Availability and Quality of Size Estimations of Female Sex Workers, Men Who Have Sex with Men, People Who Inject Drugs and Transgender Women in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. by Keith Sabin, Jinkou Zhao, Jesus Maria Garcia Calleja, Yaou Sheng, Sonia Arias Garcia, Annette Reinisch, Ryuichi Komatsu

“…Overall quality and availability were assessed against a defined set of criteria, including estimation methods, geographic coverage, and extrapolation approaches. Estimates were compositely categorized into 'nationally adequate', 'nationally inadequate but locally adequate', 'documented but inadequate methods', 'undocumented or untimely' and 'no data.'…”
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Predictors of the Development of Major Adverse Cardiac Events following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention by Nouha Azaza, Fahad O. Baslaib, Akram Al Rishani, Mariam Ahmed, Jumana Al-Zainal, Mohamed Aboalela, Marian Gargousa, Geili Abdalla, Nadim Shah

“…The definition of MACE was a composite of death, in-hospital recurrent myocardial infarction (MI), in-hospital target vessel revascularization (TVR), and stroke. …”
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Flood Depth Estimation in Agricultural Lands From L and C-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar Images and Digital Elevation Model by Samvedya Surampudi, Vijay Kumar

“…However, detecting flood depth in emerging vegetation poses a complex challenge in terms of boundary estimation due to composite signatures that are manifested on SAR data. …”
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Research trends in cementitious materials via slags aqueous mineral carbonation: A bibliometric analysis by Muhammad Imran Rashid, Muhammad Nawaz, Muhammad Athar, Mahboob Ahmed Aadil, Asim Umer, Muhammad Mujtaba Abbas, Muhammad Nasir Bashir, Muhammad Mahmood Ali

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Ensemble Learning-Based Metamodel for Enhanced Surface Roughness Prediction in Polymeric Machining by Elango Natarajan, Manickam Ramasamy, Sangeetha Elango, Karthikeyan Mohanraj, Chun Kit Ang, Ali Khalfallah

“…The proposed model methodology employs a two-stage pipelined architecture, where classified data are fed into the model for regressive analysis. …”
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Exploration of iron ore deposits in parts of Kogi State, northcentral Nigeria: Analyses from airborne magnetic and ASTER datasets by Ayokunle Adewale Akinlalu

“…The signatures related to iron ore mineralization in the aeromagnetic data and ASTER dataset are consistent with each other. …”
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Repeatability of carbon dioxide and methane emissions and oxygen consumption by forage-consuming beef heifers by M.D. MacNeil, R.C. Waterman

“…Heifers (n = 30) from a three-breed composite population of beef cattle were used in this research. …”
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Comparative Efficacy of Finerenone versus Canagliflozin in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease and Type 2 Diabetes: A Matching-Adjusted Indirect Comparison by David Cherney, Kerstin Folkerts, Paul Mernagh, Mateusz Nikodem, Joerg Pawlitschko, Peter Rossing, Neil Hawkins

“…Canagliflozin was selected as a proxy for the SGLT2i class. Patient-level data of two randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of finerenone (FIDELIO-DKD and FIGARO-DKD) were used alongside aggregated data from CREDENCE, an RCT of canagliflozin. …”
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Health differences between rural and non-rural Texas counties based on 2023 County Health Rankings by Elizabeth Ekren, Shadi Maleki, Cristian Curran, Cassidy Watkins, Melinda M. Villagran

“…Methods Using 2023 County Health Rankings data from the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, the study analyzes rural/non-rural county differences in Texas across six composite indexed domains of health outcomes (length of life, quality of life) and health factors (health behavior, clinical care, socioeconomic factors, physical environment) with a chi-square test of significance and logistic regression. …”
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A comprehensive benchmark of very preterm and extremely preterm infant care in Shenzhen: insights from the triple aim framework by Lu Ding, Jinjie Huang, Xudong Yan, Guichao Zhong, Zhangbin Yu, Dong Liu, Benqing Wu

“…Methods This retrospective analysis utilized data from the Shenzhen Neonatal Data Network (SNDN) for 2022–2023. …”
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Quantitative benchmarking of nuclear segmentation algorithms in multiplexed immunofluorescence imaging for translational studies by Abishek Sankaranarayanan, Georgii Khachaturov, Kimberly S. Smythe, Shachi Mittal

“…Here, we benchmark and compare the nuclear segmentation tools commonly used in multiplexed immunofluorescence data by evaluating their performance across 7 tissue types encompassing ~20,000 labeled nuclei from human tissue samples. …”
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Optimization of Drying Parameters for Total Phenolic Content of Papaya Using Response Surface Methodology by Ferdusee Akter, Shireen Akther, Afroza Sultana, Md. Motiur Rahman, Ujjwal Kumar Deb

“…The response surface method and central composite design were used to design the experiment, and it was found that the drying conditions had a significant impact on the total phenolic content of papaya slices. …”
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Non-conventional pressure estimates by using transmission electron microscopy coupled with energy-dispersive spectroscopy (TEM-EDS): testing on submicrometer white mica from low-gr... by E. Sanità, M. Di Rosa, E. Mugnaioli, E. Mugnaioli

“…<p>Chemical compositions of mineral phases obtained using a common electron probe micro-analyzer are generally used in many fields of geosciences, like the reconstruction of pressure–temperature paths, because their accuracy ensures high-quality data. …”
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Mapping dominant plant communities in the degraded Zoige swamp using Sentinel-1/2 imagery and its implications for vegetation restoration by Guoying Zhang, Chuanpeng Zhao, Mingming Jia, Rong Zhang, Hou Jiang, Zongming Wang

“…In this study, we used Sentinel-1/2 imagery and digital elevation model (DEM) as the data sources to create median composite images for the fruiting and withering seasons of vegetation. …”
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Identification Method of Dynamic Propagation Process of Rock Fracture Based on Ground Penetrating Radar by CHEN Jun, ZHANG Bo, ZHUANG Xingyue, SONG Zhishu, ZHENG Jun

“…Finally, the fractures reach the "through-composite" stage, where the reflection signals merge into a complex waveform, forming a stable composite reflection structure. …”
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Estimating complications and mortality in patients with post-surgical chronic hypoparathyroidism in England: A retrospective matched cohort study by Narendra L. Reddy, Caoimhe T. Rice, Sara J. Carvalho, Jennifer A. Davidson, Elizabeth Glenister, Christopher T. Sibley, Alden R. Smith, Wahidullah Noori

“…Methods: This retrospective, matched cohort study was conducted using linked data from Clinical Practice Research Datalink Aurum, Hospital Episode Statistics, and Office for National Statistics death registrations. …”
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Exploring the decline in health index of the Qarhan salt lake region in Qinghai Province, China: A 40-year assessment by Pengfei Ji, Qian Shen, Ru Wang, Yue Yao, Bing Zhang, Wenting Xu, Yuting Zhang, Wenqi Kou, Wenxin Li

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Financial performance of hospitals in Europe – a scoping review by Katarzyna Dubas-Jakóbczyk, Costase Ndayishimiye, Przemysław Szetela, Christoph Sowada, Ewa Kocot

“…Abstract Background Hospitals constitute an essential part of health systems. Although fragmented data indicate that hospitals in many European countries face financial problems, no structured, comparative data are available. …”
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Safety and efficacy of stromal lenticule addition keratoplasty in the treatment of hyperopia: a retrospective study by Jing Zhang, Fangfang Sun, Jie Hou, Yulin Lei, Yahui Dong, Yafei Xu

“…Additionally, there were significant differences in Km, thinnest point of the cornea, and thickness of the central corneal epithelium compared to pre-surgical data (P all < 0.001). There were also significant differences in A1T, A2T, A2L, HCT, DA, and bIOP compared to pre-surgical data (P all < 0.05). …”
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Prevalence and predictors of sub-optimal laboratory monitoring of selected higher risk medicines in Irish general practice: a 5-year retrospective cohort study of community-dwellin... by Fiona Boland, Emma Wallace, Frank Moriarty, Tom Fahey, Caroline McCarthy, Ann Sinéad Doherty, Mark Feighery

“…Objectives To describe the prevalence of sub-optimal monitoring for selected higher-risk medicines in older community-dwelling adults and to evaluate patient characteristics and outcomes associated with sub-optimal monitoring.Study design Retrospective observational study (2011–2015) using historical general practice-based cohort data and linked dispensing data from a national pharmacy claims database.Setting Irish primary care.Participants 625 community-dwelling adults aged ≥70 years and prescribed at least one higher-risk medicine during the 5-year study period.Primary and secondary outcome measures The primary outcome was the prevalence of sub-optimal laboratory monitoring using a composite measure of published medication monitoring indicators, with a focus on commonly prescribed higher-risk medicines such as diuretics and anticoagulants. …”
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