Impact of Thermal-Induced Turbulent Distribution Along FSO Link on Transmission of Photonically Generated mmW Signals in the Frequency Range 26–40 GHz by Luis Vallejo, Matej Komanec, Beatriz Ortega, Jan Bohata, Dong-Nhat Nguyen, Stanislav Zvanovec, Vicenc Almenar

“…Different thermal distributions along the FSO link have been implemented and Gamma-Gamma model has been employed to estimate the thermally induced turbulence. …”
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Perceived, objective, and applied numeracy among pregnant women engaged in home blood pressure monitoring in GhanaAJOG Global Reports at a Glance by Emma R. Lawrence, MD, Sanaya Irani, BS, Betty Nartey, MPH, Brittney Collins, BS, Elorm Segbedzi-Rich, MD, Andrea Pangori, MS, Titus K. Beyuo, MD, Cheryl A. Moyer, PhD, Jody R. Lori, PhD, Samuel A. Oppong, MD

“…A newer approach to this—patient-performed home monitoring—has not been widely implemented in low- and middle-income countries, including Ghana. …”
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Epidemiology and Molecular Characterisation of Multidrug-Resistant <i>Escherichia coli</i> Isolated from Cow Milk by Zarin Tasnim Mim, Chandan Nath, Abdullah Al Sattar, Rijwana Rashid, Mehedy Hasan Abir, Shahneaz Ali Khan, Md Abul Kalam, Shahanaj Shano, Rowland Cobbold, John I. Alawneh, Mohammad Mahmudul Hassan

“…It underscores the urgent need for strategic interventions to effectively manage and mitigate AMR in the Bangladeshi dairy sector, focusing on the prudent use of antimicrobials and implementing enhanced AMR surveillance.…”
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Protocol of the pilot study to test and evaluate the iCARE tool: a machine learning-based e-platform tool to make health prognoses and support decision-making for the care of older... by John P Hirdes, Hao Luo, Davide L Vetrano, Graziano Onder, Jonathan Chen, Violetta Kijowska, Katarzyna Szczerbińska, Johanna Edgren, Amaia Calderón-Larrañaga, George Heckman, Ron MC Herings, Johanna de Almeida Mello, Anja Declercq, Mark Hoogendoorn, Caitlin McArthur, Mari Aaltonen, Yi Chai, Karlijn J Joling, Micaela Jantzi, Rosa Liperoti, Melissa Northwood, Ilona Barańska, Agata Stodolska, Hein P J van Hout, Margaret Saari, Luca Mariotti, Emiel O Hoogendijk, Luke Turcotte, Louk Smalbil, Elizabeth P Howard, John N Morris, Daniela Fialová, Eline CM Kooijmans, Riikka-Leena Leskelä, Jokke Häsä, Georg Ruppe, Carmen Angioletti, Olena Antonenko, Shireen Aziz, Gustavo Betini, Jovana Brkič, Roberto Da Cas, Daniel Da Cunha Leme, Lu Dai, Cecilia Damiano, Natalia Drapała, Bonaventure Egbujie, Collin JC Exmann, Harriet Finne-Soveri, Charlene France, Tiziana Grisetti, Ira Haavisto, Sophie Hogeveen, Paweł Jagielski, Laurian Jongejan, Jet E Klunder, Ingrid Kummer, Anna Lukačišinová, Matti Mäkelä, Krista Mathias, Amanda Mofina, Reem Mulla, Mikko Nuutinen, Sandra Ochwat, Paula Pennanen, Jitka Pokladníková, Bregtje Proost, Ahmer Raza, Emanuele Rocco Villani, Jindra Reissigová, Erez Schachter, Katarzyna Sekulak, Chi-Ling Joanna Sinn, Andrea Vokálová, Adrianna Ziuziakowska, Mari Lahelma, Anna-Maria Hiltunen, Anna Salminen, Mor Alon, Collin Exmann, Wiebe Boorsma, Johanna de Almeida Mello, Hein PJ van Hout

“…Two pilot modalities—decision loop and non-decision loop—were implemented to assess the effect of the iCARE tool on clinical decisions. …”
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Acceptability of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine plus dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine in Papua New Guinea: a qualitative stu... by Elvin Lufele, Sophie Pascoe, Alice Mengi, Alma Auwun, Nalisa Neuendorf, John W. Bolnga, Moses Laman, Stephen J. Rogerson, Kamala Thriemer, Holger W. Unger

“…The present qualitative study assessed the acceptability of IPTp-SP plus dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DP) in Papua New Guinea, where IPTp-SP was implemented in 2009. Methods Individual in-depth interviews (IDIs) and focus group discussions were conducted at health facilities where a clinical trial evaluated IPTp-SP plus DP (three-day regimen) versus IPTp-SP plus DP-placebo. …”
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Development of the First Patient‐Reported Experience Measure (PREM) for Hearing Loss in Audiology Care—My Hearing PREM by Sian K. Smith, Georgina Burns O'Connell, Rebecca Knibb, Rosemary Greenwood, Saira Hussain, Rachel Shaw, Jean Straus, Jonathan Banks, Amanda Hall, Nisha Dhanda, Sian Noble, Helen Pryce

“…The PREM is undergoing further evaluation and refinement in preparation for investigating the feasibility of implementing it into clinical practice. Patient or Public Contribution Ongoing Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) with key groups (South Asian Women's groups, young people's groups, learning disability networks and student populations) was integral to the study. …”
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Mid-Infrared High-Power InGaAsSb/AlGaInAsSb Multiple-Quantum-Well Laser Diodes Around 2.9 μm by Hongguang Yu, Chengao Yang, Yihang Chen, Jianmei Shi, Juntian Cao, Zhengqi Geng, Zhiyuan Wang, Haoran Wen, Enquan Zhang, Yu Zhang, Hao Tan, Donghai Wu, Yingqiang Xu, Haiqiao Ni, Zhichuan Niu

“…Furthermore, a novel epitaxial laser structure was designed to acquire low optical absorption loss by decreasing the optical confinement factor in the cladding layer and implementing gradient doping in the p-type cladding layer. …”
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Trends of breastfeeding indicators in Brazil from 1996 to 2019 and the gaps to achieve the WHO/UNICEF 2030 targets by Gilberto Kac, Neilane Bertoni, Cristiano Siqueira Boccolini, Elisa Maria de Aquino Lacerda, Natália Oliveira, Nadya Helena Alves-Santos, Dayana Rodrigues Farias, Sandra Patricia Crispim, Leticia Barroso Vertulli Carneiro, Raquel Machado Schincaglia, Elsa Regina Justo Giugliani, Inês Rugani Ribeiro de Castro

“…Background The comprehension of breastfeeding patterns and trends through comparable indicators is essential to plan and implement public health policies.Objective To evaluate the trends of breastfeeding indicators in Brazil from 1996 to 2019 and estimate the gap to achieve the WHO/UNICEF 2030 targets in children under 5 years.Methods Microdata from two National Surveys on Demography and Health of Women and Children (PNDS-1996 and PNDS-2006) and the Brazilian National Survey on Child Nutrition-2019 were used. …”
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IORT for early-stage, low-risk breast cancer: Outcomes from a prospective, observational study by Amalia Palacios-Eito, María del Carmen Moreno-Manzanaro, María Espinosa-Calvo, Fátima Ginés-Santiago, Juan Adrián Camús-Martínez, Ángel Calvo-Tudela, Pilar Rioja-Torres, Sara Romero-Martín, José Antonio Miñano-Herrero, Gustavo R. Sarria, Sonia García-Cabezas

“…The treatment protocol replicated the experimental arm of the TARGIT-A trial, implementing stricter inclusion criteria and maintaining a risk-adapted approach. …”
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Relationship between occupational stress and occupational injury of workers in a cable manufacturing enterprise by decision tree model by Ting XU, Juan QIAN, Yishuo GU, Daozheng DING, Jianjian QIAO, Yong QIAN, Xiaojun ZHU, Jingguang FAN

“…ConclusionShift work, colleague relationships, and overtime work are correlated with the positive rate of occupational stress among cable manufacturing workers. Implementing a reasonable work schedule and fostering a positive work environment are recommended. …”
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Benefits, burden, and harms of computer aided polyp detection with artificial intelligence in colorectal cancer screening: microsimulation modelling study by Cesare Hassan, Alessandro Repici, Farid Foroutan, Lise M Helsingen, Michael Bretthauer, Mette Kalager, Marco Spadaccini, Yuichi Mori, Magnus Løberg, Per Olav Vandvik, Loredana Correale, Natalie Halvorsen, Nastazja Pilonis, Shanaz Sultan

“…Objective To estimate the benefits, burden, and harms of implementing computer aided detection (CADe) of polyps in colonoscopy of population based screening programmes for colorectal cancer.Design Microsimulation modelling study.Setting Cost effectiveness working package in the OperA (optimising colorectal cancer prevention through personalised treatment with artificial intelligence) project. …”
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Evaluation of antimicrobial resistance and virulence characteristics in Escherichia coli and Proteus mirabilis isolates from dead Crested Ibis embryos at the artificial breeding ba... by Gang Shu, Lu Qu, Weiyi Yang, Ziqin Lin, Hanqian Dong, Danqin Li, Haiqiong Yang, Wei Zhang, Haohuan Li, Funeng Xu, Hualin Fu, Juchun Lin

“…The co-presence and co-transfer of ESBL genes and virulence genes can pose a potential threat to the health of the Crested Ibis, and measures such as prudent use of antimicrobials, and constant surveillance of resistance and pathogenicity, must be implemented at the Crested Ibis breeding base.…”
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Analysis of COVID-19 reinfection and its influencing factors among primary healthcare workers in Jiangsu Province: a study based on the omicron variant epidemic by Mingwang Fu, Hualing Chen, Yongkang Qian, Yongjie Zhang, Haijian Guo, Ya Shen, Biyun Xu, Wantong Han, Haoran Zhou, Jinshui Xu, Bingwei Chen, Bingwei Chen

“…It is recommended that more targeted protective measures be implemented for high-risk groups, including appropriate work arrangements, regular health monitoring, and the promotion of healthy lifestyle habits.…”
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Integration of a medication reminder app into the RABBIT-SpA disease registry to record patient data on daily drug usage by Regierer, Anne C., Reich, Andreas, Weiß, Anja, Feuchtenberger, Martin, Zinke, Silke, Lorenz, Hanns-Martin, Syrbe, Uta, Böhm, Peter, Wiegand, Julius, Strangfeld, Anja, Poddubnyy, Denis, Baraliakos, Xenofon

“…Results: The integration process was successfully implemented. Personalized QR codes were generated from the registry documentation system, enabling patients to download the study version of the MyTherapy app and link their data using a second pseudonym. …”
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ARTEMIS: An independently validated prognostic prediction model of breast cancer incorporating epigenetic biomarkers with main effects and gene-gene interactions by Maojie Xue, Ziang Xu, Xiang Wang, Jiajin Chen, Xinxin Kong, Shenxuan Zhou, Jiamin Wu, Yuhao Zhang, Yi Li, David C. Christiani, Feng Chen, Yang Zhao, Ruyang Zhang

“…ARTEMIS has superior performance compared to existing models in terms of accuracy, extrapolation, and sample size, as indicated by the systematic review. ARTEMIS is implemented as an interactive online tool available at http://bigdata.njmu.edu.cn/ARTEMIS/. …”
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Associations Among Diet, Health, Lifestyle, and Gut Microbiota Composition in the General French Population: Protocol for the Le French Gut – Le Microbiote Français Study by Chloe Connan, Sébastien Fromentin, Mourad Benallaoua, Anne-Sophie Alvarez, Nicolas Pons, Benoît Quinquis, Christian Morabito, Julie-Anne Nazare, Elise Borezée-Durant, Florence Haimet, Stanislav Dusko Ehrlich, Karine Valeille, Alexandre Cavezza, Hervé Blottière, Patrick Veiga, Mathieu Almeida, Joël Doré, Robert Benamouzig

“…One obstacle is the substantial variability in wet-laboratory procedures and data processing implemented during gut microbiota studies, which poses a challenge of comparability and potential meta-analysis. …”
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Measuring biventricular function and left atrial volume in a single five-dimensional whole-heart cardiovascular magnetic resonance scan at 0.55T by Xavier Sieber, Katherine Binzel, Juliet Varghese, Yingmin Liu, Jerome Yerly, Christopher W. Roy, Panagiotis Antiochos, Milan Prsa, Ruud B. van Heeswijk, Orlando P. Simonetti, Matthias Stuber

“…Self-navigated five-dimensional (5D), x-y-z-cardiac-respiratory, free-funning whole-heart CMR using self-navigation (5D CMR) implemented on a low-field clinical scanner may help bridge this gap for biventricular function assessment and left atrium volume index measurement. …”
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Addressing Weather Data Gaps in Reference Crop Evapotranspiration Estimation: A Case Study in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa by Gabriel Garbanzo, Jesus Céspedes, Marina Temudo, Tiago B. Ramos, Maria do Rosário Cameira, Luis Santos Pereira, Paula Paredes

“…Various correction methods were tested, with the simple bias correction delivering the best overall performance, reducing RMSE to 0.99 mm d⁻¹ and 1.05 mm d⁻¹ for AgERA5 and MERRA-2, respectively, and achieving a normalized RMSE of about 22%. After implementing bias correction, the AgERA5 was found to be superior to the MERRA-2 for all the studied sites. …”
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Construction of a risk prediction model for occupational noise-induced hearing loss using routine blood and biochemical indicators in Shenzhen, China: a predictive modelling study by Wenting Feng, Wen Zhang, Yan Guo, Naixing Zhang, Liang Zhou, Dafeng Lin, Linlin Chen, Caiping Li, Liuwei Shi, Xiangli Yang, Peimao Li, Dianpeng Wang

“…On the test data set, the model achieved an AUC of 0.990. After implementing feature selection, the model was refined to include only 16 features, while maintaining strong performance on a newly acquired independent data set, with an AUC of 0.872, a balanced accuracy of 0.798, a sensitivity of 0.755 and a specificity of 0.840. …”
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Placental trophoblast aging in advanced maternal age is related to increased oxidative damage and decreased YAP by Song Guo, Song Guo, Qihao Pan, Qihao Pan, Baokang Chen, Baokang Chen, Yijuan Huang, Yijuan Huang, Si Li, Si Li, Chenyu Gou, Chenyu Gou, Yu Gao, Yu Gao

“…Maintaining YAP levels or implementing anti-oxidative stress interventions could potentially mitigate the incidence of complications involved AMA pregnancy.…”
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