The Effect of Solar Panels and Vegetation Strategy on the Sustainability of Open Spaces by Kareem Hajer Kamel, Mohammed Younis Mahmoud

“…As well as shading areas less exposed to sunlight with trees, in addition to providing shade to protect cars from weather factors, and finally providing electricity to homes.…”
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Religiosity as a potential mediator for violence in childhood and adulthood: results from a Brazilian nationally representative survey by Homero Vallada, Ronaldo Laranjeira, Juliane Piasseschi de Bernardin Gonçalves, Giancarlo Lucchetti, Maria do Rosario Dias Latorre

“…This study aimed to investigate the relationship between religiosity and violence in childhood, as well as the possible mediating role of religiosity between suffering violence in childhood and suffering and/or perpetrating violence in adulthood.Design Cross-sectional population-based study carried out from November 2011 to March 2012.Setting Face-to-face surveys (at participants’ homes) were performed in a Brazilian nationally representative sample.Participants A total of 3378 adults (aged 19 years and above) were included.Primary and secondary outcomes measures The association between suffering violence in childhood and religiosity, and the mediating role of religiosity between childhood and adulthood violence were analysed using logistic regression models.Results Religiosity was associated with childhood violence, showing that those who suffered less violence in childhood were more religious in adulthood and considered religion more important in their lives. …”
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The pioneers of Vietnam’s epidemiological transition: an ethnographic study of pregnant women’s experiences of gestational diabetes by Tine M. Gammeltoft, Thi Ai Nguyen, Thi Kim Dung Vu, Ngoc-Anh Thi Dang, Thi Minh Phuong Nguyen, Van Tien Nguyen, Ib C. Bygbjerg

“…We conducted in-depth ethnographic interviews with 21 women with GDM, visiting them in their homes. Our theoretical starting point was phenomenological anthropology, and the data were analysed using a thematic analysis approach. …”
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Quorum sensing-mediated inter-specific conidial anastomosis tube fusion between Colletotrichum gloeosporioides and C. siamense by Nikita Mehta, Abhishek Baghela

“…Different stages of CAT fusion viz. CAT induction, homing, and fusion were observed during this inter-specific CAT fusion. …”
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Assessing the Impact of Corruption on Human Rights and Civil Liberties during COVID-19 in South Africa by Thinavhudzulo Mafumo, Mohammed X Ntshangase, Bernard N Rasila

“…Ten participants representing different age groups from Polokwane in Limpopo province were purposively sampled for semi-structured interviews as victims of the lockdown who could not even visit their homes. One of the major findings is that not following government protocols led to serious violations of policies and human rights at large. …”
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Pre-injection of exosomes can significantly suppress ovarian cancer growth by activating the immune system in mice by Yuanyuan Wang, Changyi Zhang, Huimin Zeng, Liangliang Wang, Zanhong Wang, Zhiqiang Han

“…Furthermore, we found a substantial increase in the proportion of CD3 + T cells, particularly CD8 + T cells, within the omental tissue where exosomes homed. This increase was accompanied by a significant enhancement in granzyme B levels within CD8 + T cells. …”
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Towards Privacy in Decentralized IoT: A Blockchain-Based Dual Response DP Mechanism by Kai Zhang, Pei-Wei Tsai, Jiao Tian, Wenyu Zhao, Xinyi Cai, Longxiang Gao, Jinjun Chen

“…Its adaptability is evidenced by its integration into blockchain-based Internet of Things (IoT) contexts, including smart wearables, smart homes, etc. Nevertheless, a notable vulnerability surfaces in decentralized environments where existing DP mechanisms falter in withstanding collusion attacks. …”
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Continuity and sustainability of care in family medicine: Assessing its association with quality of life and health outcomes in older populations-A systematic review. by Mohammed Nasser Albarqi

“…Patient-centered medical homes and care coordination models showed potential to strengthen continuity and sustainability. …”
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Research on physical activity levels of men at the age of fifty and over and comparison of some demographic data by Sefik Ozbek, Muslum Colak, Yunus Oztasyonar, Sebnem Sarvan Cengız, Mehmet Gullu

“…The population of study is Şanlıurfa city and sample consists of men aged fifty and over in rest homes and coffee shops. 286 men have participated to this study from amongst the men in the locations stated. …”
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Embodied aesthetics and populist appeal of communist portraits in contemporary Kerala by Anagha Anil

“…This paper proposes to discuss communist iconography, such as portraits of yesteryear leaders circulated via social media and displayed in communist family homes, as sites where affective energies are generated and realised. …”
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Exploring LGBTQ+ youth well-being: Utilizing a mixed-method approach to uncover insights, needs, and strategies of LGBTQ+ youth in Northwest Arkansas. by Cristobal Calvillo, Camille Richoux, S Alexandra Marshall

“…<h4>Results</h4>The findings highlight the crucial need for confidantes (82.5% of respondents) and a sense of safety within homes (80.3%). Notably, 51.8% sought mental health care. …”
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Situational analysis of pesticide poisoning and perceptions of autoinjector devices in rural communities in Sri Lanka – a study protocol by Janet Perkins, Alice Street, Upul Wickramasinghe, Manjula Weerasinghe, Michael Eddleston, Jane Brandt Sørensen

“…Atropine autoinjector devices offer a potential solution, allowing storage of effective treatment near agricultural workers’ fields and homes that could be reached within minutes by the worker or fellow villagers to provide first-line emergency care. …”
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Dual-Mode Textile Sensor Based on PEDOT:PSS/SWCNTs Composites for Pressure–Temperature Detection by Ying Wang, Qingchao Zhang, Zhidong Zhang

“…As an innovative branch of electronics, intelligent electronic textiles (e-textiles) have broad prospects in applications such as e-skin, human–computer interaction, and smart homes. However, it is still a challenge to distinguish multiple stimuli in the same e-textile. …”
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Minimizing Delay and Power Consumption at the Edge by Erol Gelenbe

“…Edge computing systems must offer low latency at low cost and low power consumption for sensors and other applications, including the IoT, smart vehicles, smart homes, and 6G. Thus, substantial research has been conducted to identify optimum task allocation schemes in this context using non-linear optimization, machine learning, and market-based algorithms. …”
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MultiSenseX: A Sustainable Solution for Multi-Human Activity Recognition and Localization in Smart Environments by Hamada Rizk, Ahmed Elmogy, Mohamed Rihan, Hirozumi Yamaguchi

“…This offers significant potential in applications such as smart homes and sustainable urban spaces and healthcare systems that enhance well-being and patient monitoring. …”
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Developing indoor heat-health warning systems for vulnerable populations by Choo-Yoon Yi, Chengzhi Peng

“…An indoor heat-health warning system deployed at care homes should be able to foretell residents’ indoor heat exposures given forecasts of impending heatwave events.*. …”
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Contribution of NGOs Toward Promoting the Social-Economic Wellbeing of People in Kitumba Sub-County Kabale District: A Case Study of Raising the Village. by Ahebwa, Sam

“…The study reveals that 62.3% of Kitumba sub-county, Kabale district residents own their homes, but many earn less than 100,000 a month, indicating low incomes. …”
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Music and Rhymes as Mechanisms for ECCE Learners’ Socio-emotional Intelligence Development by Avosuahi Deborah Arasomwan, Glynnis Daries

“…In South Africa, psychosocial problems resulting from child-headed families, orphaned children, violent homes, neglected children, and single parents have considerably grown. …”
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Consequences of COVID-19 for geriatric patients during a pandemic by Ludwig Wemhöner, Charlotte Brandts, Hannah Dinse, Eva-Maria Skoda, Sarah Jansen, Martin Teufel, Hana Rohn, Richard Dodel

“…At the 12-month mark more patients with geriatric treatment lived in nursing homes. Barthel-Index/Timed-Up-and-Go-Test/MMST/AES/GDS, and EQ-5D-5 L indicated worse outcomes in the group who received geriatric treatment. …”
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Macrophage-mimicking nanotherapy for attenuation of acute pancreatitis by Fengyu Shi, Akmal Ergashev, Zhenyan Pan, Hongwei Sun, Lingming Kong, Yuepeng Jin, Tan Zhang, Zhu Liu, Haonan Xie, Jinhui Wang, Huiping Li, Yi Wang, Lifei Zheng, Jianliang Shen, Andreas Herrmann, Gang Chen, Hongru Kong

“…Nanoparticles encapsulated with macrophage membranes can simulate the active homing efficacy of macrophages to inflamed lesions during AP, resulting in excessive infiltration of macrophages in pancreatic inflammation sites and prolonged tissue retention time. …”
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