Decentralized Immunization Monitoring: Lessons Learnt from a Pilot Implementation in Kumbotso LGA, Kano State, Nigeria by Adam Attahiru, Yahaya Mohammed, Fiyidi Mikailu, Hyelshilni Waziri, Ndadilnasiya Endie Waziri, Mustapha Tukur, Bashir Sunusi, Mohammed Nasir Mahmoud, Nancy Vollmer, William Vargas, Yusuf Yusufari, Gustavo Corrêa, Heidi W. Reynolds, Teemar Fisseha, Talatu Buba Bello, Moreen Kamateeka, Adefisoye Oluwaseun Adewole, Musa Bello, Imam Wada Bello, Sulaiman Etamesor, Joseph J. Valadez, Patrick Nguku

“…Univariate and bivariate analyses were performed to show patterns and relations across variables. Results: Out of 418 caregivers surveyed, 98.1% were female. …”
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Association of depression in multiple sclerosis with fatigue, sleep disturbances, disability, and health-related quality of life: Outcomes of a cross-sectional study by E. Aparicio-Castro, A. Candeliere-Merlicco, C.M. Santa, R. Villaverde-González

“…Method: We investigated the prevalence of depressive symptoms in a cohort of 200 patients with MS (76% women) and their association with sleep patterns, fatigue, QoL, demographics, and other clinical characteristics in real-world settings. …”
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Assessing the Relationship between Sources of Stress and Symptom Changes among Persons with IBD over Time: A Prospective Study by Matthew T. Bernstein, Laura E. Targownik, Kathryn A. Sexton, Lesley A. Graff, Norine Miller, John R. Walker

“…The persistently active group had higher general stress at month 0 and month 3 than the persistently inactive group and higher mean ratings of most sources of stress. IBD was rated as a highly frequent source of stress by 20–30% of the persistently active group compared to 1-2% of the inactive group. …”
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The evolution of irreversible cell differentiation under cell death effect. by Yuanxiao Gao, Xueyan Zhao, Caixia Li

“…We show that irreversible differentiation is more likely to occur when cell death rates between cell types are linear. Meanwhile, differences in death rates between cell types affect the emergence conditions of irreversible differentiation, whereas no significant impacts on that from equal cell death rates. …”
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A Smartphone-Based Non-Destructive Multimodal Deep Learning Approach Using pH-Sensitive Pitaya Peel Films for Real-Time Fish Freshness Detection by Yixuan Pan, Yujie Wang, Yuzhe Zhou, Jiacheng Zhou, Manxi Chen, Dongling Liu, Feier Li, Can Liu, Mingwan Zeng, Dongjing Jiang, Xiangyang Yuan, Hejun Wu

“…A Temporal Convolutional Network (TCN) was then used to model dynamic patterns in chemical indicators across spoilage stages, combined with a Context-Aware Gated Fusion (CAG-Fusion) mechanism to adaptively integrate image and chemical temporal features. …”
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Is subjective well-being independently associated with mortality? A 14-year prospective cohort study in a representative sample of 25 139 US men and women by Steven D Barger, Timothy W Broom, Michael V Esposito, Taylor S Lane

“…In contrast, self-rated health was strongly associated with mortality. …”
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Levels and types of physical activity in Russia according to the ESSE-RF study: is there a trace of the COVID-19 pandemic? by M. B. Kotova, S. A. Maksimov, S. A. Shalnova, A. V. Kontsevaya, Yu. A. Balanova, A. E. Imaeva, V. A. Kutsenko, G. A. Muromtseva, N. S. Karamnova, S. E. Evstifeeva, A. V. Kapustina, O. A. Litinskaya, M. S. Pokrovskaya, E. B. Yarovaya, T. V. Repkina, T. O. Gonoshilova, A. V. Kudryavtsev, N. I. Belova, L. L. Shagrov, M. A. Samotrueva, A. L. Yasenyavskaya, E. N. Chernysheva, S. V. Glukhovskaya, I. A. Levina, E. A. Shirshova, E. B. Dorzhieva, E. Z. Urbanova, N. Yu. Borovkova, V. K. Kurashin, A. D. Tokareva, Yu. I. Ragino, G. I. Simonova, A. D. Khudyakova, V. N. Nikulin, O. R. Aslyamov, G. V. Khokhlova, A. V. Solovyova, A. A. Rodionov, O. V. Kryachkova, Yu. Yu. Shamurova, I. V. Tantsyreva, I. N. Baryshnikova, M. G. Ataev, M. O. Radjabov, M. M. Isakhanova, M. A. Umetov, L. V. Elgarova, I. A. Khakuasheva, E. I. Yamashkina, M. V. Esina, T. A. Kunyaeva, A. M. Nikitina, N. V. Savvina, Yu. E. Spiridonova, E. A. Naumova, A. A. Keskinov, V. S. Yudin, S. M. Yudin, O. M. Drapkina

“…Compared to the urban population, rural residents have higher physical activity rates (23,9 vs 20,3%, p<0,001). The proportion of people with high physical activity is also higher among people with higher income levels (p<0,001). …”
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Primary sclerosing cholangitis–inflammatory bowel disease: Epidemiology, mortality, and impact of diagnostic sequence by Kristel K. Leung, Wenbin Li, Bettina Hansen, Aliya Gulamhusein, Lauren Lapointe-Shaw, Abdel Aziz Shaheen, Amanda Ricciuto, Eric I. Benchimol, Jennifer A. Flemming, Gideon M. Hirschfield

“…Higher socioeconomic status associated with high PSC-IBD incidence rates and fastest incidence rise. Those diagnosed with IBD before PSC had higher risk of transplant/death compared with PSC before IBD (hazard ratio [HR] 1.34, 95% CI 1.02–1.75), driven by an increased risk of death (HR 2.73, 95% CI 1.68–4.45). …”
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Geographical variation of overweight, obesity and related risk factors: Findings from the European Health Examination Survey in Luxembourg, 2013-2015. by Hanen Samouda, Maria Ruiz-Castell, Valery Bocquet, Andrea Kuemmerle, Anna Chioti, Frédéric Dadoun, Ngianga-Bakwin Kandala, Saverio Stranges

“…Large disparities in the prevalence of overweight and obesity were found between municipalities, with the highest rates of obesity found in 3 municipalities located in the South-West of the country. …”
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Fertility intentions among Chinese adults: a cross-sectional study using a national survey by Mingyan Hao, Chenxiao Zhang, Haofeng Fu, Jingting Zhang, Ziyi Zhang, Baotong Ma, Ruitong Xia, Yuanwei Lu, Jingwen Liu, Hanjia Xin, Yumeng Cao, Saier Yang, Runqing Li, Ji Zhao, Jin Zhang, Zheng Gao, Yaxin Zeng, Yixiao Ding, Zhuolun Ren, Yan Guan, Na Zhang, Jia Li, Yan Ma, Pei Wei, Jingjing Dong, Chen Chen, Yajing Zhou, Jianzhong Zheng, Wei Liu, Lizheng Wang

“…To tackle the challenge of decreasing fertility rates effectively, it is essential that interventions focus on younger women and highlight the advantages of living with multiple generations. …”
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Dependence of Indicators of Daily Blood Pressure Monitoring on Activity of Pathological Process in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by Abrahamovych O., Abrahamovych U., Kushyna A., Guta S., Synenkyi O.

“…According to the first goal was rated the BP in the SLE patients during the period of 24 hours, for which: a) were examined the average daily, maximum and minimum levels of systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), the average blood pressure; b) was analysed the daily index (DI) of SBP, DBP and the average blood pressure; c) was examined the time index (TI) of SBP, DBP and the average blood pressure. …”
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Hydraulic performance of drippers with different waters and lateral line slopes by Flavio D. Szekut, Carlos A. V. de Azevedo, Marcio A. V. Boas, Thiago Zuculotto

“…The experimental statistics consisted of analysis of variance with subsequent simple-effect analysis and Tukey test at 0.05 probability level to compare the means of dripper flow rates. Quality control statistics was performed using Shewhart’s control charts with interpretations based on upper and lower control limits, as well as non-random pattern recognition. …”
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Concrete Dam Deformation Prediction Model Based on Attention Mechanism and Deep Learning by ZHANG Hongrui, CAO Xin, JIANG Chao, ZU Anjun, XU Mingxiang

“…A comprehensive comparative analysis was conducted against multiple linear regression (MLR), ELM, gated recurrent unit (GRU), and convolutional-long short-term memory (C-LSTM) methods. …”
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Race and gender biases persist in public perceptions of scientists’ credibility by Dayeon Eom, Amanda L. Molder, Helen A. Tosteson, Emily L. Howell, Meredith DeSalazar, Elliot Kirschner, Sarah S. Goodwin, Dietram A. Scheufele

“…Our findings revealed significant intersectional biases: Black female scientists received the lowest ratings in both warmth and competence, with ratings dropping further when introducing a story about a White patient. …”
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A set of 400 pictures standardised for Portuguese: norms for name agreement, familiarity and visual complexity for children and adults by Sabine Pompéia, Mônica Carolina Miranda, Orlando Francisco Amodeo Bueno

“…Name agreement, familiarity and visual complexity ratings were obtained. These variables have been shown to be important for the selection of adequate stimuli for cognitive studies. …”
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The prevalence of mental disorders among homeless people in high-income countries: An updated systematic review and meta-regression analysis. by Stefan Gutwinski, Stefanie Schreiter, Karl Deutscher, Seena Fazel

“…<h4>Background</h4>Homelessness continues to be a pressing public health concern in many countries, and mental disorders in homeless persons contribute to their high rates of morbidity and mortality. Many primary studies have estimated prevalence rates for mental disorders in homeless individuals. …”
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Beyond perfect synchrony: shared interpersonal rhythmic timing enhances self-other merging judgements by Dhwani P. Sadaphal, Christian R. Blum, Peter E. Keller, W. Tecumseh Fitch

“…Participants viewed and rated self-other pairs producing simple rhythms, polyrhythms and irregular rhythms, at three complexity levels. …”
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Research on Optimized Algorithm for Deep Learning Based Recognition of Sediment Particles in Turbulent Flow by WANG Hao, YANG Feiqi, ZHANG Lei, WU Wei, XIE Haonan, ZHAO Lin

“…The detection accuracy of the improved model for suspended sediment particles reaches 94.9%, with a 2.3% increase in average precision and respective gains of 1.1% and 1.0% in precision and recall rates. The weighted harmonic mean of the comprehensive verification index, F1 score, increases by two percentage points. …”
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Acute Care Practice in the United States: The Roles of Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy in Early Rehabilitation by Suzanne E. Holm, Kelly Nelson, Angela Patterson

“…This review article describes the patterns and trends of early rehabilitation (ER), occupational therapy (OT) and physical therapy (PT), and the specific roles of rehabilitation therapists, particularly occupational therapists (OTs) and physical therapists (PTs) in acute care hospitals in the United States (U. …”
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Crosstalk between delayed and immediate subjective evaluation tasks by Guangqi Niu, Johan Lauwereyns

“…To investigate potential influences across subjective evaluations, the present study employed a dual-task paradigm in which an immediate rating task was embedded in a delayed choice task. …”
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