Healthcare Practitioners’ perspectives on paediatric burns management at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Ghana by Alberta A. Rockson, Natalie Benjamin-Damons, Sonti Imogene Pilusa

“…Results: Findings revealed four primary themes: strengths of current practices (multidisciplinary approach, experienced practitioners), barriers (lack of formal protocols, infrastructure limitations, financial burdens), contextual factors influencing burn care (psychological trauma, inadequate support, socio-cultural beliefs and socioeconomic status), and recommendations for enhancing burns care (improved social welfare, facility upgrades, staff training and mental health support). …”
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Post COVID glaucoma service redesign utilising electronic patient triage and community optometry clinics (Fife, Scotland 2020—2022) by Niharika Nalagatla, Shameela Parveen, Kelvin KW Cheng, Caroline Styles, Andrew Blaikie, Peter Wilson, Bhavani Karri, David J Chinn, Roshini Sanders, Glaucoma Team, Lisa Wong, Alan Ramsay, Steven Halstead, Michelle Boulton, David Cummins, Colin Ferrier, Gavin Galloway, Elizabeth Embrey, Duncan Preston

“…This study describes redesign of an entire glaucoma service with electronic patient triage to three levels and utilisation of the Scottish optometry infrastructure of upskilled optometrists. Methods 2276 patients in glaucoma clinics were identified and triaged to three levels in keeping with Glauc-strat-fast guidance with local amendments. …”
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Strategic SWOT analysis of the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital using Modified Delphi Technique: implications for strengthening national and regional health systems by Cyril Chukwudi Dim, Chinyere Ojiugo Mbachu, Nympha Onyinye Enebe, Wilson Chukwukasi Kassy, Johnpaul Ejikeme Nnagbo, Ikechukwu Emmanuel Obi, Nkiruka Pauline Onodugo, Nwamaka Ngozika Lasebikan, Obinna Donatus Onodugo

“…The identified weaknesses were associated with challenges such as transportation for staff to work, infrastructure (lack of staff accommodation and office space), and health workforce shortages due to migration. …”
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Machine learning-driven solar irradiance prediction: advancing renewable energy in Rajasthan by Aayushi Tandon, Amit Awasthi, Kanhu Charan Pattnayak, Aditya Tandon, Tanupriya Choudhury, Ketan Kotecha

“…Ultimately, this study contributes to the global effort to transition towards cleaner energy sources, potentially influencing energy policies and investment decisions in solar power infrastructure.…”
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Role of digital technology in epidemic control: a scoping review on COVID-19 and Ebola by Amanuel Adugna, Gossa Fetene Abebe, Desalegn Girma, Melsew Setegn Alie, Tewodros Yosef, Daniel Asmelash, Dorka Dessalegn

“…However, barriers to widespread implementation remain, and investments in digital infrastructure, training and strong data protection are needed to build trust among users. …”
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Propagation of Interplanetary Shocks in the Inner Heliosphere by Munkhjargal Lkhagvadorj, Gábor Facskó, Andrea Opitz, Péter Kovács, David G. Sibeck

“…They can accelerate particles to high energies, generate plasma waves, and trigger geomagnetic storms in Earth’s magnetosphere, significantly impacting technological infrastructure. In this study, two IP shock events are selected to study the temporal variations of the shock parameters using magnetometer and ion plasma measurements from STEREO-A and B, the Wind, Cluster fleet, and the Advanced Composition Explorer spacecraft. …”
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Comparative efficacy and safety of 20 intravenous pharmaceutical intervention for prevention of etomidate-induced myoclonus: a systematic review and Bayesian network meta-analysis by Lu Chen, Lu Chen, Pengxiang Zhou, Pengxiang Zhou, Zhengqian Li, Ziyang Wu, Suodi Zhai, Suodi Zhai

“…ObjectiveTo compare the efficacy and safety of pharmaceutical interventions to prevent etomidate-induced myoclonus (EIM), providing the optimal intervention for clinical practice.MethodsPubMed, Embase, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, ClinicalTrials.gov, Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure, WanFang database, and SinoMed database were searched from the inception to sixth May 2024. …”
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Experience of Aging in the Ngäbe-Buglé Community in Coto Brus, Costa Rica: A Qualitative Study by Melissa Rallo, Nicholas Leahy, Alexis Vetack, Hima Konduru, Shania Bailey, Lillianna Pedersen, Christine Wan, Wendel Mora, Virginia Rowthorn, Shailvi Gupta, Carlos Faerron Guzmán

“…Economic challenges encompassed financial constraints and food insecurity, housing and infrastructure needs, and difficulties in accessing healthcare. …”
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Physical unclonable in-memory computing for simultaneous protecting private data and deep learning models by Wenshuo Yue, Kai Wu, Zhiyuan Li, Juchen Zhou, Zeyu Wang, Teng Zhang, Yuxiang Yang, Lintao Ye, Yongqin Wu, Weihai Bu, Shaozhi Wang, Xiaodong He, Xiaobing Yan, Yaoyu Tao, Bonan Yan, Ru Huang, Yuchao Yang

“…It potentially serves as the hardware infrastructure for edge devices in federated learning or other systems.…”
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Evaluation of mobile clinics by MSF in pastoralist community in Doolo Zone, Somali region, Ethiopia by Birhanu Sahelie, Luke Baertlein, Bashir AIi Dubad, Mohammed Osman, Nathan Post, Beverley Stringer, Turid Piening, Hanna Majanen, Istifanus Chindong Damulak, Elburg Van Boetzalaer, Anna Kuehne, Patrick Keating

“…Abstract Background The Somali region in Ethiopia has poor health infrastructure, coupled with the adversity experienced by the largely pastoralist population through frequent droughts, disease outbreaks and conflict. …”
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Intestinal microbiota shifts by dietary intervention during extreme heat summer episodes in farmed gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata) by R. Domingo-Bretón, S. Cools, F. Moroni, A. Belenguer, J.A. Calduch-Giner, E. Croes, P.G. Holhorea, F. Naya-Català, H. Boon, J. Pérez-Sánchez

“…The aim of this study was to gain more insights on this issue, examining the effect of the record breaking-heat summer of 2022 on the gut microbiota of farmed gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata), reared from May to August at the IATS research infrastructure (Spain´s Mediterranean coast). Fish were fed daily with four experimental diets, containing two different lipid levels (16 % and 14 %) with/without a commercial emulsifier (0.1 %; Volamel Aqua, Nukamel). …”
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A Centralized Multi-Agent DRL-Based Trajectory Control Strategy for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-Enabled Wireless Communications by Getaneh Berie Tarekegn, Rong-Terng Juang, Belayneh Abebe Tesfaw, Hsin-Piao Lin, Huan-Chia Hsu, Robel Berie Tarekegn, Li-Chia Tai

“…Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are becoming increasingly popular as mobile base stations due to their flexible deployment and low-cost features, particularly for emergency communications, traffic offloading, and terrestrial communications infrastructure failures. This paper presents an autonomous trajectory control method for multiple UAVs equipped with base stations for UAV-enabled wireless communications. …”
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Characterizing Telehealth Barriers and Preferences to Promote Acceptable Implementation Strategies in Central Uganda: Multilevel Formative Evaluation by Michael Kizito, Erina Nabunjo Mugabi, Sabrina Ford, Bree Holtz, Kelly Hirko

“…Barriers impeding telehealth use include technology challenges and the lack of infrastructure and implementation support. Findings from this study can inform the implementation of acceptable telehealth approaches to address disparities propagated by health care access barriers in Sub-Saharan Africa.…”
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A roadmap to implementing machine learning in healthcare: from concept to practice by Adam Paul Yan, Adam Paul Yan, Lin Lawrence Guo, Jiro Inoue, Santiago Eduardo Arciniegas, Emily Vettese, Agata Wolochacz, Nicole Crellin-Parsons, Brandon Purves, Steven Wallace, Azaz Patel, Medhat Roshdi, Karim Jessa, Karim Jessa, Bren Cardiff, Lillian Sung, Lillian Sung, Lillian Sung

“…Its goal was to develop, deploy, evaluate and maintain clinical ML models to improve pediatric patient outcomes using electronic health records data.ObjectiveTo provide examples from the PREDICT experience illustrating how common challenges with clinical ML deployment were addressed.Materials and methodsWe present common challenges in developing and deploying models in healthcare related to the following: identify clinical scenarios, establish data infrastructure and utilization, create machine learning operations and integrate into clinical workflows.ResultsWe show examples of how these challenges were overcome and provide suggestions for pragmatic solutions while maintaining best practices.DiscussionThese approaches will require refinement over time as the number of deployments and experience increase.…”
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Qalification assessment practices: new possibilities and constraints by M. N. Kicherova, M. Yu. Semenov, E. V. Zyuban

“…Based on expert assessments, it was established that practices specific to the industrial model of the economy prevail in Russia. Thus, the infrastructure and regulatory field were established for the development of new practices of independent qualification assessment. …”
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Explainable AutoML models for predicting the strength of high-performance concrete using Optuna, SHAP and ensemble learning by Muhammad Salman Khan, Tianbo Peng, Tianbo Peng, Muhammad Adeel Khan, Asad Khan, Mahmood Ahmad, Mahmood Ahmad, Kamran Aziz, Mohanad Muayad Sabri Sabri, N. S. Abd EL-Gawaad

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The Contribution of Micro Finance Institutions on the Growth of Small and Medium Business : A Case Study of North Kigezi Diocese Sacco In Rukungiri Municipality. by Ainembabazi, Wensi

“…The researcher recommended North Kigezi SACCO to reduce on the requirements for loan disbursement, employing highly trained staff, to put in place the necessary infrastructure such as: to start using computers to ensure that its clients find it easy to access services as it was revealed that clients find difficulty in accessing loans from the SACCO, government intervention, advertisement of the SACCO products, training of the employees, and financial literacy is meant for both the borrowers and potential borrowers for managing their finances from SACCOS, are also recommended by the study.…”
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Impact of Tourism on Social Economic Development of Kabale Municipality Kabale District. by Twesiime, Robert

“…According to the findings, 100% of the respondents agreed that there were several contributions of tourism to economic development in Kabale municipality, Kabale district included: Boosting scale industry revenues, Boosting revenue of the economy, developing infrastructures, a sense of cultural exchange between foreigners and citizens, job opportunities, source of foreign exchange earnings, tourism are often regarded as a tool in rural development. …”
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Effectiveness of Non-Governmental Organizations on Social Service Delivery: A Case Study of Uganda Red Cross Society Kabale District. by Aharizira, Zackaria

“…The study also looks at the ways in which NGOs have impacted community development in the study area and they include reduced illiteracy, reduced health problems, sanitation, environmental management, development of Infrastructure, technical assistance, and empowered population. …”
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Revenue Management Practices and Service Delivery in Local Government: A Case Study of Rubanda District Local Government Uganda. by Buregyeya, Steven

“…The results highlight that effective revenue planning fosters stakeholder trust and facilitates equitable resource allocation, which enhances the quality of services in healthcare, education, and infrastructure. Although the implementation of revenue plans has led to substantial improvements in service quality, particularly in critical sectors, ongoing monitoring and evaluation are crucial for sustaining these gains. …”
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