Selected issues on theory and methodology of the underground press by Wanda Krystyna Roman

“…Also important are the organizational links it had, availability of technical support, analysis of the editorial team and those who cooperated with it, the level of censorship, and the reconstruction of methods used for content selection and coverage. …”
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Composite anthropometric data quality index for children under the age of 5 on the Brazilian National Food and Nutrition Surveillance System, 2019–2021 by Rafaela Oliveira-Santos, Priscila Ribas de Farias Costa, Natanael de Jesus Silva, Juliana Freitas de Mello e Silva, Laís Silva Sacramento, Gilberto Kac, Rita de Cássia Ribeiro-Silva, Mauricio Lima Barreto

“…Principal component analysis [PCA] was used to generate a composite anthropometric data quality index for standardized height-for-age (HAZ) and weight-for-height z score (WHZ) indices. …”
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Investigation Report and Analysis Knowledge, attitudes and vaccination status regarding HPV vaccines among female healthcare workers at vaccination clinics in Beijing city: a surve... by Haikun QIAN, Wenyan JI, Luodan SUO

“…Chi-square tests and logistic regression were used to analyze factors associated with HPV vaccination behavior. …”
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What is the current status of transplant pharmacy services in China? A nationwide cross-sectional survey by Xin Yu, Hui Yang, Fang Zeng, Pan Chen, Zhuoling An, Xiaopeng Hu, Kuifeng Ma, Xiangduan Liu, Qing Qian, Wenjing Hou, Guangzhao Wang, Rongrong Wang

“…Key challenges included service inconsistency, limited patient coverage and inadequate standardisation/digitalisation. …”
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Nonadherence to anti-tuberculosis treatment, reasons and associated factors among pulmonary tuberculosis patients in the communities in Indonesia. by Dina Bisara Lolong, Ni Ketut Aryastami, Ina Kusrini, Kristina L Tobing, Ingan Tarigan, Siti Isfandari, Felly Philipus Senewe, Raflizar, Noer Endah, Nikson Sitorus, Lamria Pangaribuan, Oster S Simarmata, Yusniar Ariati

“…<h4>Methods</h4>This national coverage cross-sectional survey was conducted from 2013 to 2014 with stratified multi-stage cluster sampling. …”
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The Importance of Prenatal Whole-Exome Sequencing Testing in the Romanian Population by Ileana-Delia Săbău, Laurentiu-Camil Bohîltea, Viorica Elena Rădoi, Anca Mirela Bardan, Ovidiu Virgil Maioru, Mihaela Țurcan, Viorel Aurel Suciu-Lazar, Iuliana Ceausu

“…We then applied prenatal WES, utilizing Massive Parallel Sequencing on the NovaSeq 6000 platform (average coverage > 100× read length: 2 × 100 bp) with library preparation using the Twist Human Core Exome kit RefSeq & Mitochondrial panel (Twist Bioscience). …”
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Factors influencing health-promoting lifestyle among medical personnel: a systematic review protocol by Qi Zhang, Peng Huang, Dayang Shobihah Binti Abang Abai, Huajing Xiao, Zongji Xian, Karmilah Binti Abdullah

“…To ensure comprehensive literature coverage, we will also examine the reference lists of included studies and relevant reviews identified during the search. …”
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Economic evaluation of inpatient medication reconciliation with a subtraction strategy by Nontakorn Khomsanoi, Theetad Chombandit, Jurinporn Wiwatmanaskul, Chatchai Kreepala

“…Generalized Linear Mixed Models were used to identify factors associated with cost savings. …”
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Knowledge-Driven Flood Intelligent Monitoring (KDFIM) Method: Analyzing the Kakhovka Dam Destruction Incident by Zhijun Jiao, Zhimei Zhang, Biyan Chen, Syed Amer Mahmood, Lixin Wu

“…The KDFIM was validated using the flood event triggered by the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam, achieving an inundation extraction accuracy of 98.46 &PlusMinus; 0.39% and a Kappa coefficient of 0.9691 &PlusMinus; 0.08. …”
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Estimation of Maize Water Requirements Based on the Low-Cost Image Acquisition Methods and the Meteorological Parameters by Jiuxiao Zhao, Jianping Tao, Shirui Zhang, Jingjing Li, Teng Li, Feifei Shan, Wengang Zheng

“…For the reference crop evapotranspiration (ETo) calculation, we constructed a simplified ETo estimation model based on SVR, LSTM, Optuna LSTM, and GWO-SVM using a public meteorological data-driven program, and evaluated its performance. …”
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Impact of Stocking Density on Welfare and Performance of Ross 708 and Cobb 700 Broilers by Shengyu Zhou, Tanner Thornton, Hao Gan, Tom Tabler, Mustafa Jaihuni, Xiaojuan Zhu, Yang Zhao

“…A total of 432 birds per strain were used, with 10, 12, 14, and 18 birds per pen (1.1 m × 1.5 m), corresponding to the respective SDs. …”
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Social Determinants of Health and Lifetime History of Parent-Reported Concussion in School-Aged Children and Adolescents in the United States by Grant L. Iverson, Julia E. Maietta, Altaf Saadi, Nathan E. Cook

“…A multivariable logistic regression was used to assess the combined association of SDoH variables and other demographic predictors with lifetime concussion history. …”
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Evaluation of targeting accuracy of cone beam CT guided histotripsy in an in vivo porcine model by Martin G. Wagner, Grace M. Minesinger, Katrina L. Falk, Ayca Z. Kutlu, Meridith A. Kisting, Michael A. Speidel, Timothy J. Ziemlewicz, J. Louis Hinshaw, John F. Swietlik, Fred T. Lee, Paul F. Laeseke

“…For each treatment, pseudotumors (small histotripsy treatments of 15 mm) were created using conventional US guidance to serve as targets for subsequent CBCT guided treatments. …”
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HIV Epidemic situation among Small Indigenous Populations of Northeast Russia by L. Yu. Volova, E. V. Rodina

“…Evaluation of the reliability of the data performed using Student t-test. Results. In 2000, HIV infection in region penetrated into the population of indigenous peoples and continues to spread. …”
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AI-Driven Resource Allocation for RIS-Assisted NOMA in IoT Networks by Syed M. Hamedoon, Jawwad Nasar Chattha, Umair Rashid, S. M. Ahsan Kazmi, Manuel Mazzara

“…Subsequently, an alternative optimization strategy is employed using the Karush-Kuhn-Tucker (KKT) conditions to further refine power allocation and RIS phase shifts, aiming to maximize the effective throughput across the transmission period. …”
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Augmenting estuary monitoring from space: New retrievals of fine-scale CDOM quality and DOC exchange by Alana Menendez, Maria Tzortziou

“…MSI and OLI aCDOM(300) and S275-295 were most successfully retrieved using machine learning (ML) random forest regression, with the input features of remote sensing reflectance bands, band ratios, and month of acquisition. …”
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Priority setting of teleoncology services, and their barriers, and facilitators from oncologists and patients perspectives: a mixed-methods study by Sareh Keshvardoost, Kambiz Bahaadinbeigy, Soodabeh Shahidsales, Farhad Fatehi, Sharareh Rostam Niakan Kalhori

“…Additionally, a qualitative content analysis was performed using MAXQDA 20 to analyze the data obtained from the open-ended questions and interviews. …”
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Ecological and agricultural assessment of the state of forage lands of boreal river floodplains in the oil-producing region (case study in the floodplain of the Kolva River, Usinsk... by N. A. Avetov, A. G. Koptelov, N. I. Lozbenev, D. A. Solovyov, E. A. Shishkonakova

“…An ecological and agricultural assessment of the soil-vegetation cover of the Kolva floodplain used as hayfield (right-bank part) and pasture (left-bank part) was carried out. …”
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First assessment of biofouling assemblages in the northern Red Sea, an important region for marine non-indigenous species transfer by Juan Sempere-Valverde, Juan Sempere-Valverde, Eva Aylagas, Vitaly Syomin, Vitaly Syomin, Marcos A. L. Teixeira, Glafira D. Kolbasova, Glafira D. Kolbasova, Sofía Ruiz-Velasco, Sahar Chebaane, Arthur Anker, João Curdia, Ronald Cadiz, Dylan M. Cottrell, Andrea Desiderato, Luiz F. Andrade, Chakkiath Paul Antony, Carolina Bocanegra-Castano, Matilde Marzucchi, Angelo Poliseno, Doaa Baker, Basmah Alabdulaziz, Flor Torres, Ameer A. Eweida, Ameer A. Eweida, Susana Carvalho, Susana Carvalho

“…Panels were analysed with photo quadrat analysis (PhQd), examined to manually collect sessile macroinvertebrate specimens for taxonomic identification using morphological and DNA barcoding analysis, and scraped for bulk DNA analyses using DNA metabarcoding. …”
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Evaluation of myocarditis with a free-breathing three-dimensional isotropic whole-heart joint T1 and T2 mapping sequence by Alina Hua, Carlos Velasco, Camila Munoz, Giorgia Milotta, Anastasia Fotaki, Filippo Bosio, Inka Granlund, Agata Sularz, Amedeo Chiribiri, Karl P. Kunze, Rene Botnar, Claudia Prieto, Tevfik F. Ismail

“…ABSTRACT: Background: The diagnosis of myocarditis by cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) requires the use of T2 and T1 weighted imaging, ideally incorporating parametric mapping. …”
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