Behavioural activation in nursing homes to treat depression (BAN-Dep): study protocol for a pragmatic randomised controlled trial by Simon Gilbody, Christopher Etherton-Beer, Kathryn A Ellis, Leon Flicker, Diana Velasquez Reyes, Hema Patel, Nicola Lautenschlager, Andrew H Ford, Eleanor Curran, Rachael Kelly, Rhoda Lai, Terence Chong, David Ekers, Dina Lo Giudice, Angelita Martini, Osvaldo P Almeida

“…Only de-identified group data will be presented.Trial registration ACTRN12618000634279.…”
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Driver Drowsiness Detection Using Swin Transformer and Diffusion Models for Robust Image Denoising by Samy Abd El-Nabi, Ahmed F. Ibrahim, El-Sayed M. El-Rabaie, Osama F. Hassan, Naglaa F. Soliman, Khalil F. Ramadan, Walid El-Shafai

“…Moreover, a detailed sensitivity analysis of data augmentation strategies reveals that techniques such as rotation and horizontal flip substantially enhance the model’s generalization across variable visual inputs. …”
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Enhanced fire hazard detection in solar power plants: an integrated UAV, AI, and SCADA-based approach by Andrii Lysyi, Anatoliy Sachenko, Pavlo Radiuk, Mykola Lysyi, Oleksandr Melnychenko, Oleksii Ishchuk, Oleg Savenko

“…The Subject of this research is the development of an intelligent, integrated system for the early detection and causal analysis of fire hazards in large-scale solar power plants (SPPs). …”
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Improving Blood Pressure Control and Tobacco Use Cessation Intervention In Primary Care: Protocol for the Alabama Cardiovascular Cooperative Heart Health Improvement Project by Kathryn Foti, Demetria Hubbard, Kimberly A Smith, Larry Hearld, Joshua Richman, Trudi Horton, Sharon Parker, Dodey Roughton, Macie Craft, Stephen A Clarkson, Elizabeth A Jackson, Andrea L Cherrington

“…The HHIP uses a multipronged approach to QI, including practice facilitation and technical assistance, on-site and e-learning, and improvement through data transparency. …”
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Protocol for a multi-domain scoping review to identify measures of decision-making ability in an ageing population by Janel Hanmer, Richard Gershon, Sandra Weintraub, Zahra Hosseinian, Emily H. Ho, Berivan Ece, Miriam A. Novack, Sarah Pila, Tatiana Karpouzian-Rogers, Molly A Mather, Elizabeth McManus Dworak, Patricia Bucko, Aaron James Kaat, S. Duke Han, Peter Lichtenberg, Corinne H Miller

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Práticas populares em saúde: autocuidado com feridas de usuários de plantas medicinais [Popular practices in health: self-care to wounds of users of medicinal plants] by Rudval Souza da Silva, Laíse Souza Lima Matos, Ednaldo Ednaldo Cavalcante de Araújo, Gilvânia Patrícia do Nascimento Paixão, Laura Emmanuela Lima Costa, Álvaro Pereira

“…ABSTRACT This prospective and descriptive research aimed at assessing popular practice of wound care adopted by members of a family attending a Family Health Unit in the municipality of Senhor do Bonfim, Bahia, Northeast Brazil, with nine users registered. Data was collected from interviews held from June to August, 2012 and were analyzed on the basis of Bardin’s content analysis. …”
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Spatiotemporal variations and inequalities in global traffic-sourced PM2.5 exposure by Pei Yu, Rongbin Xu, Yiwen Zhang, Tingting Ye, Wenhua Yu, Gongbo Chen, Bo Wen, Xu Yue, Shanshan Li, Yuming Guo

“…This study, utilizing chemical transport and machine learning models, estimated global daily traffic-sourced PM2.5 at a 0.25° × 0.25° spatial resolution during 2000–2019. …”
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A multicenter cross-sectional study to elucidate altered resting-state functional connectivity of the insular cortex in anorexia nervosa, segmented by functional localization by Yusuke Sudo, Rio Kamashita, Tsunehiko Takamura, Sayo Hamatani, Noriko Numata, Koji Matsumoto, Yasuhiro Sato, Yumi Hamamoto, Tomotaka Shoji, Tomohiko Muratsubaki, Motoaki Sugiura, Shin Fukudo, Michiko Kawabata, Momo Sunada, Tomomi Noda, Keima Tose, Masanori Isobe, Naoki Kodama, Shingo Kakeda, Masatoshi Takahashi, Hiroaki Adachi, Shu Takakura, Motoharu Gondo, Kazufumi Yoshihara, Yoshiya Moriguchi, Eiji Shimizu, Atsushi Sekiguchi, Yoshiyuki Hirano

“…Here, we subdivided insula into 6 regions per side based on functional localization and reanalyzed previously published functional magnetic resonance imaging data from 114 female patients with AN and 135 female healthy controls (HC). …”
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Stigma Attitudes Toward HIV/AIDS From 2011 Through 2023 in Japan: Retrospective Study in Japan by Yi Piao, Nao Taguchi, Keisuke Harada, Kunihiro Hirahara, Yosuke Takaku, John Austin, KuanYeh Lee, Yui Shiozawa, Yunfei Cheng, Yoji Inoue

“…Individual tweets were labeled with the messages they conveyed (stigma and corresponding antistigma types included labels, marks, responsibility, peril, insults, and fear; tweets without stigma or antistigma messages were considered general education or neutral) along with demographic characteristics and locations; phase 1 results were used to develop a machine learning model to apply in phase 2. The labeled data from phase 2 were used to answer research questions concerning yearly changes in HIV stigma and proportions of stigma across population segments. …”
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Factors influencing self-efficacy of healthcare professionals towards end-of-life care in acute care settings in Palestine: a cross-sectional study by Mohammed F. Hayek, Baraa F. Shayeb, Jamila Jalal Yaseen, Issa Hashim Othman, Abdulrahman Afif Taha, Amal Bilal Mustafa Naddaf, Mohammed Mays Njedat, Ruba Sayed Saleh, Nizar B. Said, Ahmad Ayed, Loai M. Zabin, Eman Alshawish, Jamal Qaddumi, Imad Thultheen

“…Targeted training programs focusing on communication, symptom management, and interdisciplinary teamwork are essential to fill identified gaps. Simulation-based learning and mentorship can help nurses gain the necessary skills. …”
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Living with cystic fibrosis during the COVID-19 pandemic: An interpretive description of healthcare access from patients with cystic fibrosis and their providers in Alberta, Canada... by Katelyn Brehon, Pam Hung, Maxi Miciak, Winnie M Leung, Kadija Perreault, Douglas P Gross, Jason Weatherald, Paul E Ronksley, Michael K Stickland, Grace Y Lam

“…Interviews were conducted via telephone or Zoom and confidentially transcribed verbatim. Data generation and analysis occurred concurrently to allow for iterative refinements of the interview guides. …”
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The Model of Rational Education and Training Based on Islamic Teachings In Line With the Productivity of Human Resources in Prison Using the Meta-Synthetic Method by Mikael Jamalpour, Karim Esgandari, Shadi Orafaye Jamshidi

“…</p> <p style="text-align: left;"><strong>4.Result</strong></p> <p style="text-align: left;">The results of the data analysis revealed that the current research model consists of 5 dimensions, 16 components and 98 indicators that can show the model of rational education in Tabriz prisons organization. …”
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An artificial intelligence approach to palaeogeographic studies: a case study of the Late Ordovician brachiopods of Laurentia by Akbar Sohrabi

“…Artificial intelligence has the ability to learn from any pattern between a set of input and output data and involves various techniques including neural networks. …”
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TEACHING COMPREHENSIVE SEXUALITY EDUCATION IN THE EARLY GRADES by Roy Venketsamy

“…The author used a semi-structured open-ended interview schedule to collect individual face-to-face data from each parent. Data were analysed using Creswell's six steps of data analysis. …”
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Opportunities to sustain a multi-country quality of care network: Lessons on the actions of four countries Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Malawi, and Uganda. by Seblewengel Lemma, Callie Daniels-Howell, Asebe Amenu Tufa, Mithun Sarker, Kohenour Akter, Catherine Nakidde, Gloria Seruwagi, Albert Dube, Kondwani Mwandira, QCN Evaluation Group, Desalegn Bekele Taye, Mike English, Yusra Ribhi Shawar, Kasonde Mwaba, Nehla Djellouli, Tim Colbourn, Tanya Marchant

“…We conducted a thematic analysis of all data using a framework approach that defined six critical actions that can be taken to promote sustainability. …”
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Individuals with Special Needs and Biological Disasters: Experiences of COVID-19 by Gizem Türkoğlu Boyvat, Mehmet Yanardağ, Erkan Kurnaz, Tezcan Çavuşoğlu

“…Researcher diary, document analysis, and semi-structured interviews were used as data collection techniques. …”
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TEACHING COMPUTATIONAL THINKING IN SAUDI ARABIAN SCHOOLS USING SMARTPHONE APPS by Abdullah Alenezi

“…The research employed pre- and post-tests for quantitative analysis and interviews and questionnaires for qualitative data. …”
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Bahrain Meaning in the Story of Musa and Khidr by Ihsan Sa'dudin, Eka Safitri, Muhammad Dedad Bisa Raguna Akastangga, Nur Huda, Elsayed Mohamed Salem Alawadi

“…The stages in analyzing the data are isytiqaq kabir, syntagmatic-paradigmatic, and semiotics analysis. …”
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Parameter Stress Response Prediction for Vehicle Dust Extraction Fan Impeller Based on Feedback Neural Network by Feng Zhang, Yuxiang Tian, Ruijie Du, Yuxiao Xu, Yang Gao, Xin Li

“…The feedback neural network, backpropagation neural network, and quadratic polynomial response surface were subsequently used as surrogate models to learn the relationship between the parameters and output responses in these data. …”
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Multistage Feature Complimentary Network for Single-Image Deraining by Kangying Wang, Minghui Wang

“…Firstly, the encoder-decoder subnetwork is adapted to learn multiscale information and extract richer rain features. …”
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