Effect of trust in village health workers on the use of facility-based follow-up postnatal care services in two districts in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic by Noudéhouénou Credo Adelphe Ahissou, Manami Uehara, Daisuke Nonaka, Inthanomchanh Vongphoumy, Tiengkham Pongvongsa, Khamtoun Ounlienvongsack, Khampheng Phongluxa, Sengchanh Kounnavong, Jun Kobayashi

“…We compared the respondents' PNC usage and characteristics using chi-square tests and Fisher’s exact tests. …”
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Early Complete Obliteration of Recurrent Large Basilar Aneurysm by Combined Use of Additional Woven EndoBridge Device and Flow Diverter: A Case Report by Akiko Hasebe, Ichiro Nakahara, Jun Tanabe, Kenichi Haraguchi, Yoko Kato

“…A 44-year-old female experienced a recurrence and enlargement of a basilar top aneurysm 2 years after initial treatment with a Woven EndoBridge (WEB) device. Retreatment using a new WEB device combined with a flow diverter (FD) via a semi-jail technique successfully obliterated the aneurysm without complications. …”
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Empowering communities for malaria control: Effectiveness of community-led biolarviciding using Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis in The Gambia by Babucarr Jassey, Ririh Yudhastuti, Buba Manjang, Ibrahim Touray, Muhammad Rasyid Ridha, Khuliyah Candraning Diyanah, Fitiara Indah Permatasari

“…Background and Aim: In The Gambia, malaria transmission persists due to insecticide resistance and residual vector behavior, despite extensive use of indoor residual spraying and insecticide-treated nets. …”
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Measurement and optimization of sustainable urban form elements in New Urban districts using multi-source data by Yanfeng Zhang, Xiaohui Wang, Longsheng Wang, Guangyu Li, Yige Zhang, Yu Ye, Hongqiang Jiang, Shaoyun Zhong, Junxi Song

“…Additionally, 50.25% of dual-function and 85.71% of multi-function units were aggregated in high-accessibility areas.DiscussionThe mixed-use of sites contributes to the creation of urban vitality and sustainability, and the effect of the correlation between mixed-functionality and accessibility is more pronounced when mixed units involve utility land. …”
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EXPERIENCE OF USE OF DTAP HEXAVACCINE AT THE VACCINAL PREVENTION UNIT FOR CHILDREN WITH HEALTH DEVIATIONS OF THE SCIENTIFIC CENTER OF CHILDREN’S HEALTH (FEDERAL STATE BUDGETARY SCI... by T. A. Grechukha, N. E. Tkachenko, D. A. Novikova, G. A. Gaivoronskaya, L. S. Namazova-Baranova

“…The need in simultaneous administration of 4–5 injections became irrelevant due to development of combined vaccines; it resulted in improved vaccination coverage of children and higher trust of patients in vaccination in whole. …”
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Facilitating Cross-border Viral Sequencing Through Nucleic Acid Sample Transport Using Dry Cards by Lili Wang, Qikai Yin, Alie Brima Tia, Fengyu Tian, Liping Gao, Kai Nie, Kang Xiao, Xuejun Ma, Xiaoping Dong, Doris Harding, Xiaozhou He, George F. Gao

“…Higher Ct values in the original sample significantly reduced coverage and depth, with Ct ≤ 27; 73.6% of samples yielded effective sequences. (4) Conclusions: Transportation of amplified nucleic acid samples using FTA cards enables virus genomic sequencing in resource-limited areas. …”
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Enhancing the filtration performance of common substrates used in the Covid-19 respiratory protection equipment with nanofiber coatings by Mobina Khezrian, Adel Jafari, Majid Habibi Mohraz

“…However, many of these RPEs, despite their widespread use, do not provide adequate protection against aerosols and bioaerosols. …”
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Optimization of Customer Feedback Summarization Using Large Language Models (LLM) and Advanced Retrieval-Augmented Generation by Buchepalli Praneeth, Mohana, Eshitha Chowdary Nattem, Kamala Jetti, B. K. Kavyashree, D. Rakshitha, P. Ramakanth Kumar, K. Sreelakshmi

“…On receiving a user query, relevant reviews are retrieved using advanced Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) techniques, namely Hierarchical Chunk Retrieval and RAG Fusion that are further refined using the Declarative Self-improving Python (DSPy) framework to generate accurate, grounded responses. …”
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Newborn birth weight and its associated risk factors in Somalia using Somalia health and demographic survey by Denekew Bitew Belay, Nigussie Adam Birhan, Mahad Ibrahim Ali, Ding-Geng Chen

“…The analysis was carried out using ordinal logistic regression and adjusted odds ratio with 95 % confidence interval and p-value <0.05 was used to declare statistical significance. …”
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Healthcare providers’ and community stakeholders’ perception of using drones for tuberculosis diagnosis in Nepal: an exploratory qualitative study by Kritika Dixit, Bhola Rai, Govind Majhi, Rajan Paudel, Raghu Dhital, Shraddha Acharya, Ganga Ram Budhathoki, Puskar Poudel, Suman Chandra Gurung, Bishal Subedi, Pravin Lamsal, Uttam Pudasaini, Peter Small, Patrick Meier, Kristi Sidney Annerstedt, Maxine Caws

“…At the community level, drone use creates opportunities to increase the skills of local people as drone pilots. …”
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Trends and disparities in the use of cholinesterase inhibitors to treat Alzheimer’s disease dispensed by the Brazilian public health system – 2008 to 2014: a nation-wide analysis... by Flávia Silva de Moraes, Mariana Lima Cerqueira de Souza, Giancarlo Lucchetti, Alessandra Lamas Granero Lucchetti

“…Objectives The present study aimed to investigate the trends of prescriptions and the coverage of Alzheimer’s disease treatment using cholinesterase inhibitors from public pharmacies dispensing high-cost drugs in Brazil. …”
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P-72 HEPATITIS B AND C VIRUS PREVALENCE USING RAPID TEST IN A CHILEAN COHORT by Javier Eduardo Pérez Valenzuela, Franco Antonio Weisser Vuskovic, Freddy Siegel, Herman Aguirre, Jaime Poniachik, Gonzalo Vizueta, Elizabeth Araya, Juan Rozas, Luis Felipe Bustamante, Fabiola Castro, Lilian Isla, Daniela Simian, Andrea Martínez, Luis Sotillet, Daniela García, Javiera Achondo, Lorena Castro Solari, Gabriel Mezzano Puentes

“…Demographic and clinical data were collected using REDCap®. Statistical analysis was performed using Stata 16.0 software. …”
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Identifying Deformation Drivers in Dam Segments Using Combined X- and C-Band PS Time Series by Jonas Ziemer, Jannik Jänichen, Gideon Stein, Natascha Liedel, Carolin Wicker, Katja Last, Joachim Denzler, Christiane Schmullius, Maha Shadaydeh, Clémence Dubois

“…To support this, we developed the <i>TSX2StaMPS</i> toolbox, integrated into the updated <i>snap2stamps</i> workflow for generating single-master interferogram stacks using TSX data. Second, we identify deformation drivers using water level and temperature as exogenous variables. …”
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A vegetation phenology dataset developed by integrating multiple sources using the reliability ensemble averaging method by Y. Cui, S. Chen, Y. Gong, M. Li, Z. Jia, Y. Zhou, Y. Zhou, Y. H. Fu, Y. H. Fu, Y. H. Fu

“…In this study, we merged four widely used vegetation phenology datasets to generate a new dataset using the reliability ensemble averaging (REA) fusion method. …”
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Synergistic effects of pollution reduction and carbon mitigation from socioeconomic factors, land use and urban innovation: a case study of Wuhan metropolitan area by Tao Chen, An Chen, Lanjun Liu, Chenxi Shi, Junzhe Zhang

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The AMerican PREGNANcy Mother–Child CohorT: description and prevalence of baseline outcomes and medication dispensing by Lisiane F. Leal, Odile Sheehy, Jessica Gorgui, Anick Bérard, Anick Bérard, Anick Bérard

“…PurposeThis study aims to present the AMerican PREGNANcy Mother–Child CohorT (AM-PREGNANT) and its maternal and linked-child characteristics.MethodsAM-PREGNANT was built using the Merative™ MarketScan® Commercial Database. …”
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Facilitators, barriers, and strategies for the implementation of peer-led tuberculosis active case finding among people who use drugs in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. by Lilian Tina Minja, Liana Monica Minja, Kilian Mlalama, Doreen Pamba, Jerry Hella, Samwel Likindikoki, Cassian Nyandindi, Jessie Mbwambo, Klaus Reither, Jennifer M Belus

“…Despite the high incidence and prevalence of TB among people who use drugs (PWUD), there is a significant gap in data, on their perspectives, regarding the implementation of TB ACF services. …”
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Mapping HIV prevalence in Nigeria using small area estimates to develop a targeted HIV intervention strategy. by Caitlin O'Brien-Carelli, Krista Steuben, Kristen A Stafford, Rukevwe Aliogo, Matthias Alagi, Casey K Johanns, Jahun Ibrahim, Ray Shiraishi, Akipu Ehoche, Stacie Greby, Emilio Dirlikov, Dalhatu Ibrahim, Megan Bronson, Gambo Aliyu, Sani Aliyu, Laura Dwyer-Lindgren, Mahesh Swaminathan, Herbert C Duber, Man Charurat

“…We calculated sub-state estimates along the HIV continuum of care in Nigeria.<h4>Design</h4>Using data from the Nigeria HIV/AIDS Indicator and Impact Survey (NAIIS) (July-December 2018), we conducted a geospatial analysis estimating three key programmatic indicators: prevalence of HIV infection among adults (aged 15-64 years); antiretroviral therapy (ART) coverage among adults living with HIV; and viral load suppression (VLS) rate among adults living with HIV.…”
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Cost-effective time-efficient subnational-level surveillance using Twitter: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia case study by Marwa K. Elteir

“…There is a gap in the literature for an accurate, cost-effective, and time-efficient solution with reasonable coverage at national and subnational levels. To fill this gap, we propose a methodology that uses an underutilized feature in the Twitter backend to geolocate tweets during data collection. …”
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A novel 3D hemispherical reconfigurable antenna with a switchable radiation pattern using Butler matrix by Amani Cherif, Sylvain Dubois, Mohamed Himdi, Hamsakutty Vettikalladi, Ali M. Almuhlafi

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