Evaluation of dengue fever vulnerability in south and southeast asian countries: A multidimensional approach by Yawen Wang, Conglu Li, Shi Zhao, Guozhang Lin, Xiaoting Jiang, Shi Yin, Mu He, Qianyu Wu, Zihao Guo, Yuchen Wei, Chao Ren, Ka Chun Chong

“…Methods: Monthly dengue surveillance data from 2012 to 2018 were collected in Sri Lanka, Malaysia, and Thailand, alongside environmental and socioeconomic data. …”
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A Rapid Evidence Support System Assessment (RESSA) of health policymaking in Ireland – A Protocol [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] by Declan Devane, Mairead O'Driscoll, KM Saif-Ur-Rahman, Barbara Whelan, Marie Tierney, Caitriona Creely, Teresa Maguire, Nikita N Burke, Mary Horgan, Trudy Duffy, Catherine Gill, John O'Neill, John N Lavis, Kerry Waddell

“…For the document review, the data analysis and synthesis process will follow the READ approach, allowing for a systematic way to organise, interpret, and synthesise the information extracted from the selected documents. …”
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Validating a clinical laboratory parameter-based deisolation algorithm for patients with COVID-19 in the intensive care unit using viability PCR: the CoLaIC multicentre cohort stud... by Albert Wolthuis, Petra F G Wolffs, Tim Frenzel, Mathie P G Leers, Frank van Rosmalen, Steven JR Meex, Otto Bekers, Bas C T van Bussel, Inge H M van Loo, Guy JM Mostard, Rémy LM Mostard, Arjen-Kars Boer, Ruben Deneer, Tom Schoenmakers, Stefan H M Gorissen, Wilhelmine P H G Verboeket-van de Venne, Walter N K A van Mook, Stephanie MC Ament, M Sesmu Arbous, Miranda van Berkel, Dirck W van Dam, William PTM van Doorn, Tom P Dormans, Silvia MAA Evers, Judith Gillis, Iwan CC van der Horst, W Nadia H Koek, Kitty CFM Linssen, Luuk C Otterspoor, Natal AW van Riel, Frans Stals

“…All three cohorts contain clinical, vital and laboratory parameters, as well as logistic data related to isolated patients with COVID-19, with a focus on intensive care unit (ICU) stay. …”
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Mutaba’ah—Mother and Child Health Study: protocol for a prospective cohort study investigating the maternal and early life determinants of infant, child, adolescent and maternal he... by Tom Loney, Amal Al Haddad, Nasloon Ali, Iffat Elbarazi, Haba Elabadlah, Fatima Al-Maskari, Hassib Narchi, Christel Brabon, Saad Ghazal-Aswad, Fatima M AlShalabi, Antonis Zampelas, Iain Blair, Luai A Ahmed

“…These studies constitute a repository of data which researchers use over many years to investigate emerging research questions. …”
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Effects of ambient air pollution mixtures and household fuel use on progression to advanced cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome among middle-aged and older adults by Shunchang Fan, Haoyue Hu, Yucheng Li, Ying Deng, Shiao Wang, Juxian Xian, Daoqi Zhu, Minyi Zhang

“…Results: In the longitudinal analysis, 18.2 % (604/3317) of participants developed advanced CKM syndrome. …”
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Predicting the Unconfined Compressive Strength of Rice Husk Ash – Treated Fine-grained Soils by Rizgar A. Blayi, Jamal I. Kakrasul, Samir M. Hamad

“… This study aims to develop novel and accurate data-driven predictive models to replace labor-intensive laboratory testing for estimating the unconfined compressive strength (UCS) of problematic soils treated with rice husk ash (RHA) Full Quadratic, Interaction, M5P-tree, and Artificial Neural Network (ANN) were trained and evaluated using a dataset of 211 samples that involved seven key geotechnical parameters, including RHA content (0–30%), liquid limit (22–108%), plasticity index (1.3–82%), maximum dry density (1.2–1.9 g/cm3), optimum moisture content (10.5–42.6%), and curing time (CT) (0–112 days). …”
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A novel multivariate decomposition-based hybrid model for interpretable multi-step-ahead daily reference evapotranspiration forecasting by Ali Matoog Obaid Lebawi, Mahnoosh Moghaddasi, Mehdi Mohammadi Ghaleni, Mansour Moradi

“…New hydrological insights for the region: Results demonstrated that the developed models significantly enhance ET0 forecasting capabilities across multiple time scales. …”
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Potent targeted larvicidal activities of marine-derived Bacillus sp. bacterial extracts on mosquito vectors by Cherish Prashar, Heena Devkar, Vandana Vandana, Madhavinadha P. Kona, Om P. Singh, Ram Das, Kapil Vashisht, Narsinh Thakur, Kailash C. Pandey

“…Altogether, our data underscores the importance of exploration of marine bacteria from Indian peninsula for their larvicidal activities and further undertaking mechanistic approach to develop novel bio-larvicides.…”
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COVID-19 pandemic and food security: Strategic agricultural budget allocation in Indonesia by Akbar Akbar, Rahim Darma, Andi Irawan, Mahyuddin, Feryanto Feryanto, Rida Akzar

“…Using a multi-dimensional research approach, the study involves key stakeholders from the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry of National Development Planning, employing methods such as in-depth interviews, focus group discussions, and data collection from primary and secondary sources. …”
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Physical exercise barriers and needs in adults with congenital heart disease: a qualitative study by Robert M Kauling, Marjolein Snaterse, Nienke ter Hoeve, Daniëlle Robbers-Visser, Madoka Sunamura, Yara F Langeveld, Annemien van den Bosch, Jasmijn C van Groen, Harald T. Jorstad

“…Interviews were coded and thematically analysed to identify specific physical exercise barriers and needs.Results Data saturation was reached after interviewing 19 individuals living with ACHD (median age 46 years (range 24–75), 10 women). …”
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Social–emotional learning program: a community-based case-controlled study by Kit Knier, Taylor Harrison, Michelle Grady, Andrew Brock, Gauri Sood, Debbie Fuehrer, Amit Sood, Chris Pierret

“…While there was no statistically significant change in positive affect, self-compassion, or mindfulness, there was meaningful improvement in student internalizing problems and peer problems. Analysis of qualitative data showed the importance of timing during the year to maximize classroom benefits like establishing behavioral expectations early and reducing problem behaviors. …”
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Drug-Induced Eosinophilia by O. D. Ostroumova, E. Yu. Shahova, A. I. Kochetkov

“…Objective of this review is data analysis and systematization on the prevalence and risk factors for the drug-induced eosinophilia development, as well as a synthesis of existing methods for the prevention and treatment of this condition. …”
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Advocating for the devil, or the positive social effects of the forced transition to distance learning format in Ukrainian higher education by Boiko D. M., Patterson K. Yu., Tupota O. O.

“…Individual research (developments) grants for researchers in Ukraine (supported by the University of Cambridge, UK)”. …”
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Arterial hypertension in children and adolescents: a modern view at the problem (a literature review). Part 1 by I. V. Shlimkevych, I. S. Lembryk, O. O. Tsytsiura, Yu. I. Alekseieva, O. V. Zhyliak

“…The aim of the study was to provide modern data on the epidemiology, risk factors, mechanisms of development and diagnostic criteria for hypertension in children and adolescents, based on a review of scientific sources. …”
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Effect of nutritional status on dental maturation and mandibular bone density among Indonesian children aged 6–9 Years in Yogyakarta by Abshari Rizky Sudjatmoko, Supartinah Santoso, Ryna Dwi Yanuaryska

“…Introduction: Growth and development in children depend significantly on their nutritional status; therefore, nutritional deficiencies can greatly influence dental and bone maturity. …”
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Robust multi-task feature selection with counterfactual explanation for schizophrenia identification using functional brain networks by Xinyan Yuan, Shaolong Wei, Ying Sun, Lingling Gu, Yanyan He, Tiantian Chen, Hongcheng Yao, Haonan Rao

“…A multi-task feature selection framework based on the Gray Wolf Optimizer (GWO) is developed to identify abnormal functional connectivity (FC) features in SZ patients. …”
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Association Between Long-term Statin Therapy and New-onset Diabetes in Cardiovascular Risk Patients in the UAE by Romona D. Govender, Saif Al-Shamsi, Raya Almazrouei, Abeer Tahrawi, Rehab Mersal

“…Methods: We analyzed retrospective data of patients who were initiated on statin therapy from April to December 2008 and followed up till January 2020. …”
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CD24 Regulates the Formation of Ectosomes in B Lymphocytes by Hong‐Dien Phan, Kaitlyn E. Mayne, Willow R. B. Squires, Grant R. Kelly, Reilly H. Smith, Rashid Jafardoust, Sherri L. Christian

“…Lastly, through live cell imaging, we found that PI3K and ROCK are required for inducing membrane dynamics associated with EV formation. These data suggest that this pathway regulates bioactive EV release that, in turn, could regulate B cell development.…”
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Assessment of learning in Interprofessional Education in Health Higher Education: protocol for an integrative literature review on pedagogical approaches by Rafael Silvério de Moraes, Camila Mendes da Silva Souza, Valéria Marli Leonello

“…The ILR methodology will follow six steps: formulation of the research question, definition of inclusion and exclusion criteria, data collection and literature search strategies, rigorous evaluation of the selected studies, analysis and synthesis of the findings, and presentation and interpretation of the results. …”
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Time and Covariance Threshold Triggered Optimal Uncooperative Rendezvous Using Angles-Only Navigation by Yue You, Hua Wang, Christophe Paccolat, Volker Gass, Jean-Philippe Thiran, Jiu Ren Li

“…Multi-impulsive Hill guidance law is employed in closed-loop linear covariance analysis model, based on which the quantitative relative position robustness and relative velocity robustness index are defined. …”
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