'Voice needs teeth to have bite'! Expanding community-led multisectoral action-learning to address alcohol and drug abuse in rural South Africa. by Lucia D'Ambruoso, Denny Mabetha, Rhian Twine, Maria van der Merwe, Jennifer Hove, Gerhard Goosen, Jerry Sigudla, Sophie Witter, Verbal Autopsy with Participatory Action Research (VAPAR)/Wits/Mpumalanga Department of Health Learning Platform

“…Participants representing communities, government departments and non-governmental organisations in a rural district in South Africa co-designed the process. Participants identified and problematised local health concerns, coproduced and collectively analysed data, developed and implemented local action, and reflected on and refined the process. …”
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Content and Occurrence State of Niobium and Rare Earth Elements in Hornblendite of Dagele, East Kunlun by the Electron Probe Technique by Jiandong LIU, Bingzhang WANG, Wufu LI, Tingting JIN, Xinyuan ZHANG, Chuntao WANG, Jinshan CAO, Ying ZHENG, Zhongguo ZHAO

“…To ensure accurate results, all the collected data were processed using the ZAF matrix correction method. …”
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Knowledge and occupational practices of beauticians and barbers in the transmission of viral hepatitis: A mixed-methods study in Volta Region of Ghana. by Silas Adjei-Gyamfi, Abigail Asirifi, Clotilda Asobuno, Felix Kwame Korang

“…An in-depth interview was used to collect data from five environmental health officers who were selected as key informants in the qualitative stage. …”
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Organising general practice for care homes: a multi-method study by Barbara Hanratty, Rachel Stocker, David Sinclair, Katie Brittain, Karen Spilsbury, Daniel Stow, Louise Robinson, Fiona E Matthews

“…Implementation of national policy during the COVID-19 pandemic complicates data interpretation. Conclusions Larger practices or those with higher numbers of care home residents were more likely to adopt ways of working that are associated with higher-quality care. …”
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“They Need to Feel Non-Judgmental”: Results of Participatory Photovoice Research to Inform Lung Cancer Screening Imagery by Erin A. Hirsch PhD, Kaitlyn Hoover MS, Jamie L. Studts PhD

“…Data were analyzed using an inductive thematic approach. …”
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Analysis of Consumer Behavioral Factors Between Online Shopping and Physical Store Experience in the M-Commerce Era by Ovidiu-Aurel Ghiuță, Andreea Nistor

“…The analysis shows that gender is a significant predictor of online purchase decisions, with men being 2.65 times more likely to purchase a smartphone online than women. …”
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Influences of Two Land-Surface Schemes on RegCM4 Precipitation Simulations over the Tibetan Plateau by Xuejia Wang, Meixue Yang, Guojin Pang

“…However, CLM, because of its detailed land-surface process descriptions, reduced the overestimated precipitation areas and magnitudes of BATS. …”
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Modelling and Forecasting the Diffusion of Unicorn Startups by Lamia Bouaziz, Besma Teffahi

“…Our forecasting analyses suggest that all selected countries and sectors — except the US and Fintech — are likely to reach unicorn saturation by around 2030. …”
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Kinetic and Thermodynamic Studies on the Adsorption of Reactive Red 239 by Carra Sawdust Treated with Formaldehyde by Nedher Sanchez, Tânia M. Benedetti, Mario Vazquez, Susana I. Córdoba de Torresi, Roberto M. Torresi

“…The effects of several experimental conditions, including the concentration of dye, sorbent dosage, temperature, ionic strength, stirring speed and solution pH, on the kinetics of the adsorption process have been studied, and the experimental data were fitted to pseudo-second-order model. …”
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Genomic patterns of strain-specific genetic structure, linkage, and selection across fall armyworm populations by Ashley E. Tessnow, Rodney N. Nagoshi, Robert L. Meagher, Todd M. Gilligan, Ben M. Sadd, Yves Carrière, Holly N. Davis, Shelby J. Fleischer, Kelly Richers, John C. Palumbo, Patrick Porter, Jose Carlos Verle Rodrigues, Gregory A. Sword

“…Abstract Background Molecular genetic approaches have become vital to understanding the evolutionary processes that act on insect pest populations. From mapping the development of resistance to monitoring and predicting pest movement, genomic tools can inform and enhance pest management programs. …”
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Increasing uptake of self-management education programmes for type 2 diabetes in primary care: the Embedding research programme including an RCT by Melanie J Davies, Shona Agarwal, Danielle H Bodicoat, Alan Brennan, Simon Dixon, Helen Eborall, Agnieszka Glab, Laura J Gray, Michelle Hadjiconstantinou, Lisa Huddlestone, Nicky Hudson, Anju Keetharuth, Kamlesh Khunti, Caroline Kristunas, Graham Martin, Alison Northern, Mike Patterson, Daniel Pollard, Rebecca Pritchard, Sally Schreder, Jane Speight, Bernie Stribling, Jackie Sturt, Jess Turner, Christina Weis

“…Quantitative data were collected from primary care electronic medical records (extracted data, 2877 patients) and self-completed patient questionnaires (self-reported data, 423 participants). …”
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“CY1” Chondrites Produced by Impact Dehydration of the CI Chondrite Parent Body by Ke Zhu, Nao Nakanishi, Jan Render, Quinn R. Shollenberger, Tetsuya Yokoyama, Akira Ishikawa, Lu Chen

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Rapid Incorporation of Metasediments Into Lower Crust of the Gangdese Magmatic Arc, Southern Tibet by Sheng‐Kai Qin, Ze‐Ming Zhang, Richard M. Palin, Xin Dong, Hui‐Xia Ding, Zuo‐Lin Tian

“…When combined with previous data collected from the region, we propose that tectonic burial within arc crust and slab subduction‐related mechanisms most likely operate together in magmatic arcs, promoting crustal recycling. …”
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Effects of Rainfall on PM2.5 and PM10 in the Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River by Yue Zhou, Yanyu Yue, Yongqing Bai, Liwen Zhang

“…Based on the PM2.5 and PM10 mass concentration data obtained from 51 national air quality monitoring stations and the corresponding rainfall intensity data in automatic meteorological stations in Hubei Province from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2017, the impact of rainfall intensity on PM mass concentrations under relatively different humidity conditions was analyzed. …”
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Implementation outcomes from a randomized, controlled trial of a strategy to improve integration of behavioral health and primary care services by Constance van Eeghen, Jeni Soucie, Jessica Clifton, Juvena Hitt, Brenda Mollis, Gail L. Rose, Sarah Hudson Scholle, Kari A. Stephens, Xiaofei Zhou, Laura-Mae Baldwin

“…A practice survey score was high (met expectations) if its average was ≥ 4 on a scale 1-5; all other data were coded dichotomously, with high = 1. Results Regarding acceptability, 74% (14) of practices had high scores for willingness of providers and staff to use the Toolkit and 68% (13) for quality improvement teams liking the Toolkit. …”
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Cohort profile: role of lipoproteins in cardiovascular disease—the LipidCardio study by Ulf Landmesser, David M Leistner, Maximilian König, Samita Joshi, David Sinning, Elisabeth Steinhagen-Thiessen, Ilja Demuth

“…The baseline data not only contain detailed phenotyping, broad biochemical parameters, genetic data, but also standardised personal and family history, a screening test for cognitive impairment, pulse wave analysis and measurements of hand grip strength, among others. …”
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The Relationship between Temperament and Character with Wisdom Through Cognitive Regulation Strategies of Emotion by Fahime Naseri, Yasser Azizisaeid

“…The growth of wisdom results from a dialectical interaction between emotions and cognition.Ethical considerations Compliance with ethical guidelines: We strictly adhered to all ethical considerations throughout the research process. This included ensuring the confidentiality of participants’ identities and obtaining informed consent from all participants.Author involvement: The authors were fully involved in all stages and processes of the study.Conflicts of interest: The authors declare no conflicts of interest for this study.Funding: The authors did not receive any financial support for the study.Acknowledgements: The authors would like to thank all participants for their time and participation in this study *. …”
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Pre-seismic anomalies and co-seismic disturbance induced by the 2024 Mw 7.1 Wushi earthquake: multi-GNSS observations and modeling by Jianghe Chen, Pan Xiong, Haochen Wu, Xiaoran Zhang, Xuemin Zhang, Ting Zhang, Qingshan Ruan

“…We analyze multi-GNSS data, including GPS and BeiDou (BDS), from the Crustal Movement Observation Network of China (CMONOC) to detect pre-seismic ionospheric anomalies and co-seismic ionospheric disturbances (CIDs). …”
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Can we identify non-stationary dynamics of trial-to-trial variability? by Emili Balaguer-Ballester, Alejandro Tabas-Diaz, Marcin Budka

“…Identifying sources of the apparent variability in non-stationary scenarios is a fundamental problem in many biological data analysis settings. For instance, neurophysiological responses to the same task often vary from each repetition of the same experiment (trial) to the next. …”
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Genetic Epidemiology of Primary Congenital Glaucoma in the World. Part II by Zh. G. Oganezova, V. V. Kadyshev, E. A. Egorov

“…This publication continues a review published in December 2023 about the genetic epidemiology and genotype-phenotype correlations in primary congenital glaucoma (PCG) worldwide, and presents data from East and South Asia, Western Europe and Russia. …”
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