Genomic analysis of oxacillin-susceptible mecA-positive Staphylococcus haemolyticus ST159 isolated from anovaginal colonization in Brazil by Andre Rio Tinto, Dr Natáli Costa, Dr Laura Oliveira, Prof. Sergio Fracalanzza, Prof. Lucia Teixeira, Dr. Penelope Marinho, Prof. Tatiana Pinto

“…Sequence alignment with reference sequences of all SCCmec types was performed using BLAST and indicated as best results 100% identity and only 55 and 52% query coverage with SCCmec types VI and IVc respectively. …”
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Current tools available for investigating vaccine hesitancy: a scoping review protocol by Charles Shey Wiysonge, Elizabeth O Oduwole, Elizabeth D Pienaar, Hassan Mahomed

“…Search strategies will be developed using controlled vocabulary and selected keywords. …”
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Multi-modal Travel Simulation and Travel Behavior Analysis: Case Study in Shanghai by Yue Hu, Chao Yang, Kay W Axhausen

“…This study aims to investigate the multi-modal travel behavior and obtain quantitative results for various indicators by building an eqasim/MATSim model, using Shanghai as the study area. Travel demand is mainly generated using mobile phone signaling data. …”
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Topic Modeling of Nursing Issues in the Media During 4 Emerging Infectious Disease Epidemics in South Korea: Descriptive Analysis by Jungok Kim, Eun Kyoung Yun

“… BackgroundEmerging infectious disease disasters receive extensive media coverage and public attention. Nurse burnout and attrition peak during health crises such as pandemics. …”
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Health-related quality of life implications of plantar ulcers resulting from neuropathic damage caused by leprosy: An analysis from the trial of autologous blood products (TABLE tr... by Naomi Kate Gibbs, Jessica Ochalek, Indra Bahadur Napit, Dilip Shrestha, Pedro Saramago Goncalves, Richard J Lilford, Mark Sculpher

“…Quantifying this health impact provides important evidence to assess the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of leprosy ulcer interventions and ensures that interventions for leprosy ulcers can be appropriately considered for funding under Universal Health Coverage against other potential uses of the same money.…”
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The Period–Luminosity Relation of Long-period Variables in the Large Magellanic Cloud Observed with ATLAS by Daniel Hey, John Tonry, Benjamin Shappee, Daniel Huber

“…Recent results demonstrated that these relations show a strong dependence on the amplitude of the variability, which can be used to greatly improve distance estimates. However, one of the only highly sampled catalogs of such variables in the LMC is based on Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment photometry, which does not provide all-sky coverage. …”
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Exploring patient perspectives: A qualitative inquiry into healthcare perceptions, experiences and satisfaction in Lebanon. by Jade Khalife, Björn Ekman, Walid Ammar, Fadi El-Jardali, Abeer Al Halabi, Elise Barakat, Maria Emmelin

“…<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted a qualitative study using focus group discussions with persons recently discharged after hospitalization under the coverage of the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health. …”
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Trends in Second‐Trimester Safe Abortion Service Utilization During the Two Phases of COVID‐19 Pandemic in an Ethiopian Setting: A Cross‐Sectional Study by Abraham Fessehaye Sium, Don Eliseo Lucero‐Prisno III

“…A p‐value of less than 0.05 was used to describe the significance of the results. …”
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Thermomechanical aging effects on vertical marginal gap and fracture resistance: a comparative study of Bioflx and traditional pediatric crowns by Asmaa Ali Emam Abo-Elsoud, Eman Mohamed Mohamady, Noha El-Sayed Fathi Abdou

“…Abstract Background Various types of crowns are used for full-coverage restoration of primary teeth affected by caries, developmental defects, or after pulp therapy. …”
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A GLMER-based pedotransfer function expressing the relationship between total organic carbon and bulk density in forest soils by Václav Zouhar, Aleš Kučera, Karel Drápela

“…In such cases, BD can be determined using a pedotransfer function (PTF) expressing the relationship between forest soil TOC and BD. …”
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A comparative cost analysis of 25-fraction vs 5-fraction postoperative radiotherapy regimens for breast cancer by Dem Aliaj, Guido Schüpfer, Gabriela Studer

“…For insurers, estimates were based on the TARMED tariff system in Switzerland, which is used for billing ambulatory services and reflecting insurance coverage. …”
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A GLMER-based pedotransfer function expressing the relationship between total organic carbon and bulk density in forest soils by Václav Zouhar, Aleš Kučera, Karel Drápela

“…In such cases, BD can be determined using a pedotransfer function (PTF) expressing the relationship between forest soil TOC and BD. …”
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Cadaveric Biomechanical Comparison of Prepectoral and Submuscular Implant-based Breast Reconstruction by Kristen L. Stephens, MD, Jared M. Liston, MD, Parker R. Berthelson, MS, Jason L. Kerrigan, PhD, Matthew B. Panzer, PhD, Chris A. Campbell, MD

“…Decreased postoperative pain and functional impact have been associated with prepectoral breast implant placement versus submuscular placement; yet no mechanical analyses have quantified this difference. Using 1 postmortem human subject, a 3-dimensional biomechanical tracking system was used to determine the impact of pocket placement on shoulder girdle dynamics for submuscular acellular dermal matrix (ADM)–assisted and prepectoral implants. …”
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Mixed-method estimation of population-level HIV viral suppression rate in the Western Cape, South Africa by Landon Myer, Maia Lesosky, Elton Mukonda, Nei-Yuan Hsiao, Lara Vojnov

“…Sensitivity analyses showed that the results are robust to variations in linkage method, but sensitive to the extreme combinations of assumed VL testing coverage and population HIV prevalence.Conclusion While validation of this method in other settings is required, this approach provides a simple, robust method for estimating population VS using routine data from ART services that can be employed by national programmes in high-burden settings.…”
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Screening for tuberculosis infection in children and adolescents by two intracutaneous tests: with tuberculin and tuberculosis recombinant allergen (ESAT-6/CFP-10) in Moscow in 202... by E. M. Bogorodskaya, L. V. Slogotskaya, L. F. Shamuratova, T. A. Sevostyanova

“…It has been demonstrated that the test with TRA can be used as a screening tool and effectively identify patients with a high risk of tuberculosis development. …”
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Microstructure and Performance of Mechanically Plated Zn-Ti Composite Coating by ZHANG Jun, WANG Sheng-min, ZHAO Xiao-jun

“…In order to obtain mechanical plating with better corrosion resistance, zinc powder and titanium powder were mixed in a mass ratio of 15∶11 to make the Zn-Ti composite coating on the surface of the steel body by mechanical plating.Ammonium bifluoride was used as the activator of titanium powder particles; stannous sulfate guided the deposition and acted as the filling material on the connection between zinc powder particles and titanium powder particles; EDTA, urotropine and OP-10 were used for chelating deposition to form a plating layer.Metallographic microscope(OM), scanning electron microscope(SEM)were used to analyze the morphology and microstructure of the coating.Scribing the coating to check whether the coating was warped or peeled.Electrochemical method and neutral salt spray test were used to detect the electrochemical performance and corrosion status of the coating.Results showed that the Zn-Ti composite coating had complete coverage, the surface was rough.The coating firmly adhered to the substrate well.The particles in the coating combined well.Zinc powder and titanium powder were inlaid and stacked.Metal tin mainly connected between the coating and the substrate and among the particles.The self-corrosion potential&#x00A0;Em&#x00A0;of the composite coating was-1 096 mV, and that of the zinc coating was-1 240 mV.The polarization resistance of the composite coating was 7.07 Ω·cm2, and that of the galvanized layer was 5.11 Ω·cm2.In the salt spray test of 720 h, the red rust area of the composite coating was about 15% of the zinc coating.The metal particles of the coating were mechanically bonded.The metal tin boundary was clearly observed between the coating and the substrate and among the metal particles.There was no alloy transition of the coating, and the dense plating particles were conducive to the improvement of corrosion resistance.In the salt spray experiment, the composite coating had less white rust and red rust than the zinc coating, and intact and compact white rust can slow substrate corrosion.…”
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Ammonia Removal in Free-Surface Constructed Wetlands Employing Synthetic Floating Islands by Muwafaq H. M. Allami, Mick J. Whelan, Arnoud Boom, David M. Harper

“…In this study the potential of FTWs for ammoniacal nitrogen (AN) removal was evaluated using experimental mesocosms operated under steady-state flow conditions with ten different treatments (two water depths, two levels of FTW mat coverage, two different plant densities and a control, all replicated three times). …”
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Insights into selection and application of carbohydrate-based carriers for microencapsulation: Stability and functional properties of maltodextrin, gum Arabic, and β-cyclodextrin i... by Pegah Mehrali, Seyed Hadi Peighambardoust, Amir Akbarmehr, Khashayar Sarabandi

“…The highest spray-drying yield (∼59 %) was achieved when a combination of MD-βCD was used as carrier. The physical characteristics of spray-dried (SD) powders including bulk and tapped densities (packing ability), Hassner ratio, angle of repose and Carr index (powder flowability) were influenced by the type of carriers used. …”
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MULTI-STATE MODEL FOR CALCULATION OF LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE PRODUCT PREMIUM IN INDONESIA by Hendra Perdana, Neva Satyahadewi, Dadan Kusnandar, Ray Tamtama

“…The case study was conducted on a 25 years old male in good health following LTC insurance with a coverage period of 5 years. It was known that the compensation value for someone who dies was IDR 100,000,000 and the interest rate used was 5%. …”
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Research on the Coupling and Coordination of Land Ecological Security and High-Quality Agricultural Development in the Han River Basin by Yuelong Su, Yucheng Liu, Yong Zhou, Jiakang Liu

“…The degree of coupling coordination (DCC) was used to quantitatively evaluate the coupling coordination development status of the two systems, the obstacle model (OM) was used to identify the main influencing factors, and the gray predictive model first-order univariate model (GM (1, 1)) was used to predict the DCC of the LES and HAD from 2025 to 2040. …”
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