Spatial Accessibility to Healthcare Facilities: GIS-Based Public–Private Comparative Analysis Using Floating Catchment Methods by Onel Pérez-Fernández, Gregorio Rosario Michel

“…This study aims to evaluate healthcare service geospatial accessibility patterns, comparing the geospatial coverage between public and private healthcare facilities in Santiago district, Panama. …”
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Enhancing Coffee Agroforestry Systems Suitability Using Geospatial Analysis and Sentinel Satellite Data in Gedeo Zone, Ethiopia by Wondifraw Nigussie, Husam Al-Najjar, Wanchang Zhang, Eshetu Yirsaw, Worku Nega, Zhijie Zhang, Bahareh Kalantar

“…This research aimed to map the coffee coverage and identify land suitability for coffee plantations using remote sensing, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) in the Gedeo zone, Southern Ethiopia. …”
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Interval Estimation for the Two-Parameter Exponential Distribution Based on Upper Record Value Data Using Bayesian Approaches by Shu-Fei Wu

“…Using upper record value data, we provide a credible interval estimate for the scale parameter of a two-parameter exponential distribution based on Bayesian methods. …”
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Subunit Reconstruction of Massive Heel Wounds Using Medial Plantar Artery and Chimeric Thoracodorsal Artery Perforator Flaps by Emmanuel Nageeb, MD, Manasa Pavuloori, BS, Jason DJohn, MD, John M. Felder, MD

“…A chimeric thoracodorsal artery perforator (TDAP) flap was used to provide additional coverage for the posterior subunit of the wound and the MPAF donor site. …”
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Toward accurate and scalable rainfall estimation using surveillance camera data and a hybrid deep-learning framework by Fiallos-Salguero Manuel, Soon-Thiam Khu, Jingyu Guan, Mingna Wang

“…The second module integrates depthwise separable convolution (DSC) layers with gated recurrent units (GRU) in a regression model to accurately estimate rainfall intensity using these ROIs. We evaluate the framework using video data from two locations with distinct rainfall patterns and environmental conditions. …”
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Managing free-roaming domestic dog populations using surgical sterilisation: a randomised controlled trial by H. R. Fielding, K. A. Fernandes, Amulya V.R., D. Belgayer, A. Misquita, R. Kenny, A. D. Gibson, L. Gamble, B. M. C. Bronsvoort, R. J. Mellanby, I. Handel, D. Rivett, K. Newman, R. King, I. Sayyed, A. Sayed, K. Lad, M. Yaraguda, A. D. Parate, M. K. Balagali, S. Mazeri

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Development of a Vascularized Skin Construct Using Adipose-Derived Stem Cells from Debrided Burned Skin by Rodney K. Chan, David O. Zamora, Nicole L. Wrice, David G. Baer, Evan M. Renz, Robert J. Christy, Shanmugasundaram Natesan

“…Clinically, the extent and depth of burn injury may mandate the use of allograft for temporary wound coverage while autografts are serially harvested from the same donor areas. …”
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Using MIR and XRF spectroscopy to develop a heavy metal leaching potential model in Irish top soils by Rebecca L. Hall, Felipe Bachion de Santana, Victoria Lowe, Jim Hodgson, Karen Daly

“…As a result, 26 % of samples were identified as ‘out of control’ in peatland transition areas. For full spatial coverage for environmental modelling from spectral data, reference values are needed for the deeper samples in peatland transition areas.Furthermore, this study used a geological survey of the northern half of Ireland at ≤4 km2 resolution to map regions of naturally high levels of As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni and Pb by ICP and XRF spectroscopy. …”
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Using health surveillance systems data to assess the impact of AIDS and antiretroviral treatment on adult morbidity and mortality in Botswana. by Rand Stoneburner, Eline Korenromp, Mark Lazenby, Jean-Michel Tassie, Judith Letebele, Diemo Motlapele, Reuben Granich, Ties Boerma, Daniel Low-Beer

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A novel approach for the router nodes placement in wireless mesh networks using phasing with approximation optimization algorithms. by Le Huu Binh, Thuy-Van T Duong, Vuong M Ngo

“…In stage 1, we build an RNP sub problem using 15% to 20% of the number of routers, with the objective function of minimizing coverage overlap between routers to form a core network. …”
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Using a Bounded Model Checker for Test Generation: How to Kill Two Birds with One SMT-solver by Maxim Petrov, Kirill Gagarski, Mikhail Belyaev, Vladimir Itsykson

“…This paper describes a prototype unit test generator for C based on a working bounded model checker called Borealis and shows that these two techniques are very similar and can be easily implemented by using the same basic components. The prototype test generator was sampled on a number of examples and showed good results in terms of test coverage and test excessiveness.…”
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Estimation of fractional cover based on NDVI-VISI response space using visible-near infrared satellite imagery by Zhaoyang Han, Qingjiu Tian, Jia Tian, Tianyu Zhao, Chenglong Xu, Qing Zhou

“…Furthermore, the VISI combined with the NDVI was utilized to establish a triangular space for linear unmixing of the satellite image data to estimate the coverage of its GV, IS, and BS. Finally, the generalizability of this method was verified using UAV and satellite image data, with pearson correlation coefficient > 0.69. …”
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Evaluation of machine learning methods for forecasting turbidity in river networks using Sentinel-2 remote sensing data by Victor Oliveira Santos, Paulo Alexandre Costa Rocha, Jesse Van Griensven Thé, Bahram Gharabaghi

“…However, river water quality monitoring stations are very expensive to operate and maintain and lack spatial coverage. Therefore, this study takes advantage of the vast spatial coverage of remote sensing datasets from satellites to provide a more efficient hybrid system with comprehensive coverage of both spatial and temporal changes in water quality across a vast river network. …”
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Landslide Detection in Long-Term and Low-Coherence Scenario Using Faster Intermittent Stacking InSAR Method by Huayan Dai, Lixin Wu, Yunping Liao, Lichuan Chen, Yong Yang

“…The identified landslides with the IStacking method were validated and assessed using high-resolution Google imagery and ground-based GPS data. …”
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Identification of CD8+ T cell epitopes in the West Nile virus polyprotein by reverse-immunology using NetCTL. by Mette Voldby Larsen, Alina Lelic, Robin Parsons, Morten Nielsen, Ilka Hoof, Kasper Lamberth, Mark B Loeb, Søren Buus, Jonathan Bramson, Ole Lund

“…<h4>Methodology/principal findings</h4>In a reverse-immunology approach, we used bioinformatics methods to predict WNV-specific CD8(+) T cell epitopes and selected a set of peptides that constitutes maximum coverage of 20 fully-sequenced WNV strains. …”
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OP-9 Assessing the Burden and Budget Impacts of HCV Elimination Strategies in Uruguay Using Decision-Analytic Modeling by Victoria Mainardi Rial, Daniela Olivari, Solange Gerona, Alec Aron, Huaiyang Zhong, Jagpreet Chhatwal, Lindsey Hiebert, John Ward

“…This achieves 91% diagnosis and treatment coverage, with reductions in incidence of 89%, prevalence of 91%, decompensated cirrhosis of 74%, HCC of 46% and mortality of 56%, costing $121.63 million from 2022-2050.The most gradual strategy uses a 15% annual screening rate and 70% treatment rate, requiring 3,190,000 people to be tested (400,000/annual from 2023-2029) and 19,035 treated (2,500/annual from 2024-2029) by 2030. …”
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Adaptive Resource Optimization for IoT-Enabled Disaster-Resilient Non-Terrestrial Networks using Deep Reinforcement Learning by Fathe Jeribi, R. John Martin

“…Additionally, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are used to provide optimal coverage for IoT nodes in disaster areas, with coverage optimization achieved through the non-linear smooth optimization (NLSO) algorithm. …”
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Evaluation of different reference based annotation strategies using RNA-Seq - a case study in Drososphila pseudoobscura. by Nicola Palmieri, Viola Nolte, Anton Suvorov, Carolin Kosiol, Christian Schlötterer

“…We tested different combinations of the most commonly used reference-based alignment tools (TopHat, GSNAP) in combination with two frequently used reference-based assemblers (Cufflinks, Scripture) and evaluated the potential of RNA-Seq to improve the annotation of Drosophila pseudoobscura. …”
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Nonuniform Doppler extraction-enhanced multichannel extensive cancellation algorithm for passive radar using Iridium satellite signals by Hongwei Fu, Zhang Zhang, Yu Luo, Tingting Fu, Jianglin Li, Xin Jian, Hao Cha

“…In the context of space-based PR, this paper proposes a PR using the Iridium satellite signal, which is a low-orbit satellite communication signal with global coverage. …”
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Using Unmanned Aerial Systems Technology to Characterize the Dynamics of Small-Scale Maize Production Systems for Precision Agriculture by Andrew Manu, Joshua McDanel, Daniel Brummel, Vincent Kodjo Avornyo, Thomas Lawler

“…Significant variations in field conditions showed Yendi had 34% of its field as bare, Tilli had the highest weed coverage at 22%, and Sombolouna had the highest maize crop coverage at 73.9%. …”
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