Multiplayer games and HIV transmission via casual encounters by Stephen Tully, Monica-Gabriela Cojocaru, Chris T. Bauch

“…The games are modelled as generalized Nash games with shared constraints, which is completely novel in the context of our applied problem. …”
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Consideraciones sobre el Perfil Profesional del Gerente de Talento Humano by Carmen Teresa Loaiza, Francisca Pulgar, Carol Fajardo

“…La población estuvo conformada por un equipo de diez (10) académicos especialista en talento humano y por 18 equipos de trabajo liderados por gerentes generales de distintos sectores productivos vinculados con el sector universitario en el Municipio Maracaibo – Venezuela, suministrados por la base de datos de la empresa consultora Logros Productividad, C.A. …”
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Cost-effectiveness of Public Health Strategies on COVID-19 Control: A Systematic Review by Ajaree Rayanakorn, Siew Lian Leong, Pattaranai Chaiprom, Shaun Wen Huey Lee

“…Using a combination approach is generally more cost-effective compared to a single intervention. …”
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Association between balance ability and cardiovascular disease onsets among middle-aged and older adults: an observational cohort study from the China Health and Retirement Longitu... by Yinghe Lin, Shanshan Zhong, Zhihua Sun

“…After multiple imputations of metabolic biomarkers data, the results of sensitivity analyses were generally consistent.ConclusionLower balance ability was associated with an increased risk of incident CVD among middle-aged and older Chinese adults. …”
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Un análisis crítico del sistema alimentario de Guédé Village (Senegal) desde el enfoque de la soberanía alimentaria by Irene Caballero Miras

“…En esta dirección, el proyecto de cooperación descentralizada de CERAI y ENDA-Pronat facilita terrenos cultivables con sistema de irrigación a las mujeres beneficiarias del mismo, aprovechando su cercanía al río Senegal, y las capacita en técnicas agroecológicas adaptadas a la realidad de la zona, teniendo en consideración los límites biofísicos de la Tierra, teniendo un impacto y diagnóstico limitados, ya que utilizan indicadores nutricionales generales alejados de las realidades locales.…”
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Analysis of Internet Financial Risk Control Model Based on Machine Learning Algorithms by Mingjin Liu, Ruijie Gao, Wei Fu

“…The research results show that the prediction effect of the classification model based on traditional linear regression is generally lower than that of the model based on the classification algorithm based on machine learning, and there is a complex nonlinear relationship between platform default and its related influencing factors. …”
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Antimicrobial and Cytotoxicity Activities of Medicinal Plants against Salmonella gallinarum Isolated from Chickens by Mwanaisha Mkangara, Fulgence N. Mpenda

“…The highest LC50 values exhibited in Dolichos kilimandscharicus ranged from 7.937 × 10−4 mg/mL to 7.242 × 10−2 mg/mL for pet ether and methanolic extracts, respectively, while ALEA extract exhibited LC50 of 7.645 × 10−3 mg/mL. Generally, the extracts with MIC 0.3906 mg/mL and MBC 3.125 mg/mL demonstrated the highest antibacterial activity with low toxicity efficient to manage chicken salmonellosis. …”
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Breast Cancer Prediction: A Fusion of Genetic Algorithm, Chemical Reaction Optimization, and Machine Learning Techniques by Md. Rafiqul Islam, Md. Shahidul Islam, Saikat Majumder

“…The study aims to address the limitations of existing models in terms of robustness and generalization across diverse datasets. In our study, we employed two metaheuristic algorithms, namely, genetic algorithm (GA) and chemical reaction optimization (CRO) with machine learning techniques, including support vector machine (SVM), decision tree, random forest, and XGBoost. …”
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Influence of contextual factors on most demanding scenarios in under-19 professional soccer players by Rubén-Cipriano Romero-Rodríguez, Enrique Alonso-Pérez-Chao, Carlos Ribas, Daniel Memmert, Miguel-Ángel Gómez-Ruano

“…(i) Opponent level did not show significant differences; (ii) full-backscovered more distance at 1 minute in home games; (iii) midfieldersin winning vs. drawing scenarios exhibited higher decelerations at 1 minute but less distance at 10 minutes; (iv) in drawing vs. losing scenarios, central defenders had greater distance at 5 minutes and accelerations at 5 minutes, while midfielders showed greater distances at 1 minute, 5 minutes, and 10 minutes; (v) offensive midfielders and forwards displayed specific performance differences; (vi) no significant differences were found for the playing surface; (vii) regarding pitch size, full-backs covered more distance at 5 minutes on larger pitches, while midfielders covered more distance at 5 minutes and 10 minutes; and (viii) starters generally outperformed non-starter players across various variables depending on the playing positions. …”
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Temporal trends in biosecurity in Irish pig herds using a standardized scoring system by Carla Correia-Gomes, Bárbara Terezo, David Graham

“…Conclusions While external biosecurity in Irish pig farms is generally high, there is room for improvement in internal biosecurity. …”
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Association between Particulate Matter Pollution Concentration and Hospital Admissions for Hypertension in Ganzhou, China by Chenwei Li, Xinye Zhou, Kun Huang, Xiaokang Zhang, Yanfang Gao

“…Hypertension, as a chronic noncommunicable cardiovascular disease, is also a risk factor for several diseases. We applied generalized linear models with a quasi-Poisson link to assess the effect of air pollution exposure on the number of daily admissions for patients with hypertension. …”
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IMPLEMENTACIÓN DE LA POLÍTICA PÚBLICA DE INCLUSIÓN LABORAL DE PERSONAS EN SITUACIÓN DE DISCAPACIDAD EN LA CIUDAD DE POPAYÁN - CAUCA (COLOMBIA) by Paula Andrea Peña Hernández

“…(M) Se utilizó una matriz aplicada a los tres actores involucrados en la fase de implementación de la política como son: las personas en situación de discapacidad (PSD), el sector empresarial (SEm) y el sector estatal (SEs), basada en autores como Pressman y Wildavsky (1973), y como Sabatier y Mazmaniam (1981), dónde se incluyeron variables como: características sociodemográficas para las PSD, características generales de las empresas, clasificación de la discapacidad, características en salud, características ocupacionales, conocimiento de la política pública y acciones para implementar dicha política, estas últimas, incluidas en las tres matrices. …”
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Satisfaction of Students with the Quality of Educational Services at Technical University by D. V. Maltsev, D. S. Repetskiy

“…The main comments are related to the quality of social and living conditions (catering, living conditions in a hostel).The results of the survey showed the need for further research in order to form a generalized (complex) model for assessing the quality of the University activities.…”
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Anxiety among cancer patients: A cross-sectional study at The University of Gondar comprehensive specialized hospital. by Hailu Aragie, Dagnew Getnet Adugna, Nega Dagnew Baye, Habtu Kifle Negash

“…Data were collected using the Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item (GAD-7) scale and the Oslo Social Support Scale (OSS-3). …”
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Planning and analysis methods of revenues and expenses by individual activities of railway transport companies by T. M. Rogulenko, A. A. Bondarenko

“…The problems of formation and improvement of accounting and control system in information support of management railway transportation strategy have been analyzed.Implementation of the purpose of the article related to the improvement of the principles and planning and analysis methods of revenues and expenses for certain activities of railway transport companies on the basis of generalization of the theory and best practices of management of complex economic systems, allowed us to develop proposals aimed at optimizing the planning and analysis methods of profits and expenses for certain activities of railway transport companies. …”
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On Defining Expressions for Entropy and Cross-Entropy: The Entropic Transreals and Their Fracterm Calculus by Jan A. Bergstra, John V. Tucker

“…The algebra may form a basis for probability theory more generally.…”
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The association between melatonin hormone and reproductive hormones in polycystic ovary syndrome: A case–control study by Ban Jabir Edan, Zahid Mohammed-Ali Kadhim

“…Materials and Methods: A case-control study included 200 women in reproductive age (20–40 years), including 100 PCOS patients and 100 controls who appeared to be in generally good health. Anthropometric measurements were evaluated. …”
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Improvement of Injera Shelf Life and Staling through Vacuum and Nonvacuum Polyethylene Packaging: Their Synergistic Effect with Chemical Preservative by Abinet Terefe, Shimelis Admasu Emire, Habtamu Fekadu Gemede, Ashagrie Z. Woldegiorgis

“…Despite VP and VP+, NP+ was a relatively effective method regarding sensory acceptability and staling as it had 62.73%, 3.32, and 48.70 average MC, pH, and L value, respectively. Generally, packaging methods and preservative used were found to have a significant effect (P<0.05) on microbial load, physico-chemical properties, and sensory attributes of injera. …”
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Exploring parental knowledge, care-seeking, and support strategies for neonatal illness: an integrative review of the African Great Lakes region by Sarah Farrell, Tracey A. Mills, Dame Tina Lavender

“…Conclusions Parental knowledge of neonatal illness is generally low, and care-seeking is influenced by beliefs, trust in healthcare, and logistical challenges. …”
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Burden of Comorbidities and Healthcare Resource Utilization Among Medicaid-Enrolled Extremely Premature Infants by Meredith E. Mowitz, Wei Gao, Heather Sipsma, Pete Zuckerman, Hallee Wong, Rajeev Ayyagari, Sujata P. Sarda

“…Data from the index date (birth) up to 2 years corrected age or death, stratified by GA (EP, ≤28 wGA; very premature \[VP\], >28 to <32 wGA; and moderate to late premature \[M-LP\], ≥32 to <37 wGA), were compared using unadjusted and adjusted generalized linear models. **Results:** Among 25 573 premature infants (46.1% female; 4462 \[17.4%\] EP; 2904 \[11.4%\] VP; 18&#8239;207 \[71.2%\] M-LP), comorbidity prevalence, HCRU, and all-cause costs increased with decreasing GA and were highest for EP. …”
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