Assessment of gender-related differences in digital financial services use and health worker performance in Nigeria by Jesuloluwa Adeolu Alabi, David Ayobami Adewole, Folashayo Peter Adeniji, Segun Bello, Juliet Aweko, Elizabeth Ekirapa, Peter Waiswa, Olufunmilayo Ibitola Fawole

“…Abstract Background Gender disparities in access to Digital Financial Services (DFS) may undermine the efficiency and equity of health campaign payments. …”
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Examining How Technology Supports Shared Decision-Making in Oncology Consultations: Qualitative Thematic Analysis by Alan Yung, Tim Shaw, Judy Kay, Anna Janssen

“…ObjectiveThis study examined how digital technologies can help cancer care professionals improve SDM in oncology consultations. MethodsHealth care professionals who treat patients with cancer were invited to participate in online co-design focus group meetings. …”
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Contextual factors influencing implementation of tuberculosis digital adherence technologies: a scoping review guided by the RE-AIM framework by Ramnath Subbaraman, Katherine L Fielding, Genevieve Gore, Nicola Foster, Kevin Schwartzman, Miranda Zary, Cedric Kafie, Shruti Bahukudumbi, Chimweta I Chilala, Barbie Patel, Mona S Mohamed

“…Introduction Digital adherence technologies (DATs) may enable person-centred tuberculosis (TB) treatment monitoring; however, implementation challenges may undermine their effectiveness. Using the reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation and maintenance framework, we conducted a scoping review to identify contextual factors informing ‘reach’ (DAT engagement by people with TB) and ‘adoption’ (DAT uptake by healthcare providers or clinics).Methods We searched eight databases from 1 January 2000 to 25 April 2023 to identify all TB DAT studies. …”
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Enhanced framework for credit card fraud detection using robust feature selection and a stacking ensemble model approach by Rahul Kumar Gupta, Asmaul Hassan, Samir Kumar Majhi, Nikhat Parveen, Abu Taha Zamani, Raju Anitha, Binayak Ojha, Abhinav Kumar Singh, Debendra Muduli

“…The outcomes highlight the model's proficiency in properly identifying fraudulent transactions while reducing false positives. The proposed method provides a viable alternative for secure and efficient credit card fraud detection in the contemporary digital economy, characterized by high accuracy and real-time scalability.…”
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Assessing the thermal cracking process of coal in high-temperature environment: an ultrasonic approach by Junjun Feng, Junjun Feng, Shigeng Li, Chuanhua Xu, Jun Peng, Qisong Huang

“…The ultrasonic method based on the theoretical model provides an innovative approach for assessing the coal thermal cracking process, contributing to improved environmental sustainability in deep coal mining.…”
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Comparative analysis of machine learning algorithms for money laundering detection by Sunday Adeola Ajagbe, Simphiwe Majola, Pragasen Mudali

“…The findings underscore the potential of ML algorithms capability to combat money laundering and indeed enhance anti-money efforts and offer financial institutions a powerful, resource-efficient method for fraud detection in large-scale transaction environments.…”
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The Validity of Cryptocurrency Transactions and the Analysis of Associated Disputes by Hossein Qahari, Javad Hosseinzadeh

“…Methodology This research seeks to analyze the claim for cryptocurrency recovery through a descriptive-analytical method, based on the norms and principles governing the legal system of Iran, particularly the principles and rules of civil procedure. …”
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Evaluating the potential risks of employing large language models in peer review by Lingxuan Zhu, Yancheng Lai, Jiarui Xie, Weiming Mou, Lihaoyun Huang, Chang Qi, Tao Yang, Aimin Jiang, Wenyi Gan, Dongqiang Zeng, Bufu Tang, Mingjia Xiao, Guangdi Chu, Zaoqu Liu, Quan Cheng, Anqi Lin, Peng Luo

“…Methods Claude 2.0 was used to generate peer review reports, rejection recommendations, citation requests and refutations for 20 original, unmodified cancer biology manuscripts obtained from eLife's new publishing model. …”
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Transparent and Privacy-Preserving Mobile Crowd-Sensing System with Truth Discovery by Ruijuan Jia, Juan Ma, Ziyin You, Mingyue Zhang

“…They collect and analyze the provided sensing data through an appropriate truth discovery (TD) method to identify valuable data sets. However, existing privacy-preserving MCS systems lack transparency, enabling data aggregators to deviate from the specified protocols and allowing malicious users to provide false or invalid sensing data, thereby contaminating the resulting data sets. …”
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An Improved PSO-Based DC Discharge Heating Strategy for Lithium-Ion Batteries at Low Temperatures by Shaojian Han, Chengwei Li, Jifeng Ding, Xinhua Gao, Xiaojie Li, Zhiwen Zhang

“…This strategy addresses the limitations of traditional heating methods, providing a novel solution for the efficient application of lithium-ion batteries in low-temperature environments.…”
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Reconciling fiscal decentralization, environmental protection expenditures, and stringent regulations with the ecological priorities of the European Union by Elma Satrovic, Oluwatoyin Abidemi Somoye, Banji Rildwan Olaleye, Joseph Nembo Lekunze

“…In addition, import diversification also spurs environmental sustainability, with more substantial impacts on less energy and carbon–efficient nations. Furthermore, the MMQR outcomes divulged that fiscal decentralization (all indicators) endorsed the environmental deterioration of EU members, undermining the achievement of ecological urgencies. …”
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Research on pedestrian detection technology for mining unmanned vehicles by ZHOU Libing, YU Zhengqian, WEI Jianjian, JIANG Xueli, YE Baisong, ZHAO Yexin, YANG Siliang

“…The working environment of mining unmanned vehicles features complex lighting conditions, leading to frequent occurrences of missed detections in pedestrian detection, which undermines the reliability and safety of these vehicles. …”
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Prospects and Challenges of Green Practices Adoption by Manufacturing Companies in Ogun State, Nigeria by SOLAJA Oludele Mayowa

“…The quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive statistical method while the qualitative data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis. …”
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MRP-YOLO: An Improved YOLOv8 Algorithm for Steel Surface Defects by Shuxian Zhu, Yajie Zhou

“…As the accuracy of the algorithm increases, its complexity also rises, resulting in a decrease in detection speed, which undermines its practicality. This issue is particularly evident in the context of surface defect detection in industrial parts, where low contrast, small target features, difficult feature extraction, and low real-time detection efficiency are prominent challenges. …”
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Design, Construction, and Evaluation of an Automatic Feeder Control System for Sugarcane Billet Planters by B. Abbasian, M. E. Khorasani Ferdavani, H. Zaki Dizaji

“…The load cell control method emerged as the most effective solution, successfully eliminating the need for operators while ensuring high standards of planting quality and efficiency. …”
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Evaluation of risk-based antigen and antibody surveillance strategies and their association with HPAI outbreaks in South Korean duck farms by Saleem Ahmad, Dae Sung Yoo

“…However, the effectiveness of these strategies—especially in terms of testing frequency, timing, and spatial alignment with outbreak risks—remains under-evaluated.MethodsThis study analyzed antigen and antibody surveillance data from South Korean duck farms between 2019 and 2022. …”
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Factors that influence recruitment to COVID-19 vaccine trials: a qualitative evidence synthesis by Linda Biesty, Sarah Sheehan, Pauline Meskell, Maura Dowling, Claire Glenton, Sasha Shepperd, Xin Hui S. Chan, Rebecca Cox, Declan Devane, Andrew Booth, Catherine Houghton

“…These adaptive methods allow for modifications to the trial procedures without undermining the trial’s integrity, making the research process more flexible and efficient. …”
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The long-run anthropogenic incidence on climate change, air pollution, water scarcity, and contribution to global warming in Morocco by Hamdi El Asli, Mohamed Azeroual

“…CC affects everyday life, with 86% of Moroccan respondents indicating its impact (more details in Introduction). Methods: By setting four different pieces of emiprical evidence, to test the annual fluctuations of the same STIRPAT determinants on, CC through CO2 emissions, Atmospheric pollution by GHGs emissions, freshwater scarcity via internal freshwater whithdrawals and the share of Morocco’s contribution to global warming (CGW), from 1965 to 2023, with the ARDL, DOLS, FMOLS and CCR cointegration approaches. …”
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Edge-Assisted Label-Flipping Attack Detection in Federated Learning by Nourah S. AlOtaibi, Muhamad Felemban, Sajjad Mahmood

“…In LFA, malicious clients deliberately mislabel local data, causing the global model to misclassify certain classes, thus undermining its integrity. Although centralized detection methods have been explored, there is a notable gap in addressing LFA within the decentralized Client-Edge-Cloud architecture, which is crucial for FL systems. …”
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Influence of Dynamic Magnetic Field Exposure Duration on the Germination and Growth of Khao Dawk Mali 105 Rice Seed by Tiwanat Gaewsondee, Cherdpong Chiawchanwattana, Phirayot Khaengkan, Juckamas Laohavanich, Chanat Vipattanaporn, Suphan Yangyuen

“…Magnetic field (MF) priming provides a chemical-free alternative to conventional methods; however, static exposure approaches are often limited by spatial heterogeneity in field–seed interaction caused by fixed seed positioning, undermining both treatment uniformity and reproducibility. …”
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