Quantifying uncertainty in anthropogenic causes of injury and mortality for an endangered baleen whale by Daniel W. Linden, Jeffrey A. Hostetler, Richard M. Pace III, Lance P. Garrison, Amy R. Knowlton, Véronique Lesage, Rob Williams, Michael C. Runge

“…We developed a multistate capture–recapture model that leveraged 30 years of intensive survey effort yielding sightings of individuals with injury assessments and necropsies of carcass recoveries. …”
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Discriminatory power of trabeculectomy bleb internal reflectivity and morphology in surgical success using anterior segment optical coherence tomography by Jeremy C.K. Tan, Matthew Roney, Matteo Posarelli, Abdus Samad Ansari, Mark Batterbury, Neeru A. Vallabh

“…Swept source AS-OCT was used to capture filtering blebs in the sagittal plane. Standardised regions of interests on the sagittal plane were segmented, and pixel intensity values and bleb height were measured. …”
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Intensive home visiting for adolescent mothers in the Family Nurse Partnership in England 2010–2019: a population-based data linkage cohort study using propensity score matching by Ruth Gilbert, Jan van der Meulen, Katie Harron, Eilis Kennedy, Sally Kendall, Francesca Cavallaro

“…Future evaluations should capture more information on maternal risk factors and additional outcomes relating to maternal/child well-being.…”
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Community credit scores and community socioeconomic deprivation in association with type 2 diabetes across an urban to rural spectrum in Pennsylvania: a case–control study by Jonathan Pollak, Melissa N Poulsen, Karen Bandeen-Roche, Katherine Moon, Joseph DeWalle, Annemarie G Hirsch, Brian S Schwartz, Lorraine Dean, Meghann Reeder

“…Stratified models assessing independent effects of CCS and CSD showed mainly consistent associations, indicating each community-level measure was independently associated with T2D.Conclusion CCS may capture novel, health-salient aspects of community socioeconomic conditions, though questions remain regarding the mechanisms by which it influences T2D and how these differ from CSD.…”
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A Pine Wilt Disease Detection Model Integrated with Mamba Model and Attention Mechanisms Using UAV Imagery by Minhui Bai, Xinyu Di, Lechuan Yu, Jian Ding, Haifeng Lin

“…The experimental dataset presented in this paper comprises images of pine trees captured by UAVs in mixed forests. The images were gathered primarily during the spring of 2023, spanning the months of February to May. …”
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Enhance Research and Innovation in ICT products, Applications, and Services by Businge, Phelix Mbabazi

“…The study was guided by MICTIVO model (2009) of ICT integration which captures most of the factors for the Integration of ICT in education by looking at infrastructure and policy, perceptions, competences and integration at micro-level, and not only at ICT integration in curriculum development. …”
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Evaluation of Government Programmes on Enhancing the Lives of the Elderly: A Case Study of Social Assistance Grant for Empowerment in Mitooma District. by Natuha, Prossy

“…From the findings, establishing appropriate benefit levels and ensuring appropriate targeting. Given the nature of cash transfers, checks and balances need to be in place to avoid elite capture and ensure efficient use of the funds. …”
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Categorising implementation determinants and strategies within the US HIV implementation literature: a systematic review protocol by Justin D Smith, Brian Mustanski, Virginia McKay, James Lorenz Merle, Dennis Li, Brennan Keiser, Alithia Zamantakis, Artur Queiroz, Carlos G Gallo, Juan A Villamar, Juan Pablo Zapata, Nanette Benbow

“…Between November 2020 and January 2022, a broad database search strategy of Ovid MEDLINE, PsycINFO and Web of Science was conducted to capture implementation-related studies along the HIV prevention and care continuum. …”
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Breeding practices and selection criteria in Gudali cattle breed from Benin: implications for the design of a community-based breeding program by Loukaiya Zorobouragui, Loukaiya Zorobouragui, Isidore Houaga, Isidore Houaga, Alassan S. Assani, Hilaire S. S. Worogo, Lionel Kinkpe, Kathiravan Periasamy, Ibrahim T. Alkoiret

“…The proposed mitigation strategies include establishing pasture areas and strengthening collaboration among stakeholders. …”
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Association Between Surgeon Sex and Days Alive at Home Following Surgery: A Population-Based Cohort Study by Kiyan Heybati, BHSc, Raj Satkunasivam, MD, MS, Khatereh Aminoltejari, MD, MSc, FRCSC, Hannah S. Thomas, MBChB, MS, Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD, Natalie Coburn, MD, MPH, Frances C. Wright, MD, Med, FRCSC, Lesley Gotlib Conn, PhD, Amy N. Luckenbaugh, MD, Sanjana Ranganathan, MD, Carlos Riveros, MD, Colin McCartney, MBChB, PhD, FRCA, FFARCSI, FRCPC, Kathleen Armstrong, MD, MSc, FRCSC, Barbara Bass, MD, Allan S. Detsky, MD, PhD, CM, Angela Jerath, MD, MSc, Christopher J. D. Wallis, MD, PhD

“…DAH is a validated measure, shown to better capture the patient experience of postoperative recovery. …”
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Marker-Less Video Analysis of Infant Movements for Early Identification of Neurodevelopmental Disorders by Roberta Bruschetta, Angela Caruso, Martina Micai, Simona Campisi, Gennaro Tartarisco, Giovanni Pioggia, Maria Luisa Scattoni

“…Automatic motion tracking was performed using deep learning to capture infants’ body landmarks and extract a set of kinematic parameters. …”
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ER-GMMD: Cross-Scene Remote Sensing Classification Method of <italic>Tamarix chinensis</italic> in the Yellow River Estuary by Liying Zhu, Yabin Hu, Guangbo Ren, Na Qiao, Ziyue Meng, Jianbu Wang, Yajie Zhao, Shibao Li, Yi Ma

“…<italic>Tamarix chinensis</italic> exhibits a wide distribution that is difficult to capture within a single remote sensing image, while its frequent interspersion with other vegetation results in significant intermixing. …”
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Newly adopted dromedary husbandry systems and breeding practices in the Algerian northern Sahara by Hafsia Bedda, Imane Hamdi, Baaissa Babelhadj, Yamina Benbessisse, Abdelkader Adamou

“…The food resources used for dromedaries were natural pastures, crop residues and harvest residues. …”
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Photon sensor-based monitoring of spatial variations in canopy FIPAR for crop growth assessment by Jian Wang, Zhenggui Zhang, Xin Li, Lu Feng, Xiaofei Li, Minghua Xin, Shiwu Xiong, Yingchun Han, Shijie Zhang, Xiaoyu Zhi, Beifang Yang, Guoping Wang, Yaping Lei, Zhanbiao Wang, Yabing Li

“…The photon sensor-based fraction of intercepted photosynthetically active radiation (FIPAR) monitoring system was demonstrated to provide accurate real-time tracking of crop growth. It was designed to capture spatial variations in FIPAR across the canopy profile throughout the entire crop growth season. …”
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NDVI Estimation Throughout the Whole Growth Period of Multi-Crops Using RGB Images and Deep Learning by Jianliang Wang, Chen Chen, Jiacheng Wang, Zhaosheng Yao, Ying Wang, Yuanyuan Zhao, Yi Sun, Fei Wu, Dongwei Han, Guanshuo Yang, Xinyu Liu, Chengming Sun, Tao Liu

“…This method leverages deep learning to capture structural changes in crop populations, optimizing conventional image features and improving NDVI estimation accuracy. …”
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A Cross-Stage Focused Small Object Detection Network for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Assisted Maritime Applications by Gege Ding, Jiayue Liu, Dongsheng Li, Xiaming Fu, Yucheng Zhou, Mingrui Zhang, Wantong Li, Yanjuan Wang, Chunxu Li, Xiongfei Geng

“…This study introduces an innovative detection framework, CFSD-UAVNet, designed to boost the accuracy of detecting minor objects within imagery captured from elevated altitudes. To improve the performance of the feature pyramid network (FPN) and path aggregation network (PAN), a newly designed PHead structure was proposed, focusing on better leveraging shallow features. …”
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<i>‘Changing the Focus’</i>: Co-Design of a Novel Approach for Engaging People with Dementia in Physical Activity by Claudia Meyer, Den-Ching A. Lee, Michele Callisaya, Morag E. Taylor, Katherine Lawler, Pazit Levinger, Susan Hunter, Dawn C. Mackey, Elissa Burton, Natasha Brusco, Terry Haines, Christina L. Ekegren, Amelia Crabtree, Keith D. Hill

“…Conclusion: This study captured the views of physical activity referrers and providers and informal care partners in an inclusive and iterative manner. …”
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Detection and Classification of Teacher-Rated Children&#x2019;s Activity Levels Using Millimeter-Wave Radar and Machine Learning: A Pilot Study in a Real Primary School Environment by Tianyi Wang, Takuya Sakamoto, Yu Oshima, Itsuki Iwata, Masaya Kato, Haruto Kobayashi, Manabu Wakuta, Masako Myowa, Tokomo Nishimura, Atsushi Senju

“…Results indicate the successful detection of restlessness using millimeter-wave radar, demonstrating its potential to capture nuanced body movements in a privacy-protected manner. …”
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Study protocol: an observational study of distress, immune function and persistent pain in HIV by John A Joska, Mark R Hutchinson, Maia Lesosky, Victoria J Madden, Ncumisa Msolo, Luyanduthando Mqadi, Gillian J Bedwell, Jonathan Grant Peter, Romy Parker, Andrew Schrepf, Robert R Edwards

“…This prospective, observational, case–control study will characterise the relationships between distress, IR, pain-related signalling as captured by induced secondary hyperalgesia (SH), and pain, in people with HIV who report persistent pain (PP) (cases) or no pain (controls).Methods and analysis One hundred people with suppressed HIV, reporting either PP or no pain, will be assessed two or four times over 6 months. …”
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Cattle on the rocks: Understanding cattle mobility, diet, and seasonality in the Iberian Peninsula. The Middle Neolithic site of Cova de les Pixarelles (Tavertet, Osona). by Roger Alcàntara Fors, Richard Madgwick, Laura C Viñas-Caron, Alexandra J Nederbragt, Maria Saña Seguí

“…Results indicate that the Neolithic communities that used Cova de les Pixarelles managed these animals to obtain optimal pastures, moving them seasonally from lowland areas to higher mountain plateaus and carefully managing their reproduction cycles. …”
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