Socio-economic and environmental factors affecting breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices among Batwa and Bakiga communities in south-western Uganda. by Giulia Scarpa, Lea Berrang-Ford, Sabastian Twesigomwe, Paul Kakwangire, Maria Galazoula, Carol Zavaleta-Cortijo, Kaitlin Patterson, Didacus B Namanya, Shuaib Lwasa, Ester Nowembabazi, Charity Kesande, IHACC Research Team, Janet E Cade

“…We investigate past and present breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices within Indigenous Batwa and neighbouring Bakiga populations in south-western Uganda. …”
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Du nomadisme à la sédentarisation by Aimé Landry Dongmo, Patrice Djamen, Éric Vall, Koussou Mian-Oudanang, Doubangolo Coulibaly, Jean Lossouarn

“…Their full integration in territorial development projects depends on the exchanges (resources, services, knowledge, interests) with neighbouring communities of crop-farmers and other stakeholders. …”
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Prevalence and trends of transfusion transmissible infections among blood donors in Basra, Iraq by Khairallah A S Mohammed, Maha M Hameed, Abdullah H Mousa, Amar T Saleh

“…A total of 197 898 samples were collected and screened for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), anti-hepatitis B core (HBc), anti-hepatitis C virus (HCV) and syphilis immunologically.Results The prevalence rates of seropositive of viral hepatitis for the year 2019, 2020, 2021 were as following: hepatitis B virus (HBV) rates 1.54%, 1.45% and 1.14% with significant declined trend by 26%; anti-HCV rates were 0.14, 0.12 and 0.11% with significant declined trend by 21.4%; and the syphilis rates were 0.38, 0.47, 0.36 with marked declined trend 5.3%, respectively.Of those donors showed HBV positive, 2503 (1.26%) had positive anti-HBc results, while only 173 (0.0874) showed positive test results for both anti-HBc and HBsAg.Conclusion Prevalence rates of viral hepatitis and syphilis showed a steady decline between 2019 and 2021, and these rates were much lower in Basra than in other parts of Iraq and neighbouring countries. The importance of using the anti-HBc test in the screening of blood donors was indicated in this study. …”
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Features of distribution and ecology of the brown bear (Ursus arctos) in the Carpathian National Park (Ukraine) by Oleksandr Kyseliuk, Bohdanna Kalynchuk, Yurii Motruk

“…The exact number of bears is difficult to determine due to double counting and lack of coordination between neighbouring forestry enterprises and protected areas. …”
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Area Studies at the Modern University: Experience in Studying International Communication Strategies by O. A. Nesterova, O. L. Solodkova

“…The knowledge and skills of Soviet Indologists allowed them to make accurate forecasts of the development of the political and economic situation in South Asia and neighbouring regions, promote communication, make expert assessments in key areas of interaction between the USSR and countries in the region, elaborate effective communication strategies, and shape a positive image of their country in the international arena. …”
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Crossing Borders, Opening Minds? VET Tandem Partnerships in a Dutch- German Cross-Border Region by Stephanie Wilde, Hugo Kremer, Jana Stelzer

“…Findings: The findings showed that learning opportunities for the students and the teachers are considerable and include: Gaining an insight into their vocational training pathway in the neighbouring country, and thereby reflecting on their own VET experience; developing social, intercultural and linguistic competences. …”
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Saintes/Mediolanum, cité des Santons et Bordeaux/Burdigala, cité des Bituriges Vivisques : destins croisés by Louis Maurin, Alain Bouet, Eneko Hiriart, Guilhem Landreau, Christophe Sireix, Dominique Tardy

“…AD this city benefited from a properly Roman suite of major architectural embellishments which gave it a glamour unrivalled by its neighbour or by the other civitates of the new province of Aquitania.…”
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Long-term results of surgical treatment of a locally advanced rectal cancer using extrafascial principle of dissection by P. V. Tsarkov, I. A. Tulina, D. N. Fedorov, A. Yu. Kravchenko, O. Yu. Samofalova

“…The first group included patients, with standard volume of operation (nervepreserving mesorectumectomy), the second group included patients with extended resections for locally advanced tumors adherent to neighbouring structures and organs, that was revealed in preoperative and/or intraoperative periods.Results. …”
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Molecular Modeling Studies of Substituted 2,4,5-Trisubstituted Triazolinones Aryl and Nonaryl Derivatives as Angiotensin II AT1 Receptor Antagonists by Mukesh C. Sharma, D. V. Kohli, Smita Sharma

“…A series of 2,4,5-trisubstituted triazolinones aryl and nonaryl derivatives were subjected to Group-based QSAR, k-nearest neighbour molecular field analysis, and pharmacophore mapping. …”
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Assessment of Radionuclide Concentration in Surface Soil and Human Health Risk Associated with Exposure in Two Higher Institutions of Esan land, Edo State, Nigeria by F.A. Popoola, O.D. Fakeye, Q.B. Basiru, D.A. Adesina, M.A. Sulola

“…The measured mean activity concentration of radionuclides for 40K, 238U and 232Th from the examined topsoil of Samuel Adegboyega University were 57.80 ± 1.7 BqKg-1; 2.07 ± 0.09 BqKg-1 and 6.89 ± 0.34 BqKg-1 respectively. At the neighbouring higher institution; College of Education, Igueben, the mean activity concentration of 40K, 238U and 232Th in its surface soil were 30.19 ± 1.22 BqKg-1, 1.41 ± 0.07 BqKg-1 and 4.85 ± 0.28 BqKg-1 respectively. …”
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Spatial-temporal characteristics and influence factors of high-quality development of animal husbandry industry in China. by Tiantian Su, Cuixia Li

“…The level of high-quality development in a given region is significantly influenced by the development levels observed in neighbouring regions, illustrating a phenomenon akin to the adage that One who is near vermilion is stained red, one who is near ink is stained black. …”
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The Primate Habituation Programme, Dzanga Sangha Protected Areas, Central African Republic: An overview by Terence Fuh Neba, Anna Feistner, Angelique Todd

“…In 2012, DNNP, and its neighbouring NPs, were designated a World Heritage Site, the Sangha Tri-National complex (TNS) – classified as an exceptional priority area for western lowland gorilla and central chimpanzee (Pan t. troglodytes) conservation in the IUCN Regional Action Plan. …”
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TB among refugees from Ukraine in European countries by G. de Vries, J.P. Guthmann, B. Häcker, B. Hauer, K. Nordstrand, A. Nowinski, H. Soini

“…BACKGROUND: Since the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine, millions of refugees have moved to neighbouring European countries. We assessed the burden of TB in these refugees and surveyed screening approaches. …”
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A systematic mapping to investigate the application of machine learning techniques in requirement engineering activities by Shoaib Hassan, Qianmu Li, Khursheed Aurangzeb, Affan Yasin, Javed Ali Khan, Muhammad Shahid Anwar

“…Among those algorithms, researchers mostly used the five following ML algorithms in RE activities: Decision Tree, Support Vector Machine, Naïve Bayes, K‐nearest neighbour Classifier, and Random Forest. The results show that researchers used these algorithms in eight major RE activities. …”
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A Cloud-Based Optimized Ensemble Model for Risk Prediction of Diabetic Progression—An Azure Machine Learning Perspective by V. K. Daliya, T. K. Ramesh

“…This study introduces an optimized Light Gradient-Boosting Machine (Light GBM) and K-Nearest Neighbour (KNN) based ensemble algorithm for predicting diabetic progression of Type 2 Diabetes, classifying it as high or low risk, using patient health parameters and serum measurements. …”
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Impact of political conflict on tuberculosis notifications in North-east Nigeria, Adamawa State: a 7-year retrospective analysis by Nguyen Lam Vuong, Kenji Hirayama, Nguyen Tien Huy, Luis E Cuevas, Emmanuel Pembi, Stephen John, Shyam Prakash Dumre, Baba Usman Ahmadu, Amr Ebied, Shusaku Mizukami

“…Areas affected by conflict in 2014 and 2015 had decreased case notification while neighbouring areas reported increased case notifications. …”
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Towards a Noninvasive Intracranial Tumor Irradiation Using 3D Optical Imaging and Multimodal Data Registration by R. Posada, Ch. Daul, D. Wolf, P. Aletti

“…In fractioned radiotherapy (FRT), lesions are irradiated in several sessions so that healthy neighbouring tissues are better preserved than when treatment is carried out in one fraction. …”
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The well-being of Polish general practitioners during the COVID-19 pandemic-cross-sectional questionnaire-based study by Katarzyna Nessler, Krzysztof Studziński, Esther Van Poel, Sara Willems, Ewa Wójtowicz, Elżbieta Kryj – Radziszewska, Adam Windak

“…The experience of collaboration with neighbouring practices and the provision of adequate governmental support emerged as significant protective factors against distress. …”
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Assessing the Logistics Efficiency of Baltic Region Seaports Through DEA-BCC and Spatial Analysis by Vilma Locaitienė, Kristina Čižiūnienė

“…The model developed by the authors integrates the nearest neighbour method for cluster identification, data envelopment analysis using the Banker, Charnes, and Cooper (DEA-BCC) model to assess the overall technical, pure technical, and scale logistics efficiency, and spatial autocorrelation analysis to explore spatial interactions. …”
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Radioisotope and Metal Concentrations in Borehole Water Samples of Umuahia and Umudike, Nigeria by J.C. Nnaji, O.U. Igwe, K.M. Onyedim, P. Okafor

“…  The study examined metal and radioisotope concentrations in boreholes water samples collected from the neighbouring towns of in Umuahia and Umudike, Abia State, Nigeria. …”
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