FathomDEM: an improved global terrain map using a hybrid vision transformer model by Peter Uhe, Chris Lucas, Laurence Hawker, Malcolm Brine, Hamish Wilkinson, Anthony Cooper, Alex A Saoulis, James Savage, Christopher Sampson

“…Existing global digital elevation models (DEMs) are widely used, however often suffer from systematic biases caused by trees, buildings and instrumentation error, ultimately limiting their effectiveness. …”
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The Causes of Variation Orders and Their Effects on Cost and Time of Projects in Sulaimani Governorate by Karukh Hassan M.karim, Noori Ali, Basira Majeed

“…Where construction industries suffer from variation orders. It includes an amendment of the initial scope of work as in the awarded contract.  …”
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Enhancing zero-shot stance detection via multi-task fine-tuning with debate data and knowledge augmentation by Qinlong Fan, Jicang Lu, Yepeng Sun, Qiankun Pi, Shouxin Shang

“…However, zero-shot stance detection often suffers from issues such as sparse data annotation and inherent task complexity, which can lead to lower performance. …”
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Diagnosis of the vegetation cover in the wetlands of La Caimanera Swamp, Colombia and Casitas Wetland, Mexico by means of Landsat and Sentinel-2A images during last four decades by Gastón Ballut-Dajud, Erick Arturo Betanzo-Torres, Luis Carlos Sandoval Herazo

“…Finally, it can be said that the mangrove area is preserved and has not suffered significant damage from human activities.…”
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Effect of Educational Intervention Program on Self-Efficacy of Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in South-East, Nigeria. by Okafor, Christiana Nkiru, Onyenekwe, Chinedu Charles, Okonkwo, Uchenna Prosper, Umunnah, Joseph Onuuwa, Okoro, Chukwuemeka Chukwubuikem, Mbanuzuru, Ahaoma Victor, Agunwah, Ukamaka Elizabeth, Odira, Chika Chioma, Makata, Eucharia Ngozi, Nwankwo, Chinenye Mercy

“…Objectives: Diabetes Mellitus is a chronic disease, which requires a level of confidence among the sufferers in its management. This study investigated the effect of an educational intervention program on self-efficacy (SE) in diabetic individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus in South-East, Nigeria. …”
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Myocardial infarction without obstructive coronary artery disease (MINOCA) by Klever Geovanny Cárdenas Chacha, Yeseb Janira Vera Torres, Antonella Fanny Montenegro Villavicencio, Amilkar Suárez, Shirley Abigail López Baños

“…From all myocardial infarctions (MI), this one represents 6 to 8%; more frequent in young black women, who suffer Acute Coronary Syndrome without ST-segment elevation. …”
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Prediction of Multidimensional Poverty Status With Machine Learning Classification at Household Level: Empirical Evidence From Tanzania by Ngong'Ho Bujiku Sende, Snehanshu Saha, Leon Ruganzu, Saibal Kar

“…Over fifty percent of the population in Tanzania suffers from multidimensional poverty. Because of the high poverty rate and slow improvement, ending poverty by the year 2030 remains challenging and empirically testable proposition and part of a shared challenge. …”
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Potentialities in Creating the Pedestrian Malls in the Historical City Centers : A Study Case of Mawlawi Street, Sulaimani, Iraqi Kurdistan by Karzan Saleem Ismael, Najmaldin Hussien Mohammed, Hoshyar Qadir Rasul

“…Sulaimani as the other historic cities, although has the most compacted and traditional structure, especially in original and commercial part of the city, has suffered from the congested city center which day by day increases, the related urban problems and became more un-friendly. …”
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Enhancing counterfeit RFID tag classification through distance based cognitive risk control by Haifeng Wu, Siyuan Wang, Chongrong Pu, Jun Ma, Yu Zeng

“…Nonetheless, the performance of physical layer recognition method is significantly impacted by the conditions of the tag detection setting, especially in scenarios characterized by low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), where classification accuracy tends to suffer. To tackle this challenge head-on, this study proposes the implementation of a cognitive risk control strategy, which fine-tunes tag distance within the tag classification process to bolster the SNR and enhance recognition precision. …”
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Reduction in Healthcare Resource Utilization Following Treatment With a Home-Based Footworn Device in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis: A Retrospective Claims Analysis by Josh Mark, Shirley Shema-Shiratzky, Joel Sommer, Tim Nolan, Ganit Segal

“…**Background:** One in 7 US adults has knee osteoarthritis (OA) and almost two-thirds of them suffer from low back pain. OA is the third most rapidly rising condition associated with disability and leads to a significant burden on the healthcare system and society. …”
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EFFECT OF BASIC AMENITIES ON SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL AREAS IN BENUE STATE NIGERIA by ONYOWO REBECCA ATUNGWU

“…This will help to improve the living conditions of the people in rural areas, Local government councils in Benue State should always ensure that water is made available and accessible to rural dwellers to help alleviate their sufferings. Local government should also ensure the maintenance and repair of pipe-borne water in rural areas, Local government areas in Benue State should assist the state government in the establishment and maintenance of rural education as well as ensure the provision of textbooks and audio-visual materials in primary schools to help the plight of the less privileged and to help improve rural electrification, local government areas in Benue State should always provide support and constant maintenance for steady electrification as it has the highest contribution to socioeconomic development of rural areas in Benue state, Nigeria. …”
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Prolotherapy Perineural Injection in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome with Bifid Median Nerve: A Case Report by Tresna Angga Basunanda, Arfano Januar Sangkai

“…Case Report: A 43-year-old woman suffered from diurnal, nocturnal numbness and paraesthesia of the first, second, third and radial surface in the fourth finger of the right hand. …”
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The dynamics of financial performance and market performance in the context of Indian banking industry [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] by Kshirod Panigrahi, Ashok Sar

“…We adopted panel regression for data analysis and used the Prais- Winsten regression with panel corrected standard errors, as the data suffers from contemporaneous cross-sectional correlation. …”
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The Influence of Husband Support and Information Sources on Cervical Cancer Screening Behavior by Ilham Salam, Sudirham Sudirham, Tika Bela Sari

“…However, the number of women who undergo VIA examinations is still very small, so there are still many women who suffer from cervical cancer. This study aims to determine the direct and indirect influence of husband's support and sources of information on VIA examination behavior in an effort to detect cervical cancer early in women of childbearing age at the North Tondano District Health Center in 2023. …”
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The prevalence and risk factors of diabetes and hypertension among police personnel: A population-based cross-sectional study by Deepak V. Chaturvedi, Digant Gupta, Darpan M. Maheshgauri, Gauri E. Yadav, Dhrubajyoti J. Debnath, Asmita D. Chaturvedi

“…Although studies have been conducted to assess the health status of police personnel in India, most of them suffer from small sample sizes, selection bias, and poor generalizability. …”
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Smart Filter Performance Monitoring System by Chenxing Pei, Weiqi Chen, Qisheng Ou, David Y. H. Pui

“…Without air filters, the occupants might suffer from polluted air, and expensive industrial equipment could be damaged by contaminants. …”
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Are there also negative effects of social support? A qualitative study of patients with inflammatory bowel disease by Alexander Palant, Wolfgang Himmel

“…By conducting a series of interviews with people who suffer from inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), we received the impression that social support in face-to-face or online communication could also be a source of stress and strain. …”
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Disease Burden and Harm of Osteoarthritis by WU Haotian, LIN Jianhao

“…In 2019, approximately 530 million people suffered from osteoarthritis, with the age-standardized incidence rate of 492.2 per 100 000, the age-standardized prevalence rate of 6348.3 per 100 000 and the age-standardized rate of disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) of 228.0 per 100 000. …”
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Nighttime Blue Lighting and Downward Airflow to Manage Tipburn in Indoor Farm Lettuce by John Ertle, Chieri Kubota

“…Lettuce is the most frequently produced crop in these systems, but it often suffers from the calcium (Ca) deficiency called tipburn because of poor airflow, which causes low transpiration of young leaves near the meristem. …”
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Urban Land Subsidence Characteristics and Their Relationship with Locations Liable to Waterlogging Based on SBAS-InSAR by LIU Huanyu, WU Zhen, YU Huanghao, CHEN Guangcheng, XIAO Yang, LI Kuang, LI Binquan

“…Under the background of global climate change, extreme rainstorm events occur frequently, and many cities have suffered from serious waterlogging, resulting in huge losses of people's lives and property. …”
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