Plant Poisoning among Children in Rural Sri Lanka by M. B. Kavinda Chandimal Dayasiri, Shaluka F. Jayamanne, Chamilka Y. Jayasinghe

“…Commonest poison plant was Jatropha circus and poisoning event happened mostly in home garden. 29% of parents practiced harmful first-aid practices. 32% of children had delayed presentations to which the commonest reason was lack of parental concern regarding urgency of seeking medical care. …”
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Medical Images Segmentation Based on Unsupervised Algorithms: A Review by Revella E. A. Armya, Adnan Mohsin Abdulazeez

“… Medical image segmentation plays an essential role in computer-aided diagnostic systems in various applications. …”
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Pumping-Induced Non-Darcian Flow in a Finite Confined Aquifer by Chen Feng, Binghua Cai, Qinggao Feng

“…And the semi-analytical solution is derived with the aid of the Izbash’s law-based non-Darcian flow and the method for linearization procedure combined with the Laplace transformation. …”
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Quantile Regression for Probabilistic Electricity Price Forecasting in the U.K. Electricity Market by Yuki Osone, Daisuke Kodaira

“…These findings demonstrate the model’s robustness and its potential to enhance market efficiency by providing reliable and simplified probabilistic forecasts, aiding stakeholders in mitigating risks and optimizing strategies.…”
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Assessing the influence of the modifiable areal unit problem on Bayesian disease mapping in Queensland, Australia. by Farzana Jahan, Shovanur Haque, James Hogg, Aiden Price, Conor Hassan, Wala Areed, Helen Thompson, Jessica Cameron, Susanna M Cramb

“…<h4>Background</h4>Spatial data are often aggregated by area to protect the confidentiality of individuals and aid the calculation of pertinent risks and rates. …”
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Une émission télévisée qui démocratise les analyses d’histoire et de géopolitique et lutte contre le bellicisme

“…Présentée d’abord par le géographe et géo politologue Jean-Christophe Victor (fils de l’explorateur polaire Paul-Émile Victor) jusqu’à sa mort en 2016, qui en prépare les sujets avec l’aide du Laboratoire d’études prospectives et d’analyses cartographiques (LEPAC), dont il était le fondateur, elle est, depuis 2017, présentée par Émilie Aubry. …”
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Religious Groups and Their Influence on Interstate Relations (The Case of U.S.-Israel Relations) by I. Istomin

“…Their proactive standing facilitated advancement of the partnership between the United States and Israel, including growth of American diplomatic and military aid to Tel-Aviv. The supporters of such policy include not only small, but well organized Jewish community, but also representatives of the conservative Evangelical Protestants, which constitute the most numerous religious group in the U.S. …”
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Biophysical and Structural Studies on the Capsid Protein of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1: A New Drug Target? by José L. Neira

“…AIDS affects 30 million people worldwide and is one of the deadliest epidemics in human history. …”
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Effects of COVID-19 on Coffee Market Participation of Smallholder Coffee Producers’ in Godere District, Southwestern Ethiopia by Temesgen Kabeta, Mabiratu Dangia

“…Most of the farmers were not effectively getting financial services from aid organizations and government to mitigate the impact on their livelihood. …”
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Modern Trends of Engineering Pedagogy Development by T. Y. Polyakova

“…The tendencies of engineering pedagogy development as a pedagogical science are connected with the key pedagogy concepts of teaching aims, content, forms, technologies, and aids. The trends of development are determined by the necessity to overcome the contradiction between fast changes in the sphere of engineering activities and certain conservatism, lag effect typical for engineering education system. …”
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Design of Metamaterial Antenna Based on the Mathematical Formulation of Patch Antenna for Wireless Application by S. Prasad Jones Christydass, S. Suresh Kumar, V. S. Nishok, R. Saravanakumar, S. Devakirubakaran, J. Deepa, K. Sangeetha

“…The best outcomes are attained with the aid of parametric analysis of feed width, ground height, and slot width. …”
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Three Extensions of Tong and Richardson’s Algorithm for Finding the Optimal Path in Schedule-Based Railway Networks by J. Xie, S. C. Wong, S. M. Lo

“…Studying passengers’ travel choices on high-speed railway networks can aid the design of efficient operations and schedule plans. …”
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Toward cultural interpretability: A linguistic anthropological framework for describing and evaluating large language models by Graham M Jones, Shai Satran, Arvind Satyanarayan

“…We suggest that, by examining how LLMs internally “represent” relationships between language and culture, CI can: (1) provide insight into long-standing linguistic anthropological questions about the patterning of those relationships; and (2) aid model developers and interface designers in improving value alignment between language models and stylistically diverse speakers and culturally diverse speech communities. …”
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CAPITAL INFLOWS, FINANCIAL DEEPENING AND ECONOMIC GROWTH NEXUS: THE MISSING LINK by Amassoma Ditimi, Azeez Oluwatobiloba

“…Furthermore, the ARDL regression estimate re-sults pointed that foreign direct investment (FDI), foreign aids (FA) and financial development (FD) have a positive and significant impact on economic growth, while on the contrary, remittances exerted a negative and insignificant relationship on economic growth. …”
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Sugarcane Bagasse Fibers for Enhancing Moisture Susceptibility Properties in Stone Mastic Asphalt by Poornachandra Thejaswi, Jagadish Vengala, Manish S. Dharek, M. Manjunatha, Arjun Poudel

“…The present study demonstrated that the use of sugarcane bagasse as an active ingredient in the SMA mix would result in improved performance of flexible pavements while also reducing the waste burden of landfills and aiding in effective waste management.…”
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A Collection of Machine Learning Models for Improved Airport Operations Amidst Adverse Weather Conditions by Ramon Dalmau, Jonathan Attia

“…This research paper presents a comprehensive system that models key indicators, aiding airport management during such challenging weather conditions. …”
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Video or audio listening tests for English language teaching context: which is more effective for classroom use? by Clara Herlina Karjo, Menik Winiharti, Safnil Arsyad

“…Previous studies have shown that listening while watching videos can significantly aid students’ comprehension. However, videos were rarely used as testing materials since they contained more than aural input so they did not ‘really’ test listening. …”
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GOVERNMENT HEALTH EXPENDITURE AND EDUCATIONAL OUTCOME IN NIGERIA: INTERROGATING THE NEXUS by Aishat Princess Umar, Mathew Rotimi Ekundayo, Naphtali W. John

“…The study conducted a stationarity test using the Augmented Dickey Fuller Unit Root test and a long run relationship was tested with the aid of the Johansen test for integration. The study found all the variables to be stationary at first difference while thevariables were conitegrated at 5% level of significance. …”
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Hepatitis C Virus Seroconversion among Hiv-Positive Men Who Have Sex with Men with No History of Injection Drug Use: Results from a Clinical Hiv Cohort by Ann N Burchell, Sandra L Gardner, Tony Mazzulli, Michael Manno, Janet Raboud, Vanessa G Allen, Ahmed M Bayoumi, Rupert Kaul, Frank McGee, Peggy Millson, Robert S Remis, Wendy Wobeser, Curtis Cooper, Sean B Rourke

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The ‘Agency of Mapping’ in South Asia: Galle-Matara (Sri Lanka), Mumbai (India) and Khulna (Bangladesh) by Kelly Shannon

“…Globalisation is spatially leaving its imprint as cities and landscapes are progressively being built by an ever-more fragmented, piecemeal and ad-hoc project modus – funded by established and new-found fortunes of national and international developers and lenders, development aid projects and (often corrupt) governments. At the same time, ‘natural’ disasters are increasing in severity and frequency – due to climate change and the flagrant disregard of the environment in the relentless dive to impose imported terms of reference for modernisation and urbanisation. …”
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