DAILY PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN CHILDREN ENROLLED IN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY by Marlon Magnon Valdevino Leite, Ana Maria Forti Barela, José Angelo Barela

“…To infer caloric expenditure, number of steps per day, and total distance traveled, children were monitored with pedometers during three nonconsecutive days: a day with a physical education class at school, a normal activity weekday, and a weekend day. …”
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Effect of timing of artificial insemination with conventional or sex-sorted semen on fertility of lactating dairy cows by V.G. Santos, P.D. Carvalho, A.H. Souza, S. Priskas, J.A.L. Castro, A.M.F. Pereira, P.J. Ross, J. Moreno, M.C. Wiltbank, P.M. Fricke

“…ABSTRACT: The effect on pregnancy per artificial insemination (P/AI) of interval from induction of ovulation to timed artificial insemination (TAI) for cows submitted to a fertility program and the interval from the onset of estrous alert to artificial insemination (AI) for cows inseminated to estrous alert was analyzed in 3 experiments. …”
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Novel duplex TaqMan-based quantitative PCR for rapid and accurate diagnosis of Leishmania (Mundinia) martiniquensis and Leishmania (Mundinia) orientalis, responsible for autochthon... by Kanok Preativatanyou, Nopporn Songumpai, Pathamet Khositharattanakool, Rinnara Ampol, Chulaluk Promrangsee, Chatchapon Sricharoensuk, Kobpat Phadungsaksawasdi, Thanapat Pataradool, Tomas Becvar, Barbora Vojtkova, Petr Volf, Padet Siriyasatien

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Demographics, epidemiology, mortality and difficult-to-treat resistance patterns of bacterial bloodstream infections in the global US Military Health System from 2010 to 2019: a re... by Jing Wang, Carlos Morales, Dean Follmann, John H Powers, Alexander C Vostal, Melissa Grance, Sameer S Kadri, Sarah Warner, Uzo Chukwuma, Charlotte Lanteri, M Leigh Carson, Beth Poitras, Nicholas Seliga, Edward Parmelee, Katrin Mende

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Epidemiology of pulmonary embolism in China, 2021: a nationwide hospital-based studyResearch in context by Kaiyuan Zhen, Yuzhi Tao, Lei Xia, Shengfeng Wang, Qian Gao, Dingyi Wang, Zhaofei Chen, Xianglong Meng, Yuting Kang, Guohui Fan, Zhu Zhang, Peiran Yang, Jixiang Liu, Yu Zhang, Chaozeng Si, Wei Wang, Jun Wan, Yuanhua Yang, Zhihong Liu, Yingqun Ji, Juhong Shi, Qun Yi, Guochao Shi, Yutao Guo, Nuofu Zhang, Zhaozhong Cheng, Ling Zhu, Zhe Cheng, Xianbo Zuo, Wanmu Xie, Qiang Huang, Shuai Zhang, Lanxia Gan, Bing Liu, Simiao Chen, Cunbo Jia, Chen Wang, Zhenguo Zhai

“…The incidence of PE was higher in male patients (14.43 per 100,000 population) than in female patients (13.95 per 100,000 population). …”
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A randomised trial to compare the safety, tolerability and efficacy of three drug combinations for intermittent preventive treatment in children. by Kalifa Bojang, Francis Akor, Ousman Bittaye, David Conway, Christian Bottomley, Paul Milligan, Brian Greenwood

“…Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) given alone or in combination with other drugs has been used for most IPT programmes. However, SP resistance is increasing in many parts of Africa. …”
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Postpartum Remote Health Coaching Intervention for Individuals With a Hypertensive Disorder of Pregnancy: Proof-of-Concept Study by Jaclyn D Borrowman, Lucas J Carr, Gary L Pierce, William T Story, Bethany Barone Gibbs, Kara M Whitaker

“…Feasibility was assessed by the number of sessions attended and acceptability by self-reported satisfaction with the program. Changes in steps achieved per day were measured with an activPAL4 micro, PA behavior skills via validated surveys online, and BP was assessed remotely with a research-grade Omron Series 5 (Omron Corporation) BP monitor. …”
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Epidemiology of lameness in prepartum dairy heifers and its association with milk production, reproduction, and diseases in the postpartum period by B.S. Souza, R.R. Daros

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Multi-Stage Evaluation of Demolition and Reclamation Carbon Storage from "System Design-Construction-Quality Effect" Perspectives by Deng Pingping, Ye Changdong, Ke Chunpeng, Hu Yueming, Fu Xiaoping, Zhou Long

“…Third, an integrated SD-CO-QE approach should be prioritized in high-carbon-potential areas and supported by remote-sensing-based dynamic monitoring to enable timely feedback, adaptive management, and precise interventions. …”
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Unravelling climate misinformation: fact-checking of climate disinformation in spanish-speaking podcasts by Mercè Cisneros, Jon X Olano Pozo, Anna Boqué-Ciurana, Caterina Cimolai, Daniel Dermit, Andrea Arnal, Marc Masip, Javier Sigro, Enric Aguilar

“…During COP27, the daily rate of climate mis- and disinformation claims (7.5 per day) was significantly higher than during the regular period (2.9 per day). …”
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Pramipexole in addition to mood stabilisers for treatment-resistant bipolar depression: the PAX-BD randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial by Hamish McAllister-Williams, Nicola Goudie, Lumbini Azim, Victoria Bartle, Michael Berger, Chrissie Butcher, Thomas Chadwick, Emily Clare, Paul Courtney, Lyndsey Dixon, Nichola Duffelen, Tony Fouweather, William Gann, John Geddes, Sumeet Gupta, Beth Hall, Timea Helter, Paul Hindmarch, Eva-Maria Holstein, Ward Lawrence, Phil Mawson, Iain McKinnon, Adam Milne, Aisling Molloy, Abigail Moore, Richard Morriss, Anisha Nakulan, Judit Simon, Daniel Smith, Bryony Stokes-Crossley, Paul Stokes, Andrew Swain, Zoë Walmsley, Christopher Weetman, Allan H Young, Stuart Watson

“…Exclusion criteria: randomisation stage As per pre-randomisation stage including. Psychotic symptoms over the preceding 4 weeks. …”
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Interpersonal counselling for adolescent depression delivered by youth mental health workers without core professional training: the ICALM feasibility RCT by Jon Wilson, Viktoria Cestaro, Eirini Charami-Roupa, Timothy Clarke, Aoife Dunne, Brioney Gee, Sharon Jarrett, Thando Katangwe-Chigamba, Andrew Laphan, Susie McIvor, Richard Meiser-Stedman, Jamie Murdoch, Thomas Rhodes, Carys Seeley, Lee Shepstone, David Turner, Paul Wilkinson

“…For those who were recruited after suspension (n = 14), the overall rate of recruitment was slower than anticipated: on average, 1.7 per month (18 months) versus a target recruitment rate of five participants per month (12 months). …”
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Universal or Specific? A Modeling-Based Comparison of Broad-Spectrum Influenza Vaccines against Conventional, Strain-Matched Vaccines. by Rahul Subramanian, Andrea L Graham, Bryan T Grenfell, Nimalan Arinaminpathy

“…Influenza vaccination programmes around the world are steadily increasing in their population coverage. …”
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Age of Information Minimization in Multicarrier-Based Wireless Powered Sensor Networks by Juan Sun, Jingjie Xia, Shubin Zhang, Xinjie Yu

“…Our objective is to minimize the long-term average weighted sum of the Age of Information (WAoI) for physical processes monitored by sensors. We formulate this optimization problem as a multi-stage stochastic optimization program. …”
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Study protocol and implementation details for a pragmatic, stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial of a digital adherence technology to facilitate tuberculosis treatment completion by Noah Kiwanuka, Rebecca Crowder, Alex Kityamuwesi, Maureen Lamunu, Catherine Namale, Lynn Kunihira Tinka, Agnes Sanyu Nakate, Joseph Ggita, Patricia Turimumahoro, Diana Babirye, Denis Oyuku, Christopher Allen Berger, Austin Tucker, Devika Patel, Amanda Sammann, David Dowdy, Turyahabwe Stavia, Adithya Cattamanchi, Achilles Katamba

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Representation of mental states concepts: Speech associative reactions of the German People by E.M. Alekseeva

“…The average response time to the concepts of states shown on the computer monitor is 2225.6 milliseconds. 2. To concepts of 34 mental states examinees have given 635 associations – speech reactions, on average in 18.7 associations per state. …”
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Evaluation of prognostic models to improve prediction of metastasis in patients following potentially curative treatment for primary colorectal cancer: the PROSPECT trial by Vicky Goh, Susan Mallett, Manuel Rodriguez-Justo, Victor Boulter, Rob Glynne-Jones, Saif Khan, Sarah Lessels, Dominic Patel, Davide Prezzi, Stuart Taylor, Steve Halligan

“…Funding This award was funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment programme (NIHR award ref: 09/22/49) and is published in full in Health Technology Assessment; Vol. 29, No. 8. …”
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An Automatic Watering System Based on an Arduino Microcontroller and Soil Moisture Sensors with Solar Panel Power Plant by Anugrah Rinasa Agistya, Sika Rino Rian, Sunardi, Marcell Telly

“…The method was to design automatic sprinklers using programming and fritzing software using Arduino IDE. …”
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Establishment and application of material balance equation for deep coalbed methane reservoirs based on coal formation stimulation background by Juntai SHI, Fengyin XU, Yunxing CAO, Xiangfang LI, Hongxing HUANG, Kai WANG, Ming CHEN, Shuo ZHANG, Yitianyu JI, Wei WANG, Zheng SUN, Jing LI

“…The proposed method for calculating the average formation pressure of deep coalbed methane is an explicit expression, which avoids the complex computer programming calculation of implicit solving methods; The proposed evaluation method for the production proportion of adsorbed gas, free gas, and dissolved gas in deep coalbed methane wells does not require the installation of carbon isotope monitoring devices at the wellhead, and can real-time evaluate the proportion of different gas production. …”
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Household modifications after the indoor residual spraying (IRS) campaign in Mozambique reduce the actual spray coverage and efficacy. by Mercy Opiyo, Ellie Sherrard-Smith, Arlindo Malheia, Arsenio Nhacolo, Charfudin Sacoor, Ariel Nhacolo, Mara Máquina, Luis Jamu, Nelson Cuamba, Quique Bassat, Francisco Saúte, Krijn Paaijmans

“…Actual IRS coverage reduced from an assumed 97% to just 39% in Matutuine, but only from 96% to 91% in Boane, translating to 43% and 5.8% estimated increases in relative daily mosquito bites per person. Integrating post-IRS knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) surveys into programmatic evaluations to capture these modification and construction trends can help improve IRS program efficiency and product assessment.…”
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