ORGANIZATIONAL COMPONENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE IMPROVEMENT by Mykhailo Shkilniak, Yaroslav Zhovnirchik, Nataliya Kryvokulska

“…The aspects of activity that characterize public administration and require attention in the context of the need to improve the public service in the organizational direction are systematized. The basic definitions of scientific research are given: civil service, service in local self-government bodies, civil servant, employee of a local self-government body. …”
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Ecohydrological responses to solar radiation changes by Y. Wang, N. Meili, S. Fatichi

“…These sensitivities are then applied to local observations and used to construct two sets of numerical experiments: the first focuses on solar radiation changes only, and the second systematically modifies precipitation, air temperature, specific humidity, and wind speed using the CMIP6-derived sensitivities to radiation changes, i.e., including its land–atmosphere feedback. …”
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Mapping evidence on cryptococcal antigen infection among HIV-infected persons in sub-Saharan Africa- A scoping review protocol. by Khululiwe Dlamini, Boitumelo Moetlhoa, Astrid Turner, Kuhlula Maluleke, Tivani Mashamba-Thompson

“…It will be guided by the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis for Scoping Reviews. …”
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State legal doctrines of the 19th century in theses of Kazan University by E.A. Apolski

“…The empirical approach to development of these works (des­cription, classification, and systematization of the results) was employed on the basis of objectives, tasks, stages, and results obtained by investigators of state law in their works. …”
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Ziwuliuzhu Acupuncture on Primary Insomnia Therapy: A Meta-Analysis by Dunbing HUANG, Shinong GU, Fanping ZHOU, Sai'e HUANG

“…Objective:To systematically review the clinical efficacy of Ziwuliuzhu acupuncture on primary insomnia therapy.Methods:Randomized controlled trials (RCT) about Ziwuliuzhu acupuncture on treating primary insomnia were electronically searched in CNKI, VIP, Wanfang Data, CBM, PubMed and the Cochrane Library. …”
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Integrating environmental effects in the benefit-risk assessment of therapeutic products: a proposal and example for sustainable health and healthcare by Emiliano Giovagnoni, Luisa Mattoli, Andrea Cossu, Vitalia Murgia

“…However, current benefit-risk assessments of therapeutic products do not systematically include environmental risk data. The purpose of this paper was to review the literature and regulatory context and propose expanding benefit-risk assessments of therapeutic products to include an evidence-based evaluation of environmental impact to inform decision-making. …”
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Telehealth interventions for substance use disorders in low- and- middle income countries: A scoping review. by Margaret Isioma Ojeahere, Sarah Kanana Kiburi, Paul Agbo, Rakesh Kumar, Florence Jaguga

“…Searches were conducted in five bibliographic databases: PubMed, Psych INFO, Web of Science, Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Professionals and the Cochrane database of systematic review. Studies from LMICs which described a telehealth modality, identified at least one psychoactive substance use among participants, and methods that either compared outcomes using pre- and post-intervention data, treatment versus comparison groups, post-intervention data, behavioral or health outcome, and outcome of either acceptability, feasibility, and/or effectiveness were included. …”
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Considerations for ensuring safety during telerehabilitation of people with stroke. A protocol for a scoping review. by Ruvistay Gutierrez-Arias, Camila González-Mondaca, Vinka Marinkovic-Riffo, Marietta Ortiz-Puebla, Fernanda Paillán-Reyes, Pamela Seron

“…<h4>Materials and methods</h4>A scoping review will be conducted. A systematic search in MEDLINE-Ovid, Embase-Ovid CENTRAL, CINAHL Complete (EBSCOhost), and other resources will be carried out. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Travel Patterns from Cellular Network Data and an Urban Travel Demand Model by Nils Breyer, Clas Rydergren, David Gundlegård

“…We find that the choice of the trip extraction method is crucial for the travel demand estimation as we find systematic differences in the resulting travel demand matrices using two different methods.…”
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Factors Influencing the Development of Cloud-Based Building Information Modelling (Cloud-BIM): A Hybrid FDelphi-FANP-TOPSIS-CEA Approach by Yafei Zhao, Nooriati Taib

“…This study addresses the research gap by investigating the factors influencing Cloud-BIM development in China, utilizing a novel hybrid FDelphi-FANP-TOPSIS-CEA approach. Following a systematic literature review, the interval-valued fuzzy Delphi method (FDelphi) was used to identify 4 primary and 14 secondary factors influencing Cloud-BIM adoption. …”
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Scoping review of qualitative studies on family planning in Uganda. by Julie M Buser, Pebalo F Pebolo, Ella August, Gurpreet K Rana, Rachel Gray, Faelan E Jacobson-Davies, Edward Kumakech, Tamrat Endale, Anna Grace Auma, Yolanda R Smith

“…This scoping review aims to identify factors shaping the use of FP in Uganda. We conducted a systematic search of eight scholarly databases, for qualitative studies on FP in Uganda. …”
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Research on Highway Roadside Safety by Guozhu Cheng, Rui Cheng, Yulong Pei, Juan Han

“…Roadside safety has become an important issue of traffic management departments worldwide, and performing research on roadside safety contributes to improving the level of road safety and reducing the number of traffic accidents and fatalities. By systematically sorting a large number of relevant studies, this paper analyzed the current development trends of roadside safety in terms of three aspects (i.e., the year of publication, the country of publication, and the source of publication) and then summarized the research status, existing gaps, and future development directions of roadside safety in terms of three aspects: the frequency of roadside accidents, the severity of roadside accidents, and the practice of roadside safety design. …”
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Integration of cervical cancer screening into healthcare facilities in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review. by Rahel Nega Kassa, Desalegn Markos Shifti, Kassahun Alemu, Akinyinka O Omigbodun

“…Five databases (MEDLINE, Maternity Infant Care, Scopus, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), and Web of Science) were systematically searched. Data were extracted, charted, synthesized, and summarised. …”
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Enhancing signal-to-noise ratio in real-time LED-based photoacoustic imaging: A comparative study of CNN-based deep learning architectures by Avijit Paul, Srivalleesha Mallidi

“…In this study, we systematically assess the efficacy of various Encoder-Decoder-based CNN architectures for enhancing SNR in real-time LED-based PA imaging. …”
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Role of oral health literacy in demand for oral healthcare services for missing teeth replacement among dental patients visiting a dental teaching hospital in India by Duggineni Chalapathi Rao, Sudhakar Vundavalli, Meignana Arumugham Indiran, Atluri Kaleswara Rao, Doppalapudi Radhika, Mahmoud Gamal Salloum

“…Materials and Methods: Based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria, a sample of adult participants was selected through systematic random method from the patients who visited the outpatient department. …”
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A Computational Approach to Understanding Agglutinative Structures in Urdu by Muhammad Shoaib Tahir, Mahnoor Amjad

“…Using the Emille Urdu Corpus, this research systematically analyzes the frequency and distribution of agglutinative structures in Urdu. …”
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Rehabilitation and violence-related traumatic brain injury: A scoping review. by Samira Omar, Maria Jennifer Estrella, Muzna Ahmad, Angela Colantonio, Jessica Babineau, Vincy Chan

“…., relevant organizations' websites) were systematically searched for peer-reviewed articles and reports that met eligibility criteria. …”
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Comparative study of DRASTIC-LU and radioactive isotope approaches for assessing groundwater vulnerability to pollution: the case study of Abuja, North Central Nigeria by Mary Nsikanabasi Etuk, Priscilla E. S. Lartsey, Raphael Maduka, Chinero Nneka Ayogu, Igwe ogbonnaya

“…With the tracer approach, areas of preferential flow and diffuse flow indicating high vulnerability and low vulnerability, respectively, were mapped. This systematic review discusses in detail the advantages and limitations of these methods employing the origin-pathway-target model of vulnerability assessments as the basics of the study. …”
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Quantifying the Carbon Reduction Potential of Urban Parks Under Extreme Heat Events Using Interpretable Machine Learning: A Case Study of Jinan, China by Lemin Yu, Wenru Li, Changhui Zheng, Xiaowen Lin

“…Greenhouse gas emissions are primary drivers of climate change, and the intensification of extreme heat and urban heat island effects poses serious threats to urban ecosystems, public health, and energy consumption. This study systematically evaluated the carbon reduction potential of 369 urban parks in Jinan during extreme heat events using land surface temperature (LST) retrieval, combined with CatBoost + SHAP machine learning methods. …”
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Challenges, Coping Strategies, and Social Support among Breast Cancer Patients in Ghana by Ruth Boatemaa Benson, Bernice Cobbold, Ellen Opoku Boamah, Cynthia Pomaa Akuoko, Daniel Boateng

“…A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted from February to August 2017 at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Ghana. A systematic random sampling technique was used to select 202 women with a confirmed diagnosis of BC. …”
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