COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy: A Cross-Sectional Study of Visible Minority Canadian Communities by Candy Ochieng, Pammla Petrucka, George Mutwiri, Michael Szafron

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Analysis of the marketing activities in the blood service: bibliometric analysis by Liliya Khomenko, Liudmyla Saher, Jan Polcyn

“…It is also recommended to pay attention to average when building the loyalty of existing donors to increase the amount of blood donated by more donors and improve the quality of donors and blood safety. …”
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A Novel Opportunistic Buffer-Aided Relaying Scheme for Mitigating the Challenges of Single-Relay Energy Harvesting Systems by Rania Minkara, Chadi Abou-Rjeily

“…An additional threshold level on the data buffer content further controls the switching between the transmission and reception modes. A Markov chain analysis is performed, where the state transition probabilities are calculated and used to determine the analytical expressions of the outage probability (OP) and average packet delay (APD). …”
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The Role of Digital Infrastructure and Skills in Enhancing Labor Productivity: Insights from Industry 4.0 in the European Union by Ofelia Ema Aleca, Florin Mihai

“…Using econometric methods, including linear regressions and fixed-effects panel regressions, the analysis highlights the important role digital skills play in boosting productivity. …”
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Mathematical modeling of statistical properties of noise pulse in medium with different nonlinearity types by I. A. Nagaeva

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Differences in Negotiated Facility Fees for Otolaryngology Procedures at Ambulatory Surgery Centers and Hospitals by Anika S. Walia, Roy Xiao, Daphne T. Hao, Vinay K. Rathi, Rosh K. V. Sethi, Stacey T. Gray

“…Utilizing newly available data collected from Turquoise Health's Rate Sense as required under the Transparency in Coverage rule, we assess, in this cross‐sectional analysis, the differences in negotiated facility fees between ASCs and HOPDs for 20 common otolaryngologic procedures. …”
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Kerala’s public healthcare services: Bihar’s blueprint for post–COVID-19 resilience by Rajani Mol, Bawa Singh, Vijay Kumar Chattu

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Impact of agricultural credit on coffee productivity in Kenya by Richard Wamalwa Wanzala, Nyankomo Marwa, Elizabeth Nanziri Lwanga

“…Bayesian Modelling Average (BMA) was used to assess determinants of coffee productivity. …”
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A simulation approach to assessing vegetation configuration effects on thermal comfort in cold region pocket parks by Qing Wang, Shoucheng Liu, Jingtong Qian

“…Orthogonal design analysis of simulation results identified the hierarchical impact on thermal comfort: tree coverage > LAD > green patterns. …”
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Perceptions and attitudes of South African physiotherapists towards National Health Insurance by Sholena Narain, Desmond Mathye

“…Methods: A quantitative, non-experimental online survey was used. Results: The data analysis revealed significant demographic influences on perceptions regarding NHI. …”
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Organic Amendments Promoted Soil Agglomeration Mainly via Alleviating Abiotic Constraints and Stabilizing and Functionalizing Microbiomes in Coastal Salt-Affected Lands by Yunlong Li, Mengyao Wang, Mengwei Fan, Xuxia Li, Lan Jiang, Zequn Hao, Jie Yu, Yanju Yang, Wengang Zuo, Yuhua Shan, Yanchao Bai

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Retention of Bioflx, Zirconia, and Stainless Steel crowns using two different luting cements in primary molars: an in vitro study by Nour Gamal Morsy, Karin ML Dowidar, Mona Mohy El Din, Salma Abolgheit, Dina Aly Sharaf

“…Abstract Background Different crown types are used for the full-coverage restoration of primary teeth with extensive caries. …”
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Progress of Measles and Rubella Surveillance in the Context of Measles Elimination in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region, 2019–2022 by Muhammad Farid, Kamal Fahmy, Amany Ghoniem, Md Sharifuzzaman, Quamrul Hasan, Natasha Crowcroft, Patrick O’Connor

“…We conducted an age-cohort analysis to estimate the size of the susceptible population using coverage and SIAs coverage data. …”
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The Effects of Speed and Flow Characteristics on Crash Rates for Wasit Multi-lane Highways in Iraq by Amjad H. Albayati, Zahraa A. Ramadan

“…Seven regression models are developed which verify weak and strong statistical relationships between crashes types and average spot speed with hourly traffic flow respectively. …”
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An exploratory study of history-based test case prioritization techniques on different datasets by Syed Muhammad Junaid Hassan, Dayang N. A. Jawawi, Johanna Ahmad

“…The decision to choose the best solution requires a cost-benefit analysis keeping in view the context and solution under consideration. …”
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Potential role of key rumen microbes in regulating host health and growth performance in Hu sheep by Ximei Xie, Huan Yang, Xingang Zhao, Li Teng, Yuze Yang, Hailing Luo

“…Abstract Background Average daily gain (ADG) is an important component affecting the profitability of sheep. …”
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Assessing racial disparities in healthcare expenditure using generalized propensity score weighting by Jiajun Liu, Yi Liu, Yunji Zhou, Roland A. Matsouaka

“…., causal estimands) and estimation methods: the conventional average treatment effect on the treated (ATT), the ATT trimming, the ATT truncation, and the overlap weighted ATT (OWATT). …”
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Real-time detection of Chinese cabbage seedlings in the field based on YOLO11-CGB by Hang Shi, Hang Shi, Changxi Liu, Changxi Liu, Miao Wu, Miao Wu, Hui Zhang, Hui Zhang, Hang Song, Hang Song, Hao Sun, Hao Sun, Yufei Li, Yufei Li, Jun Hu, Jun Hu

“…The model’s outputs are visualized using a heat map, and an Average Temperature Weight (ATW) metric is introduced to quantify the heat map’s effectiveness.Results and discussionComparative analysis reveals that YOLO11-CGB outperforms established object detection models like Faster R-CNN, YOLOv4, YOLOv5, YOLOv8 and the original YOLO11 in detecting Chinese cabbage seedlings across varied heights, angles, and complex settings. …”
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Erratum to: Center Manifold Method in the Asymptotic Integration Problem for Functional Differential Equations with Oscillatory Decreasing Coefficients. II (in Russian) by P. N. Nesterov

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How Accurately Is Topsoil Texture Shown on Agricultural Soil Maps? A Case Study of Eleven Fields Located in Poland by Michał Stępień, Dariusz Gozdowski, Stanisław Samborski

“…This study considered the examination of soil profiles or augerings and the laboratory analysis of the ST. The agreement between the ST status in the field and that according to the ASMs was field-specific. …”
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