Hierarchical Task Assignment Strategy for Heterogeneous Multi-UAV System in Large-Scale Search and Rescue Scenarios by Jie Chen, Kai Xiao, Kai You, Xianguo Qing, Fang Ye, Qian Sun

“…At last, considering that a few targets cannot be effectively allocated due to UAVs’ limited and unbalanced resources, an auction-based task sharing scheme among UAV teams is presented to guarantee the mission coverage of the multi-UAV system. Simulation results and analyses comprehensively verify the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed hierarchical task assignment strategy in large-scale S&R scenarios with dispersed clustering targets.…”
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Economic evaluation of automated peritoneal dialysis among pediatric patients with end state kidney diseases in Thailand by Montira Assanatham, Sitaporn Youngkong, Montarat Thavorncharoensap, Anirut Pattaragarn, Usa Chaikledkaew

“…Moreover, one-way and probabilistic sensitivity analyses were performed to evaluate the uncertainty of all parameters. …”
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Multi-temporal satellite image analysis for detecting the changes in mangrove vegetation between Allith and Alqahma on the Red Sea coast by Basma Alharbi

“…The highest coverage rate (0.29 %) was recorded in 1990, and the lowest (0.24 %) was recorded in 2013. …”
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Longitudinal monitoring of prevalence and intensity of soil-transmitted helminth infections as part of community-wide mass drug administration within the Geshiyaro project in the B... by Toby Landeryou, Rosie Maddren, Santiago Rayment Gomez, Suprabhath Kalahasti, Ewnetu Firdawek Liyew, Melkie Chernet, Hussein Mohammed, Yonas Wuletaw, James Truscott, Anna E Phillips, Alison Ower, Kathryn Forbes, Ufaysa Anjulo, Birhan Mengistu, Geremew Tasew, Mihretab Salasibew, Roy Anderson

“…In countries with endemic infection, such as Ethiopia, the coverage, community-groups targeted, and rates of reinfection will determine how effective MDA is in suppressing transmission in the long-term. …”
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Understanding knowledge and media influence on people with hepatitis B in Senegal: a mixed-methods study by Séverine Carillon, Ibrahima Gueye, Moussa Seydi, Boubacar Coulibaly, Gilles Wandeler, Khaly Diaw, Aissatou Niang, Aminata Diallo, Albert Gautier Ndione, Mariama Diédhiou, Judicaël Malick Tine, Amady Ndiaye, Louise Fortes, Ndèye Fatou Ngom, Adrià Ramírez Mena, Oumy Camara, Astou Diop, Boly Niang, Bintou Fall, Bruce Wembulua, Kevine Tiogouo, Marianne Berthé, Ndeye Maguette Fall, Adrià Ramírez Mena, Judicaël Tine, Aboubakar Sidikh Badiane, Fatima Sall, Daye Ka, Ahmadou Mboup, Alassane Ndiaye, Abibatou Diaw, Assietou Gaye, Betty Fall, Houleye Saou, Ababacar Niang, Bessoum Sy, Sadio Ba, Astou Diagne, Mamadou Gueye, Kiné Ndiaye, Ndeye Fatou Nguirane, Mbaye Thiam, Ibrahima Niang, Joseph Diouf, Ndoye Diop, Khady Ndaw, Khady Ghassama, Khadim Faye, Fatou Diop, Marie Massaly, Aminata Ndoye Badji, Melissa Sandrine Pandi, Hubert Akotia, Bineta Seck Fall, Ousseynou Ndiaye, Marie-Joseph Dieme, Abdoulaye Keita

“…An analysis of Senegalese media coverage about HBV included 157 articles published between 2009 and 2022. 55.4% (87/157) of these publications appeared in July, coinciding with World Hepatitis Day, while 65.0% (102/157) focused on general HBV epidemiology and activities led by the National Hepatitis Programme. …”
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HYDROGEN ADSORPTION ON SILVER CATHODES IN PERCHLORIC ACID SOLUTIONS

“…The increase of overvoltage and the growth of the measured capacitances in the course of electrolysis are attributed to a growing pseudocapacitance component. This is analysed in terms of an increasing coverage, ? ,of the cathode by adsorbed hydrogn atoms. …”
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Nöd och död i Norrland by Elisabeth Engberg

“…This article examines the extensive press coverage of the outbreak in two newspapers, Norrskensflamman and Aftonbladet, focusing on how the events were reported, perceived, and analysed in relation to the newspapers’ political stances. …”
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Measles resurgence: an outbreak investigation in Chimanimani District, Manicaland Province, Zimbabwe, 2022 by Ernest Tsarukanayi Mauwa, Owen Mugurungi, Gerald Shambira, Tsitsi Juru, Addmore Chadambuka, Notion Gombe, Mufuta Tshimanga

“…District vaccination coverage was analysed from annual reports. We conducted bivariate and multivariate analysis. …”
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Alterations in ocular fungal microbiota in patients with fungal keratitis: a comparative study from coastal regions of Eastern China by Xudong Zhao, Zhichao Ren, Wenfeng Li, Qing Liu, Yanling Dong, Yusen Huang

“…At multiple taxonomic levels, various taxa were significantly downregulated in the FK eyes. Functional analyses revealed differences, notably, an increase in the number of litter saprotrophs in FK eyes. …”
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Assessing the impact of preventive mass vaccination campaigns on yellow fever outbreaks in Africa: A population-level self-controlled case series study. by Kévin Jean, Hanaya Raad, Katy A M Gaythorpe, Arran Hamlet, Judith E Mueller, Dan Hogan, Tewodaj Mengistu, Heather J Whitaker, Tini Garske, Mounia N Hocine

“…This negative association between exposure to PMVCs and outbreak was robustly observed across a range of sensitivity analyses, especially when using quantitative estimates of vaccination coverage as an alternative exposure measure, or when varying the observation period. …”
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Spatiotemporal patterns and environmental determinants of wildlife-vehicle collisions in Banke National Park, Nepal by Narayan Prasad Koju, K. C. Anish, Keshav Dodhari, Pratikshya Giri, Miriam Lee, Sudip Pokhrel, Asmina Ghimire, Lila Nyaichyai, Kenneth Otieno Onditi, Xuelong Jiang, Randall C. Kyes

“…The methodological approach integrated field surveys, spatial analyses using kernel density estimation, and statistical modelling to pinpoint collision hotspots and elucidate contributing factors. …”
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Accuracy fluctuations of ICESat-2 height measurements in time series by Xu Wang, Xinlian Liang, Weishu Gong, Pasi Häkli, Yunsheng Wang

“…This contributes to bridging the gaps between accurate estimates and large area coverage in global carbon budget and cycle studies. …”
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A universal testing and treatment intervention to improve HIV control: One-year results from intervention communities in Zambia in the HPTN 071 (PopART) cluster-randomised trial. by Richard Hayes, Sian Floyd, Ab Schaap, Kwame Shanaube, Peter Bock, Kalpana Sabapathy, Sam Griffith, Deborah Donnell, Estelle Piwowar-Manning, Wafaa El-Sadr, Nulda Beyers, Helen Ayles, Sarah Fidler, HPTN 071 (PopART) Study Team

“…The main limitation of the study was the need for assumptions concerning knowledge of HIV status and ART coverage among adults not consenting to the intervention or HIV testing, although our conclusions were robust in sensitivity analyses.…”
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Malaria risk factors in northern Namibia: The importance of occupation, age and mobility in characterizing high-risk populations. by Jennifer L Smith, Davis Mumbengegwi, Erastus Haindongo, Carmen Cueto, Kathryn W Roberts, Roly Gosling, Petrina Uusiku, Immo Kleinschmidt, Adam Bennett, Hugh J Sturrock

“…Multivariable logistic regression was conducted to identify risk factors and latent class analyses (LCA) used to identify and characterize high-risk subgroups. …”
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The Impact of Contracted Family Doctors Services on the Cognitive, Behavioral, and Health Outcomes of Diabetes Patients by LONG Chao, LI Jia, YANG Zhikai, HEI Luping, LI Zhansheng, YUAN Beibei

“…Existing studies have largely focused on descriptive analyses of the coverage rate of family doctor contract services, with insufficient assessment of their actual effects in chronic disease services. …”
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Assessing the Association between Oral Hygiene and Preterm Birth by Quantitative Light-Induced Fluorescence by Christopher K. Hope, Qian Wang, Girvan Burnside, Adejumoke A. Adeyemi, Siobhan Quenby, Philip W. Smith, Susan M. Higham, Melissa Whitworth

“…The women had images of their anterior teeth captured using quantitative light-induced fluorescence (QLF). These images were analysed to calculate the amount of red fluorescent plaque (ΔR%) and percentage of plaque coverage. …”
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Temporal changes in diversity of vascular flora accompanying Salix viminalis L. plantations by Maria Janicka, Aneta Kutkowska, Jakub Paderewski

“…The aim of study was to analyse the vegetation accompanying S. viminalis and its dynamics as plantations age. …”
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Predictors of Uptake and Timeliness of Newly Introduced Pneumococcal and Rotavirus Vaccines, and of Measles Vaccine in Rural Malawi: A Population Cohort Study. by Hazzie Mvula, Ellen Heinsbroek, Menard Chihana, Amelia C Crampin, Storn Kabuluzi, Geoffrey Chirwa, Charles Mwansambo, Anthony Costello, Nigel A Cunliffe, Robert S Heyderman, Neil French, Naor Bar-Zeev, VacSurv Consortium

“…<h4>Conclusion</h4>Despite high vaccination coverage in this setting, delays in vaccination were common. …”
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Untreated villages and factors associated with the absence of Community-Directed Treatment with Ivermectin (CDTI) in DRC by Jean-Claude Makenga Bof, Fortunat Ntumba Tshitoka, Dieudonné Mpunga Mukendi, Paul Mansiangi Mankadi, Félicien Ilunga - Ilunga, Yves Coppieters

“…Several annual technical reports of the National Onchocerciasis Task Force (NOTF) and national technical reports of CDTI projects were analysed; 21 projects implemented to control the disease were considered, representing the coverage of 42,778 endemic villages. …”
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CiteScores of cardiology and cardiovascular journals indexed in Scopus in 2019: A bibliometric analysis by Zahra Zolfaghari, Nasrin Shokrpour, Leila Ghahramani, Pooneh Sarveravan

“…CiteScore is a standard metric, based on the Scopus database, of the number of times articles in a given journal were cited during a given period relative to the number of articles published by that journal during that period.Objectives: To investigate the factors associated with CiteScores of journals on cardiology and cardiovascular diseases and indexed in Scopus in 2019.Methods: This cross-sectional, descriptive-analytical study examined 338 journals to analyse the correlation between CiteScore and such other variables and parameters as coverage by indexing services (databases), type of access, language, type of published articles, age of the journal (year of establishment), H-Index, Scimago Journal Rank, and the quartile of the journal.Results: CiteScore of a journal was positively correlated to the following variables or parameters: coverage by PubMed, Web&amp;nbsp; of Science, and EMBASE (p &amp;lt; 0.001), articles&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; in English (p &amp;lt; 0.001), age of the journal (p = 0.001), publishing review articles (p =&amp;nbsp; 0.23), H-Index (p &amp;lt; 0.001), and Scimago Journal Rank (p &amp;lt; 0.001).Conclusion: Coverage of a journal in international databases, especially in PubMed, Web of Science, and EMBASE, is critical to increasing its visibility. …”
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