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Complications of Cochlear Implant Surgery in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries: A Systematic Review

Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Hearing loss disproportionately affects low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs). Recent advances in cochlear implant surgery have benefitted patients globally, but the risk of complications in LMICs may be heightened due to social and structural factors.
Akash Srinivasan, Anavi Prakash, Wing K. Chou, Kat Steiner, Kokila Lakhoo   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

How does agricultural insurance affect income inequality within farmers? Based on survey data from Shandong Province, China. [PDF]

PLoS One
She Z, Sun L, Yuan Y, Chen S.
europepmc   +1 more source

An interdisciplinary review of the interplay of conflict, socio‐economic factors, and land cover and vegetation dynamics in Colombia

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Colombia's forests play a crucial role in preserving biodiversity and mitigating climate change, but they are currently facing severe degradation, particularly after the 2016 Peace Agreement. Our literature review highlights a growing research interest in this topic and demonstrates how interdisciplinary approaches combining diverse methods can enhance
Estefanía Muñoz, Jesús A. Anaya, Nicola Clerici, Lina M. Estupinan‐Suarez, Isabel Lopera, Solveig Richter, Alejandro Salazar, Carlos A. Sierra, Andrés Tangarife‐Escobar, Miguel D. Mahecha, David Montero, Pablo Palacios‐Rodríguez, Pablo Ramos, Santiago Botía   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sex differences in global burden of Congenital Heart Anomalies in children under five from 1990 to 2021. [PDF]

PLoS One
Lv H, Sun F, Ma W, Chen Y.
europepmc   +1 more source

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global burden of pertussis: An analysis of trends and the emergence of an immunity gap. [PDF]

Hum Vaccin Immunother
Zhang S, Chen C, Qi J, Xu Y, Xiao Y.
europepmc   +1 more source

Sliding Mode Control in Aerospace Applications: A Survey

International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sliding mode control (SMC) enjoys robustness to matched and unmatched (in the case of minimum phase input‐output dynamics) bounded perturbations, and finite time convergence. Second‐order and higher‐order sliding mode control systems (2‐SMC/HOSMC) retain all the advantages of sliding mode control, but in addition can be applied to systems of ...
Yuri Shtessel, Christopher Edwards
wiley   +1 more source

Virtual Elastic Tether: A New Approach for Multi‐Agent Navigation in Confined Aquatic Environments

Journal of Field Robotics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Underwater navigation is a challenging area in the field of mobile robotics due to inherent constraints in self‐localization and communication in underwater environments. Some of these challenges can be mitigated by using collaborative multi‐agent teams.
Kanzhong Yao, Xueliang Cheng, Keir Groves, Barry Lennox, Ognjen Marjanovic, Simon Watson   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Global adolescent self-harm (10-19 years): 1990-2021 trends, health inequalities, frontier analysis, and 2035 projections using global burden of disease data. [PDF]

Front Public Health
Zhang H, Wang TY, Nan J, Jiang H, Chong ST, Wang Z, Guo J, Chen C.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Do Single‐Sex STEM Programs Have Merit? If So, for Whom, on What Measures?

Science Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Single‐sex STEM programs—defined here as voluntary, gender‐segregated extracurricular or supplemental activities (e.g., summer camps, workshops, robotics clubs, internships, or citizen science initiatives)—have experienced heightened popularity and scrutiny amid efforts to increase diversity in STEM fields.
Chen Chen, Tomihiro Ono, Gerhard Sonnert, Susan Sunbury, Philip Sadler   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Scaling Limit of the Volume of Loop-<i>O</i>(<i>n</i>) Quadrangulations. [PDF]

Commun Math Phys
Aïdékon É, Da Silva W, Hu X.
europepmc   +1 more source