Automated on-site broiler live weight estimation through YOLO-based segmentation by Mahmoud Y. Shams, Wael M. Elmessery, Awad Ali Tayoush Oraiath, Ahmed Elbeltagi, Ali Salem, Pankaj Kumar, Tamer M. El-Messery, Tarek Abd El-Hafeez, Mohamed F. Abdelshafie, Gomaa G. Abd El-Wahhab, Ibrahim S. El-Soaly, Abdallah Elshawadfy Elwakeel

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Prognostic Impact of the Number of Examined Lymph Nodes in Stage II Colorectal Adenocarcinoma: A Retrospective Study by Purun Lei, Ying Ruan, Jianpei Liu, Qixian Zhang, Xiao Tang, Juekun Wu

“…The series of the mean positive LNs, odds ratios (ORs), and hazard ratios (HRs) were fitted with a LOWESS (Locally Weighted Scatterplot Smoothing) smoother, and the structural break points were determined by the Chow test. …”
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Knowledge, attitudes and practices toward childhood vaccination among guardians in Chengdu, China: a cross-sectional study by Wen Liu, Hongxia Li, Ling Qin, Hui Wang, Kai Zhu, Taoyi Yang, Xufeng Jia, Lanqian Xu

“…Participants were recruited through systematic sampling during vaccination visits, telephone appointments, and household surveys. A structured questionnaire assessed vaccination knowledge (13 items), attitudes (11 items), and practices (9 items). …”
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Sidewalk thermal comfort in street canyon and role of pavements under perpendicular sun rays during summer by D. Jareemit, M. Srivanit

“…This analysis helped identify the threshold for comfortable summer conditions in Thailand. Field data validation showed acceptable errors (R² = 0.91, normalized mean square error = 0.17).FINDINGS: For an east-west-oriented deep street canyon with direct overhead sunlight in summer, low-albedo materials for road and sidewalk surfaces are recommended to enhance thermal comfort. …”
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Implementing a workplace participatory approach to support working caregivers in balancing their work, private life and informal care: results of a process evaluation by Eline E. Vos, Simone R. de Bruin, Allard J. van der Beek, Denise J.M. Smit, Karin I. Proper

“…The implementation frameworks of Steckler and Linnan (2002) and Carrol et al. (2007) were applied to evaluate recruitment, reach, dosage, fidelity and context, as well as stakeholders’ satisfaction, experiences and perceived intervention outcomes. Data were collected after PA implementation (4–7 months) using questionnaires, semi-structured interviews, checklists and research logs. …”
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Digitalization of Business Development Marketing Tools in the B2C Market by Nataliia Savytska, Vitalina Babenko, Hanna Chmil, Olha Priadko, Iryna Bubenets

“…These are artificial intelligence and cognitive technologies, BigData, Internet of Things (IoT), and cloud computing. …”
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The association between dolutegravir based first-line antiretroviral regimens and dyslipidemia among adults living with HIV on follow-up at health facilities in Hawassa city admini... by Agete Tadewos Hirigo, Alemayehu Abera, Daniel Yilma, Ayalew Astatkie, Zelalem Debebe

“…Sociodemographic, clinical, and other relevant data were collected using a semi-structured questionnaire, supplemented by a review of medical records. …”
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Applying a participatory system dynamics approach to childhood overweight and obesity in the local context: reflections from the LIKE project by Angie Luna Pinzon, Karien Stronks, Arnoud Verhoeff, David Vaandrager, Karen den Hertog, Wilma Waterlander

“…LIKE applied a participatory system dynamics approach for obesity prevention in youth, throughout the project during a time period of 6 years (2017–2023). Data collection included document reviews, a Ripple Effects Mapping workshop, and semi-structured interviews with involved stakeholders, followed by in-depth reflective analysis. …”
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Mechanisms of immune regulation and transplantation immunity in corneal transplants by V. V. Neroev, N. V. Balatskaya, E. V. Chentsova, Kh. M. Shamkhalova

“…Endothelial rejection causes the most severe affection of visual functions, due to the inability of local endothelial recovery, and water accumulation due to the endothelial dysfunction.Graft rejection is clinically characterized by edema and the presence of inflammatory cells, either circulating in the anterior chamber, or forming precipitates on the graft endothelial cells.A number of factors are associated with an increased risk of corneal graft rejection, including the degree of inflammation and/or vascularization of the transplant bed i.e., location of the donor cornea, repeated keratoplasty, allosensitization due to other cellular transplants, including bone marrow, blood transfusions, pregnancy, etc., as well as allergic and systemic diseases.This review article considers and systematizes the data from the literature concerning studies of the factors determining the immune privileged state of cornea, and the ACAID phenomenon, their role in development of allotolerance in corneal transplantation, highlights the main conditions required for triggering the tissue incompatibility reactions, discusses the mechanisms of allogeneic recognition and effector stage of the immune response, destruction of corneal allografts.…”
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DeepMiRBP: a hybrid model for predicting microRNA-protein interactions based on transfer learning and cosine similarity by Sasan Azizian, Juan Cui

“…The second component utilizes Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) to process the spatial data inherent in protein structures based on Position-Specific Scoring Matrices (PSSM) and contact maps to generate detailed and accurate representations of potential microRNA-binding sites and assess protein similarities. …”
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Providing financial protection in health for low-income populations: a comparison of health financing designs in East Asia by Qian Zhang, Julia Shu-Huah Wang, Alex Jingwei He, Chenhong Peng, Aya Abe, Inhoe Ku, Irene Y.H. Ng, Xi Zhao

“…However, prior cross-national comparative studies predominantly focused on examining financing structures or social health insurance (SHI) schemes, neglecting financing schemes targeting the poor, such as medical financial assistance (MFA). …”
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Development and psychometric evaluation of the Infertility Public Stigma Scale for Japanese women: protocol for an exploratory sequential mixed method study of the Japanese populat... by Rie Yokota, Tsuyoshi Okuhara, Hiroko Okada, Emi Furukawa, Ritsuko Shirabe, Toshie Agawa, Hisashi Kato, Takahiro Kiuchi

“…Quantitative research will be conducted using the initial scale. Structural validity will be examined using exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses. …”
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Involving Knowledge Users in Health Services Research: Collective Reflections and Learning From a National Evaluation of Recurrent Miscarriage Services by Marita Hennessy, Rebecca Dennehy, Hannah O'Leary, Keelin O'Donoghue, RE:CURRENT Research Advisory Group

“…Themes constructed from the Word Café discussions highlighted that structural and relational spaces shaped the accessibility and experience of involvement. …”
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Effects of Nutrition Education on Improving Knowledge and Practice of Complementary Feeding of Mothers with 6- to 23-Month-Old Children in Daycare Centers in Hawassa Town, Southern... by Selam Deksiyous Muluye, Tefera Belachew Lemma, Tona Zema Diddana

“…Nutrition education was given for four consecutive months by using Alive and Thrive IYCF guidelines. Data were analyzed by the SPSS software program version 20. …”
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Nexus among artificial intelligence implementation, healthcare social innovation, and green image of hospitals’ operations management in Egypt by Heba Mohamed Adel, Mennatallah Khaled, Mohamed Ahmed Yehya, Rahma Elsayed, Rawan Sameh Ali, Farah Emam Ahmed

“…After scanning the relevant transdisciplinary literature, the authors developed and tested a conceptual model through analysing data collected from 116 quantitative questionnaires answered by healthcare managers/leaders in 46 Egyptian hospitals. …”
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The effect of prenatal education on exclusive breastfeeding among women in Quito: prospective cohort study by Betzabé Tello, Herminio Hernández, Iván Dueñas-Espín, Eduardo Tejera

“…Participants were followed from birth to six months postpartum. Data collection included a structured survey, with baseline clinical information obtained through face-to-face interviews before hospital discharge and follow-up telephone interviews at one, four, and six months postpartum. …”
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ASPECTS OF ASSESSING AESTHETIC PARAMETERS IN PATIENTS by P.Z. Ozhohan, Z.R. Ozhogan

“…We found that in a significant part of patients, fixed metal-ceramic or metal-acrylic fixed structures and direct composite restorations for a period of 3 years or more prevailed, which led to the development of an inflammatory process in the marginal periodontal tissues and gingival bleeding. …”
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Knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to hypertension among Sri Lankans: an online cross-sectional survey by Priyanga Ranasinghe, Pumudu Weerasekara, Minura Manchanayake, Sandamini Liyanage, Thilina Perera, Minollie Silva, David J. Webb

“…Participants were recruited via social media, and data were collected using a structured questionnaire assessing socio-demographic characteristics, knowledge of HTN, attitudes toward prevention and treatment, and health-related practices. …”
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Oral health knowledge, attitude and practices of Bangladeshi female sex workers toward their 7-to-17-years old children: a cross-sectional study by Afia Mahmuda Khan, Sumaiya Zabin Eusufzai, Taseef Hasan Farook, Mehnaj Sharmin, Sabrin Shohid, Lameea Shahed, Tabassum Zerin, Diptendu Kumar Chanda, Sheikh Jamal Hossain, Mohammad Delwer Hossain Hawlader

“…Materials and methods A cross-sectional study was conducted from March 2023 to February 2024 with a sample of 180 FSW mothers/institutional caregivers and their school-going children between ages 7 to 17. A semi-structured questionnaire was used to collect data on KAP. …”
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Spatial disparities of antenatal care utilization among pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa—Bayesian geo-additive modelling approach by Denekew Bitew Belay, Denekew Bitew Belay, Haile Mekonnen Fenta, Haile Mekonnen Fenta, Haile Mekonnen Fenta, Nigussie Adam Birhan, Najmeh Nakhaei Rad, Ding-Geng Chen, Ding-Geng Chen

“…Both Moran’s I and Geary’s C tests, with different neighborhood structures, evidenced the existence of spatial autocorrelation of ANC utilization among women in SSA countries. …”
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