The role and contribution of civil society and community actors in COVID-19 prevention and control: the case of the COMVID COVID-19 movement in Burkina Faso by Charlemagne Tapsoba, Joël Arthur Kiendrébéogo, Cheickna Touré, Seyni Mbaye, Orokia Sory, Yamba Kafando, Issa Kaboré, Simon Kaboré

“…In April 2020, this platform launched the movement ‘Communities are committed to Eradicate COVID-19 (COMVID COVID-19)’ which mobilised community-based associations organised into 54 citizen health watch units (CCVS) in Ouagadougou city. These CCVS worked as volunteers, performing door-to-door awareness campaigns. …”
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Assessing the effectiveness and the feasibility of a group-based treatment for self-stigma in people with mental disorders in routine mental health services in North-East Italy: st... by Antonio Lasalvia, Luca Bodini, Doriana Cristofalo, Veronica Fin, Philip T. Yanos, Chiara Bonetto

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Construction and validation of a test of knowledge of contraceptive methods for adolescents by Karla Elisa Cervantes Jácome, Silvia Susana Robles Montijo, José Cristóbal Pedro Arriaga Ramírez, Juan José Sánchez Sosa

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Sustainable Environmental Monitoring: Multistage Fusion Algorithm for Remotely Sensed Underwater Super-Resolution Image Enhancement and Classification by Wad Ghaban, Jawad Ahmad, Ali Akbar Siddique, Mohammad S. Alshehri, Anila Saghir, Faisal Saeed, Baraq Ghaleb, Mujeeb Ur Rehman

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Design of Counter Beam Tunnel Lights for CIE 88 : 2004 Regulation in Threshold Zone by Ming-Jui Chen, Hien-Thanh Le, Lanh-Thanh Le, Wei-Hsiung Tseng, Wei-Yang Lee, Si-Yuan Chen, Sheng-Yen Chen, Hsing-Yuan Liao, Yung-Cheng Li, Hsiao-Yi Lee

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Microenvironment engineering by targeted delivery of Ag nanoparticles for boosting electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction by Ting Xu, Hao Yang, Tianrui Lu, Rui Zhong, Jing-Jing Lv, Shaojun Zhu, Mingming Zhang, Zheng-Jun Wang, Yifei Yuan, Jun Li, Jichang Wang, Huile Jin, Shuang Pan, Xin Wang, Tao Cheng, Shun Wang

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Total HLA Class I Antigen Loss with the Downregulation of Antigen-Processing Machinery Components in Two Newly Established Sarcomatoid Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cell Lines by Wei-Yi Lei, Shih-Chieh Hsiung, Shao-Hsuan Wen, Chin-Hsuan Hsieh, Chien-Lin Chen, Christopher Glenn Wallace, Chien-Chung Chang, Shuen-Kuei Liao

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Habitat Quality Dynamics in Urumqi over the Last Two Decades: Evidence of Land Use and Land Cover Changes by Siying Chen, Ümüt Halik, Lei Shi, Wentao Fu, Lu Gan, Martin Welp

“…This study takes Urumqi, an oasis city in China’s arid region, as a case study and employs the InVEST and PLUS models to conduct a dynamic evaluation of habitat quality in Urumqi from 2000 to 2022 against the backdrop of land use changes. …”
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Biomarkers of racism-based stress injury: A feasibility and correlation study by Rachel Wangari Kimani, Jonathan N. Tobin, Steven W. Cole, Ann Campbell, Erich D. Jarvis

“…Methods: A convenience sample of African Americans aged 18–50 from New York City’s Tri-state area underwent assessments for racial discrimination using the Everyday Discrimination Scale (EDS) and Race-Based Traumatic Stress Symptom Scale. …”
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Regional disparities and dynamic adaptation in the forest health-based industry and ecological environment: A case study of Fujian Province, China by Wenyu Chen, Shuhan Yu, Xuwang Jiang, Liyu Zhan

“…In contrast, regions like Nanping and Xiamen show lower indices, suggesting a need for greater policy support and resource allocation to improve adaptability. (2)The adaptability index’s spatial distribution and migration patterns reveal cyclical spatial dispersion changes from 2013 to 2023, closely associated with economic development strategies, environmental protection policies, and climate change. (3) A spatial cluster analysis of the adaptability index reveals significant shifts in adaptability levels across most regions, especially between 2015 and 2018, reflecting the complex dynamics of ecological adaptability. (4) Sanming City and Fuzhou District demonstrate effective coordination between the forest health-based industry and the ecological environment. …”
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Lights and Siren Transport and the Need for Hospital Intervention in Nontrauma Patients: A Prospective Study by Olivier Bertholet, Mathieu Pasquier, Elina Christes, Damien Wirths, Pierre-Nicolas Carron, Olivier Hugli, Fabrice Dami

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Visible Fat Content of Hotpot Beef Acceptability by New Zealand Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Consumers by M. M. Farouk, M. Staincliffe, D. L. Hopkins, G. Wu, C. Che, A. E. D. Bekhit, M. J. Y. Yoo, A. Horita, G. Urquiola, C. Craigie, K. Taukiri, R. Zhang, H. Ho, M. J. Challies

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The Role of Using Motorized Diamond Burr Polisher Instrument in Minimizing the Recurrent Rate of Pterygium Excision by Sakar Abdulkarim Nidhamalddin

“…A prospective, comparative and interventional study of 90 consecutive patients with different grads of primary pterygium, who underwent pterygium excision at Shahid Aso teaching eye hospital in Sulaimani city, between August 2018 till September 2019, which was performed by single surgeon. …”
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Using Blockchain in the Registration and Authentication of a Carpooling Application: From Review to Proposal by Lina Sofía Cardona Martínez, Cesar Andrés Sandoval Muñoz, Ricardo Salazar-Cabrera, Álvaro Pachón de la Cruz, Juan Manuel Madrid Molina

“…Primary mobility challenges in cities include high levels of traffic, accidents, and pollution. …”
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The Mediating Effect of Core Attributes of General Practice between Basic Public Health Service and Self-management Behaviors in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by WANG Xiaoru, LI Yueping

“…Methods From April to September 2023, this study randomly selected 1-2 community health service centers from each district of 6 urban areas in Fuzhou City. Patients with type 2 diabetes from 11 community health service centers were surveyed by general situation questionnaire, Assessment Survey of Primary Care and Summary of Diabetes Self Care Activities. …”
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Insights into the Regional Transport and Local Formation of Secondary Organic Aerosol in Delhi, India by Himadri Sekhar Bhowmik, Sachchida Nand Tripathi, Ravi Sahu, Ashutosh Kumar Shukla, Vipul Lalchandani, Shamitaksha Talukdar, Nidhi Tripathi, Lokesh Sahu

“…Abstract The organic carbon (OC) and elemental carbon (EC) content were measured from PM2.5 quartz filter substrates collected over 24 hours in Faridabad, a heavily polluted city in Delhi national capital region (NCR), during January–February 2018. …”
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Characteristics, Management, and Outcomes of Community-Acquired Pneumonia Due to Human Rhinovirus—A Retrospective Study by Ibrahim Bahabri, Abdulaziz Abdulaal, Thamer Alanazi, Sultan Alenazy, Yasser Alrumih, Rakan Alqahtani, Mohammad Bosaeed, Hasan M. Al-Dorzi

“…We retrospectively studied consecutive adult patients admitted to King Abdulaziz Medical City-Riyadh with CAP due to HRV between 2016 and 2019. …”
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Electricity production performance and pH optimization of MFCs using enriched starch-degrading culture by Sheng-chao Gao, Hui-chun Jiang, Zhen Zhang, Xin-xin Fan, Tian-peng Gao, Ying Liu

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Evaluation of the risk of inferior alveolar nerve injury during an implant procedure: A comparative study between OPG and CBCT by Hassan A. Barzanji, Alan A. Tahir

“…Patients and methods: This study is a prospective cross-sectional study carried out in outpatient clinic of the college of dentistry and Denta Plus private center in Erbil city during the period from 1st of January to 31st of August, 2018. …”
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A prediction model for sleep disorders in shift workers of a chemical fiber enterprise by SHEN Lili, PAN Yahui, FENG Jiafeng

“…Methods: Shift workers were sampled from a chemical fiber enterprise in Tongxiang City, Zhejiang Province using a cluster sampling method from August 2022 to July 2024. …”
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