Evaluation of immediate and sustained effects of transitioning quality long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs) services to public sector health facilities in Ghana: a pre-pos... by Yuen Wai Hung, Sara Riese, Kofi Issah, Claudette A. Diogo, Nirali Chakraborty

“…Methods Using a pre-post intervention design, facility structural quality, providers’ training, practice, and knowledge on the provision of LARCs, and clients’ perceived service quality were assessed in 8 Ghanaian regions. …”
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Just another tablet? Identifying barriers to statin uptake in patients living with HIV by Adam Darnley, Aarzoo Bhatia, Evelyn Ikekpeazu, Chitra Babu, Anna Garner, Orla McQuillan, Andrew Tomkins, Chris Ward, Clare Wood

“…For those offered a statin, clinicians must consider the burden of polypharmacy and potential side effects, underscoring the need for more balanced discussions. Structural barriers, particularly delays in GP appointments, further hinder uptake. …”
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CRYPTO-RESISTANT METHODS AND RANDOM NUMBER GENERATORS IN INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) DEVICES by Petro Klimushyn, Tetiana Solianyk, Oleksandr Mozhaiev, Yurii Gnusov, Oleksandr Manzhai, Vitaliy Svitlychny

“…Research methods: method of structural and functional analysis of RNG and IoT devices, cryptographic methods of information protection, methods of random sequence generation, method of stability analysis of systems, methods of construction of autonomous Boolean networks and Boolean chaos analysis, methods of quality assessment of random sequences. …”
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Efficacy and tolerability of rufinamide in the treatment of Lennox–Gastaut syndrome (experience of the Svt. Luka’s Association of Medical Institutions) by K. Yu. Mukhin, O. A. Pylaeva, M. Yu. Bobylova, L. Yu. Glukhova, N. V. Freydkova

“…We observed 64 patients aged from 1.5 to 26 years (44 men, 20 women) treated with rufinamide (Inovelon®). Among them, the structural etiology LGS was diagnosed in 36 patients, the genetic and presumably genetic etiology LGS – in 28. …”
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Prevalence and associated factors of HIV among female sex workers in Eastern and Southern Africa: Systematic review and meta-analysis. by Tigabu Kidie Tesfie, Getaneh Awoke Yismaw, Bantie Getnet Yirsaw, Habtamu Wagnew Abuhay, Meron Asmamaw Alemayehu, Nebiyu Mekonnen Derseh, Gebrie Getu Alemu, Muluken Chanie Agimas

“…<h4>Background</h4>Female sex workers (FSWs) are marginalized groups of the population who have limited access to healthcare and a higher risk of HIV infection due to biobehavioral and structural risk factors. Although it is known that the Eastern and Southern African region is affected by the highest HIV incidence and prevalence, understanding the burden among FSWs in the region remains limited. …”
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Point Cloud Registration for Lava Tube Surface Reconstruction Using Curvature-Optimized Projection by Jiaqi Yao, Yanqiu Wang, Wen Li, Yuan Han, Hognxu Ai, Zhenchen Ji, Fu Zheng, Zhibin Sun

“…First, the normal vectors were estimated and normalized on an unstructured point cloud using Principal Component Analysis. …”
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A comprehensive perspective on electric vehicles as evolutionary robots by Haoyang Che, Haoyang Che, Shaolin Wang, Shaolin Wang, Lei Yao, Ying Gu

“…As it stands, these mechanisms are evidently insufficient for realizing genuine evolutionary robots (ER), especially in unstructured environments. The overarching perspective of conceptualizing EV as ER is not always prominently featured in academic literature. …”
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Research on Parameter Compensation Method and Control Strategy of Mobile Robot Dynamics Model Based on Digital Twin by Renjun Li, Xiaoyu Shang, Yang Wang, Chunbai Liu, Linsen Song, Yiwen Zhang, Lidong Gu, Xinming Zhang

“…Exact kinematic model and control system of the robots is required to improve their location accuracy during movement on the unstructured surfaces. By a virtual engine and digital twins, this study put forward a visualization monitoring and control system framework which can address the difficulties in the intelligent factories while managing a variety of data sources, such as virtual–real integration, real-time feedback, and other issues. …”
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Virtual patients as the basis for problem-based learning of cardiologists by S. I. Karas, M. B. Arzhanik, E. E. Kara-Sal, E. V. Grakova, O. Y. Vasiltseva, W. Y. Ussov, V. Kh. Vaizov, K. V. Zavadovsky, V. M. Gulyaev, A. E. Baev, S. O. Kolganov, S. B. Kochetkov, V. V. Datsuk, T. B. Korneeva, G. K. Nozdrin

“…Every virtual patient is a structural model for a diagnostic and treatment process of a real patient augmented with textual and multimedia information. …”
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Torsion Pendulum Apparatus for Ground Testing of Space Inertial Sensor by Shaoxin Wang, Zuolei Wang, Dongxu Liu, Peng Dong, Jian Min, Ziren Luo, Keqi Qi, Jungang Lei

“…This paper provides a comprehensive overview of the apparatus’s operating principle, structural characteristics, and the results of laboratory tests of its background noise. …”
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Ferroelectric NAND for efficient hardware bayesian neural networks by Minsuk Song, Ryun-Han Koo, Jangsaeng Kim, Chang-Hyeon Han, Jiyong Yim, Jonghyun Ko, Sijung Yoo, Duk-hyun Choe, Sangwook Kim, Wonjun Shin, Daewoong Kwon

“…The page-level programming capabilities and intrinsic device-to-device variations enable gaussian weight distributions in a single programming step, without structural modifications. By modulating the incremental step pulse programming voltage step, we achieve precise weight distribution control. …”
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Unraveling the regulatory network of barley grain metabolism through the integrative analysis of multiomics and mQTL by Ruilian Song, Yixiang Wang, Yanjun Li, Qifei Wang, Siyu Zhang, Dongfa Sun, Genlou Sun, Longqing Sun, Xifeng Ren

“…Using this dataset, we excavate transcription factors and structural genes that regulate flavonoid metabolism pathway, and also reveal the complex mechanism of HvC1-1 and HvMYC-1 regulating grain color differentiation in the DH population. …”
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Reducing Inequality through Parental Support: Building Social Resilience in Indonesia’s Indigenous Religious Communities by Novianti Wiwik, Noegroho Agoeng, Saputra Diki, Bunga Maharani Annisa, Lotulung Leviane J.H., Pinky Syalomita Kimberly, Desmiwati Desmiwati

“…It contributes to Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 10, advocating for structural changes that promote diversity and social equality.…”
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Joint Probability Distribution of Extreme Wind Speed and Air Density Based on the Copula Function to Evaluate Basic Wind Pressure by Lianpeng Zhang, Zeyu Zhang, Chunbing Wu, Xiaodong Ji, Xinyue Xue, Li Jiang, Shihan Yang

“…Applying the air density based on the conditional return period in engineering design could enhance structural safety regionally.…”
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Genomic mechanisms of anxiety and depression pathogenesis in experimental models by A. V. Kalueff, K. A. Demin, A. D. Volgin

“…The report will for the first time provide data on the existence of several such putative brain genes whose expression in the hippocampus and cortex changes dynamically as stress transitions from the «anxiety» (10 days) to the «depressive» phase (20 days), including a number of cytokine and cellular structural genes whose expression is specifically altered only in the «transitional» stage (15 days). …”
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Furoic acid-based (non)energetic plasticizers for solid composite propellants production by Brzić Saša, Knežević Nataša, Kovačević Tihomir, Vuksanović Marija M., Marinković Aleksandar, Gržetić Jelena

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Impacts of local, provincial, and federal immigration policies on health and social services access among women with precarious immigration status by Hanah Damot, Shaina Schafers, Mei-ling Wiedmeyer, Stefanie Machado, Elmira Tayyar, Padmini Thakore, Ruth Lavergne, Shira Miriam Goldenberg, the IRIS team

“…., non-status immigrants, refugee claimants, students, temporary foreign workers, visitors, and other migrants) face structural barriers to health and social services access. …”
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Analysis of the dependence of the levels of markers of early kidney damage — cytokines KIM-1 and TGF-β1 in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis by L.I. Vakulenko, S.V. Samsonenko

“…The purpose was to analyze the risk factors for structural tubular lesions by studying the level of kidney injury molecule-1 (KIM-1) and transforming growth factor β1 (TGF-β1) in children with JIA, depending on the characteristics of the clinical course of the disease and the treatment received. …”
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The Use of Enhanced External Counterpulsation in the Treatment of Patients with Coronary Artery Disease by K. S. Karaganov, A. S. Lishuta, Y. N. Belenkov

“…To study the effect of the EECP course on exercise tolerance, quality of life, structural and functional parameters of blood vessels in patients with verified stable CAD complicated by CHF.Material and methods. …”
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Integrated transcriptomic and proteomic analyses provide insights into the biosynthesis of Lycii fructus polysaccharides from different cultivation regions by Limei Tong, Yinxiu Jiang, Xinrun Zhang, Xia Zhang, Yihao Zheng, Qiheng Zhao, Sheng Yu, Wenhua Zhang, Gang Ren, Zhanping Chen, Yuling Zhao, Sheng Guo, Hui Yan, Shulan Su, Yang Pan, Jin-ao Duan, Fang Zhang

“…However, the influence of ecological environments on the biosynthesis and structural characteristics of LFPs remains largely unexplored. …”
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