Healthcare workers knowledge attitudes and practices regarding labor analgesia in Shaanxi Province China by Jing Zhu, Xiao Yao, Zhibo Zhu, Yikang Zhao, Meng Cao, Jiao Zhou, Juntao Li, Juan Wu, Lijuan Zhu

“…These findings may facilitate the design of targeted education/training programs to raise awareness about labor analgesia.…”
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COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among the Chinese elderly: A multi-stakeholder qualitative study by Xiaoyu Li, Yanping Bai, Lijun Weng, Yunshan Bai, Wenjie Gong

“…The study underscores the importance of targeted vaccination promotion programs addressing hesitation reasons to improve vaccination rates. …”
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Determination of 18 amino acids in Tianlongquan seasoning glutinous rice wine by HPLC with pre-column derivatization by ZHANG Long, HAO Junguang, MO Wei, WAN Ruijie, WEI Haidan, QI Cen, HOU Hui, LIANG Zhenrong, WU Jinyan, LIN Haichao

“…By optimizing the elution gradient, the targeted chromatographic peaks of 18 amino acids in the wine were effectively separated, the optimal chromatographic conditions were determined, and then the quantitation method was developed followed by corresponding methodology investigation. …”
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Energy efficiency evaluation of construction projects using data envelopment analysis and Tobit regression by Muzaffar Iqbal, Junhai Ma, Zulqarnain Mushtaq, Naveed Ahmad, Muhammad Zain Yousaf, Bashar Tarawneh, Wajid Khan, Mukesh Pushkarna, Ievgen Zaitsev

“…The findings emphasize the need for targeted interventions, such as government-supported financing and contractor training programs, to promote energy-efficient practices in Pakistan’s construction sector. …”
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Evaluation of Agroecological Performance Toward Sustainable Agriculture of Beni Municipality, Myagdi, Nepal by Pratima Regmi, Dhurba Banjade, Subodh Khanal, Bandana Paudel, Manisha Khatri, Asmi Poudel, Dipak Khanal, Aman Shrestha, Laxmi Prasad Joshi

“…To foster greater agroecological transitions, targeted education and support systems must be developed, with a focus on integrating beekeeping and promoting a pollinator-friendly environment. …”
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Student dropout prediction through machine learning optimization: insights from moodle log data by Markson Rebelo Marcolino, Thiago Reis Porto, Tiago Thompsen Primo, Rafael Targino, Vinicius Ramos, Emanuel Marques Queiroga, Roberto Munoz, Cristian Cechinel

“…For example, the model got an average F1-score across multiple weeks of approximately 0.8 in the holdout test. …”
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Determining the Effectiveness of Sustainable Production Activities in Fishing Sector by Data Envelopment Analysis by Hülya Sayğı, Aysun Kop, Hatice Tekoğul, Burcu Taylan

“…As a result of the study, the average efficacy percentage was found to be 88% for CCR and 93% for BCC. …”
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Performance of M-QAM MIMO PNC Based on MRC and ZR Techniques by Alaa A. Yassin, Ebtihal H. G. Yousif, Rashid A. Saeed, Hashim Elshafie, Abdullah Alenizi, Hesham Alhumyani

“…The system model is based on denoise-and-forward (DNF) relaying along with the Latin Square (LS) mapping algorithm at the relay node and square M-ary Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (M-QAM) at all nodes. The targetted performance metrics are the error probability, improvement of uplink capacity gain and downlink achievable sum rate. …”
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A Nurse-Led Telemonitoring Approach in Diabetes During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Prospective Cohort Study by Stephanie A Noonan, Amanda L Gauld, Maria I Constantino, Margaret J McGill, Timothy L Middleton, Ian D Caterson, Luigi N Fontana, Stephen M Twigg, Ted Wu, Raaj Kishore Biswas, Jencia Wong

“…Prospective surveillance measures included glycated hemoglobin A1c1c ResultsThe average participant age was 57.2 (SD 15) years; 63% (129/206) were male, 48% (99/206) had type 1 diabetes, 50% (104/206) had type 2 diabetes, and the mean HbA1c1cP1c1cPP1c1cPP ConclusionsA proactive diabetes NLTA is feasible with positive effects on glycemia and the potential to identify those at psychological risk for targeted intervention. …”
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Efficiency and safety of the fixed latanoprost/ dorzolamide combination in open-angle glaucoma hypotensive treatment by V. V. Neroev, S. Yu. Petrov, A. N. Zhuravleva, O. M. Filippova, O. M. Kalinina, L. V. Yakubova, S. M. Kosakyan, L. V. Vasilenkova

“…After 4 weeks, a statistically significant decrease in IOP was noted, which remained stable at 12 weeks. The average additional IOP decrease of those treated with Dorzoprost was 17%. …”
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Bisoprolol for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at high risk of exacerbation: the BICS RCT by Graham Devereux, Seonaidh Cotton, Mintu Nath, Nicola McMeekin, Karen Campbell, Rekha Chaudhuri, Gourab Choudhury, Anthony De Soyza, Shona Fielding, Simon Gompertz, John Haughney, Amanda Lee, Graeme MacLennan, Alyn Morice, John Norrie, David Price, Philip Short, Jorgen Vestbo, Paul Walker, Jadwiga Wedzicha, Andrew Wilson, Olivia Wu, Brian Lipworth

“…Due to the reduced sample size from the original target sample, care should be taken in interpreting these results. …”
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Psychological vulnerability, mental health literacy, positive mental health and health behaviours in higher education students by Maria José Nogueira, José Carlos Carvalho, Patrício Costa, Carlos Sequeira

“…Vulnerability factors justify intervention-targeted programs to promote literacy and positive mental health in higher education campuses in Portugal to empower students with effective well-being and self-help strategies.     …”
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A safety and feasibility randomized placebo controlled trial exploring electroencephalographic effective connectivity neurofeedback treatment for fibromyalgia by Lucy Anderson, Dirk De Ridder, Paul Glue, Ramakrishnan Mani, Cindy van Sleeuwen, Mark Smith, Divya Bharatkumar Adhia

“…This study evaluates the safety, feasibility, and acceptability of a novel electroencephalography-based neurofeedback training, targeting effective alpha-band connectivity from the pgACC to S1 and exploring its effect on pain and function. …”
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Integrating Confidence Maps and Visual Servoing for Needle Tracking in Robotic US-Guided Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy by Hoorieh Mazdarani, James Watterson, Rebecca Hibbert, Carlos Rossa

“…Unlike previous methods, where confidence maps were used for probe positioning with static targets, this article introduces the first unified algorithm that optimizes image quality while tracking a moving tool. …”
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Damage Assessment of Laboratory-Scale Reinforced Concrete Columns Under Localized Blast Loading by Mohamed Ben Rhouma, Azer Maazoun, Aldjabar Aminou, Bachir Belkassem, Tine Tysmans, David Lecompte

“…An explosive driven shock tube (EDST) is used to apply blast loads, targeting the mid-height of the columns. High-speed digital image correlation (DIC) tracks the overall structural response. …”
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Chinese Household Carbon Footprint: Structural Differences, Influencing Factors, and Emission Reduction Strategies Analysis by Jiayan Fu, Na An, Chenyu Huang, Yanting Shen, Min Pan, Jinyu Wang, Jiawei Yao, Zhongqi Yu

“…It is recommended that policymakers adopt differentiated measures, such as setting higher reduction targets for larger and wealthier households while providing incentives and technical support to low-income households to achieve meaningful carbon reductions. …”
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Advanced Wind Speed Forecasting: A Hybrid Framework Integrating Ensemble Methods and Deep Neural Networks for Meteorological Data by Daniel Díaz-Bedoya, Mario González-Rodríguez, Oscar Gonzales-Zurita, Xavier Serrano-Guerrero, Jean-Michel Clairand

“…Validated with real-world data from Cuenca, Ecuador, the LSTM model achieves superior accuracy across all targets, demonstrating robust performance for real-world deployment. …”
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Evaluation of a Myoelectrical Arm for Transradial Amputation in Functional Activities by Michael Tobias, Oluwasola Okhuoya, Jamelia Ancel, Michelle Intintoli, Lara A. Thompson, Ji Chen

“…One outcome measure that showed improvement across most tasks was the task completion time, which, on average, for the targeted Box and Block Test (tBBT) task was reduced by 24.0 s, box lifting by 1.6 s, bottle pouring by 9.0 s, and the pulley task by 8.4 s. …”
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EarlyExodus: Leveraging early exits to mitigate backdoor vulnerability in deep learning by Salmane Douch, M. Riduan Abid, Khalid Zine-Dine, Driss Bouzidi, Fatima Ezzahra El Aidos, Driss Benhaddou

“…Extensive experiments on LeNet-5, ResNet-32, and GhostNet across MNIST, CIFAR-10, and GTSRB reduce the average attack success rate of seven recent backdoor attacks to about 3%, with clean-data accuracy degradation kept below 2%. …”
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Variation Characteristics of Land Use Change Within the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei Region During 1985–2022 by Huijuan Wang, Zhiguo Qi, Haiming Yan, Huicai Yang

“…These findings provide a firm foundation for formulating more targeted land management policies across various functional zones.…”
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