DENGUE PREVENTION AND PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF BARRIERS TO ELIMINATE MOSQUITO BREEDING SITES AMONG MALAYSIANS by Noorlaile Jasman, Siti Nur Farhana, Kamarul Zaman Saleh, Norrafizah Jaafar, Zanariah Zaini, Manimaran Krishnan Kaundan, Albeny Joslyn Panting

“…Respondents in this study must be 13 years of age or older from the selected households and live in non-institutionalized living quarters (LQ) units in Malaysia, regardless of citizenship. A pretested and structured Self-administered questionnaire (SAQ) was used. …”
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Perceptions of ecosystem services and disservices of bamboo by indigenous communities in Northeast India by Rebecca Lalawmpuii Sailo, Biplov Chandra Sarkar, Khulakpam Apshahana, Aman Dabral, Ayang Jilen, Adela D. Marak, Gopal Shukla, C.P. Suresh, Sumit Chakravarthy

“…Conducted between March 2021 and February 2022, the research employed a multistage random sampling method, selecting 10 respondents from each of 10 villages. Data were gathered through in-depth personal interviews with a semi-structured questionnaire to evaluate the socioeconomic status and perceptions of ecosystem services and disservices of bamboo among indigenous communities. …”
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Sustainable Agritourism Development in Romania’s North-West Mountain Region: A TOPSIS-Based Evaluation of Strategic Priorities by Alina Emilia Maria Gherdan, Ramona Vasilica Bacter, Ramona Ciolac, Tiberiu Iancu, Cristina Maria Maerescu, Monica Angelica Dodu, Aurelia Ioana Chereji, Vasile Grigore Herman, Alexandra Ungureanu, Denis Paul Bacter

“…Furthermore, the study contributes to academic research by offering a structured, replicable approach to evaluating rural tourism development. …”
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Heterojunction Derived Efficient Charge Separation for High Sensitivity Self‐Powered Flexible Photodetectors toward Real‐Time Heart Rate Monitoring by Nan Ding, Ge Zhu, Xiaotao Zhang, Wen Xu, Hailong Liu, Yanan Ji, Yuanzheng Chen, Bin Dong

“…Meanwhile, the high hole mobility and suitable energy band structure of p‐type SnS QDs are doped into spiro‐OMeTAD HTL, which can improve the hole extraction, and balance electron and hole mobilities. …”
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Six Sigma Approach to Developing a Microgrid Station for Research and Teaching by Gabriel Nasser Doyle de Doile, Miguel Castilla, Pedro Paulo Balestrassi, Antonio Carlos Zambroni de Souza, Jaume Miret

“…The results show that a well-structured roadmap, such as IDDOV, promotes a culture of continuous improvement for the microgrid research bed, encouraging feedback from users and stakeholders to identify opportunities for improvement. …”
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Diversified Cropping Modulates Microbial Communities and Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Enhancing Soil Nutrients by Zhongyan Wang, Huaqiang Xuan, Bei Liu, Hongfeng Zhang, Tongyan Zheng, Yunxia Liu, Luping Dai, Yi Xie, Xianchao Shang, Li Zhang, Long Yang, Sitakanta Pattanaik, Ling Yuan, Xin Hou

“…Therefore, we conducted a quantitative bibliometric analysis of observed data between 2014 and 2024 to identify current research hotspots and future research trends in intercropping and crop rotation. …”
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Current state of research about acupuncture for the treatment of COVID-19: A scoping review by Chen Chen, Jie Zhan, Hao Wen, Xiaojing Wei, Lu Ding, Chenyang Tao, Cui Li, Peiming Zhang, Yuyuan Tang, Jingchun Zeng, Liming Lu

“…The dates of publication, language of publication, methodological characteristics and the key findings were analyzed separately. The data are presented as bar graphs, structured tables and figures. …”
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Genome-Wide Analysis of GRETCHEN HAGEN3 Genes and Characterization of IAA-Amido Synthetase Gene <i>CsGH3.1</i> in Rhizome Proliferation in <i>Cymbidium sinense</i> ‘Qijianbaimo’... by Sisi Jia, Cuiling Liu, Chushu Liao, Ruizhen Zeng, Li Xie, Qian Wei, Zhisheng Zhang

“…Gene structure analysis showed that <i>CsGH3s</i> contain one to four exons, and their promoter regions feature auxin and jasmonic acid response elements. …”
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New insights into the indigenous knowledge of the uses of the common stinging nettle (Urtica massaica Mildbr.) in Rwanda by J. Nduwamungu, M. A. Ugirabe, J. Mahoro, M. C. Dusingize, M. Kabarungi, E. Irimaso, E. Maniraho, C. Mugemangango, C. Ruhimbana, J. M. V. Senyanzobe, C. Mugunga, P. Munyandamutsa, P. Nsabimana

“…It was conducted in eleven administrative districts in September 2021. A semi-structured questionnaire was used to conduct in-depth interviews with 124 respondents who were chosen using the snowball sampling technique from locations where the stinging nettle grows or has been domesticated. …”
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Impacts of habitat modification on the dynamics of waterbird diversity in Guangzhou Haizhu National Wetland Park by Zhouhan Chen, Xiaoshan Fang, Shangjiangfeng Lin, Xuefei Zhang, Dongmei Yu, Yuanzhihong Liu, Xiqing Liu, Huijian Hu

“…By 2022, significant changes in habitat structure had occurred, making it an important site for waterbird aggregation. …”
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Supply Chain Management in Renewable Energy Projects from a Life Cycle Perspective: A Review by María E. Raygoza-Limón, J. Heriberto Orduño-Osuna, Gabriel Trujillo-Hernández, Miguel E. Bravo-Zanoguera, José Alejandro Amezquita Garcia, Luis Roberto Ramírez-Hernández, Wendy Flores-Fuentes, Joel Antúnez-García, Fabian N. Murrieta-Rico

“…The analysis provides a structured, systematized, and data-driven evaluation, highlighting the relevance of circular economy principles, advanced recycling technologies, and digital innovations to enhance sustainability, traceability, and resilience in renewable energy supply chains. …”
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Using a “Kickoff” to build implementation partner teams and action plans for active implementation of a quality improvement project by Sean A. Baird, Sean A. Baird, Teresa M. Damush, Teresa M. Damush, Teresa M. Damush, Teresa M. Damush, Nicholas A. Rattray, Nicholas A. Rattray, Nicholas A. Rattray, Nicholas A. Rattray, Lauren S. Penney, Lauren S. Penney, Lauren S. Penney, Edward J. Miech, Edward J. Miech, Edward J. Miech, Edward J. Miech, Barbara J. Homoya, Jared Ferguson, Laura J. Myers, Laura J. Myers, Laura J. Myers, Laura J. Myers, Dawn M. Bravata, Dawn M. Bravata, Dawn M. Bravata, Dawn M. Bravata, Dawn M. Bravata

“…The PREVENT kickoff was designed from multiple frameworks: theory of change principles for process improvement; Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR); social learning models; and systems redesign. Data collected included pre-kickoff planning documents and post-kickoff debriefs from the PREVENT national team, Audience Response System (ARS) data, post-kickoff site participant evaluations and semi-structured interviews.ResultsSite team participants reflected positively on the framework driven, interactive and interpersonal design elements, team building, and action plan exercises, and found them useful for a successful project launch. …”
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Factors influencing medication adherence for deep vein thrombosis prevention in post-discharge patients after joint replacement surgery: a qualitative study based on Protection Mot... by Jing Jiang, Jing Zhang, Chao Liu, Lingyun Tian, Yinglan Li, Feng Fu, Wenchao Gu, Leijiang Li, Xiurui Deng

“…The median (IQR) age of participants was 57.5 (55–67.25) years.Analysis Semi-structured interviews were conducted via online video calls. …”
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Toroidal distribution of heat load on castellated plasma facing components for lower divertor target in EAST by Wenxue Fu, Dahuan Zhu, Binfu Gao, Zongxiao Guo, Bin Zhang, Mehdi Firdaouss, Chuannan Xuan, Rong Yan, Yang Wang, Chunyu He, Yi Li, Baoguo Wang, Rui Ding, Junling Chen

“…The lower divertor of EAST adopts an ITER-like cassette modules (CMs) structure. However, regular distribution of damage along the toroidal direction have been observed on the divertor target plates, which not only affects the lifespan of PFCs but also limits the long-pulse and high-performance plasma operations. …”
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Do P2Y12 receptor inhibitors prescribed poststroke modify the risk of cognitive disorder or dementia? Protocol for a target trial using multiple national Swedish registries by John Attia, Michael Nilsson, Frederick R Walker, Christopher Oldmeadow, Michael Pollack, Jenny Nyberg, Sara Gustavsson, N David Åberg, Georg Hans Kuhn, Madeleine Hinwood, Marina Ilicic, Chris Levi, Sarah J Johnson, Leeanne M Carey, Lucy Leigh, Neil Spratt, Thomas Lindén

“…We developed a study protocol following the components of the target trial approach described by Hernan et al and describe the data structure that would be required in order to make a causal inference. …”
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Rare ginsenosides: A unique perspective of ginseng research by Wenxiang Fan, Linhong Fan, Ziying Wang, Yuqi Mei, Longchan Liu, Linnan Li, Li Yang, Zhengtao Wang

“…Aim of review: In this review, recent advances of Rare ginsenosides (RGs) were summarized dealing with the structurally diverse characteristics, traditional usage, drug discovery situation, clinical application, pharmacological effects and the underlying mechanisms, structure–activity relationship, toxicity, the stereochemistry properties, and production strategies. …”
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Smart Digital Solutions for EARLY Treatment of COGNitive Disability (EARLY-COGN^3): A Study Protocol by Maria Cotelli, Francesca Baglio, Elena Gobbi, Elena Campana, Ilaria Pagnoni, Giovanna Cannarella, Alessandro Del Torto, Federica Rossetto, Angela Comanducci, Gennaro Tartarisco, Rocco Salvatore Calabrò, Simona Campisi, Raffaela Maione, Claudia Saraceno, Elisa Dognini, Sonia Bellini, Marta Bortoletto, Giuliano Binetti, Roberta Ghidoni, Rosa Manenti

“…Neurophysiological markers and biomolecular data will be collected at T0 and T1. <b>Conclusions:</b> EARLY-COGN^3 project could lead to a complete paradigm shift from the traditional therapeutic approach, forcing a reassessment on how CNDs could take advantage of a digital solution. …”
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DAPSS: A Novel Network for DOM Assisted Oblique Photography Point Cloud Semantic Segmentation by Zhenzhen Song, Mingqiang Guo, Liang Wu, Heng Liu, Ying Huang, Zheng Liu

“…Compared to point clouds, digital orthophoto maps (DOMs) has a more structured data format, allowing for better recognition of small-scale surface features. …”
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Wood Gasification Biochar as an Effective Biosorbent for the Remediation of Organic Soil Pollutants by Elisabetta Loffredo, Nicola Denora, Danilo Vona, Antonio Gelsomino, Carlo Porfido, Nicola Colatorti

“…High porosity (0.07 cm³ g⁻¹) was demonstrated by the density functional theory (DFT) method, while Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy highlighted the presence of a prominent aromatic structure and the abundance of reactive functional groups responsible for the binding of the compounds. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Hybrid Attention and Progressive Layering Through a Comprehensive Evaluation of ARU-Net and PLU-Net in Brain Tumour Segmentation by Noman Ahmed Siddiqui, Muhammad Tahir Qadri, Muhammad Ovais Akhter, Tahira Anwar, Fahad Farooq

“…On the other hand, PLU-Net uses a cascaded, multi-stage structure enhanced by attention gates and multi-scale data augmentation where the main emphasis is a progressive boosting of accuracy levels at multiple resolutions to guarantee high boundary accuracy. …”
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