Why Parents Say No to Having Their Children Vaccinated against Measles: A Systematic Review of the Social Determinants of Parental Perceptions on MMR Vaccine Hesitancy

Ongoing outbreaks of measles threaten its elimination status in the United States.Its resurgence points to lower parental vaccine confidence and local pockets of unvaccinated and undervaccinated individuals.The geographic clustering of hesitancy to MMR indicates the presence of social drivers that shape parental perceptions and decisions on immuniz

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Wearable Smart System for Visually Impaired People

In this paper, we present a wearable smart system to help visually impaired persons (VIPs) walk by themselves through the streets, navigate in public places, and seek assistance.The main components of the system are a microcontroller board, various sensors, cellular communication and GPS modules, and a solar panel.The system employs a set of sensor

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Harvesting strategies as evidence for 4000 years of camas (Camassia quamash) management in the North American Columbia Plateau

One of 2m the greatest archaeological enigmas is in understanding the role of decision-making, intentionality and interventions in plant life cycles by foraging peoples in transitions to and from low-level food production practices.We bring together archaeological, palaeoclimatological and botanical data to explore relationships over the past 4000

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