Epidemiology of spinal cord injuries in three selected counties in Kenya by George M. Muli, Veronica Ntsiea, Natalie Benjamin-Damons, Nassib Tawa

“…This injury often leads to a range of debilitating consequences, including loss of motor function, sensation, sphincter control and autonomic nerve function below the site of injury, as well as challenges with self-care and performance of instrumental activities of daily living (ADLs). Objectives: This study aimed to determine the prevalence, risk factors and characteristics of SCI among adult patients in three selected counties in Kenya. …”
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Chronological Analysis of Climate Change and an Overview of Nuclear Energy by Nergin Günay, Sevilay Hacıyakupoğlu

“…In this study, the willpower expressed to control climate change, the increasing disasters due to climate change, the effects of climate change on our lives, studies on nuclear energy and initiatives on the role of nuclear energy use in preventing climate change have been examined chronologically. …”
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Prevalence And Social Factors Associated With Postpartum Depression In Urban Areas Of Pakistan: Cross-Sectional Study by Muhammad Moeed Azwar Bhatti, Muhammad Saarim Ashraf, Hafsa Bhatti, Mahwash Jamil, Kaniz Mukhdooma, Zainab Ibrahim

“…Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out in various parts of Pakistan, and information from 126 women who lived in urban areas, was gathered. To gauge postpartum depression, the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale was utilized, and a cut-off score of 13 was chosen to separate depressed from non-depressed women. …”
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Impacting Information Technology on Investment Capital Attraction and Sustainable Development: A Case Study in Vietnam by Lam Thanh Hien, Phan Thanh Tam

“…Conclusion: This study's innovation asserts that sustainable development will enhance Vietnam's working and living conditions by promoting sustainable economic growth, a prosperous and equitable society, stable cultural diversity, a pristine environment, and the sustainable preservation of resources. …”
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The Algorithm for Predicting the Numerical Value of Salivary Cortisol Based on Heart Rate Variations in the Healthy Men by Mohammad Reza Noruzi, Marzieh Barzegar, Mahdi Alizadeh, Boshra Hatef

“…Background and purpose: The stress system is one of the most important parts of maintaining living of beings. The indices of heart rate variation (HRV) and cortisol hormone are two outputs of stress system activity. …”
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MDA-DETR: Enhancing Offending Animal Detection with Multi-Channel Attention and Multi-Scale Feature Aggregation by Haiyan Zhang, Huiqi Li, Guodong Sun, Feng Yang

“…Conflicts between humans and animals in agricultural and settlement areas have recently increased, resulting in significant resource loss and risks to human and animal lives. This growing issue presents a global challenge. …”
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تطبیقات الهواتف الذکیة والخصوصیة المعلوماتیة : دراسة تحلیلیة مقارنة by د. حسام الدین محمد رفعت

“…In recent years there has been alegislative response at different levels for the sake of this protection, and thejudiciary has followed it with a remarkable response in favour of the jurisprudenceof the private life of individuals that is of paramount importance to both theindividual and the community.This coincided with the increasing vulnerability of the right to privacy tothe digital environment through e-mail and chat sites Networks or communicationsites, which have become a hoot of the modern era and a wide electronic space,in which we put all the references about us and our lives, as well as our privacy.The purpose of this study is to diagnose the reality of the work of Google Playapplications that work on the smart phone environment, especially with regard togathering information or allowing access to personal data and users’ information,by identifying the nature of data and information collected or allowed access to,monitoring the nature of the risks of using these applications.To do so, the researcher studied and analyzed licensing agreements forthe use of 80 applications of smart phones in areas commonly used in the digitalenvironment, such as social networking applications, Online banks Applications,antivirus applications, web search applications, news and press applications,educational applications, web applications, travel and tourism applications. …”
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Mathematical Modeling of Tuberculosis Transmission Dynamics With Reinfection and Optimal Control by Francis Oketch Ochieng

“…ABSTRACT Tuberculosis (TB) remains a significant global health challenge, claiming over 2 million lives annually, predominantly among adults. Existing TB models often neglect seasonal variations, optimal control, and reinfection, limiting their accuracy in predicting disease dynamics. …”
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Association between gross motor function and quality of life in a group of Brazilian adults with cerebral palsy: an exploratory study by Marina Fernandes Ribeiro, Ana Paula de Mendonça, Rosane Luzia de Souza Morais

“…Methods: This quantitative, cross-sectional and exploratory study included 30 individuals with CP, aged between 18 and 54 years old, living in a small/medium-sized municipality. Gross motor function was assessed using the the Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS), while HRQoL was measured using the Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36), divided into physical and mental health summaries. …”
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Experiences of gender-based violence among women in sub-Saharan Africa: identifying evidence for intervention and public health priorities by Lucky Norah Katende-Kyenda, Judith I. Ani

“…Data was analyzed descriptively and inferentially using the Pearson chi-square (X2) at a p < 0.05.ResultsFindings revealed that women aged 25–29, living in rural areas and with primary education were at a significant risk of experiencing GBV across 25 SSA countries. …”
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Staphylococcus Derived from Desert and Its Solidified Ability on Aeolian Sandy Soil by Yu Gao, De Yao, Cuiyan Wang, Yanxing Wang, Chi Li

“…It is a kind of mineralized bacteria seldom used in geotechnical engineering at present, and it was found to have good mineralization ability; the living conditions of Staphylococcus were optimized. …”
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Community responses to a novel house design: A qualitative study of "Star Homes" in Mtwara, southeastern Tanzania. by Salum Mshamu, Judith Meta, Bipin Adhikari, Salma Halifa, Arnold Mmbando, Hannah Sloan Wood, Otis Sloan Wood, Thomas Chevalier Bøjstrup, Nicholas P J Day, Steven W Lindsay, Jakob Knudsen, Jacqueline Deen, Lorenz von Seidlein, Christopher Pell

“…Drawing on longitudinal qualitative research that accompanied the Star Homes study, this article describes the experiences of residents and the wider community of living with these buildings.<h4>Methods</h4>A total of four rounds of face-to-face interviews were undertaken with residents of Star Homes (n = 37), control (wattle/daub) homes (n = 21), neighboring households n = 6), community members (n = 17) and community leaders (n = 6). …”
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Microbubble dynamics in brain microvessels. by James H Bezer, Paul Prentice, William Lim Kee Chang, Sophie V Morse, Kirsten Christensen-Jeffries, Christopher J Rowlands, Andriy S Kozlov, James J Choi

“…The purpose of this study was to reveal how microbubbles respond to ultrasound when within the microvessels of living brain tissue. Microbubbles in acute brain slices acquired from juvenile rats perfused with a concentrated solution of SonoVue® and dye were exposed to ultrasound pulses typically used in BBB disruption (center frequency: 1 MHz, peak-negative pressure: 0.2-1 MPa, pulse length: up to 10 ms) and observed using high-speed microscopy at up to 10 million frames per second. …”
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Incidence and influencing factors related to social isolation among HIV/AIDS patients: Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. by Qiao Wu, Jiarong Tan, Shu Chen, Jiayi Wang, Xiaogang Liao, Lingling Jiang

“…<h4>Background</h4>People living with HIV (PLWH) are susceptible to social isolation as a result of stigma and discrimination, which not only diminishes adherence to antiretroviral therapy but also heightens the risks of hospital readmission, depression, and mortality. …”
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Factors Influencing Post-Study Employment by International Graduates of Regional Universities (Case of Northwestern Federal District of the Russian Federation) by M. Yu. Makhotaeva, O. A. Bakumenko

“…Within the online survey of international graduates of Russian regional universities, influence of factors of each level on the choice of a migration trajectory was determined, the influence of the experience of living in the region and studying at the university on changing the migration trajectory was shown. …”
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Individual and Environmental Impacts on Sexual Health of Caribbean youth by Sarah J. Lerand, Marjorie Ireland, Robert W. Blum

“…Depressed mood was not correlated with any of the outcome variables.The findings of the study demonstrate an association between individual and socioenvironmental factors and sexual health behaviors in the lives of Caribbean youth. Strong associations between rage and physical/sexual abuse and risky sexual behaviors are of notable concern.…”
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Basic reproduction number for certain infectious porcine diseases: estimation of required level of vaccination or depopulation of susceptible animals by V. M. Gulenkin, F. I. Korennoy, A. K. Karaulov

“…The necessary conditions for wild boar depopulation aimed to prevent new African swine fever outbreaks are identified, namely, the elimination of at least 75% of the wild boar population living in the risk zone within the period of time equal to one infectious period.…”
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An Atypical Presentation of a Male with Oral-Facial-Digital Syndrome Type 1 Related Ciliopathy by Sheena Sharma, Jennifer M. Kalish, Ethan M. Goldberg, Francis Jeshira Reynoso, Madhura Pradhan

“…He is currently on chronic hemodialysis awaiting transplant from a living donor. Conclusions. We present a male patient with OFD1 mutation who lacks the classic OFD1 phenotype who presented with end-stage renal disease without evidence of polycystic changes within the kidneys.…”
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An Enhanced Drone Technology for Detecting the Human Object in the Dense Areas Using a Deep Learning Model by Mohamad Reda A. Refaai, Dhruva R. Rinku, I. Thamarai, null S. Meera, Naresh Kumar Sripada, Simon Yishak

“…Traditional firefighting methods, which rely on ground operation inspections, have major limits and may threaten firefighters’ lives. As a result, remote sensing techniques, particularly UAV-based remotely sensed techniques, are currently among the most sought-after wildfire-fighting approaches. …”
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Perceived Burden and Healthy Lifestyle Behavior in Family Caregivers of the Persons with Disabilities in Bukhara by Hülya YÜCEL, Nurhayat KORKMAZ

“…The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between perceived caregiver burden and healthy lifestyle behavior in family members caring for young persons living with disabilities under the age of 24 years. …”
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