Monitoring 5G Backhaul: An In-Band Telemetry Approach for Quality of Service by Eurico Dias, Duarte Raposo, Miguel Luis, Pedro Rito, Susana Sargento

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Epidemiological monitoring survey to assess the impact of mass drug administration with triple-drug regimen in lymphatic filariasis elimination programme in an endemic district in... by Kaliannagounder Krishnamoorthy, Raja Jeyapal Dinesh, Rajendran Dhanalakshmi, Priskilla Johnson Jency, Palappurath Maliyakkal Azad, Sugeerappa Laxmanappa Hoti, Manju Rahi, Ashwani Kumar

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Increasing uptake of self-management education programmes for type 2 diabetes in primary care: the Embedding research programme including an RCT by Melanie J Davies, Shona Agarwal, Danielle H Bodicoat, Alan Brennan, Simon Dixon, Helen Eborall, Agnieszka Glab, Laura J Gray, Michelle Hadjiconstantinou, Lisa Huddlestone, Nicky Hudson, Anju Keetharuth, Kamlesh Khunti, Caroline Kristunas, Graham Martin, Alison Northern, Mike Patterson, Daniel Pollard, Rebecca Pritchard, Sally Schreder, Jane Speight, Bernie Stribling, Jackie Sturt, Jess Turner, Christina Weis

“…These programmes are typically designed to engage people in developing and maintaining healthy habits (e.g. food, physical activity, medication taking, glucose monitoring) through peer and professional support and education. …”
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Supporting antiretroviral therapy uptake and adherence: the SUPA research programme and RCT by Rob Horne, Caroline Sabin, Trudie Chalder, Vanessa Cooper, Lucy Campbell, Elizabeth Glendinning, Iris Mosweu, Paul McCrone

“…Workstream 6 (additional workstream): ancillary studies During the programme, we conceived an additional seven ancillary studies (WS6): patients’ perceptions of standard care ART perceptions and treatment outcomes in HIV-positive patients starting ART to protect their partners (treatment as prevention) compared with clinical need the level ART adherence required to achieve virological suppression in treatment-naive patients a systematic review and meta-analysis examining the content of effective adherence interventions beliefs about ART as predictors of side effects (analysis of historical data) associations between self-reported adherence and electronic monitoring of adherence the effect of the SUPA intervention on rates of engagement with HIV services. …”
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Healthy lifestyle interventions in general practice Part 4: Lifestyle and diabetes mellitus by M.P. Schwellnus, D.N. Patel, C. Nossel, M. Dreyer, S. Whitesman, E.W. Derman

“…The main elements of the intervention programme are nutritional intervention, exercise training (minimum of 150 minutes at moderate intensity per week), psychosocial support and education. …”
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Internet and telephone intervention to support patients discontinuing long-term antidepressants in primary care: the REDUCE research programme including RCT by Tony Kendrick, Beth Stuart, Hannah Bowers, Mahboobeh Haji Sadeghi, Helen Page, Christopher Dowrick, Michael Moore, Mark Gabbay, Geraldine Leydon, Guiqing Lily Yao, Shihua Zhu, Paul Little, Gareth Griffiths, Glyn Lewis, Carl May, Joanna Moncrieff, Chris F Johnson, Una Macleod, Simon Gilbody, Rachel Dewar-Haggart, Samantha Williams, Wendy O’Brien, Riya Tiwari, Catherine Woods, Tasneem Patel, Naila Khan, Emma Maund, Nadja van Ginneken, Amy Din, Claire Reidy, Rebecca Lucier, Bryan Palmer, Taeko Becque, Yumna Masood, Natalie Thompson, Ellen van Leeuwen, Marta Glowacka, Adam WA Geraghty

“…Primary analysis was performed by intention to treat, with per-protocol and complier-average sensitivity analyses. …”
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Improving outcomes for people with autism spectrum disorders by reducing mental health problems: the IAMHealth research programme including one RCT by Emily Simonoff, Gillian Baird, Bryony Beresford, Tony Charman, Martin Knapp, Andrew Pickles, Carol Povey, Tom Purser, Paramala Santosh, Vicky Slonims, Stephen Scott

“…Funding This award was funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Programme Grants for Applied Research programme (NIHR award ref: RP-PG-1211-20016) and is published in full in Programme Grants for Applied Research; Vol. 13, No. 5. …”
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The effect of a programme to improve men's sedentary time and physical activity: The European Fans in Training (EuroFIT) randomised controlled trial. by Sally Wyke, Christopher Bunn, Eivind Andersen, Marlene N Silva, Femke van Nassau, Paula McSkimming, Spyros Kolovos, Jason M R Gill, Cindy M Gray, Kate Hunt, Annie S Anderson, Judith Bosmans, Judith G M Jelsma, Sharon Kean, Nicolas Lemyre, David W Loudon, Lisa Macaulay, Douglas J Maxwell, Alex McConnachie, Nanette Mutrie, Maria Nijhuis-van der Sanden, Hugo V Pereira, Matthew Philpott, Glyn C Roberts, John Rooksby, Øystein B Røynesdal, Naveed Sattar, Marit Sørensen, Pedro J Teixeira, Shaun Treweek, Theo van Achterberg, Irene van de Glind, Willem van Mechelen, Hidde P van der Ploeg

“…Follow-up measurement was post-programme and 12 months after baseline. EuroFIT is a 12-week, group-based programme delivered by coaches in football club stadia in 12 weekly 90-minute sessions. …”
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Use of Modern Rapid Assessment Methods in Schools to Improve the Physical Health of Children Aged 10–12 Years by Viktor V. Gorelik, Svetlana N. Filippova, Igor V. Kastyro

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Slow, stealthy and steady – capacity development to address land tenure issues in development programmes: experiences of the IFAD/GLTN TSLI-ESA Project by Agatha Achieng Wanyonyi, Solomon Mkumbwa, Harold Liversage, Omar Sylla

“…Key lessons, there is need to exhaustively consider implications of potential land tenure issues from the start including their anticipated consequences, and where possible include them in the programme plan. Secondly, there is need to integrate tenure issues in programme monitoring and evaluation system to keep track of tenure issues and their potential impact on programme delivery. …”
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Developing mental and physical wellness for looked after young people through a fitness and nutritional guidance programme: a pilot study by N. Fitzgerald, C. Aherne, D. Gaynor, A. Sheppard, I. Gargan

“…This pilot study aimed to explore the suitability of a fitness and nutritional guidance programme (FNGP) for looked after young people and examine changes in physical fitness and mental wellness levels. …”

Effects of a lifestyle programme on accelerometer-measured physical activity level and sedentary time on overweight and obese women of Somali background living in Norway by Eivind Andersen, Linn Bohler, Maria J. Leirbakk, Danielle Cabral, Mia C. Wedegren, Mark L. Wieland, Haakon E. Meyer, Ahmed A. Madar

“…Methods 169 overweight women of Somali background in Norway were randomised by borough to either a lifestyle programme or a comparison group. The programme consisted of two sessions per week for 12 weeks, combining classroom discussion with graded group-based PA led by coaches, followed by monthly sessions over nine months. …”
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The Monitoring of European Territorial Cooperation Projects in Italy: Critical Aspects and Innovative Solutions by Viviana Russo, Filippo La Vecchia, Agostina Rita Rocca, Simona Trento, Paolo Galletta

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Benchmarking the Cost per Person of Mass Treatment for Selected Neglected Tropical Diseases: An Approach Based on Literature Review and Meta-regression with Web-Based Software Appl... by Christopher Fitzpatrick, Fiona M Fleming, Matthew Madin-Warburton, Timm Schneider, Filip Meheus, Kingsley Asiedu, Anthony W Solomon, Antonio Montresor, Gautam Biswas

“…Unit cost benchmarks can help in monitoring value for money in programme plans, budgets and accounts, or in setting a reasonable pay-out for results-based financing mechanisms.…”
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Nurses’ monitoring of the Road to Health Chart at primary healthcare level in Makhado, Limpopo province by G. Kitenge, I. Govender

“…The majority of the PHC professional nurses stated that the challenges faced in monitoring the RTHC were staff shortages, lack of equipment, a work overload and unequal distribution of professional nurses on duty per shift. …”
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Long-term monitoring of woody plants of Doñana shrublands (SW Spain) from 2008 to 2023 by Ricardo Díaz-Delgado, Mizar Torrijo-Salesa, Luis Alfonso Ramírez González, Antonio Alcaide, David Antonio Paz Sánchez, David Aragonés, Diego López, Isidro Román Maudo, José Ruiz-Martín, Javier Bustamante, Rocío Márquez-Ferrando

“…The long-term monitoring of the plant cover of Doñana shrublands is part of a harmonised protocol for the Long-term Ecological Monitoring Programme of Natural Resources and Processes targeting Terrestrial Vegetation. …”
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A free-living, walking-based, exercise programme, with exercise timed relative to breakfast, to improve metabolic health in people living with overweight and obesity: A feasibility... by Jennifer S Barrett, Anthony Crozier, Daniel J Cuthbertson, Juliette A Strauss, Anton J M Wagenmakers, Sam O Shepherd

“…Thirty-four people living with obesity (43±12 y, BMI 35.1±5.1 kg.m-2) undertook a 12-week walking-based programme, consisting of two continuous (30-60 min at 50% HRmax) and two interval exercise sessions per week (30-60 min, alternating 3 min at 85% HRmax and 3 min at 50% HRmax). …”
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Provision of HIV testing services and its impact on the HIV positivity rate in the public health sector in KwaZulu-Natal: a ten-year review by Rizwana Desai, Stanley Onwubu, Elizabeth Lutge, Nondumiso Patience Buthelezi, Nirvasha Moodley, Firoza Haffejee, Bontle Segobe, Suresh Babu Naidu Krishna, Maureen Nokuthula Sibiya, Champaklal Chhaganlal Jinabhai

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Epidemiological assessment of eight rounds of mass drug administration for lymphatic filariasis in India: implications for monitoring and evaluation. by Subramanian Swaminathan, Vanamail Perumal, Srividya Adinarayanan, Krishnamoorthy Kaliannagounder, Ravi Rengachari, Jambulingam Purushothaman

“…<h4>Background</h4>Monitoring and evaluation guidelines of the programme to eliminate lymphatic filariasis require impact assessments in at least one sentinel and one spot-check site in each implementation unit (IU). …”
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Species-specific machine learning models for UAV-based forest health monitoring: Revealing the importance of the BNDVI by Simon Ecke, Florian Stehr, Jan Dempewolf, Julian Frey, Hans-Joachim Klemmt, Thomas Seifert, Dirk Tiede

“…In our study, we have acquired a highly heterogenous, multispectral time-series dataset from the International Co-operative Programme on Assessment and Monitoring of Air Pollution Effects on Forests (ICP Forests) inventory plots across Bavaria, Germany, focusing on the main tree species. …”
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