Community-based surveillance of Chagas Disease: Characterization and use of Triatomine Information Posts (TIPs) in a high-risk area for triatomine reinfestation in Latin America. by Valéria Carla Faria Amaral, Millena Vieira Simões de Freitas, Gustavo Libério de Paulo, Silvia Ermelinda Barbosa, Janice Maria Borba de Souza, Bruno Silva Amaral, Liléia Gonçalves Diotaiuti, Raquel Aparecida Ferreira

“…For the first time in the scientific literature, a study is dedicated to characterizing TIPs operationally, structurally, and functionally, as well as understanding the factors that hinder their sustainability.…”
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Physical property-aware multi-UAV spatial coordination for energy-efficient mobile edge computing by Fengling Huang, Xuqi Su, Quanbao Wang, Fusen Guo

“…In light of the problem’s inherent nonconvex structure and computational intractability, we introduce a collaborative multi-operator Differential Evolution (DE) variant algorithm with a semi-adaptive strategy, termed CSADE. …”
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Reliability and validity of the Turkish version of oral health impact profile for edentulous subjects by Canan Bural, Onur Geckili, Ozge Erdogan, Kıvanç Bektaş Kayhan, Suleyman Cagatay Dayan

“…This showed that factorial analysis could be applied to the data set. The three-factor structure of the scale explained 81.1% of the observed variance. …”
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Small-scale variations in spider and springtail assemblages between termite mounds and the surrounding grassland matrix by Hannelene Badenhorst, Charles Richard Haddad, Charlene Janion-Scheepers

“…However, little is known about the influence of these mounds on the arthropod assemblage structure in the surrounding grassland matrix, and whether the mounds represent ecological islands. …”
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How will mandatory nutrition and ingredient labelling affect the wine industry? A quantitative study of producers’ perspectives by Evelyn Pabst, Gergely Szolnoki, Simone Mueller Loose

“…Keywords: Nutrition labelling, Ingredient lists, Production costs, Competitive advantage, Wine industry structure, Expected consumer reaction…”
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Barriers to Interconception Care Delivery in Primary Care: Clinician, Staff, and Patient Perspectives by Caitlin Somerville, Hannah Shireman, Amanda Geppert, Ashley McHugh, Emily White VanGompel, Jane L. Holl, Debra B. Stulberg

“…Contributing organizational limitations involve clinic structure, appointment availability, resources, and insurance coverage. …”
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A comparison of clinical communication skills between two groups of final-year medical students with different levels of communication skills training by Marietjie R. de Villiers, Martie van Heusden

“…The 2004 group was statistically significantly better in structuring the consultation by using signposting (p value = 0.02). …”
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Non-targeted metabolomic study in plasma in rats with post-traumatic osteoarthritis model. by Peng-Fei Han, Xi-Yong Li, Chang-Peng Zhang, Chang-Sheng Liao, Wei-Wei Wang, Yuan Li

“…The samples were divided into three groups: the surgically induced mild PTOA group (Group A: 3 weeks postoperative using the modified Hulth model; age 2 months), the surgically induced severe PTOA group (Group B: 5 weeks postoperative using the modified Hulth model; age 2 months), and the normal control group (Group C: healthy rats aged 2 months). Metabolites were structurally identified by comparing the retention times, molecular masses, secondary fragmentation spectra, collision energies, and other metabolite data with a database (provided by Shanghai Applied Protein Technology Co., Ltd.). …”
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Effect of Manipulation Methods and Storage Environments on the Microstructural, Chemical, and Mechanical Properties of Calcium-Enriched Mixture Cement by Leyla Roghanizadeh, Hassan Torabzadeh, Ardavan Parhizkar, Alireza Akbarzadeh Baghban, Saeed Asgary

“…D-I and D-W groups presented hexagonal or rectangular cubic and needle-like crystals, while D-P showed a homogeneous globular structure covered with fine crystals. The order of the weight percentage of major elemental constituents of D-P group was oxygen, calcium, phosphorus, zirconium, barium, carbon, silicon, and sulfur. …”
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Team Survivors: Preliminary Analysis of an Innovative Intervention to Promote Physical Activity in Survivors of Childhood Cancer and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant by Meghan K. Flannery, Jocelyn Morin, Katrina O’Malley, Debra Schmidt, Jennifer A. Hoag

“…Psychosocially, caregivers and survivors reported greater confidence and motivation for physical activity, improved coping, and increased social engagement and feelings of normalcy. (4) Conclusions: Mixed method results support the feasibility of Team Survivors in positively impacting survivors’ ability to engage in physical activity. The multifaceted structure of the program may more broadly impact psychosocial functioning in addition to physical activity. …”
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Strains and stressors: an analysis of touchscreen learning in genetically diverse mouse strains. by Carolyn Graybeal, Munisa Bachu, Khyobeni Mozhui, Lisa M Saksida, Timothy J Bussey, Erica Sagalyn, Robert W Williams, Andrew Holmes

“…Finally, we examined the behavioral structure of learning via principal component analysis of the current data, plus an archival dataset, totaling 765 mice. …”
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Nosocomial transmission of C. difficile in English hospitals from patients with symptomatic infection. by Esther van Kleef, Antonio Gasparrini, Rebecca Guy, Barry Cookson, Russell Hope, Mark Jit, Julie V Robotham, Sarah R Deeny, W John Edmunds

“…This correlation was modelled through a latent autoregressive structure of order 1 (AR(1)).<h4>Findings</h4>Forty-six hospitals (33 general, seven specialist, and six teaching hospitals) located in all English regions met our criteria. …”
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Hypoxia induces dilated cardiomyopathy in the chick embryo: mechanism, intervention, and long-term consequences. by Andrei Tintu, Ellen Rouwet, Stefan Verlohren, Joep Brinkmann, Shakil Ahmad, Fatima Crispi, Marc van Bilsen, Peter Carmeliet, Anne Cathrine Staff, Marc Tjwa, Irene Cetin, Eduard Gratacos, Edgar Hernandez-Andrade, Leo Hofstra, Michael Jacobs, Wouter H Lamers, Ingo Morano, Erdal Safak, Asif Ahmed, Ferdinand le Noble

“…<h4>Methods</h4>Chick embryos were exposed to hypoxia and cardiac structure was examined by histological methods one day prior to hatching (E20) and at adulthood. …”
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Enhancing Elementary Students' Numeracy Skills Through The Concrete Pictorial Abstract (CPA) Approach by Tri Suryaningsih, Khoerun Nisa, Rohmat Widiyanto, Asep Ediana Latip, Yubaedi Siron

“…The study used a posttest-only control group structure and a quasi-experimental methodology. Two randomly chosen classes make up the sample; one is the experimental group, and the other is the control. …”
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PERIODONTAL TISSUES STATUS OF PATIENTS WITH ORTHODONTIC PATHOLOGY by M. Falinskyy, S. Boitsaniuk, P. Ostrovskyi

“…Thus, patient’s motivation regarding oral hygiene is essential element for successful orthodontic treatment. The article presents data on the structure and the prevalence of dentofacial anomalies obtained during an epidemiological examination. …”
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More than a Bundle? Developing Adaptive Guidance for Task Selection in an Online, Semantic-Based Cognitive Stimulation Program by Ana Rita Batista, Vasiliki Folia, Susana Silva

“…However, task order is often overlooked, despite variations in difficulty based on structure or mode of implementation. This study examined users’ performance accuracy across the eight tasks that comprise the BOX semantic-based program, adapted for the Cerup/CQ online platforms. …”
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Attention Swin Transformer UNet for Landslide Segmentation in Remotely Sensed Images by Bingxue Liu, Wei Wang, Yuming Wu, Xing Gao

“…This model is based on structure of SwinUNet, attaching a channel Attention and spatial intersection (CASI) module as a parallel branch of the encoder, and a spatial detail enhancement (SDE) module in the skip connection. …”
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Efficient Small Object Detection You Only Look Once: A Small Object Detection Algorithm for Aerial Images by Jie Luo, Zhicheng Liu, Yibo Wang, Ao Tang, Huahong Zuo, Ping Han

“…Secondly, a cross-level multi-scale feature fusion structure, wave feature pyramid network (WFPN), is designed to enhance the model’s capacity to integrate spatial and semantic information. …”
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SELECTION OF THERAPEUTIC TACTICS FOR EARLY ANEMIA OF PREMATURE INFANTS WITH VERY LOW OR EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT: RETROSPECTIVE STUDY RESULTS by O. A. Senkevich, E. A. Smetanina, A. N. Yilg

“…We determined primary hematological morphological parameters and population structure of umbilical (at birth) and peripheral blood (after 30 days of treatment) leukocytes.Results: 32 premature infants with EAP underwent donor blood component transfusions, 26 — recombinant epoetin beta injections. …”
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Assessment of food addiction and its contribution to eating disorders and body mass index in the general population by Or Avraham, Roni Aviram Fridman, Danit Rivkah Shahar, Sigal Tepper

“…CFA supported a two-factor structure, and standardized factor loadings confirmed the validity of the mYFAS-HEB. …”
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