Depression in older adults: prevalence and risk factors in a primary health care sample by Uschenka Padayachey, S Ramlall, J Chipps

“…Methods: The 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale and a socio-demographic questionnaire were administered in English to 255 geriatric outpatients, randomly selected, at a local community clinic in Durban. Data analysis: Data were analysed using SPSS version 23®. …”
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Investigating the prevalence of cognitive impairment and dementia in the Northern Ireland Cohort for the Longitudinal Study of Ageing (NICOLA): the Harmonised Cognitive Assessment... by Bernadette Mcguinness, Frank Kee, David Weir, Leeanne O'Hara, Charlotte Neville, Calum Marr, Michael McAlinden

“…We will provide data from the Northern Irish HCAP to the research community via data repositories such as the Dementias Platform UK and Gateway to Global Aging to complement existing public data resources and support epidemiological research by others. …”
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MANAGEMENT OF FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE IN IMPROVING SERVICES AND QUALITY OF EDUCATION AT THE AL-AZHAR PAGERWOJO LEADING MADRASAH by Sukron Ma'mun Ma'mun

“…This research uses participatory observation methods, in-depth interviews and documentation studies in data mining. Data analysis uses the Miles, Huberman and Saldana techniques. …”
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Testing the role of online group-based supervision for local humanitarian workers following a crisis: A mixed-methods longitudinal study. by Gülşah Kurt, Fatema Almeamari, Hafsa El-Dardery, Aya Kardouh, Scarlett Wong, Michael McGrath, Louis Klein, Ammar Beetar, Salah Lekkeh, Ahmed El-Vecih, Wael Yasaki, Ceren Acarturk, Dusan Hadzi-Pavlovic, Zachary Steel, Simon Rosenbaum, Ruth Wells

“…These changes were significantly different from the active control period (b = 0.21, error = 0.05, CrI = 0.11, 0.31, b = -0.37, error = 0.04, CrI = -0.45, -0.28, respectively) while no significant differences were observed between the active control and pre-earthquake supervision periods. Thematic analysis identified five features of supervision as a safe space and two functions as a source of emotional and practical support after the earthquakes. …”
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Key Trends and Regulations of the Development of Digital business Models of banking services in Industry 4.0 by M. N. Dudin, S. V. Shkodinskii, D. I. Usmanov

“…The article summarizes the main stages of the evolution of business models of the banking sector, reveals substantive and methodological differences between traditional remote banking services and digital banking, highlights the main business models for organizing digital banking; provides up-to-date data on the level of development of digital banking in the main geographic zones of the world; shows the dynamics and key areas of investment in the fintech industry in 2014–2019 and provides a critical analysis of their conditions; identifies problematic aspects of the development of digital business models of banking; describes the functionality of the main digital business models of Russian banks with the author’s assessment of their capabilities and examples of their use in Russian practice. …”
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Identification of Exposed Submarine Cable Status based on Optimized VMD-GAF-MCNN for Multi Sensor Fusion by WANG Wei, WANG Wendong, YOU Peng, XIAO Zexin, AN Bowen, CUI Guiyan

“…Currently, temperature analysis and vibration analysis are frequently used for monitoring the erosion of submarine cables. …”
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Barriers and facilitators of fetal heart monitoring with a mobile cardiotocograph (iCTG) device in underserved settings: An exploratory qualitative study from Tanzania. by Dorkasi L Mwakawanga, Sanmei Chen, Yhuko Ogata, Minami Suzuki, Yuryon Kobayashi, Miyuki Toda, Naoki Hirose, Yoko Shimpuku

“…Braun and Clarke's thematic analysis guided the data analysis. It included the following steps: familiarizing with data, generating initial codes, searching for themes, reviewing themes, defining and naming themes, and producing the report.…”
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Metaweb approach to unravel food web structures: Exploring environmental changes and biotic interactions in Korean stream ecosystems by Da-Yeong Lee, Sagar Adhurya, Dae-Seong Lee, Young-Seuk Park

“…Metawebs enable the construction of food webs using biomonitoring data, and provide a comprehensive analysis of ecosystem interactions. …”
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First Nations reserve expansion and land cover dynamics since Treaty Land Entitlement in the Prairie region of Saskatchewan, Canada by Xiaolei Yu, David C. Natcher, Christy A. Morrissey, Melissa M. Arcand

“…Yet, the ecological impacts remain understudied, with limited systematic land-use data. This study employs geospatial analysis of open-source historical records, land cover data, and land capability assessments to evaluate reserve changes in southern Saskatchewan—a heavily agricultural region with dense First Nations populations. …”
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An efficient hybrid downscaling framework to estimate high-resolution river hydrodynamics by Z. Tan, D. Xu, S. Taraphdar, J. Ma, G. Bisht, L. R. Leung

“…<p>Flow depth and velocity are the most important hydrodynamic variables that govern various river functions, including water resources, navigation, sediment transport, and biogeochemical cycling. …”
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Antimonopoly regulation of the activities of digital companies and the operation of Internet platforms in Russia and in the European Union by V. G. Istomin

“…Digital technological platform is a complex phenomenon that includes various results of intellectual activity, both subject to and not subject to legal protection, including computer programs, databases, as well as technical means, ensuring the functioning of the digital platform. In addition, the analysis of Russian antitrust legislation and the theory of civil law led to the conclusion that the existing exemptions from the scope of the rules on the prohibition of monopolistic activities established for holders of exclusive intellectual rights could significantly complicate the application of antitrust rules to digital companies that are copyright holders results of intellectual activity that are part of the Internet platform. …”
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Integrating Food Preference Profiling, Behavior Change Strategies, and Machine Learning for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in a Personalized Nutrition Digital Health Interventio... by Hana Fitria Navratilova, Anthony David Whetton, Nophar Geifman

“…Intervention functions were designed using the Behavior Change Wheel, and behavior change techniques were selected for the DHI features. …”
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Factors affecting farmers’ decision to join coffee producer cooperatives to improve their welfare by Intan Parumbuan Rombeallo, Muhammad Hatta Jamil, Didi Rukmana

“…The sample consisted of 70 respondents from all members of the cooperative. The collection of data was done through the distribution of questionnaires, and the data were analysed using a statistical analysis method, namely Partial Least Square-Structural Equation Modeling with the software SmartPLS4.0. …”
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The diagnostic value of endometrial cytology in diagnosing endometrial pathology by Nadezhda Hinkova, Kamelia Tsvetanova, Tihomir Totev, Margarita Nikolova, Teodora Semova, Dimitar Dimitrov, Elitsa Petkova

“…The study found statistical significance between the Pipelle biopsy results and cytological results (&amp;chi;2 = 50.05, df = 24, p = 0.01, Cramer&amp;rsquo;s v = 0.439). Data analysis showed that endometrial cytology had a high specificity in proving endometrial carcinoma and a low positive predictive value (Se = 80%; Sp = 98%; PV = 66.7%; NV = 96.9%). …”
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Comparison of thermal characteristics and cooling performance of crude palm oil and mineral oil as electrical insulators by Muhamad Mustangin, Bambang Purwantana, Chusnul Hidayat, Radi

“…The data analysis used ANOVA, Response Surface Methodology, and dimensionless analysis. …”
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Classification of SERS spectra for agrochemical detection using a neural network with engineered features by Mateo Frausto-Avila, Monserrat Ochoa-Elias, Jose Pablo Manriquez-Amavizca, María del Carmen González-López, Gonzalo Ramírez-García, Mario Alan Quiroz-Juárez

“…Notably, we performed feature engineering to optimize the input data; specifically, we derived 20 key features from transformation functions applied to the SERS spectra. …”
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Population structure, genetic diversity, and GWAS analyses with GBS-derived SNPs and silicodart markers unveil genetic potential for breeding and candidate genes for agronomic and... by Noor Maiwan Bahjat, Mehtap Yıldız, Muhammad Azhar Nadeem, Andres Morales, Josefina Wohlfeiler, Faheem Shahzad Baloch, Murat Tunçtürk, Metin Koçak, Yong Suk Chung, Dariusz Grzebelus, Gökhan Sadik, Cansu Kuzğun, Pablo Federico Cavagnaro

“…Coincidently, structure analysis indicated three (K = 3) and two (K = 2) subpopulations for SNP and DArT data, respectively, with accessions in each subpopulation sharing similar geographic origins and root color; and comparable clustering patterns were also found by principal component analysis. …”
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Neural network modeling of changes in the land cover of the Kerch peninsula in the context of landslides occurence by Krivoguz D.O., Burtnik D.N.

“…The modern development of the Kerch Peninsula is closely connected with the large-scale man-caused impact, which leads to significant changes in the functioning of natural complexes. The paper demonstrates the neural network approach to studying changes in the state of the landscape cover and attempts are made to predict it. …”
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The rule of law, the separation of powers, and Big Tech by Sahadžić Maja

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Meanings of family under the perspective of parents of adolescent students by Francisca Georgina Macedo de Sousa, Leda Barros de Castro, Ana Larissa Araujo Nogueria, Italo Rodolfo Silva, Dennyse Cristina Macedo da Silva, Nayra Michele Anjos Amorim

“…A qualitative research conducted with nine parents of adolescents from a public school, Maranhão, Brazil. Data collection occurred through unstructured interview from February to April 2011, and were submitted to thematic content analysis. …”
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