Scaling climate information services and climate smart agriculture through bundled business models by Desire M. Kagabo, Livingstone Byandaga, Patrick Gatsinzi, Patrick Mvuyibwami, Yvonne U. Munyangeri, Nasson Ntwari, Mathieu Ouedraogo

“…Drawing on the synthesis analysis of available relevant publications, we devised a 1–5 scale evaluation framework based on nine scaling readiness indicators—technology, impact, bundling, infrastructure, relevance, evidence, barriers, sustainability, and value addition—to assign scalability scores to 29 business cases with bundled CIS-CSA products and services across Africa and Asia. Eleven CIS-CSA bundled business models with publicly available quantitative scaling readiness data (financial capacity, the number of customers, customer categories, and the number of beneficiaries) were used to quantitatively model how different CIS-CSA products and services bundling strategies, the revenue stream structure of a CIS-CSA business, and the structure of a CIS-CSA business’s stakeholder network (the diversity of its stakeholders) affect its scaling readiness. …”
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Impact of Clinical Characteristics and Treatment on Cholangiocarcinoma Prognosis in Southern Thailand by Chirawadee Sathitruangsak, Tanawat Pattarapuntakul, Apichat Kaewdech, Tortrakoon Thongkan, Apinya Prisutkul, Phatcharaporn Thongwatchara, Hutcha Sriplung, Chanon Kongkamol, Kanyanatt Kanokwiroon, Sumalee Obchoei, Pimsiri Sripongpun

“…ABSTRACT Background Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is most commonly seen in Northeastern Thailand and other parts of Asia where liver flukes are prevalent. However, it is unknown whether CCA patients in low and high liver fluke prevalence areas are similar. …”
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UX Evaluation with Standardized Questionnaires in Ubiquitous Computing and Ambient Intelligence: A Systematic Literature Review by Ignacio Díaz-Oreiro, Gustavo López, Luis Quesada, Luis A. Guerrero

“…Europe is the region with the most extended use, followed by Asia. Within Europe, Germany greatly exceeds the rest of countries (RQ1). …”
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IMA genome‑F17 by Brenda D. Wingfield, Dave K. Berger, Martin P. A. Coetzee, Tuan A. Duong, Anke Martin, Nam Q. Pham, Noelani van den Berg, P. Markus Wilken, Kiruba Shankari Arun-Chinnappa, Irene Barnes, Sikelela Buthelezi, Buddhika Amarasinghe Dahanayaka, Alvaro Durán, Juanita Engelbrecht, Alice Feurtey, Arista Fourie, Gerda Fourie, Jesse Hartley, Eugene N. K. Kabwe, Mkhululi Maphosa, Deborah L. Narh Mensah, David L. Nsibo, Lizel Potgieter, Barsha Poudel, Eva H. Stukenbrock, Chanel Thomas, Niloofar Vaghefi, Tanya Welgemoed, Michael J. Wingfield

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The presence of disease in growing spiny lobster Panulirus spp. in floating net cages at Tanjung Putus Island, Lampung by Sukenda, Mira Lastriliah, Widanarni Widanarni, Irzal Effendi, Dendi Hidayatullah

“…Permintaan pasar ekspor pada negara Asia, Eropa, dan Amerika maupun lokal cukup tinggi dengan nilai jual yang mahal. …”
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Archival Research, Underwater Optical Surveys, and 3D Modelling: Three Stages for Shaping the Wreck of the Steamship <i>Bengala</i> (Isola di Capo Rizzuto, Crotone, Italy) by Salvatore Medaglia, Fabio Bruno, Ana Castelli, Matteo Collina, Barbara Davidde Petriaggi, Luca De Rosa, Julieta Frere, Fabrizio Fuoco, Guillermo Gutiérrez, Antonio Lagudi, Francesco Megna, Raffaele Peluso

“…Employed mainly along the route to Southeast Asia, it transported Italian migrants overseas and also participated in troop raids during the Italian military expedition to Eritrea in 1887. …”
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Vegetation disturbance and regrowth dynamics in shifting cultivation landscapes by Yamini Bhat, Subrata Nandy, Krishna Das, Muna Tamang, Hitendra Padalia, Arun Jyoti Nath, Koushik Majumdar, Rocky Pebam, Pynkhlainbor Thongni, Bandana Kurmi, Ashesh Kumar Das, S. P.S. Kushwaha, R. P. Singh

“…Abstract Shifting cultivation, an age-old agricultural practice, is a major factor in forest cover change across Southeast Asia, where repeated cycles of vegetation disturbance and regrowth lead to far-reaching environmental and socio-economic impacts. …”
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Disease-Related Knowledge, Stress, and Quality of Life of Parental Caregivers of Children with Cleft Lip and Palate in a Selected Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam by Phung Le Thi Kim, Leonora Collantes, Phuong Lam Hoai, An Phan Huynh, Nghia Le Trung, Tu Nguyen Thanh, Anh Nguyen Viet, Kieu Nguyen Thi Thanh, Truc Pham Thanh Luu, Phi Duong Nguyen

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Field Deployment of a Mobile Biosafety Laboratory Reveals the Co-Circulation of Dengue Viruses Serotype 1 and Serotype 2 in Louga City, Senegal, 2017 by Idrissa Dieng, Maryam Diarra, Moussa Moïse Diagne, Martin Faye, Marie Henriette Dior Ndione, Yamar Ba, Mamadou Diop, El Hadji Ndiaye, Paolo Marinho de Andrade Zanotto, Boly Diop, Mamadou Ndiaye, Abdoulaye Bousso, Ndongo Dia, Mawlouth Diallo, Aliou Barry, Gamou Fall, Cheikh Loucoubar, Amadou Alpha Sall, Ousmane Faye, Oumar Faye

“…Phylogenetic analysis of the sequences obtained indicated that the Dengue 1 strain was closely related to strains isolated, respectively, in Singapore (Asia) in 2013 (KX380803.1) outbreak and it cocirculated with a Dengue 2 strain closely related to strains from a Burkina Faso dengue outbreak in 2016 (KY62776.1). …”
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Economic and environmental sustainability of agriculture production at the crop level by A.Z. Bi, K.B. Umesh, B. Md Abdul, D. Sivakumar, P. Srikanth

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Full-length transcriptome analysis of male and female gonads in Japanese Eel (Anguilla japonica) by Jiangling Li, Jingjie Liang, Mengyang Wang, Yuewen Jiang, Wen Li, Mingxi Huang, Yan Huang, Yangjie Xie, Jianchun Chen, Tiansheng Chen

“…Abstract Background The Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica) holds significant economic value in East Asia, but limitations in understanding its reproductive biology have hindered advancements in artificial breeding techniques. …”
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Untargeted metabolomics and functional analyses reveal that the secondary metabolite quinic acid associates with Angelica sinensis flowering by Pei Liu, Weimeng Feng, He Yang, Guang Yu, Erxin Shang, Sen Zhang, Hui Yan, Jin-ao Duan

“…Diels is a medicinal crop whose root is a well-known herbal medicine used in Asia. Early flowering causes changes in secondary metabolic flow and results in the loss of medicinal quality. …”
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Global, regional, and national burden of heart failure and its underlying causes, 1990–2021: results from the global burden of disease study 2021 by Jun Ran, Ping Zhou, Jinxi Wang, Xuemei Zhao, Yan Huang, Qiong Zhou, Mei Zhai, Yuhui Zhang

“…High-income North America bears the heaviest burden while South Asia shows the fastest growth rate. The correlation between disease burden and SDI level was negligible. …”
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Diagnostic interval of inflammatory bowel disease in Chinese children and its relationship with growth parameters: a retrospective study by Juan Zhou, BinRong Chen, ZhiCheng Wang, Li Liu, HongJuan OuYang, YanHong Luo, WenTing Zhang, ChenXi Liu, MeiZheng Zhan, JiaQi Duan, CanLin Li, Na Jiang, JieYu You, HongMei Zhao

“…BackgroundDelayed diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is common in Europe and North America, with limited research in Asia. We aimed to investigate factors influencing delayed diagnosis of IBD in Chinese children and the impact of delayed diagnosis on growth.MethodsThis was a retrospective study. …”
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Identification of novel pQTL‐SNPs associated with lung adenocarcinoma risk: A multi‐stage study by Yutong Wu, Huiwen Xu, Liping Mao, Rongrong Zhao, Junfeng Chu, Lili Huang, Wendi Zhang, Yiran Liu, Qiong Chen, Xiaobo Tao, Siqi Li, Shenxuan Zhou, Anhui Ning, Zhenyu Li, Tian Tian, Lei Zhang, Jiahua Cui, Guangyu Tian, Minjie Chu

“…The associations between selected pQTL‐SNPs and LUAD risk were evaluated by Female Lung Cancer Consortium in Asia GWAS (FLCCA GWAS). Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) is used to determine the levels of candidate protein. …”
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Global prevalence of Eimeria species in goats: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Endris A. Ali, Abdul Ghafar, Juan C. Angeles-Hernandez, Muhammad Yaseen, Muhammad Yaseen, Charles G. Gauci, Ian Beveridge, Sandra Baxendell, Abdul Jabbar

“…According to the region-based subgroup meta-analysis, North America had the highest estimated prevalence of Eimeria spp. (92.2, 95% CI: 82.7–98.2), followed by Europe (86.6, 95% CI: 79.8–92.3), while Asia had the lowest prevalence (52.0, 95% CI: 45.9–58.1). …”
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Long-term trends and patterns in ultra-processed food consumption among Korean adults from 1998 to 2022 by Hyeseung Lee, Yesol Yim, Yerin Cho, Jiyeon Oh, Soeun Kim, Yejun Son, Hyesu Jo, Seohyun Hong, Masoud Rahmati, Hanseul Cho, Jiyoung Hwang, Dong Keon Yon

“…Despite rising consumption due to Westernized diets in Asia, long-term studies targeting Asian adults are lacking. …”
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Radiofrequency ablation vs. cryoablation for pediatric atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia in the era of three-dimensional electroanatomical mapping by Yao-Wei Chan, Chieh-Mao Chuang, Chieh-Mao Chuang, Pi-Chang Lee, I-Hsin Tai, I-Hsin Tai, I-Hsin Tai, Ying-Hsuan Peng, Ying-Hsuan Peng, Wen-Po Fan, Wen-Po Fan, Yu-Shin Lee, Ming-Chih Lin, Ming-Chih Lin, Sheng-Ling Jan, Sheng-Ling Jan, Yun-Ching Fu, Yun-Ching Fu, Shih-Ann Chen, Shih-Ann Chen

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Effect of Praziquantel on Preventing Delayed Infection of <i>Schistosoma japonicum</i> in Buffaloes and Goats by Xiang Gui, Bing Shao, Haoran Zhong, Rongxue Lv, Hao Li, Ke Lu, Yang Hong, Zhiqiang Fu, Zhenjie Lu, Mengge Xu, Yamei Jin, Jinming Liu

“…Schistosomiasis, caused by <i>Schistosoma japonicum</i>, continues to pose a major public health threat in East Asia, with an estimated 71 million people at risk of infection. …”
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High prevalence of overweight/obesity and central obesity among women in a rural district of Nepal in 2012–2013: a population-based study by Chandra Yogal, Chandra Yogal, Astrid Kamilla Stunes, Astrid Kamilla Stunes, Sunila Shakya, Biraj Karmarcharya, Rajendra Koju, Mats P. Mosti, Mats P. Mosti, Miriam K. Gustafsson, Miriam K. Gustafsson, Bjørn Olav Åsvold, Bjørn Olav Åsvold, Berit Schei, Unni Syversen, Unni Syversen

“…BackgroundThe prevalence of overweight is rapidly escalating, especially in South-Asia. We aimed to estimate the prevalence of overweight/obesity and central obesity, and associated risk factors among women in a rural setting of Nepal.MethodsA cross-sectional study addressing reproductive health and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) was conducted 2012–2013 in a rural district of Nepal. …”
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