Exploring district implementation of national guidelines and maintenance of essential health services during the COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda by Fredrick E Makumbi, Freddie Ssengooba, Charles Olaro, Dorit Talia Stein, Adrian Ssessanga, Jesca Nsungwa Sabiiti, Betty Kyaddondo, Catherine Mbabazi

“…Future emergency responses should consider how to balance local adaptations with central support by identifying which health system functions districts can more easily manage and adjust independently.…”
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Soil microbial communities in dry and moist tropical forests exhibit distinct shifts in community composition but not diversity with succession by Kristin Saltonstall, Michiel van Breugel, Wayra Navia, Hilda Castillo, Jefferson S. Hall

“…ABSTRACT Soil microbial communities are integral to ecosystem function but our understanding of how they respond to secondary succession in fragmented landscapes is limited, particularly in tropical dry forests. …”
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Real-time mobile broadband quality of service prediction using AI-driven customer-centric approach by Ayokunle A. Akinlabi, Folasade M. Dahunsi, Jide J. Popoola, Lawrence B. Okegbemi

“…This Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered system promotes a more transparent and efficient MBB experience for all stakeholders in Nigeria's fast evolving digital landscape.…”
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Probabilitas Pelaksanaan Hak Angket Terhadap Pemilihan Umum di Indonesia by Nuranida Hasanah, Wicipto Setiadi

“… This study aims to analyze the role of the right of inquiry in the Parliament's oversight function juridically and the probability of using the right of inquiry in elections in Indonesia. …”
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Toward human uterus tissue engineering: Uterine decellularization in a non‐human primate species by Lucía De Miguel‐Gómez, Edina Sehic, Emy Thorén, Johan Ahlström, Hardis Rabe, Mihai Oltean, Mats Brännström, Mats Hellström

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On the added value of sequential deep learning for the upscaling of evapotranspiration by B. Kraft, B. Kraft, B. Kraft, J. A. Nelson, S. Walther, F. Gans, U. Weber, G. Duveiller, M. Reichstein, W. Zhang, M. Rußwurm, D. Tuia, M. Körner, Z. Hamdi, M. Jung

“…XGBoost showed a smaller ensemble spread compared to neural networks, in particular when conditions were poorly represented in the training data, but it was more sensitive to the covariate setup. Plant functional types were useful at the site level for the improved representation of spatial patterns but had a significant leverage on upscaling results – i.e., having a disproportionate impact on the spatial patterns, especially for XGBoost, but less for the LSTM model.…”
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The Negative Impact of Vehicular Intelligence on Energy Consumption by Zongwei Liu, Hong Tan, Xu Kuang, Han Hao, Fuquan Zhao

“…The results reveal that the energy consumption per 100 kilometers of an intelligent vehicle ranges from 0.78L to 1.86L, more than traditional vehicle. The energy consumption cost of automation functions is much higher than that of the connecting functions. …”
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Microbial communities in the phyllosphere and endosphere of Norway spruce under attack by Heterobasidion by Wen-jing Meng, Zi-lan Wen, Risto Kasanen, Hui Sun, Hui Sun, Fred O. Asiegbu

“…In conclusion, the Heterobasidion attack decreased the microbial community species richness and shifted the community structure and functional structure to varying degrees. The microbial network was enlarged and became more unstable at both inter-kingdom and intra-kingdom level due to the Heterobasidion infection.…”
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Detour-Straddle 3D-like path planning of unmanned mining truck in open pit mines based on optimized ant colony algorithm by Mingyu GAO, Jiusheng BAO, Yan YIN, Deping HU, Kekun ZHANG, Chenzhong ZHU, Maosen WANG, Kai WANG

“…The simulation results show that: After optimization, the path length of the ant colony algorithm is shortened by 16.53% and 16.79% respectively in the scenario with fewer and more obstacles. Moreover, the path quality is effectively improved by reducing the path inflection point, making the path generated by the algorithm more in line with the actual demand. …”
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Evaluation of MODIS and VIIRS BRDF Parameter Differences and Their Impacts on the Derived Indices by Chenxia Wang, Ziti Jiao, Yaowei Feng, Jing Guo, Zhilong Li, Ge Gao, Zheyou Tan, Fangwen Yang, Sizhe Chen, Xin Dong

“…The results confirm that among the three BRDF parameters, the isotropic scattering parameters of MODIS and VIIRS are more consistent, whereas the volumetric and geometric-optical scattering parameters are more sensitive and variable; this performance is more pronounced in the red band. …”
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Gut microbiota modulates depressive-like behaviors induced by chronic ethanol exposure through short-chain fatty acids by Hui Shen, Chaoxu Zhang, Qian Zhang, Qing Lv, Hao Liu, Huiya Yuan, Changliang Wang, Fanyue Meng, Yufu Guo, Jiaxin Pei, Chenyang Yu, Jinming Tie, Xiaohuan Chen, Hao Yu, Guohua Zhang, Xiaolong Wang

“…Conclusion SCFAs not only mitigate damage to intestinal structure and function but also alleviate various lesions in the central nervous system, such as neuroinflammation, and reduce anxiety and depression-like behaviors, which were triggered by transplantation with fecal microbiota that had been affected by chronic ethanol exposure, adding more support that SCFAs serve as a bridge between the gut and the brain.…”
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Reduction of elevated Gli3 does not alter the progression of autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease by Lauren G. Russell, Maria Kolatsi‐Joannou, Laura Wilson, Jennifer C. Chandler, Nuria Perretta Tejedor, Georgie Stagg, Karen L. Price, Christopher J. Rowan, Tessa Crompton, Norman D. Rosenblum, Paul J. D. Winyard, David A. Long

“…Abstract Polycystic kidney diseases (PKD) are genetic disorders which disrupt kidney architecture and function. Autosomal recessive PKD (ARPKD) is a rare form of PKD, caused by mutations in PKHD1, and clinically more severe than the more common autosomal dominant PKD (ADPKD). …”
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The Effect of Delegation of Responsibilities on Teachers’ Performance in Selected Secondary Schools in Kabale Municipality, Kabale District. by Seth, Ahumuza

“…The study recommended that Head teachers should allocate more activities to teachers through ensuring that there is existence of functioning departments, consideration of expertise in assignment and allocation of activities, giving positions of responsibility to teachers and being flexible in the management of the schools through letting teachers be involved in handling different matters as situations arise. …”
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Experimental Research on Passive Residual Heat Removal System of Chinese Advanced PWR by Zhuo Wenbin, Huang Yanping, Xiao Zejun, Peng Chuanxin, Lu Sansan

“…A semiempirical model was generated for passive heat removal functions based on the experimental results of steady state cases. …”
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Generalized q-rung picture linguistic Schweizer and Sklar aggregation operators and their application in decision making by Jawad Ali, Usman Khalid, Muhammad Ahsan Binyamin, Muhammed Ibrahem Syam, Zunaira Usman

“…The q-RPLFS framework for solving MADM problems contains SS t-norms and t-conorms, allowing the generated operators to make the information aggregation technique more flexible than existing ones. …”
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Rancang Bangun Peta Digital Desa di Kaligentong Boyolali Berbasis Web dan Android by Rizkha Ajeng Rochmatika, Sindung Hadwi Widi Sasono, Amin Suharjono, Eko Supriyanto, Muhlasah Novitasari Mara, Agus Rochadi, Nurul Hidayah, Nuriyana Rohmah

“…Based on data from black box testing, the village digital map application runs according to the functional system. The satisfaction rate of application and web users is 94.10%. …”
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A Multifunctional Bottomhole Power Drilling Tool Rotary Speed Sensor Based on Triboelectric Nanogenerator by Jia Yan, Jian Liang, Longlong Cao, Hengchun Zhang

“…Compared to conventional downhole sensors, the developed sensor’s self-powered functionality makes it more suitable for actual downhole operating conditions.…”
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Accelerating materials discovery: combinatorial synthesis, high-throughput characterization, and computational advances by Khurram Shahzad, Andrei Ionut Mardare, Achim Walter Hassel

“…High-throughput characterization techniques play a pivotal role in assessing the compositional, structural, and functional attributes of materials within these libraries, yielding multidimensional datasets. …”
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Geometric entropies and their Hamiltonian flows by Xi Dong, Donald Marolf, Pratik Rath

“…When higher derivative corrections are included, the role of the area is instead played by a more general functional known as the geometric entropy. …”
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Multiobjective Parallel Algorithms for Solving Biobjective Open Shop Scheduling Problem by Seyed Hassan Shams Lahroudi, Farzaneh Mahalleh, Seyedsaeid Mirkamali

“…In experimental results, we randomly generated small-scale problems to compare MOMILP with the Genetic Algorithm (GA) and Simulate Annealing (SA). …”
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