Healthcare providers’ and community stakeholders’ perception of using drones for tuberculosis diagnosis in Nepal: an exploratory qualitative study by Kritika Dixit, Bhola Rai, Govind Majhi, Rajan Paudel, Raghu Dhital, Shraddha Acharya, Ganga Ram Budhathoki, Puskar Poudel, Suman Chandra Gurung, Bishal Subedi, Pravin Lamsal, Uttam Pudasaini, Peter Small, Patrick Meier, Kristi Sidney Annerstedt, Maxine Caws

“…Focus group discussions employed semi-structured questions, which were audio-recorded, transcribed, and translated into English. …”
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Knowledge acquisition and student perceptions of three teaching methods: a randomized trial of live, flipped, and interactive flipped classrooms by Omar Al-Karadsheh, Huda Abutayyem, Ayeh Saidi, Abdelrahman Shqaidef

“…Pre- and post-intervention assessments evaluated knowledge improvement, while objective structured assessments measured academic performance. …”
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Self-medication for malaria and associated factors in Kakumiro District, Uganda, August 2023: implications for malaria management and mortality prevention by Marie Gorreti Zalwango, Richard Migisha, Bosco B. Agaba, Lilian Bulage, Benon Kwesiga, Daniel Kadobera, Alex Riolexus Ario

“…Using multistage sampling, 592 households were selected. A semi-structured questionnaire was used to interview one participant per household about self-medication for malaria in a family member of any age who suffered from malaria 6 months prior to the interview. …”
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Depathologizing Queer Adults’ Dating App Use in Canada: Convergent Mixed Methods Study by Jad Sinno, Amaya Perez-Brumer, Paul A Shuper, Daniel Grace

“…The survey and interview collected information on dating app use and mental health. A structural equation model assessed the association between dating app use and mental health symptoms and the mediating role of discrimination and community connectedness. …”
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Routine immunization status of nomadic children aged five years and below in Volta Region, Ghana in the post-COVID-19 pandemic era: a cross-sectional study by Amatus Nambagyira, Samuel Adolf Bosoka, Mavis Pearl Kwabla, Godwin Adjei Vechey, Senanu Kwesi Djokoto, Fortress Yayra Aku

“…Data were collected through interviews of caregivers using a structured questionnaire and analyzed with Stata Version 17. …”
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The Possibility of Including “Inverted” Educational Resources in the Professional Training of Future Teachers of Mathematics and Computer Science by P. S. Lomasko, A. L. Simonova, A. M. Lisman

“…Since, on the one hand, in such didactic means, the educational content should be presented systematized and structured, have logic and hierarchical connections. …”
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Investigating the Use of Generative Adversarial Networks-Based Deep Learning for Reducing Motion Artifacts in Cardiac Magnetic Resonance by Ma ZP, Zhu YM, Zhang XD, Zhao YX, Zheng W, Yuan SR, Li GY, Zhang TL

“…Image quality pre- and post-optimization was assessed using metrics including Peak Signal-to-Noise Ratio (PSNR), Structural Similarity Index (SSIM), Leningrad Focus Measure, and a 5-point Likert scale.Results: After GAN optimization, notable improvements were observed in the PSNR, SSIM, and focus measure metrics for the 100 images with simulated artifacts. …”
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Prospective associations of infant food exposures and appetitive traits with early childhood diet quality by Tonja R. Nansel, Amara Channell-Doig, Leah M. Lipsky, Kyle Burger, Grace Shearrer, Anna Maria Siega-Riz, Yong Ma

“…At child ages 3.5 and 5 years, parents provided two 24-h dietary recalls, from which the Healthy Eating Index-2020 was calculated to measure diet quality. Structural equation models using maximum likelihood estimation examined associations of age at introduction to, and intake frequency of, fruit/vegetables and discretionary foods, and their interactions with food-approach and food-avoidance appetitive traits, on child diet quality at ages 3.5 & 5 years, controlling for income, education, and breastfeeding duration. …”
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Application Of ArtifiCial Intelligence in E-Governance: A Comparative Study of Supervised Machine Learning and Ensemble Learning Algorithms on Crime Prediction. by Niyonzima, Ivan, Muhaise, Hussein, Akankwasa, Aureri

“…The use of Artificial Intelligence has the potential to ameliorate several existing structural inefficiencies in the discharge of governmental functions. …”
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A small molecule cryptotanshinone induces non-enzymatic NQO1-dependent necrosis in cancer cells through the JNK1/2/Iron/PARP/calcium pathway by Ying Hou, Bingling Zhong, Lin Zhao, Heng Wang, Yanyan Zhu, Xianzhe Wang, Haoyi Zheng, Jie Yu, Guokai Liu, Xin Wang, Jose M. Martin-Garcia, Xiuping Chen

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Advancing dementia care: a review of Italy’s public health response within the WHO Global Action Plan and European strategies by Giancarlo Logroscino, Daniele Imperiale, Nicola Vanacore, Nicola Veronese, Giorgio Fumagalli, Cristina Basso, Federica Asta, Marco Canevelli, Eleonora Lacorte, Anna Maria Bargagli, Angela Giusti, Ilaria Bacigalupo, Guido Bellomo, Ilaria Palazzesi, Paola Piscopo, Emanuela Salvi, Valerio Zaccaria, Francesca Zambri, Martina Valletta, Massimo Corbo, Teresa Di Fiandra, Alessio Crestini, Francesco Saverio Mennini, Rosella Saulle, Alessandra Lombardi, Antonio Guaita, Luciano Sagliocca, Rosa Liperoti, MARCO TRABUCCHI, Maria Cotelli, Carlo Gabelli, Gianfranco Spalletta, Carlo Petrini, Vincenza Frisardi, Alice Fauci, Marcello Giordano, Luca Vignatelli, Luciana Riva, Camillo Marra, Francesco Nonino, Antonio Ancidoni, Simone Salemme, Domitilla Marconi, Sara Maria Pani, Nicoletta Locuratolo, Flavia Lucia Lombardo, Elisa Fabrizi, Francesco Sciancalepore, Patrizia Lorenzini, Alice Paggetti, Francesco Della Gatta, Annachiara Di Nolfi, Vittorio Palermo, Paolo Sciattella, Chiara Bini, Caterina Bianca Neve Aurora Bianchi, Fiammetta Landoni, Maria Assunta Giannini, Stefano Sensi, Cristina Lupinetti, Valeria Panetta, Antonio Matera, Francesca Lubian, Carla Melani, Gennarina Arabia, Maria Pompea Bernardi, Annarita Greco, Annalisa Di Palma, Andrea Fabbo, Federica Boschi, Antonino Riolo, Antonio Zaccardi, Antonio Mastromattei, Silvia Scalmana, Ernesto Palummeri, Elisa Lidonnici, Alessandro Amorosi, Lorenzo Blandi, Filippo Masera, Fabio Izzicupo, Alfonso Di Costanzo, Carla Severino, Patrizia Spallino, Piero Secreto, Elena Memeo, Stefano Piras, Serena Meloni, Tommaso Piccoli, Sara Madrigali, Antonella Notarelli, Micaela Gilli, Anna Laura Spinelli, Nando Scarpelli, Monica Seganfreddo, Alessandra Caci, Amalia Cecilia Bruni, Francesco Mazzoleni, Alessandro Pirani, Massimiliano Massaia, Luisa Bartorelli, Susanna Cipollari, Gabriella Porro, Mario Possenti, Manlio Matera, Patrizia Spadin, Paolo Caffarra, Andrea Capasso, Maria Pia Cozzari, Sabina Gainotti, Giuseppe Gambina, Marina Michela Gasparini, Andrea Stracciari, Gilda Losito, Elena Rendina, Federica Francescone, Francesca Galeotti, Teresa Di Fiandra, Flaminia Camilli, Elena Carbone, Giulia Carnevale, Daniela Coclite, Benedetta Contoli, Francesco Della Gatta, Annachiara Di Nolfi, Eugenio Distaso, Ylenia Druda, Sabrina Esposito, Francesco Giaquinto, Flavia L. Lombardo, Gabriella Martelli, Maria Masocco, Fabio Matascioli, Alberto Milanese, Valentina Minardi, Sandra Morelli, Antonello Napoletano, Maria Cristina Porrello, Giulia Remoli, Roberto Rivabene, Paola Scardetta, Roberta Vaccaro, Petronilla Battista, Consuelo Borgarelli, Chiara Cerami, Annalisa Chiari, Alfredo Costa, Alessandra Dodich, Elisa Faè, Elisa Favaretto, Lidia Fubini, Monica Gandelli, Donata Gollin, Claudio Ivaldi, Alessandro Lanzoni, Valentina Lavermicocca, Margherita Lazzarino, Giacomo Menabue, Maria Angela Molinari, Alessia Morelli, Fabrizio Piazza, Anna Peruzzi, Clara Ricci, Stefano Russo, Davide Zenaro, Alessandra Ceccarini, Scilla Pizzarelli, Zuzana Mitrova, Salvatore De Masi

“…This study analyses IFAD activities from 2021 to 2023, offering insights into Italy’s public health response to dementia and its relevance to global strategies.Methods We conducted a structured, iterative review of all activities coordinated by the Italian Dementia Observatory (OssDem-Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS)) within IFAD 2021–2023. …”
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Path analyses of risk factors for linear growth faltering in four prospective cohorts of young children in Ghana, Malawi and Burkina Faso by Anna Pulakka, Robert Stewart, Elizabeth L Prado, Elizabeth Yakes Jimenez, Stephen Vosti, Christine P Stewart, Jérôme Somé, Jean Bosco Ouédraogo, Harriet Okronipa, Eugenia Ocansey, Brietta Oaks, Kenneth Maleta, Anna Lartey, Emma Kortekangas, Sonja Y Hess, Kenneth Brown, Jaden Bendabenda, Ulla Ashorn, Per Ashorn, Mary Arimond, Seth Adu-Afarwuah, Souheila Abbeddou, Kathryn Dewey

“…We examined the association of 42 indicators of environmental, maternal, caregiving and child factors with 18-month LAZ. Using structural equation modelling, we examined direct and indirect associations through hypothesised mediators in each cohort. …”
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Surface damage in tungsten induced by high heat flux helium irradiation at high temperatures across melting point by Hanqing Wang, Yue Yuan, Baoqin Fu, H. Greuner, B. Böswirth, Mengchong Ren, Yufei Nie, Peng Zhang, Xingzhong Cao, Guang-Hong Lu

“…Accordingly, we proposed a model for pinhole growth under high-temperature He irradiation based on thermal activation diffusion of He. …”
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Burden, clinical outcomes, and characteristics of tuberculosis in migrant populations in the middle East and North African region: A systematic review and meta-analyses by Taha Maatoug, Farah Seedat, Eman Elafef, Anissa Ouahchi, Ali Mtiraoui, Stella Evangelidou, Wejdene Mansour, Ana Requena-Méndez, Dominik Zenner

“…Introduction: Migrants in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region face an increased tuberculosis (TB) risk due to socioeconomic and structural barriers. This systematic review synthesises evidence on TB burden, clinical outcomes, and epidemiological characteristics among migrants in MENA. …”
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Do community-based digital health inclusion programmes contribute to tackling health inequalities in disadvantaged population groups?: a qualitative study of experiences of a city-... by Shoba Poduval, Lily Arnold, Emma Carta, Danielle Nimmons, Irene Stratton, Michael Shaw, Katherine Bradbury, Fiona Stevenson

“…Methods We used qualitative semi-structured interviews to explore the experiences of service-users receiving digital support, and perspectives of staff working for organisations coordinating or providing digital support (n = 30). …”
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Protocol for a multisite randomised trial of Hand–Arm Bimanual Intensive Training Including Lower Extremity training for children with bilateral cerebral palsy: HABIT-ILE Australia... by Roslyn N Boyd, Leanne Sakzewski, Mark Chatfield, Yannick Bleyenheuft, Iona Novak, Catherine Elliott, Sarah Reedman, Cathy Morgan, Kerstin Pannek, Jurgen Fripp, Prue Golland, David Rowell, Robert Stuart Ware

“…Secondary outcomes will be brain structural integrity, walking endurance, bimanual hand performance, self-care, mobility, performance and satisfaction with individualised goals, and QOL. …”
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Game on or game over? Gamification from 360-degree perspective, perception, confidence, and challenges in simulation based nursing education: mixed-method study by Mohamed Hashem Kotp, Hasan Ahmed Awad Bassyouny, Mohamed Ahmed Aly, Rasha Kadri Ibrahim, Abdelaziz Hendy, Ahmed Shaaban Attia, Ahmed Khalaf Mekdad, Ahmed Ali Hafez, Sally Mohammed Farghaly Abdelaliem, Nadiah A. Baghdadi, Ahmed Hendy, Hossam Ali Ismail

“…Qualitative data were collected via semi-structured questionnaires and interviews with nurse educators and analyzed thematically to explore implementation challenges. …”
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Semi-rational engineering of an α-L-fucosidase for regioselective synthesis of fucosyl-N-acetylglucosamine disaccharides by Peng Liu, Xiaodi Chen, Xueting Cao, Yuying Wang, Yafei Gao, Li Xu, Xukai Jiang, Min Xiao

“…Molecular dynamics simulations revealed that the structural flexibility of the loop-4 was substantially reduced in mutant L266H, and the hydrogen bond formation and binding affinity between mutant L266H/M285T and Fuc-α-1,3-GlcNAc was significantly enhanced. …”
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Genomic and phenotypic insights into ST164 bla NDM-1-positive Acinetobacter baumannii from intestinal colonization in China by Kun Wang, Weidong Zhu, Lu Gong, Xiaolu Yang, Haowei Ye, Zhenghao Lou, Jie Yang, Xiawei Jiang, Wei Li, Fangfang Tao, Hao Xu, Beiwen Zheng, Wenhong Liu

“…Whole-genome sequencing and genetic environment analysis revealed the presence of a conserved structural sequence (ISAba14-ISAba14-aphA-ISAba125-bla NDM-1-ble MBL) on their chromosomes. …”
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Antibacterial activity of baicalein against Aeromonas hydrophila: in vitro and in vivo evaluation by Reng Qiu, Jun Li, Changjun Jiang, Yang Yu, Dandan Li, Xuehan Xie, Yang Lei, Lunguang Yao

“…The antibacterial mechanism of baicalein involved increased membrane permeability and structural disruption of AH cells. In vivo studies in grass carp revealed a dose-dependent reduction in AH burden following baicalein administration. …”
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