Investigating mental health disparities in rural sexual and gender minority adults: protocol for the rural exploration and approaches to LGBTQ + Mental Health (REALM) prospective c... by Shoshanna L. Fine, Kalai Willis, Iaah L. Lucas, Kirsten F. Siebach, Jennifer L. Glick, Mariah Valentine-Graves, Savannah Winter, Michael Smith, Thomas Waltz, Gina Bailey Herring, Marissa Hannah, Holly C. Wilcox, Travis Sanchez, Stefan D. Baral, Sarah M. Murray

“…Included survey measures will focus on sociodemographic information, mental health, substance use, suicidal behaviors, minority stressors, psychological processes, and other related risk and protective factors. …”
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NS MATRIX AS A MARKET RESEARCH ANALYSIS METHOD: MAKING DECISIONS ON PRODUCT POSITIONING by Viktor Nikolenko, Svitlana Ivanova

“…By thoroughly understanding the behaviors and demands of their target audience, businesses can make informed decisions that enhance product offerings, optimize marketing strategies, and reduce risks. …”
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Análisis comparativo de la política de Japón y la República Popular China hacia América Latina by Luis Alberto Quiñónez

“…Se llevó a cabo un exhaustivo análisis documental de las políticas y estrategias de ambos países hacia América Latina, utilizando fuentes primarias y secundarias como discursos oficiales, documentos gubernamentales, informes de think tanks y medios de comunicación. Los resultados de la investigación revelaron que tanto Japón como China buscan fortalecer sus relaciones con América Latina a través de la expansión del comercio, la inversión y la cooperación en áreas como la infraestructura y la energía, aunque con enfoques diferentes. …”
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What impact has the NIHR Academic Clinical Fellowship (ACF) scheme had on clinical academic careers in England over the last 10 years? A retrospective study by James Neilson, David Jones, Sally Clough, James Fenton, Helen Harris-Joseph, Leesa Rayton, Caroline Magee, Lisa Ann Cotterill

“…This was performed using mixed methods including routine data collections of career destination, analysis of application rates to doctoral level fellowships and supplemented by survey information that captured the perceived benefits and challenges from previous ACFs and their current career activities.Participants 1239 NIHR ACFs who completed or left their posts between 2006 and March 2015.Results ACFs are perceived by the candidate population as attractive posts, with high numbers of applications leading to high fill rates. …”
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On the time spent preparing grant proposals: an observational study of Australian researchers by Nicholas Graves, Adrian G Barnett, Philip Clarke, Danielle L Herbert

“…The application process could be shortened so that only information relevant for peer review, not administration, is collected. …”
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Unlocking the potential of rice straw: Sustainable utilization strategies for Bangladesh by Bidhan Nath, Md Moudud Ahmmed, Subrata Paul, Md Durrul Huda, Mohammad Afzal Hossain, Sharmin Islam

“…This study provided tangible information on various aspects of rice straw, including its availability, distribution, energy potential, common uses, and causes and impact as waste. …”
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Influence of Social Capital on Small and Medium Enterprises Performance in Wakiso District, Uganda by Mbowa ,Henry Stanley, Mbabazi,Phelix Businge, Ssemaluulu, Paul, Eton, Marus

“…Further, SC influences the customer base, leads to high profits, increases sales volume, and enhances creativity and innovation. Limitations: Financial constraints prevented researchers from eliciting data throughout the study area. …”
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Health systems efficiency in China and ASEAN, 2015–2020: a DEA-Tobit and SFA analysis application by Jing Kang, Rong Peng, Zhen Li, Fen Huang, Yujun Chen, Jun Feng, Junyuan Wei, Fu Yu, Xiaorong Su, Xianjing Qin, Qiming Feng

“…However, the lower/middle-income countries outperformed high-income countries. …”
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Chaotic dynamics of string around charged black brane with hyperscaling violation by Da-Zhu Ma, Dan Zhang, Guoyang Fu, Jian-Pin Wu

“…The temperature plays the role of driving the closed string to escape to infinity. There is a threshold value z∗ = 2, below which the string is captured by the black brane no matter where the string is placed at the beginning. …”
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Enhancing surface detection: A comprehensive analysis of various YOLO models by G. Deepti Raj, B. Prabadevi

“…Our results show notable improvements, with the ECA hybrid attention mechanism achieving 2–4 times faster inference times while maintaining high accuracy. Additionally, CoordAtt integration minimizes the parameter count by 25 % and gives higher accuracy on one of the datasets. …”
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O rozumiejąco-przeżyciowym podejściu do nauki czytania i pisania (na przykładzie strategii „Skuteczne zdziwienie. Wyzwalamy myślenie”) by Monika Wiśniewska-Kin

“…I focused my observation around the intervention activities designed in the innovative model of initial literacy instruction. I observed both the students’ activities and the effects of those activities. …”
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Vehicle Detection and Tracking Based on Improved YOLOv8 by Yunxiang Liu, Shujun Shen

“…The BotSORT tracker is embedded in the period of inference, which achieves more accurate and stable recognition and tracking results in the traffic scene. …”
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Rural Households’ Vulnerability to Food Insecurity and Its Determinants in North Shewa Zone of Ethiopia by Debebe Cheber, Fekadu Beyene, Jema Haji, Tesfaye Lemma

“…In addition, logistic regression model results revealed that extension service, early warning information, agricultural technology, and crop diversity were the major factors affecting (negatively) households’ vulnerability to food insecurity. …”
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Web 3.0: The future of the decentralized Internet by Božić Tamara

“…The goal of this research is to point out all the advantages and innovations that Web 3.0 could bring to users.…”
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THE ORGANS OF THE REFORMED DIOCESE FROM ERDŐVIDÉK - EXAMINATION PAPER ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE ORGANS - PART I - by István Zoltán KISGYÖRGY

“…I thought that I would choose a theme and a searching area, that has been infolded only in the slightest extent, and which constitutes an important piece of the history of Erdővidék and of the reformed diocese from Erdővidék. …”
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SMART E-HEALTH: THE BENEFITS OF ENHANCING THE AWARENESS AND BEHAVIOR OF SOLUTIONIST TECHNOLOGY USE by Żywiołek Justyna, Muhammad Irfan, Zahid Yousaf, Radosław Wolniak, Gilberto Santos

“…This study sets out to find out about the views/opinions of patients/consumers using innovative solutionist technologies for smart e-health. …”
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Recent progress of artificial cells in structure design, functionality and the prospects in food biotechnology by Li Li, Xiaolin Yao, Guoliang Li, Qianqian Guo, Juan Yue, Wenguang Liu, Yapeng Fang, Adam Midgley, Mouming Zhao, Katsuyoshi Nishinari

“…From a functional design perspective, this review examines the growth and division mechanisms, energy production processes, encapsulation and reaction vessels, carriers, and information exchange systems of artificial cells. Ultimately, it provides a comprehensive evaluation of the safety of artificial cells from both biological and environmental viewpoints, to introduce and expand the application scenarios of this innovative biotechnology in food science.…”
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Converting from Seepage Irrigation to Plasticulture for Vegetable Production: A Case Study by Charles E. Barrett, Lincoln Zotarelli, Lucas G. Paranhos, Mark W. Warren

“… This article is intended to provide information to producers and Extension agents that are interested in using drip irrigation for vegetable production. …”
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GEOPOLITICAL VARIATION IN THE REPORTAGE OF SECURITY BY THE NATION AND DAILY TRUST NEWSPAPERS (2010-2020): A PROGNOSIS by M. M. NURUDDEN, M. M. NURUDDEN

“… This study explores the geopolitical trajectory in the reportage of security issues in Nigeria by The Nation and Daily Trust newspapers between 2010 and 2020.The two national dailies have within the period under study engaged reckless reportage of insecurity news in the geopolitics of information dissemination, which endangers the lives of many innocent Nigerians in order to favour their states of operation and deepen acceptability in their constituencies, hence promoting unhealthy Northern and Southern dichotomy to the detriment of national security. …”
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Optimization of high-dimensional expensive multi-objective problems using multi-mode radial basis functions by Jiangtao Shen, Xinjing Wang, Ruixuan He, Ye Tian, Wenxin Wang, Peng Wang, Zhiwen Wen

“…Accordingly, an infill criterion based on multi-mode of radial basis functions that comprehensively considers the quality and uncertainty of candidate solutions is proposed. …”
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