Determinants of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV, at Matobo District in Matabeleland South Province in Zimbabwe from January 2021 to December 2021: A Cross-sectional Study by Ntombizike Setheli, Thabani Tawanda Dzvairo, Maibouge Tanko Mahamane Salissou

“…Matobo district located like many other districts in Zimbabwe, continues to grapple with high mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) rates, recording an average of 3–4 cases of infant infections through MTCT every quarter based on documented sources in its District Health Information System. …”
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Integrated Object Detection and Communication for Synthetic Aperture Radar Images by Zhiping Xu, Deyin Xu, Lixiong Lin, Linqi Song, Dan Song, Yanglong Sun, Qiwang Chen

“…The experiment results on the Sonar Common Target Detection dataset show that the proposed IODC system with AT mechanism can achieve nearly 91% average precision at 25 dB, which means the proposed system can achieve the effective integration of the objection detection and communication for SAR images in underwater environment. …”
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Deep learning-based classification of coronary arteries and left ventricle using multimodal data for autonomous protocol selection or adjustment in angiography by Arpitha Ravi, Philipp Bernhardt, Mathis Hoffmann, Florian Kordon, Siming Bayer, Stephan Achenbach, Andreas Maier

“…The multimodal model outperformed the others, achieving an average F1 score of 0.82 and an AUC of 0.87, matching expert evaluations. …”
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Rooftop Photovoltaic for Residential Electricity Self-Sufficiency: Assessing Potential Benefits in Major Japanese Cities by Samuel Matthew G. Dumlao, Chuyue Yan, Seiichi Ogata

“…However, estimating the self-sufficiency potential of each city is challenging due to the trade-off between target accuracy and data availability, which limits the scalability of existing methods. …”
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THE ROLE OF ANTICOAGULATION THERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH PROSTHETIC HEART VALVES by N. A. Shostak, A. A. Klimenko, D. Y. Andriyashkina, A. A. Kondrashov, A. V. Novikova

“…International recommendations take into account the presence/absence of additional risk factors for thromboembolism, and based on warfarin administration with the achievement of target INR values combined with low-dose aspirin. …”
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Complement Modulation Mitigates Inflammation-Mediated Preterm Birth and Fetal Neural Inflammation by Eliza R. McElwee, Devin Hatchell, Mohammed Alshareef, Khalil Mallah, Harriet Hall, Hannah Robinson, Ramin Eskandari, Eugene Chang, Scott Sullivan, Stephen Tomlinson

“…The localization of complement inhibition by a site-targeting approach reduces the possibility of unwanted off-target effects.…”
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Determination method for trace polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in paddy soils by HE Mingjiang, SHEN Haoran, ZHA Ting, YU Xiongsheng, LIU Xingmei

“…The method detection limits were in the range of 0.022-0.470 μg/kg. The average recovery rates of the spiked samples ranged from 70.2%-110.8% with relative standard deviation (n=5) of 1.8%-9.8%.In sum, the above results suggest that the established method in this study is accurate, sensitive and reliable; meanwhile, it can also reduce the cost of organic reagent. …”
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Operationalising energy sufficiency for low-carbon built environments in urbanising India by Ashok B. Lall, Girisha Sethi

“…Based on the global budgetary limit to restrict global warming to 1.5°C, a precautionary target of 1.0 tCO2 per capita per year is estimated as an energy sufficiency allowance for upcoming residential built environments. …”
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Advanced montane bird monitoring using self-supervised learning and transformer on passive acoustic data by Yu-Cheng Wei, Wei-Lun Chen, Mao-Ning Tuanmu, Sheng-Shan Lu, Ming-Tang Shiao

“…We also identified the minimum viable sample size requirements for our proposed model and explored the impact of overlapping bird vocalizations during dawn choruses on model performance. Targeting 31 bird species in the montane regions of subtropical Taiwan, the model achieved a class-wise mean average precision of 0.782 and an overall precision of 85.6 % at the F0.5 threshold in dawn chorus soundscape recordings. …”
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Preclinical Evaluation of ⁶⁸Ga-labeled RGD Peptide for Detection of Malignant Angiogenesis by O. E. Klementyeva, A. B. Bruskin, A. S. Lunev, M. G. Rakhimov, K. A. Luneva, G E. Codina

“…The vascular growth being created malignant neoplasms is a good target for the purpose. The molecular participants in the process are gallium-68 labeled vector to the delivery of radionuclides and positron-emission tomography (PET) imaging.Aim. …”
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Determination of Phthalates in Purified Drinking Water in Italy by Claudia Lino, Serena Indelicato, David Bongiorno, Fabio D’Agostino, Sergio Indelicato, Giuseppe Avellone

“…This study investigated the presence and concentration of selected phthalates in municipal tap waters and purified waters sourced from domestic water purifiers and municipal reverse osmosis-based supplies. Five target compounds: Diethyl phthalate (DEP), Diisobutyl phthalate (DiBP), Butyl octyl phthalate (BOP), Dibutyl phthalate (DBP), and bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) were identified and quantified in the samples using the solid-phase microextraction gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (SPME-GC/MS) method. …”
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Value Priorities of Modern Youth in Social Adaptation by O. D. Shipunova, I. P. Berezovskaya

“…Among the young people in the reference group, target orientations on their own prestige, active social communication and spiritual gratification are of higher significance in the processes of social adaptation.Conclusion. …”
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Real-Time Polarimetric Imaging and Enhanced Deep Learning Model for Automated Defect Detection of Specular Additive Manufacturing Surfaces by Dingkang Li, Xing Peng, Hongbing Cao, Yuanpeng Xie, Shiqing Li, Xiang Sun, Xinjie Zhao

“…Compared with YOLOv5, the proposed model demonstrates a 2.5% improvement in precision (P), 2.2% enhancement in recall (R), 3.1% increase in mean average precision (mAP50), and 3.2% elevation in mAP50-95. …”
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Heart rate-lowering therapy in gout patients with stable coronary artery disease: focus on ivabradine by N. N. Kushnarenko, T. A. Medvedeva, M. Yu. Mishko, T. M. Karavaeva

“…Adjustment of the therapy was carried out every 2 weeks until the target heart rate (HR) was reached at 55-60 beats/min and then remained unchanged until 12 weeks of therapy. …”
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Lean Six Sigma as a Management Tool Helps Standardize Antimicrobial Use in Hospital Settings by Wang Q, Han X, Zhang X, Guo L

“…The project team comprised clinical pharmacists and healthcare professionals who evaluated antibiotic use and compliance with guidelines.Results: In the whole hospital, the management through LSS-DMAIC led to a significant reduction in the non-standard utilization rate of antibacterial drugs from 32.5% to 11.3% (P < 0.0001), achieving the set target. The intensity of antibacterial drug use decreased to 38.82 Defined Daily Doses (DDDs), meeting national standards. …”
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The top 100 most‐cited knee osteotomy publications by Matthieu Ollivier, Jean‐François Gonzalez, Axel Machado, Sachin Tapasvi, Raghbir Khakha, Ronald vanHeerwaarden, Grégoire Micicoi

“…Results These 100 studies generated a total of 16,246 citations, with an average of 162.5 citations per article. The most‐cited article was cited 752 times. …”
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An Identification and Localization Method for 3D Workpiece Welds Based on the DBSCAN Point Cloud Clustering Algorithm by Nian Zhou, Ping Jiang, Shiliang Jiang, Leshi Shu, Xiaoxian Ni, Linjun Zhong

“…Firstly, this method employs combinatorial filtering to effectively eliminate non-target point clouds, including outliers and installation platform point clouds, which can minimize the computational load. …”
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Predictors of adverse cardiovascular events in patients with coronary artery disease after percutaneous coronary intervention by A. V. Svarovskaya, E. A. Kuzheleva, A. A. Arzhanik, V. A. Fediunina, V. A. Aleksandrenko, A. D. Starchenko, A. A. Garganeeva

“…This prospective single-center study included 225 patients with stable CAD requiring drug-eluting stent implantation. The average follow-up period for patients was 14,5 (6;23) months. …”
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Influenza Vaccination Coverage Among Elderly Patients with Chronic Lung Respiratory Disease in Ningbo, China: Impact of Free Vaccination Policies and the COVID-19 Pandemic by Xiaoqing Wu, Jieping Chen, Pingping Li, Tianchi Yang, Lixia Ye

“…A multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed to identify behavioral determinants influencing influenza vaccination among elderly CLRD patients under Ningbo’s post-pandemic free vaccination policy. Results: An average of 487,309 older patients with CLRDs were included in our analysis for each season. …”
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Real-Time Detection and Instance Segmentation Models for the Growth Stages of <i>Pleurotus pulmonarius</i> for Environmental Control in Mushroom Houses by Can Wang, Xinhui Wu, Zhaoquan Wang, Han Shao, Dapeng Ye, Xiangzeng Kong

“…Challenges such as scene complexity and overlapping mushroom clusters can impact the accuracy of growth stage detection and target segmentation. This study introduces a lightweight method called the real-time detection model for the growth stages of <i>P. pulmonarius</i> (GSP-RTMDet). …”
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