Financial Resource Mobilization and Accountability in Localgovernments of Uganda: A Case Study of Kabale District Local Government by Paul, Rubarema

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Behaviour change interventions to promote physical activity in people with intermittent claudication: the OPTIMA systematic review by Ukachukwu O Abaraogu, Philippa Dall, Chris Seenan, Sarah Rhodes, Trish Gorely, Joanna McParland, Julie Brittenden, Ebuka M Anieto, Lorna Booth, Cathy Gormal, Jeremy Dearling, Candida Fenton, Sarah Audsley, Kimberley Fairer, Lindsay Bearne, Dawn A Skelton

“…Systematic review 2: quantitative, qualitative, mixed-methods research on patient/provider experiences. …”
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Development of operational decision support tools for mechanized ski guiding using avalanche terrain modeling, GPS tracking, and machine learning by J. Sykes, J. Sykes, P. Haegeli, R. Atkins, P. Mair, Y. Bühler, Y. Bühler

“…While this expertise is shared within guiding teams through mentorship, the current lack of a quantitative description of the process prevents the development of decision aids that could strengthen the process. …”
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Multi-Head Graph Attention Adversarial Autoencoder Network for Unsupervised Change Detection Using Heterogeneous Remote Sensing Images by Meng Jia, Xiangyu Lou, Zhiqiang Zhao, Xiaofeng Lu, Zhenghao Shi

“…The code correlation loss enforces consistency in feature representations at the encoding layer, while a density-based kernel width estimation method enhances the capture of both local and global changes. …”
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Deep Learning Segmentation Techniques for Atherosclerotic Plaque on Ultrasound Imaging: A Systematic Review by Laura De Rosa, Serena L’Abbate, Eduarda Mota da Silva, Mauro Andretta, Elisabetta Bianchini, Vincenzo Gemignani, Claudia Kusmic, Francesco Faita

“…To facilitate broader clinical adoption, future research should prioritize methodological standardization, external validation, data and code sharing, and integrating 3D US technologies.…”
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Comparative analysis of combined methylene blue photodynamic therapy and doxorubicin treatment of oral squamous cell carcinoma cell line: In vitro study on apoptosis by Shayan Momeni Goujani, Maryam Koopaie, Fateme Hamta Safarian, Neda Hakimiha, Shima Younespour

“…Materials and methods: The human oral epidermal carcinoma cell line (KB cell line, NCBI Code: C152) was cultured in Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium. …”
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Exploration and Prospects of DeepSeek Applications in Engineering Hydrology by GAO Zi-xuan, SONG Xin-yi

“…[Methods] First, based on the core concepts and characteristics of engineering hydrology discipline, it was concluded that DeepSeek’s application scenarios such as code generation, code rewriting, and code explanation were highly suitable for engineering hydrology, a field heavily dependent on data. …”
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Feasibility, quality and validity of narrative multisource feedback in postgraduate training: a mixed-method study by Maurice A Lembeck, Jette Led Sørensen, Hanne Pedersen, Ellen Astrid Holm, Shaymaa Jaafar Lafta Al-Bayati, Toke Seierøe Barfod, Emilie Ramberg, Åse Kathrine Klemmensen

“…Through iterative readings, the authors furthermore tried to identify how many respondents were needed in order to get a reliable impression of a trainee.Results Out of all comments coded for valence (n=1935), 89% were positive and 11% negative. …”
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Synthesis and properties of some pyrazole derivatives of 1,2,4-triazole-3-thiol by A. S. Hotsulia, S. M. Kulish

“…The model enzymes were kinase of the anaplastic lymphoma (code 2XP2), 14-alpha demethylase of the lanosterol (code 3LD6) and cyclooxygenase-1 (code 3N8Y), information on which was obtained from the Protein Structures Database (PDB). …”
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Formation of Ethical Competences for AI Use in English Foreign Language Teachings by Clara Abisheva, Zina Koldasbaeva, Nazym Nossiyeva, Nazilya Irgebaeva, Аinash Aipova, Saule Doldinova, Samat Smoilov, Ryskeldy Aykenova, Lyazzat Umirzakova, Mapruza Idrissova

“…Using a mixed-methods approach, quantitative and qualitative data from survey and semi-structured interviews (further coded, and thematically analyzed) were collected from 60 English language teachers from different universities in Kazakhstan. …”
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Conceptual Development of Urban Super-blocks Model in Urban Planning Based on Content Analysis Method by Hafez Mahdnejad

“…The selected codes form the conceptual model of the urban superblock.…”
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MOTIVATION OF NURSES IN PROVIDING FIRST AID TO PATIENTS EXPERIENCING CARDIAC ARREST by Ivananda Siera Lisna Putri, Fanni Okviasanti, Ilkafah Ilkafah, Susilo Harianto, Cucuk Rahmadi Purwanto, Hafna Ilmy Muhalla, Abd Nasir, Iswatun Iswatun

“…Methods: This study used quantitative research with a descriptive approach. The sample of this study was some of the nurses in the inpatient room of Ibnu Sina Hospital, Gresik, which was taken using a purposive sampling technique of 55 respondents who had met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. …”
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CSSDet: small object detection via cross-scale feature enhancement on drone-view images by Gui Cheng, Qing Ding, Bowen Cai, Chaoya Dang, Yu Wang, Xiaolong Zuo, Zhenfeng Shao

“…The substantial experimental findings confirm that CSSDet attains comprehensive object detection performance on drone-view images. The source code is available at https://github.com/Gui-Cheng/CSSDet.…”
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Cross-Visual Style Change Detection for Remote Sensing Images via Representation Consistency Deep Supervised Learning by Jinjiang Wei, Kaimin Sun, Wenzhuo Li, Wangbin Li, Song Gao, Shunxia Miao, Yingjiao Tan, Wei Cui, Yu Duan

“…Existing methods struggle to robustly measure background similarity in the presence of such discrepancies and lack quantitative validation for assessing their effectiveness. …”
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Enhanced Spatial Clustering for Crime Analysis: Novel Advances in Ward-Like and SKATER Algorithms for Brazilian Public Security by Raydonal Ospina, Alexsandra Gomes De Lima, Cristiano Ferraz, Cecilia Castro, Carlos Martin-Barreiro, Victor Leiva

“…All computations were performed in the <monospace>R</monospace> software and both the code and methods are readily transferable to other cities facing similar crime-mapping challenges.…”
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Thermal-mechanical coupled stress prediction of printed circuit heat exchanger in the supercritical CO2 Brayton cycle by Junlin Chen, Wenhai Du, Keyong Cheng, Xunfeng Li, Xiulan Huai, Jiangfeng Guo, Pengfei Lv, Hongsheng Dong

“…This study addresses a critical gap in the thermal-mechanical stress assessment of PCHE for SCO2 Brayton cycles by developing novel quantitative models to predict equivalent stresses at semicircular channel tips. …”
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Physicians’ inclination towards standard guidelines and regulations on incentive based prescribing practices in Karachi. A mixed methods study design. by Mishal Sameer Khan, Afifah Rahman Shepherd, Zahida Azizullah, Sabeen Shareef Khan, Muhammad Naveed Noor, Nina van der Mark, Sadia Shakoor, Rumina Hasan, Amna Rehana Siddiqui

“…However, both qualitative and quantitative data indicated that GPs had limited time for training, despite the interest in filling gaps in knowledge about ethical practice. …”
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Exploring Augmented Reality for Dental Implant Surgery: Feasibility of Using Smartphones as Navigation Tools by Richard Mosch, Vasilios Alevizakos, Dragan Alexander Ströbele, Marcus Schiller, Constantin vonSee

“…Implant positions were digitally planned and color‐coded using 3D scanning and modeling software, then integrated into an AR application built with Unity Engine. …”
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Deep Learning-Based Metal Artifact Reduction With Masked Mean Squared Error Loss Function in Simulation CT for Radiation Therapy for Head and Neck Cancer by Juhyeong Ki, Wonjin Lee, Bitbyeol Kim, Dukju Kim, Seongmoon Jung, Jimin Lee

“…., linear interpolation, UNet, IndudoNet, FusionNet, Uformer) in terms of image quality and quantitative evaluations, showing the lowest average value of calculated artifact index, 26.57311, compared to the others. …”
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Challenges of Research Performance Evaluation in Iran: A Qualitative Study by Nadia Saniee, Shahram Sedghi, Abdolreza Noroozi chakoli, Salime Goharinezhad, Leila Nemati anaraki

“…The analysis of the interviews included 143 codes in the form of six main categories and 50 sub-categories. …”
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