NERVE 2.0: boosting the new enhanced reverse vaccinology environment via artificial intelligence and a user-friendly web interface by Andrea Conte, Nicola Gulmini, Francesco Costa, Matteo Cartura, Felix Bröhl, Francesco Patanè, Francesco Filippini

“…We renewed some of its modules and added innovative ones, such as Loop-Razor, to recover fragments of promising vaccine candidates or Epitope Prediction for the epitope prediction binding affinities and population coverage. Along with two newly built AI (Artificial Intelligence)-based models: ESPAAN and Virulent. …”
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The Design of a Vision-Assisted Dynamic Antenna Positioning Radio Frequency Identification-Based Inventory Robot Utilizing a 3-Degree-of-Freedom Manipulator by Abdussalam A. Alajami, Rafael Pous

“…The manipulator subsequently executes a tailored circular scanning motion, ensuring comprehensive coverage of each object’s surface and maximizing RFID tag readability. …”
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Exploring Trends and Variability of Water Quality over Lake Titicaca Using Global Remote Sensing Products by Vann Harvey Maligaya, Analy Baltodano, Afnan Agramont, Ann van Griensven

“…Water quality monitoring of lakes is usually performed with in situ measurements; however, these are costly, time consuming, laborious, and can have limited spatial coverage. Nowadays, remote sensing offers an alternative source of data to be used in water quality monitoring; by applying appropriate algorithms to satellite imagery, it is possible to retrieve water quality parameters. …”
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Cross-Attention-Based High Spatial-Temporal Resolution Fusion of Sentinel-2 and Sentinel-3 Data for Ocean Water Quality Assessment by Yanfeng Wen, Peng Chen, Zhenhua Zhang, Yunzhou Li

“…A necessary trade-off therefore exists between spatial, temporal, and spectral resolution in satellite remote sensing technology: increasing spatial resolution often reduces the coverage area, thereby diminishing temporal resolution. …”
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‘The nurse did not even greet me’: how informed versus non-informed patients evaluate health systems responsiveness in South Africa by Ulf-G Gerdtham, Ronelle Burger, Carmen S Christian, Dumisani MacDonald Hompashe, Anja Smith

“…Introduction Universal Health Coverage is not only about access to health services but also about access to high-quality care, since poor experiences may deter patients from accessing care. …”
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Perceptions of precision medicine among diverse dementia caregivers and professional providers by Joseph E. Gaugler, Hayley R. McCarron, Lauren L. Mitchell

“…Focus groups' responses were coded using thematic analysis. Results Participants indicated skepticism regarding the use of precision medicine in their communities. …”
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Reducing missed opportunities for vaccination in Mozambique: findings from a cross-sectional assessment conducted in 2017 by Bvudzai Priscilla Magadzire, Graça Matsinhe, Gabriel Joao, Ruth Bechtel, Laura Nic Lochlainn

“…Of these, 76% (n=245) were not fully vaccinated, constituting MOV. Our analysis shows that these MOV were most frequently attributable to practices of caregivers and health workers and also to health systems reasons. …”
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Antarctic iceberg freeboard retrieval via deep learning from optical satellite imagery by Zitong Zhou, Outong Li, Songtao Ai, Xinde Chu, Shoukat Ali Shah

“…Freeboard analysis categorized icebergs into five height levels, with small to medium-sized icebergs (less than 25 m) comprising 80.07% of the total. …”
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Flare-IBD: development and validation of a questionnaire based on patients’ messages on an internet forum for early detection of flare in inflammatory bowel disease: study protocol... by Francis Guillemin, Jonathan Epstein, Anne Buisson, Laetitia Ricci, Corinne Devos, Yannick Toussaint

“…Items generation from a source corresponding to exchanges in an internet forum is an innovative method in this field and provides a wider coverage of qualitative data. If such a forum can result in interesting material, then this could be a new methodological perspective for generating items for questionnaires. …”
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Characteristics and Outcomes of Generalized Pustular Psoriasis Patients Managed Through Inpatient Asynchronous Teledermatology: A Retrospective Study by Jeffrey Chen, Joseph C. English

“…Methods: A retrospective analysis of 35 patients with pustular skin disorders between January 2015 and August 2024 was conducted. …”
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Change in TB diagnostic profile after introduction of GeneXpert MTB/RIF assay in National TB Program of Armenia, 2013-2017 by Eduard Kabasakalyan, Karapet Davtyan, Viktorya Cholakyans, Alvard Mirzoyan, Karine Kentenyants, Diana Petrosyan, Armen Hayrapetyan, Himanshu A Gupte

“…Methodology: Retrospective cohort analysis of all presumptive TB patients’ records retrieved from the National Reference Laboratory database was performed. …”
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Investigating the efficiency of medical and health resources and its influencing factors in the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomerations: based on the undesirable super-efficiency... by Yi Chen, Yi Chen, Qianlong Li, Yuting Zhang, Xiaoya Zhang, Handong Zheng

“…The medical and health resources in the Yangtze River Delta region are abundant, occupying a significant position in China’s medical and health system with wide service coverage. The efficient allocation of medical and health resources in this region is a key issue affecting the high-quality development of medical and health services. …”
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Where the road ends, yaws begins? The cost-effectiveness of eradication versus more roads. by Christopher Fitzpatrick, Kingsley Asiedu, Jean Jannin

“…Yaws eradication should be seen as complementary to universal health coverage and shared prosperity on the post-2015 development agenda.…”
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Gen-SynDi: Leveraging Knowledge-Guided Generative AI for Dual Education of Syndrome Differentiation and Disease Diagnosis by Won-Yung Lee, Sang-Yun Han, Ji-Hwan Kim, Byung-Wook Lee, Yejin Han, Seungho Lee

“…A built-in scoring module supplies quantitative measures of inquiry coverage and diagnostic precision, plus brief explanations of overlooked clues. …”
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Remote Sensing Techniques for Assessing Snow Avalanche Formation Factors and Building Hazard Monitoring Systems by Natalya Denissova, Serik Nurakynov, Olga Petrova, Daniker Chepashev, Gulzhan Daumova, Alena Yelisseyeva

“…The review found that remote sensing significantly improves avalanche monitoring by providing continuous, large-scale coverage of snowpack stability and terrain features. …”
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Access to financial support services among older adults during COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana by Shadrack Osei Frimpong, Francis Arthur-Holmes, Akwasi Adjei Gyimah, Prince Peprah, Williams Agyemang-Duah

“…We performed multivariate logistic regression analysis to determine the demographic and socio-economic factors associated with access to financial support services among older adults during the COVID-19 in Ghana…”
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Delineations for Police Patrolling on Street Network Segments with <i>p</i>-Median Location Models by Changho Lee, Hyun Kim, Yongwan Chun, Daniel A. Griffith

“…The second model, an extension of this first <i>p</i>-median one, uses balancing constraints to achieve balanced spatial coverage across patrol areas. These two models are also solved with network kernel density count estimates (NKDCE) instead of crash counts. …”
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Homogeneous electrochemical detection of carcinoembryonic antigen based on target-controlled catalytical reaction of platinum/UiO-66 MOFs nanozyme integrated with aptamer by Jie Zhang, Yuanying Shi, Liming Liu, Bin Qiu, Yue Tian, Guodong Guo

“…Optimization of experimental parameters (e.g., nanozyme concentration, incubation time) enabled the sensor to achieve a detection limit of 3 pg mL−1 with a linear range spanning 0.01–11 ng mL−1, demonstrating potential for point-of-care applications in tumor biomarker analysis.…”
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Evaluation of agricultural products e-commerce logistics service capabilities in Heilongjiang Province based on entropy weight TOPSIS method. by Wei Chen, Huan Chen, Jianhui Yin, Weinan Sun

“…The main constraints include insufficient cold chain coverage, unreasonable layout of urban and rural logistics networks, and low technical integration. …”
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Health professionals' competence for the provision of quality primary health care in Amhara region, Ethiopia. by Gebeyehu Tsega, Mirkuzie Woldie, Gizachew Yismaw, Getu Degu

“…Logistic regression modeling and thematic analysis were carried out.<h4>Results</h4>The response rate was 98%. …”
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