\:$$ range: 0.50–0.74). …”
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The influence of jittering DHS cluster locations on geostatistical model-based estimates of malaria risk in Cameroon by Salomon G. Massoda Tonye, Romain Wounang, Celestin Kouambeng, Penelope Vounatsou

“…Background: In low-and-middle income countries, national representative household surveys such as the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and the Malaria Indicator Surveys (MIS) are routinely carried out to assess the malaria risk and the coverage of related interventions. A two-stage sampling design was used to identify clusters and households within each cluster. …”
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Willingness of healthcare professionals in China to continue participating in and recommend telemedicine post COVID-19 pandemic by Weiyi Wang, Xianying He, Xu Zhang, Yuntian Chu, Chenchen Li, Baozhan Chen, Jie Zhao

“…Patient coverage partially mediates relationship between usefulness and willingness to recommend telemedicine. …”
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Comparative analysis and selection of the geometry of the microphone array based on MEMS microphones for sound localisation by Andrii Riabko, Tetiana Vakaliuk, Oksana Zaika, Roman Kukharchuk, Yuriy Smorzhevsky

“…The methods used involve the application of both established and author-derived analytical models for transfer functions and directivity coefficients, as well as experimental validation using a prototype device built on a Raspberry Pi 5 platform with an Adafruit PCA9548 8-Channel STEMMA QT expansion board and SPH0645LM4H-B omnidirectional MEMS microphones. …”
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Prioritizing the location of vaccination centres during the COVID-19 pandemic by bike in the Netherlands by Adel Al-Huraibi, Sherif Amer, Justine Blanford

“…To increase effectiveness, a nuanced distribution approach considering accessibility and coverage would be useful. The methodology presented here is valuable for aiding decisionmakers in providing optimized locally adapted crucial health services accessible for the population, such as vaccination centres. …”
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Non-participation during azithromycin mass treatment for trachoma in The Gambia: heterogeneity and risk factors. by Tansy Edwards, Elizabeth Allen, Emma M Harding-Esch, John Hart, Sarah E Burr, Martin J Holland, Ansumana Sillah, Sheila K West, David Mabey, Robin Bailey

“…Multivariable models were developed using baseline data and validated using year one and two data, with a priori adjustment for previous treatment status. …”
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Investigation of Spot Size Variations in Multiroom Proton Therapy Systems and Their Clinical Significance: An In silico Study by Umesh Bharat Gayake, Bhushankumar J. Patil, Kantaram Darekar, Sanjay D. Dhole, Lalit Chaudhary, Siddhartha Laskar

“…These models were evaluated using both homogeneous phantom fields and heterogeneous clinical fields targeting the pelvis, brain, and prostate. …”
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A Kriging Interpolation-Enhanced MART for Nonuniform Observational Data in Geosynchronous SAR-Based Computerized Ionospheric Tomography by Yi Sui, Xichao Dong, Yuanhao Li, Zhiyang Chen, Cheng Hu

“…Unlike GNSS-based CIT using ground receivers, and low Earth orbit (LEO) SAR-based CIT limited by coverage and revisit time, geosynchronous (GEO) SAR-based CIT directly reconstructs ionospheric electron density using TEC from ground permanent scatterer (PS) points. …”
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Structural readiness of health facilities in Mozambique: how is Mozambique positioned to deliver nutrition-specific interventions to women and children? by Réka Maulide Cane, Ashely Sheffel, Cristolde Salomão, Júlia Sambo, Elias Matusse, Edmilson Ismail, Ananias António, Érica Manuel, Talata Sawadogo-Lewis, Timothy Roberton

“…Data from Mozambique’s 2018 Service Availability and Readiness Assessment (SARA) was used to calculate readiness scores for each facility in the country. …”
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The need for a new set of measures to assess the impact of research in earth sciences in Indonesia by Dasapta Erwin Irawan, Juneman Abraham, Jonathan Peter Tennant, Olivier Pourret

“…However, the accessibility, readability, and usability of those articles for local communities are major problems in measuring the impact of research, although it may be covered by well-known international scientific databases.Objectives: To ascertain empirically whether there are differences in document distribution, in the proportions of openly accessible documents, and in the geographical coverage of earth sciences topics as revealed through analyses of documents retrieved from scientific databases and to propose new measures for assessing the impact of research in earth sciences based on those differences.Methods: Relevant documents were retrieved using ‘earth sciences’ as a search term in English and other languages from ten databases of scientific publications. …”
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