Alterations in the prevalence and serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae in elderly patients with community-acquired pneumonia: a meta-analysis and systematic review by Xinyue Luo, Qianli Yuan, Jing Li, Jiang Wu, Binghua Zhu, Min Lv

“…The vaccine-serotype coverage was 53.5% for PCV 13, 60.5% for PCV 15, 85.2% for PCV 20 and 88.6% for PPSV 23. …”
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COVID-19 preparedness and response in rural and remote areas: A scoping review. by Lilian Dudley, Ian Couper, Niluka Wijekoon Kannangarage, Selvan Naidoo, Clara Rodriguez Ribas, Theadora Swift Koller, Taryn Young

“…This scoping review used the Arksey and O'Malley approach to explore COVID-19 preparedness and response in rural and remote areas to identify lessons to inform future health preparedness and response planning. …”
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Fragmented patch patterns accelerate evapotranspiration: Implications for alpine meadow restoration by Wei Zhang, Jinglin Zhang

“…Landscape patch patterns are extensively used to reflect the functions and states of ecosystems, significantly influencing eco-hydrological processes. …”
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A novel Hadamard matrix based hybrid compressive sensing technique for enhancing energy efficiency and network longevity by Balamurali S, Kathirvelu M, SatheeshKumar Palanisamy, Tagrid Abdullah N. Alshalali

“…Abstract Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN)-based Internet of Things (IoT) are made up of many tiny sensor nodes that are assigned specific tasks to sense, data process, communicate and control in predetermined areas. These networks are used in many different domains, including military operations, security, disaster relief, and habitat monitoring. …”
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Evaluation of Fiber Post Exposure on Coronal Microleakage of Endodontically Treated Teeth: An In Vitro Study by Nafise Elmamooz, Mehrnaz Karimi Afshar, Mohammad Amin Eslami

“…The specimens were cut into two halves longitudinally with a diamond disc, and the depth of dye penetration was measured using a stereo microscope at the incisal and cervical interfaces. …”
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Measles-Rubella Positivity Rate and Associated Factors in Pre-Mass and Post-Mass Vaccination Periods: Analysis of Uganda Routine Surveillance Laboratory Data by Emmanuel Angmorteh Mensah, Samuel Ofori Gyasi

“…We conducted a retrospective cross-sectional study on measles-rubella positivity and its associated factors in Uganda using 1697 case-based surveillance data for 2019 and 2020 stratified into two dispensations: prevaccination and postvaccination campaigns. …”
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Uptake, adverse effect, and associated factors of COVID-19 vaccine among those living with human immunodeficiency virus, at Bole sub-city health facility Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by Sendu Seid, Teferi Gebru Gebremeskel

“…Finally, results were presented using Crude Odd Ratio, Adjusted Odd Ratio, and 95% Confidence Interval. …”
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Making doctors stay: Rethinking doctor retention policy in a contracted-out primary healthcare setting in urban Bangladesh. by Farzana Bashar, Rubana Islam, Shaan Muberra Khan, Shahed Hossain, Adel A S Sikder, Sifat Shahana Yusuf, Sifat Shahana Yusuf, Alayne M Adams

“…Verbatim transcripts were coded in ATLAS.ti and analyzed using the thematic analysis. Document review was done for data triangulation.…”
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Complete genome sequence of Pseudarthrobacter sp. NIBRBAC000502770 from coal mine of Hongcheon on Republic of Korea by Min-Kyu Park, Yeong-Jun Park, Myung-Suk Kang, Min-Ha Kim, Soo-Young Kim, Jae-Ho Shin

“…The aim focused on identifying microbes that enhance plant growth in metal-tolerant environments and evaluating the strain's bioremediation and agricultural uses. This study sought key genes for bioremediation and agricultural applications in contaminated soils, aiding sustainable management and biotechnology. …”
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Drying and Film Formation Processes of Graphene Oxide Suspension on Nonwoven Fibrous Membranes with Varying Wettability by Zeman Liu, Jiaxing Fan, Jian Xue, Fei Guo

“…This work employs commonly used nonwoven fibrous membranes as substrates and guided by the coffee-ring theory, systematically investigates the film formation behaviors, film morphology, and underlying mechanisms of GO films on fibrous membranes with varying wettability. …”
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Photofixation Pd Functionalization of ZnO Thin Films for Efficient Photocatalytic Removal of Doxycycline Antibiotic in Aqueous Phase by Dobrina Ivanova, Hristo Kolev, Bozhidar Stefanov, Nina Kaneva

“…Pristine ZnO films were synthesized using a sol–gel method and deposited onto glass substrates via dip-coating. …”
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Vehicle Trajectory Reconstruction Method for Urban Arterial Roads Based on Multi-Source Data Fusion by Zhanhang Shi, Dong Guo, Lili Bian, Yvbin Liu, Bin Zhou, Feng Sun

“…Four corresponding trajectory estimation models are then established using an extended Intelligent Driver Model to reconstruct the initial trajectories of undetected vehicles. …”
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An Integrated and High-resolution Assessment of Territorial Water Vulnerability: The Case of the Gran Valparaiso Conurbation, Central Chile by Nicolás Álamos, Inti Lefort, Angel Allendes, Marco Billi, Tamara Monslve, Anahi Urquiza

“…The results show that 4,841 out of 10,042 census blocks exceed a vulnerability threshold of 0.5, primarily due to sensitivity factors such as water supply constraints, coverage of informal settlements, and frequency of unscheduled annual outages, compounded by a consistently low response capacity (median 0.08 on a scale from 0 to 1). …”
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A Holistic Exploration of the Potentially Recoverable Redshift Information of Stage IV Galaxy Surveys by Bryan R. Scott, Alex I. Malz, Robert Sorba

“…Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time ( lsst ) in the optical, Roman and Euclid ( roman and euclid ) in the IR, and Cosmological Advanced Survey Telescope for Optical-UV Research ( c astor ) in the UV. Our approach uses mock catalogs to approximate conditional relationships between color and redshift from real samples, but is otherwise independent of estimator and prior information. …”
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Augmented secretary bird optimization algorithm for wireless sensor network deployment and engineering problem. by Qingwen Meng, Xi Kuang, Zihan Yu, Minghui He, Hanzhi Cui

“…The ASBOA algorithm was evaluated using the CEC2017 and CEC2022 benchmark test functions and compared with other algorithms (such as PSO, GWO, DBO, and CPO). …”
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Decoding Cropland Mask Effects on the Explanatory Power of Remote Sensing and Reanalyzed Climate Data on Yield Anomalies in Africa by Wanxue Zhu, Ting Yang, Jundong Wang, Ehsan Eyshi Rezaei

“…Mask configurations with broader crop coverage compensated for the limitations of temporally static masks, while crop type identification enhanced explanatory power when using year‐specific and crop‐specific maps. …”
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Intersectional disparities in access to mental health services among youth aging out of foster care by Lauren Pryce McCarthy, Yanfeng Xu, Sally Hageman, Yao Wang

“…Objective: This study aimed to explore the presence of mental health care access disparities among youth aging out of foster care using an intersectional lens. Participants: and Setting: The current study was a cross-sectional, exploratory analysis of secondary data from the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative (JCYOI) dataset. …”
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An overview of the integration and development trends between arts and psychotherapy by Yuxing Xie, Xianhua Sun

“…This study aims to systematically sort out the research status and development trends in the field of art therapy from 2005 to 2024 through knowledge mapping analysis, providing references for theoretical innovation and practice standardization in this field.MethodsBased on the Web of Science core collection data sources, the CiteSpace bibliometric tool was used for knowledge mapping analysis of art therapy-related research. …”
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Temporal trends in the incidence and case severity of COVID-19 cases among the Syrian refugees in Azraq camp in Jordan: A retrospective observational study. by Ahmad Waleed Zghool, Ahmad Alrawashdeh, Zaid I Alkhatib, Sara A Nasser, Natalya Kostandova, Shiromi M Perera, Jomana W Alsulaiman, Adi H Khassawneh, Abdel-Hameed W Al-Mistarehi, Amer Abu-Shanab, Khalid A Kheirallah

“…We estimated COVID-19 incidence and analyzed risk factors using Poisson and multilevel logistic regression.…”
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A qualitative study of the perception of quality of free maternal healthcare policy among primary healthcare providers in Ghana by Clement Kwame Serchim, Daniel Opoku, Richard Abeiku Bonney, Kwame Sarkodie. Safo, Samuel Kwabla Amegble, Nathaniel Nii Korley Kodi, Kofi Akohene Mensah

“…Methods This study adopted a qualitative approach using an exploratory study design. Fifteen participants were purposefully included. …”
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