Availability and advertising of sugar sweetened beverages in South African public primary schools following a voluntary pledge by a major beverage company: a mixed methods study by Agnes Erzse, Nicola Christofides, Nicholas Stacey, Kelsey Lebard, Louise Foley, Karen Hofman

“…Semi-structured interviews were conducted with a purposive sample of school officials. Data from the interviews were coded and thematic analysis conducted. …”
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Travel Burden and the Direct Medical Costs of Urologic Surgery by Daniel J. Olson, John L. Gore, Kenn B. Daratha, Kenneth P. Roberts

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Analysis of a segmentation approach to breeder blanket design and the utilisation of FLiBe as a novel neutron reflector by Adam J. Barker, Mark R. Gilbert, Philip D. Edmondson

“…The developed blanket is tested within the neutronics code OpenMC to evaluate the performance of a hybrid liquid metal–molten salt breeder. …”
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AERU-Net: Adaptive Edge Recovery and Attention U-Shaped Network for Remote Sensing Image Super-Resolution by Amir Hajian, Supavadee Aramvith

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Survey risk factors in pregnant women who suffer from hydatidiform mole and its clinical course in Alzahra hospital in Rasht from 2003-2007 by Tahere Ziaie, Homa Khanjani, Mohammad Ali Yazdani

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Conceptualizing the Facilitators and Barriers of Successful Multidisciplinary Teamwork Within the Reablement Process: A Scoping Review by Gibson C, Landry MD, Tuntland H

“…Eligible articles were sourced from four electronic databases, and data were extracted, coded, analyzed and chartered in February 2024.Results: Twenty studies were included in this study. …”
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Revisiting the “Christmas Holiday Effect” in the Southern Hemisphere by Josh Knight, Chris Schilling, Adrian Barnett, Rod Jackson, Phillip Clarke

“…Methods and Results New Zealand mortality data for a 25‐year period (1988–2013) was analyzed based on the same methodology used in the previous study. …”
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Automated Machine Learning for Referable Diabetic Retinopathy Image Classification from Ultrawide Field Images by Leandro Victor L. Arcena, MD-MBA, Paolo S. Silva, MD

“…Conclusions: The pilot performance of the custom AutoML model constructed using local Philippine data approaches US FDA requirements for the diagnosis of referable DR. …”
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FORCETRACKER: A versatile tool for standardized assessment of tissue contractile properties in 3D Heart-on-Chip platforms. by José M Rivera-Arbeláez, Milica Dostanić, Laura M Windt, Jeroen M Stein, Carla Cofiño-Fabres, Tom Boonen, Maury Wiendels, Albert van den Berg, Loes I Segerink, Christine L Mummery, Pasqualina M Sarro, Berend J van Meer, Marcelo C Ribeiro, Massimo Mastrangeli, Robert Passier

“…In this way, we can obtain information about tissues' contractile performance. ForceTracker is coded in Python and uses a multi-threading approach for time-efficient analysis of large data sets in multiple formats. …”
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The prevalence and associated factors of the minimum acceptable diet among children aged 6-23 months in Ethiopia: A community-based cross-sectional study. by Girma Cheru Bikila, Godana Arero, Sultan Kalu, Kedir Teji Roba, Tesfaye Getachew Charkos

“…Systematic random sampling techniques were used to select the study subjects. The data was coded, entered into Epi-Info version 7, and then exported to SPSS version 24 for analysis. …”
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Tobacco Use Surveillance among School Personnel of Madhyamik Vidyalays of Pimpri-Chinchwad, Pune, Maharashtra, India: A Serial Cross-sectional Study by Sahana Hegde Shetiya, S. L. Jadhav, Rakesh Gupta

“…As part of the questionnaire development, face and content validity were carried out by subject matter experts, followed by translation, test–retest reliability, setting up a code book, and pre and pilot testing. Chi-square test was applied to determine the strength of association between the pre- and postsurvey data. …”
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Community participation and maternal health service utilization: lessons from the health extension programme in rural southern Ethiopia by Daniel G Datiko, Elias M Bunte, Gemeda B Birrie, Aschenak Z Kea, Rosie Steege, M Taegtmeyer, Meghan Bruce Kumar, Maryse C Kok

“…The interviews and FGDs were recorded, transcribed, translated, coded in Nvivo and thematically analysed. We also collected quantitative data on HDA and PWF participation, antenatal care attendance and skilled delivery and analysed using Excel (Microsoft Inc, Seattle, WA, USA)…”
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Comorbidity and polypharmacy among people with HIV stratified by age, sex, and race by Misti Paudel, Girish Prajapati, Erin K. Buysman, Swarnali Goswami, Kimberly McNiff, Princy Kumar, Bekana K. Tadese

“…Methods: This retrospective study utilised administrative claims data to identify adult people with HIV with antiretroviral therapy (ART) claims and HIV diagnosis codes from 01 January 2018 to 31 December 2018. …”
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Suitability of Mechanics-Based and Optimized Machine Learning-Based Models in the Shear Strength Prediction of Slender Beams Without Stirrups by Abayomi B. David, Oladimeji B. Olalusi, Paul O. Awoyera, Lenganji Simwanda

“…Accurate shear capacity estimation for reinforced concrete (RC) beams without stirrups is essential for reliable structural design. Traditional code-based methods, primarily empirical, exhibit variability in predicting shear strength for these beams. …”
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Exploring Wage Returns to Korean Language Proficiency Using a Semi-parametric Analysis by Junghyun Baik

“…Using nationally representative survey data from the Korean Education and Employment Panel Survey 1 (KEEP1), Korean proficiency is measured through reverse-coded levels of the College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) Korean Subject. …”
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Near-infrared Spectral Properties of Type Ib/Ic Supernova Progenitors and Implications for JWST and NGRST Observations by Moo-Keon Jung, Sung-Chul Yoon

“…While about 20 type II supernova (SN II) progenitors have been identified using optical data from the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), direct detection of type Ib/Ic supernova (SN Ib/Ic) progenitors remains challenging, due to their faint optical brightness and highly obscured environments. …”
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Ground Segmentation for LiDAR Point Clouds in Structured and Unstructured Environments Using a Hybrid Neural–Geometric Approach by Antonio Santo, Enrique Heredia, Carlos Viegas, David Valiente, Arturo Gil

“…The framework’s generalization is further validated on custom datasets (UMH-Gardens, Coimbra-Liv), showcasing robustness to sensor variations and environmental complexity. The code and datasets are openly available to facilitate reproducibility.…”
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Association between dental fracture and amalgam restoration: a case-control study by Luana dos Santos SOUZA, Victor RUANO, Rafael Santos ROCHA, Eduardo VARANDA, Taciana Marco Ferraz CANEPPELE, Eduardo BRESCIANI

“…Clinical Trial Register: (ReBEC) UNT code U1111-1215-7255.…”
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Physician‐Reported Facilitators and Barriers for Side Effect Management of Heart Failure Medications by Sabrina Mangal, Maryam Hyder, John Mancini, Kate Zarzuela, William McDonald, Monika Safford, Mark Lachs, Parag Goyal

“…Yet, there are few to no data on approaches used by physicians to: (1) elicit medication‐related side effects, (2) attribute these side effects to specific medications, and (3) take appropriate action. …”
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Mapping the spatial and temporal frequency of systemic lupus erythematosus in Brazil by Andreza Martyres, Alice Ramos-Silva, Fabiana Rabe Carvalho, Rodrigo Cutrim Gaudio, Katia Lino Baptista, Elisangela Costa Lima, Thalia Medeiros, Andrea Alice Silva

“…Methods: We conducted an ecological study based on data from patients treated in the Unified Health System. …”
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