Challenges and inequalities in the management of financing the tasks of local government units: a critical analysis by Arkadiusz Ciach

“…Educational subsidies fall short of covering actual educational costs, straining resources for other public responsibilities. 3. …”
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Effects of Prehabilitation With Advanced Technologies in Patients With Musculoskeletal Diseases Waiting for Surgery: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Stefania Guida, Jacopo Antonino Vitale, Eva Swinnen, David Beckwée, Silvia Bargeri, Federico Pennestrì, Greta Castellini, Silvia Gianola

“… BackgroundPrehabilitation delivered with advanced technologies represents a great chance for patients to optimize pre- and postoperative outcomes, reduce costs, and overcome travel-related barriers. …”
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Research on Random Discrete Ordinates Method Based on Quasi-Monte Carlo Integration Technique by DAI Tao, XU Longfei, LI Baiwen, SHEN Huayun, HU Yuan, MA Ruiyao

“…However, this approach necessitates hybrid code architectures that integrate supplementary transport solvers with SN frameworks, substantially increasing computational complexity and programming challenges, while inheriting inherent limitations from the auxiliary methods: ray tracing struggles with reflective boundary conditions, Monte Carlo suffers from expensive computational costs, and PN method exhibit numerical oscillations in angularly anisotropic problems. …”

Comparison of the effect of Tabata training on soft and hard surfaces on left ventricular structure and function and some physical fitness factors in elite beach soccer players by Hamed Mohamadi Bazneshin, Arsalan Damirchi, Hamid Arazi

“…Background and Purpose: Repeated exercise on sand may lead to overreaching due to higher energy costs than on hard surfaces. Therefore, it will be necessary to create variety in training. …”
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Antipatterns in Database Design by S. M. Shcherbakov, K. K. Kalugyan, A. V. Abramova, V. Y. Grechkina

“…At the same time, some of the patterns made it possible to illustrate the general principles of relational database design, for example, such as “No sophisticated programming is capable of correcting fatal architectural flaws”. …”
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Fertility intention and its correlates with reproductive-aged married women in Ethiopia: an adapted theory of planned behavior (TPB) by Fitsum Tariku Fantaye, Solomon Abrha Damtew, Kelemua Menegesha Sene

“…Awareness of these influencing factors is crucial for designing fertility programs and policies tailored to demographics strategies. …”
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Modeling processes for preparing high-tech production using the virtual enterprise concept by Liudmyla Lutai

“…The mathematical models and methods used are: system analysis, optimization using integer programming, multi-criteria optimization, and expert evaluation. …”
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Feasibility, Acceptability, and Effectiveness of a Smartphone App to Increase Pretransplant Vaccine Rates: Usability Study by Amy G Feldman, Brenda L Beaty, Susan L Moore, Sheana Bull, Kumanan Wilson, Katherine M Atkinson, Cameron Bell, Kathryn M Denize, Allison Kempe

“… Abstract BackgroundVaccine-preventable infections result in significant morbidity, mortality, and costs in pediatric transplant recipients. Despite intensive medical care in the pretransplant period, less than 20% of children are up to date for age-appropriate vaccines at the time of transplant. …”
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Patient Voices in Dialysis Care: Sentiment Analysis and Topic Modeling Study of Social Media Discourse by Ravi Shankar, Qian Xu, Anjali Bundele

“…MethodsWe collected 12,976 publicly available X posts related to dialysis using the platform’s application programming interface version 2 and Python’s Tweepy library. …”
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Smart diabetes management: remote monitoring and predictive health insights by K.S. Smelyakov, I.A. Lurin, K.V. Misiura, A.S. Chupryna, T.V. Tyzhnenko, O.D. Dolhanenko, V.M. Repikhov

“…The article also addresses the challenges in Ukraine’s healthcare system, especially for diabetes patients in economically disadvantaged or rural areas, where access to CGMs and insulin pumps is limited due to high costs. Despite these challenges, progress is being made through public health initiatives, mobile health apps, and government support programs aimed at increasing awareness and access to care. …”
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Question–Answer Methodology for Vulnerable Source Code Review via Prototype-Based Model-Agnostic Meta-Learning by Pablo Corona-Fraga, Aldo Hernandez-Suarez, Gabriel Sanchez-Perez, Linda Karina Toscano-Medina, Hector Perez-Meana, Jose Portillo-Portillo, Jesus Olivares-Mercado, Luis Javier García Villalba

“…Traditional static and dynamic analysis techniques, although widely used, often exhibit high false-positive rates, elevated costs, and limited interpretability. Machine Learning (ML)-based approaches aim to overcome these limitations but encounter challenges related to scalability and adaptability due to their reliance on large labeled datasets and their limited alignment with the requirements of secure development teams. …”
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Barriers and enablers of HPV vaccination among caregivers of school-age girls in resource-limited regions of Western Sichuan, China: a mixed-methods study by Qiwen Zhang, Lu Zhang, Zubo Huang, Yue Zeng, Yueshan Wang, Jieru Peng, Yan Kou, Wei Huang, Gang Zhu, Wencheng Long, Yao Dong, Chunxia Yang

“…The provincial government has initiated vaccination programs, with a particular focus on impoverished areas such as the Ganzi, Aba, and Liangshan prefectures, where both the HPV disease burden is elevated and vaccination uptake remains suboptimal. …”
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Intensive and critical care nurses’ compliance, barriers, and challenges with ventilator-associated pneumonia prevention: a cross-sectional study by Hazel Novela Villagracia, Tahani Nasser Alhejaili, Bushra Alshammari, Salwa Abd El Gawad Sallam, Awatif Mansour Alrasheeday, Lea L. Dando, Odeta A. Nacubuan, Habib Alrashedi, Shaimaa Mohamed Nageeb, Larry Terence O. Cornejo, Rico William A. Villagracia, Soha Kamel Mosbah Mahmoud, Ingrid Jacinto-Caspillo, Rizal Angelo N. Grande, Daniel Joseph E. Berdida, Bahia Galal Abd Elrazik Siam

“…As a result, nurse managers could create comprehensive programs like long-term VAP prevention training and interdisciplinary collaboration in the ICU. …”
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Effects of Wolbachia removal on microbial composition and diversity in Aedes albopictus: implication of using wAlbB for discriminating irradiation-based sterile and wild males by Paerhande Dilinuer, Ming Li, Datao Lin, Yu Wu, Zhongdao Wu, Xiaoying Zheng, Dongjing Zhang

“…Wolbachia wAlbB is recommended as a reliable biomarker for distinguishing sterile males from wild males when using GT strain in SIT programs targeting Ae. albopictus. Graphical Abstract…”
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Epidemiology and risk factors of healthcare-associated urinary tract infections: a prospective study in a Tunisian tertiary hospital by Hela Ghali, Omar Khalil Ben Saad, Sana Bhiri, Salma Balhi, Farah Azouzi, Amani Maatouk, Sameh Boughattas, Saoussen Layouni, Jihed Anoun, Sofien Benzarti, Emna Trabelsi, Zeineb Mrizak, Maha Brahim, Arwa Nafetti, Aroua Kamel, Fatima E. Khouya, Sofien Aidani, Yosr Boussoukaya, Mohamed Ben Rejeb, AbdelHalim Trabelsi, Houyem S. Latiri, Asma Ben Cheikh

“…Abstract Healthcare-associated urinary tract infections (HAUTIs) represent a significant challenge to healthcare systems worldwide, contributing to patient morbidity, mortality, and increased healthcare costs. Understanding the epidemiology and risk factors associated with HAUTIs is crucial for implementing targeted prevention strategies and optimizing patient care. …”
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Awareness, attendance, and attitudes toward cervical cancer screening among HIV-positive Chinese women in Yunnan province: a cross-sectional study by Jiawei Hu, Rufei Duan, Hongyun Zhang, Xuelian Zhao, Aihui Wu, Le Li, Fanghui Zhao, Yong Zhang

“…The main facilitators to attending cervical cancer screening were health promotion activity and well-organized programs, while the main barriers were high costs of the service and inadequate awareness. …”
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Acceptability of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine plus dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine in Papua New Guinea: a qualitative stu... by Elvin Lufele, Sophie Pascoe, Alice Mengi, Alma Auwun, Nalisa Neuendorf, John W. Bolnga, Moses Laman, Stephen J. Rogerson, Kamala Thriemer, Holger W. Unger

“…Transcripts were analysed using inductive and deductive thematic analysis applying a framework assessing: affective attitude, burden, ethicality, intervention coherence, opportunity costs, perceived effectiveness, and self-efficacy. …”
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Exploring the relationship between predicted negative energy balance and its biomarkers of Holstein cows in first-parity early lactation by Hongqing Hu, Sébastien Franceschini, Pauline Lemal, Clément Grelet, Yansen Chen, Hadi Atashi, Katrien Wijnrocx, Hélène Soyeurt, Nicolas Gengler

“…Direct measurement of NEB is impractical for large-scale use due to costs, necessitating reliance on indirect predictors such as milk mid-infrared (MIR) spectrometry-based predicted biomarkers. …”
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Modeling of project activities for UAV modernization to conduct swarm drone attack missions by Oleg Fedorovych, Leonid Malieiev, Oleksii Hubka, Andrei Popov

“…To address this, an optimization model based on integer (Boolean) programming was developed for selecting the most rational UAV component architecture. …”
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The value-added model of the supply chain of petrochemical industries with a sustainable development approach by ali amiri, seyed abbas heydari, vahidreza Mirabi

“…Sustainability is an effort to achieve the best results in human and natural environment programs carried out for the present and indefinitely for the future. …”
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