Spatiotemporal dynamics and prevention strategies of cervical cancer incidence in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: an ecological study by Mathewos Assefa, Eva Johanna Kantelhardt, Teferi Gedif Fenta, Tariku Shimels

“…Techniques such as Bayesian empirical testing with a block weighting matrix for hotspot identification, Global Moran’s I for spatial autocorrelation, nearest neighbour imputation and universal Kriging interpolation were used to manage data gaps. …”
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Status of fish health management and biosecurity measures in fish farms, cages and hatcheries in Western Kenya by Domitila Kyule-Muendo, Elick Otachi, Fonda Awour, Erick Ogello, Kevin Obiero, Jacob Abwao, Cecilia Muthoni, Jonathan Munguti

“…Conclusions This study concludes that there is a paucity of knowledge on fish health management systems and biosecurity measures which presents a serious threat to aquaculture production in the studied counties and poses a great risk to trans-boundary live fish trade between Kenya and her neighbouring countries. Although fish farming is a promising area, it has had so many challenges among them high mortality rates. …”
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Decade-Long Analysis: Unravelling the Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of PM10 Concentrations in Malaysian Borneo by Salwa Naidin, Justin Sentian, Farrah Anis Fazliatul Adnan, Franky Herman, Siti Rahayu Mohd Hashim

“…Abstract High levels of particulate matter in the air, caused by air pollution from neighbouring countries, have always been a major problem in Malaysia. …”
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Evaluating programmatic reactive focal drug administration impact on malaria incidence in northern Senegal: an interrupted time series analysis by Ellen Leah Ferriss, Yakou Dieye, Moustapha Cissé, Gnagna Dieng Sow, Jean Louis Lankia, Damien Diedhiou, Abiboulaye Sall, Tamba Souane, Tidiane Thiam, Doudou Sene, Elhadji Doucouré, Ibrahima Diallo, Adam Bennett, Caterina Guinovart

“…In 2016, Senegal’s national malaria control programme introduced rFDA, the presumptive treatment of compound members of a person with confirmed malaria, and reactive mass focal drug administration (rMFDA), an expanded effort including neighbouring compounds during an outbreak, in 10 low transmission districts in the north of the country. …”
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Characterization and DNA barcoding of Zambian plant species used as inoculum in the traditional fermentation of Munkoyo; a cereal-based beverage by Mubonda Kalumbilo, David Chuba, Agripina Banda, Eddy J. Smid, Sijmen E. Schoustra, Gerlinde B. De Deyn

“…Abstract Background Munkoyo, a non-alcoholic fermented beverage, is traditionally prepared in Zambia and neighbouring countries using cooked grains and the uncooked roots of wild plant species, collectively called ‘Munkoyo’ plants. …”
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Completion of the Central Italy daily precipitation instrumental data series from 1951 to 2019 by Gamal AbdElNasser Allam Abouzied, Guoqiang Tang, Simon Michael Papalexiou, Martyn P. Clark, Eleonora Aruffo, Piero Di Carlo

“…These strategies employ the daily dataset of the neighbouring stations and the matched ERA5 data to estimate missing values at the target stations. …”
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The iGains4Gains model guides irrigation water conservation and allocation to enhance nexus gains across water, food, carbon emissions, and nature by Bruce Lankford, Nafn Amdar, Matthew McCartney, Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi

“…Second, with the insight that water conservation is a distributive/allocative act, we ask who between four paracommoners (the proprietor irrigation system, neighbouring irrigation systems, society, and nature) benefits hydrologically from changes in irrigation efficiency? …”
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Diagnosis Osteoporosis Risk: Using Machine Learning Algorithms Among Fasa Adults Cohort Study (FACS) by Saghar Tabib, Seyed Danial Alizadeh, Aref Andishgar, Babak Pezeshki, Omid Keshavarzian, Reza Tabrizi

“…Methods We analysed the data related to osteoporosis risk factors obtained from the Fasa Adults Cohort Study in eight ML methods, including logistic regression (LR), baseline LR, decision tree classifiers (DT), support vector classifiers (SVC), random forest classifiers (RF), linear discriminant analysis (LDA), K nearest neighbour classifiers (KNN) and extreme gradient boosting (XGB). …”
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The Contribution of Micro Finance Institutions on the Growth of Small and Medium Business : A Case Study of North Kigezi Diocese Sacco In Rukungiri Municipality. by Ainembabazi, Wensi

“…The study was set to find out the contribution of micro finance institutions mostly (SA CC Os) to the financial performance of small scale enterprises in Uganda while considering a case study of North Kigezi SACCO, found in Rukungiri Municipality and to the neighbouring areas of Kihindi, Kinyasano, Nyakibale, and other divisions. …”
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Downsystem grain-size trends and mass balance of an ancient wave-influenced sediment routing system: Middle Jurassic Brent Delta, northern North Sea, offshore UK and Norway by Ikenna C. Okwara, Gary J. Hampson, Alexander C. Whittaker, Gareth G. Roberts

“…This third type of deviation reveals that spatial facies partitioning due to shallow-marine process regime distorts the simple downsystem-fining reference trend, and supports the interpretation that large volumes of predominantly muddy sediment were bypassed beyond the ‘Brent Delta’ into neighbouring basins. Our analysis demonstrates a practical approach to interpret sediment supply and sediment dispersal in the stratigraphic record. …”
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Synthesis, Characterization, and Catalytic Studies of Mn(III)-Schiff Base-Dicyanamide Complexes: Checking the Rhombicity Effect in Peroxidase Studies by Manuel R. Bermejo, Rocío Carballido, M. Isabel Fernández-García, Ana M. González-Noya, Gustavo González-Riopedre, Marcelino Maneiro, Laura Rodríguez-Silva

“…The X-ray structure shows the self-assembly of the Mn(III)-Schiff base-DCA complex through µ-aquo bridges between neighbouring axial water molecules and also by π-π stacking interactions, establishing a dimeric structure. …”
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Improving health outcomes and quality at the subdistrict level: Evaluation of the ‘3 feet model’ in Waterberg District, Limpopo Province, South Africa by H Schneider, F Mukinda, J Cupido, J Wessels, P Kupa, P Leboho, N Nkoana, N Bosch, Y Pillay

“…Following uptake of the model, the perinatal mortality rate (PMR) improved by 28.8%, 11.5% and 28% in the three subdistricts, respectively, while the PMR worsened in two of four neighbouring subdistricts. Plausible factors in implementation successes were the presence of stable and committed hybrid (clinical-managerial) subdistrict leaders and their ability to overcome entrenched silos between a variety of system actors; new collaborative relationships between primary healthcare facilities, hospitals and emergency medical services; the generation and packaging of information in ways that directed responses (‘actionable intelligence’); and support from senior district managers. …”
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Un port rural antique de fond d’estuaire à Blainville-sur-Orne (Calvados) by Cécile Allinne

“…Firstly, the various areas that make up the site are described: the top of the neighbouring spur, the valley bottom on the southern bank, the buildings on the slope of the northern bank, and lastly the valley bottom on the same side, where the port facilities were located along the Dan river. …”
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CECT-Based Radiomic Nomogram of Different Machine Learning Models for Differentiating Malignant and Benign Solid-Containing Renal Masses by Qian L, Fu B, He H, Liu S, Lu R

“…Four mainstream machine learning algorithm training models, namely, support vector machine (SVM), k-nearest neighbour (kNN), light gradient boosting (LightGBM) and logistic regression (LR), were constructed to determine the best classifier model. …”
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A Novel Rubber Composite Sleeper-Deformation-Prediction Model Based on Response Surface Method (RSM) and Machine Learning (ML) Techniques by Abdulmumin Ahmed Shuaibu, Zhiping Zeng, Ibrahim Hayatu Hassan, Wang Weidong, Hassan Suleiman Otuoze, Suleiman Abdulhakeem, Bushrah Baba Abdulrahman

“…Also, like any polymer material, the rubber composite sleeper expands when it absorbs heat from sunlight and contracts as it cools when sunlight intensity decreases, potentially reversing much of the deformation. The K-nearest neighbour algorithm outperformed the RSM and other ML techniques with R2, MSE, RMSE, and MAE values of 0.999, 0.000258, 0.016, and 0.000896, respectively. …”
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Military Aspects of the Lithuanian-Polish Conflict of 1918-1920 by Vytautas Lesčius

“… After restoration of independence in 1918 the Lithuanian state from the very beginning of its activities had to defend the recognition of its very existence and territory by means of both diplomatic measures and armed struggle. One of the neighbouring states, which were encroaching on the independence of the nation, was Poland.   …”
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Pembentukan Daftar Stopword Goffman Transition Point dengan Pembobotan Emoji pada Analisis Sentimen di Twitter by Rizky Maulana Iqbal, Yuita Arum Sari, Edy Santoso

“…Penelitian ini berfokus pada perbandingan terhadap stopword Tala dengan pembentukan stopword dari data latih menggunakan metode Goffman Transition Point yang merupakan pengembangan dari metode Zipf Law dengan menggunakan metode klasifikasi K-Nearest Neighbour (KNN) serta menambahkan pembobotan emoji dalam proses pembobotannya. …”
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The application of allelopathy in integrated pest management systems to control temperate European crop pests: a systematic map by Charlotte Kiely, Nicola Randall, Magda Kaczorowska-Dolowry

“…One source of biopesticides is allelochemicals, here defined as compounds released by an organism that have an inhibitory or stimulatory effect on neighbouring organisms. The focus of this study is allelopathic plants and their inhibitory effects on invertebrate herbivorous agricultural pests of temperate Europe. …”
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Assessment of root resorption on lateral incisors after primary canine extraction treating mesioangular displaced permanent canines: a randomised controlled trial by Narmin Helal, Reem Naaman, Najlaa Alamoudi, Azza El-Housseiny, Fatima Jadu

“…The aim of this study was to assess the effect of interceptive extraction of the primary canines on the condition of the roots of permanent neighbouring teeth to mesioangular displaced canines (MDC). …”
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Risk of lung disease in the PI*SS genotype of alpha-1 antitrypsin: an EARCO research project by Teresa Martín, Catarina Guimarães, Cristina Esquinas, Maria Torres-Duran, Alice M. Turner, Hanan Tanash, Carlota Rodríguez-García, Angelo Corsico, José Luis López-Campos, Eva Bartošovská, Jens-Ulrik Stæhr Jensen, José María Hernández-Pérez, Maria Sucena, Marc Miravitlles

“…A propensity score with 1:3 nearest-neighbour matching was performed for the most important confounding variables. …”
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