Assessment of the global healthcare industry during COVID-19 pandemic: A content analysis approach [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] by Annie Kizirian, Rola Hasna, Ralph A Doumit, Sylvana Bitar, Amal Abbas, Nahed Boudani, Chady Ayrout, Hadi Moubayed, Robert Abou Chacra, Elie Kassis, Malik Ladki, Latifa Daher, Wissam H. Faour, Darine Barakat

“…Background Content analysis (CA) is an investigative research tool used in healthcare studies to identify imminent challenges while providing lead time for preparedness measures. …”
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Comprehensive genomic study of Plasmodium falciparum in Sierra leone: genetic variation and resistance patterns by Xin-jie Zhan, Shen-Bo Chen, Tian-yu Wang, Yi-wen Duan, Hai-Mo Shen, Jun-Hu Chen, Jing-jing Xie

“…A total of 35 samples underwent sequencing using the MGISEQ and Illumina platforms, resulting in high-coverage genomic data. …”
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Validation of data quality in the Swedish quality register of gynecologic cancer for cervical cancer and vulvar cancer—a Swedish gynecologic cancer group (Swe‐GCG) study by Maria Bjurberg, Kristina Hellman, Tim A. Säll, Christian Staf, Christer Borgfeldt, Erik Holmberg, Jenny Jönsson, Gabriel Lindahl, Angelique Flöter Rådestad, Camilla Sköld, Katja Stenström Bohlin, Karin Stålberg, Elisabeth Åvall‐Lundqvist, Preben Kjølhede, Pernilla Dahm‐Kähler

“…The growing number of large cohort studies using data from cancer registers makes validation of such registers important. …”
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Evaluation of the operational MODIS cloud mask product for detecting cirrus clouds by Ż. Nguyen Huu, Ż. Nguyen Huu, Ż. Nguyen Huu, A. Z. Kotarba, A. Wypych

“…A comprehensive characterization of cirrus clouds requires information on their coverage, which can be obtained from various data types. …”
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Mastopexia associada a implante de silicone submuscular ou subglandular: sistematização das escolhas e dificuldades Mastopexy associated with submuscular or subglandular silicone i... by José Carlos Daher, Jefferson Di Lamartini Galdino do Amaral, Diogo Borges Pedroso, Ricardo Cintra Júnior, Marina de Souza Borgatto

“…In 149 patients, the subglandular technique was used and in 94 patients, the submuscular technique was used. …”
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Stellar Population Properties in the Stellar Streams around SPRC047 by Seppo Laine, David Martínez-Delgado, Kristi A. Webb, Mohammad Akhlaghi, Roberto Baena-Gallé, Sanjaya Paudel, Michael Stein, Denis Erkal

“…Due to the very low surface brightness of the stream, we have performed a deconvolution with a Richardson–Lucy–type algorithm of the low spatial resolution 3.6 μ m IRAC image, thereby reducing the effect of the point-spread function aliased emission from the bright edge-on central galaxy at the locations of our three stream segments. Our SED fits that used several different star formation (SF) history priors, from an exponentially decaying SF burst to continuous SF, indicate that the age–metallicity–dust degeneracy is not resolved, most likely because of inadequate wavelength coverage and low signal-to-noise ratios of the low surface brightness features. …”
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Should annual cost of the drug inform reimbursement decisions? A perspective from China’s healthcare security system by Xiaochen Peng, Xiaochen Peng, Haiyin Wang, Hui Sun, Xiaoxiao Qin, Zhe Huang

“…Multicollinearity among variables was assessed using the Variance Inflation Factor (VIF). The model’s goodness of fit was assessed using the likelihood-ratio test and the Hosmer-Lemeshow test. …”
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Global 30 m seamless data cube (2000–2022) of land surface reflectance generated from Landsat 5, 7, 8, and 9 and MODIS Terra constellations by S. Chen, J. Wang, Q. Liu, X. Liang, R. Liu, P. Qin, J. Yuan, J. Wei, S. Yuan, H. Huang, H. Huang, P. Gong, P. Gong, P. Gong

“…A thorough evaluation of the SDC was undertaken using a leave-one-out approach and a cross-comparison with NASA's Harmonized Landsat and Sentinel-2 (HLS) products. …”
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More is not always better: delta-downscaling climate model outputs from 30 to 5 min resolution has minimal impact on coherence with Late Quaternary proxies by L. Timbrell, L. Timbrell, J. Blinkhorn, J. Blinkhorn, M. Colucci, M. Colucci, M. Leonardi, M. Leonardi, M. Chevalier, A. V. Pozzi, M. Grove, E. Scerri, E. Scerri, E. Scerri, A. Manica

“…On the other hand, models have the potential to afford more extensive and standardized geographic coverage of multiple bioclimatic variables. A key decision when using model output is the appropriate geographic resolution to adopt; models are coarse scale, in the order of several arc degrees, and so their outputs are usually downscaled to a higher resolution. …”
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Improving image reconstruction to quantify dynamic whole-body PET/CT: Q.Clear versus OSEM by Sam Springer, Jeremy Basset-Sagarminaga, Tineke van de Weijer, Vera B. Schrauwen-Hinderling, Walter H. Backes, Roel Wierts

“…Abstract Background The introduction of PET systems featuring increased count rate sensitivity has resulted in the development of dynamic whole-body PET acquisition protocols to assess 18F-FDG uptake rate ( $${K}_{i}$$ K i ) using 18F-FDG PET/CT. However, in short-axis field-of-view (SAFOV) PET/CT systems, multiple bed positions are required per time frame to achieve whole-body coverage. …”
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Analysis of key factors and equity in influenza vaccination among Chinese adults-evidence from a large national cross-sectional survey by Bo Dong, Hengxuan Xu, Ning Tang, Menghan Jiang, Zhihao Lei, Zhihao Lei, Yue Han

“…Although previous studies in China have primarily focused on influenza vaccination among children, limited research has addressed the key determinants and equity issues concerning adult influenza vaccination.The purpose of this study was to investigate the key factors influencing influenza vaccination and its equity among Chinese adults.MethodsThe study uses data from the 2021 Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS) (N = 2695).Initially, differences in influenza vaccination among adults with various baseline characteristics were analyzed using the chi-square test. …”
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A Study of the Factors Influencing Information Literacy on Farmers' Willingness to Participate in E-Commerce: the Mediating Effects of Perceived Benefits and Perceived Risks, and t... by MA Ning, ZHANG Xiaoyi, LIU Qixuan

“…In addition, future research should pay more attention to the breadth of the sample coverage and the depth of the sample research process, and consider using all offline field research to further examine the impact of regional differences and the differences in the digital characteristics of the new farmers (Generation Z) on their willingness to participate in e-commerce. …”
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Delayed completion of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination among children 4–48 months in rural Uganda: a socio-demographic inquiry by Herbert Malemo, Andrew Tamale, Paul Kakwangire, Matthew C. Igwe, Dickens R. Mwine, Isa Asiimwe, Solomon A. Mbina, Mary G. Abalinda

“…A cross-sectional study design among 362 child/caretakers pairs in Bugongi Town Council was employed. Using stratified sampling – Allocation Proportional to Size, data was collected using pretested questionnaires; entered and analysed using STATA v14 and significant statistical association was considered at P ≤ 0.05. …”
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INCOIS air-sea Flux Reference System onboard ORV Sagar Nidhi: overview and initial results by B. Praveen Kumar, Abhijith Raj, Abhijith Raj, Asish K. Sasidharan, Asish K. Sasidharan, N. Sureshkumar, A. A. Gnanaraj, Deepak Sankar, K. Ramasundaram, Venkata Jampana, E. Pattabhi Rama Rao

“…The ECFS collects high-frequency (20 Hz) data to directly estimate the latent heat flux (LHF), sensible heat flux (SHF), and momentum flux (τ) using the Eddy Covariance (EC) method. The AWS records meteorological and oceanic variables at 1 Hz, enabling flux estimates using the COARE 3.5 algorithm. …”
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Application of Mask R-CNN for automatic recognition of teeth and caries in cone-beam computerized tomography by Yujie Ma, Maged Ali Al-Aroomi, Yutian Zheng, Wenjie Ren, Peixuan Liu, Qing Wu, Ye Liang, Canhua Jiang

“…The deep learning model used ResNet-50 as the backbone network and was trained to 300epoch respectively. …”
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Spectrum and Correlates of Dyslipidemia in People Living with HIV on Dolutegravir-Based Regimen Attending Kabutare Hospital, Southern Rwanda: A Cross-Sectional Study by Nsengumuremyi H, Nsanzimana V, Mapira HT, Gori E, Musarurwa C

“…Demographic and lifestyle factors were collected using a questionnaire. Differences in categorical variables between HIV-positive and HIV-negative groups were assessed using chi-square or Fisher’s exact tests. …”
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Catastrophic and impoverishing impacts of health expenditures: a focus on non-communicable diseases in Pokhara Metropolitan City, Nepal by Simrin Kafle, Shiva Raj Adhikari, Per Kallestrup, Dinesh Neupane, Ulrika Enemark

“…We used a poverty line of NPR 7,674 (approximately USD 230 in Purchasing Power Parity) per capita per month, as set by the National Statistics Office for the Gandaki urban area in 2024. …”
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Southern Air Project - scientific efforts to monitor and measure the impacts of air pollution in southern Brazil by Rodrigo de Lima Brum, Júlia Oliveira Penteado, Paula Florencio Ramires, Ronan Adler Tavella, Laiz Coutelle Honscha, Livia da Silva Freitas, Fernando Rafael de Moura, Alicia da Silva Bonifácio, Vitória Machado da Silva, Leopoldo dos Santos da Silva, Jéssica El Koury Santos, Flavio Manoel Rodrigues da Silva Júnior

“…A significant portion of the air pollutant data used in the project originates from satellite information, low-cost sensors, passive samplers, and data provided by enterprises. …”
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Development of a novel amplicon based whole-genome sequencing framework for improved surveillance of Toscana virus by Martina Brandolini, Ludovica Ingletto, Giorgio Dirani, Silvia Zannoli, Andreea Maria Lapusneanu, Massimiliano Guerra, Alessandra Mistral De Pascali, Davide Lelli, Francesco Defilippo, Antonio Lavazza, Mattia Calzolari, Michele Dottori, Laura Dionisi, Claudia Colosimo, Giulia Gatti, Anna Marzucco, Maria Sofia Montanari, Laura Grumiro, Monica Cricca, Alessandra Scagliarini, Vittorio Sambri

“…Primers targeting TOSV lineage A genomes were designed with PrimalScheme to generate 400 bp amplicons, incorporating degenerate bases to improve coverage. Library preparation utilized Illumina Microbial Amplicon Prep (iMAP) kits, followed by de novo assembly using BaseSpace DRAGEN Targeted Microbial software. …”
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BirdNET provides superior diversity estimates compared to observer-based surveys in long-term monitoring by Dominika Winiarska, Grzegorz Neubauer, Michał Budka, Paweł Szymański, Julia Barczyk, Marta Cholewa, Tomasz S. Osiejuk

“…Beta diversity also differed according to the site and method used (p < 0.05). The number of species detected during all short-term surveys showed a weak correlation with the number of species obtained from all-day BirdNET analysis (Pearson’s correlation: 0.34–0.49), questioning the adequacy of short-term surveys in species-rich habitats such as primaeval forests.Our findings demonstrate that monitoring methods should be adjusted to improve coverage. …”
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