CitySEIRCast: an agent-based city digital twin for pandemic analysis and simulation by Shakir Bilal, Wajdi Zaatour, Yilian Alonso Otano, Arindam Saha, Ken Newcomb, Soo Kim, Jun Kim, Raveena Ginjala, Derek Groen, Edwin Michael

“…This work arose in response to requests from county agencies to support their work on COVID-19 monitoring, risk assessment, and planning, and using the described workflows, we were able to provide uninterrupted bi-weekly simulations to guide their efforts for over a year from late 2021 to 2023. …”
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Usuarios y no usuarios en el Ecuador de la red de comunicación más influyente de los últimos años: Internet by Camila Merino Jáuregui, Johana Guzmán Román

“…The study presented below is focused on users and nonusers of Internet in Ecuador, the reasons for not using the Internet, weekly minutes using the Internet from home, workplace, place of study or from any other place that has a wired computer, use the Internet through wireless handheld devices and the number of months using the Internet. …”
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Forecasting insect abundance using time series embedding and machine learning by Gabriel R. Palma, Rodrigo F. Mello, Wesley A.C. Godoy, Eduardo Engel, Douglas Lau, Charles Markham, Rafael A. Moral

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Differences in influenza testing and treatment in micropolitan versus metropolitan areas in the U.S. using medicare claims data from 2010 to 2016 by Alexia Couture, F. Scott Dahlgren, Hector S. Izurieta, Richard A. Forshee, Yun Lu, Carrie Reed

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Protocol of a parallel group Randomized Control Trial (RCT) for Mobile-assisted Medication Adherence Support (Ma-MAS) intervention among Tuberculosis patients. by Zekariyas Sahile, Lua Perimal-Lewis, Paul Arbon, Anthony John Maeder

“…A total of 186 participants (93 per group) will be individually randomized into one of the two groups with a 1:1 allocation ratio by a computer-generated algorithm. Group one (intervention) participants will receive daily SMS texts and weekly phone calls concerning their daily medication intake and medication refill clinic visit reminder and group two (control) participants will receive the same routine standard treatment care as the intervention group, but no SMS text and phone calls. …”
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of a community paramedicine programme for low-income seniors living in subsidised housing: the community paramedicine at clinic programme (CP@clinic) by Lehana Thabane, Daria O'Reilly

“…Subsidised housing buildings were matched by sociodemographics and location (rural/urban), and allocated to intervention (CP@clinic for 1 year) or control (usual care) via computer-assisted paired randomisation.Setting Thirty-two subsidised seniors’ housing buildings in Ontario.Participants Building residents 55 years and older.Intervention CP@clinic is a weekly community paramedic-led, chronic disease prevention and health promotion programme in the building common areas. …”
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Prepartum anti-inflammatory therapies in Holstein dairy cows blocked by parity and body condition score group: Effects on metabolic stress, systemic inflammation, performance, and... by E. Jimenez, J. Spring, P. Zarei, M. Martinez, R. Sorto, E. Hovingh, J. Lawhead, J. Lection, A.A. Barragan

“…Body condition score was assessed, and blood samples were collected, weekly starting 1 wk before treatment until 3 wk after calving. …”
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Excess cases of influenza and the coronavirus epidemic in Catalonia: a time-series analysis of primary-care electronic medical records covering over 6 million people by Daniel Prieto-Alhambra, Ermengol Coma Redon, Nuria Mora, Albert Prats-Uribe, Francesc Fina Avilés, Manuel Medina

“…We aimed to determine whether influenza diagnoses masked early COVID-19 cases and estimate numbers of undetected COVID-19 cases.Design Time-series study of influenza and COVID-19 cases, 2010–2020.Setting Primary care, Catalonia, Spain.Participants People registered in primary-care practices, covering >6 million people and >85% of the population.Main outcome measures Weekly new cases of influenza and COVID-19 clinically diagnosed in primary care.Analyses Daily counts of both cases were computed using the total cases recorded over the previous 7 days to avoid weekly effects. …”
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Unravelling Bangalore's air quality during the second wave: Multifaceted analysis of COVID-19 lockdown impact by Iranna Gogeri, Krushna Chandra Gouda, Aruna Singanahalli ThippaReddy

“…The comprehensive studies of different temporal scales were examined such as daily, weekly, and seasonal. The daily and weekly averages were computed to assess the percentage change in air pollutant concentrations during the March to June 2021 lockdown and pre-lockdown phases. …”
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Effects of the dyadic FirstStep2Health intervention on parents’ behaviour and anthropometric outcomes: a secondary analysis of a cluster randomised trial by Yan Shi, Nanhua Zhang, Lorraine B Robbins, Jiying Ling, Jean M Kerver, Tsui-Sui Annie Kao

“…Objectives This study aimed to examine the preliminary efficacy of the FirstStep2Health versus usual care control on improving parents’ lifestyle behaviours (moderate to vigorous physical activity, screen time, fruit/vegetable and fibre intake, skin carotenoids), nutrition and physical activity knowledge, self-efficacy, support, parenting style, feeding practices, home environment, anthropometric outcomes (body mass index, % body fat) and blood pressure from baseline to postintervention after adjusting for random cluster effects.Design A cluster randomised controlled trial with 10 Head Start daycare centres (five intervention, five control) was conducted using computer-generated randomisation after baseline data collection.Setting US Head Start daycare centres.Participants 95 parent-child dyads (53 intervention, 42 control).Interventions The 16-week, dyadic, FirstStep2Health intervention included: (1) a daycare-based child programme on healthy mindful eating and physical activity, (2) child letters to parents to connect school learning with home practice, (3) social media-based parent programme to assist parents to promote healthy eating and physical activity at home, (4) virtual group parent meetings via Zoom on topics related to healthy eating and physical activity and (5) weekly motivational messages to increase parental motivation to build a healthy home environment.Results Mixed-effect models were used to examine intervention effects, adjusting for baseline outcome and cluster effects at the daycare and classroom levels. …”
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Association of sedentary behaviour patterns with dietary and lifestyle habits among public school teachers: a cross-sectional study by William Rodrigues Tebar, Diego Giulliano Destro Christofaro, Leandro Dragueta Delfino, Fernanda Caroline Gil, Jefferson Marinho De Souza, Marcelo Romanzini, Romulo Araujo Fernandes

“…Dietary habits were assessed by weekly consumption of fruits, vegetables, dairy products, fried foods, sweets, grains, cereals, white meat, soft drinks and snacks. …”
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Hobbit: Providing Fall Detection and Prevention for the Elderly in the Real World by Markus Bajones, David Fischinger, Astrid Weiss, Daniel Wolf, Markus Vincze, Paloma de la Puente, Tobias Körtner, Markus Weninger, Konstantinos Papoutsakis, Damien Michel, Ammar Qammaz, Paschalis Panteleris, Michalis Foukarakis, Ilia Adami, Danai Ioannidi, Asterios Leonidis, Margherita Antona, Antonis Argyros, Peter Mayer, Paul Panek, Håkan Eftring, Susanne Frennert

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Pan African Vivax and Ovale Network (PAVON) Malaria Diagnostic Competency Training: Offering Training Opportunities to Impact Malaria Elimination Strategies in Sub-Saharan Africa by Amidou Diarra, John Ayivase, Dolen G. Mompati, Issiaka Soulama, Mamoudou Cissé, Nancy O. Duah-Quashie, Ben Gyan, Anthony Z. Dongdem, Wisdom K. Takramah, Grace K. Ababio, Claude Oeuvray, James Mulry, Beatrice Greco, Jutta Reinhard-Rupp, Isaac K. Quaye

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A mathematical model for the study of latent tuberculosis under 3HP and 1HP regimens by Erick M. D. Moya, Diego Samuel Rodrigues

“…The aim is to compare the impact on tuberculosis, whether we keep the therapies that are applied to latent tuberculosis, use of once-weekly isoniazid-rifapentine for 12 weeks (3HP), or use of isoniazid and rifapentine once a day for 28 days (1HP). …”
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An empirical analysis of keystroke dynamics in passwords: A longitudinal study by Simon Parkinson, Saad Khan, Alexandru‐Mihai Badea, Andrew Crampton, Na Liu, Qing Xu

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Assessing the effectiveness of targeted educational interventions on enhancing self-efficacy and foot care practices among diabetic women in Jordan by Heba Hijazi, Heba Hijazi, Rabah Al Abdi, Rabah Al Abdi, Sawsan Abuhammad, Sawsan Abuhammad, Wegdan Bani Issa, Alham Al-Sharman, Alham Al-Sharman, Nesreen Saadeh, Alounoud AlMarzooqi, Fatma Refaat Ahmed, Fatma Refaat Ahmed, Ahmed Hossain, Hadia Radwan, Muhammad Arsyad Subu, Mohamad Alameddine

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Structured supervised exercise training or motivational counselling during pregnancy on physical activity level and health of mother and offspring: FitMum study protocol by Astrid Pernille Jespersen, Andreas Kryger Jensen, Ellen Christine Leth Løkkegaard, Helle Terkildsen Maindal, Caroline Borup Roland, Signe de Place Knudsen, Saud Abdulaziz Alomairah, Anne Dsane Andersen, Jane Bendix, Tine D Clausen, Stig Molsted, Grete Teilmann, Jakob Eg Larsen, Gerrit van Hall, Emil Andersen, Romain Barrès, Ole Hartvig Mortensen, Lise Tarnow, Bente Stallknecht

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Efficacy of Rituximab in a Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patient Presenting with Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage by Gabriela Montes-Rivera, Grissel Ríos, Luis M. Vilá

“…Over the next seven months, he did not present recurrent pulmonary symptoms. Follow-up chest computed tomography did not show residual abnormalities. …”
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Tuning into urban birdsong: enhancing nature connectedness with an AI-powered wearable by Zhuying Li, Si Cheng, Xiaoqing Sun, Xipei Ren, Yan Wang, Min-Ling Zhang

“…To evaluate GoChirp, we conducted a week-long field study with 36 urban participants divided into two groups: an experimental group using GoChirp and a control group using a dummy device. …”
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Sacrificing Alginate in Decellularized Extracellular Matrix Scaffolds for Implantable Artificial Livers by Chanh-Trung Nguyen, Van Phu Le, Thi Huong Le, Jeong Sook Kim, Sung Hoon Back, Kyo-in Koo

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