Fortifying humanitarian supply chains: evaluating sustainability enablers for strengthened resilience of humanitarian supply chains during calamities and pandemics by Vishal Kashav, Chandra Prakash Garg

“…The goal is to enhance stakeholders’ understanding, enabling them to implement effective strategies to mitigate disruptions and safeguard RHSCs. …”
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A Hybrid Approach for Reachability Analysis of Complex Software Systems Using Fuzzy Adaptive Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm and Rule Composition by Nahid Salimi, Seyfollah Soleimani, Vahid Rafe, Davood Khodadad

“…These approaches were implemented within an open-source toolset called GROOVE, which is used for designing and model checking Graph Transformation Systems. …”
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Optimizing a community-based intervention to improve help-seeking for depression care: study protocol for a randomized factorial trial by Nagendra P. Luitel, Brandon A. Kohrt, Bishnu Lamichhane, Anvita Bhardwaj, Kamal Gautam, Mark JD Jordans

“…The findings from this study will guide decisions on whether to proceed with a fully randomized controlled trial or conduct an additional optimization study to finalize the intervention components. …”
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EDUCATIONAL POTENTIAL OF THE “SOCIAL ACCELERATOR” TECHNOLOGY: DEVELOPING SOCIAL – ENTREPRENEURIAL COMPETENCE OF STUDENTS AT CLASSICAL UNIVERSITIES by E. G. Syryamkina, T. B. Rumyantseva, E. Yu. Liventsova

“…Education of social entrepreneurs is one of the relevant educational tasks which solution enables to provide additional resources for growth of welfare of fellow citizens. …”
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Medication misuse and illicit substance use among palliative care patients in German palliative care units– an evaluation from the perspective of palliative care providers by Jannis Eersink, Julian Maul, Nils Heuser, Astrid Morin, Martin Gschnell, Christian Volberg

“…Most respondents (72.4%) assumed that 1–5% of their patients use illicit substances. In addition, 62.9% of the PCUs do not screen their patients for substance use disorders, while only 0.9% report doing so regularly. …”
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Energy Efficiency of Agroforestry Farms in Angola by Oloiva Sousa, Ludgero Sousa, Fernando Santos, Maria Raquel Lucas, José Aranha

“…A comprehensive understanding of the energy balance allows farmers to assess the true cost-effectiveness of their operations, identify energy inefficiencies, and implement more effective strategies to maximise productivity while minimising environmental impacts.…”
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Effects of porn addiction on mental health and personality of nursing students: a cross-sectional study in Egypt by Nashwa Ahmed Hussein Abdel Karim, Mahmood Ahmed Osman, Yasmin Mohamed Mohamed Abdelmonaem, Ayman Mohamed El-Ashry

“…Nursing implications Universities should implement targeted interventions to address pornography addiction among nursing students. …”
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Job stress and patient safety culture: a qualitative study among hospital nurses in Palestine by Loai M. Zabin, Jamal Qaddumi, Sajed Faisal Ghawadra, Maher M. Battat

“…Hospital administrations should also focus on implementing coping mechanisms to help nurses manage stress and mitigate its effects on their well-being and patient outcomes.…”
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Model Identification and Transferability Analysis for Vehicle-to-Grid Aggregate Available Capacity Prediction Based on Origin–Destination Mobility Data by Luca Patanè, Francesca Sapuppo, Gabriele Rinaldi, Antonio Comi, Giuseppe Napoli, Maria Gabriella Xibilia

“…The best results were obtained by using traffic data as exogenous input and nonlinear dynamic models implemented by multilayer perceptrons and long short-term memory (LSTM) networks. …”
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Pregnant women’s retention and associated health facility characteristics in the prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission in Indonesia: cross-sectional study by Michelle Kermode, Margaret Kelaher, Christina Lumbantoruan, Endang Budihastuti

“…Retention could be increased through the delivery of PMTCT programmes by replicating strategies implemented at hospital types A and B located in concentrated HIV epidemic areas where an HIV programme is a high priority.…”
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Cancer Prevalence in Dera Ghazi Khan; a major concern by Muhammad Uzair Ishaq, Moeen Nawaz, Muhammad Shahwaiz Lund

“…Radium exposure can result in tumours in the skull, bones, and nose. Additionally, exposure to thorium can increase the risk of cancers such as lung, bone, kidney, and leukaemia. …”
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Missed nursing care and related factors: a cross-sectional study by Rahimeh Khajoei, Mohadeseh Balvardi, Tayebeh Eghbali, Mahboubeh Sadat Yousefi, Mansooreh Azizzadeh Forouzi

“…Research on the factors contributing to missed nursing care is essential for implementing targeted strategies. This study aimed to determine missed nursing care and its related factors in Iran. …”
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Cost-effective screening strategy to prevent venous thromboembolism in combined oral contraceptive users by Jonathan Douxfils, Jonathan Douxfils, Jonathan Douxfils

“…Economic models estimate that implementing nAPCsr-based screening could prevent up to 13,500 VTE cases annually, leading to 1.5 billion EUR in annual healthcare savings. …”
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Simultaneous multi-class detection of interplanetary space weather events by Nguyen Gautier, Bernoux Guillerme, Ferlin Antoine

“…Thanks to its simple architecture, our method is easily implementable in data visualization tools and could be easily extended to additional event types. …”
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A Forest Fire Prediction Model Based on Cellular Automata and Machine Learning by Xuan Sun, Ning Li, Duoqi Chen, Guang Chen, Changjun Sun, Mulin Shi, Xuehong Gao, Kuo Wang, Ibrahim M. Hezam

“…This relative error is notably smaller than those observed in the Farsite and Prometheus fire behavior simulation models. Additionally, the FFSRP model demonstrates commendable predictive performance, particularly in the context of small and medium-sized fire scenarios. …”
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Determinants of parental vaccine hesitancy in Canada: results from the 2017 Childhood National Immunization Coverage Survey by Ruoke Chen, Mireille Guay, Nicolas L. Gilbert, Eve Dubé, Holly O. Witteman, Hina Hakim

“…The findings of the study could help public health officials and policymakers to develop and implement targeted interventions to improve childhood vaccination programs.…”
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The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the stress and depression of nursing students across two countries: a cross-sectional study by Rachel A Joseph, Mala Singh, Kavitha Krishnamoorthy, Khulood Shattnawi, Nahla AlAli, Tracey M. Turner

“…Nursing faculty can play a pivotal role by implementing mentorship programs to identify and assist at-risk students.…”
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Soil erosion elasticity initiative for prioritizing sub-watersheds by Mostafa Zabihi Silabi, Seyed Hamidreza Sadeghi, Mehdi Vafakhah

“…The results can help planners and managers implement the best management measures in priority sub-watersheds, saving time and cost.…”
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Real-time surveillance of international SARS-CoV-2 prevalence using systematic traveller arrival screening: An observational study. by Adam J Kucharski, Kiyojiken Chung, Maite Aubry, Iotefa Teiti, Anita Teissier, Vaea Richard, Timothy W Russell, Raphaëlle Bos, Sophie Olivier, Van-Mai Cao-Lormeau

“…Although many countries implemented Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) testing among travellers, it remains unclear how accurately arrival testing data can capture international patterns of infection, because those arrival testing data were rarely reported systematically, and predeparture testing was often in place as well, leading to nonrepresentative infection status among arrivals.…”
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Health Risk Assessment of Chemicals: From Bulk to Nano by Soqrat Omari Shekaftik, Jamal Biganeh, Maedeh Hosseinzadeh, Hamidreza Jafari Nodoushan, Neda Mehrparvar

“…Conducting a thorough health risk assessment helps employers recognize these dangers and implement necessary controls. In the 20th century, modern risk assessment frameworks began to be established with the rise of public health agencies. …”
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