Wavelet Transform-Based 3D Landscape Design and Optimization for Digital Cities by Yang Chen, Xiaolin Wang, Chang Zhang

“…The digital city uses information technology to realize all the contents of the past, present, and future of the city on the network, and can build a three-dimensional visual landscape. However, the traditional information fusion model has the problems of noise susceptibility and low efficiency in landscape design. …”
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A malária em foto: imagens de campanhas e ações no Brasil da primeira metade do século XX Malaria in pictures: images from Brazil's Public Health campaigns in the first half of the... by Gilberto Hochman, Maria Teresa Bandeira de Mello, Paulo Roberto Elian dos Santos

“…It is argued that these images of malaria constitute prime sources in constructing a visual history of the disease in 20th-century Brazil and of the country's public health history.…”
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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

“…Negative perceptions included information technology challenges, a lack of interaction and informal conversations with fellow attendees, and difficulties in reading body language and visual cues during virtual delivery. Conclusions This programme was designed to address a gap in understanding how to improve uptake to T2DM SSME. …”
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Advanced Low-Cost Technology for Assessing Metal Accumulation in the Body of a Metropolitan Resident Based on a Neural Network Model by Yulia Tunakova, Svetlana Novikova, Vsevolod Valiev, Maxim Danilaev, Rashat Faizullin

“…This study is devoted to creating a neural network technology for assessing metal accumulation in the body of a metropolis resident with short-term and long-term intake from anthropogenic sources. Direct assessment of metal retention in the human body is virtually impossible due to the many internal mechanisms that ensure the kinetics of metals and the wide variety of organs, tissues, cellular structures, and secretions that ensure their functional redistribution, transport, and cumulation. …”
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Variable-Speed Hydropower Control and Ancillary Services: A Remedy for Enhancing Grid Stability and Flexibility by Cagatay Cebeci, Max Parker, Luis Recalde-Camacho, David Campos-Gaona, Olimpo Anaya-Lara

“…Variable-Speed Hydropower Plants (VSHP) are becoming more promising for stabilising power grids with the increasing integration of renewable energy sources. This research focuses on improving fault ride-through capabilities and delivering efficient ancillary services for VSHPs to support the grid by developing a comprehensive control strategy. …”
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Michael Glykas and the three royal murderers by Varvara Zharkaya

“…Although quite popular in Byzantium, this literary work does not enjoy high reputation among the scholars, the reason being its loose composition and massive uncritical borrowings from earlier sources with only feeble attempts to rework and harmonise them. …”
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Comparative genomics of human and non-human Listeria monocytogenes sequence type 121 strains. by Kathrin Rychli, Eva M Wagner, Luminita Ciolacu, Andreas Zaiser, Taurai Tasara, Martin Wagner, Stephan Schmitz-Esser

“…While some of the prophages showed more than 99.9% similarity between strains from different sources and years, other prophages showed a higher level of diversity. 81.4% of the strains harbored virtually identical plasmids. 97.1% of the ST121 strains contain a truncated internalin A (inlA) gene. …”
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Everyday Corruption Practices of Young People in Argentina and Russia: the Experience of Comparative Analysis by I. A. Morayta, N. A. Pruel

“…This article identifies, analyzes and compares corrupt behaviors in everyday life in Russia and Argentina, based on data provided by Russian and Argentinean young people in virtual interviews conducted in 2020 (N25) and in focus groups (N2) implemented before the pandemic, and media materials. …”
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Dynamic tracking of life cycle carbon emissions in power grids based on a flow network model by Chengwei Wang, Pei Li, Zhiyuan Yang, Haijin Wang

“…Loads near renewables achieve near-zero emission factors during peak green generation, while loads remote from renewable sources exhibit weaker responses. The grid-level emission factor, inversely correlates with renewable output, reaching minimum during the highest renewable penetration. …”
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Commitment, partnerships and operational research: three priorities for 11 EMR countries to achieve TB elimination by M. van den Boom, K. Bennani, G. B. Migliori, L. D’Ambrosio, R. Centis, A. Parvez Sayed, H. Y. Atta, Y. Hutin

“…We compiled, consolidated and validated data, including a virtual consultation before triangulating data with other sources. …”
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Implementation of a Program to Tackle Dental Caries in Schoolchildren in the State of São Paulo through Continuing Education by Amanda Iida Giraldes, Luana Camila Brisolla Ferreira, Ana Maria Cervato-Mancuso, Fernanda Campos de Almeida Carrer

“…This is a case report with a qualitative-quantitative approach. Data sources included document analysis and statistics produced by YouTube. …”
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Parent–Child Adaptive Responses for Digital Resilience by John P. Ziker, Jerry Alan Fails, Kendall House, Jessi Boyer, Michael Wendell, Hollie Abele, Letizia Maukar, Kayla Ramirez

“…Novel environments pose potential challenges to existing adaptive strategies, so this research investigates important questions about how parents and children perceive the risks of children’s entry into the virtual world and how they mitigate potential risks. …”
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Laboratory Testing to Inform Antimicrobial Use for Bovine Respiratory Disease: Perceptions of Canadian Feedlot Veterinarians by Olufunto O. Adewusi, Candace I. J. Nykiforuk, Cheryl L. Waldner, Nathan E. N. Erickson, Sheryl P. Gow, Simon J. G. Otto

“…Utilizing focused ethnography, virtual key informant interviews were conducted with eight feedlot veterinarians from Alberta, Ontario, and Saskatchewan, Canada. …”
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Superimposed single-photon emission computed tomography and X-ray computed tomography of the heart: Methodical aspects by K. V. Zavadovsky, M. O. Gulya, V. V. Saushkin, Yu. V. Saushkina, Yu. B. Lishmanov

“…Unfortunately, the Russian literature virtually lacks both methodological and research works on this topic. …”
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Innovative models of healthcare delivery: an umbrella review of reviews by Frances Rapport, Jeffrey Braithwaite, Yvonne Zurynski, Peter D Hibbert, Kate Churruca, Louise A Ellis, Chiara Pomare, Robyn Clay-Williams, Stephanie Best, Janet C Long, Gaston Arnolda, Bróna Nic Giolla Easpaig, Zeyad Mahmoud, Mitchell N Sarkies, Hoa Mi Nguyen, Karen Hutchinson, Gilbert Thomas Knaggs, Katherine Maka, Elizabeth E Austin, Diana Fajardo Pulido, Sarah Hatem, Natalie Roberts, Emilie Francis Auton, Genevieve Dammery, Isabelle Meulenbroeks, Ann Carrigan, Mai-Tran Nguyen

“…Virtual care was the most common model studied, addressed by 47 (73%) of the reviews. …”
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Numerical model of cutting tool blade wear by Panchuk V., Onysko O., Kotwica K., Barz C., Borushchak L.

“…This is obviously due to the lack of a precise algorithm for calculating the cutter profile and ensuring the accuracy of the tapered thread profile. A virtual experiment was carried out of three-dimensional modeling of the process for shape creation. …”
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How and why do participatory women’s groups (PWGs) improve the quality of maternal and child health (MCH) care? A systematic review protocol by Rebecca Evans, Sarah Larkins, Karen Carlisle, Judy Taylor, Robyn Preston, Sam Rannard, Catrina Felton-Busch, Karla Canuto, Michelle Redman-MacLaren, Nalita Nungarrayi Turner, Lee Yeomans, Emma Sanguineti, Megan Passey, Jane Farmer

“…Less is known about how PWGs exert their effects in LMICs and virtually nothing is known about the contextual issues, processes and power relationships that affect PWG outcomes in high resource settings. …”
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Exploring the Vision of an Equitable Prostate Cancer Care Delivery System: Perspectives of Black Men in Charleston, South Carolina by Sherrie Flynt Wallington, Kris Bennett, Marvella E. Ford, Lee Moultrie, Melanie Slan, Reginald D. Tucker-Seeley

“…Through a community-engaged qualitative design, 29 Black males aged 40 to 75 participated in virtual and in-person focus groups in August 2023. …”
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Cryptocurrency: Value Formation Factors and Investment Risks by Olena Pakhnenko, Pavlo Rubanov, Olga Girzheva, Larysa Ivashko, Igor Britchenko, Liliia Kozachenko

“…Scientific sources demonstrate different attitudes of researchers to cryptocurrencies because they treat them as a category of currency, virtual money, commodity, etc. …”
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Polarization Ratios of Turbulent Langmuir/ -mode Waves Generated by Electron Beams in Magnetized Solar Wind Plasmas by F. J. Polanco-Rodríguez, C. Krafft, P. Savoini

“…Statistical studies using waveforms recorded by virtual satellites are carried out to determine the distributions of polarization ratios as a function of beam and plasma parameters. …”
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