Diphtheria: A Disease of the Past or a Public Health Threat? Prevention Strategies in the 21st Century by Gabriela Pabis, Magdalena Strzelczyk, Iwona Koziołek, Paula Bętkowska, Joanna Wziątek, Piotr Kowalik, Patrycja Fatyga, Wiktoria Fatyga, Daria Krzyżanowska, Kinga Dowierciał

“…The articles were identified using the PubMed and Google Scholar search, using key terms. …”
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Parental predictors of childhood vaccination adherence in border areas of Southern Vietnam: a first look at minority communities by An Dai Tran, Charuai Suwanbamrung, Muhammad Haroon Stanikzai, Nirachon Chutipattana, Shamarina Shohaimin, Patthanasak Khammaneechan, Le Minh Luan, Tran Phu Dien, Truong Thanh Nam, Phan Thanh Tung, Cua Ngoc Le

“…Objectives: Suboptimal timeliness and coverage of childhood vaccination programs undermined their effectiveness in achieving population-level immunity. …”
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Weighted Salp Swarm Algorithm and its applications towards optimal sensor deployment by Mudassar Ali Syed, Raziuddin Syed

“…The proposed WSSA is validated using different benchmark functions and analyzed against seven different stochastic algorithms. …”
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Covering the news to develop students’ understanding of political responsibility in social studies classrooms? by Roger Olsson, Martin Jakobsson

“…The goal is to outline the conditions for a model that generates an understanding of political responsibility through news coverage. Design/methodology/approach: Six teachers’ news coverage during 25 lessons has been observed, three at lower secondary- and three at upper secondary school and analysed using content analysis, combining political-, media- and pedagogic concepts relevant for the purpose. …”
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Optimized Dynamic Deployment of UAVs in Maritime Networks with Route Prediction by Yanli Xu, Yalan Shi

“…The prediction results are then used to guide the Proximal Policy Optimization (PPO) algorithm for the dynamic deployment of UAVs. …”
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Cost‐Effectiveness of Human Papillomavirus Vaccination for Adolescent Girls in Moscow, Russia by Daria A. Nefedova, Shiji Valsan, Donald S. Shepard

“…This high early age mortality emphasizes the need to examine the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination program for adolescent girls and its potential inclusion in Russia's national immunization schedule. Methods Using data from the Moscow Department of Health, we analyzed the economic burden of cervical cancer, estimated girls’ 2022 vaccination coverage, explored challenges and approaches to improve coverage, and compared the cost‐effectiveness of strategies to improve coverage and reduce HPV vaccine costs. …”
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Global temporal and spatial changes of vegetation in desert steppe Ecosystems: Impacts of climate driving factors by Xiaonan Chen, Bochao Cui, Dongwei Gui, Qi Liu, Yunfei Liu, Qian Jin

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Free hospitalization for acute respiratory infections in children: what effect and how much does it cost for Armenia? by Sergey Sargsyan, Diana Andreasyan, Samvel Kharazyan, Olga Denisiuk, Karapet Davtyan, Roni Zachariah

“…Methodology: Cross-sectional study using data from national databases before (2008-2011) and after (2012-2017) Program implementation. …”
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Scaling Up Departmental Health Insurance Units in Senegal: A Mixed-Method Study by Valéry Ridde, Mouhamadou Faly Ba, Babacar Kane, Anouk Chouaïd, Adama Faye

“…This article presents the stakeholders’ perspectives on the factors and challenges of scaling up CBHI departmentalization in Senegal. The study uses a mixed-methods approach, utilizing concept mapping and a focus group to examine scaling up departmentalization. …”
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Analysis of Vaccination of Children and Its Timing Against Infections from the National Immunization Schedule in the Volga and Far Eastern Federal Districts of Russian Federation:... by Radima A. Mukozheva, Tatyana V. Kulichenko, Tatyana V. Vilchanskaya, Olga V. Romanova, Mariya A. Lazareva, Juliya S. Lashkova, Inga V. Artemova

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An assessment of South African policy and strategic framework for the development of a sufficient, equitably distributed and well-performing health workforce for the implementation... by S V Mokoena, P Naidoo

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Dynamics of Impervious Surfaces and Vegetation in Core Urban Areas of Global Megacities by Lei Zhang, Jinzhou Yuan, Ming Zhang, Wenzhuo Liu, Qian Wang

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Pertussis vaccine effectiveness following country-wide implementation of a hexavalent acellular pertussis immunization schedule in infants and children in Panama by Arlene E. Calvo, Andrea G. Tristán Urrutia, Juan C. Vargas-Zambrano, Humberto López Castillo

“…VCRs and trends were determined, and VE was analyzed using a case coverage or screening method to compare proportions of vaccinated cases and vaccinated individuals in the population. …”
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the free vaccination policy on seasonal influenza vaccination uptake among older adults in Ningbo, Eastern China by Lixia Ye, Jieping Chen, Qiuhong Mei, Yexiang Sun, Tianchi Yang

“…Multivariate logistic regressions were used to estimate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and free vaccination policy. …”
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Classification of risk for transmission of vaccine-preventable diseases in Brazilian municipalities: comparative analysis before and after the national movement for vaccination and... by Ana Catarina de Melo Araújo, Thales Philipe Rodrigues da Silva, Janaina Fonseca Almeida Souza, Krishna Mara Rodrigues Freire, Fernanda Penido Matozinhos, Eder Gatti Fernandes

“…Methods This is an epidemiological, ecological study using secondary data on vaccination coverage, dropout rates, and homogeneity of vaccination coverage (HCV) for ten immunobiologicals recommended for children under 2 years of age. …”
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A preliminary exploration of influenza-like illness surveillance and influenza vaccination in Jing’an District of Shanghai， 2017‒2023 by HUA Ruijue, LYU Lixue, XU Biao, HUANG Jin, YU Ping

“…The influenza vaccination coverage was 2.94% from September 2017 to August 2023, and the vaccination coverage was highest in young children. …”
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Effects of Spray Adjuvants on Droplet Deposition Characteristics in Litchi Trees under UAV Spraying Operations by Xiaonan Wang, Yanping Liu, Shilin Wang, Siwei Wang

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Difference in Outcomes among Hypertensive Patients with or without Government-funded Healthcare Coverage: A Retrospective Review of Electronic Medical Records in a Large Private Ho... by Victor Ede, Uchenna Osuala, Eucharia Alozie, Abiola Akindele, Peace Opurum, Joshua Ofoli, Adamu Onu, Ibrahim Wada

“…Objective: This study aimed to identify differences in blood pressure (BP) and hospital stay outcomes between hypertensive patients who use publicly funded insurance schemes and those who use private health coverage types in Nigeria. …”
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Have We Substantially Underestimated the Impact of Improved Sanitation Coverage on Child Health? A Generalized Additive Model Panel Analysis of Global Data on Child Mortality and M... by Paul R Hunter, Annette Prüss-Ustün

“…We hypothesis that the value of sanitation does not come directly from use of improved sanitation but from improving community coverage. …”
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3D highly isolated 6-port tri-band MIMO antenna system with 360° coverage for 5G IoT applications based machine learning verification by Md Afzalur Rahman, Samir Salem Al-Bawri, Sultan S. Alharbi, Wazie M. Abdulkawi, Noorlindawaty Md Jizat, Mohammad Tariqul Islam, Abdel-Fattah A. Sheta

“…This 6-port MIMO system uses a new codesign technique to achieve 360-degree coverage in the elevation and azimuth planes, exceptional isolation (21 dB at sub-6 GHz band, 25 dB at the Ku-band, and 30 dB at mm-wave band), and pattern diversity. …”
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