Magnitude and pattern of usage of contraception and counselling services in an urban health centre in East Delhi: A secondary data analysis by Garima Singh, Subham Kansal, Arihant Jain, Kanishka Garg, Manan Tayal, Boyana T. Tejaswi, Anita S. Acharya, Ananya R. Laskar, Jyoti Khandekar

“…Methodology: Data were collected and analysed from the family planning counselling register from November 2022 till October 2023 among the couples coming to the family planning clinic of UHTC located in East Delhi. Information about demographic details, live issues, contraceptive being used, contraceptive recommended, client choice and outcome (whether they accepted the recommended contraceptive or not). …”
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Estimation of true dates of various flowering stages at a centennial scale by applying a Bayesian statistical state space model. by Nagai Shin, Hakuryu Fujiwara, Shinjiro Sugiyama, Hiroshi Morimoto, Taku M Saitoh

“…On the basis of detailed decadal flowering phenology information published on the World Wide Web, we estimated the probability distributions of the year-to-year variability of the true dates of first flowering (FFL), first full bloom (FFB), last full bloom (LFB), and last flowering (LFL) from 1924 to 2024 by applying a Bayesian statistical state space model explained by air temperature data. …”
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The determinants of severe food insecurity in Africa using the longitudinal generalized Poisson mixed model by Adusei Bofa, Temesgen Zewotir

“…Our aim was to get the relevant components of food security and nutrition concerning Africa holistically and use these identified components to discover the most informative correlates that affect the number of severe food insecure individuals in Africa with its population as an offset. …”
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Relationship between movement behaviours and life satisfaction in Chinese children: A cross-lagged panel analysis. by Xingyi Yang, Danqing Zhang, Yang Liu

“…This one-year follow-up study included 683 students (8.91 ± 1.31 years old) from Shanghai, China. Information on days of moderate- to vigorous-physical activity (MVPA), days of muscle-strengthening exercise (MSE), screen time (ST), and sleep duration was measured via a self-reported questionnaire. …”
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Universal relations and bounds for fluctuations in quasistatic small heat engines by Kosuke Ito, Guo-Hua Xu, Chao Jiang, Édgar Roldán, Raúl A. Rica-Alarcón, Ignacio A. Martínez, Gentaro Watanabe

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Log-Driven Behavior Discrimination of Process Robots Using Entropy Similarity by Lu Li, Huan Fang

“…In order to differentiate similar but different process robots, in this paper we propose an approach to process robot behavior discrimination, from the perspective that only event logs are given as known, that is, the reference models of process models are kept unknown. The biggest innovation lies in that the proposed behavior discrimination method is based on log-entropy similarity measurement using probability distributions and statistical distance theory. …”
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Mapping and modeling age-related changes in intrinsic neural timescales by Kaichao Wu, Leonardo L. Gollo

“…Our findings reveal how age-related structural brain changes may drive alterations in brain dynamics, offering testable predictions and informing possible interventions targeting cognitive decline.…”
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Evaluation of the impact of the ecological environment damage compensation system on enterprise pollutant emissions by Zhaoyang Li, Yisong Li

“…The development of an environmental damage compensation framework is a critical innovation in ecological civilization reforms. This study considers the pilot policy for environmental damage compensation reform as a quasi-natural experiment, employing a difference-in-differences approach with emission data from listed companies between 2008 and 2017. …”
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Enhanced crayfish optimization algorithm: Orthogonal refracted opposition-based learning for robotic arm trajectory planning. by Yuefeng Leng, Chunlai Cui, Zhichao Jiang

“…Furthermore, an orthogonal refracted opposition-based learning strategy enhances solution quality and search efficiency by leveraging the dominant dimensional information. Additionally, performance comparisons with eight advanced algorithms on the CEC2017 test set (30-dimensional, 50-dimensional, 100-dimensional) are conducted, and the ECOA's effectiveness is validated through Wilcoxon rank-sum and Friedman mean rank tests. …”
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Vehicle positioning systems in tunnel environments: a review by Suying Jiang, Qiufeng Xu, Wei Wang, Peng Peng, Jiachun Li

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DIGITALIZED ACCOUNTING PRACTICES AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF MDAs IN NIGERIA: MODERATING EFFECT OF INSTITUTIONAL QUALITY by Abdulrahman KADIR, Mubaraq Sanni

“…It recommends among others that the National Assembly develops comprehensive regulatory frameworks that support digital innovations and provides standards for their implementation, including guidelines for integrating digital accounting systems into existing processes to ensure consistency and reliability. …”
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Physician associate (PA) students’ perceptions of team-based learning (TBL) for teaching in Geriatric medicine by Basaam Aweid, Natalie Parnis, David Harrison

“…While Physician Associate students preferred TBL over PBL and lectures, they wanted to have TBL alongside lectures at least. This information is important when planning teaching for an intensive 2-year course.…”
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Thyroid disorders among patients with type II Diabetes Mellitus by Mariwan Abdulla Hama Salih

“…These data were collected between the last months of 2017 to the 15th of April 2018 from overall 300 patients. All the information has been collected from Diabetic and Endocrine Center, Shorsh Hospital and Medical DAIK Group in Sulaiman city. …”
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BIMODAL VOTERS ACCREDITATION SYSTEM (BVAS) MACHINES AND ELECTIONS INTEGRITY IN NIGERIA: AN APPRAISAL OF THE 2023 GENERAL ELECTION IN KOGI STATE by Ahmed Audu YUSUFU, Mahmud Gana IDREES

“…To achieve this objective, the paper deployed Innovation Diffusion Theory (IDT) as a framework of analysis and collected data from primary sources such as Structured Questionnaire (SQ) and secondary sources such as books, journals, and web-based, materials among others. …”
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Analysis of Wastewater Management Systems at Bhayangkara Hospital, Palu by Siti Fatimahi, Miswan, Nur Rismawati

“…Suggestions are expected that this study's results are used as input and become useful information, especially for Bhayangkara Hospital in Palu and the people living around Bhayangkara Hospital in Palu to know the impact of wastewater management.…”
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Enhancing reading achievement through a timed reading approach: A quasi-experimental study in the Saudi EFL context by Abduljalil Hazaea

“…As for the reading strategies, the experimental group outperformed those of the control group in terms of vocabulary building (+22.05%), inferring meaning between the lines (+23.45%) skimming and scanning (+14.92%). …”
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Impact of inflammation on recurrent gastroduodenal ulcer bleeding by Oksana N Sulaeva, P. G. Kondratenko, V. Yu. Dely, S. O. Zharikov

“…Development of ulcer bleeding was followed by acute inflammatory reaction, severe local information and destruction of marginal ulcer zones. …”
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PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND SOCIAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES: ANALYZING THE PROPINQUITY AND CONTRIBUTIONS by MUBASSHIRU SALISU MOHAMMED

“…Public administrators should be more proactive pursuit of innovation and breakthroughs in formulation and implementation of policies and programmes for the public interest. …”
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Prevalence of CagA-positive Helicobacter pylori strain and H. pylori-associated gastritis activity in Tuva schoolchildren of different age groups by Tamara V. Polivanova, Vitaly A. Vshivkov

“…Age-related increase in CagA-positive H pylori infection in specific ethnic group was insignificant. Antrum mucosa information in CagAseropositive children of extraterrestrial population was characterized by higher activity irrespective to age. …”
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Analiza rysunków/szkiców i wypowiedzi werbalnych dzieci na temat budowy anatomicznej człowieka by Eliza Rybska, Maciej Błaszak

“…Each of these networks generates different energy costs, involves different ways of processing information, or different effects resulting from its recruitment. …”
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