Fine-Tuning Flexographic Ink’s Surface Properties and Providing Anti-Counterfeit Potential via the Addition of TiO₂ and ZnO Nanoparticles by Tamara Tomašegović, Sanja Mahović Poljaček, Ivona Jurišić, Davor Donevski

“…The best results in terms of line definition and coverage were achieved with the addition of 2% rutile TiO₂ and 1% ZnO to the ink: the measured line segment area covered in ink was 28.5% larger than the same area printed using unmodified ink. …”
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Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of seasonal influenza vaccination among older adults in nursing homes and daycare centers, Honduras. by Zachary J Madewell, Rafael Chacón-Fuentes, Jorge Jara, Homer Mejía-Santos, Ida-Berenice Molina, Juan Pablo Alvis-Estrada, Raul Espinal

“…We reported frequency distributions for demographics, KAP of influenza virus and vaccination, and vaccination coverage. We used logistic regression to analyze associations between demographics and verified influenza vaccination.…”
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The complexity of TB/HIV coinfection: an analysis of the social and health services context in the state of São Paulo, Brazil by Laura Terenciani Campoy, Luiz Henrique Arroyo, Antônio Vieira Ramos, Thais Zamboni Berra, Juliane Almeida Crispim, Mellina Yamamura, Ione Carvalho Pinto, Aline Aparecida Monroe, Alessandro Rolim Scholze, Rubia Laine de Paula Andrade, Kamila Anise Alexander, Regina Célia Fiorati, Giselle Lima de Freitas, Ricardo Alexandre Arcencio

“…The variables and indicators used in the study were collected from secondary sources. …”
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Dataset Dependency in CNN-Based Copy-Move Forgery Detection: A Multi-Dataset Comparative Analysis by Potito Valle Dell’Olmo, Oleksandr Kuznetsov, Emanuele Frontoni, Marco Arnesano, Christian Napoli, Cristian Randieri

“…In this study, we present a systematic evaluation of the performance of a convolutional neural network (CNN) specifically designed for copy-move manipulation detection, applied to three datasets widely used in the literature in the context of digital forensics: CoMoFoD, Coverage, and CASIA v2. …”
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Integrating natural disasters into protected area designing for global primate conservation under climate change by Li Yang, Weiying Xu, Tao Chen, Yuxuan Fan, Pengfei Fan

“…Disaster risk reduction, an essential function of protected areas (PAs), has been generally overlooked in PA design. Using primates as a model, we designed a disaster risk index (DRI) to measure the disaster sensitivity of primate species. …”
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Conjugate vaccines for enteric fever: proceedings of a meeting organized in New Delhi, India in 2009 by Audino Podda, Allan James Saul, Rashmi Arora, Zulfiqar Bhutta, Anju Sinha, Rajni Gaind, Tanu Singhal, Samir Saha, Abdullah Brooks, Laura B. Martin, Yeshwant Amdekar, Amar Jeet Chitkara, Mae Shieh, Ambujam Nair Kapur, Tulsi Das Chugh

“…Effective typhoid vaccines are available, but they cannot be used for children under two years of age and also have some limitations in older age groups. …”
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Phase one of a hybrid effectiveness-implementation study to assess the feasibility, acceptability and effectiveness of implementing seasonal malaria chemoprevention in Nampula Prov... by Kevin Baker, Ivan Alejandro Pulido Tarquino, Pedro Aide, Craig Bonnington, Christian Rassi, Sol Richardson, Chuks Nnaji, Arantxa Roca-Feltrer, Maria Rodrigues, Mercia Sitoe, Sonia Enosse, Caitlin McGugan, Francisco Saute, Gloria Matambisso, Baltazar Candrinho

“…Methods A pragmatic type II hybrid effectiveness-implementation study design was adopted, using mixed methods. The study was conducted in three districts, utilizing: (1) non-randomized controlled trial reporting on malaria incidence; (2) drug resistance molecular marker study reporting on resistance marker changes over time; (3) coverage and quality assessment on the SMC distribution; and (4) a qualitative acceptability and feasibility assessment with stakeholders. …”
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Determinants of acceptability of schistosomiasis mass drug administration among primary school children in Busega District, Northwestern Tanzania. by Irene Yunzu Edward, Patricia Maritim, Choolwe Jacobs, Adam Silumbwe, Hussein Mohamed, Joseph Mumba Zulu, Hikabasa Halwiindi

“…Mass drug administration (MDA) with praziquantel is the main recommended choice of preventive treatment for the disease. Low treatment coverage rates (46.6%) in Busega District, Northwestern Tanzania which are far less than the recommended effective coverage rates of ≥ 75% could indicate low acceptability and poor uptake of MDA. …”
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Cost of delivering childhood RSV prevention interventions to the health system in Kenya: a prospective analysis by Ranju Baral, Clint Pecenka, Rose E Jalang'o, Elkanah Otiang, Joseph Odiyo, Bryan O Nyawanda, Joyce U Nyiro, Patrick Munywoki

“…Costs are reported in 2023 USD.Results RSV interventions are expected to be delivered using existing systems: maternal vaccine using the antenatal care platform and the mAb delivered similar to existing birth dose vaccines. …”
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Boundary currents in the Bransfield Strait: near-surface interbasin water volume and heat exchange by Marta Veny, Borja Aguiar-González, Alex Ruiz-Urbaneja, Tania Pereira-Vázquez, Laia Puyal-Astals, Ángeles Marrero-Díaz

“…The Bransfield Strait, located between the Bellingshausen and Weddell seas, serves as a natural laboratory for studying boundary current dynamics and interbasin exchange in polar regions of the world ocean. Using 30 years (1993–2022) of multi-platform satellite data (altimetry, sea surface temperature, air temperature, sea ice coverage, and wind stress), this study examines the near-surface spatiotemporal variability of the Bransfield Current and Antarctic Coastal Current. …”
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Factors associated with dental care utilization among Iranian adult populations based on Anderson model by Ashkan Negintaji Zardak, Mostafa Amini-Rarani, Ibrahim Abdollahpour, Faezeh Eslamipour, Bahareh Tahani

“…Methods and materials This cross-sectional house-by-house study was conducted during Aug-Nov 2022 among 704 adult people in two cities under the coverage of the HTP and two cities out-side the plan using a multi-stage sampling method. …”
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Synergistic Mechanisms Between Elderly Oriented Community Activity Space Morphology and Microclimate Performance: An Integrated Learning and Multi-Objective Optimization Approach by Fang Wen, Lu Zhang, Ling Jiang, Rui Tang, Bo Zhang

“…The study first explored the linear relationships between spatial morphology and environmental performance using the Spearman method. It then integrated ensemble learning and the interpretable machine learning model SHAP to reveal nonlinear relationships and boundary effects. …”
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Statutory reporting data-driven analysis in Saxony, Germany, to guide RSV vaccination recommendations by Dr. Lydia Schmiedel, Dr Thomas Gruenewald

“…Vaccine effectiveness and numbers needed to vaccinate (NNV) were calculated using data recently published by Kampmann et al.The impact of the neonatal age and vaccination coverage among pregnant women on RSV infections and RSV-associated hospitalizations was estimated. …”
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ANALYSIS OF THE GINGIVAL RECESSION PREVALENCE AMONG DENTAL PATIENTS CONSIDERING ASSOCIATED AGE-RELATED, IATROGENIC AND PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES OF DENTAL STATUS by O.A. Krasnokutskyy, P.A. Hasiuk, M.Y. Goncharuk-Khomyn

“…Considering established relationship between the frequency of recession diagnostics among patients of different age subgroups and associated age-related, iatrogenic and pathological changes of dental status, it is advisable to determine how the latter may affect the prognosis of surgical treatment of gingival recessions with the use of flap displacement techniques and different soft tissue transplants for restoring soft tissue coverage of exposed root surfaces. …”
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Strategy for Construction and Improvement of 4R Resilience Evaluation Model for Coastal Cities by Qixiang QIN, Weiping ZHANG, Yasen YIN

“…The reasons leading to the aforesaid results are mainly summarized in the following three aspects. 1) Due to dense population and land shortage, city samples with high development intensity pay more attention to spatial redundancy and resource acquisition during disasters, and their urban core functional areas have achieved full coverage of public services and emergency service facilities to a large extent through encrypted road networks, mixed land use, vertical functional layout and other ways. …”
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Nonlinear Relationship Between the Elderly’s Perception of Green Spaces and Their Activity Characteristics by Yuanjing WU, Yongyi YOU, Wei ZHOU, Siren LAN

“…These factors are measured using a standardized 7-point Likert scale, ensuring comparability and internal consistency. …”
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Harnessing community knowledge and actions to strengthen rabies control programs in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia by Yoany Maria Vianney Bita Aty, Endang Puji Astuti, Florentianus Tat, Wanti Wanti, Johanis J. Pitreyadi Sadukh, Irwan Budiana, Aemilianus Mau, Irfan Irfan, Riny Pujiyanti, Wiendra Waworuntu, Andi Leny Susyanti, Nirmala Ahmad Ma’ruf, Luna Amalia

“…Despite governmental efforts under the One Health framework, gaps persist in vaccination coverage, public awareness, and intersectoral coordination. …”
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Symbolic execution based control flow graph extraction method for Android native codes by Hui-ying YAN, Zhen-ji ZHOU, Li-fa WU, Zheng HONG, He SUN

“…A symbolic execution based method was proposed to automatically extract control flow graphs from native libraries of Android applications.The proposed method can provide execution environments for functions in native libraries,simulate JNI function call processes and solve symbols using constraint solver.A control flow graph extraction prototype system named CFGNative was implemented.The experiment results show that CFGNative can accurately distinguish all the JNI function calls and native methods of the representative example,and reach high code coverage within acceptable time.…”
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Georeferencing of cervical cancer in primary care by José de Ribamar Ross, Aliny de Oliveira Pedrosa, Nytale Lindsay Cardoso Portela

“…The georeferencing technique was used to obtain geographic information, with coordinates of Global Positioning System. …”
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Topical Fluoroquinolones: Current Perspectives by Sayali Pradhan, N Venkatesh Prajna

“…Topical fluoroquinolones are being used in various ocular bacterial infections and in antibacterial prophylaxis. …”
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