REVISITING KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES AND PRACTICE (KAP) ON HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS (HPV) VACCINATION AMONG FEMALE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN HONG KONG

Revisiting knowledge, attitudes and practice (KAP) on human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination among female university students in Hong Kong

Despite cervical cancer can be preventable by HPV vaccination, little is known on its associated factors among young females in Hong Kong.This study aimed to investigate the present situation regarding the self-reported knowledge, attitudes and practice (KAP) of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination and to examine their associated factors among fe

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A Proposed Novel Approach in Estimation of Unbiased Community Rarity Using the Locked Matrix and Tsallis Entropy

The present study offers a new approach to measure unbiased rarity at the community level r q*.In this approach, the locked data matrix (matrix H) and the survey data matrix of the communities (matrix A) play the essential roles.q* pc850q q* The core equations of this approach are Tsallis entropy (qS) and bias-corrected Tsallis entropy q S.From the

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Detecting Forest Fires in Southwest China From Remote Sensing Nighttime Lights Using the Random Forest Classification Model

Forest fires are one of the most common natural smartgiro disasters and public crisis events, presenting a serious threat to the ecosystem and human security.The traditional forest fire monitoring is time-consuming and inaccurate, but nighttime light remote sensing is enhancing the efficiency and speed of forest fire detection.Thus, this study focu

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