A community-based approach to address lung cancer screening disparities in the black community using the Witness Project® framework: development and pilot trial by Lisa Carter-Bawa, Jamie S. Ostroff, Deborah O. Erwin, Elan N. Shoulders, Detric Johnson, Mikhalya Brown, Francis Valenzona, Lina Jandorf

“…Witness Project® Lung presents a promising alternative to traditional health system-based interventions for improving lung screening rates among Black Americans. …”
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Challenges and motivating factors for integrating geostatistical models in targeted schistosomiasis control: A qualitative case study in Northwestern Tanzania. by Jake D Mathewson, Linda van der Spek, Dunstan J Matungwa, Anna Samson, Harry L S Coleman, Ente J J Rood

“…With no precedent on how outputs from a geostatistical model could be used to inform decision-making in Tanzania, this qualitative study explores perceptions on what may challenge and motivate program staff in Tanzania's national schistosomiasis control program to integrate the models into routine planning to guide disease control interventions.…”
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Self-adaptation of e-learning software based on observing the information environment by A. M. Bershadskiy, A. S. Bozhday, A. A. Gudkov, Yu. I. Evseeva

“…The configuration of the model of characteristics is a separate state of the self-adaptive system, they are generated automatically during the program’s life cycle as follows: based on an array of user reviews, a semantic network of basic concepts characterizing the program is formed, which is further compared with the original model of characteristics and personal characteristics of the user who left review. …”
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HPV Vaccine Delivery Strategies to Reach Out-of-School Girls in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Narrative Review by Erica N. Rosser, Megan D. Wysong, Joseph G. Rosen, Rupali J. Limaye, Soim Park

“…The articles discussed barriers at the individual (e.g., lack of parental consent), facility/program delivery (e.g., lack of transportation for vaccines), and community (e.g., distance from homes to vaccination services) levels to HPV vaccine delivery, as well as solutions at the facility/program delivery (e.g., pilot programs) and community (e.g., multi-level partnerships) levels. …”
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An Evidence-Based Medical Review on Preoperative Exercise Prehabilitation in Lung Cancer Patients by Zhang R, Wu M, Cheng Y, Xu Y, Xia L

“…Twenty-two pieces of evidence were summarized from seven aspects: patient selection and assessment, exercise implementation and supervision, type of the exercise program, exercise prescription, safety of the exercise program, adherence to exercise program and exercise outcome evaluation.Conclusion: The evidence presented in this study is scientific, comprehensive and of good clinical applicability, which can provide an evidence-based basis for medical staff to carry out preoperative exercise prehabilitation of lung cancer patients.Keywords: lung neoplasms, prehabilitation, preoperative exercise, evidence summary, evidence-based nursing…”
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Warning! This is not your typical mentor training: an invitation to explore a video-based mentor training to prepare mentor teachers for their roles in the classroom by Jamie Silverman, Michelle Pasko

“…Great value exists in its accessibility, adaptability (we can upload new videos at any time) and representation of both the mentor and TC perceptions, suggestions and experiences in our program.…”
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Spin Bias in randomized controlled trials of botulinum toxin for bruxism management: a meta-epidemiologic study by Graziela De Luca Canto, Patrícia Pauletto, Cristine Miron Stefani, Thais Marques Simek Vega Gonçalves, Nelson Carvas Junior, Carlos Flores-Mir, Ana Carolina Pereira Nunes Pinto, Virginia Fernandes Moça Trevisani

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Sampling and Comparison of Extraction Techniques Coupled with Gas Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) for the Analysis of Substrates Exposed to Explosives by Himanshi Upadhyaya, Alexis J. Hecker, John V. Goodpaster

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Algorithm for Processing X-ray Images Using Fuzzy Logic by A. S. Mannaa

“…This gap is filled by the presented work. The algorithm developed by the author is described. …”
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Assessing the Elderly Health-related Unmet Needs and Some Related Factors in Hamadan City, Iran by Fatemeh Mansouri-Shad, Parvin Cheraghi, Sediqheh Mafakheri-Bashmagh, Qhadir Nouri, Zahra Cheraghi

“…To promote healthy and dynamic aging, it is essential to identify basic and immediate needs, continuously monitor progress, improve the quality and quantity of program services, and review the elderly care program. …”
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Many-Objective Truss Structural Optimization Considering Dynamic and Stability Behaviors by João Marcos P. Vieira, José Pedro G. Carvalho, Dênis E. C. Vargas, Érica C. R. Carvalho, Patrícia H. Hallak, Afonso C. C. Lemonge

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Evaluation of One Health approach measures implemented in response to the human rabies outbreak in the Maxakali Indigenous Land, Brazil by Dilceu Silveira Tolentino Júnior, Maryana Santos Vasconcelos Marques, Jomar Otávio Zatti Pereira, Roberto Carlos de Oliveira

“…Abstract Background This article presents and evaluates the One Health interventions implemented after a rabies outbreak in indigenous Maxakali children living in the Pradinho Village in the municipality of Bertópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil, which occurred between April and May 2022, in the third month and in the first year after the event. …”
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El Enfoque de Competencias para formar Emprendedores: Evaluación del modelo de la Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, México (The role of competence focusing in entrepreneur shaping:... by Luis Carlos G. Cantón Castillo, Alan García Lira, Magaly Carmen Iuit González

“…Results showed that both the entrepreneurial program and its outcomes closely followed the “MEFI” guidelines and that students surveyed showed a significant increase in learning after participating in the program, either acquiring or perfecting entrepreneurial knowledge.…”
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Multiwavelength Afterglow Analysis of GRB 221009A: Unveiling the Evolution of a Cooling Break in a Wind-like Medium by Donggeun Tak, Z. Lucas Uhm, Gregory S. H. Paek, Myungshin Im, Makoto Arimoto, Hyeonho Choi, Sophia Kim, Nicola Omodei, Judith Racusin, Yuji Urata, Bing Zhang

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Second Edition of the Scientists of Tomorrow/Cientistas do Amanhã Project: advancing scientific thinking, methodology, and equitable education by Érika Bevilaqua Rangel, Victoria Tomaz, André Luiz Teles e Silva, Érica Kássia de Sousa Vidal, Isabella de Sousa Nóbrega, Alexandre Giannecchini Romagnolo, Olívia Furiama Metropolo Dias, Marcella Liciani Franco, Guilherme Ferreira de Britto Evangelista, Pedro Cancello, Thiago Pinheiro Arrais Aloia, Guilherme Martelossi Cebinelli, Lorrayne Belotti, Letícia Yamawaka de Almeida, Ilana Eshriqui Oliveira, Daiana Bonfim, Raymundo Machado de Azevedo Neto, Ronaldo Hueb Baroni, Marcella Zuliani Lopes Soares, Priscilla Cerullo Hashimoto, Thomaz Bittencourt Couto, João Carlos Barbosa, Luciana Cintra, Camila Hernandes, Elisa Harumi Kozasa, Eliseth Ribeiro Leão, Lionel Fernel Gamarra, Luciano Cesar Pontes de Azevedo, Luiz Vicente Rizzo

“…In the second edition, the program featured 17 students and 35 activities from the beginning of August to the end of November 2023. …”
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Postimplantation syndrome following stentless thoracic endovascular aortic repair of chronic aortic dissection by Justin Blackman, MS, Brandon McGuinness, MSc, MD, Vamshi K. Kotha, MD

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Severe Starvation-Induced Hepatocyte Autophagy as a Cause of Acute Liver Injury in Anorexia Nervosa: A Case Report by S. Restellini, L. Spahr, L. Rubbia Brandt

“…Mild elevation of transaminase may be observed in anorexia nervosa, but acute liver injury is uncommon. A complex programmed cell death in response to starvation, called autophagy, has been described in experimental and human studies. …”
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Radiochemical Methodologies Applied to Analytical Characterization of Low and Intermediate Level Wastes from Nuclear Power Plants by Roberto Pellacani Monteiro, Aluísio Souza Reis Junior, Geraldo Frederico Kastner, Eliane Silvia Codo Temba, Thiago César de Oliveira, Ângela Maria Amaral, Milton Batista Franco

“…The aim of this work is to present radiochemical methodologies developed at CDTN/CNEN in order to answer a program for isotopic inventory of radioactive wastes from Brazilian Nuclear Power Plants.  …”
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THE INFLUENCE OF SURFACTANT AND PROTECTIVE COLLOID ON POLYVINYL ACETATE EMULSION SYNTHESIZED BY EMULSION POLYMERIZATION TECHNIQUE by Adam Jaya, M. A. Elita Hafizah, A. Manaf, Andreas Andreas

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Nivolumab resistance in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma patients and future perspectives by Karolina Buchajska, Anna Mydlak, Jakub Zwoliński, Kinga Wojtaszczyk, Bartosz Spławski

“…Intrinsic mechanisms, such as mutations that impair antigen presentation and MYC amplification, reshape the TME to promote immune evasion. …”
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