Knowledge and perceptions towards organic farming: a case of pineapple farmers in central Uganda by S. Nalubwama, F. Bagamba, F. Kabi, Z. Nampijja, M. Kiggundu, K. Kamatara, N. Kwikiriza, D. Nampanzira, A. Nalunga, V. Lutwama, J. Nasaka

“…Results showed that both organic and non-organic farmers had a high level of knowledge and favorable perceptions towards organic farming with no significant difference. …”
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Technical and Analytical Approach for Breast Reconstruction With IMAP Propeller Flap by Antonio Spaggiari, MD, Wayne A. Morrison, MD, Caterina Marra, MD, Irene Laura Lusetti, MD, Federica Fiocchi, MD, Massimo Pinelli, MD, Giorgio De Santis, MD

“…The aim of our study was to revisit this old technique and to improve its vascular predictability by preoperative computed tomography angiography (angio-CT) and intraoperative indocyanine green (ICG) imaging. …”
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PHILDER: Lightweight Framework for Intelligent Phishing Detection on Resource-Limited Devices by Guilherme Dantas Bispo, Cesar Augusto Borges de Andrade, Gabriela Mayumi Saiki, Raquel Valadares Borges, Andre Luiz Marques Serrano, Geraldo Pereira Rocha Filho, Vinicius Pereira Goncalves

“…The experimental results show that the oversampling approach had to be discarded due to computational cost issues, the tendency to overfit, and inferior performance compared to the other two approaches. …”
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Effectiveness of Shacklock's Neural Mobilization for Acute and Sub‐Acute Lumbar Disc Prolapsed: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Zahid Bin Sultan Nahid, Faruq Ahmed, Md Faruqul Islam, Zakia Rahman, Md Furatul Haque, Asma Arju, Md Rafiqul Islam, Golam Moula, Bibekanonda Sarker

“…Conclusion Shacklock's neural mobilization, along with standard physiotherapy techniques, had a significant impact on pain and disability for people with acute and subacute LDP. …”
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In silico modeling and experimental validation of 2-oxoimidazolidin-4-sulfonamides as low-toxicity fungicides against Phytophthora infestans by Vasyl Kovalishyn, Diana Hodyna, Ivan Semenyuta, Volodymyr Brovarets, Oleh Shablykin, Svitlana Chumachenko, Larysa Metelytsia

“…In this study, we employed cutting-edge computer-based techniques, including Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship (QSAR) modeling and molecular docking simulations, to uncover new fungicidal compounds and gain insights into their specific mechanisms of action against P. infestans. …”
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Prediction of Rut Depth in Soil Caused by Wheels Using Artificial Neural Networks by N. Farhadi, A. Mardani, A. Hosainpour, B. Golanbari

“…The data collected from soil bin tests were used to train neural network models in MATLAB 2021-b software. The MLP model had a topology with two hidden layers and included three inputs and one output. …”
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Does Replication of Native Acetabular Anatomy Satisfy Recommended Hip-Spine Targets for Cup Orientation? by Johnathan Sevick, MSc, MD, Christopher Plaskos, PhD, Andrew Speirs, PhD, Jim Pierrepont, PhD, George Grammatopoulos, MBBS, DPhil, FRCS (Tr & Ortho)

“…Agreement between algorithms was tested. Results:. OPS plan had significantly reduced inclination compared with native (39° vs. 52°, p < 0.001). …”
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Deciphering climate variability trends: unveiling the impact on household staple crop productivity in East Wallaga Zone, Ethiopia by Dereje Chimdessa Kumsa, Admassu Tesso, Dereje Tolera

“…Furthermore, a discernible rise in both minimum and maximum temperatures has occurred, particularly in lowland regions, and this has had an additional impact on crop yield.The research comes to the conclusion that although meteorological conditions have a major influence on crop yields, non-climatic factors including soil fertility, agronomic techniques, and technology improvements also have a major impact. …”
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Co-designing and pilot testing a digital game to improve vaccine attitudes and misinformation resistance in Ghana by John Cook, Chelsey Lepage, Kathryn L. Hopkins, Wendy Cook, Emmanuel Awuni Kolog, Angus Thomson, Iddi Iddrisu, Siobhan Burnette

“…In this study, we document the process of developing and testing a West African version of Cranky Uncle Vaccine, with co-design workshops and a pilot test conducted in urban and peri-urban areas of the Greater Accra region of Ghana with 829 young people who had access to mobile and computer devices. The average age was 21.8 and participants were highly educated (median education level “Some/all university”) with slightly more females (51.2%) than males (48.4%). …”
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Impact of robotic-assisted versus video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery on efficacy and quality of life in patients with pulmonary opacities: a propensity score-matched analysis by Liuchun Huang, Shengjing Liang, Jing He, Junqi Qin, Jiaping Wei, Jianwei Huang, Shucong Peng, Xianglan Chen, Chunhui Pan, Huifang Pen, Yu Wen, Yifan Zhou, Yonglong Zhong

“…ObjectiveWith the increasing detection of pulmonary opacities through low-dose computed tomography (LDCT), minimally invasive surgical techniques have gained prominence. …”
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Increasing nutrition knowledge and culinary skills in interprofessional healthcare students: an active learning pilot study by Tracy Noerper, Anne Lowery, Geoffrey Wright, Abigail Burka

“…Paired sample t-tests were computed to assess for changes between each of the study periods (p  ≤ 0.05). …”
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Unveiling Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: S100A8 as a Promising Biomarker Through Integrated RNA-Seq Analysis by Wang Q, Dong J, Jing X, Long Y, Jia H, Li Y, Wang J

“…There was an urgent need for new diagnostic biomarkers for VAP.Methods: The transcriptome of VAP patients was analyzed and computed using bioinformatics techniques in this study. …”
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Preparation and Characterization of Olmesartan Medoxomil-Loaded Polymeric Mixed Micelle Nanocarrier by Halah Talal Sulaiman, Nawal A. Rajab

“…Mixed polymeric nanomicelles made up of soluplus (SLP) with tween 80 (TWN80) and SLP with d-α tocopheryl polyethylene glycol 1000 succinate (TPGS), had been prepared in different gravimetric ratios. …”
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Digital Interventions for Cognitive Dysfunction in Patients With Stroke: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Chen Wang, Min Liu

“…CACT showed superior efficacy on the MoCA (emphasizing executive functioning), while RAT had the highest efficacy in the MMSE (focusing on basic cognition), suggesting different domain-specific effects. …”
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Incidence of surgical site infections and prediction of risk factors in a hospital center in Morocco by Rachid Flouchi, Mohamed El Far, Abdelaziz Hibatallah, Abderrahim Elmniai, Ibtissam Rhbibou, Ibrahim Touzani, Naoufal El Hachlafi, Kawtar Fikri-Benbrahim

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Experimental investigation of solar PVT collector with the dryer on mass and temperature of dried red chili with Machine Learning Models by Miroslav Mahdal, K. Rajathi, Muniyandy Elangovan, Prabhukumar Sellamuthu, Amit Verma

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Learning Intelligent for Effective Sonography (LIFES) Model for Rapid Diagnosis of Heart Failure in Echocardiography by Lies Dina Liastuti, Bambang Budi Siswanto, Renan Sukmawan, Wisnu Jatmiko, Idrus Alwi, Budi Wiweko, Aria Kekalih, Yosilia Nursakina, Rindayu Yusticia Indira Putri, Grafika Jati, Mgs M Luthfi Ramadhan, Ericko Govardi, Aqsha Azhary Nur

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The Double-Icodextrin Dose Randomized Controlled Trial of a Double Icodextrin Dose for Older Patients on Incremental Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis by Eric Goffin, Clémence Béchade, Cécile Courivaud, Catherine Bresson, Françoise Heibel, Jean-Claude Stoléar, Karlien François, Fatouma Touré, Didier Aguilera, François Vrtovsnik, Bert Bammens, Michel Jadoul, Olivier Devuyst, Martin Wilkie, Aurélie Bertrand, Thierry Lobbedez, Eric Goffin, Bert Bammens, Joelle Nortier, Dr Philippe Bovy, Dr Jean-Claude Stolear, Karlien François, Dr Olivier Mat, François Vrtovsnik, Dr Didier Aguilera, Thierry Lobbedez, Luc Frimat, Dr Marie-Françoise Nogier, Dr Alexandre Klein, Cécile Courivaud, Dr Marc Kribs, Fatouma Touré, Iain Macdougall, Martin Wilkie

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Morphofunctional status of parotid salivary glands in three-month-old rats with experimentally induced fetal macrosomia by O. V. Garmash, G. I. Gubina-Vakulyk

“…Rats with macrosomia from the group Aks by the age of three month had salivary glands with hypoplasia of serocytes which were morphofunctionally more active and had signs of proteins and glycoproteins hypoproduction. …”
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PLASMOpred: A Machine Learning-Based Web Application for Predicting Antimalarial Small Molecules Targeting the Apical Membrane Antigen 1–Rhoptry Neck Protein 2 Invasion Complex by Eugene Lamptey, Jessica Oparebea, Gabriel Anyaele, Belinda Ofosu, George Hanson, Patrick O. Sakyi, Odame Agyapong, Dominic S. Y. Amuzu, Whelton A. Miller, Samuel K. Kwofie, Henrietta Esi Mensah-Brown

“…The data was processed by computing Morgan fingerprints and divided into training and testing with an 80:20 ratio, and the classes in the training data were balanced using the Synthetic Minority Oversampling Technique. …”
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