Growing old before growing rich: a scoping review on ageing-related policy interventions from the WHO Southeast Asian Region by Nachiket Gudi, Anu Mohan, Teddy Andrews Jaihind Jothikaran, Abhijith A K, Lena Ashok

“…The notable delimitations of the given policy interventions are ambiguity regarding the monitoring of the programmes, lack of benchmark standards for evaluation of progress, inadequate attention to rural poverty and lack of decentralisation.Conclusion WHO SEARO countries can respond better to ageing by reinforcing areas such as caregiver support and allowances, public financing in older care, old age health insurance, public-private partnership in mobile and institutional caring and social security systems including old age and disability pension.…”
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Freezing Temperature Field of FSPR under Different Pipe Configurations: A Case Study in Gongbei Tunnel, China by Yin Duan, Chuanxin Rong, Hua Cheng, Haibing Cai, Wei Long

“…In the later stage, attention should be paid to monitoring the thickness of the frozen curtain and reducing excessive frost heave through technical means such as cooling capacity control. …”
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Provision of Registration Services by Public Administration Agencies in the Field of Land Protection by M. V. Chorna

“…The author has paid attention to the fact that the current Land Code of Ukraine (hereinafter referred to as the LC of Ukraine), in particular the Section VII “Administration in the field of land use and protection”, provides the execution of only management functions in the field of land protection by public administration agencies. …”
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Efficiency of functioning of the staff development system at the enterprise by Мykola Dziamulych

“…The specifics of the organization of management of personnel development of the business entity in modern conditions have been studied. Attention is focused on the need of the enterprise to ensure a constant and continuous process of improving the qualifications and professional competences of employees. …”
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The concept and significance of registration and permit-licensing procedures in the activities of the National Police by О. А. Bud

“…The implementation of the outlined tasks is aimed at achieving the goal, which consists in forming the author’s definition of the concept of “registration and permit-licensing procedures in the activities of the National Police” and clarifying their significance for ensuring the functioning of the permit system. Attention is focused on the presence of a set of common features of registration and permit-licensing procedures in the activities of the National Police, in particular: this is a sequence of actions regulated by current national legislation; they are carried out by a specific entity, a law enforcement agency - the National Police of Ukraine; in their essence they are a public service activity; the result of such procedures involves mandatory documentation – obtaining a document (permit or license) and/or making changes to registration documents or information databases; they mainly take place in the field of the permit system; they are implemented within the framework of the provision of paid services by police bodies; the initiators of these procedures are individuals and legal entities; they are carried out in relation to individual objects of the permit system and pyrotechnic devices, the manufacture of special devices loaded with tear and irritant substances, individual protection, active defense, the provision of services for the protection of property and citizens, as well as certain types of activities (transportation of oversized, heavy cargo, activities related to the provision of services by shooting ranges, etc.). …”
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Strain rate dependence of dynamic recrystallization and texture evolution in hot compressed Mg-Gd-Er-Zr alloy by Ning Ding, Wenbo Du, Shubo Li, Ke Liu, Xian Du, Zijian Yu

“…Hot deformation with high strain rate has been paid more attention due to its high efficiency and low cost, however, the strain rate dependent dynamic recrystallization (DRX) and texture evolution in hot deformation process, which affect the formability of metals, are lack of study. …”
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Relationship between reaction time and performance in the 60 m hurdles at the 2022 World Indoor Championships by Milan Matić, Vladimir Mrdaković

“…There are no significant differences between RT for M60mH and W60mH, M60mH and H, W60mH, and P, and between H and P. Coaches should pay attention to developing all parts of the sprint race, including the reaction time.…”
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Perception and adaptation to climate change of the K'Ho people related to coffee production in Lâm Đồng province, Vietnam by Nguyen Dinh Nghiep, Le Minh Chien, Nguyen Van Hoang, Pham Hong Hai, Dao Thi Hieu, Nguyen Thi Thanh Thuan, Do Van Toan, Le Quang Ngoc, Ho Dieu Huyen

“…Although the impacts of climate change on agriculture have gained attention, its effects on ethnic minority farming in developing countries remain underexplored. …”
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Prophage-DB: a comprehensive database to explore diversity, distribution, and ecology of prophages by Etan Dieppa-Colón, Cody Martin, James C. Kosmopoulos, Karthik Anantharaman

“…Conclusion Given that prophages are particularly overlooked and merit increased attention due to their vital implications for microbiomes and their hosts, we created Prophage-DB to advance our understanding of prophages in microbiomes through a comprehensive characterization of prophages in publicly available genomes. …”
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The effect of self-compassion versus mindfulness interventions on autonomic responses to stress in generalized anxiety disorders by Xuejun Qi, Yonghui Shen, Xianwei Che, Ying Wang, Xi Luo, Lijun Sun

“…We also demonstrated a significant correlation between decreased heart rate response and less negative emotions.ConclusionThe Findings provides novel physiological evidence that self-compassion interventions buffer stress reactivity in individuals with GAD. Attention shall be paid to the limitations in small and unequal sample size and a non-randomized study design.…”
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Understanding the unique role of community-based para-professionals delivering early childhood development in low-resource contexts: a Delphi study by Emma Claire Pearson, Maxwell Peprah Opoku

“…The role of community-based para-professionals in supporting early childhood development (ECD) supports has attracted increased attention recently, particularly in the context of severe constraints in the global health workforce. …”
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Data Driven Classification of Opioid Patients Using Machine Learning–An Investigation by Lisan Al Amin, Md. Saddam Hossain Mukta, Md. Sezan Mahmud Saikat, Md. Ismail Hossain, Md. Adnanul Islam, Mohiuddin Ahmed, Sami Azam

“…These studies do not also employ the latest deep learning based techniques such as attention and knowledge distillation mechanism to find better insights. …”
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Hydrophobization of Chitin Nanofibers by Grafting of Partially 2-Deoxygenated Amyloses Through Enzymatic Approach by Naoki Yamamoto, Masayasu Totani, Jun-ichi Kadokawa

“…In recent years, increased attention has been given to the effective use of chitin nanofibers (ChNFs). …”
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Individual and Obstetric Risk Factors of Preeclampsia among Singleton Pregnancy in Hospitals of Southern Ethiopia by Kassahun Fikadu Tessema, Feleke Gebremeskel, Firdawek Getahun, Nega Chufamo, Direslgne Misker

“…To improve early detection and timely management of preeclampsia, the clinician should give attention to women who have no previous childbirth and whose close relatives had a history of chronic hypertension, as well as working on the protective factor is recommended.…”
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Resource-Efficient Acoustic Full-Waveform Inversion via Dual-Branch Physics-Informed RNN with Scale Decomposition by Cai Lu, Jijun Liu, Liyuan Qu, Jianbo Gao, Hanpeng Cai, Jiandong Liang

“…Full-waveform inversion techniques employing physics-informed recurrent neural networks (PIRNNs) have recently gained significant scholarly attention. However, these approaches demand considerable storage to capture spatiotemporal seismic wave propagation fields and their gradient information, often exceeding the memory capabilities of current GPU resources during field data processing. …”
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Role of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in Prostate Tumor Microenvironment and Cancer Stem Cell Niche by Pranathi Konda, Merrel Holley, Vinoth Kumar Lakshmanan

“…Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT), has gained attention in recent years as a potential adjunct to conventional cancer treatments, particularly in addressing tumor hypoxia which is extensively employed as a post-injury treatment, is the administration of >92% oxygen at 1.5- 3.0 ATA for 60-120 minutes. …”
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Improved Synthesis of Reduced Graphene Oxide-Titanium Dioxide Composite with Highly Exposed {001} Facets and Its Photoelectrochemical Response by Gregory S. H. Thien, Fatin Saiha Omar, Nur Ily Syuhada Ahmad Blya, Wee Siong Chiu, Hong Ngee Lim, Ramin Yousefi, Farid-Jamali Sheini, Nay Ming Huang

“…Crystal facet engineering has attracted worldwide attention, particularly in facet manipulation of titanium dioxide (TiO2) surface properties. …”
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Cognition Deficits in Parkinson’s Disease: Mechanisms and Treatment by Congcong Fang, Longqin Lv, Shanping Mao, Huimin Dong, Baohui Liu

“…Nowadays, accumulating lines of studies have given a comprehensive and thorough coverage of motor symptoms in PD. Yet much less attention as compared has been paid to the nonmotor symptoms of PD, such as cognition deficits. …”
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The Impact of Diabetes on the Development and Progression of Lower Leg Ulcers by Ronelsys Martínez Martínez, Jenny Olivia Caicedo Rodríguez, Flor Betzabet Morocho Quinchuela

“…<strong> <br />Objective:</strong> to evaluate the impact of diabetes on the incidence and evolution of lower extremity ulcers, with special attention to bacterial and fungal infections.<br /> <strong>Methods:</strong> a descriptive and correlational study was conducted on 110 patients with lower leg ulcers from the Ulcer Research Center. …”
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A Fractal Analysis of the Size Effect in Quasi-Brittle Materials: Experimental Tests and Peridynamic Simulations by Leandro Ferreira Friedrich, Luis Eduardo Kosteski, Édiblu Silva Cezar, Angélica Bordin Colpo, Caroline Bremm, Giuseppe Lacidogna, Ignacio Iturrioz

“…Among the theories used to describe the phenomenon of size effect, the fractal theory proposed by Carpinteri and colleagues has attracted attention for its results in the last three decades of research. …”
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