Modern railway for 21st Century by Editorial Foreword

“…This year’s conference "Modern railway for 21st Century" is focused on modern technologies implemented in railways in the 21st century. The railway has its place in the 21st century. …”
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Experience of controlling behaviour and intimate partner violence among women of reproductive age in sub-Saharan Africa by Richard Gyan Aboagye, King David Dzirasah, Mainprice Akuoko Essuman, Qorinah Estiningtyas Sakilah Adnani, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah

“…To reduce IPV among women in sub-Saharan Africa, policymakers and stakeholders must implement proactive measures that address various forms of controlling behaviours. …”
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Adherence and compliance rates across post-dieting strategies: a preliminary analysis by Valentina Rodriguez Da Silva, John Holtje, Ashlyn Bratton, Jakob Paz, Zia Rahaman, Eric T. Trexler, Vladyslava Martynovska, Sara Hobbes, Cassandra Resler, Sydney Monahan, Valeria V. Silva Ramirez, Bill I. Campbell

“…Background There are a variety of post-diet strategies implemented to limit fat regain and maintain fat-free mass. …”
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Drug resistance mutations among people living with HIV and ART failure in Bangladesh: a cross-sectional studyResearch in context by Sezanur Rahman, Md Safiullah Sarker, Md Mobarok Hossain, Md Abir Hossain, Mohammad Fakhruddin, Rubel Howlader, Golam Sarwar, Sharful Islam Khan, Mustafizur Rahman

“…This study also advocates for exploring barriers to ART adherence and implementing personalized ART strategies in national ART programs. …”
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ARTEMIS: An independently validated prognostic prediction model of breast cancer incorporating epigenetic biomarkers with main effects and gene-gene interactions by Maojie Xue, Ziang Xu, Xiang Wang, Jiajin Chen, Xinxin Kong, Shenxuan Zhou, Jiamin Wu, Yuhao Zhang, Yi Li, David C. Christiani, Feng Chen, Yang Zhao, Ruyang Zhang

“…ARTEMIS has superior performance compared to existing models in terms of accuracy, extrapolation, and sample size, as indicated by the systematic review. ARTEMIS is implemented as an interactive online tool available at http://bigdata.njmu.edu.cn/ARTEMIS/. …”
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Effects of two foliar fertilizers on fruit quality and volatile flavor compounds in Jinhuangjin peach by YANG Xingwang, WANG Zhiqiang, DUAN Chenlei, WANG Yingying, XUE Guihong, PANG Lingzhi, SHI Meng, JI Xiaohao, ZHANG Deyan, WANG Xiaodi, WANG Haibo

“…Three treatments were implemented: amino acid selenium fertilizer (AA-Se), water-soluble silicon fertilizer (WSF-Si), and clear water (control). …”
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The Journey to Advanced Clinical Pharmacy Practice: Global Collaboration Will Accelerate the Pace by Paul W. Bush

“…Today’s focus is further deployment of clinical pharmacists to additional patient care units and ambulatory clinics. …”
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Improving follow-up visits among individuals with hypertension: Quality Improvement project in the District Hospital, Seoni, Madhya Pradesh, India, 2021–2022 by Prabhdeep Kaur, Rupali Bharadwaj, Mogan Kaviprawin, Namita Neelkanth, Vinod Kumar Navkar, Mohamed Jainul Azarudeen, Ganeshkumar Parasuraman, Archana Ramalingam

“…Background In India, to achieve a 25% relative reduction in the prevalence of raised blood pressure (BP) by 2025, approximately 4.5 crore additional people with hypertension will need to have their BP effectively treated. …”
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Novel Unsupervised Cluster Reinforcement Q-Learning in Minimizing Energy Consumption of Federated Edge Cloud by Guruh Fajar Shidik, Oki Setiono, Edi Jaya Kusuma, L. Budi Handoko, Pulung Nurtantio Andono, Mohd Faizal Abdollah

“…UCRL-FEC balances energy efficiency, performance, and scalability through dynamic resource optimization, validating it as implementable strategy for intelligent VM management in modern cloud-edge infrastructures.…”
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Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients with Bicycle-Related Injuries at a Regional Trauma Center in Korea by Yoonhyun Lee, Min Ho Lee, Dae Sang Lee, Maru Kim, Dae Hyun Jo, Hyosun Park, Hangjoo Cho

“…Conclusions We suggest that comprehensive accident prevention measures, including safety training and expansion of safety facilities, should be implemented at the governmental level, and that helmet wearing should be more strictly enforced to prevent injuries to the head, neck, and face.…”
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The impact of locked cabinets for automated external defibrillators (AEDs) on cardiac arrest and AED outcomes: A scoping review by Lawrence Oonyu, Gavin D. Perkins, Christopher M. Smith, Christian Vaillancourt, Theresa M. Olasveengen, Janet E. Bray

“…Concerns about AED theft and vandalism have led to implementing security measures, including locked cabinets. …”
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Can Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Be Carbon Neutral With Solar Renewables? by Alpaslan Demirci, Zafer Ozturk, Musa Terkes, Said Mirza Tercan, Recep Yumurtaci, Umit Cali

“…The findings indicate a significant potential for reducing grid dependency by up to 54.3%. Implementing a more stringent carbon tax has facilitated a notable enhancement in energy storage system capacity, increasing the self-consumption rate by 72% and declining carbon emissions by 25.55%. …”
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Abnormal Cerebral Perfusion and Functional Connectivity in Women with Overactive Bladder by Shichun Chen, Zongpai Zhang, Yakun Zhang, Kenneth Wengler, Steven Weissbart, Weiying Dai, Xiang He, Justina Tam

“…A flexible factorial design was implemented with three factors: subject, group (control, OAB at baseline, and OAB posttreatment), and urge state (low vs. high). …”
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Characterizing the pharmacological interaction of the antimalarial combination artefenomel-piperaquine in healthy volunteers with induced blood-stage Plasmodium falciparum to predi... by Azrin N. Abd-Rahman, Daniel Kaschek, Anne Kümmel, Rebecca Webster, Adam J. Potter, Anand Odedra, Stephen D. Woolley, Stacey Llewellyn, Lachlan Webb, Louise Marquart, Stephan Chalon, Myriam El Gaaloul, James S. McCarthy, Jörg J. Möhrle, Bridget E. Barber

“…The general pharmacodynamic interaction (GPDI) model implemented in the Bliss Independence additivity criterion was developed to characterize the pharmacological interaction between artefenomel and piperaquine. …”
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Development of targeted safety hazard management plans utilizing multidimensional association rule mining by Xingbang Qiang, Guoqing Li, Yuksel Asli Sari, Chunchao Fan, Jie Hou

“…Investigating hidden hazards and implementing closed-loop management are essential strategies for accident prevention in the mining industry. …”
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The Role of COVID-19 in Excess Mortality in Slovakia: A Novel Approach Based on Healthcare Billing Records by Peter Barančok, Ján Dudek, Petra Ištokovičová, Daniela Kandilaki, Michal Kotrč, Ľubica Löffler, Matej Mišík, Roman Mužik, Beáta Saal, Martina Vrbiková, Rudolf Zajac, Martin Selvek, Peter Pažitný

“…Given the high level of excess mortality, the officially confirmed deaths are likely underestimated, and the presented methodology provides a more precise measure of mortality. Additionally, healthcare billing records prove valuable in identifying these deaths at the individual patient level using claims data of health insurance companies, which is crucial for implementing targeted preventive measures and improving preparedness for future pandemics.…”
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Development of the ultrasonic sensor based modification coordination test device. by Widiastuti Widiastuti, Muhamad Syamsul Taufik, Yasep Setiakarnawijaya, Kuswahyudi Kuswahyudi, Muhammad Zulqarnain Mohd Nasir, Hendro Wardoyo, Karisdha Karisdha, Adi Wijayanto, Sunanto Sunanto, Nur Ahmad Muharram, Heni Yuli Handayani, Abdul Hafidz, Rivan Saghita Pratama, Septyaningrum Putri Purwoto

“…The development of this device was implemented as a modification coordination test instrument. …”
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An Adaptive YOLO11 Framework for the Localisation, Tracking, and Imaging of Small Aerial Targets Using a Pan–Tilt–Zoom Camera Network by Ming Him Lui, Haixu Liu, Zhuochen Tang, Hang Yuan, David Williams, Dongjin Lee, K. C. Wong, Zihao Wang

“…The resulting dataset is tested on various model structures and backbone sizes of two mainstream object detection frameworks, Ultralytics’ YOLO and MMDetection. Additionally, the algorithm implements and compares two popular object trackers, Bot-SORT and ByteTrack. …”
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An experimental investigation of the effect of barrier trench on vibration propagation on a laboratory scale model by Abdulkadir Karadogan, Mehmet Aksoy, Deniz Adiguzel, Umit Ozer, Ulku Kalayci Sahinoglu, Meric Can Ozyurt, Zeynep Sertabipoglu, Medih Ozan Egemen

“…Vibration waves caused by construction or mining operations may cause damage to nearby structures or sensitive machinery and equipment. Some measures are implemented to eliminate or reduce this negative environmental effect of vibration. …”
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Multi-group global tests for restricted mean survival time and restricted mean time lost: a variable transformation approach by Shuyu Chen, Mengyao Wang, Xingyou Zhou, Wenbin Zhang, Chengfeng Zhang, Zheng Chen

“…Conclusions The proposed transformation-based global tests offer researchers a flexible, assumption-free tool to compare treatment effects across multiple groups with enhanced reliability and interpretability. Additionally, an R package "compRM" was developed to implement the proposed methods.…”
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