Context-Tailored Food-Based Nutrition Education and Counseling for Pregnant Women to Improve Birth Outcomes: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial in Rural Malawi by Penjani Rhoda Kamudoni, Lillian Kaunda, Marion Tharrey, Maggie Mphande, Shyreen Chithambo, Elaine Ferguson, Zumin Shi, Ibrahimu Mdala, Kenneth Maleta, Alister Munthali, Gerd Holmboe-Ottesen, Per Ole Iversen

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Phthalates and Non-Phthalate Plasticizers and Thyroid Dysfunction: Current Evidence and Novel Strategies to Reduce Their Spread in Food Industry and Environment by Francesca Gorini, Alessandro Tonacci, Chiara Sanmartin, Francesca Venturi

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Current experience and future potential of facilitating access to digital NHS primary care services in England: the Di-Facto mixed-methods study by Gary Abel, Helen Atherton, Jon Sussex, Nurunnahar Akter, Abodunrin Q Aminu, Wiktoria Bak, Carol Bryce, Christopher E Clark, Emma Cockcroft, Hamish Evans, Evangelos Gkousis, Georgia Jenkins, Caroline Jenkinson, Nada Khan, Jeffrey Lambert, Brandi Leach, Christine Marriott, Jennifer Newbould, Sarah Parkinson, Jo Parsons, Emma Pitchforth, Laura Sheard, Stephanie Stockwell, Chloe Thomas, Bethan Treadgold, Rachel Winder, John L Campbell

“…Background Current National Health Service policy in England encourages enhanced digital access in primary care service provision. …”
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Impact of strategic public health interventions to reduce tuberculosis incidence in Brazil: a Bayesian structural time-series scenario analysisResearch in context by Klauss Villalva-Serra, Beatriz Barreto-Duarte, Moreno M. Rodrigues, Artur T.L. Queiroz, Leonardo Martinez, Julio Croda, Valeria C. Rolla, Afrânio L. Kritski, Marcelo Cordeiro-Santos, Timothy R. Sterling, Mariana Araújo-Pereira, Bruno B. Andrade

“…Additional reductions were seen with increased coverage of DOT, TPT adherence, and contact investigation rates (−14.4 [−13 to −16.2]), and by combining these with efforts to reduce TB cases among vulnerable populations (−23.6 [−26.3 to −41.4]), potentially lowering incidence to 18.5 [7.8–28.4] per 100,000, though still above WHO targets. …”
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Evaluation of Temporal Changes in Evapotranspiration and Crop Water Requirements in the Context of Changing Climate: Case Study of the Northern Bucharest–Ilfov Development Region,... by Florentina Iuliana Mincu, Daniel Constantin Diaconu, Dana Maria Oprea Constantin, Daniel Peptenatu

“…The methodology used highlights this fact, showing that major changes are needed in the choice of crop schemes and future technological processes in the current context of climate change. The current results of the study, conducted over a period of 30 years (1991–2020), showed that the climatic, land use and economic changes in the study area have led to a decrease in evapotranspiration and crop water requirements due to the amounts of precipitation that can provide for the water needs of strawberry, sunflower and pea crops. …”
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MFFCI–YOLOv8: A Lightweight Remote Sensing Object Detection Network Based on Multiscale Features Fusion and Context Information by Sheng Xu, Lin Song, Junru Yin, Qiqiang Chen, Tianming Zhan, Wei Huang

“…Most current researches primarily focus on improving experimental accuracy using large models, often neglecting the deployment challenges. …”
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Mapping context of sedentary behaviour in older adults who are prefrail and frail: an analysis of secondary outcomes from a longitudinal study (MAPS-B) by Rong Zheng, Jonathan D Adachi, Alexandra Papaioannou, George Ioannidis, Alexander Rabinovich, Isabel B Rodrigues, Mayank Kalra, Dylan Kobsar, Steven R Bray, Qiyin Fang

“…Objectives To map the context of sedentary behaviour in older adults who are prefrail and frail during the winter and spring over 3 days (2 weekdays and 1 weekend) and to determine if certain types of sedentary behaviours are associated with health outcomes.Design Mixed methods, prospective longitudinal cohort study.Setting Community-dwelling older adults living in southern Ontario, Canada.Participants We recruited 21 older adults (72±7.3 years, 13 females, 13 frail) and experienced two dropouts.Results Participants accumulated a total of 18.4±2.6 hours/day of sedentary time in winter and 17.7±3.1 hours/day in spring. …”
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Child abuse prevalence estimates in Canada; comparisons of nationally representative data from 2012 to 2022: a population-based studyResearch in context by Tracie O. Afifi, Julie-Anne McCarthy, Ana Osorio, Lauren MacGowan, Tamara L. Taillieu, Ashley Stewart-Tufescu, Jitender Sareen, Harriet L. MacMillan, Lil Tonmyr, Ian Colman, Mark A. Ferro, Kelly K. Anderson, Jordan Edwards

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The epidemiology of bacterial meningitis in the United States during 2008–2023: an analysis of active, laboratory, population-based, multistate surveillance dataResearch in context... by Namrata Prasad, Miwako Kobayashi, Jennifer P. Collins, Amy B. Rubis, Gordana Derado, Miranda J. Delahoy, Daniel C. Payne, Lesley McGee, Sopio Chochua, Henju Marjuki, Lucy A. McNamara, LeAnne M. Fox, Arthur Reingold, Megan Barnes, Susan Petit, Monica M. Farley, Lee H. Harrison, Ruth Lynfield, Jessica Houston, Bridget J. Anderson, Ann Thomas, Keipp H. Talbot, William Schaffner, Adam L. Cohen, Stephanie J. Schrag, Melissa Arvay

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An Analysis of Supply Chain Macro-Strategies in the Context of Industry 4.0 with a System Dynamics Approach (The Case of: Iran's Steel Supply Chain) by Sima Motallebi, Mostafa Zandieh, Akbar Alem Tabriz

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Pharmacoeconomic rationale for switching patients with rheumatic diseases from original biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs to biosimilars in context of the Russian heal... by A. Yu Kulikov, V. G. Serpik, A. M. Lila

“…At the same time, in the context of budgetary constraints, switching to biosimilars remains perhaps the only available strategy for increasing the coverage of patients with innovative drugs. …”
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Is screening for microalbuminuria in patients with type 2 diabetes feasible in the Cape Town public sector primary care context? A cost and consequence study by H.O. Ibrahim, D. Stapar, B. Mash

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The recent trend of twin epidemic in the United States: a 10-year longitudinal cohort study of co-prescriptions of opioids and stimulantsResearch in context by Seungyeon Lee, Wenyu Song, David W. Bates, Richard D. Urman, Ping Zhang

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Ethnic disparities in the association between maternal socioeconomic status and childhood anemia in Peru: a nationwide multiyear cross-sectional studyResearch in context by Ali Al-kassab-Córdova, Claudio Intimayta-Escalante, Pamela Robles-Valcarcel, Diego Urrunaga-Pastor, Baltica Cabieses

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Derating of Electrical Contacts with Varying Surface Roughness by Veronika Kharina, Andrzej Kurek

“…Surfaces with lower roughness (R_z = 2 μm) exhibited better electrical conductivity, lower contact resistance, and slower temperature rise as the current load increased. …”
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Optimisation and clinical validation of a metagenomic third-generation sequencing approach for aetiological diagnosis in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of patients with pneumoniaRese... by Shanshan Zhang, Xi Li, Xia Li, Ying Fu, Long Chen, Wei Wang, Qinqing Lin, Hui Lou, Yake Yao, Wenyu Chen, Cheng Zhong, Jian Ye, Yinan Yao, Huimin Guo, Yunsong Yu, Hua Zhou

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Real-world uptake of nirsevimab, RSV maternal vaccine, and RSV vaccines for older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysisResearch in context by Daira Trusinska, Bohee Lee, Sohail Ferdous, Harley H.Y. Kwok, Becky Gordon, Junyi Gao, Liantao Ma, Hanbiao Xiong, Sir Aziz Sheikh, Jürgen Schwarze, John Busby, Cheryl Gibbons, Simon B. Drysdale, Sir Lewis Ritchie, Thomas Williams, Ting Shi

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DESIGN OF THE CONTACT POTENTIALS DIFFERENCE PROBES by K. U. Pantsialeyeu, U. A. Mikitsevich, A. L. Zharin

“…The phase detector-integrator based on the electronic antiphase switches with the modulation frequency of the contact potential difference and the integrator. Fullwave phase detection would greatly increase the sensitivity of the probe. …”
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Desigualdad urbana: la segregación residencial en contextos metropolitanos sin ordenación territorial integrada = Urban inequality: Residential segregation in metropolitan contexts... by José Manuel Gómez Giménez

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Contact Lenses in Pediatric Ophthalmological Practice by E. Yu. Markova, E. A. Perfilyeva

“…Currently, the indication for contact lenses use in children are the same as for the adults (with certain specific and limitations). …”
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