Measuring adherence to antiretroviral treatment and assessing factors affecting adherence in a state primary healthcare clinic, Mitchells Plain Community Health Centre by T. Engel, A. Schlemmer

“…There appeared to be an association, though not statistically significant, between support from other sources than the partner and equal to or greater than 95% adherence (P = 0.0579). …”
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The Role of Ozonated Jerusalem Artichoke Ointment on the Healing of Surgically Created Full-Thickness Cutaneous Wounds in Rabbits by Ali Ghazi Atiyah, Mustafa Salah Hasan, Maher Saber Owain

“…The agar well diffusion method demonstrated the antimicrobial efficacy of the ozonated J.A. ointment. …”
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HD-RMPC: A Hierarchical Distributed and Robust Model Predictive Control Framework for Urban Traffic Signal Timing by Yilong Ren, Han Jiang, Le Zhang, Runkun Liu, Haiyang Yu

“…Simulation evaluation based on a real-world road network demonstrates that the proposed HD-RMPC method outperforms all baselines and maintains excellent real-time performance.…”
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Organizational Climate, Innovation Orientation, and Innovative Work Behavior: The Mediating Role of Psychological Safety and Intrinsic Motivation by Ziqing Xu, Huilin Wang, Sid Suntrayuth

“…Through the convenience sampling method, This study analyze the data and perform structural equation modeling (SEM) using AMOS 23.0. …”
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Static infographics effects on the receptive knowledge of idiomatic expressions by Assim S. Alrajhi

“…Divided equally into two groups, these participants were instructed to learn 60 idioms in five computer-mediated sessions. …”
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Inequality in opportunities for utilizing community-based care services among the elderly in China – an analysis based on the “circumstance-effort” perspective by He Jiang, Yanshuo Huang

“…Accordingly, policy recommendations are proposed to address these disparities, including reinforcing the principle of equal opportunity, targeting key environmental improvements, empowering individual efforts, and advancing precise service matching to promote equitable development of community-based elder care.…”
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Gender Representation in Da’wah Programs on RRI Purwokerto by Uus Uswatussolihah, Turhamun Turhamun

“…The study employs a descriptive-qualitative method, using Norman Fairclough’s discourse analysis approach. …”
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Interrelated values between Bhineka Tunggal Ika and religious moderation to strengthen pluralism in Indonesia by Chris Apandie, Silvia Rahmelia, Latupeirissa Risvan, Nadi Kodun

“…This research used qualitative approach with a case study method. Data collection were performed by Focus Group Discussion (FGD) with experts in fields of multicultural education, historian and philologist. …”
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A case-control study of the protective effect of alcohol, coffee, and cigarette consumption on Parkinson disease risk: time-since-cessation modifies the effect of tobacco smoking. by Marianne van der Mark, Peter C G Nijssen, Jelle Vlaanderen, Anke Huss, Wim M Mulleners, Antonetta M G Sas, Teus van Laar, Hans Kromhout, Roel Vermeulen

“…Data of a hospital based case-control study was used including 444 PD patients, diagnosed between 2006 and 2011, and 876 matched controls from 5 hospitals in the Netherlands. A novel modeling method was applied to derive unbiased estimates of the potential modifying effects of smoking intensity, duration, and time-since-cessation by conditioning on total exposure. …”
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Food-to-Food Fortification of a Traditional Pearl Millet Gruel with a Natural Source of β-Carotene (Sweet Potato) Improves the Bioaccessibility of Iron and Zinc by Saliou Mawouma, Emmanuel Awoudamkine, Roger Ponka, Yaya Verlai Ndjidda, William Dzusuo Tedom

“…Iron and zinc deficiencies are still a major public health concern in the Far North Region of Cameroon where staple foods are mainly mineral rich cereals which equally contain inhibitors of their bioaccessibility. …”
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Islamic Family Law Reform in Indonesia Through Supreme Court Circulars: A Maqasid Sharia Perspective by Fauzan Arrasyid, Pagar Pagar, Dhiauddin Tanjung

“…This research uses a mixed-method approach, employing both statutory and conceptual approaches. …”
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Deterring hooded crows from re‐nesting on power poles by Guillam E. McIvor, Candy Rowe, Susan D. Healy

“…We found that crows were equally likely to rebuild at sites fitted with Fireflies as they were to rebuild at sites without Fireflies. …”
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Negosiasi Hukum Islam di Pulau Bawean: Studi Sistem Pembagian Harta Waris Adat dan Islam di Bawean by Ainul Yakin

“…This type of research is qualitative with the case study method. While the theoretical framework used is Islamic inheritance law and maslahah. …”
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Efficient incremental training using a novel NMT-SMT hybrid framework for translation of low-resource languages by Kumar Bhuvaneswari, Murugesan Varalakshmi

“…However, extensive research is imperative to make these models perform equally well for low-resource languages. This paper proposes a novel approach to integrate the best features of the NMT and SMT systems for improved translation performance of low-resource English–Tamil language pair. …”
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Mapping Solar Future Perspectives of a Climate Change Hotspot: An In-Depth Study of Greece’s Regional Solar Energy Potential, Climatic Trends Influences and Insights for Sustainabl... by Stavros Vigkos, Panagiotis G. Kosmopoulos

“…Additionally, two energy planning scenarios were explored: the first regarding the energy adequacy that each region can achieve, if a surface equal to 1% of its total area is covered with photovoltaics; and the latter estimating the necessary area covered with photovoltaics to fully meet each region’s energy demand. …”
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FEATURES OF STRESSES AT THE APEX OF AN ELASTIC WEDGE, SUPPORTED BY A THIN FLEXIBLE COATING ON THE SIDES by B. V. Sobol', A. N. Soloviev, M. M. Payzulaev, E. V. Rashidova, G. M. Murtazaliev

“…/8, while in the case of (III – III) this value is equal to ????/4.…”
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THE DEMOCRACY RHETORIC: A RESEARCH ON THE GRADUATE DISSERTATIONS by Mehmet Çakır

“…This study is prepared by adescriptive research method and document analysis technique.…”
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EFFICACY OF TAX PAYERS’ PERCEPTION ON TAX COMPLIANCE LEVEL AMONG SMEs IN ILORIN METROPOLIS by Daud Omotosho Saheed, Yusuf Olamilekan Quadri, Majeed Ajibola Ibrahim, Ifedolapo Oluwasolape Omotosho

“…A purposive sampling method was adopted to select the sample of respondents that serve as the fair representation of the population under study. …”
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Modelling the environmental impact of sesame production under different fertilizer and water use regimes by Nasser Nourzadeh, Asghar Rahimi, Amir Dadrasi

“…It is imperative to enhance sesame yields through fertilization, yet it is equally crucial to understand the environmental impacts of these practices if sustainable production is to be achieved. …”
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Design of Nonsmooth Groove Tire Bioinspired by Shark-Skin Riblet Structure by Congzhen Liu, Hui Meng, Shicheng Lu, Aiqiang Li, Chengwei Xu, Yunfen Sun, Guolin Wang

“…Meanwhile, a fluid domain model was founded by computational fluid dynamics (CFD) method. The simulated critical hydroplaning speed was in accord with that obtained by the NASA empirical formula. …”
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