EXAMINING THE VALUE RELEVANCE OF ACCOUNTING INFORMATION: EVIDENCE FROM NAIROBI STOCK EXCHANGE (NSE) by Mehreteab Yonas Kiflom, Zhang Rui, Lijuan Xiao, Asif Jam Muhammad Farooq, Lukman Jimoh Rahim

“…the study confirms the persistence of accounting information’s value relevance in equity investments in Kenya.  …”
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Longitudinal deep sequencing informs vector selection and future deployment strategies for transmissible vaccines. by Megan E Griffiths, Alice Broos, Laura M Bergner, Diana K Meza, Nicolas M Suarez, Ana da Silva Filipe, Carlos Tello, Daniel J Becker, Daniel G Streicker

“…Resampling of marked individuals over 4 years showed within-host persistence kinetics characteristic of latency and reactivation, properties that might boost individual immunity and lead to sporadic vaccine transmission over the lifetime of the host. …”
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Comprehensive analysis of Australia’s aged care system to inform policies for a sustainable future by Turki Alsaeed, Tracy Washington, Bo Xia

“…However, notable disparities persist, including care quality concerns, workforce shortages, and safety issues, hindering the sector’s ability to meet consumer expectations. …”
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Quantifying Uncertainties in Solar Wind Forecasting due to Incomplete Solar Magnetic Field Information by Stephan G. Heinemann, Jens Pomoell, Ronald M. Caplan, Mathew J. Owens, Shaela Jones, Lisa Upton, Bibhuti Kumar Jha, Charles N. Arge

“…Solar wind forecasting plays a crucial role in space weather prediction, yet significant uncertainties persist duet to incomplete magnetic field observations of the Sun. …”
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Determinants of under-five mortality in informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya from 2002 to 2018 by Samuel Iddi, Dennis Akeyo, Richard E. Sanya, Marylene Wamukoya, Gershim Asiki

“…Abstract Background Childhood mortality persists as a significant public health challenge in low and middle-income countries and is uneven within countries, with poor communities such as urban informal settlements bearing the highest burden. …”
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Perinatal Women’s Perception of Maternal Health Information Quality on Digital Media: Scoping Review by Bowen Li, Ningning Jin, Yingli Wang, Xiaoni Hou, Jing Meng, Yihong Zhang

“… BackgroundPerinatal women are increasingly turning to digital media for maternal health information; however, concerns regarding the quality of this information persist. …”
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Research Progress on Ambient Visual Information Analysis and Perception Measurement Methods for Motion Vision by Haipeng ZHU, Yuhang KONG, (JPN) OHNO Ryuzo

“…Despite the promising applications of machine learning in subjective perception research, challenges such as data annotation difficulties, context dependence, and privacy concerns still persist.ConclusionThe research demonstrates the advantages of using panoramic images in capturing comprehensive visual information in both static and dynamic environments, offering a more accurate representation of spatial relationships and overcoming traditional limitations. …”
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Assessment of the Impact of the Revised National E-Waste Framework on the Informal E-Waste Sector of Nigeria by Olusegun A. Odeyingbo, Otmar K. Deubzer, Oluwatobi A. Ogunmokun

“…The findings indicate persistent noncompliance with regulations and stagnant or declining income levels for informal collectors. …”
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Large Language Model Based Intelligent Fault Information Retrieval System for New Energy Vehicles by Haiyu Zhang, Yinghui Zhao, Boyu Sun, Yaqi Wu, Zetian Fu, Xinqing Xiao

“…In recent years, the rapid development of the new energy vehicle (NEV) industry has exposed significant deficiencies in intelligent fault diagnosis and information retrieval technologies, especially in intelligent fault information retrieval, which faces persistent challenges including inadequate system adaptability and reasoning bottlenecks. …”
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Barriers to Building Information Modeling (BIM) Implementation in Late-Adopting EU Countries: The Case of Portugal by Miguel Pereira Lourenço, Amílcar Arantes, António Aguiar Costa

“…Adopting building information modeling (BIM) within the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry presents an opportunity to tackle persistent challenges, such as chronic productivity deficits and emerging imperatives like sustainability. …”
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Spatially-informed interpolation for reconstructing lake area time series using semantic neighborhood correlation by Chen Liu

“…Nevertheless, optical data are frequently compromised by persistent cloud cover and sensor limitations, leading to substantial observational gaps. …”
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Cost-effectiveness of a behavioral insights-informed digital campaign to increase HPV vaccination in Bangladesh by Sohail Agha, Wu Zeng

“…This study estimates the cost-effectiveness of a behavioral insights-informed social media campaign designed to increase HPV vaccine uptake among adolescent girls ages 9–14 in Bangladesh. …”
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Liothyronine for hypothyroidism: a candidate for disinvestment or in need of further research? A value of information analysis by Dyfrig A Hughes, Pippa Anderson, Adrian Heald, Konstantinos Skiadas

“…The aim was to assess the cost-effectiveness of liothyronine in this context, and estimate the value of conducting further research.Design Cost utility and value of information analyses.Setting Primary care within the National Health Service in the UK.Participants Fifty-four levothyroxine-treated patients with persistent symptoms of hypothyroidism.Interventions Liothyronine plus levothyroxine versus levothyroxine alone.Primary and secondary outcome measures Incremental cost per quality-adjusted life year (QALY) gained, and the expected monetary value of sample information.Results 20/54 (37%) of patients who responded to the survey reported severe problems in carrying out usual activities of everyday living and 12/54 (22%) reported severe anxiety or depression symptoms. …”
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Rotor Location During Atrial Fibrillation: A Framework Based on Data Fusion and Information Quality by Miguel A. Becerra, Diego H. Peluffo-Ordoñez, Johana Vela, Cristian Mejía, Juan P. Ugarte, Catalina Tobón

“…Persistent atrial fibrillation (AF), a prevalent cardiac arrhythmia, is primarily sustained by rotor-type reentries, with their localization crucial for successful ablation treatment. …”
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Biological and psychosocial factors associated with the persistence of pruritus symptoms: protocol for a prospective, exploratory observational study in Germany (individual project... by Sonja Ständer, Stefan W Schneider, Gudrun Schneider, Stefan Kahnert, Manuel Pedro Pereira, Christian Mess, Volker Huck, Konstantin Agelopoulos, Gina Frank

“…It probably involves interactions between biological and psychosocial factors and pruritus-specific risk factors as well as mechanisms shared with other persistent somatic symptoms addressed in other projects of the SOMACROSS Research Unit (RU). …”
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Creating a bereavement memorial protocol using art therapy: Reflecting on two case studies by Sandra Greeff

“…Investigating how the use of art materials in the form of clay-work in this research can support healing and a safe place to process persistent complex grief processing. The methodology of this article is a qualitative arts-based inquiry extracting the information of an organically modelled process observing two bereavement case studies of two mothers processing persistent complex grief through the action of using the clay processing to the attachment onto a surface, creating bereavement artworks as memory capsules to support their unique mourning processes. …”
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Integrating the Prior Shape Knowledge Into Deep Model and Feature Fusion for Topologically Effective Brain Tumor Segmentation by Salma Asif, Ahmad Raza Shahid, Kiran Aftab, Syed Ather Enam

“…By incorporating prior shape information, our proposed model guides the segmentation process, resulting in more precise delineation of tumor regions and mitigating the effect of fragmented structures or patchy patterns. …”
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Parental beliefs and the influence of formal and informal literacy environments on preschoolers' attitudes toward English learning. by Qingyun Li, Kimberley Kong, Qian Li, Qian Wang

“…Despite policies that strongly oppose external English instruction for this age group, many parents are unrelenting and persist in providing English learning opportunities for their children. …”
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Physics-Informed Neural Networks for the Structural Analysis and Monitoring of Railway Bridges: A Systematic Review by Yuniel Martinez, Luis Rojas, Alvaro Peña, Matías Valenzuela, Jose Garcia

“…Physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) offer a mesh-free approach to solving partial differential equations (PDEs) with embedded physical constraints. …”
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Making genomic surveillance deliver: A lineage classification and nomenclature system to inform rabies elimination. by Kathryn Campbell, Robert J Gifford, Joshua Singer, Verity Hill, Aine O'Toole, Andrew Rambaut, Katie Hampson, Kirstyn Brunker

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