Feasibility of interventions to increase HPV vaccination acceptability and coverage in school-based programs: Findings from a pilot study in Quebec, Canada by Maude Dionne, Chantal Sauvageau, Doriane Etienne, Holly O. Witteman, Ève Dubé

“…Introduction: Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines have been offered in Quebec schools to 4th-grade (9–10 years old) girls since 2008 and boys since 2016. HPV vaccine coverage does not reach the 90 % target in many regions. …”
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Impact of nurse staffing coverage and care complexity factors on health outcomes in hospitalized COVID-19 patients: a cross-sectional study by Jordi Adamuz, Maribel González-Samartino, Emilio Jiménez-Martínez, Marta Tapia-Pérez, María-Magdalena López-Jiménez, Patricia Valero-Valdelvira, Esperanza Zuriguel-Pérez, Carmen Berbis-Morelló, Susana Asensio-Flores, Maria-Eulàlia Juvé-Udina

“…The main variables included AEs, nurse staffing coverage (as measured using the ATIC patient classification system) and CCIFs to evaluate broader patient health conditions. …”
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Integrating routine immunization into COVID-19 vaccination improve coverage but could create equity issues: evidence from Niger State, Nigeria by Hilary I. Okagbue, Akolade Jimoh, Olugbemisola Samuel, Hadley Ikwe, Saheed Isiaka, Irene Okoye, Joshua David, Zubair Adegoke

“…This paper aims to demonstrate that integrating RI into COVID-19 vaccination increases overall vaccine coverage but may introduce equity issues. Methodology The data used in this study consist of COVID-19 immunization records (first, second, and booster doses) from 23 local government areas (LGAs) in Niger State, Nigeria. …”
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Complete Coverage Path Planning for Wind Turbine Blade Wall-Climbing Robots Based on Bio-Inspired Neural Networks and Energy Consumption Model by Da Chen, Gang Yu, Shuchen Huang

“…The rapid growth in the use of wind energy has led to significant challenges in the inspection and maintenance of wind turbine blades, especially as turbine sizes increase dramatically and as operational environments become harsh and unpredictable. …”
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‘Who assisted with the delivery of (NAME)?’ Issues in estimating skilled birth attendant coverage through population-based surveys and implications for improving global tracking... by Emma Radovich, Loveday Penn-Kekana, Kerry Wong, Oona Maeve Renee Campbell

“…Our findings show SBA coverage can be reasonably estimated from population-based surveys in settings of high coverage, though women have difficulty reporting specific cadres. …”
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West Nile Virus Vaccine Design by T Cell Epitope Selection: In Silico Analysis of Conservation, Functional Cross-Reactivity with the Human Genome, and Population Coverage by Frances M. Waller, Pedro A. Reche, Darren R. Flower

“…Protein variability analysis identified evolutionarily conserved sequences, which were used to select a diverse set of immunogenic candidate T cell epitopes. …”
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Lateral Alveolar Ridge Augmentation with an Autogenous Bone Block Graft Alone with or without Barrier Membrane Coverage: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Romario Gorgis, Lianna Qazo, Niels Henrik Bruun, Thomas Starch-Jensen

“…Conclusions: Comparable implant treatment outcomes were revealed following lateral alveolar ridge augmentation with autogenous bone block graft alone with or without barrier membrane coverage. However, postoperative dimensional changes of the augmented seems to be diminished with the use of barrier membrane coverage as evaluated by two-dimensional linear measurements.…”
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Recent changes to adult national immunization programs for pneumococcal vaccination in Europe and how they impact coverage: A systematic review of published and grey literature by Stuti Arya, Nicholas Norton, Puneet Kaushik, Agnes Brandtmüller, Eleana Tsoumani

“…The aim of this review was to assess the evidence and rationales used by NITAGs/HTA agencies, when considering recent changes to National Immunization Programs (NIPs) for adults, and how identified changes affected vaccine coverage rates (VCRs). …”
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Simultaneous integrated boost-intensity modulated radiation therapy (SIBIMRT) planning for pelvic tumours: dose coverage to target volume and normal tissue sparing by Marwa Ali Hussein, Siham Sabah Abdullah, Hadeel Kamil Abdullah, Abdulrahman Mohammed Abdulbaqi, Sura Abdul Kareem Madlool

“… Objective: To evaluate the better radiotherapy plan for pelvic tumours that may achieve a high target coverage dose and low normal tissue tolerance dose using simultaneous integrated boost-intensity-modulated radiation therapy technique. …”
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Analysis of the utilisation of Chuna manual therapy for musculoskeletal disorders after its coverage under national health insurance in Korea: a retrospective analysis by In-Hyuk Ha, Yoon Jae Lee, Byung-Cheul Shin, Gil Geun Baek, Yeong-Jae Shin

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Conspiracy Framing and Intratextual Elements: Chryons and Clips in the FOX News Coverage of the Brett Kavanaugh Hearings [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] by Stephanie Kelley-Romano

“…Methods Using conspiracy as a lens, this article examines the Fox News coverage of the Senate Judiciary Confirmation Hearing of Brett Kavanaugh on September 27, 2018. …”
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E²VRP-CPP: An Energy-Efficient Approach for Multi-UAV Multi-Region Coverage Path Planning Optimization in the Enhanced Vehicle Routing Problem by Yuechao Zang, Xueqin Huang, Min Lu, Qianzhen Zhang, Xianqiang Zhu

“…Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are widely used in applications such as land assessment, surveillance, and rescue operations, where they are often required to cover multiple disjoint regions. …”
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Non coverage of Hepatitis B immunization among children and its predictors in northeastern states of India: A multiscale geographically weighted regression analysis by Shefali Gupta, Kh. Jitenkumar Singh, Krishna Kumar, Md Asif Khan, Roopmala Gupta, Saurabh Sharma

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Determining household out of pocket payments, incidence of catastrophic expenditures and impoverishment among patients with malaria in Zambia's path towards Universal Health Covera... by Patrick Banda, Felix Masiye, Oliver Kaonga, Jesse Bump, Peter Berman

“…<h4>Methods</h4>The study uses a nationally representative cross-sectional survey of households in both rural and urban areas of Zambia. …”
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Determinants of Full Vaccination Coverage among Children Aged 12-23 Months in Bangladesh: A Comparison between High- and Low-Performing Divisions by Moriam Khanam, Nahid Akhter Jahan

“…The association between full vaccination coverage and explanatory variables was identified using chi-square test. …”
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Enhancing medical response efficiency in real-time large crowd environments via smart coverage and deep learning for stable ecological health monitoring by Asma A. Alhashmi, Ghada Moh. Samir Elhessewi, Mukhtar Ghaleb, Nazir Ahmad, Nojood O. Aljehane, Tareq M. Alkhaldi, Hamad Almansour, Samah Al Zanin

“…Recently, technology has been used in numerous diverse ways to achieve these large crowds. …”
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SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence and COVID-19 vaccination coverage in two states of Nigeria from a population based household survey by Nwachukwu William Enyereibe, Elsie Ilori, Laura Steinhardt, Kristen Stafford, Chioma Dan-Nwafor, Chinwe Lucia Ochu, Dalhatu Ibrahim, Matthias Alagi, Baffa Sule Ibrahim, Iwara Emem Iwara, Nwando Mba, Zainab Ibrahim, Rabiatu Aliyu Ahmed, Iliya Botson, Stanley Uche Ogbonna, Ehimario Igumbor, Jafiya Abubakar, Nasir Ahmed, Gloria Ogochukwu Nwiyi, Chima Emmanuel Ihemeje, Catherine Okoi, Doris John, Matthew Ashikeni, Basheer Lawan Muhammad, Nnaemeka C. Iriemenam, Olumide Okunoye, Stacie M. Greby, Orji Bassey, McPaul Okoye, Natalia Blanco, Andrew Mitchell, Oladipupo Ipadeola, Gladys S. Antonza, Augustine Mpamugo, Favour Makava, Manhattan Charurat, Sylvia Adebajo, Mahesh Swaminathan, Adetifa Ifedayo, Chikwe Ihekweazu

“…We conducted a serosurvey after the second COVID-19 wave to evaluate the extent of SARS-CoV-2 infections, attitudes to COVID-19 vaccines, and COVID-19 vaccination coverage in two regions of Nigeria. Using the World Health Organization (WHO) Unity protocol, 34 enumeration areas (EAs) each in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) (Northcentral Zone) and Kano State (Northwest Zone) were sampled in June 2021, using probability proportional to estimated size; 20 households in one EA were randomly selected. …”
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Evaluating the effectiveness of a population-level health intervention to increment HCV treatment coverage in tuscany region, Italy: An interrupted time series analysis. by Chiara Seghieri, Luca Ceccarelli, Costanza Tortù, Lara Tavoschi

“…This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a population-level health intervention to expand access to HCV treatment in the Tuscany Region, Italy. We used individual-level administrative data from the Tuscany region, collected between January 2015 and December 2022. …”
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Analysis of Vegetation Coverage Changes and Influencing Factors in Aksu, Xinjiang, China (2000–2020): A Comparative Study of Climate Factors and Urban Development by Zhimin Feng, Haiqiang Xin, Hairong Liu, Yong Wang, Junhai Wang

“…This study evaluates the spatiotemporal changes in vegetation coverage in Aksu from 2000 to 2020 using long-term Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) data and trend analysis. …”
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Efficacy of autologous platelet concentrates for root coverage of Miller’s Class I and II gingival recession defects: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Jaber Yaghini, Ahmad Mogharehabed, Awat Feizi, Fatemeh Yazdanfar

“…An electronic search of the literature was conducted in PubMed, EMBASE, Scopus, Cochrane, Web of Science, Magiran, Scientific Information Database, and Irandoc for randomized clinical trials (RCTs) that used APCs for RC in their intervention group. Eligible articles were retrieved by assessment of titles and abstracts and then the full texts. …”
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