Direct and Indirect Protection with Pediatric Quadrivalent Live-Attenuated Influenza Vaccination in Europe Estimated by a Dynamic Transmission Model by Laetitia Gerlier, Judith Hackett, Richard Lawson, Sofia Dos Santos Mendes, Catherine Weil-Olivier, Markus Schwehm, Martin Eichner

“…One-way sensitivity analyses were conducted on QLAIV efficacy in 7–17 year-olds (59% instead of 80%), durations of natural (±3 years; base case: 6, 12 years for influenza A, B respectively) and QLAIV vaccine-induced immunity (100% immunity loss after 1 season; base case: 30%), and R0 (+/-10% around all-year average value)…”
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Predictive Factors of Mortality in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Subjects: A Monocenter Prospective Observational Study in Algeria by Nadia Fettal, Nadjet Siali, Mahammed Chaker, Abdelbassat Ketfi

“…The average stage of dyspnea according to mMRC was 1.8 ± 0.7 and the average BMI was 22.1 ± 3.7 kg/m2. …”
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Clinical experience with calcaneal skeletal traction in the treatment of ankle fracture-dislocation caused by riding electric bicycles: A case series by Yafeng Li, MD, Linchuan Ran, MD, Jiangtao Song, MD

“…Patients were followed up for an average of 39.20±1.64 months, during which the average AOFAS score was 93.2 ± 10.16. …”
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Antibiotics in periodontal treatment: an umbrella review by João Botelho, Patrícia Lyra, Gustavo G. Nascimento, Gustavo G. Nascimento, Fábio R. M. Leite, Fábio R. M. Leite, José João Mendes, Vanessa Machado

“…Twenty-nine meta-analyses from suggestive-to-strong strength from one high and three low methodological quality SRs indicated that the systemic or local antibiotics had a beneficial, statistically significant effect on periodontal health parameters, such as average clinical attachment loss, bleeding on probing or percentage of pocket closure. …”
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Global, regional, and national burden of epilepsy, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study in 2021 by Tianqi Sun, Tianfu Yu, Pengcheng Liu

“…After statistically summarizing the global incidence rates and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), we performed Estimating Average Percent Change (EAPC) correlation analyses and Joinpoint regression analyses to further derive global trends in idiopathic epilepsy incidence rates and DALYs. …”
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Gene co-expression patterns shared between chemobrain and neurodegenerative disease models in rodents by Mohammad-Sajad Zare, Navid Abedpoor, Fatemeh Hajibabaie, Adam K. Walker

“…We utilized multiple bioinformatic analyses, including functional enrichment, protein-protein interaction network analyses, gene ontology analyses and identification of hub genes to reveal connections between comparable gene expression perturbations observed in these conditions. …”
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Heritability of cardiovascular and personality traits in 6,148 Sardinians. by Giuseppe Pilia, Wei-Min Chen, Angelo Scuteri, Marco Orrú, Giuseppe Albai, Mariano Dei, Sandra Lai, Gianluca Usala, Monica Lai, Paola Loi, Cinzia Mameli, Loredana Vacca, Manila Deiana, Nazario Olla, Marco Masala, Antonio Cao, Samer S Najjar, Antonio Terracciano, Timur Nedorezov, Alexei Sharov, Alan B Zonderman, Gonçalo R Abecasis, Paul Costa, Edward Lakatta, David Schlessinger

“…We also summarize results of bivariate analyses for all pairs of traits and of heterogeneity analyses for each trait. …”
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Design Multilayer Antireflection Coatings for Terrestrial Solar Cells by Feng Zhan, Zhipeng Li, Xiaoming Shen, Huan He, Jianmin Zeng

“…A comparison study, between the results obtained from the commonly used weighted average reflectance method (WAR) and that from the introduced effective average reflectance method (EAR), shows that the optimization of ARC by EAR method is convenient and feasible.…”
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A framework for automatically generating composite keywords for geo-tagged street images

“…Our research highlights the benefits of combining visual and spatial analyses, demonstrated through a case study using geo-tagged urban street images from Orlando, Pittsburgh, and Manhattan. …”
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Energy-Efficiency Analysis of Per-Subcarrier Antenna Selection with Peak-Power Reduction in MIMO-OFDM Wireless Systems by Ngoc Phuc Le, Le Chung Tran, Farzad Safaei

“…Simulation results are provided to validate our analyses.…”
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Population distribution, settlement patterns and accessibility across Africa in 2010. by Catherine Linard, Marius Gilbert, Robert W Snow, Abdisalan M Noor, Andrew J Tatem

“…In Africa, 90% of the population is concentrated in less than 21% of the land surface and the average per-person travel time to settlements of more than 50,000 inhabitants is around 3.5 hours, with Central and East Africa displaying the longest average travel times. …”
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Enhancement of Anaerobic Digestion to Treat Saline Sludge from Recirculating Aquaculture Systems by Guo-zhi Luo, Niannian Ma, Ping Li, Hong-xin Tan, Wenchang Liu

“…There was a 114% greater gas generation during the ultrasonication period, with an average production of 0.08 g COD/L·day−1.…”
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Influence of the Extraction Process on the Mechanical and Morphological Properties of Technical Fibers from Typha domingensis by Gollé Diouf, Papa Birame Gning

“…Morphological observations revealed that fibers extracted from the leaves were on average 48% finer than those from the stems. This fineness was more significant for the fibers retted in distilled water, that presented a smoother surface. …”
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Estimating the Trend of Blood Sugar Changes in Diabetic Patients Using the Latent Growth Curve Model a Longitudinal Cohort Study by Yaser Tabarraei, Kamal Azam, Bita Baghbani, Asghar Kazemzadeh, Najme Rahimi, Yousef Dowlatabadi, Houman Kamranian, Afsaneh Vosoghi

“…Results: Diabetic subjects with an average blood sugar of 168.92 were included in the study. …”
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How immunity shapes the long-term dynamics of influenza H3N2. by Oliver Eales, Freya M Shearer, James M McCaw

“…Our analyses suggest that the average attack rate of H3N2 is still in a growth phase. …”
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Climatic Determinants of Changes in the Ice Regime of Carpathian Rivers by Fukś Maksymilian, Wiejaczka Łukasz

“…At the beginning of the winter period (November), the decrease in the frequency of IC is mainly influenced by the increasing water temperature (by an average of 0.85°C per decade), whereas in the middle of the winter period (especially February), it is influenced by the increase in discharge of the studied rivers (by 1.1 m3 per decade on average in February). …”
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SUSTAINING THE GROWTH OF SMALL-SCALE FARMING: EVIDENCE FROM THE GROSS MARGINS OF SMALL–SCALE CASSAVA FARMERS IN UYO AGRICULTURAL ZONE, AKWA IBOM STATE, NIGERIA by Sunday Brownson AKPAN, Emem Ekpo EFFIONG

“…The farmers were moderately educated with an average farming experience of 11.9 years, and average social capital accumulation, age, farm income, gross margin, and farm size of 6.0 years, 44.3 years, N68, 694.17, N29, 793. 57 and 0.59 hectares respectively. …”
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An Experimental Analysis of a Frost-free Refrigerator using a Variable Capacity Compressor by Wang Wei, Wang Rui, Qin Zongmin

“…The experimental results show that the temperature variation in all the compartments could be kept in a reasonable scope when the compressor is running at an optimal speed. The average temperature of the fresh food storage compartment is 4.1℃ with a maximum deviation of 3.4℃ and the average temperature in the fruit vegetable compartment is 6.1℃ with a max deviation of 1.0℃. …”
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Energy intake and physical activity over the course of pregnancy and gestational weight gain: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of data from randomized controlled... by Yixin Chen, Sasithorn Sarnthiyakul, Sophie K. F. Michel, Chuyue Wu, Hans Hauner, Ondine S. von Ehrenstein, Jihong Liu, Liwei Chen

“…One-stage dose-response meta-analyses (DRMA) quantified the additional GWG associated with changes in EI and PA during pregnancy. …”
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Affecting commute mode choice in Southern California: Which employer-based strategies work? by Kevin Kane, Jenneille Hsu, Joseph Cryer, Marco Anderson

“…We report program statistics and conduct bivariate and regression analyses to determine which land-use and location characteristics, employer characteristics, and mitigation strategies explain cross-sectional differences in average vehicle ridership (AVR) and AVR improvement to understand where future AVR increases might be realized. …”
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