Towards sustainable urban agriculture in the arid GCC states: Drivers of technology adoption among small-scale farmers by Elnazir Ramadan, Suliman Abdalla, Ali Al Ahbabi, Tarig Gibreel, Naeema Al Hosani

“…By utilizing the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) framework, along with diffusion of innovation, institutional and risk theories, data was gathered through a structured questionnaire and analyzed using ordinal logistic regression (OLR). …”
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Deep-Learning-Based Mobile Application for Detecting COVID-19 by Noor Kamal Al-Qazzaz, Alaa A. Aldoori, Tabarak Emad Hussein, Massarra Mohammed Mahdi, Sawal Hamid Bin Mohd Ali, Siti Anom Ahmad

“…This study aimed to improve COVID-19 diagnosis via radiological chest X-ray (CXR) image analysis, making a substantial contribution to the development of a mobile application that efficiently identifies COVID-19, saving medical professionals time and resources. …”
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Shoreline Change Detection Using DSAS: Case Study in PT IWIP Mining Industrial Area, North Maluku Province, Indonesia by Nurhalis Wahidin, Adi Noman Susanto, Irham, Zulhan Arifin Harahap, Salnuddin, Muhammad Aris

“…Despite extensive infrastructure development in coastal zones, limited empirical data exists on the shoreline dynamics of newly established industrial estates, particularly in Eastern Indonesia, thus highlighting the urgency of this study. …”
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St. Louis enhancing engagement and retention (STEER) in HIV/AIDS care: a participatory intersectional needs assessment for intervention and implementation planning by Debbie L. Humphries, Phillip Marotta, Yue Hu, Victor Wang, Greg Gross, Darius Rucker, Johnnie Jones, Faiad Alam, Tawnya Brown, Donna Spiegelman, Chelsey R. Carter

“…A rapid qualitative analysis approach was used for all interviews and focus groups.ResultsThe IBPA was used to guide team discussions of team values, definition and framing of the problem, questions and topics in the key informant interviews, development of the logic model of the problem, and all results. …”
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Implementación del modelo CIPP para evaluar el avance del rendimiento en los deportes de petanca de Java Oriental (Implementing the CIPP model for evaluating the advancement of per... by Abdul Hafidz, Afif Rusdiawan, Cemal Özman, Muhammad Labib Siena Ar Rasyid, Ratko Pavlovic, Bekir Erhan Orhan, Ahmad Lani, Ari Iswanto, nugroho susanto

“…The research included a questionnaire that included the CIPP, which aimed to gather information regarding the coach's background, the coaching programme for petanque sport, the coach's performance, and the training method utilised by athletes in the petanque sport genre. Quantitative data was gathered by using a Likert scale. The data analysis included descriptive analytic techniques, namely utilising percentages. …”
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A Stop Smoking In Schools Trial in three culturally different middle-income countries (ASSIST global): protocol for a randomised feasibility study by Bin Dong, Peijin Hu, Sharon Anne Simpson, Laurence Moore, Sean Semple, Nicola McMeekin, Kate Reid, Yayi Suryo Prabandari, Retna Siwi Padmawati, Emily Long, Meigan Thomson, Anthony Purvis, Bagas Suryo Bintoro, Yin Nwe Soe, Sally Good, Nino Jose Mateo, Maria Guadalupe Salanga, Charisse Tan Llorin, Jing-Yi Wang

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Ethyl acetate extract of Ruta graveolens: a specific and potent inhibitor against the drug-resistant EGFR_T790M mutant in NSCLC by Vikas Kumar, Leena Chauhan, Deepa Singh, Akash Kumar, Rajkumar Kulandaisamy, Tushar Kushwaha, Kamal Baswal, Rajan Singh, Saroj Kumar, Shivajirao L. Gholap, P. Hariprasad, S. Babu Dadinaboyina, Jagadeshwar R. Thota, Deepak Sehgal, Mohan B. Appaiahgari, Krishna K. Inampudi

“…Accordingly, EAE exhibited a favorable cytotoxicity profile and potent growth inhibition of EGFR_T790M-positive NSCLC cells, as evident from its superior IC50 values in this cell type. Flow cytometry analysis further validated its inhibitory effects on the cell cycle and, well-supported by the data from the TUNEL assay, suggested induction of apoptosis in EAE-treated cells in a dose-dependent manner. …”
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Antimicrobial susceptibility and genetic diversity of staphylococcus pseudintermedius isolated from companion animals and human clinical patients in Japan: Potential zoonotic impli... by Masaru Usui, Rana Fahmi Sabala, Sawa Morita, Akira Fukuda, Yuzo Tsuyuki, Kae Torii, Yuka Nakamura, Koichi Okamura, Tadato Komatsu, Junpei Sasaki, Chie Nakajima, Yasuhiko Suzuki

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Operationalizing the principles of patient engagement through a Patient Advisory Council: Lessons and recommendations by Ingrid Nielssen, Maria Santana, Surakshya Pokharel, Kimberly Strain, Veronika Kiryanova, Sandra Zelinsky, Zoha Khawaja, Prachi Khanna, Anni Rychtera, Anshula Ambasta

“…Patient research partners were active members of the PAC and informed the research project design, participant recruitment strategies, data collection and analysis, and will be involved in the implementation and dissemination of results. …”
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Diagnosis of autoimmune gastritis in patients with different status of <i>Нelicobacter pylori</i> infection: a medical decision support system by A. V. Gubanova, M. A. Livzan, S. I. Mozgovoi, D. V. Turchaninov

“…The calculation of the informativeness of the data on the comorbidity of autoimmune inflammation in the gastric mucosa with other autoimmune diseases was performed, including an analysis of previously received therapy for concomitant pathology. …”
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Utility of physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling to predict inter-antibody variability in monoclonal antibody pharmacokinetics in mice by Shufang Liu, Sara C. Humphreys, Kevin D. Cook, Kip P. Conner, Ana R. Correia, Alex W. Jacobitz, Melissa Yang, Ronya Primack, Marcus Soto, Rupa Padaki, Mariusz Lubomirski, Richard Smith, Marissa Mock, Veena A. Thomas

“…The predictive utility of the developed PBPK model was evaluated against a separate panel of 14 mAbs biased toward high clearance, among which area under the curve of PK data of 12 mAbs was predicted within 2.5-fold error, and the positive and negative predictive values for clearance prediction were 85% and 100%, respectively. …”
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Material Sustainability Information Disclosure and Company Performance: The Moderating Role of Business Strategy by Mehrdad Panahi Dorcheh, Hamzeh Didar, Gholamreza Mansourfar, Mehdi Heydari, Ali Ashtab

“…A library method was utilized to gather relevant information and establish theoretical foundations. Financial data were extracted using document mining techniques applied to audited financial statements, while sustainability information was obtained through content analysis and mapping from the companies' board of directors or sustainability reports. …”
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Disorders of the central nervous system cognitive and mnestic functions in genetic arterial hypertension and with the use of beta-blockers of different generations by A. O. Svitlytskyi, A. A. Yehorov, O. V. Melnikova, T. A. Hrekova

“…The advantages of carvedilol were a 54 % longer latent period and a 2-fold greater number of rats that successfully developed the reflex. Correction with propranolol and carvedilol has proven to be poorly effective in terms of the ability to learn and develop the conditioned-reflex skill with the worst effect of propranolol. …”
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The association between lutein and zeaxanthin intake and multi-level biological aging by Meiyi Tao, Lin Zhang, Lin Zhang, Caidi Jiang, Jia Xiang, Jia Xiang, Shipeng Chen, Shipeng Chen, Songwen Tan, Songwen Tan, Songwen Tan, Shengli Sun

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A personalised health intervention to maintain independence in older people with mild frailty: a process evaluation within the HomeHealth RCT by Rachael Frost, Yolanda Barrado-Martín, Louise Marston, Shengning Pan, Jessica Catchpole, Tasmin Rookes, Sarah Gibson, Jane Hopkins, Farah Mahmood, Benjamin Gardner, Rebecca L Gould, Claire Jowett, Rashmi Kumar, Rekha Elaswarapu, Christina Avgerinou, Paul Chadwick, Kalpa Kharicha, Vari M Drennan, Kate Walters

“…Setting and participants HomeHealth trial participants (older people aged 65+ years with mild frailty) and service providers. Data sources and analysis Population reach was evaluated through comparison to local census data. …”
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A review of interactions between irrigation and evapotranspiration by Ziyuan Gong, Fei Gao, Xinyu Chang, Tianqi Hu, Yaping Li

“…Improving the high resolution of the model, the uncertainty of the parameters, and the RS data in the lack of data are the development trend of estimating ET and irrigation quantity in the future. …”
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Cross-Sectional Study to Estimate the Prevalence of Familial Hypercholesterolemia in Selected Regions of the Russian Federation: Relevance, Design of the Study and Initial Characte... by A. N. Meshkov, A. I. Ershova, S. A. Shalnova, A. S. Alieva, S. S. Bazhan, O. L. Barbarash, D. Y. Bogdanov, I. A. Viktorova, Yu. I. Grinshtein, D. V. Duplyakov, O. N. Kalachikova, A. V. Kontsevaya, R. A. Libis, I. V. Medvedeva, V. A. Nevzorova, N. N. Prishchepa, O. P. Rotar, V. N. Serebryakova, I. A. Trubacheva, T. M. Chernykh, E. A. Shutemova, O. M. Drapkina, S. A. Boytsov

“…On the basis of the survey data and provided medical documentation, the following information is collected: age, sex, smoking status, presence of hypertension, history of coronary artery disease, stroke, atherosclerosis of cerebral and peripheral arteries, LDL-C level, type, volume and duration of lipid-lowering therapy throughout life, presence and dates of secondary causes of hyperlipidemia, information about the family history of development of early cardiovascular diseases and atherosclerotic diseases, increased levels of LDL-C in relatives of the 1st and 2nd degree of kinship. …”
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A novel smart surveillance approach to strengthen health facility-based disease surveillance in Tanzania by Ms Happy Mkali, MD Alix Miauton, Dr. Alexandra Kulinkina, Ms. Magreth Joram, MD Caroline Enos, Mr. Lazar Pavicevic, Mr. Vincent Faivre, Dr. MD Rainer Tan, Dr. Sabine Renggli, Ms. Theopista Lotto, Mr. Sinamgoda Ngailla, MD Godfrey Kavishe, Mr. Ibrahim Mtebene, Mr. Peter Agrea, MD Lameck Luwanda, Mr Geofrey Ashery, MD Chacha Mangu, Dr. MD Nyanda Ntinginya, Prof. Dr. Honorati Masanja, Prof. Dr. MD Isabella Eckerle, Prof. Dr. MD Valerie D'Acremont

“…A real-time syndromic surveillance dashboard (medAL-outbreak) displaying the recorded clinical data was developed and adapted after feedback from end-users at the health facility and district levels. …”
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Transcriptomic profiles of monocyte-derived macrophages exposed to SARS-CoV-2 VOCs reveal immune-evasion escape driven by delta by Alessia Gallo, Josè Camilla Sammartino, Roberta Vazzana, Roberto Giambruno, Claudia Carcione, Nicola Cuscino, Salvatore Castelbuono, Vitale Miceli, Matteo Bulati, Daniele Lilleri, Irene Cassaniti, Pier Giulio Conaldi, Fausto Baldanti

“…We then analysed the RNA-Seq data and observed a significant deregulation of both coding and non-coding RNAs. …”
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Patient experiences and contextual appropriateness of universal screening for depression and suicide risk in HIV care: a qualitative study in Tanzania by Kim Madundo, Kim Madundo, Mirlene Perry, Judith Mwobobia, Ismail Shekibula, Elizabeth F. Msoka, Elizabeth F. Msoka, Clotilda S. Tarimo, Victor Katiti, Victor Katiti, Blandina T. Mmbaga, Blandina T. Mmbaga, Blandina T. Mmbaga, David B. Goldston, Michael V. Relf, Michael V. Relf, Brandon A. Knettel, Brandon A. Knettel, Brandon A. Knettel

“…Interviews were held 3 months post-enrollment of participants. Data was collected from July to November 2023. We referred to a brief screener developed for the trial, combining the PHQ-2 for depression and one question on suicidal ideation. …”
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