Correlates of internalized stigma and antiretroviral therapy adherence among people living with HIV in the Volta region of Ghana by Jerry John Ouner, Rachel G. A. Thompson, Nutifafa E. Y. Dey, Robert Kaba Alhassan, Akua O. Gyamerah

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Enhancing Disaster Situation Awareness Through Multimodal Social Media Data: Evidence from Typhoon Haikui by Songfeng Gao, Tengfei Yang, Yuning Xu, Naixia Mou, Xiaodong Wang, Hao Huang

“…We employed the ERNIE natural language processing model to complement the Deeplab v3+ deep learning image semantic segmentation model for extracting disaster damage information from social media. …”
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Beyond modular and non-modular states: theoretical considerations, exemplifications, and practical implications by Francesco Benso, Carlo Chiorri, Eleonora Ardu, Paola Venuti, Angela Pasqualotto, Angela Pasqualotto

“…We begin by analyzing the contributions of Sternberg and Fodor, whose foundational work established the concept of specialized, encapsulated modules within cognitive processes, particularly in the domains of perception and language. Building on this, we explore Carruthers’ theory of massive modularity, which extends the modular framework to broader cognitive functions, though we reject its application to central amodal systems, which are overarching and resistant to modularization. …”
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Young people's networked constructions of nature: Evidence from a qualitative multiple case study in the United Kingdom by Jack Reed, Simon Kennedy Beames, Gale Macleod

“…Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.…”
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Rock Art Conservation and Geotourism: A practical example from Foum Chenna engravings site, Morocco by Mohamed Abioui, Lhassan M Barki, Mohammed Benssaou, Abdelkrim Ezaidi, Nezha El Kamali

“…The majority of engravings which depict riders associated with zoomorphic and anthropomorphic representations, also, importantly, the numerous rock inscriptions recounting a scriptural tradition and reflecting the historical beginnings of Libyan writing, were today revitalized to transcribe the Tamazight language. The need to study and protect this heritage should not be limited to the preserve of just a few specialists. …”
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Borders of physical self in virtual reality: a systematic review of virtual hand position discrepancy detection by David Antoš, Tomáš Švec, Jana Hořínková, Eliška Bartečková

“…This review assesses how various factors influence the detection thresholds for positional offsets in VR among healthy subjects.MethodsA comprehensive database search targeted English-language studies on the detection thresholds of virtual hand positional offsets using head-mounted displays (HMDs) with specific tracking capabilities. …”
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Immigration modulates audiovisual emotional processing in adults: is this really an influence of the host culture? by Anna K. Nakamura, Anna K. Nakamura, Hisako W. Yamamoto, Hisako W. Yamamoto, Sachiko Takagi, Tetsuya Matsuda, Hiroyuki Okada, Chiaki Ishiguro, Chiaki Ishiguro, Akihiro Tanaka

“…This change may be explained by the decreased focus on prosodic aspects of voices during second language acquisition. The current and further exploration will aid in the better adaptation of immigrants to a new cultural society.…”
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A VAN-Based Multi-Scale Cross-Attention Mechanism for Skin Lesion Segmentation Network by Shuang Liu, Zeng Zhuang, Yanfeng Zheng, Simon Kolmanic

“…To address this problem, the Transformer from the field of natural language processing (NLP) was introduced to the image segmentation field. …”
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Development of Communicative-Rhetorical Competence of a Future Engineer at the Research University by F. T. Shageeva, M. L. Smirnova

“…Communicative-rhetorical competence is the ability to carry out a conscious effective speech influence in the process of interpersonal, group and collective public communication, which measure up linguistic and cultural norms, and realizes the goals of communication through the use of various language levels. It is advisable to develop communicative-rhetorical competence of future engineers at the level of university training. …”
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Evaluation of relationships between dogs and owners: the turkish translation, reliability and validity study of cat/dog owner relationship scale (c/dors) by Ufuk Kaya, Dogukan Ozen, Murat Onur Yazlik, Selim Kosem, İsmayil Safa Gurcan

“…<p> <b>Materials and Methods: </b>An expert team translated the cat/dog owner relationship scale (C/DORS) from its original language of English into Turkish. Information was collected from dog owners who volunteered to participate in the study via a scale. …”
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<i>DynPy</i>—Python Library for Mechanical and Electrical Engineering: An Assessment with Coupled Electro-Mechanical Direct Current Motor Model by Damian Sierociński, Bogumił Chiliński, Franciszek Gawiński, Amadeusz Radomski, Piotr Przybyłowicz

“…<i>DynPy</i> is an open-source library implemented in <i>Python</i> (version 3.10.12) programming language which aims to provide a versatile set of functionalities for mechanical and electrical engineers. …”
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Practice of self-medication to manage oral health issues in a community setting of Nepal by Ashish Shrestha, Tarakant Bhagat, Santosh Kumari Agrawal, Ujwal Gautam, Naresh Prasad Joshi

“…Methods A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted in two conveniently selected wards of Baraha Municipality of Sunsari district in August 2021 using a pre-validated questionnaire in the Nepali language. The prevalence of self-medication for oral health problems was assessed. …”
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Risk factors for emergency presentation with lung and colorectal cancers: a systematic review by Una MacLeod, Elizabeth D Mitchell, Benjamin Pickwell-Smith

“…Searches were undertaken from 1996 to 2014. No language restrictions were applied.Study selection Studies of any design assessing factors associated with diagnosis of colorectal or lung cancer via EP, or describing an intervention to impact on EP, were included. …”
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Prevalence and factors associated with newborn care practices among caregivers: a protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis in sub-Saharan Africa by Solomon Mohammed Salia, Amidu Alhassan, Billie de Haas, Jelle Stekelenburg, Robert Kaba Alhassan

“…An online search on electronic databases such as CIHNAL, Scopus, PubMed, Web of Science, Google Scholar, and AJOL will be conducted from January 2021 to present to identify relevant academic, peer-reviewed quantitative studies published in English Language. Medical Subject Headings will aid in identifying keywords pertinent to the study's concepts, combined with Boolean operators to obtain suitable articles. …”
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AppCraft: Model-Driven Development Framework for Mobile Applications by Lyan Alwakeel, Kevin Lano, Hessa Alfraihi

“…The framework comprises a domain-specific language, a text-based modelling editor, and a set of model-to-code transformations. …”
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Midwife-led birthing centre in the humanitarian setup: An experience from the Rohingya camp, Bangladesh. by Abdul Halim, Abu Sayeed Md Abdullah, Fazlur Rahman, Oliva Bazirete, Sabera Turkmani, Kirsty Hughes, Sofia Castro Lopes, Andrea Nove, Mandy Forrester, Vanessa Scarf, Emily Callander, Caroline S E Homer

“…Challenges included language barriers, difficulty obtaining transport from home and back particularly at night in remote areas, security fears and weak cell phone coverage that affected communication for referral and follow-up. …”
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Do health professionals know about overdiagnosis in screening, and how are they dealing with it? A mixed-methods systematic scoping review. by Veerle Piessens, Ann Van den Bruel, An Piessens, Ann Van Hecke, John Brandt Brodersen, Emelien Lauwerier, Florian Stul, An De Sutter, Stefan Heytens

“…We conducted systematic searches in MEDLINE, Embase, Web of Science, Scopus, CINAHL, and PsycArticles without language restrictions. Two authors analysed the qualitative and quantitative data separately. …”
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Identification of cardiac wall motion abnormalities in diverse populations by deep learning of the electrocardiogram by Albert J. Rogers, Neal K. Bhatia, Sabyasachi Bandyopadhyay, James Tooley, Rayan Ansari, Vyom Thakkar, Justin Xu, Jessica Torres Soto, Jagteshwar S. Tung, Mahmood I. Alhusseini, Paul Clopton, Reza Sameni, Gari D. Clifford, J. Weston Hughes, Euan A. Ashley, Marco V. Perez, Matei Zaharia, Sanjiv M. Narayan

“…We collected ECG and echocardiogram data from 35,210 patients in California and labeled WMA using unstructured language parsing of echocardiographic reports. A deep neural network (ECG-WMA-Net) was trained and outperformed both expert ECG interpretation and Q-wave indices, achieving an AUROC of 0.781 (CI: 0.762–0.799). …”
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Adaptación transcultural del Multilingual Assessment Instrument for Narratives (MAIN) al español de Chile by Daniela Iturra-Osorio, Alondra Camus Torres, Tamara Allende-Valenzuela, Melina Aparici Aznar

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Automated Measurement of Air Bubbles Dispersion in Ice Cream Using Machine Learning Methods by Igor A. Korolev

“…The automatic markup program employed the Python programming language, the Keras machine learning library, and the TensorFlow framework. …”
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