Piloting a community health and well-being worker model in Cornwall: a guide for implementation and spread by John Tredinnick-Rowe, Richard Byng, Tamsyn Brown, Donna Chapman

“…Each site’s CHWW management structure uses the same line management as the SPs. Roles were clustered together to remove duplication, maximise coverage and triaging of residents. …”
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Ionospheric Scintillation Activity Over Canada in 2019–2023 and Its Potential Influence on Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) Navigation Services for Aviation by L. Nikitina, R. A. D. Fiori, K. Sievers, A. Rynard, Q. Ciardelli

“…This paper analyzes scintillation activity from 2019 to 2023 over Canada using phase scintillation data provided by the Canadian High Arctic Ionospheric Network. …”
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Eddy-induced underwater acoustic field reconstruction and computation based on sound speed classification and B-spline surface fitting by Luochuan Xu, Jian Xu, Xuegang Zhang, Anmin Zhang, Yi Liu, Dan Chen, Linglong Chen, Zhongpeng Wu

“…In polar regions, the unique conditions created by sea ice coverage pose challenges for both remote sensing and in-situ observation methods. …”
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Understanding Factors Responsible for Delay and Non-Compliance in COVID-19 Vaccination at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Mumbai, India by Roshni C Miranda, Girijaprasad Patil, Priyanka D Chate

“…Background: Despite extensive first-dose coverage, delays in second doses and late first doses prompted a study on vaccine hesitancy and non-compliance. …”
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Reaching adolescents with health services: Systematic development of an adolescent health check-ups and wellbeing programme in Ghana (Y-Check, Ghana). by Benedict Weobong, Franklin N Glozah, Hannah B Taylor-Abdulai, Eric Koka, Nancy Addae, Stanley Alor, Kid Kohl, Prerna Banati, Philip B Adongo, David A Ross

“…<h4>Conclusions</h4>Our systematic approach to co-producing Y-Check has resulted in an intervention whose content and structure is determined by the local context, and which was adjudged by multiple stakeholders to be likely to be both useful and acceptable, and which builds on best practice. …”
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Pooled prevalence and determinants of household satisfaction with the community-based health insurance (CBHI) scheme in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Getasew Berhanu, Yodit Abebe, Gizaw Sisay, Kassahun Animut

“…Since 2011, Ethiopia has implemented a community-based health insurance program to improve universal health coverage and promote access to health care by reducing health expenditures for low-income families. …”
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Mapping menstrual health and hygiene progress in US schools: a systematic policy review and comparison across states by April M. Ballard, Emily Wallace, Pranitha Kaza, Shannon Self-Brown, Matthew C. Freeman, Bethany A. Caruso

“…We also estimated policy reach by state and overall using National Center for Education Statistics enrollment data.ResultsWe found that 32 (64%) US states have enacted policies since 2017, which have the potential to improve MHH for approximately nine million, or 34%, of K-12 students. …”
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A Novel Approach to Detecting Blockages in Sewers and Drains: The Reflected Wave Technique by David A. Kelly, Mark Garden, Khanda Sharif, David Campbell, Michael Gormley

“…An experimental setup was developed to simulate a horizontal drain using standard pipework of 100 mm diameter and 70 m length. …”
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Ecological drivers of garden dormouse (Eliomys quercinus) occupancy in a human modified landscape in Germany by Hanna Liesenfelder, Sven Büchner, Matthias Waltert, Holger Uwe Meinig, Mahmood Soofi

“…Using single‐season occupancy modelling, we evaluated the effects of these habitat covariates on the occupancy of the garden dormouse. …”
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Evaluating the Potential to Quantify Salmon Habitat via UAS‐Based Particle Image Velocimetry by Lee R. Harrison, Carl J. Legleiter, Brandon T. Overstreet, James S. White

“…PIV results were sensitive to the velocity index (α) used to convert surface velocities to depth‐averaged velocities. …”
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Identification of high-risk soil erosion areas in the central Yunnan urban agglomeration and the differentiated driving mechanisms compared to the overall agglomeration by Dongling Ma, Shuangyun Peng, Zhiqiang Lin, Bangmei Huang, Ziyi Zhu, Shuangfu Shi

“…Soil erosion increased continuously from 1990 to 2000 but showed significant improvement after 2000. (2) High-risk areas identified using the improved STD method were primarily distributed along riverbanks, which are highly sensitive to external disturbances. (3) Slope and vegetation were the key factors affecting the overall soil erosion pattern in the urban agglomeration, while rainfall and vegetation were the dominant influencing factors in high-risk areas, where spatial heterogeneity of driving factors was lower than in the general region. (4) Vegetation cover had a significant mitigating effect on soil erosion, making increased vegetation coverage an effective strategy for soil and water conservation. …”
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Optimization of Transmission Power in a 3D UAV-Enabled Communication System by Jorge Carvajal-Rodríguez, David Vega-Sánchez, Christian Tipantuña, Luis Felipe Urquiza, Felipe Grijalva, Xavier Hesselbach

“…Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are increasingly used in the new generation of communication systems. …”
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Stakeholders’ views on public-private partnerships for rehabilitation services in South Africa ahead of National Health Insurance by Senzelwe M. Mazibuko, Pragashnie Govender, Thayananthee Nadasan

“…Public-private partnerships (PPPs) are increasingly valued as an effective model for public health delivery in developing countries; yet, their application in South Africa’s rehabilitation sector, especially with the upcoming National Health Insurance (NHI) for universal health coverage, remains unclear. This study examined perspectives on using PPPs for rehabilitation services within the District Health System in KZN in preparation for the NHI. …”
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Investigating the Effect of Blue–Green Infrastructure on Thermal Condition—Case Study: Elazığ, Turkey by Sevgi Yilmaz, Yaşar Menteş, Elmira Jamei

“…The simulation results were verified via field measurements using the Lutron AM-4247SD Weather Forecast Station at a height of 2.0 m above the ground. …”
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Monitoring Land Cover Dynamics and Forest Degradation in South Sumatra Peatlands from 2015 to 2023 by Remote Sensing Application by Khakim Mokhamad Yusup Nur, Bama Akhmad Aminudin, Tsuji Takeshi

“…This study mapped land cover using Random Forest Classification and identified forest degradation using NDFI (Normalized Difference Forest Index) change analysis in several PHUs of the South Sumatra peatland from 2015 to 2023. …”
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Large-scale event extraction from literature with multi-level gene normalization. by Sofie Van Landeghem, Jari Björne, Chih-Hsuan Wei, Kai Hakala, Sampo Pyysalo, Sophia Ananiadou, Hung-Yu Kao, Zhiyong Lu, Tapio Salakoski, Yves Van de Peer, Filip Ginter

“…The main software components used in this study are released under an open-source license. …”
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APPRAISING SOCIO ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL AND COMMUNITY PERCEPTION CONCERNS BETWEEN THE INSECT COCHINEAL (DACTYLOPIUS COCCUS) WITH THE HOST PLANT OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA): A CASE STUDY... by Betsiha E.M.

“…An assessment was made using semi- structured interviews, discussions and direct field observations. …”
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Assessment of a strain 19 brucellosis vaccination program in elk by Eric J. Maichak, Brandon M. Scurlock, Paul C. Cross, Jared D. Rogerson, William H. Edwards, Benjamin Wise, Scott G. Smith, Terry J. Kreeger

“…From our generalized linear models, we found that seroprevalence of brucellosis was 1) not lower following inception of vaccination; 2) not inversely associated with proportion of juveniles vaccinated over time; 3) not inversely associated with additional yearlings and adults vaccinated over time; and 4) associated more with feeding end‐date than proportion of juveniles vaccinated. Using vaginal implant transmitters in adult females that were seropositive for brucellosis, we found little effect of vaccination coverage at reducing reproductive failures (i.e., abortion or stillbirth). …”
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Examining health sector stakeholder perceptions on the efficiency of county health systems in Kenya. by Lizah Nyawira, Rahab Mbau, Julie Jemutai, Anita Musiega, Kara Hanson, Sassy Molyneux, Charles Normand, Benjamin Tsofa, Isabela Maina, Andrew Mulwa, Edwine Barasa

“…We conducted a qualitative cross-sectional study and collected data using three focus group discussions during a stakeholder engagement workshop. …”
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Breast reconstruction with implant: creating a pocket with a reverse serratus anterior muscle flap by Augusto César de Melo Almeida, Aloísio Ferreira Da Silva, Ronaldo Sapi Rossignoli, Nárlei Amarantes Pereira, Rebeca Paohwa Liu Fonseca, Erick Horta Portugal, Renato Santos de Oliveira, José Carlos Ribeiro Resende Alves

“…Results: The technique described was used to operate 74 patients with a mean age of 49.2 years. …”
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