A scoping review protocol for exploration of stroke risk factors among women in Africa by Sakina Sule Ali, Sham’unu Isah Abdu, Umar Muhammad Bello, Isa Usman Lawal

“…Abstract Background Stroke is a leading cause of mortality and disability globally, with an increasing burden in low- and middle-income countries, including those in Africa. …”
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Optimizing the Design of Container House Walls Using Argon and Recycled Plastic Materials by Issa Omle, Ali Habeeb Askar, Endre Kovács

“…Interest in the use of container houses has been increasing in recent years because of their resistance to earthquakes and fires. …”
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Resilience in Flux: Unraveling the Shifted Policy Narratives and Norms of Urban Planning in Toulouse, France by Louise Edrei

“…The article highlights that the adoption of the concept of resilience by public officials is not as dependent on current societal issues, such as climate change and the rise of social mobilization, as it is on a robust and burdensome context of environmental reform. …”
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Nutritional Evaluation of Some Complementary Food Mixtures for Weaning Stage by El-Shahat, G. El-Dreny, Marwa, M. Shaheen, Hend, M. Saleh

“…In this context, the current experiment was conducted to form a weaning food (12 mixtures) for babies from six to twenty-four months of age that includes fruits, vegetables, and grains consisting of bananas, kiwi, and pumpkin mixed with beans, rice, date powder, and dried milk. …”
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Advanced SDR-Based Custom OFDM Protocol for Improved Data Rates in HF-NVIS Links by Emil Șorecău, Mirela Șorecău, Paul Bechet

“…In the current context of global communications, HF (High Frequency) NVIS (Near Vertical Incidence Skywave) data networks can be of strategic importance, providing short- and medium-range communication capabilities independent of terrestrial configuration and existing conventional communications infrastructure. …”
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Detection-Driven Gaussian Mixture Probability Hypothesis Density Multi-Target Tracker for Airborne Infrared Platforms by Mingyu Hong, Jiarong Wang, Ming Zhu, Shenyi Cao, Haitao Nie, Xiangdong Xu

“…The findings from the experiments indicate that the proposed algorithm surpasses current methodologies regarding effectiveness, accuracy, and robustness in the context of infrared multi-target tracking tasks, thereby meeting the requirements associated with airborne infrared target tracking tasks.…”
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Marine bioactive peptides as potential therapeutic agents for wound healing – a review by Kai Zheng, Ziwei Yang, Te Ba

“…Context Skin wounds resulting from dermatological diseases and other specific causes present significant challenges in health care. …”
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EVALUATION MODELS APPLIED TO PUBLIC POLICIES IN ROMANIA ON THE INTEGRATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE INTO THE LABOR MARKET by Ștefania Cristina STANCIU

“…An effective evaluation of public policies on the integration of young people into the labor market is necessary due to the increase of their efficiency. Another argument for improving the quality of these policies is also the identification of a new policy that is appropriate to current economic and social requirements, but also to identify the possible problems encountered in their implementation. …”
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Advances of traditional Chinese medicine preclinical mechanisms and clinical studies on diabetic peripheral neuropathy by Yuna Zhang, Xianglong Wu, Wenhui Yao, Yadong Ni, Xuansheng Ding

“…Considering there is no specific drug for the management of DPN, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has increasingly drawn attention of clinicians and researchers around the world due to its characteristics of multiple targets, active components, and exemplary safety.Objective To summarize the current status of TCM in the treatment of DPN and provide directions for novel drug development, the clinical effects and potential mechanisms of TCM used in treating DPN were comprehensively reviewed.Methods Existing evidence on TCM interventions for DPN was screened from databases such as PubMed, the Cochrane Neuromuscular Disease Group Specialized Register (CENTRAL), and the Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure Database (CNKI). …”
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Smallholder farmers’ knowledge on management of Cinchona in the Democratic Republic of the Congo by Bezawit Mekonnen, Landry Cizungu, Julio Alegre, Haben Blondeel, Emiel De Lombaerde, Hans Verbeeck, Luc Duchateau, Eddie Schrevens, Kris Verheyen, Pascal Boeckx, Pieter De Frenne

“…Cinchona trees were introduced to Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in the early 20th century. Currently, the eastern DRC accounts for an estimated 55% of the global supply of quinine. …”
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Pathogenic built environment? Reflections on modeling spatial determinants of health in urban settings considering the example of COVID-19 studies by Tobia Lakes, Tobia Lakes, Tillman Schmitz, Henning Füller

“…This shifted focus has been particularly relevant in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, where the built environment in urban settings is increasingly recognized as a crucial factor influencing disease transmission. …”
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Academic mobility of students as a factor in sustainability in  higher education (the example of the Republic of Kazakhstan) by A. M. Maratova, N. V. Yakovenko, G. E. Kairlieva, Yu. A. Afonin, K. T. Utegenova, V. V. Voronin

“…Effective organisation of  the academic mobility of students in Kazakhstan will contribute to an increase in the  influx of foreign students to its universities. …”
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Sustainable Leaching of Cu, Ni, and Au from Waste Printed Circuit Boards Using Choline Chloride-Based Deep Eutectic Solvents by Sara Saffaj, Diego Mantovani, Georgios Kolliopoulos

“…The current study presents the solvo-leaching results of critical and strategic metals, i.e., copper (Cu) and nickel (Ni), and precious metals, i.e., gold (Au), from waste printed circuit boards (PCBs). …”
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Trends in the application of chondroitinase ABC in injured spinal cord repair by Zhongqing Ji, Jiangfeng Zhu, Jinming Liu, Bin Wei, Yixin Shen, Yanan Hu

“…In this context, chondroitinase ABC, a bacterial enzyme isolated from Proteus vulgaris that is modified to facilitate expression and secretion in mammals, has emerged as a promising therapeutic agent. …”
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The Propensity to Cycle Tool: An open source online system for sustainable transport planning by Robin Lovelace, Anna Goodman, Rachel Aldred, Nikolai Berkoff, Ali Abbas, James Woodcock

“…Getting people cycling is an increasingly common objective in transport planning institutions worldwide. …”
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Molecular insights and clinical implications of DNA methylation in sepsis-associated acute kidney injury: a narrative review by Lili Liu, Saisai Ni, Lianna Zhang, Yingying Chen, Mengqi Xie, Xiaojing Huang

“…Its multifactorial pathogenesis increasingly implicates DNA methylation-a core epigenetic mechanism-as a critical disease modulator. …”
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The Spatial and Dynamic Monitoring in Ensuring the Management of Energy Security of Enterprises by Budanov Mykola P.

“…The problems of ensuring the management of energy security of the enterprise of the electric power system in the context of dynamic changes are considered. The article proposes a methodical basis for managing the energy security of enterprise, which allows taking into account the strategic tasks of managing the energy security of enterprise, the goals of the energy security management system of enterprise and its basic principles. …”
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MODERN APPROACH TO THE BSC: FUNCTIONAL STRUCTURE AND COMPLEX CONSIDERATION OF STAKEHOLDER INTERESTS by Svіtlana B. Dovbnya, Anhelina O. Naidovska

“…The proposed approach to improving the Balanced Scorecard determines its structure based on a clear criterion – functional features – allowing for a consistent and clear demonstration of the connection between all functional strategies of the enterprise. It highlights increasing attention to non-financial goals and indicators by forming a system of main strategic goals, determining expected stakeholders, and aligning with modern trends in management (for example, in the context of business decarbonization). …”
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Towards Therapeutic Delivery of Extracellular Vesicles: Strategies for In Vivo Tracking and Biodistribution Analysis by Giuliana Di Rocco, Silvia Baldari, Gabriele Toietta

“…Extracellular vesicles (EVs), such as microvesicles and exosomes, are membranous structures containing bioactive material released by several cells types, including mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (MSCs). Increasing lines of evidences point to EVs as paracrine mediators of the beneficial effects on tissue remodeling associated with cell therapy. …”
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Protocol for a QUALICOPC study in a Malaysian setting: Primary care pharmacy services system performance and T2DM older adults' quality of life evaluation. by Nurain Suleiman, Ishtiaq Ahmad, Motoyuki Yuasa

“…To address this, the current study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of PC pharmacies using the Quality and Costs of Primary Care (QUALICOPC) Survey, which is widely used in Europe and other developed and developing countries. …”
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