An Agent-Based Simulation and Optimization Approach for Sustainable Urban Logistics: A Case Study in Lisbon by Renan Paula Ramos Moreno, Rui Borges Lopes, Ana Luísa Ramos, José Vasconcelos Ferreira, Diogo Correia, Igor Eduardo Santos de Melo

“…This study examines the PDP-TW in an urban logistics context using an integrated approach that combines an agent-based simulation model and an optimization model. …”
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The Relationship between Smoking and Household Expenditure: A Quantile Regressions Analysis by Nomusa Yolanda Nkomo, Eyitayo Francis Adanlawo

“…The study contributes to the scholarship by broadening the understanding of the harmful consequences of tobacco use on household resource allocation, particularly in a developing country context. It offers substantial empirical evidence demonstrating that smoking diminishes educational expenditure among the most impoverished households, a demographic frequently overlooked in current studies.…”
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Optimizing Pregnancy Outcomes: The Role of Gynecologists in Preconceptional Care in Italy by Valensise H, Banzi C, Bonin C, Dell'Avanzo M, Di Simone N, Farsetti D, Manganello F, Mecacci F, Serena C, Villaccio B, Viora E

“…This review will also provide an overview of current practices worldwide, focusing on the Italian context. …”
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Identification of Factors Affecting Project Financing Risk by Gholamreza Sharafi, Kiamars Fathi Hafashjani, Faegh Ahmadi

“…Results Financing methods, social risk, contractor risk, construction risk, political risk, design risk, legal risk, financial risk, management risk, customer risk, and sub-contracts are the categories governing the current research. Each item is composed of one or several concepts that represent “features,” “conditions,” and the current or desirable “situation” of the item in the country. …”
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Problems in preparation of legally binding documents for oncological and palliative patients and their solutions by P. G. Gabay, B. Sh. Kamolov

“…To consider problems arising when an oncological or palliative patient decides to dispose of their property and to suggest solutions to these problems.Materials and methods. An analysis of the current normative legal acts and legal precedents in the Russian Federation in the context of property disposal by severely ill patients was performed. …”
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Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness and Its Relation with Self- Esteem and Social Support among Psychiatric Patients by Amany A. Mohamed

“… Context: Mentally ill patients challenging dual difficulties that are illness and stigma. …”
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Exploring efficacy of spiritual-based interventions (SBIs) in addressing depressive symptoms among cardiac patients in MENA region: a scoping review by Rizwana Amin

“…The results showed that SBIs are related to a decrease in depression symptomology and enhancement of psychological wellbeing. …”
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Towards a Common Agricultural Data Space in the European Union: A Sustainable Development Perspective by Katarzyna Kosior

“…It was concluded that the achievement of sustainability goals with the help of the planned common data space remains challenging, particularly in the context of rapid, but uneven pace of digital transformation in the agri-food sector in the EU. …”
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PRESERVATION OF THE OLD‐GROWTH RELIC BUSULUK PINE FOREST UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT by P. V. Velmovsky, A. A. Chibilyov

“…In this paper, we set out to analyse the problem of preservation of old‐growth relic pine forests under in the context of oil field development.Discussion. The Buzuluk pine forest is the largest natural island forest in the steppe zone of European Russia. …”
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Assessment of soil microbial properties in some regions affected by climate change by Mohammed Khalid Al-Atrash, Fatima Amer Abd Algabar, Lamiaa Saoud Abbod

“…The soil enzymes activity was estimated by fluorescence enzyme assays. The current study showed a significant decrease in the activity of soil microbial communities in this region in response to climate changes that affected physicochemical soil properties. …”
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Biochemical and echocardiographic markers for the early detection of cardiotoxicity under monoclonal antibodies therapy by Ionela-Emilia Popovici, Angela Cozma, Olga Hilda Orasan, George Ciulei, Ana Maria Poenar, Cristina Buchman, Simina Tarmure, Sorina Secara, Adela Sitar-Taut, Teodora Alexescu, Andrada Lazar, Vasile Negrean, Lucia Maria Procopciuc

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Hypoxia-inducible factor-1α promotes tubulointerstitial fibrosis via the upregulation of Muc4 by Zhong-Tang Li, Xin-Hui Hu, Wei-Jie Ni, Zuo-Lin Li, Bi-Kun Huang, Yu Zhang, A-Feng Miao, Jing-Yuan Cao

“…Furthermore, MUC4 overexpression in the context of HIF-1α knockout was positively correlated with increased ECM protein expression and TIF. …”
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Voice quality types and uses in North American English by Richard Wright, Courtney Mansfield, Laura Panfili

“…While not contrastive, it plays an important role in phonology and a wide variety of other discourse, pragmatic, and social functions. In this context we present some of our current research into segmental and social factors relating to creaky voicing. …”
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Complementary Strategy of Maternal Immunization with RSVpreF Vaccine and Monoclonal Antibodies for the Prevention of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Among Italian Infants: A Cost-Effec... by Barbara Polistena, Fabio Midulla, Giovanni Sotgiu, Daniela d’Angela, Roberto Di Virgilio, Federico Spandonaro

“…The strategy results cost-saving: the complementary strategy saves € 6.0 mil and € 8.4 mil per year in the NHS and in the Societal perspective, respectively; the complementary strategies of maternal vaccination plus nirsevimab also prove to have significant benefits versus the monoclonal antibody alone, providing a decrease equal to 941 annual hospitalizations (−9.0%), 6 years of life recovered, and an increase of 20 QALYs. …”
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Beyond the Trends: Evolution and Future Directions in Music Recommender Systems Research by Babak Amiri, Nikan Shahverdi, Amirali Haddadi, Yalda Ghahremani

“…Although there has been a recent decrease in general interest, investigating context-aware models and hybrid techniques offers encouraging opportunities for further inquiry. …”
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‘It was a joint plan we worked out together’. How the I-WOTCH programme enabled people with chronic non-malignant pain to taper their opioids: a process evaluation by Martin Underwood, Kate Seers, Charles Abraham, Harbinder Kaur Sandhu, Vivien P Nichols, Sam Eldabe, Alleyne Sharisse, Balasubramanian Shyam, Betteley Lauren, Booth Katie, Carnes Dawn, D Furlan Andrea, Haywood Kirstie, Iglesias Urrutia C Paola, Lall Ranjit, Manca Andrea, Mistry Dipesh, Noyes Jennifer, Rahman Anisur, Shaw Jane, KY Tang Nicole, Taylor Stephanie, Tysall Colin, Underwood Martin, J Withers Emma

“…Background The Improving the Wellbeing of people with Opioid Treated CHronic pain (I-WOTCH) randomised controlled trial found that a group-based educational intervention to support people using strong opioids for chronic non-malignant pain helped a significant proportion of people to stop or decrease opioid use with no increase in pain-related disability. …”
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Economic Analysis of Global CO₂ Emissions and Energy Consumption Based on the World Kaya Identity by Alina Yakymchuk, Simone Maxand, Anna Lewandowska

“…Thus, an unexpected increase in the population likely does not have short-term effects on CO₂ emissions, and the responses to GDPpc and energy intensity both decrease after some periods, while the shock in carbon intensity shows a significant effect even after 10 years. …”
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Effect of Positioning on Oxygenation and Hemodynamics among Patients on Mechanical Ventilation by Hosam G. Elamoudy, Sahar Y. Mohammad, Gamal A. Abdellatif, Suzan M. Dessowky

“…Oxygenation significantly decreases in the supine position at p 0.003 and increases in the semi-recumbent position at p 0.020. …”
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The Relationship between Preoperative Educational Session and Anxiety Level among Women Undergoing Cesarean Section: A Scoping Review by Fatimah A. AlSufyani, Hala A. Thabet, Nouran E. S. Katooa

“… Context: Anxiety is felt in women undergoing elective cesarean section. …”
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Unitization Based Memory Enhancement in Younger and Older Adults by Joshua Kah Meng Khoo, Roni Tibon

“…Memory for episodic associations declines with ageing due to decreased recollection abilities. Unitization—the encoding of multiple items as one integrated entity—has been shown to support familiarity-based retrieval that is independent of recollection and is relatively preserved in healthy ageing. …”
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