Knowledge, attitudes and practice of healthcare providers regarding contraceptive use in adolescence in Mahalapye, Botswana by S. T. Tshitenge, K. Nlisi, V. Setlhare, R. Ogundipe

“…The majority (91.2%) of respondents felt confident to explain to adolescents how to use old contraceptive methods such as oral contraceptives or IUCD, less than half of the respondents (41.3%) were confident to explain how to use new contraceptive methods such as transdermal contraceptive patches or vaginal rings. Medical doctors felt more confident to prescribe new contraceptive methods compared with nurses, both vaginal rings (p-value = 0.0006) and transdermal contraceptive patches (p-value = 0.0003). …”
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Top-down vs. bottom-up control on vegetation composition in a tidal marsh depends on scale. by Kelly Elschot, Anke Vermeulen, Wouter Vandenbruwaene, Jan P Bakker, Tjeerd J Bouma, Julia Stahl, Henk Castelijns, Stijn Temmerman

“…However, we found that the patches reverted back to the initial vegetation type within 12 years. …”
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Cellular and ultrastructural characterization of the grey-morph phenotype in southern right whales (Eubalaena australis). by Guy D Eroh, Fred C Clayton, Scott R Florell, Pamela B Cassidy, Andrea Chirife, Carina F Marón, Luciano O Valenzuela, Michael S Campbell, Jon Seger, Victoria J Rowntree, Sancy A Leachman

“…Most SRWs have completely black skin with white patches on their bellies and occasionally on their backs; these patches remain white as the whale ages. …”
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CNN based method for classifying cervical cancer cells in pap smear images by Remita Austin, R. Parvathi

“…Classification of cervical cell clusters in whole slide images (WSI) has usually comprised two stages: segmentation to extract individual cell patches, and subsequently single-cell categorization. …”
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Infectious Bronchitis Virus (IBV) in Vaccinated and Non-Vaccinated Broilers in Brazil: Surveillance and Persistence of Vaccine Viruses by Gleidson Biasi Carvalho Salles, Giulia Von Tönnemann Pilati, Beatriz Pereira Savi, Mariane Dahmer, Eduardo Correa Muniz, Josias Rodrigo Vogt, Antonio José de Lima Neto, Gislaine Fongaro

“…In contrast, unvaccinated batches had a high prevalence of IBV GI-11 strains (70%). …”
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EUCALYPTUS OIL NANOEMULSION: EVALUATION OF IN VITRO ACTIVITY AGAINST TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI by Emmanuel Maduabuchi Uronnachi, Patience Sunday Ngbo, Somtochukwu Richard Ewuzie, Chidalu Benedicta Ikeotuonye, Anthony Amaechi Attama

“…Material and Methods: Several batches of the eucalyptus oil nanoemulsion were produced using Tween 80 and/or Span 80 as surfactants, in different proportions. …”
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NNHMC: An Efficient Stokes Inversion Method Using a Neural Network (NN) Model Combined with the Hamiltonian Monte Carlo (HMC) Algorithm by Chong Xu, JinLiang Wang, Hao Li, ZiYao Hu, XianYong Bai, JiaBen Lin, Hui Liu, ZhenYu Jin, KaiFan Ji

“…The NN model is used to speedily synthesize batches of synthetic Stokes profiles, accelerating the inference process. …”
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Studying the efficacy of JBOL volatile components in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) using GC-MS and network pharmacology by Aijun Zhang, Linghui Kong, Tong Li, Lei Shi, Juanjuan Jiang, Ping Li, Honglin Li, Xinru Han, Jian Li, Shuai Feng, Feng Li, Zhaoqing Meng

“…Finally, suitable quantitative methods were established and methodologically validated for these six compounds, and these methods were used to determine the content of 8 batches of JBOL and analyze the differences in content between batches.The present study provides a scientific basis for the quality control and standardization of its JBOL by identifying and analyzing its active volatile components.…”
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Stumpy forms are the predominant transmissible forms of Trypanosoma brucei by Jean Marc Tsagmo Ngoune, Parul Sharma, Aline Crouzols, Nathalie Petiot, Brice Rotureau

“…After ingestion of slender forms, infected flies were observed only in 1 out of 24 batches of non-immunocompetent teneral flies and with a high number of parasites. …”
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p38/AP-1 Pathway in Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Inflammatory Responses Is Negatively Modulated by Electrical Stimulation by Deok Jeong, Jaehwi Lee, Young-Su Yi, Yanyan Yang, Kyoung Won Kim, Jae Youl Cho

“…In this study, we focused on the anti-inflammatory activity of aluminum-copper patches (ACPs) under macrophage-mediated inflammatory conditions. …”
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Historical Manuscripts Analysis: A Deep Learning System for Writer Identification Using Intelligent Feature Selection with Vision Transformers by Merouane Boudraa, Akram Bennour, Mouaaz Nahas, Rashiq Rafiq Marie, Mohammed Al-Sarem

“…Leveraging vision transformer models, our methodology effectively learns complex patterns and features from extracted patches, enabling precise identification of writers across historical manuscripts. …”
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Construction of the Giant Panda National Park corridor and restoration of edible bamboo: A case study of from the Chengdu area region by Xing Wang, Yu-Ting Yang, Yan Wu, Yu Xie, Pei Tu, Mei-Ling Liu, Mei-Jiao Zhang, Tao Lu

“…Results revealed that (1) the habitat suitability index was high in the study region’s central area but low at the periphery, with fragmentation observed, particularly in the northeastern mountains; (2) eight giant panda habitat patches (C1–C8) and nine potential ecological corridors were identified, where C1–C6 patches were small and corridors exhibited low connectivity; and (3) four bamboo species were suitable for planting in the corridors, identified by overlaying corridor layers with bamboo suitability maps. …”
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Design of a polarization independent terahertz metamaterial absorber for biomedical sensing applications by Tasnim Mahfuz, Arif Hossan, Naymur Rahman

“…The proposed design consists of several L-shaped gold metallic patches over a polyimide substrate and a ground plane. …”
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Salmonella Typhi gut invasion drives hypoxic immune subsets associated with disease outcomes by Noa Bossel Ben-Moshe, Shelly Hen-Avivi, Liron Levy Efrati, Leia Veinman, Jennifer Hill, Daniel O’Connor, Marije Verheul, Lisa Stockdale, Florence McLean, Andrew J. Pollard, Roi Avraham

“…This signature was also evident in the mouse model in activated macrophages infiltrating into the Peyer’s patches, but not during infection with a mutant strain impaired for gut invasion. …”
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An IoT-Driven Real-Time Skin Disease Detection System using Machine Learning by Aliya Aftab, Dr.Hina Sattar, Muhammad Farhan Aslam, Touseef Hussain, Syeda Sitara Waseem

“…Psoriasis creates reddish patches due to the scale formation and the occurrence of thick patches. …”
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Planning Strategies for Increasing the Occupancy Rate of Green Open Space Based on Urban Geographic Data in Macau: An Investigation of Ultra-High-Density Cities by Jitai Li, Fan Lin, Hongcan Cui, Yile Chen, Shuai Yang

“…In addition, the research data show that the per capita green area of Macau Peninsula is on the low side and extremely unbalanced, and there is a disconnection between some of the large-scale green patches on Macau Outlying Island; therefore, this paper proposes that the planning layout mode of “green veins connecting green patches” is suitable for Macau Peninsula and that the planning layout mode of “greenways embedded in jade” is suitable for Macau Outlying Island. …”
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Camera Absolute Pose Estimation Using Hierarchical Attention in Multi-Scene by Xinhua Lu, Jingui Miao, Qingji Xue, Hui Wan, Hao Zhang

“…Therefore, it overcomes the limitations that solely focus on long-range pixel-level feature dependencies within images while neglecting local patches of image feature dependencies. Our approach has been validated on the 7Scenes and Cambridge benchmark datasets. …”
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A simple bandwidth‐enhanced magneto‐electric dipole with L‐shaped slots by Rong Li, Yan Yan, Yanhong Xu, Anyi Wang, Jianqiang Hou

“…To improve the impedance matching characteristics, two vertical rectangular patches are loaded in the middle of the horizontal portion of the Г‐shaped feed structure. …”
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Analysis of modern composite materials used in the manufacture of model kits for small-scale foundry production, obtained using bonding technology by M. L. Kalinichenko, L. P. Dolgiy, U. A. Kalinichenko

“…The article presents modern data on the materials used to create model kits, the method of their installation for use on any foundries, specializing in the repair and creation of castings by experimental or small-scale batches. The analysis of the used materials, adhesive compositions for their fastening, as well as economic indicators of the costs necessary for their production was made. …”
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The apothecary order – the origin and formation. Part 4 by K. S. Guzev

“…These papers contain lists of medicines made by pharmaceutists and alchemists of minerals and herbal raw material as well as prescriptions of using these drugs (vodkas, oils, ointments, patches, sugars, syr-ups, sweets, balms, etc.) by clerks of the Apothecary prikaz.…”
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