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Population-Scale Functional Fall-Risk Indicator Assessment in Medicare Annual Wellness Visits Using Conversational AI

This study demonstrates that integrating conversational AI into Medicare Annual Wellness Visits enables scalable, multi-domain functional fall-risk screening that effectively identifies a substantial "hidden burden" of high fall risk among older adults who do not self-report a history of falls.

Martha L. Buckley, Meenesh Bhimani, Avik Ray, Herprit Mahal, Michelle Voisard, Jonathan D. Agnew2026-07-27
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Spatial Distribution and Determinants of Zero-Dose and Under- Vaccinated Children in Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the 2022 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey

This study analyzes 2022 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey data to reveal that zero-dose and under-vaccinated children are disproportionately concentrated in Northern regions and among rural, less-educated populations with limited maternal healthcare engagement, highlighting the need for geographically targeted interventions and integrated antenatal counseling.

Joseph Oteng, Jerdu Bin-eranaa Nuhu, Benjamine Kwasi Amoako, Richard Kwaku Essien, Ernest Kansangabata2026-07-27
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Regional sequence and embedding divergence among five grass OsNAC25-like proteins

This study analyzes five grass OsNAC25-like proteins to demonstrate that while sequence identity and structure-prediction confidence consistently show higher conservation in the N-terminal DNA-binding domain compared to the C-terminal region, protein-language-model embeddings are significantly influenced by specific candidate identity, highlighting the finger-millet sequence as a priority for further phylogenetic investigation.

Neil Sumanth2026-07-27
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Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction for Children with Disabilities in Remote Archipelagic Regions: A Systematic Literature Review

This systematic literature review synthesizes 78 studies to reveal that children with disabilities in remote archipelagic regions remain disproportionately vulnerable due to exclusion from Disaster Risk Reduction planning, leading to the proposal of the IDRR-CDAR Framework to guide inclusive policy and practice.

MA Muazar Habibi, Jundu Muhammad Mufakkirul Islami2026-07-27
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RareLens: A Quantitative Framework for Identifying Research Funding Disparities in Rare and Autoimmune Diseases Relative to Patient Burden

The paper introduces RareLens, an open-access quantitative framework that reveals significant disparities between NIH research funding and patient burden for rare and autoimmune diseases, demonstrating that over half of the analyzed conditions are underfunded relative to their impact, with Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) exhibiting the most severe funding gap.

Aditi Kishore¹2026-07-27
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A Specific and sensitive analytical method development and validation for Atorvastatin for pharmaceutical preparation with a green chemistry perspective by high performance liquid chromatography

This study presents the development and validation of a rapid, sensitive, and environmentally sustainable RP-HPLC-UV method for quantifying atorvastatin in pharmaceutical formulations, utilizing an ethanol-based mobile phase to achieve superior chromatographic efficiency and lower detection limits compared to conventional methods.

Md Nazmus Sakib Chowdhury2026-07-27
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BoneNet: A Multimodal Deep Learning Framework with Dual-Modality Explainability for Automated Peri-Implant Bone Loss Detection and Severity Grading

This study introduces BoneNet, a multimodal deep learning framework that integrates a YOLOv8m backbone with dilated residual attention blocks and tabular data fusion to achieve high-accuracy automated detection, severity grading, and explainable depth estimation of peri-implant bone loss while transparently identifying performance limitations in severe cases.

Muralidhar Billa, Merin Thomas, Vidya M J2026-07-27