Floricane Blackberry Pruning Guide for Florida by Muhammad A. Shahid, Ali Sarkhosh

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“Looking Back: The Past, History and History Writing in Early America and the Atlantic World”, Third EEASA Biannual Conference by Yohanna Alimi

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Annual versus biannual azithromycin mass drug administration for the elimination of infectious trachoma in Africa: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis using data from individual communities by Jeremy David Keenan, Solomon Aragie, Taye Zeru, Getu Degu

“…Although no specific frequency of antibiotic distributions has been recommended, several randomised trials have compared annual with biannual mass azithromycin distributions. This review aims to synthesise the available data to assess the effectiveness of biannual azithromycin MDA relative to annual MDA.Methods and analysis PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, Scopus and Google Scholar will be searched for studies comparing annual and biannual mass azithromycin distributions for trachoma. …”
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Effect of biannual azithromycin on respiratory pathogens among symptomatic children: results from the randomised Macrolides Oraux pour Réduire les Décès avec un Oeil sur la Résistance (MORDOR) I trial by Jie Liu, Thomas M Lietman, Jeremy D Keenan, Kieran S O'Brien, Elodie Lebas, Amza Abdou, Benjamin F Arnold, James A Platts-Mills, Eric R Houpt, Stephanie A Brennhofer, Elizabeth T Rogawski McQuade, Ramatou Maliki, Jixian Zhang, Suzanne Stroup, Suporn Pholwat, Ahmed M Arzika

“…Introduction Biannual (ie, every 6 months) mass drug administration of azithromycin has reduced childhood mortality in Niger, but its effects on specific respiratory pathogens are not fully elucidated.Methods Across 2 years of the Macrolides Oraux pour Réduire les Décès avec un Oeil sur la Résistance (MORDOR) study in Niger, we evaluated 1468 nasopharyngeal swabs from children who presented for care with respiratory symptoms. …”
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Advanced characterization of deforestation frontiers in Nigeria utilizing deep learning and Bayesian approaches with sentinel-1 SAR imagery by Isiaka Lukman Alage, Yumin Tan, Ahmed Wasiu Akande, Agus Suprijanto

“…Addressing these challenges, we propose an innovative approach that integrates spatial and temporal features for biannual deforestation mapping using synthetic aperture radar data in hotspots, study site 1 (Akure) and study site 2 (Okomu) forest reserve (First and second halves of 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023). …”
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Modelling the health, financial protection and equity impacts of upscaling the ACT NOW early intervention breast cancer pilot program in the Philippines: an extended cost-effective... by Blake Angell, Stephen Jan, Mark Woodward, Sanne Peters, Merel Kimman, Alexander Chye, Nirmala Bhoo Pathy, Herdee Gloriane C Luna, Soledad B Lim, Helen Monaghan, Corazon A Ngelangel

“…This study aims to model the health and economic impacts of ACT NOW (a pilot breast cancer programme that navigates women through free early detection to treatment) through an extended cost-effectiveness analysis.Methods A microsimulation decision tree model was used to model the ACT NOW intervention (including annual clinical breast examination (CBE) and biannual breast ultrasound for women at high risk of breast cancer) over 5 years for healthy women 40–69 years old. …”
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Prevalence and Related Risk Factors of Intestinal Parasitosis among Private School-Going Pupils of Dharan Submetropolitan City, Nepal by Bijay Kumar Shrestha, Manita Tumbahangphe, Jenish Shakya, Anu Rai, Kabita Dhakal, Bidhya Dhungana, Romika Shrestha, Jyoti Limbu, Kabiraj Khadka, Santoshi Ghimire, Sujata Chauhan, Lata Chalise, Ashu Ghimire

“…Therefore, integration of control measures such as provision of clean and safe drinking water, improved sanitation and hygiene, with biannual administration of drugs are necessary for effective eradication of parasitic infections.…”
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Developing Global Leaders through International Partnership: A Collaborative Model for Graduate Nursing Programs by Stephanie Gingerich, Gudrun Jonsdóttir, Jennifer Wentzel, Carol Flaten, Judy Pechacek, Helga Bragadóttir

“…Evaluation data from the cohorts in the biannual programs in 2022 and 2024 (n=55) showed high satisfaction rates, with more than 90% of students rating the course as good or very good. …”
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Developing Global Leaders through International Partnership: A Collaborative Model for Graduate Nursing Programs by Stephanie Gingerich, Gudrun Jonsdóttir, Jennifer Wentzel, Carol Flaten, Judy Pechacek, Helga Bragadóttir

“…Evaluation data from the cohorts in the biannual programs in 2022 and 2024 (n=55) showed high satisfaction rates, with more than 90% of students rating the course as good or very good. …”
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Effects of environmental variability on population dynamics of golden carpet shell clam (Polititapes aureus) by José Manuel Parada, José Molares

“…The condition factor and mortality showed a clear annual periodicity, while growth rate G30 was biannual. Growth was fitted to a seasonal von Bertalanffy function, with L∞ = 43.6 mm; K = 0.360 y−1; C = 0.65 and ts = 1.21, with a confidence interval determined by bootstrapping. …”
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Long-Term Outcome of an HIV-Treatment Programme in Rural Africa: Viral Suppression despite Early Mortality by Roos E. Barth, Hugo A. Tempelman, Robert Moraba, Andy I. M. Hoepelman

“…We performed a retrospective observational cohort study, including 735 patients who initiated ART. Biannual monitoring, including HIV-RNA testing, was performed. …”
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Engagement and Preparedness of Urban Accredited Social Health Activists (U-ASHAs) for Delivery of Tuberculosis (TB) Care: Findings From two Cities in Maharashtra, India by Vidula S. Purohit, Shilpa Santosh Karvande, Daksha Y. Shah, Omprakash B. Vallepawar, Omprakash J. Yadav, Nerges F. Mistry

“…They were mainly involved in a biannual active case finding (ACF) and were recently envisioned as TB treatment supporters with poor clarity about other roles in TB care. …”
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Temporal variation in habitat quality shapes the distribution–abundance relationship in waterbirds at landscape scale by Constantinos Charalambous, Petr Musil, Mathilde Legoguelin, Zuzana Musilová, David Hořák

“…Here, we examine the DAR at the landscape level in a unique but overlooked model system, that is, a waterbird assemblage inhabiting fishponds within the Třeboňsko Basin Biosphere Reserve, Czechia. Using 12 years of biannual census data across 134 intensively managed fishponds, collected in May and July, we describe variation in the slope of the DAR, expressed as the association between bird density and fishpond occupancy. …”
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Nurture-U student mental health longitudinal survey: a study protocol by Kate E Saunders, Samuel R Chamberlain, Jemima Dooley, Edward R Watkins, Liz Forty, Sarah Rees, Anne C Duffy, Anthony Quinn, Ellen Marshall, Lucy Dorey, Kevin A Matlock, Alexandra Newbold, Lucy J Robinson

“…This study aims to address gaps in longitudinal data on student mental health in the UK and to identify risk and protective factors across diverse student populations.Methods and analysis The current Nurture-U survey is developed from the U-Flourish biannual survey study piloted at Queen’s and Oxford universities in Canada and the UK, respectively. …”
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Prevalence of Intestinal Schistosomiasis and Associated Factors among School Children in Wondo District, Ethiopia by Mustafa Geleto Ansha, Kemal Ahmed Kuti, Ephrem Girma

“…Thus, intensified effort is needed to address risk factors contributing to infection and control disease. Additionally, biannual mass drug administration with praziquantel is required according to the WHO standard.…”
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Impact of a potential Chlamydia vaccine in the USA: mathematical modelling analyses by Hiam Chemaitelly, Laith J Abu-Raddad, Houssein H Ayoub, Susanne F Awad, Monia Makhoul

“…The model’s calibration used age-specific CT prevalence data sourced from the biannual rounds of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys. …”
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IGJR 2/2019: Open topic issue on intergenerational justice by IF and FRFG

“…The journal is released biannually and employs a double-blind peer review process. …”
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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INCIDENCE OF BREAST CARCINOMA AND FIRSTDEGREE RELATIVE POSITIVITY by Ayesha Saeed, Tanya Fareed Khan Khakwani

“…The age group (45 till 60 yrs) as being the highest percentage of first degree relative positivity should be screened biannually. …”
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Participatory and Conventional Investigation of Tick Infestation in Camels and Cattle of Somali Pastoral Areas, Eastern Ethiopia by Mohamoud Mohamed Jama, Hassan Abdi Hussein, Shaban Mohamed Abdi, Teka Feyera

“…Finally, strategic tick control appropriate for specific management and production environments should be implemented biannually in wet seasons.…”
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Prevalence of Intestinal Parasites and Salmonella typhi among Food Handlers Working in Catering Establishments of Public Institutes Found in Dawuro Zone, South-Western Ethiopia by Abera Kumalo, Eyasu Gambura, Terfe Dodicho, Khawaja Shakeel Ahmed, Tamrat Balcha, Bahailu Beshir, Misrak Abraham

“…The prevalence of intestinal parasitic infection (IPI) and Salmonella among food handlers in the present study is relatively high compared to other different studies conducted in developed and developing countries. Therefore, biannually screening of food handlers for intestinal parasites (IPs) and periodic deworming of infected cases along with provision of food safety measures focusing on personal hygiene and environmental sanitation are recommended to control the parasitic infection in food handlers.…”
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