Prevalence and Determinants of Home Delivery among Women with Easy Access to Health Facilities in Sub-Saharan African Countries: A Multi-level Mixed Effect Analysis by Berhan Tekeba, Alebachew Ferede Zegeye, Deresse Abebe Gebrehana, Tadesse Tarik Tamir

“…The study’s findings demonstrated that factors at the individual and community levels influence home delivery with easy access to health facilities. …”
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Outcomes of COVID-19 in the Omicron-predominant wave: large-scale real-world data analysis with a comparison to influenza by Koichi Miyashita, Hironao Hozumi, Kazuki Furuhashi, Eiji Nakatani, Yusuke Inoue, Hideki Yasui, Yuzo Suzuki, Masato Karayama, Noriyuki Enomoto, Tomoyuki Fujisawa, Naoki Inui, Toshiyuki Ojima, Takafumi Suda

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Research on the impact of land use and land cover changes on local meteorological conditions and surface ozone in the north China plain from 2001 to 2020 by Chunsheng Fang, Xinlong Li, Juan Li, Jiaqi Tian, Ju Wang

“…This study utilizes the 2020 land use and land cover data obtained from the MODIS satellite to replace the default 2001 data in the Weather Research and Forecasting-Community Multiscale Air Quality (WRF-CMAQ) model. …”
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Hybrid dung beetle optimization based dimensionality reduction with deep learning based cybersecurity solution on IoT environment by Amal K. Alkhalifa, Nuha Alruwais, Wahida Mansouri, Munya A. Arasi, Mohammed Alliheedi, Fouad Shoie Alallah, Alaa O. Khadidos, Abdulrhman Alshareef

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Environmental DNA metabarcoding shows potential for monitoring meiofauna and marine nematodes diversity in mangrove ecosystems in China by Mingcheng Hu, Yuqing Guo, Fenfen Ji, Yijia Shih, Kai Liu, Xiangxiang Yi, Yuanxin Fan

“…Environmental DNA metabarcoding offers a potent solution to these challenges. In this study, the community diversity of meiofauna and marine nematodes were investigated using eDNA metabarcoding and traditional morphological methods in the mangrove from Quanzhou Bay, Fujian Province, China. …”
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Relationship between kidney function and healthy life expectancy: A historical cohort study by Hisayuki Ogura, Tadashi Toyama, Hikaru Samuta, Kohei Hirako, Tomoya Itatani, Shiori Nakagawa, Megumi Oshima, Shinji Kitajima, Akinori Hara, Norihiko Sakai, Miho Shimizu, Tomoyuki Takura, Takashi Wada, Yasunori Iwata

“…Methods This study of community-dwelling adults residing in Hakui City, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan used data from the National Health Insurance database between 2012 and 2022. …”
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Sputum Smear Positive Pulmonary Tuberculosis Diagnostic Dropout Rate in Public Health Facilities, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by Daniel Melese Desalegn, Kumera Terfa Kitila, Boja Dufera Taddese, Tinsae Kidanemariam Hailu, Tariku Takle Dinku, Kassahun Demisse Asferie, Hanna Mekonnen Balcha, Chalachew Sisay Gebeyehu, Girmay Medhin

“…This implies such dropout patients without completing diagnosis are critical as infected individuals remain untreated in the community, providing more opportunities for transmission of the disease and adversely affecting the epidemic. …”
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Prevalence of Diarrhea Disease and Associated Factors Among Children Under 5 Years in Geshiyaro Project Implementation Sites in Ethiopia: A Cross‐Sectional Study by Zinabu Assefa Alemu, Aderajew Mekonnen Girmay, Kirubel Tesfaye Teklu, Ermias Alemayehu Adugna, Melaku Gizaw Serte, Tsigereda Assefa Alemayehu, Badasa Wagari Likasa, Benjamin Collyer, Zelalem Mehari, Mihretab Salasibew, Getachew Tollera, Masresha Tessema

“…Therefore, this study aimed to fill this gap. Methods A community‐based cross‐sectional study was conducted from June to July 2023. …”
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The Kenya Surgical Capacity Study: An Audit of Surgical Equipment/Infrastructure in Level 4 Public Hospitals by Sara Chaker, Jaymie Ang Henry, Ya-Ching Hung, Mariam Saad, Elizabeth Slater, SriGita Krishna Madiraju, Patrick Mwai, Pankaj Jani, Kevin Lan, Peter Nthumba

“…Availability of radiology services and blood supply was lower than that in other sub-Saharan African countries, highlighting the need for improved surgical care resources in these community-based facilities.…”
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Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: Is it an Effective Treatment for Cancer Pain? by Yanyuan Du, Yaoyuan Li, Jieqing Hu, Ruiying Fang, Yuming Liu, Liu Cai, Ying Song, Susu Ma, Jin Gao, Hanyue Zhang, Baihui Li, Hongtai Xiong, Huibo Yu, Shenglei Yang, Shuduo Zhu, Honggang Zheng

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The effectiveness of providing training and ongoing support to foster cultural humility in volunteers serving as mentors to youth of color: a mixed-methods study protocol by Bernadette Sánchez, Amy J. Anderson, Carla Herrera, David L. DuBois, Kay Thursby Bourke, Jean K. Sack, So Jung Lee, Karen Burchwell, Lidia Y. Monjaras-Gaytan, Yesenia Garcia-Murillo

“…Abstract Background The aim of this randomized control trial is to test the impact of providing additional training and support to volunteers who are paired with youth of color in the Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) community-based mentoring program. The aim of the intervention activities is to enhance the capacity of mentors to have more culturally responsive and informed interactions with their mentees of color, thereby strengthening the youth’s ethnic/racial identity and abilities to both cope with experiences of racism and contribute to causes that advance social justice. …”
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The revival of spiritual practices: factors influencing the “seeking deities and offering prayers” behavior of China’s Generation Z on social media in an atheistic context by Jing Wang, Balamuralithara Balakrishnan, Xiaohui Wan, Qirui Yu, Qiqi Ye

“…Social media offers these young individuals broader opportunities for connection, community formation, and identity construction, as well as various possibilities for organizing their social lives. …”
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Sistem Pakar Penentuan Penggunaan Bahan Tambahan Pangan untuk Produk Pangan by Melva Linda Aritonang, Kudang Boro Seminar, Nugraha Edhi Suyatma, Irman Hermadi

“…Abstract Food poisoning that occurs in the community one of the causes is the use of food additives that are not in line with applicable government regulations. …”
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Leadership Competencies in Turbulent Environments (A Meta-synthesis Study) by Javad Pourkarimi, Mahsa Azizi

“…The method provided by Sandelowski and Barroso (2007) was utilized for this purpose. The research community consisted of 483 scientific documents published between 2016 and 2023, which were sourced from 8 international and 4 domestic databases. …”
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Effects of ambient air pollutants on cardiovascular disease hospitalization admission by L. Salvaraji, R. Avoi, M.S. Jeffree, S. Saupin, H.R. Toha, S.B. Shamsudin

“…The study findings provide evidence-based source for the healthcare management team, policymakers, and community to sustain clean and safe ambient air.…”
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Hubungan Kadar Profil Lipid dengan Kejadian Hipertensi pada Masyarakat Etnik Minangkabau di Kota Padang Tahun 2012 by Rahmat Feryadi, Delmi Sulastri, Husnil Kadri

“…</p><p>Abstract<br />Hypertension is a common disease in the community and have correlation with other diseases. …”
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Factors associated with cervical cancer screening among women of reproductive age in Moshi municipality, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania: a cross-sectional study by Sia E Msuya, Jeremiah John Hhera, Regina Dahaye, Witness Erasto Zakayo, Yohana Z Kazula, Seif Abdul, Redempta Mamseri

“…There is an urgent need for community-based interventions to increase awareness and education about cervical cancer and to improve access to screening services, especially for younger, less educated and single women.…”
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Men care too: a qualitative study examining women’s perceptions of fathers’ engagement in early childhood development (ECD) during an ECD program for HIV-positive mothers in Malawi... by Linda Richter, Thomas J Coates, Tijana Temelkovska, Pericles Kalande, Evelyn Udedi, Laurie Bruns, Siyenunu Mulungu, Julie Hubbard, Sundeep Gupta, Kathryn Dovel

“…Interventions should consider direct community outreach or implementing ECD programmes at facility entry points where men frequent, such as outpatient departments.…”
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Environmental Factors Affecting the Phytoplankton Composition in the Lake of Tibetan Plateau by Qinghuan Zhang, Zijian Xie, Chunhua Li, Chun Ye, Yang Wang, Zishu Ye, Weiwei Wei, Hao Wang

“…Some of these dominant species were also found in other tropical lakes, suggesting that the phytoplankton community could adapt to environmental changes. A clear understanding of the influential environmental variables affecting phytoplankton composition could help us to make proper water quality protection strategies in future climate change scenarios.…”
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Vegetation growth improvement Inadequately represents the ecological restoration of the Populus euphratica forests in Xinjiang, China by Xuefei Guo, Junli Li, Jiudan Zhang, Chunxia Wei, Zhijun Li

“…The Populus euphratica Oliv (P. euphratica) is a representative tree species in the riparian forests of arid regions, which acts as a barrier to prevent desert invasion and provides various ecosystem services for biodiversity conservation and ecological security. However, the community of P. euphratica has experienced significant shrinkage and ecological degradation over the past centuries due to natural and anthropogenic factors, particularly in the arid regions of Xinjiang, China. …”
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