Are we ready for self-sampling for cervical cancer screening? Insights from service providers and policy makers in Nepal. by Saki Thapa, Amit Timilsina, Bikram Bucha, Swastika Shrestha, Safal Kunwar, Raghu Dhital, Gillian Holdsworth

“…Barriers to self-sampling included a low level of knowledge and information, the cost of the self-sampling kit, unclear information regarding self-sampling process and concerns about inaccurate results among women and girls, who are the end users. …”
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Data-Efficient Bone Segmentation Using Feature Pyramid- Based SegFormer by Naohiro Masuda, Keiko Ono, Daisuke Tawara, Yusuke Matsuura, Kentaro Sakabe

“…However, SegFormer’s effectiveness is typically limited by its need for extensive training data, which is particularly challenging in medical imaging, where obtaining labeled ground truths (GTs) is a costly and resource-intensive process. …”
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A ‘training of trainers’ programme for operational research: increasing capacity remotely by Angela Willemsen, Eskinder Wolka, Yibeltal Assefa, Simon Reid

“…Background Operational research (OR) is a process to improve health system capacity by evaluating interventions to improve health delivery and outcomes. …”
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ChatGPT, Bard, Bing Chat, and Claude generate feedback for Chinese as foreign language writing: A comparative case study by Saleh Obaidoon, Haiping Wei

“…The study assessed the models' effectiveness, accuracy, alignment with pedagogical principles, and cultural appropriateness through a multi‐faceted data collection process involving student article writing, chatbot feedback, and teacher evaluation. …”
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Investigating the Existence of Ribosomal Protein L5 Gene in Syrian Strain of Leishmania tropica Genome: Sequencing It and Evaluating Its Immune Response as DNA Vaccine by Mohammad Maarouf, Alyaa A. Abdlwahab

“…Until now, there are no effective protective strategies, safe therapy, or efficacious vaccine to protect from this infection. …”
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Presenting a model of ecotourism and sustainable tourism development with an emphasis on foreign exchange and economic development of Qeshm Island by Naser Rajabi, Vahid Reza Mirabi, Khosro Moradi Shahdadi

“…Sustainable tourism is a sustainable method in the tourism industry and looks at all the effects of tourism, either positive or negative, with the aim of maximizing positive effects and minimizing negative effects (Mohammed, 2022). …”
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New design paradigm for federated edge learning towards 6G:task-oriented resource management strategies by Zhiqin WANG, Jiamo JIANG, Peixi LIU, Xiaowen CAO, Yang LI, Kaifeng HAN, Ying DU, Guangxu ZHU

“…For the resource allocation problem, when the bandwidth allocation is optimal, the relationship between the total training time and the quantization level obtained by simulation, run the same training process at least 5 times on each quantization level, and there is a total training time. …”
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Tools to improve discharge equity: Protocol for the pilot TIDE trial by Kirsten Austad, Cecilia Thai, Alegna Zavatti, Nhi Nguyen, Diana Bautista-Hurtado, Patrick Kenney, Noelia Lugo, Joo H. Lee, Howard Lanney, Ziming Xuan, Erika G. Cordova-Ramos, Mari-Lynn Drainoni, Brian Jack

“…Outcomes include patient recall of primary diagnosis and overall understanding of discharge instructions using a newly developed 24-point score, patient experience, implementation measures (acceptability, feasibility, and appropriateness), and clinical effectiveness (including hospital reutilization). A mixed methods evaluation will identify determinants of intervention uptake to guide selection of multi-level implementation strategies to test in a future hybrid type III trial. …”
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Comparative study on deep and machine learning approaches for predicting wind pressures on tall buildings by Mosbeh R. Kaloop, Abidhan Bardhan, Pijush Samui, Jong Wan Hu, Mohamed Elsharawy

“…The need for a reliable analytical approach that can be used for examining wind-effects on buildings is clear. Although Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is one of the other alternative numerical options yet might not reached the level of confidence to be reliably used to finalize the structural design. …”
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Solid medical waste management practices and awareness in COVID-19 screening stations by S.E. Alzghoul, O.A. Smadi, T. Almomani, M.B. Alzghoul, O.M. Al-Bataineh

“…Even though most Jordanian screening stations have effectively implemented knowledge and awareness regarding solid Coronavirus disease 2019 wastes management practices, there is a need to undertake periodic training and continuous monitoring with a specific focus on the appropriate administrative and collecting processes for both technicians, and private sector stations.…”
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Enhanced PI Control Based SHC-PWM Strategy for Active Power Filters by Irati Ibanez-Hidalgo, Rodrigo H. Cuzmar, Alain Sanchez-Ruiz, Angel Perez-Basante, Asier Zubizarreta, Salvador Ceballos, Ricardo P. Aguilera

“…Experimental results for a 3-level NPC converter are provided to verify the effectiveness of the control.…”
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Dynamic behavior and residual performance of CFDSTCs under coupled collision and blast loads by Yongtao Mi, Huiqi Ren, Chenxi Sun, Jian Zhao, Weiqiang Wang, Zailin Yang, Yicun Chen

“…The performance level of CFDSTCs after the CCB loads was determined based on the damage index thresholds. …”
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Ecophysiological aspects of some sweet cherry cultivars from the North-East of Romania by Iulia Mineata, Ionel Perju, Sorina Sîrbu, Iuliana Elena Golache, Ionut Vasile Ungureanu, Stefanica Ostaci, Carmen Doina Jitareanu

“…The physiological performance, growth and competitive ability of fruit trees are increasingly affected by the effects of global climate change, very different at a regional level, which mainly causes considerable changes in water availability. …”
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Dual RNA sequencing of a co-culture model of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and human 2D upper airway organoids by Cayetano Pleguezuelos-Manzano, Wouter A. G. Beenker, Gijs J. F. van Son, Harry Begthel, Gimano D. Amatngalim, Jeffrey M. Beekman, Hans Clevers, Jeroen den Hertog

“…Conversely, the epithelium influenced infection-related processes of P. aeruginosa, including QS-mediated regulation. …”
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Fault Prediction and Recovery Using Machine Learning Techniques and the HTM Algorithm in Vehicular Network Environment by Salah Zidi, Bechir Alaya, Tarek Moulahi, Amal Al-Shargabi, Salim El Khediri

“…However, there is no universal, effective technique so far that can detect all abnormal data and then recover it. …”
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Decoding startup failures in Indian startups: Insights from Interpretive Structural Modeling and Cross-Impact Matrix Multiplication Applied to Classification by Amita Pathania, Sunita Tanwar

“…The study’s insights emphasize the value of effective management teams and entrepreneurial skills in averting start-up failures. …”
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Knowledge, behaviour and attitudes towards Chagas disease among the Bolivian migrant population living in Japan: a cross-sectional study by Chris Smith, Kenji Hirayama, Nguyen Tien Huy, Inés María Iglesias Rodríguez, Dao Huy Manh, Tieu Minh Thuan, Hugo Alberto Justiniano, Sachio Miura, George Ito

“…The participants associated the term ‘Chagas’ mostly with fear and concern. The level of stigmatisation was low, in contrast to the results of other studies. …”
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Characteristics of base materials and acrylates used in removable prosthetics in dental practice (review) by Yu.I. Poliukhovych, A.Ye. Demkovych, Yu.I. Bondarenko, V.V. Shcherba, O.I. Lebid, K.M. Duda

“…The relation between the properties of the materials from which the prosthesis is made and the mucous membrane of the prosthetic bed was revealed, and the direct dependence of the quality of the prosthesis, the period of wearing, and the level of oral hygiene was determined. The base material must be easy to use so that the prosthesis can be manufactured and repaired without the use of a significant number of technological processes and equipment. …”
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Empowerment of Community Creative Economy Through the Islamic Education Assembly (Majelis Taklim) by Handayani Indah Susanti

“…The Mezzo-Level Strategy was effectively implemented, focusing on empowering groups through education and training. …”
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Determinants of Parental Attitudes towards Children’s Vaccination in Lithuania: An Online Survey by Kamilė Čeponytė, Eglė Narkevičiūtė, Aušra Beržanskytė, Sigita Burokienė

“…Whereas vaccine-hesitant parents were mostly concerned about already occurring side effects or their risk. There was no consensus, whether vaccination of children should be mandatory in Lithuania, as the answers to the question were almost evenly distributed. …”
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