Maximizing multi-source data integration and minimizing the parameters for greenhouse tomato crop water requirement prediction by Xinyue Lv, Youli Li, Lili Zhangzhong, Chaoyang Tong, Yibo Wei, Guangwei Li, Yingru Yang

“…We employed the ExG (Excess Green) algorithm and the maximum inter-class variance method to develop an algorithm for extracting canopy coverage from image segmentation. Subsequently, Spearman correlation analysis was utilized to select the combination of canopy coverage and environmental data, followed by the random forest feature importance ranking method to identify the most optimal feature variables. …”
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Importance of virological surveillance after migrants from polio high-risk territories for poliomyelitis monitoring in the Russian Federation by Olga I. Kanaeva, N. I. Romanenkova, V. A. Evseeva, N. A. Tolstykh, T. N. Pogrebnaya, M. A. Blokhinova, K. A. Antonenkov

“…One PV2 strain was isolated from a child from Kyrgyzstan in 2014, and five PV2 strains from the new nOPV2 vaccine were isolated from Tajik children in 2021 after using nOPV2 vaccine to suppress cVDPV2 circulation in Tajikistan. …”
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Evaluating the effectiveness of the national elderly care program in Oman: A cross-sectional study by Idris Aal Jumaa, Mohammed Al Ghafri, Nahid Bait Jamil, Jokha Al Sa'idi, Sitwat Usman Langrial, Salah Al Awaidy

“…The study assessed program coverage, referral patterns, health condition prevalence, functional status, and registration dynamics using descriptive statistics and visualizations. …”
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Shifting Paradigms: A Deep Dive Into Public Perceptions of Gender-affirming Surgery by Justin M. Camacho, MBA, Michael Alfertshofer, MD, Heli S. Patel, MBA, Daniel Najafali, BS, Noelle Thompson, BS, Victoria Stoffel, MS, Chris M. Reid, MD, Michael Alperovich, MD, Samuel Knoedler, BS, Leonard Knoedler, MD

“…About 33% favored both public and private health insurance coverage for GAS, whereas 35% opposed insurance coverage. …”
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Evolution characteristics of extreme maximum temperature events in Central China and adaptation strategies under different future warming scenarios by Duan Yiping, You Xia, Wang Rongrong, Ouyang Ping, Wang Guanhua, Chen Muyan, Gong Min

“…This study examined the spatiotemporal characteristics of extreme maximum temperature events (EMTEs) in Central China using observational data from national meteorological stations and data from coupled model intercomparison project phase 6 models and by focusing on the variances between global warming thresholds of 1.5, 2.0, and 4°C. …”
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Papillomavirus Vaccination Programs and Knowledge Gaps as Barriers to Implementation: A Systematic Review by Giovanni Cangelosi, Francesco Sacchini, Stefano Mancin, Fabio Petrelli, Antonella Amendola, Clara Fappani, Marco Sguanci, Sara Morales Palomares, Francesco Gravante, Gabriele Caggianelli

“…The quality of the included studies was assessed using CASP checklists. The protocol was registered on Open Science Framework (OSF). …”
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Vaccine effectiveness against severe COVID-19 outcomes within the French overseas territories: A cohort study of 2-doses vaccinated individuals matched to unvaccinated ones followe... by Laura Semenzato, Jérémie Botton, Bérangère Baricault, Jacqueline Deloumeaux, Clarisse Joachim, Emmanuelle Sylvestre, Rosemary Dray-Spira, Alain Weill, Mahmoud Zureik

“…These results aim to increase confidence in vaccine effectiveness in overseas territories in hope of achieving better vaccination coverage.…”
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The impact of atmospheric pollutants on the physical health of college students based on physical examination data of college students from a university in Xi’an, Shaanxi Province,... by Jiaxin He, Ke Liu, Zhiyu He

“…This study investigates the effects of air pollutants on physical fitness and lung function among students at a university in Xi’an, a city known for its persistent air quality challenges.MethodsWe used longitudinal physical examination data (2019–2022) from 21,580 college students to perform empirical correlation regression and kernel density estimation. …”
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Assessing Public Transit Network Efficiency and Accessibility in Johor Bahru and Penang, Malaysia: A Data-Driven Approach by Mahbub Hassan, Hridoy Deb Mahin, Ferdoushi Ahmed, Md. Maruf Hassan, Atikur Rahaman, Masuk Abdullah

“…This study conducts a comprehensive analysis of public bus transit networks in Johor Bahru and Penang, Malaysia, using General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) data. …”
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Exploring patterns in pediatric type 1 diabetes care and the impact of socioeconomic status by Christopher Nussbaum, Anna Novelli, Amelie Flothow, Leonie Sundmacher

“…Methods We analyzed care pathways for pediatric patients with type 1 diabetes from 2017 to 2019 in the German health system, which provides universal coverage. Using state sequence analysis and clustering algorithms from the TraMineR R package, we identified patient clusters based on healthcare utilization patterns. …”
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Influenza epidemiology and vaccine effectiveness among patients with influenza-like illness, viral watch sentinel sites, South Africa, 2005-2009. by Genevie M Ntshoe, Johanna M McAnerney, Stefano Tempia, Lucille Blumberg, Jocelyn Moyes, Amelia Buys, Dhamari Naidoo, Marietjie Venter, Terry Besselaar, Barry D Schoub, Bernice N Harris, Cheryl Cohen

“…Samples were tested for seasonal influenza viruses using culture, haemagglutination inhibition tests and/or polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and for influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 by real-time PCR. …”
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Key informant perspectives on overcoming HPV vaccination barriers in low-immunization NY counties by Samantha E. Hanley, Karina Ohri, Telisa Stewart, Maribel Vargas, Arielle Hanley, Elena C. Shaw, Nicholas Allis, Michael Seserman, Jana Shaw

“…Interviews explored vaccination coverage knowledge, barriers and facilitating factors, and recommended strategies for improvement. …”
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Analysis of 9 km quasi-global microwave land surface emissivity estimates derived from SMAP radiometer and CYGNSS reflectometer by Yifan Zhu, Fei Guo, Wentao Yang, Zhiyu Zhang, Zheng Li, Ziheng Wu, Xiaohong Zhang

“…In practice, the SMAP emissivity data serve as the base at 36 km scale, while CYGNSS reflectivity data are used to capture the spatial heterogeneity at 9 km scale. …”
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UAV Trajectory Control and Power Optimization for Low-Latency C-V2X Communications in a Federated Learning Environment by Xavier Fernando, Abhishek Gupta

“…Due to the limited battery power and coverage range of UAV, the quality of service (QoS) requirements such as coverage rate, UAV flying time, and fairness of vehicle selection are adversely impacted. …”
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RETRACTED: Combined Effects of Artificial Surface and Urban Blue-Green Space on Land Surface Temperature in 28 Major Cities in China by Liang Chen, Xuelei Wang, Xiaobin Cai, Chao Yang, Xiaorong Lu

“…Even areas with relatively low AS coverage are prone to high temperatures, and more attention should be paid to improving the coverage of UBGS. …”
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Does the hierarchical medical system enhance healthcare utilization and equity in China? a longitudinal study 2012–2018 by Yaxin Zhao, Xiaojing Fan, Fukun Zhu, Lili Li, Xiaofeng Zhao, Chunkai Wang, Yuan Gao

“…Abstract Background Healthcare inequities pose a substantial challenge to achieving universal health coverage, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). …”
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Facilitating cognitive neuroscience research with 80-sensor optically pumped magnetometer magnetoencephalography (OPM-MEG) by Wei Xu, Pan Liao, Miao Cao, David J. White, Bingjiang Lyu, Jia-Hong Gao

“…Our results demonstrate that visual and auditory evoked fields captured using OPM-MEG align closely with those obtained from SQUID-MEG. …”
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Is quality affordable for community health systems? Costs of integrating quality improvement into close-to-community health programmes in five low-income and middle-income countrie... by Edwine Barasa, Meghan Bruce Kumar, Jason J Madan, Maryline Mireku Achieng, Ralalicia Limato, Sozinho Ndima, Aschenaki Z Kea, Kingsley Rex Chikaphupha, Miriam Taegtmeyer

“…Introduction Countries aspiring to universal health coverage view close-to-community (CTC) providers as a low-cost means of increasing coverage. …”
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Assessing mental health transition readiness in youth with medical conditions by Wendy N. Gray, Lauren Partain, Erin Benekos, Carlos Konishi, Adrianne Alpern, Michael Weiss

“…Few knew when their current health insurance coverage would end (10.89 %) or how to get health insurance coverage when they became an adult (11.88 %). …”
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Learning Affect with Distributional Semantic Models by Lucia C. Passaro, Alessandro Bondielli, Alessandro Lenci

“…WordNet Affect), which have a limited coverage. In this paper we show how distributional semantic models can effectively be used to bootstrap emotive embeddings for Italian words and then compute affective scores with respect to eight basic emotions. …”
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