Policy and practice implication of - and tools to address - mental health and psychosocial support needs in Sierra Leone by Alastair Ager, Rebecca Horn, Abdulai Bah, Abdulai Bah, Haja Wurie, Mohamed Samai, Mohamed Samai

“…In 2017, the Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MoHS) worked with staff of the College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences (COMAHS – part of the University of Sierra Leone) and Queen Margaret University (QMU) in Edinburgh – and other stakeholders, including members of the Mental Health Coalition Sierra Leone – to define a research agenda that would support the development of community-based mental health and systems support in the community. This paper summarizes work over the course of the following six years in relation to this agenda, and indicates its relevance to ongoing and planned service developments. …”
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Assessing ground stability of a vertical backfilled stope considering creep behaviors of surrounding rocks by Ruofan Wang, Lang Liu, Mengbo Zhu, Huafu Qiu, Bingbing Tu, Huisheng Qu, Hao Cui

“…However, existing studies have predominantly focused only on the stress development within the backfill material, leaving the influence of stope backfilling on stress distribution in surrounding rock mass and ground stability largely unexplored. Therefore, this paper presents numerical models in FLAC3D to investigate, for the first time, the time-dependent stress redistribution around a vertical backfilled stope and its implications on ground stability, considering the creep of surrounding rock mass. …”
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Synthesis and Characterization of Modified Kaolin-Bentonite Composites for Enhanced Fluoride Removal from Drinking Water by Ebenezer Annan, Emmanuel Nyankson, Benjamin Agyei-Tuffour, Stephen Kofi Armah, George Nkrumah-Buandoh, Joanna Aba Modupeh Hodasi, Michael Oteng-Peprah

“…Fluoride-contaminated drinking waters are known to cause severe health hazards such as fluorosis and arthritis. This paper presents the encapsulation of iron oxide nanoparticles in kaolin-bentonite composites adsorbents (KBNPs) for the removal of fluoride from drinking water by adsorption compared with kaolin-bentonite composite (KB). …”
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Research Progress of Nerve Mobilization in Basic and Clinical Rehabilitation by Shuo LUAN, Quanshou LING, Miaoshang ZENG, Anni LIN, Yingping JIANG

“…The purpose of this paper is to provide a systematic review of the literature concerning the theoretical basis, research advance and clinical status of nerve mobilization(NM)in various neuro-musculoskeletal conditions, which may provide important information for future medical studies. …”
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Effective Facial Expression Recognition System Using Artificial Intelligence Technique by Imad S. Yousif, Tarik A. Rashid, Ahmed S. Shamsaldin, Sabat A. Abdulhameed, Abdulhady Abas Abdullah

“…As the complexities surrounding these relationships have become better understood, it has allowed us to develop increasingly more complex systems for identifying and detecting facial expressions of different emotions. This paper presents an improved performance of the Facial Expression Recognition (FER) systems via augmentation in Artificial Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms, two renowned artificial intelligence techniques possessing disparate strengths. …”
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Efficacy of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy DOX and XELOX Regimens for Patients with Resectable Gastric or Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma by Yuan Tian, Qun Zhao, Yong Li, Liqiao Fan, Zhidong Zhang, Xuefeng Zhao, Bibo Tan, Dong Wang, Peigang Yang

“…Purpose. This paper is aimed at comparing the short-term efficacy of the combination of docetaxel, oxaliplatin, and capecitabine (DOX) with the combination of oxaliplatin and capecitabine (XELOX) as neoadjuvant chemotherapy regimens for the treatment of patients with resectable gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma. …”
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Sentralisasi Pengawasan Informasi Jaringan Menggunakan Blockchain Ethereum by Muhammad Fajar Sidiq, Akbari Indra Basuki, Halim Firdaus, Muhammad Aldi Baihaqi

“…Blockchain technology meets those three requirements by providing a reliable reporting and immutable database system. In this paper, we proposed a prototype of a centralized monitoring system that records network statistics and configurations into the blockchain ledger. …”
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Status quo and research progress of Traditional Chinese Medicine professional training based on the Traditional Chinese Medicine nursing training base (以中医护士培训基地为依托的中医护理专业化培训现状及研究进... by WANG Yuan (王媛), WANG Bei (王蓓), WANG Fengmei (王凤美), ZHANG Xixia (章细霞)

“…Starting from the Status quo and research progress of Traditional Chinese Medicine professional training, this paper reviews studies on training pattern, training content and methods, training quality evaluation, training institutions and teaching staff construction, specialist Training and clinical practice in the Traditional Chinese Medicine nursing training base, and provides reference for training management of Traditional Chinese Medicine nursing training base and domestic policy making of Traditional Chinese Medicine nursing specialists training. …”
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Selected socio-economic aspects of the integration of Ukrainians: Evidence from the Czech Republic by Linda Danielova, Radka Prokešová, Jitka Vacková, Renata Švestková, Lesia Shuranova

“…As these migrants navigate the integration process, a key aspect of their journey is often their entry into the Czech labor market. The paper aims to identify and analyze selected socio-economic aspects associated with the integration of Ukrainian immigrants, with a specific focus on their Czech language fluency, length of stay in the Czech Republic, and the underlying reasons for their migration. …”
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Assessing exposure to weight stigma: development and initial validation of the Weight Stigma Exposure Inventory (WeSEI) by Kamolthip Ruckwongpatr, I-Hua Chen, Iqbal Pramukti, Po-Ching Huang, Janet D. Latner, Kerry S. O’Brien, Xuelian Wang, Jung-Sheng Chen, Servet Üztemur, Chien-Chin Lin, Yen-Ling Chang, Wei-Leng Chin, Mark D. Griffiths, Chung-Ying Lin

“…Methods The participants (n = 15,991) comprised Taiwanese young adults, Chinese adolescents, and Chinese young adults who completed paper-and-pencil and online surveys between September 2023 and December 2023. …”
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PC-YOLO11s: A Lightweight and Effective Feature Extraction Method for Small Target Image Detection by Zhou Wang, Yuting Su, Feng Kang, Lijin Wang, Yaohua Lin, Qingshou Wu, Huicheng Li, Zhiling Cai

“…To address this issue, this paper proposes an improved small object detection method based on the YOLO11 model—PC-YOLO11s. …”
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Association between COVID-19 anxiety syndrome and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in the postpandemic era: a cross-sectional study in Hong Kong by Timothy Chung Ming Wu, Jonathan Ka Ming Ho, Sai Kit Choi, Yanki Hiu Yan Chan, Bella Wing Sze Chan, Timmy Tim Ming Li, Fu Po Tam, Ivan Man Chun Wong, Alex Siu Wing Chan

“…Participants were recruited using convenience and snowball sampling methods and completed an online or a paper-based questionnaire comprising two well-validated instruments. …”
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Coordinated control and protection scheme for fault identification in hybrid three-terminal DC line based on pre-estimation of fault characteristics by Xincui Tian, Ziqian Liu, Jieshan Shan, Jinyun Yu, Jinxiong Wang, Qiang Li, Shihong Zhang, Tuoji Zhu, Jian Hu, Kaiwen Chen, Hongchun Shu

“…Under the traditional line protection approach, the problem of external faults not being addressed by the Peterson principle is resolved by solving the voltage and current fluctuation equations that satisfy the boundary conditions derived from the transmission line equations, this allows for the derivation of closed analytical solutions for the measured point voltages for different fault locations. In this paper, according to the threshold of the protection criterion, the pre-estimation of the fault point resistance and the fault pole selection are realized, a hybrid three-terminal DC line cooperative control and protection strategy based on estimated fault characteristics is proposed. …”
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Role of radiologists in the diagnosis and management of adrenal disorders by Sota Oguro, Hiromitsu Tannai, Hideki Ota, Kazumasa Seiji, Hiroki Kamada, Yoshitaka Toyama, Kei Omata, Yuta Tezuka, Yoshikiyo Ono, Fumitoshi Satoh, Sadayoshi Ito, Tetsuhiro Tanaka, Hideki Katagiri, Kei Takase

“…Adrenal venous sampling (AVS) plays a crucial role in accurately localizing aldosterone hypersecretion in PA, especially when imaging fails to provide a clear diagnosis. This paper details the technical aspects of AVS, emphasizing catheterization techniques, anatomical considerations, and the importance of preprocedural imaging for successful sampling. …”
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Optimal Network Reconfiguration and Scheduling With Hardware-in-the-Loop Validation for Improved Microgrid Resilience by Yang Chen, Mohammed Olama, Maximiliano F. Ferrari, Guodong Liu, Qingxin Shi, Aditya Sundararajan, Byungkwon Park, Arturo A. Massol-Deya, Thomas B. Ollis

“…From the perspective of a more resilient power delivery at the distribution grid, system restoration using network topology reconfiguration together with optimal scheduling of distributed energy resources are adopted in this paper. The proposed optimization model aims at minimizing the total load shedding cost and other operational costs, in which linearized topological constraints borrowed from graph theory and linearized DistFlow models are respectively used to maintain the radial network topology and power flow balance after system contingencies. …”
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Shared decision-making in type 2 diabetes: a systematic review of patients’ preferences and healthcare providers’ perspectives by Maryam Peimani, Anita L. Stewart, Gholamreza Garmaroudi, Ensieh Nasli-Esfahani

“…Quantitative findings were extracted as percentages, and qualitative findings were extracted as presented in the original research paper. Study selection was carried out independently by two authors, with discrepancies resolved by consensus and by consultation with the supervisor. …”
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Enhancing Camera Source Identification: A Rapid Algorithm with Enhanced Discriminative Power by Zhimao Lai, Lijuan Cheng, Renhai Feng

“…Conventional brute-force search algorithms (BFSAs) prove largely ineffective under these conditions because they lack the necessary robustness. This paper addresses the issues in digital image source identification by proposing a rapid fingerprint search algorithm based on global information. …”
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Experimental and numerical analysis of pGFRP and wood cross-arm in latticed tower: a comprehensive study of mechanical deformation and flexural creep by Amir Abd Latif, Mohamad Ridzwan Ishak, Muhammad Rizal Razman, Noorfaizal Yidris, Mohamed Yusoff Mohd Zuhri, Muhammad Asyraf Muhammad Rizal, Zuliskandar Ramli

“…Consequently, the investigation into pGFRP cross-arm deformation behavior in this paper serves as a foundational framework for future research endeavors specifically for high transmission tower and other structural application.…”
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Design and Experimental Research on a Chisel-Type Variable Hierarchical Deep Fertilization Device Suitable for Saline–Alkali Soil by Nan Xu, Zhenbo Xin, Jin Yuan, Zenghui Gao, Yu Tian, Chao Xia, Xuemei Liu, Dongwei Wang

“…Drawing on the principles of soil dynamics, this paper meticulously investigates the structures of key components and the operating parameters of the fertilization device. …”
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Control of peritectic phase content and its effect on properties of CuSn20P1 alloy by semi-solid rheological forming by Hao Zhang, Yongkun Li, Rongfeng Zhou, Dingdong Huo, Yao Li, Lei Wang

“…CuSn20P1 alloy has a wide range of applications in aerospace, automobile and other fields, but the mismatch between strength and plasticity in conventional casting has greatly limited its application field. In the paper, a melt enclosed cooling slope channel (ECSC) was used to prepare CuSn20P1 alloy semi-solid slurry, and then the casting was prepared by rheo-squeeze casting (RSC) and liquid squeeze casting (LSC). …”
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