Patient-reported outcome assessment of adults and adolescents with atopic dermatitis: a cross-sectional qualitative interview study by Parima Ghafoori, Dharm S. Patel, Kimberly Raymond, Elizabeth Brennan, April Mitchell Foster, Kristi Jackson, Helen J. Birch, Wen-Hung Chen

“…Interview data were coded and analysed using qualitative data software to determine the AD experience and content validity of selected PROs. …”
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Burden of vaccine-preventable diseases in adults (50+) in the United States: a retrospective claims analysis by Maximilian Hartmann, Nathalie Servotte, Emmanuel Aris, T. Mark Doherty, Ahmed Salem, Ekkehard Beck

“…Increasing awareness among adults, healthcare providers and decision makers could help to increase adult vaccination coverage, and reduce the clinical burden of VPDs.…”
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Metagenome-validated combined amplicon sequencing and text mining-based annotations for simultaneous profiling of bacteria and fungi: vaginal microbiota and mycobiota in healthy wo... by Seppo Virtanen, Schahzad Saqib, Tinja Kanerva, Rebecka Ventin-Holmberg, Pekka Nieminen, Tiina Holster, Ilkka Kalliala, Anne Salonen

“…Conventional metagenomic sequencing does not provide sufficient fungal genome coverage for their reliable detection in vaginal samples. …”
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Nordic physician-staffed prehospital services - organisation and preparedness for major emergency surgical procedures by Peter Galos, Karl Chevalley, Robert Larsen, Göran Sandström, Jyrki Tenhunen

“…The various organisations showed variability in geographical coverage, staffing, and transportation options. Resuscitative thoracotomy had been carried out by 41% of the services, 85% had equipment for the procedure, and 48% had established local guidelines. …”
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Comparison of the treatment efficacy of herpes zoster neuralgia with temporary spinal cord stimulation at different sites by Xin Hu, Xiaolong Ye, Liu Wang, Yilun Wu, Zenghua Zhou, Shengrong Xu, Ruilin He, Zongbin Jiang

“…The operation time, radiation dose, number of electrodes used, cost of medical consumables, and number of postoperative electrical stimulation adjustments were recorded for each case, and the patients’ pain level, sleep quality, quality of life, and overall efficacy were analysed and compared at preoperative (T0), 1 week (T1), 1 month (T2), 2 months (T3) and 3 months (T4) after the operation.ResultsA total of 76 patients were finally enrolled, 38 in the tDNRS group and 38 in the tDCS group. …”
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Health literacy disparities in South Korea: insights from a latent profile analysis by Sunghyun Kim, Suwon Hwang, Junhyup Lee, Mankyu Choi

“…Methods A cross-sectional design was utilised, analysing health literacy data from the second wave of the Korea Health Panel Survey (collected between March and July 2021) with responses from 9,509 adults. …”
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Optimising adolescents and young adults’ utilisation of sexual and reproductive health and HIV services in Chad: a sensemaking approach by Rifat Atun, Aisha Yousafzai, Esias Bedingar, Ngarossorang Bedingar, Ferdinan Paningar, Eric Mbaidoum, Naortangar Ngaradoum

“…Barriers throughout the care continuum, including transitions from paediatric to adult services, contribute to an overall antiretroviral therapy (ART) coverage of 47% in 2023, with only 27% of males compared with 58% of females receiving treatment. …”
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Host and environmental determinants of in-hospital mortality in community-acquired pneumonia: evidence of seasonality, socioeconomic factors, and hospital differentiation in Portug... by Ezequiel Pessoa, Cristina Bárbara, Andreia Costa, Paulo Nogueira

“…These policies should aim to improve healthcare access, increase vaccination coverage, and enhance thermal housing conditions, with particular attention to socially vulnerable individuals.…”
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Measles vaccine effectiveness in African children: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Demeke Endalamaw, Endalkachew Nibret, Abaineh Munshea, Feleke Mekonnen, Senait Tadesse, Taye Zeru, Mesfine Tefera, Gizachew Yismaw

“…Optimizing vaccine distribution, increasing coverage, and prompt administration are important for enhancing effectiveness. …”
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Toward improving respectful maternity care: a discrete choice experiment with rural women in northeast Nigeria by Josephine Exley, Zelee Hill, Tanya Marchant, Nasir Umar, Matthew Quaife, Abdulrahman Shuaibu

“…Achieving universal health coverage would require efforts toward addressing poor facility birth experiences and promoting respectful maternity care, to ensure women want to access the services available.…”
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Health system responsiveness for maternal healthcare services in East Africa: a mixed-methods systematic review by Ayal Debie, Molla M. Wassie, Claire T. Roberts, Meseret Derbew Molla, Annabelle Wilson, Jacqueline H. Stephens

“…This contributes to achieving short and long-term health sector goals, such as universal health coverage. However, no comprehensive summary of evidence exists on how HSR can achieve universal maternal health services. …”
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Determinants of postnatal care service utilization among mothers of Mangochi district, Malawi: a community-based cross- sectional study by Jonas, Sagawa, Allen, Kabagenyi, Godwin, Turyasingura, Saul Eric, Mwale

“…In Malawi, maternal and infant mortality rates remain high despite numerous efforts by the government and its partners to improve maternal health service coverage across the country. This study examined the determinants of PNC utilization among mothers in Mangochi District, Malawi. …”
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Especificidades regionais no debate sobre jornalismo e engajamento climático by Eloisa Beling Loose, Ilza Maria Tourinho Girardi, Débora Gallas Steigleder

“…Participants from these regions feel underrepresented by news coverage from the Southeast, a region where a large number of professionals and media outlets are concentrated. …”
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Comparative Analysis of CNNs and Vision Transformers for Automatic Classification of Abandonment in Douro’s Vineyard Parcels by Danilo Leite, Igor Teixeira, Raul Morais, Joaquim J. Sousa, Antonio Cunha

“…To complement this limited monitoring, organisations such as the Instituto dos Vinhos do Douro e do Porto (IVDP) use aerial and satellite images, which are manually analysed to identify abandoned or active plots. To overcome these limitations, images can be analysed using deep learning methods, which have already shown great potential in agricultural applications. …”
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Spatial variation in time to diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in Bihar, India by Emily S. Nightingale, Joy Bindroo, Pushkar Dubey, Khushbu Priyamvada, Aritra Das, Caryn Bern, Sridhar Srikantiah, Ashok Kumar, Mary M. Cameron, Tim C. D. Lucas, Sadhana Sharma, Graham F. Medley, Oliver J. Brady

“…Cumulative delays were estimated under different scenarios of active case detection coverage. Results The 4270 cases analysed were found to be prone to excessive delays in areas outside existing endemic ‘hot spots’. …”
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Quantifying Spatial variation in environmental and sociodemographic drivers of leptospirosis in the Dominican Republic using a geographically weighted regression model by Beatris Mario Martin, Benn Sartorius, Helen J. Mayfield, Angela M. Cadavid Restrepo, Behzad Kiani, Cecilia Jocelyn Then Paulino, Marie Caroline Etienne, Ronald Skewes-Ramm, Michael de St Aubin, Devan Dumas, Salome Garnier, William Duke, Farah Peña, Gabriela Abdalla, Lucia de la Cruz, Bernarda Henríquez, Margaret Baldwin, Adam Kucharski, Eric J. Nilles, Colleen L. Lau

“…To inform targeted public health interventions, we aimed to characterise risk factors and drivers of transmission on a fine spatial scale. We analysed data from 2078 participants in two provinces, Espaillat and San Pedro de Macoris (SPM), collected from a 2021 cross-sectional survey. …”
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In situ degradation of three contrasting plastic mulch films under maize cultivation in tropical conditions by Gayathree I. Senevirathne, T.D. Meththa Gimhani, Michaela K. Reay, Chamila Perera, Mojith Ariyaratna, Anurudda K. Karunarathna, David R. Chadwick, Davey L. Jones, Chimnaz Emrah, Charlotte E.M. Lloyd, J.A. Surani Chathurika

“…Future research should focus on improving physical integrity of BDMs and analysing the effects of plastic additives and leachates on soil and microbes.…”
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Assessing the suitability of formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue for genome-wide association studies (GWAS) by Julian Reingruber, Maximilian J. Krämer, Jessica Bigge, Pouria Dasmeh, Sandeep Grover, Stefanie Heilmann-Heimbach, Markus M. Nöthen, Nicole Kreuser, Ines Gockel, Lothar Veits, Michael Vieth, Paul Jank, Carsten Denkert, Carlo Maj, Timo Hess, Johannes Schumacher

“…To explore the suitability of utilizing FFPE tissue for GWAS, we analysed the genotyping concordance between corresponding FFPE and blood samples. …”
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Hepatitis B vaccination in Burkina Faso: prevalence of HBsAg carriage and immune response in children in the western region by Armel Moumouni Sanou, Abdoul Kader Ilboudo, Clément Ziemlé Meda, Augustin Togozia, Abou Coulibaly, Assana Cisse, Tani Sagna, Dramane Kania, Zekiba Tarnagda

“…Blood samples were collected from all children and analysed for the presence of HBsAg and anti-HBs antibodies (Abs). …”
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What should be publicly funded in the Colombian health system? A mixed methods study of citizens’ perceptions by Juan Carlos Velasquez, Claudia Marcela Vélez, Diana Patricia Díaz-Hernández, Pamela Velázquez-Salazar, Gilma Hernández-Herrera, Daniel Felipe Patiño-Lugo, Olga Francisca Salazar-Blanco, Leydi Camila Rodríguez-Corredor, Viviana María Vélez-Marín, Anny Julieth Jaramillo-García

“…One approach endorsed full coverage of all health technologies required by every Colombian. …”
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