Patterns of West Nile virus vector co-occurrence and spatial overlap with human cases across Europe by Shirin Taheri, Mikel Alexander González, María José Ruiz-López, Ramón Soriguer, Jordi Figuerola

“…Identifying areas where highly competent vectors overlap with favourable environmental conditions is crucial for determining areas at risk for future WNV outbreaks.We analysed the distribution and habitat suitability of four Culex mosquito vectors across Europe using an ensemble of six modelling techniques and relevant environmental variables. We generated probability maps, converted them into binary distribution maps through threshold-based methods, and weighted them by WNV vector competence to identify hotspots of vector co-occurrence and human cases.Our findings indicate that WNV vectors are unevenly distributed across Europe, with southern regions emerging as hotspots, particularly due to the presence of highly competent vectors such as Culex univittatus s.l., Culex modestus, and Culex pipiens. …”
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Economic evaluation of short message service intervention for HIV prevention among men who have sex with men in China: a modelling study by Rui-Qi Fan, Jun-Tao Shu, Hao Huang, Ling-Yi Shi, Qi-Wei Ge, Xun Zhuang, Mei-Yin Zou, Gang Qin

“…This study aims to evaluate the health and economic impacts of such interventions among MSM in China. Methods A decision tree-Markov model was developed for a simulated cohort of 100,000 MSM of 20 years old. …”
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Individual and demographic responses of the palm Brahea aculeata to browsing and leaf harvesting in a tropical dry forest of Northwestern Mexico by Franceli Macedo-Santana, Christa Horn, Tamara Ticktin, María Teresa Pulido Silva, Bryan A. Endress, Leonel Lopez-Toledo

“…There was a positive relationship between the probability of reproduction and leaf harvest; however, high leaf harvest resulted in two to three times fewer fruits produced. …”
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Modelling Neonatal Care Pathways for Babies Born Preterm: An Application of Multistate Modelling. by Sarah E Seaton, Lisa Barker, Elizabeth S Draper, Keith R Abrams, Neena Modi, Bradley N Manktelow, UK Neonatal Collaborative

“…Stacked predicted probabilities produced for each week of gestational age provide a useful tool for clinicians when counselling parents about length of stay and for commissioners when considering allocation of resources. …”
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Should annual cost of the drug inform reimbursement decisions? A perspective from China’s healthcare security system by Xiaochen Peng, Xiaochen Peng, Haiyin Wang, Hui Sun, Xiaoxiao Qin, Zhe Huang

“…However, the current approach lacks a robust theoretical foundation and quantitative evidence.ObjectiveThis study aims to explore the rationale for incorporating ACD as a constraint in reimbursement decision-making framework, and to estimate a practical ACD threshold for China’s basic medical insurance (BMI) system.MethodsBinary logistic regression was employed to analyze the impact of ACD on patients’ financial burden. …”
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Changes in the agriculture specialization Cherkasy region over 10 years by I. O. Zozulia

“…However, the decline in its popularity in recent decades is associated with an extremely complex and labor-intensive method that involves the processing of large data sets. …”
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Optimal Flexibility Provision of Electric Vehicle and Photovoltaic Systems Through Probabilistic Forecasting and Unsuccessful Day-Ahead Market Integration by Anulekha Saha, Arnon Teawnarong, Surachai Chaitusaney

“…Compared to the no-CAF baseline (61.59%), the proposed method reduced utility dependence to 69.10%. Log-normal distributions with low variance (e.g., <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\sigma =0.1$ </tex-math></inline-formula> for PV and <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\sigma =0.5$ </tex-math></inline-formula> for EV) have consistently achieved strong performance across mean absolute error, root mean square error, and coverage probability metrics&#x2014;delivering accurate forecasts while supporting long-term contracts and grid planning. …”
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The quality of service assessment of eMBB and mMTC traffic in a clustered 5G ecosystem of a smart factory by Viacheslav Kovtun, Oksana Kovtun, Krzysztof Grochla, Oleh Yasniy

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Computer-aided X-ray screening for tuberculosis and HIV testing among adults with cough in Malawi (the PROSPECT study): A randomised trial and cost-effectiveness analysis. by Peter MacPherson, Emily L Webb, Wala Kamchedzera, Elizabeth Joekes, Gugu Mjoli, David G Lalloo, Titus H Divala, Augustine T Choko, Rachael M Burke, Hendramoorthy Maheswaran, Madhukar Pai, S Bertel Squire, Marriott Nliwasa, Elizabeth L Corbett

“…Participants and study staff were not blinded to intervention allocation, but investigator blinding was maintained until final analysis. …”
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High-gamma and beta bursts in the left supramarginal gyrus can differentiate verbal memory states and performance by Shennan Aibel Weiss, Nicolás Sawczuk, Daniel Y. Rubinstein, Michael R. Sperling, Katrina Wendel-Mitoraj, Päivi Österman, René Dumay-Roscher, Charles B. Mikell, Sima Mofakham, Kelly Coulehan, Petar M. Djuric, Diego Fernandez Slezak, Juan Esteban Kamienkowski

“…IntroductionThe left supramarginal gyrus (LSMG) contributes to attentional allocation for memory encoding and may also reflect memory state and performance. …”
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The CHIRPY DRAGON intervention in preventing obesity in Chinese primary-school--aged children: A cluster-randomised controlled trial. by Bai Li, Miranda Pallan, Wei Jia Liu, Karla Hemming, Emma Frew, Rong Lin, Wei Liu, James Martin, Mandana Zanganeh, Kiya Hurley, Kar Keung Cheng, Peymane Adab

“…The primary outcome, assessed blind to allocation, was between-arm difference in body mass index (BMI) z score at completion of the intervention. …”
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Long-term cost-effectiveness of health behaviour intervention to manage type 2 diabetes in Nepal by Padam Kanta Dahal, Corneel Vandelanotte, Lal Rawal, Rashidul Alam Mahumud, Grish Paudel, Melanie Lloyd, Yeji Baek, Biraj Karmacharya, Tomohiko Sugishita, Zanfina Ademi

“…Methods A Markov model in combination with a decision tree was developed to compare the costs and outcomes of the health behaviour intervention against usual care among 481 (238-intervention and 243-control) participants from healthcare system and societal perspectives. …”
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The impact of financial support for older adult care services on life satisfaction: evidence from China reform pilot by Yu Cheng, Fengting Wang

“…Methods Based on the gradual expansion of the pilot, this study uses CHARLS 2013–2018 micro data and the difference-in-differences method to empirically test the impact of the first batch (2016) and the second batch (2017) of pilots on older adults’ life satisfaction. …”
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The clinical performance of an office-based risk scoring system for fatal cardiovascular diseases in North-East of Iran. by Sadaf G Sepanlou, Reza Malekzadeh, Hossein Poustchi, Maryam Sharafkhah, Saeed Ghodsi, Fatemeh Malekzadeh, Arash Etemadi, Akram Pourshams, Paul D Pharoah, Christian C Abnet, Paul Brennan, Paolo Boffetta, Sanford M Dawsey, Farin Kamangar

“…In the current analysis, we validated the office-based Framingham risk scoring system in Iran.<h4>Methods</h4>The study used data from the Golestan Cohort in North-East of Iran. …”
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REMAP Periop: a randomised, embedded, multifactorial adaptive platform trial protocol for perioperative medicine to determine the optimal enhanced recovery pathway components in co... by Brian Williams, Jennifer Holder-Murray, Kathirvel Subramaniam, Kert Viele, Oscar C Marroquin, Scott Berry, Aman Mahajan, Luca La Colla, Charles Luke, Alison R Althans, Stephen A Esper, Joshua Knight, Joseph Derenzo, Ryan Ball, Shawn Beaman, Nicholas Schott, Elizabeth Lorenzi, Lindsay R Berry, Miranda Masters, Katie A Meister, Todd Wilkinson, William Garrard

“…At the beginning of the trial, participants will have an equal probability of being allocated to any given intervention within a domain (ie, simple 1:1 randomisation), with response adaptive randomisation guiding changes to allocation ratios after interim analyses when applicable based on prespecified statistical triggers. …”
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Challenges faced by older women in Botswana in accessing services that address sexual and reproductive health, and family planning needs, in Botswana by N.O. Ama, E. Ngome

“…A statistically determined sample of 454 older women was allocated to the different districts (strata), using probability proportional to size. …”
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Prevalence and associated factors of vision impairment in Kandahar by Mohammad Essa Amirzada, Zarghoon Tareen, Qudratullah Ahmady, Najibullah Rafiqi

“…The calculated sample size was 301, allocated to urban and rural strata using the probability proportional to size method. …”
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The Risk of Implementing Green Retrofitting in High-Rise Buildings Based on Work Breakdown Structures to Improve Quality of Resource Planning and Cost Accuracy by Bernadette Detty Kussumardianadewi, Yusuf Latief, Ayomi Dita Rarasati, Muhammad Arkan Akhyari, Muhammad Faizurrahman

“…A focused project team allocates resources wisely. Knowing the probability of events and impacts arising from the non-implementation of the WBS, we identified sources of risk factors and high risk in the implementation of green retrofitting work based on the WBS based on the Greenship Existing Building Rating Tools and PUPR RI Regulation Number 21 of 2021 applicable in Indonesia, its effect on resource planning, and cost accuracy.…”
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Quantifying the Digitalisation Impact on the EU Economy. Case Study: Germany and Sweden vs. Romania and Greece by Ionescu, R.V., Zlati, M.L., Antohi, V.M., Varlanuta, F.O., Stanciu, S.

“…The analysis covers the period 2013-2025 and quantifies the dynamics of the digitalisation phenomena and processes based on dedicated statistical analyses (frequency series analysis, application of the unicriterion critical probability test, application of the Enter method, performing Pearson correlation tests) by means of the IBM-SPSS 25 software. …”
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Investigating Some Issues Relating to Regime Matching by Anthony D. Hall, Adrian R. Pagan

“…Markov switching models are a common tool used in many disciplines as well as in Economics, and estimation methods are available in many software packages. Estimated models are commonly used for allocating observations to regimes. …”
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