Meningococcal Vaccination in High-Risk Patients: A Systematic Approach to Evaluating Coverage and Patient Catch-Up Through Healthcare Databases by Rafael Ruiz-Montero, Álvaro Serrano-Ortiz, Mario Rivera-Izquierdo, Piedad Galvache Murillo-Rico, Ana Moñiz-Díez, María Ángeles Onieva-García, Eloy Girela-López, Inmaculada Salcedo-Leal

“…<b>Conclusions</b>: The identification of high-risk patients through databases using R-coded algorithms is both feasible and effective for identifying and catching-up patients for vaccination. …”
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The Assessment of the Role of Traditional Methods of Family Planning Within the Household in Coastal Communities of Tanzania: A Case of Kisiju Ward in Mkurunga District Council by Rose I. Mbwete

“…A mixed method approach was employed, whereby quantitative data from the questionnaires were analysed and subjected to statistical tests, primarily chi-square (P≥ 0.05), while qualitative data were coded, and themes were developed. The study’s findings indicate that traditional methods of family planning remain effective as they continue to be used by women in the study area for various purposes including child spacing. …”
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ANTI-CORRUPTION SAFEGUARDS IN COMMUNES. CONCLUSIONS FROM A SURVEY OF POLISH LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS by Waldemar Wojtasik, Maciej Marmola

“… The establishment of effective anti-corruption systems has been demonstrated to be a means of limiting the deleterious economic and social effects of corruption. …”
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Characterizing adaptation responses to drought risk of livestock farmers in the Spanish dehesa agroforestry system by Nikoletta Ropero Szymañska, Nuria Hernández-Mora, Lucia De Stefano

“…In the face of climate crisis, farmers will often tend to choose coping measures that have immediate effectiveness and are useful to swiftly address an unexpected critical situation, while more adaptive measures often need years or decades to achieve full effectiveness. …”
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Tn-seq screens in Candida glabrata treated with echinocandins and ibrexafungerp reveal pathways of antifungal resistance and cross-resistance by Timothy J. Nickels, Kyle W. Cunningham

“…Though Gal11 and other subunits of the mediator complex were necessary for the Pdr1 effects, an inhibitor of Gal11 (iKIX1) did not synergize with micafungin due to off-target antagonistic effects. …”
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A Multiscale Model to Assess Bridge Vulnerability Under Extreme Wave Loading by Umberto De Maio, Fabrizio Greco, Paolo Lonetti, Paolo Nevone Blasi

“…This included verifying the wave load formulas from existing codes or refined formulations found in the literature, along with assessing the dynamic amplification’s effects on key bridge design variables and the worst loading cases involving bridge uplift and horizontal forces comparable to those typically used in seismic actions. …”
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An Assessment of the Roles of the Government, Regulators, and Investors in ESG Implementation in South Africa: A Scoping Review by Wilfreda Indira Chawarura, Mabutho Sibanda, Kuziva Mamvura

“…The study shows that the South African Government should improve its ESG laws for effective ESG adoption and avoid relying on the JSE, which enforces the King Code as a mandatory listing requirement to monitor ESG implementation. …”
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Offline Safe Reinforcement Learning for Sepsis Treatment: Tackling Variable-Length Episodes with Sparse Rewards by Rui Tu, Zhipeng Luo, Chuanliang Pan, Zhong Wang, Jie Su, Yu Zhang, Yifan Wang

“…In this paper, we study how to recommend effective and safe treatments for critically ill septic patients. …”
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Microstructural evolution and mechanical property enhancement of red mud incorporated high strength concrete by Chava Venkatesh, Chereddy Sonali Sri Durga, Takkellapati Sujatha, Ramamohana Reddy Bellum, Bypaneni Krishna Chaitanya, Meseret Getnet Meharie

“…Novel prediction models for mechanical properties demonstrate greater accuracy compared to established code equations. This research establishes 10% as the most effective RM replacement threshold, balancing enhanced mechanical performance with sustainability benefits, thereby providing a robust framework for industrial-scale implementation of RM in high-strength concrete applications.…”
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Perbandingan konsep Hukum Kepailitan Amerika (Chapter 11) dan Hukum Kepailitan Indonesia by Faishal Fatahillah, Atik Winanti

“…The research is more focused on comparing the effectiveness and application of the United States bankruptcy law system and the Indonesian bankruptcy law system, which has not been explained comprehensively in previous research. …”
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Using digital game-based technologies in a system of studying russian as aforeign language in modern university by A. V. Matokhina, N. V. Kharlamova, O. A. Shabalina, E. A. Kulikov

“…The aggregated results of the game application will be used to evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed technology of teaching Russian as a foreign language and to develop the next levels of the game.…”
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A User Location Reset Method through Object Recognition in Indoor Navigation System Using Unity and a Smartphone (INSUS) by Evianita Dewi Fajrianti, Yohanes Yohanie Fridelin Panduman, Nobuo Funabiki, Amma Liesvarastranta Haz, Komang Candra Brata, Sritrusta Sukaridhoto

“…The results confirmed the effectiveness of the proposal.…”
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Cascaded H-Bridge Multilevel Converter Topology for a PV Connected to a Medium-Voltage Grid by Hammad Alnuman, Essam Hussain, Mokhtar Aly, Emad M. Ahmed, Ahmed Alshahir

“…When connecting a renewable energy source to a medium-voltage grid, it has to fulfil grid codes and be able to work in a medium-voltage range (>10 kV). …”
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Burden of opioid use disorder in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA): findings from Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study by Mohammad Effatpanah, Homa Seyedmirzaei, Hossein Karami, Pegah Rasoulian, Reza Mehrizi, Khashayar Danandeh, Leila Ghamkhar, Zeynab Efatpanah, Amin Nakhostin-Ansari

“…In the GBD study, OUDs were defined as the ICD-10 codes of F11.0-F11.9, P96.1, and R78.1 and the DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition) code of 304.00. …”
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Cannabis Use and Increased 90-Day Postoperative Medical Complications Following Foot and Ankle Arthrodesis by Victoria E. Bergstein BA, Arman Kishan MBBS, Stanley E. Zhu BS, James R. Ficke MD, Amiethab A. Aiyer MD

“…Further, these results emphasize the need for further research on the molecular mechanisms of cannabis to understand the risk-benefit ratio between the therapeutic effects of cannabidiol for arthritic pain relief, and the adverse outcomes that may result following surgical intervention.…”
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Evaluation of the status of scientific journals, rank A, of MSRT, based on the desired indicators of Scopus and WoS by Ehsan Ehteshamnejad, Mehdi Ramezani, Mehdi Pakzad bonab

“…Extended Abstract: Intoduction:The indexing of scientific journals in international databases such as Scopus is considered as one of the policies of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology for reasons such as being effective in increasing the visibility of scientific journals and also improving the scientific ranking of the country at the world level. …”
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Challenging the Continued Usefulness of Social Media Recruitment for Surveys of Hidden Populations of People Who Use Opioids by Elizabeth D Nesoff, Joseph J Palamar, Qingyue Li, Wenqian Li, Silvia S Martins

“…Of these, 23.9% (n=571) showed evidence of a duplicate IP or email address, 45.9% (n=1095) reported consuming a fictitious drug, 15.8% (n=378) provided an invalid ZIP code, and 9.4% (n=225) reported improbable drug use behaviors. …”
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Applying AI to Structured Real-World Data for Pharmacovigilance Purposes: Scoping Review by Stella Dimitsaki, Pantelis Natsiavas, Marie-Christine Jaulent

“…Most of the articles focused on adverse drug reaction detection procedures (23/36, 64%) for specific adverse effects. Furthermore, a substantial number of studies (34/36, 94%) used nonsymbolic AI approaches, emphasizing classification tasks. …”
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Users' Perceptions and Trust in AI in Direct-to-Consumer mHealth: Qualitative Interview Study by Katie Ryan, Justin Hogg, Max Kasun, Jane Paik Kim

“… BackgroundThe increasing use of direct-to-consumer artificial intelligence (AI)–enabled mobile health (AI-mHealth) apps presents an opportunity for more effective health management and monitoring and expanded mobile health (mHealth) capabilities. …”
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Neurodevelopmental disorders among term infants exposed to antenatal corticosteroids during pregnancy: a population-based study by Nir Melamed, Elizabeth Asztalos, Kellie Murphy, Arthur Zaltz, Donald Redelmeier, Baiju R Shah, Jon Barrett

“…Despite their immediate beneficial effects, the long-term safety of ACS has been an ongoing source of concern. …”
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