A community-based vector control intervention "Slash and Clear" implemented in two onchocerciasis-endemic foci in South Sudan. by Thomson Luroni Lakwo, Joseph Siewe Fodjo, Stephen Raimon Jada, Peter Alinda, Moses Tionga, Constantino Doggale Remijo Marcello, Deng Gai Dual War, Marina Saleeb, Robert Colebunders

“…On the Naam River (14 months of follow-up), Mann-Kendall trend tests showed non-significant reductions in MBRs at both intervention (tau = -0.038, p-value = 0.881) and control sites (tau = -0.135, p-value = 0.313). …”
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MST-AI: Skin Color Estimation in Skin Cancer Datasets by Vahid Khalkhali, Hayan Lee, Joseph Nguyen, Sergio Zamora-Erazo, Camille Ragin, Abhishek Aphale, Alfonso Bellacosa, Ellis P. Monk, Saroj K. Biswas

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Fiscal Sustainability in Iran A Markov-Switching Fiscal Regime Change and Time-Varying Parameter Models Approach by Hossein Aghilifar, Khosrow Piraei, Hashem Zare, Mehrzad Ebrahimi

“…Among the constant parameter linear and non-linear models, only the linear model including control variables has a significant debt-to-GDP ratio coefficient, which its sign is negative. …”
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Multi-Physical Field Coupling Analysis of Electro-Controlled Permanent Magnet Blank Holder Processes Considering Thermal Magnetic Losses by Zhanshan Wang, Linyuan Meng, Gaochao Yu, Xiaoyu Ji

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Examining the Design of Different Types of DM EMI Filters and Their Effect on EMI Noise and Control Characteristics for Cuk DC-DC Converter by Erdal Şehirli

“…Although, DM EMI is so important for any power converter, the effect of DM filter is not investigated in detail in literature with respect to control characteristics and DM noise reduction. The main contribution of this paper is comparisons of DM EMI filter topologies regarding control characteristics and EMI noise reduction which is not presented in the literature. …”
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Correlates of duration between initial drug use and first drug injection among people who inject drugs in Iran, 2020 by Zahra Abdolahinia, Zahra Jaafari, Ali Karamoozian, Soheil Mehmandoost, Nima Ghalekhani, Mehrdad Khezri, Ghazal Mousavian, Mostafa Shokoohi, Ali Mirzazadeh, Ali Akbar Haghdoost, Mohammad Karamouzian, Mohammad Mehdi Gooya, Samaneh Akbarpour, Hamid Sharifi, Fatemeh Tavakoli

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Monitoring and early warning of ovarian cancer using high-dimensional non-parametric EWMA control chart based on sliding window by Bin Wu, Wen Zhong, Yixing Ren, Zhongli Zhou, Liu Liu

“…Traditional approaches use dimensionality reduction techniques, like principal component analysis and deep learning, to select relevant features, followed by univariate or multivariate control charts for monitoring. …”
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Family Intervention Models for Young Adults with Substance Abuse: A Systematic Review by Kodikuthiyel Vijayan Binumon, Sinu Ezhumalai, Navaneetham Janardhana, Prabhat Kumar Chand

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Optimizing strategy for cervical cancer prevention in china: a comprehensive modeling analysis by Dachuang Zhou, Di Zhang, Yi Wang, Kejia Zhou, Wenxi Tang

“…The model parameters were calibrated using least-squares fitting against real-world data and simulation results for the no-intervention scenario. …”
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Antimicrobial Efficacy of Impregnated Human Acellular Dermal Substitutes in Burn Wound Models by Marianna Hajská, Elena Kurin, Silvia Bittner Fialová, Marian Vidiščák, Arpád Panyko

“…<b>Background/Objectives</b>: This study investigates the antimicrobial and cytocompatibility profiles of ADMs impregnated with various antimicrobial agents, using in vitro planktonic and biofilm burn wound models. While the incorporation of antimicrobials into scaffolds has been previously explored, this study is, to our knowledge, the first to directly compare seven clinically relevant antimicrobial agents after they were impregnated into an ADM in a standardized in vitro model. …”
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Design of a Micro-Plant Factory Using a Validated CFD Model by Xinxin Chen, Tengyuan Hou, Shulin Liu, Yongxiu Guo, Jianping Hu, Gaoming Xu, Guoxin Ma, Wei Liu

“…The results indicated that, among all the scenarios, case 6 demonstrated the lowest RSD values for the airflow velocity, temperature, and relative humidity, with reductions of 18.34%, 0.12%, and 2.05%, respectively, compared to the control group (case 1). …”
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What makes the synergy between pollution and carbon emission control effective? Based on an evaluation of the carbon emissions trading pilot policy by Shiming Zheng, Yue Li, Huiyi Xie

“…To accomplish clean air and carbon peaking and neutrality goals in the new development stage, it is essential to synergize air contamination and carbon emission reduction. This research assesses the synergistic effect between air contamination and carbon emission reduction of the carbon emissions trading (CET) pilot policy in China using the difference-in-differences (DID) model. …”
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Antimicrobial effectiveness of aqueous and alcoholic herbal extracts on Streptococcus mutans: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by Kosar Ghandehari, Marzie Boskabadi, Alireza Sarraf Shirazi, Masoumeh Sadeghi, Taraneh Movahhed

“…However, the difference was not significant in the reduction of SM of plaque (SMD = -0.30, 95%CI: -1.25, 0.65). …”
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Integration of Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy with Adaptive Swimming Instruction for Children with Water-Related Anxiety Disorders: A Randomised Controlled Trial by Atika Swandana, Nadhira Yasmine Ahmad, Aditya Trinanda, Al Azim Al Azim, Jerome Angelitud Porto

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Impact of nurse-led interventions with prescriptive authority on blood pressure control in hypertension management: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Juliette Vay-Demouy, Hélène Lelong, Jacques Blacher

“…A random-effects model was used to estimate pooled mean differences for BP reduction and odds ratios (OR) for BP control. …”
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Study on main controlling factors of CO2 huff-n-puff for enhanced oil recovery and storage in shale oil reservoirs by CHEN Jun, WANG Haimei, CHEN Xi, TANG Yong, TANG Liangrui, SI Rong, WANG Huijun, HUANG Xianzhu, LENG Bing

“…To investigate the mechanisms and key controlling factors of enhanced oil recovery through CO₂ injection in shale oil, this study employed numerical simulation techniques, integrating logging data, geological parameters, and fracturing operation data to model the formation and distribution of hydraulic fractures. …”
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Optimizing Economy with Comfort in Climate Control System Scheduling for Indoor Ice Sports Venues’ Spectator Zones Considering Demand Response by Zhuoqun Du, Yisheng Liu, Yuyan Xue, Boyang Liu

“…Compared to single-objective optimization approaches that focus solely on either comfort enhancement or cost reduction, the proposed multi-objective model achieves a better balance between user comfort and economic performance. …”
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Development and validation of a combined clinical and MRI‐based biomarker model to differentiate mild cognitive impairment from mild Alzheimer's disease by Zohreh Hosseini, Alisa Mohebbi, Iman Kiani, Aydin Taghilou, Atefeh Mohammadjafari, Vajiheh Aghamollaii

“…Internal validation methods did not show substantial reduction in diagnostic performance. Combined model showed higher diagnostic performance compared to clinical and radiological models alone. …”
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Power electronics for green hydrogen generation with focus on methods, topologies, and comparative analysis by AlAmir Hassan, Omar Abdel-Rahim, Mohit Bajaj, Ievgen Zaitsev

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Coordinated Reactive Power–Voltage Control in Distribution Networks with High-Penetration Photovoltaic Systems Using Adaptive Feature Mode Decomposition by Yutian Fan, Yiqiang Yang, Fan Wu, Han Qiu, Peng Ye, Wan Xu, Yu Zhong, Lingxiong Zhang, Yang Chen

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