Community health volunteer support for regular blood pressure monitoring in Indonesia: spatial regression models by Mayumi Mizutani, Sofi Oktaviani, Harumi Bando, Heri Sugiarto, Ritsuko Nishide, Susumu Tanimura

“…To explore the spatially adjusted relationships between regular blood pressure monitoring and 16 CHV traits, ordinary regression and spatial regression models were employed. Additionally, geographically weighted regression (GWR) was implemented to examine geographical variations in the strength of these associations. …”
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How, why, where and when people feed birds?—Spatio‐temporal changes in bird‐feeding in Finland by Purabi Deshpande, Anna Haukka, Katja Rönkä, Tuomas Aivelo, Andrea Santangeli, Rose Thorogood, Aleksi Lehikoinen

“…However, what motivates changes in bird‐feeding habits remains largely unknown, despite the ‘provisioners’ perspective’ being critical for designing and implementing policy that benefits both animals and people. …”
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Transforming palm oil production: sustainable techniques and waste management strategies for Cameroon's smallholder farmers by Lacour M. Ayompe, Raymond N. Nkongho, Raymond N. Nkongho, Ada N. Acobta, Ada N. Acobta, Cargele Masso, Benis N. Egoh, Benis N. Egoh

“…The waste-management framework demonstrates that palm oil mill residues and effluents can be transformed into organic fertilizers, biogas, bioethanol, and biocomposites, unlocking additional revenue streams and closing nutrient loops.DiscussionImplementing these frameworks requires strengthening certification schemes, capacity-building, and targeted smallholder support to overcome financial and technical barriers. …”
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CART-ANOVA-Based Transfer Learning Approach for Seven Distinct Tumor Classification Schemes with Generalization Capability by Shiraz Afzal, Muhammad Rauf, Shahzad Ashraf, Shahrin Bin Md Ayob, Zeeshan Ahmad Arfeen

“…This approach ensures robust and precise parameter tuning by evaluating the interaction effects between hyperparameters, such as batch size and learning rate, rather than relying solely on grid or random search. Additionally, it implements seven distinct classification schemes for brain tumors, aimed at improving diagnostic accuracy and robustness. …”
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Nudging Health Behavior Change Among Home-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation Patients: A Scoping Review by Yang Z, Jin D, Huang H, Zheng X, Liu S, Wang A

“…For example, some nudging strategies usually occur when the target behavior must be performed (synchronization) and requires the immediate participation of the home-based cardiac rehabilitation patients (active). In addition, digital nudging technology with gamification elements may become the mainstream in future research.Conclusion: These studies reflected different objectives and implement nudging strategies in different ways. …”
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Global, regional, and national burden of orofacial clefts, 1990–2021: an analysis of data from the global burden of disease study 2021 by Zhenghao Wang, Weikun Qi, Yiru Chen, Feng Niu

“…The age-standardized incidence rate (ASIR) was 3.0 per 100,000 (95% UI: 2.2–3.9), while age-standardized deaths rate (ASDR) of 0 per 100,000 (95% UI: 0–0.1). Additionally, age-standardized DALYs rate was 5.8 per 100,000 (95% UI: 3.5–9.8). …”
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Predictors of depression among caregivers of children with malnutrition in Gedeo zone public hospitals, Southern Ethiopia: case-control study by Biazin Yenealem Mekuriaw, Alemayehu Molla, Misrak Negash, Tadese Teferi, Endashaw Habtamu, Mastewal Aschale, Aklile Tsega

“…Additionally, enhancing caregiver education, reducing unemployment, strengthening social support systems, preventing stunted physical growth, and boosting parents’ financial stability with malnourished children are essential strategies for sustainable improvement.…”
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Climate risks, multi-tier medical insurance systems, and health inequality: evidence from China’s middle-aged and elderly populations by Hongyan Yang, Yang Yang, Dequan Li

“…Our study emphasizes the critical role of reforming the existing social medical insurance system and implementing climate policies to protect the health of elderly populations.…”
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Comparative analysis of the physical and phenotypic traits of native cattle (Bos indicus) in the Tarai region of North Bihar for conservation by Krishna Mohan, Pramod Kumar, Anandamoy Kundu

“…Background and Aim: The evaluation of the phenotypic and morphological characteristics of indigenous breeds may help to frame breeding policies and plans to implement breed conservation and improvement programs to increase the efficiency of the native breed of the Tarai region. …”
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Privacy-aware relationship semantics–based XACML access control model for electronic health records in hybrid cloud by Tehsin Kanwal, Ather Abdul Jabbar, Adeel Anjum, Saif UR Malik, Abid Khan, Naveed Ahmad, Umar Manzoor, Muhammad Naeem Shahzad, Muhammad A Balubaid

“…A comprehensive and exploratory analysis of privacy-preserving solutions revealed that most current systems do not support fine-grained access control or consider additional factors such as privacy preservation and relationship semantics. …”
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Assessing the Level of Understanding (Knowledge) and Awareness of Diagnostic Imaging Students in Ghana on Artificial Intelligence and Its Applications in Medical Imaging by James William Ampofo, Christian Ven Emery, Ishmael Nii Ofori

“…Decision-makers should implement educational policies that integrate AI education into the current medical imaging curriculum to prepare students for the future. …”
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Application of Social Cognitive Theory in Modeling Farmers' Behavior to Encourage Them to Choose Low-Water-Demand Cropping Patterns by Amirreza Nasiri, Mahdi Mashhadi, Seyyed Ahmadreza Shahangian, Reza Kerachian

“…Ultimately, data were collected through face-to-face interviews with 184 out of approximately 400 farmers, which was adequate in comparison to research standards. Additionally, for data analysis, a structural equation modeling approach using partial least squares was employed through SmartPLS software. …”
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Engaging pregnant individuals and healthcare professionals in an international mixed methods study to develop a core outcome set for studies on placenta accreta spectrum disorder (... by Janet A Parsons, Rohan D’Souza, John C Kingdom, Jon F R Barrett, Susan E O’Rinn

“…The second step will use qualitative one-on-one interviews to identify additional outcomes identified as important by patients and healthcare professionals that are not reported in the published literature. …”
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Green and Low-Carbon Strategy of Logistics Enterprises Under “Dual Carbon”: A Tripartite Evolutionary Game Simulation by Liping Wang, Zhonghao Ye, Tongtong Lei, Kaiyue Liu, Chuang Li

“…In contrast, construction intensity mainly affects the consumption behavior of consumers and then indirectly affects the strategic choice of logistics enterprises through market demand. (3) Although the government’s active supervision is a necessary guarantee for logistics enterprises to implement low-carbon strategies, more is needed. This means that in addition to the government’s policy support, it also needs the active efforts of the logistics enterprises themselves and the improvement of the market mechanism to promote the low-carbon development of the logistics industry jointly. …”
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Sourceless efficiency calibration method for γ spectrum based on numerical analysis by YE Erlei, SHEN Chunxia, NAN Hongjie, LAI Yongfang

“…Then, a numerical integration program based on Simpson's algorithm was implemented in MATLAB to solve the numerical analytical formula, and applied to the calculation of detection efficiencies of the 3.8 cm cylindrical LaBr3(Ce) and NaI(Tl) detectors for isotropic 137Cs point, surface, and volume sources. …”
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Mechanisms, Pathways and Characteristics of Carbon Sinks Related toSoil and Water Conservation from Perspective of Carbon Peak and Carbon Neutralization by Li Zhiguang, Wang Haiyan, Wang Junxiong

“…[Methods] Based on various soil and water conservation measures and their synergistic mechanisms, and referring to relevant research results from home and abroad, the discipline application basis, basic mechanisms, three main pathways, and four kinds of material performance of soil and water conservation related to carbon sinks were systematically discussed and analyzed. Additionally, the main characteristics of soil and water conservation related to carbon sinks were identified. …”
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Cholera epidemic amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in Moroto district, Uganda: Hurdles and opportunities for control. by Philip Orishaba, Marc Sam Opollo, Christine Nalwadda, Allan Muruta, Issa Makumbi, Kenneth Kabali, Anne Nakinsige, Phillip Lotee, Samuel I Okware, Godfrey Bwire

“…<h4>Materials and methods</h4>In a cross-sectional study design, we reviewed Moroto district's weekly epidemiological records on cholera and COVID-19 from April to July 2020. We obtained additional information through a review of the outbreak investigation and control reports. …”
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COMPETITIVE POTENTIAL OF FUNCTIONAL ENRICHED BAKERY PRODUCTS by E. P. Victorova, O. V. Fedoseyeva, T. A. Shakhrai, N. N. Kornen

“…Developments in the field of creating functional enriched food products are a priority area that allows implementing the concept of healthy nutrition of the population of the Russian Federation because their consumption will ensure normal nutritional status due to macro- and micronutrients. …”
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Revisiting the Born–Infeld-AdS black hole phase structure through Landau theory and free energy landscape approaches by Md Sabir Ali, Hasan El Moumni, Jamal Khalloufi, Karima Masmar

“…We find that such investigations are worthy of study in implementing the continuous phase transition behavior during Hawking radiation. …”
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Predicting Urban Traffic Congestion with VANET Data by Wilson Chango, Pamela Buñay, Juan Erazo, Pedro Aguilar, Jaime Sayago, Angel Flores, Geovanny Silva

“…Specifically, the LSTM model achieved an accuracy of 0.9463, with additional metrics such as a loss of 0.21, an accuracy of 0.93, a precision of 0.29, a recall of 0.71, an F1-score of 0.42, an MSE of 0.07, and an RMSE of 0.26. …”
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