Evaluating Soil Degradation in Agricultural Soil with Ground-Penetrating Radar: A Systematic Review of Applications and Challenges by Filipe Adão, Luís Pádua, Joaquim J. Sousa

“…Conventional soil monitoring techniques often rely on invasive sampling methods, which can be labor-intensive, disruptive, and limited in spatial coverage. In contrast, non-invasive geophysical techniques, particularly ground-penetrating radar, have gained attention as tools for assessing soil properties. …”
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Spatiotemporal Relationship Between Human Activities and Urban Heat in Chinese Megacities Based on Multisource Remote Sensing by Bingcheng Xuan, Zhe Li, Jing Kang, Yi Hu

“…Human activities have significantly reshaped urban thermal environments and intensified heat-related risks in rapidly urbanizing areas. Owing to its broad coverage and long-term monitoring capabilities, satellite remote sensing has become essential for tracking land surface temperature (LST) dynamics. …”
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Barriers to effective usage of insecticide-treated mosquito nets (ITNS) among women of reproductive age in Tanzania: a national cross-sectional survey by Kelly Taremwa, Ebuka Louis Anyamene, Gideon Ikemdinachi Nwankwo, Miracle Kenile Agbontale, Isaac Isiko

“…Methods A cross-sectional analysis was conducted using data from the 2022 Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey (TDHS). …”
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Estimating Heart Rate from Inertial Sensors Embedded in Smart Eyewear: A Validation Study by Sarah Solbiati, Federica Mozzini, Jean Sahler, Paul Gil, Bruno Amir, Niccolò Antonello, Diana Trojaniello, Enrico Gianluca Caiani

“…The SmartEW algorithm analyzed 22.5 s signal windows using spectral analysis to estimate HR and provide a quality index (QI). …”
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Estimating the historical impact of outbreak response immunisation programmes across 210 outbreaks in low and middle-income countries by Stefanie Vaccher, Romesh G Abeysuriya, Nick Scott, Dominic Delport, Tewodaj Mengistu, Alina M Muellenmeister, Gabrielle MacKechnie, Dan Hogan

“…Agent-based models were calibrated for each disease such that after controlling for baseline vaccine coverage, response time, vaccination rate, environmental variables or endemic prevalence of the disease, observed outbreaks were within the distribution of simulated outbreaks. …”
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Age, Spatial, and Temporal Variations in Hospital Admissions with Malaria in Kilifi County, Kenya: A 25-Year Longitudinal Observational Study. by Polycarp Mogeni, Thomas N Williams, Gregory Fegan, Christopher Nyundo, Evasius Bauni, Kennedy Mwai, Irene Omedo, Patricia Njuguna, Charles R Newton, Faith Osier, James A Berkley, Laura L Hammitt, Brett Lowe, Gabriel Mwambingu, Ken Awuondo, Neema Mturi, Norbert Peshu, Robert W Snow, Abdisalan Noor, Kevin Marsh, Philip Bejon

“…In this observational analysis, we were unable to determine the cause of the decline in malaria between 1998 and 2009, which pre-dated the dramatic scale-up in ITN distribution and use.…”
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Competitive Position of Polish and Ukrainian Food Producers in the EU Market by Łukasz Ambroziak, Iwona Szczepaniak, Małgorzata Bułkowska

“…The aim of this article is to assess the competitive position of Polish and Ukrainian food producers in the EU market and the prospects for the evolution of their competitive advantages. The analysis was carried out using selected quantitative indicators of competitive position, namely Balassa’s Revealed Comparative Advantage Index (RCA) and the Trade Coverage Index (TC). …”
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Paediatric varicella epidemiology in urban Beijing, China, 2014–2023 by Dan Yu, Wei Su, Miao Fan, Lu Lu, Xinyu Wang, Sheng Zhang, Qingjing Du, Lin Ma, Ying Liu, Kaihu Yao

“…Here, we present an analysis of paediatric varicella cases from 2014 to 2023, including 10,049 cases from two children's hospitals. …”
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Suicides in China's scientific community: A call for a public health response by Cary Wu, Xiaolin Ai, Mojie Li, Jiexi Cao, Yiran Sun, Yuxin Gao, Zhiwen Gong

“…Additionally, media coverage of these cases appears to have changed over time, shifting from portraying suicide solely as an individual health struggle to framing it as a broader social issue. …”
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Assessing the Landslide Identification Capability of LuTan-1 in Hilly Regions: A Case Study in Longshan County, Hunan Province by Hesheng Chen, Zuohui Qin, Bo Liu, Renwei Peng, Zhiyi Yu, Tengfei Yao, Zefa Yang, Guangcai Feng, Wenxin Wang

“…LT-1’s L-band characteristics, comprehensive ascending and descending orbit coverage, and high-precision deformation detection make it highly promising for landslide identification in the southern hilly regions. …”
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ASM-SS: the first quasi-global high-spatial-resolution coastal storm surge dataset reconstructed from tide gauge records by L. Yang, T. Jin, T. Jin, W. Jiang, W. Jiang

“…<p>Storm surges (SSs) cause massive loss of life and property in coastal areas each year. High-spatial-coverage and long-term SS records are the basis for deepening our understanding of these disasters. …”
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Intraspecies associations from strain-rich metagenome samples by Evan B. Qu, Jacob S. Baker, Laura Markey, Veda Khadka, Chris Mancuso, A. Delphine Tripp, Tami D. Lieberman

“…While metagenomics theoretically provides information on all strains in a sample, current strain-resolved analysis methods face a tradeoff: de novo genotyping approaches can detect novel strains but struggle when applied to strain-rich or low-coverage samples, while reference database methods work robustly across sample types but are insensitive to novel diversity. …”
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Transition Metal Oxides (WO₃-ZrO₂) as Promoters and Hydrogen Adsorption Modulators in Pt/WO₃-ZrO₂-C Electrocatalyst for the Reduction of... by Claudia R. Santiago-Ramírez, Martha L. Hernández-Pichardo, Arturo Manzo-Robledo, Daniel A. Acuña-Leal, Miguel A. Gracia-Pinilla

“…At the same time, the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) was shifted to more negative cathodic potentials, indicating reduced hydrogen coverage and a modified dissociative Tafel mechanism on platinum. …”
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Thermal dose feedback control systems applied to magnetic nanoparticle hyperthermia by Yash Sharad Lad, Shreeniket Pawar, Nageshwar Arepally, Hayden Carlton, Constantinos Hadjipanayis, Robert Ivkov, Ma’Moun Abu-Ayyad, Anilchandra Attaluri

“…Regions of the phantom tumor that were undertreated during the simulated MNHT were selectively heated by adjusting the heating volume to improve the tumor coverage index (CI; tumor volume ≥ CEM43 of 20 [min]). …”
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Health economic evaluation of EV71 vaccination in children under the school-age population in Guangdong Province, China by Hui Zhang, Hui Zhang, Jienan Zheng, Jienan Zheng, Danxia Luo, Danxia Luo, Biao Zeng, Yao Yi, Fen Yang, Lilin Lin, Aiping Deng, Min Kang, Yingtao Zhang

“…Then, the incidence of HFMD under different vaccination coverage rate (0, 40, 70, and 90%) was simulated in four scenarios. …”
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The trends of mortality, aetiologies and risk factors of lower respiratory infections in Saudi Arabia from 1990 to 2021: results from the global burden of disease study 2021 by Majed Ramadan, Rbab Bajunaid, Jood Abdulhafeez Alansari, Hala Yusef, Rawiah A. Alsiary

“…Continued investment in public health infrastructure, vaccination coverage, and environmental health initiatives is essential for further reducing the burden of LRIs in Saudi Arabia.…”
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Adaptations of an online cognitive-behavioral therapy intervention for binge type eating disorders in publicly-insured and uninsured adults: a pilot study by Siena S. Vendlinski, Agatha A. Laboe, Peyton Crest, Claire G. McGinnis, Molly F. Steinhoff, Denise E. Wilfley, C. Barr Taylor, Ellen E. Fitzsimmons-Craft, Erin C. Accurso

“…Participants endorsed facing barriers to healthcare, such as poor insurance coverage and a lack of trained providers, and interest in a coach to increase treatment accountability. …”
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Integrated Approaches for the Delivery of Maternal and Child Health Services with Childhood Immunization Programs in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Systematic Review Update 2011... by Monica P. Shah, Christopher J. Morgan, James G. Beeson, Elizabeth Peach, Jessica Davis, Barbara McPake, Aaron S. Wallace

“…For the included articles, data extraction and analysis examined the descriptive characteristics of studies, outcomes, and implementation considerations. …”
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Multi-level clustering and Prediction based energy efficient routing protocol to eliminate Hotspot problem in Wireless Sensor Networks. by Bhaskar Prince, Prabhat Kumar, Sunil Kumar Singh

“…Moreover, data collection by two data mules based on odd–even round number ensures balanced data traffic and energy distribution across the network. Analysis indicates that the proposed protocol effectively mitigates the hot-spot problem and reduces data transmission overhead of sensor nodes. …”
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Assessing water clarity in the Chesapeake Bay using satellite-derived Secchi disk depth by Seunghyun Son, Nikolay P. Nezlin, Veronica P. Lance

“…Assessments of SDD from remotely-sensed ocean color data benefit from wide spatial and temporal coverage but are subject to low accuracy resulting from unstable relationship between water transparency and the color of water surface. …”
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