The Impact of Deforestation and Restoration Trends on Land Use and Land Cover Changes in Eastern Mau Forest Reserve, Kenya by Mike Passiany, Kyalo Kiema John Bosco

“… Context and Background This study aims to assess the environmental impact of Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) changes in the Eastern Mau Forest Reserve, Kenya, using remote sensing and GIS techniques. …”
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Quality improvement project to improve cardiovascular risk screening in patients with rheumatoid arthritis by Mireille Edens, Monique Hoekstra, Harriet de Vries, Clarinda van den Bosch-Schreuder

“…The CV risk screening in the Netherlands is performed by the general practitioner (GP).Purpose The aim of our project was to increase the CV risk screening of patients with RA, performed by the GP, from 46% to 65% of the selected patients of 40 years and older, within the time frame of our project (18 months).Context The project was carried out at the outpatient rheumatology clinic at Isala Zwolle, a large teaching hospital, in an area with 106 GP practices. …”
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Training-Based Interventions in Motor Rehabilitation after Stroke: Theoretical and Clinical Considerations by Annette Sterr

“…However, gradual but presumably more immediate benefits for patients may be achieved by introducing and testing derivates of the CIT concept that are more compatible with current clinical practice. Here, we summarize the theoretical and empirical issues related to the translation of research-based CIT work into the clinical context of standard health care.…”
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Eco-innovation, Responsible Leadership and Organizational Change for Corporate Sustainability by Dorel Mihai Paraschiv, Estera Laura Nemoianu, Claudia Adriana Langă, Tünde Szabó

“…The purpose of this paper is to present the main drivers of corporate sustainability, illustrating – after a thorough literature review – the link between the following elements: corporate sustainability – a necessity in the current global context; eco-innovation – as a way to implement sustainability in an organization; responsible leadership – as the art of building and maintaining strong and moral relationships with all stakeholders; organizational culture and organizational change – the basic elements through which organizations continuously renew their processes and products, adapting them to the new context. …”
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Dielectric Passivation Treatment of InGaN MESA on Si Substrates for Red Micro-LED Application by Hongyu Qin, Shuhan Zhang, Qian Fan, Xianfeng Ni, Li Tao, Xing Gu

“…Experimental results reveal that Al₂O₃ exhibits superior thermal stability and lower current leakage under high-temperature annealing, while HfO₂ achieves higher light-output power (LOP) and efficiency under increased current densities. …”
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Epidemiological Informing of the Population in Cities: Models and Their Application by Vasiliy Osipov, Marina Osipova, Sergey Kuleshov, Alexandra Zaytseva, Aleksey Aksenov

“… With an increase of population density and contacts between people, the emergence of new biological viruses, the threat of various epidemics is growing. …”
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Virus-Induced Gene Silencing (VIGS) in <i>Hydrangea macrophylla</i> and Functional Analysis of <i>HmF3′5′H</i> by Qiyu Yang, Youwei Fan, Shuwen Luo, Chun Liu, Suxia Yuan

“…Additionally, infection with TRV containing the <i>HmCHS1</i> fragment in the flowers resulted in decreased anthocyanin production in sepals and a lightening of sepal coloration in the infected flowers. …”
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Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte ratio as surrogate for JAK2V617F suppression and event-free survival in polycythemia vera by Tiziano Barbui, Arianna Ghirardi, Victoria Empson, Francesca Fenili, Giuseppe Gaetano Loscocco, Annalisa Condorelli, Alessandra Iurlo, Daniele Cattaneo, Elena Rossi, Valerio De Stefano, Paola Guglielmelli, Christoph Klade, Heinz Gisslinger, Alessandro Rambaldi, Joseph M. Scandura, Alessandro Maria Vannucchi

“…Abstract Chronic systemic inflammation is a key driver of polycythemia vera (PV) progression, but the immunomodulatory effects of current treatments remain poorly defined. The neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is an accessible biomarker of systemic inflammation proven in other contexts, but its role in monitoring PV disease activity has not been established. …”
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State of the Art and Future Directions of Healthcare 4.0: A Systematic Literature Review by Carlos Henrique dos Santos, Andre Luiz Romano, Walther Azzolini Junior, Francisco Ignacio Giocondo Cesar, Fabio Ferraco, Ivanhoe Rozo-Rojas

“…This study employs a systematic literature review (SLR) methodology to investigate the current state of research on Healthcare 4.0 solutions, focusing on their applications across various healthcare sectors. …”
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Are they looking for support? Mental health and trauma awareness as predictors of mental health help-seeking behaviour among young adults and adolescents in Bangladesh, Egypt, Ghan... by Maxwell Peprah Opoku, Rahemeen Yusuf, Shakila Nur, Ebenezer Mensah Gyimah, Lilian Frimpomaa, Eleana Charalambous, Yasmin A. Salem, Mokhtar A. Elkayal, Aisha A. Abosrea, Tawasol Babiker, Mahra Murad Alblooshi, Erin September, Nada Obaid, Daniel Miezah, Ashraf Moustafa

“…This stagnation may be attributed to limited research on the underlying causes of mental health issues, such as trauma, as well as a lack of awareness regarding mental health disorders and help-seeking behaviours. The current study seeks to mainstream the understanding of mental health disorders by investigating the impact of trauma awareness and mental health disorders on the variance in help-seeking behaviours for mental health in non-Western contexts. …”
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Blood transfusion training for prehospital providers: a scoping review by Pierre-Marc Dion, Kanwal Singh, Jillian Coleby, Andrew Beckett, Jacinthe Lampron, Melissa McGowan, Risa Shorr, Brodie Nolan

“…Abstract Background Blood transfusion is increasingly utilised to manage haemorrhagic shock in prehospital environments. …”
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Contextual determinants influencing the implementation of fall prevention in the community: a scoping review by M. C. van Scherpenseel, S. J. te Velde, C. Veenhof, C. Veenhof, M. H. Emmelot-Vonk, J. A. Barten, J. A. Barten

“…As there is a need for a better understanding of the occurring context-related challenges, the current scoping review purposes to identify what contextual determinants (i.e., barriers and facilitators) influence the implementation of FPIs in the community.MethodsA scoping review was performed using the Arksey and O'Malley framework. …”
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Burnout in medical education: interventions from a co-creation process by Anke Boone, Lutgart Braeckman, Nele Michels, Kris Van den Broeck, Hanne Kindermans, Ann Roex, Marie-Claire Lambrechts, Sofie Vandenbroeck, Annabel Bijnens, Sofie Van den Acker, Sofie Boghe, Charlotte Vanneck, Dirk Devroey, Lode Godderis

“…While organisational interventions are increasingly recognized as crucial to address burnout, individual-focused interventions remain predominant in current research. …”
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Spectroscopic Evolution in Ice Analogs of Trans-Neptunian Objects Exposed to Ionizing Radiation. I. Visible Reflectance Spectra and Colors by Chaojiang Zhang, Jia Wang, Andrew M. Turner, Leslie A. Young, Ralf I. Kaiser

“…The spectral slopes of processed water ices are neutral and independent of the radiation dose, whereas those of ammonia decrease with the increasing radiation dose. When the carbon-containing molecules are mixed with water and ammonia, the reddening process is found to be neutralized. …”
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Methylchloroisothiazolinone/Methylisothiazolinone and Methylisothiazolinone Sensitivity in Hungary by Györgyi Pónyai, Ilona Németh, Erzsébet Temesvári

“…MCI/MI hypersensitivity increased retrospectively from 0.5% to 6.0%. By current prospective testing we detected 25 patients (8%) with MCI/MI and/or MI positive reactions. …”
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Information transparency as paradigm of the economic systems sustaina ble development by L. Orlova

“…As the instrument of management an information transparency index can be used when monitoring the current situation, forming strategy of development, control for key problems of the sustainable development strategy.…”
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Evaluating the impact of mine tailings wastes on the development of sustainable Ultra High Performance Fiber Reinforced concrete by Osama Zaid, Mohd Ahmed, Ahmed. M. Yosri, Talal. O. Alshammari

“…The workability tests show a decrease in flow spread from 274 mm in the control mix to 221 mm in the mix with 25% MTP and 100% MTS. …”
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Mixed-methods assessment of health and mental health characteristics and barriers to healthcare for Ebola survivors in Beni, Butembo and Katwa health zones of the Democratic Republ... by Lynn Lieberman Lawry, Nancy Stroupe Kannappan, Covadonga Canteli, William Clemmer

“…Trouble sleeping and anger were the strongest predictors of post-traumatic stress disorder, major depressive disorder (MDD), anxiety and suicide attempts with 3-fold to 16-fold increases in the odds of these disorders. There was a 71% decrease in the odds of MDD if current substance abuse (aOR 0.29; 95% CI 0.13 to 0.67; p&lt;0.01) was reported.Conclusions Specialised mental health services were limited. …”
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Mixture toxicity of tebuconazole and fluopyram to honeybee (Apis mellifera L.): Effects on survival, feeding and antioxidant defenses by Neama S. Saeed, Sayed A. Ahmed, Zeinab H. Ahmed, Abdulraouf M. Amro, Ibrahim A. Mohamed

“…However, there is a lack of information about their toxicological effects on honeybees (Apis mellifera L.). In the current study, the lethal and sub-lethal toxic effects of mixture tebuconazole + fluopyram were examined on A. mellifera workers. …”
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Development and characterization of in‐situ nickel aluminide reinforced Al‐Si matrix composites by stir casting by A. Saiyathibrahim, Vijaykumar S. Jatti, P. Dhanapal, Dhanesh G. Mohan

“…Abstract Aluminium matrix composites (AMCs) exhibit promising mechanical properties that are required for the aeronautical and automotive industries. In the current research, A413 (eutectic AlSi) alloy is employed as matrix material, and nickel based trialuminide (Al3Ni) with primary Si particles as reinforcements to manufacture aluminium matrix composites through the stir casting process. …”
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