Funding the future: safeguarding pediatric health equity through CMS and CHIP by Carlie N. Myers, Meera Rao, Rishiraj Bandi, Sebastian Densley, Daniella Diaz, Michelle Knecht, Lea Sacca

“…This commentary examines five articles, including four CMS-funded interventions that address pediatric health inequities by targeting key social determinants of health (SDoH), including access to care, neighborhood conditions, and insurance coverage. Interventions reviewed include Functional Family Therapy (FFT) for adjudicated youth, a hospital-led asthma management initiative in Ohio, community-based care engagement strategies in disorganized Chicago neighborhoods, and a national policy analysis of CHIP's effectiveness. …”
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Epidemiological Features, Clinical Symptoms, and Environmental Risk Factors for Notifiable Japanese Encephalitis in Taiwan From 2008 to 2020: Retrospective Study by Fu-Huang Lin, Yu-Ching Chou, Chi-Jeng Hsieh, Chia-Peng Yu

“…For air pollution factors, linear regression analysis showed that SO2βP3βPβP ConclusionsThis study is the first to report confirmed cases of JE from the surveillance data of the Taiwan Centers for Diseases Control between 2008 and 2020. …”
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Performance evaluation on vaccination rates monitoring report system of Shenzhen, China by Linxiang Chen, Ziqi Wang, Xiaojun Zheng, Fangfang Lu, Huawei Xiong, Jing Liao, Chunmiao Peng, Kangming Chen, Wenli Zhang, Yucheng Xu, Lina Duan

“…To evaluate the performance of “Vaccination Rates Monitoring Report System” implemented by Shenzhen CDC, we conducted an analysis of the data quality and identify key areas for system improvement. …”
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Surveillance in easy to access population subgroups as a tool for evaluating malaria control progress: A systematic review. by Sanie S S Sesay, Emanuele Giorgi, Peter J Diggle, David Schellenberg, David G Lalloo, Dianne J Terlouw

“…Two studies attempted to measure the degree of bias or improve the precision of estimates by controlling for bias in a multivariate analysis; and this was only successful in one study. …”
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Knowledge, Attitude, Practices, and Associated Factor towards Hepatitis B Virus Infection among Health Care Professionals at Tibebe Ghion Specialized Hospital, Bahir Dar, Northwest... by Debaka Belete, Dagnaneh Wondale, Teklehaimanot Kiros, Biruk Demissie

“…Therefore, continual professional training programs on HBV infection include increased vaccination coverage rate and postexposure prophylaxis of heath care workers especially for highly exposed professionals.…”
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Pertussis - A Comprehensive Review of Etiology, Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention by Krzysztof Sajewicz, Julia Dulęba`, Paulina Strzałkowska, Monika Kaźmierczak, Oskar Tudaj, Joanna Koszałko, Aleksandra Mazur, Filip Kin, Julia Kalisiak, Wiktoria Kalas

“…Controlling incidence requires maintaining >95% vaccination coverage, targeted antibacterial treatment, and research into new vaccines to address evolving Bordetella pertussis strains. …”
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Acceptability and feasibility of a task-shifted collaborative care model for depression and anxiety in primary HIV clinics in the Philippines: a qualitative inquiry by Anna Maureen Dungca-Lorilla, Jennifer Mootz, Maria Isabel Melgar, Roxanne Emily Tanuecoz, Timothy John Dizon, Annette H. Sohn, Rossana Ditangco

“…We employed a thematic analysis using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) domains as themes. …”
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Wildlife detection, counting and survey using satellite imagery: are we there yet? by Alexandre Delplanque, Jérôme Théau, Samuel Foucher, Ghazaleh Serati, Simon Durand, Philippe Lejeune

“…Very-high-resolution (VHR) satellite sensors promise large spatial and temporal coverage while seemingly being less costly than traditional methods. …”
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Low-value MRI of the knee in Norway: a register-based study to identify the proportion of potentially low-value MRIs and estimate the related costs by Bjørn Hofmann, Elin Kjelle, Eivind Richter Andersen, Vegard Håvik, Ingrid Øfsti Brandsæter

“…Objectives The objective of this study is to investigate the proportion of potentially low-value knee MRI in Norway and to provide an estimate of the related costs.Design Register study based on conditional data extraction and analysis of data from Control and Reimbursement of Healthcare Claims registry in Norway.Setting MRI in public specialist healthcare with universal health coverage (Norway).Participants 48 212 MRIs for 41 456 unique patients and 45 946 reimbursement claims.Outcome measures Proportion of MRIs of the knee that (1) did not have a relevant tentative diagnosis prior to the knee MRI, (2) did not have a relevant alternative image of the knee before the MRI or (3) did not have a relevant code from the specialist care within 6 months after the MRI, and those that had combinations of 1, 2 and 3. …”
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Association of co-prescribing of opioid and benzodiazepine substitutes with incident falls and fractures among older adults: a cohort study by Rahul Shah, Yong-Fang Kuo, Jordan Westra, Mukaila A Raji

“…After adjusting for demographic characteristics, chronic conditions and history of hospitalisation and fall or fracture, the co-prescribing of ≥3 drugs (adjusted HR [aHR], 1.38; 95% CI 1.14 to 1.67) and opioid plus gabapentinoid (aHR, 1.18; 95% CI 1.02 to 1.37) were associated with a high fall risk, compared with benzodiazepineplus opioid co-prescribing, findings consistent with the secondary analysis using inverse probability of treatment weighting with propensity scores. …”
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Innovative Training Strategies for Public Response to Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Scoping Review by Dalle H, Trisyani Y, Nur'aeni A

“…JBI tools were utilized to select high-quality articles, and thematic analysis was conducted to identify relevant innovations in OHCA training.Results: This review analyzed 13 articles discussing various methods of CPR training for the general public, considering cost, ease of use, and effectiveness. …”
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Underground well water level observation grid dataset from 2005 to 2022 by Mengran Wang, Jiaqi Yao, Huanyu Chang, Rong Liu, Nan Xu, Zihua Liu, Haiying Gong, Hengliang Zheng, Jinke Wang, Xueer Guo, Yongqiang Cao, Yong Zhao, Hui Lu

“…To enhance its spatial and temporal coverage, the dataset was processed using the inverse distance weighting interpolation method, generating groundwater level raster data with spatial and temporal resolutions of 1 km and one month, respectively. …”
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Synergy and competition during the anaerobic degradation of N-acetylglucosamine in a methane-emitting, subarctic, pH-neutral fen by Katharina Kujala, Oliver Schmidt, Marcus A. Horn

“…Microbial community analysis of field fresh soil indicated the presence of many physiologically unresolved bacterial taxa, but also known primary and secondary fermenters, acetogens, iron reducers, sulfate reducers, and hydrogenotrophic methanogens (predominately Methanocellaceae and Methanoregulaceae). …”
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In Silico tool for predicting, designing and scanning IL-2 inducing peptides by Naman Kumar Mehta, Anjali Lathwal, Rajesh Kumar, Dilraj Kaur, Gajendra P. S. Raghava

“…Initially, we developed alignment-based methods, which demonstrated high precision but limited coverage. Subsequently, we developed artificial intelligence-based models, including machine learning (ML), deep learning (DL), and large language models (LLM), to predict IL-2-inducing peptides. …”
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Interleukin-1β activity in gingival crevicular fluid of abutment teeth with temporary fixed restorations versus final fixed restorations: Prospective observational study by Amal Abdallah A. Abo-Elmagd, Dina Sabry, Ebtehal Mohammed

“…Samples of GCF were collected from 24 participants with provisional and permanent definitive full-coverage restorations with subgingival margin placements at three intervals for each participant: Interval 1, after preparation and immediately before cementation of temporary fixed restoration. …”
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Efficacy of periodontal soft tissue augmentation prior to orthodontic treatment on preventing gingival recession: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial by Jing Chen, Qiang Li, Wei Zhang, Fan Zhang, Jiashu Lv, Yuhui Wang, Yichen Xu, Yichen Pan

“…This study was designed to investigate the efficacy of soft tissue augmentation prior to orthodontic treatment on the prevention of gingival recession.Method and analysis This is a single-centre, single-blind, randomised controlled, double-armed parallel group comparison trial. …”
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Integration of In Situ and Sentinel-2 Data to Assess Soil Quality in Forest Monitoring: The Case Study of the Vesuvius Fires by Lucia Santorufo, Massimiliano Gargiulo, Valeria Memoli, Giulia Maisto, Rossella Barile, Giuseppe Ruello

“…On the one hand, biological and chemical <i>in situ</i> measurements are typically used to accurately investigate the evolution of the land affected by fires, with limited spatial coverage. On the other hand, Remote Sensing (RS) is a mature technology to complement the <i>in situ</i> campaigns on large regions with adequate revisit time. …”
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Exploring the capabilities of hyperspectral remote sensing for soil texture evaluation by Mohammad Hosseinpour-Zarnaq, Mahmoud Omid, Fereydoon Sarmadian, Hassan Ghasemi-Mobtaker, Reza Alimardani, Pouya Bohlol

“…These findings highlight the potential of environmental covariates and the modeling approach for enhancing the spatial coverage of real soil status to monitor diversity and refine soil mapping for more effective agricultural management practices.…”
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Real-world survival outcomes in first-line ibrutinib-treated patients with high-risk CLL/SLL by John N. Allan, Tao Ran, Zhijie Ding, Jinghua He, Alex Bokun, Zaina P. Qureshi, Susan M. O’Brien

“…Similarly, among the subgroup of patients with Medicare coverage, the HR was 0.98 (95% CI, 0.63-1.53), and median rwOS was not reached. …”
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Bridging the gaps in the global governance of antimicrobial resistance: the UN sustainable development goals and global health security agenda [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] by Soumyo Mukherji, Andrew Hursthouse, Anjali Parasnis, Suparna Mukherji, Fiona Henriquez, Kavita Sachwani, Regina Esiovwa, John Connolly

“…The research is supported by a systematic analysis of the national action plans for addressing AMR published by the World Health Organisation (WHO). …”
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