Gender disparities in literacy: an analysis of regional and age-group variations in Somalia by Mukhtaar Axmed Cumar, Abdisalan Hassan Muse, Befekadu Zeleke Kidane, Jibril Abdikadir Ali

“…Further studies employing qualitative methods and longitudinal designs are recommended to deepen understanding of the dynamics underlying these disparities.…”
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Understanding Provider-Level Variation in Clinical PracticeTake-Home Points by Kanupriya Soni, MD, Leigh A. Bukowski, MPH, Billie S. Davis, PhD, Joel M. Levin, BA, Jeremy M. Kahn, MD

“…Research Question: Are provider-level psychological traits associated with practice patterns in the ICU? Study Design and Methods: We administered a longitudinal questionnaire to intensivist clinicians in a single integrated health system from 2018 through 2021. …”
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Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) and tick-borne diseases affecting communal cattle and the control methods practiced by farmers in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa by N. Nyangiwe, S. Matthee

“…The most commonly reported TBDs were redwater (100%), gallsickness (90%), and heartwater (43%), with heartwater absent in AMG. Tick control methods included plunge dipping (90%) and the use of alternative treatments such as used motor oil (54%) and Jeyes fluid (35%). …”
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VJDNet: A Simple Variational Joint Discrimination Network for Cross-Image Hyperspectral Anomaly Detection by Shiqi Wu, Xiangrong Zhang, Guanchun Wang, Puhua Chen, Jing Gu, Xina Cheng, Licheng Jiao

“…In this paper, a simple and lightweight unsupervised cross-image HAD method called Variational Joint Discrimination Network (VJDNet) is proposed. …”
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Prediction for Coastal Wind Speed Based on Improved Variational Mode Decomposition and Recurrent Neural Network by Muyuan Du, Zhimeng Zhang, Chunning Ji

“…This study proposes a systematic framework, termed VMD-RUN-Seq2Seq-Attention, for noise reduction, outlier detection, and wind speed prediction by integrating Variational Mode Decomposition (VMD), the Runge–Kutta optimization algorithm (RUN), and a Sequence-to-Sequence model with an Attention mechanism (Seq2Seq-Attention). …”
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An Integrated Drought Index (Vapor Pressure Deficit–Soil Moisture–Sun-Induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence Dryness Index, VMFDI) Based on Multisource Data and Its Applications in Agric... by Caiyun Deng, Li Zhang, Tianhe Xu, Siqi Yang, Jian Guo, Lulu Si, Ran Kang, Hermann Josef Kaufmann

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A Probabilistic Statistical Risk Assessment Method for Soil Erosion Using Remote Sensing Data: A Case Study of the Dali River Basin by Hao Zhao, Yuhui Cheng, Xiwang Zhang, Shiqi Yu, Mengwei Chen, Chengqiang Zhang

“…In order to address this issue, this study proposes a soil erosion risk assessment method that integrates the outcome and the probability of occurrence of soil erosion by means of a probabilistic statistical model. …”
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CPO-VMD Combined With Multiscale Permutation Entropy for Noise Reduction in GNSS Vertical Time Series in Mining Areas by Xu Yang, Xinxin Yao, Xinjian Fang, Xuexiang Yu, Yi Wu, Shicheng Xie

“…In order to effectively filter out the noise components in the deformation monitoring data, this paper proposes a time series noise reduction method (CPO-VMD-MPE) that integrates the crested porcupine optimizer (CPO), the variational modal decomposition (VMD), and the multiscale permutation entropy (MPE). …”
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A fully automated hybrid approach for processing high-frequency surface settlement data by Changyu Wang, Zude Ding, Annan Zhou, Zekun Zhu

“…The proposed method minimises manual intervention and reduces reliance on empirical design through the integration of the Mel Frequency Cepstral Coefficient (MFCC) based Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN), Extreme Learning Machine (ELM), and Variational Modal Decomposition (VMD) algorithms. …”
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Feasibility of a Web-Based and Mobile-Supported Follow-Up Treatment Pathway for Adult Patients With Orthopedic Trauma in the Netherlands: Concurrent Mixed Methods Study by Gijs J A Willinge, Jelle F Spierings, Kim A G J Romijnders, Elke G E Mathijssen, Bas A Twigt, J Carel Goslings, Ruben N van Veen

“…ObjectiveWe aim to assess digital follow-up treatment pathway feasibility from the patient’s perspective and its impact on health care resource use. MethodsA concurrent mixed methods study was conducted parallel to implementation of digital follow-up treatment pathways in an urban level-2 trauma center. …”
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Theoretical model of homogenized piezoelectric materials with small non-collinear periodic cracks by Jean M. Nianga, D. Marhabi

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Exploration of Rapid Adaptation of First Contact Physiotherapy Services During the COVID‐19 Pandemic: A Three‐Phase Sequential Mixed‐Methods Study Protocol by Oluwatoyin Adenike Adeniji, Nicola Carey, Evangelos Pappas, Victoria Traynor, Karen Stenner, Theopisti Chrysanthaki

“…Phase 2 employs a case‐study approach, including semi‐structured interviews and a review of documents produced to direct the management and implementation of proposed changes in FCPS, to further understand the findings from Phase 1. In phase 3, mixed‐methods integration facilitates the development of context specific recommendations for the rapid adaptation of FCPS and similar contexts. …”
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Stability analysis of wooden arches with account for nonlinear creep by S. В. Yazyev, V. I. Andreev, А. S. Chepurnenko

“…The proposed approach for increasing the accuracy of determination of creep deformations at each step provides using the fourth-order Runge-Kutta method instead of the Euler method.Results. Based on the Lagrange variational principle, expressions are obtained for the stiffness matrix and the vector of additional dummy loads due to creep. …”
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Variable-Step Semi-Implicit Solver with Adjustable Symmetry and Its Application for Chaos-Based Communication by Vyacheslav Rybin, Ivan Babkin, Yulia Bobrova, Maksim Galchenko, Alexander Mikhailov, Timur Karimov

“…In this article, we introduce a novel approach to numerical integration based on a modified composite diagonal (CD) method, which is a variation of the semi-implicit Euler–Cromer method. …”
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A participatory framework for identifying and ranking multidimensional solutions to nutritional behavior issues in female school students: a stakeholder-based mixed-methods study by Nasrin Mehrjoyan, Fatemeh Zarei, Fazlollah Ghofranipour, Fazlollah Ahmadi

“…This study aimed to develop a proposed solution to improve the nutritional behaviors of female school students aged 13–17 years in Khuzestan, Iran. Methods This study employed a mixed-methodology approach, integrating qualitative exploration and stakeholder-driven prioritization. …”
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Global and single-nucleotide resolution detection of 7-methylguanosine in RNA by Silvia D’Ambrosi, Raquel García-Vílchez, Darek Kedra, Patrice Vitali, Nuria Macias-Cámara, Laura Bárcena, Monika Gonzalez-Lopez, Ana M. Aransay, Sabine Dietmann, Antonio Hurtado, Sandra Blanco

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Mixing a Grounded Theory Approach with a Randomized Controlled Trial Related to Intimate Partner Violence: What Challenges Arise for Mixed Methods Research? by Cristina Catallo, Susan M. Jack, Donna Ciliska, Harriet L. MacMillan

“…Mixing a RCT (with a subanalysis of data) with a grounded theory approach required methodological modifications to maintain the overall rigour of this mixed methods study. Modifications were made to the following areas of the grounded theory approach to support the overall integrity of the mixed methods study design: recruitment of participants, maximum variation and negative case sampling, data collection, and analysis methods. …”
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The impact of microburst-induced load variations on aircraft performance through numerical simulation by Ali Pourmoradi, Mehdi Sabzehparvar

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Water Level Variation Monitoring in East Lake, Wuhan Based on Satellite Altimetry by LIU Huo-sheng, WANG Hai-hong, YU Qian-hui, LU Liang, QIN Peng-cheng, LIU Yi-bing

“…According to the analysis of water balance, artificial regulation played a key role in the water level variations of East Lake. [Conclusions] (1) Jason-3 satellite altimetry data can effectively monitor urban lake water level variations, but requires careful data processing, including waveform retracking and outlier elimination. (2) Despite complex waveforms over urban lakes, retracking methods significantly improve altimetry accuracy. …”
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Financial crisis impact on the efficiency evaluation of university research achievements transformation: a study based on fixed and interactive network data envelopment analysis me... by Yuping Ma, Yuping Ma, Mingqian Xu

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