HFIFNet: Hierarchical Feature Interaction Network With Multiscale Fusion for Change Detection by Mingzhi Han, Tao Xu, Qingjie Liu, Xiaohui Yang, Jing Wang, Jiaqi Kong

“…Change detection (CD) from remote sensing images has been widely used in land management and urban planning. Benefiting from deep learning, numerous methods have achieved significant results in the CD of clearly changed targets. …”
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Opportunities and challenges for enhancing preconception health in primary care: qualitative study with women from ethnically diverse communities by Joe Kai, Nadeem Qureshi, Helena Tuomainen, Laura Cross-Bardell, Mandeep Bhoday

“…These included little prevailing culture of preparing for pregnancy and the realities of their pregnancies often being unplanned; and, for those planning pregnancy, sensitivity and maintaining secrecy when trying to conceive. …”
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A Qualitative Study Exploring Facilitators for Improved Health Behaviors and Health Behavior Programs: Mental Health Service Users’ Perspectives by Candida Graham, Crystal Rollings, Sarah de Leeuw, Lesley Anderson, Brenda Griffiths, Nansi Long

“…Four major facilitator themes were identified: (1) factors of empowerment, self-value, and personal growth; (2) the need for social support; (3) pragmatic aspects of motivation and planning; and (4) access. Participants believed that engaging with programs of physical activity, nutrition, creativity, and illness support would motivate them to live more healthily. …”
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Prediction of runoff in the upper reaches of the Hei River based on the LSTM model guided by physical mechanisms by Huazhu Xue, Chaoqiang Guo, Guotao Dong, Chenchen Zhang, Yaokang Lian, Qian Yuan

“…This model improvement method demonstrated high streamflow prediction accuracy and interpretability, providing a scientific basis for water resource planning and management.…”
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Evaluation of the effectiveness of a peptide-cytokine agent in the complex therapy of recurrent candidal vulvovaginitis by Elena A. Rosyuk

“…Complex therapy with Superlymph can be an alternative to fluconazole monotherapy in patients with recurrent CVV, particularly in women planning pregnancy. Superlymph can be used during pregnancy after consulting a doctor and following the prescribing information.…”
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Prediction of Climate Change Impacts on the Distribution of an Umbrella Species in Western Sichuan Province, China: Insights from the MaxEnt Model and Circuit Theory by Xiaoyun Deng, Qiaoyun Sun

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CHATGPT IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING AND ASSESSMENT: EXPLORING EFL INSTRUCTORS’ EXPERIENCE by Inna Zaiarna, Olena Zhyhadlo, Olha Dunaievska

“…However, educators who have employed ChatGPT recognize its potential as an assistant in lesson planning, content creation, task design, and assessment, especially for vocabulary, grammar, and writing. …”
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Should you hold onto the treadmill handrails or not? Cortical evidence at different walking speeds by Monica Biggio, Costanza Iester, Davide Cattaneo, Simone Cutini, Ambra Bisio, Ludovico Pedullà, Alessandro Torchio, Marco Bove, Laura Bonzano

“…Conclusions We suggest that speed and handrails use play a role in walking cortical activity patterns, therefore they are key ingredients to take into account when planning a rehabilitation program.…”
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Farmers’ desire to make changes in their agricultural branches in the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions: The example of Türkiye by Yener Ataseven, Şule Coşkun Cevher, Celal Cevher

“…We foresee that the restrictions made due to the coronavirus pandemic will affect the planning and social policy in the Turkish economy in the coming years. …”
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Characteristics and Sources of Organic Aerosol Markers in PM2.5 by Zheng Li, Ruiwen Zhou, Yuanyuan Li, Min Chen, Yachen Wang, Tonglin Huang, Yanan Yi, Zhanfang Hou, Jingjing Meng, Li Yan

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Assessment of Environmental Suitability for the Spatial Distribution of Minority Villages in Mountainous Areas—Taking Fujian Province as an Example by Paolo Vincenzo Genovese, Xiang Xu, Hong Wu, Daxun Hao, Hantao Wang

“…Environmental suitability assessment can help us gain a deeper understanding of the differences and degrees of differences among different villages and provide a basis for resource allocation and planning. This study focuses on 499 national level and 68 provincial level minority villages in Fujian province and evaluates the environmental suitability of their spatial distribution using analysis tools such as ArcMap and GeoDetector. …”
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Construction and optimization of the watershed-scale ecological network based on network characteristic analysis: A case study of the Lancang River Basin by Yi Wang, Xiaogang Zhou, Chang Ding, Wenxuan Li, Linyun Huang, Beichen Ge, Yuhong Song

“…This research explored the utilization of complex network theory in EN optimization and provided a foundation for ecological spatial planning and protection policies in the Lancang River Basin.…”
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Comparison of the sociodemographic and clinical profiles of cancer patients admitted to a tertiary palliative care unit before and during the COVID-19 pandemic by Bruno Fernando da Silva Reis, Gisele O’Dwyer, Valeria Teresa Saraiva Lino, Lívia Costa de Oliveira, Karla Santos da Costa Rosa, Simone Garruth dos Santos Machado Sampaio

“…More studies of a similar nature are needed to enable future comparisons and assist planning for other pandemics.…”
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Access and use of sexual and reproductive health services among asylum-seeking and refugee women in high-income countries: A scoping review. by Emma Stirling-Cameron, Salma Almukhaini, Justine Dol, Benjamin J DuPlessis, Kathryn Stone, Megan Aston, Shira M Goldenberg

“…Access to sexual and reproductive healthcare (e.g., family planning, cervical cancer prevention) has largely been understudied. …”
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Association between cancer stigma and cervical cancer screening uptake among women of Dhulikhel and Banepa, Nepal. by Bandana Paneru, Aerona Karmacharya, Alina Bharati, Soniya Makaju, Bikram Adhikari, Dikshya Kafle, Sunila Shakya, Donna Spiegelman, Sangini Seth, Anne Stangl, Aamod Dhoj Shrestha, Archana Shrestha

“…We adjusted socio-demographic: age, ethnicity, occupation, religion and education, and reproductive health variables: parity, family planning user, age of menarche and age at first sexual intercourse during multivariable logistic regression.…”
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DeepGlioSeg: advanced glioma MRI data segmentation with integrated local-global representation architecture by Ruipeng Li, Yuehui Liao, Yueqi Huang, Xiaofei Ma, Guohua Zhao, Yanbin Wang, Chen Song

“…IntroductionGlioma segmentation is vital for diagnostic decision-making, monitoring disease progression, and surgical planning. However, this task is hindered by substantial heterogeneity within gliomas and imbalanced region distributions, posing challenges to existing segmentation methods.MethodsTo address these challenges, we propose the DeepGlioSeg network, a U-shaped architecture with skip connections for continuous contextual feature integration. …”
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Environmental effects of urban wind energy harvesting: a review by Ioannis Tsionas, Maider Llaguno-Munitxa, André Stephan

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Predictive and spatial analysis for estimating the impact of sociodemographic factors on contraceptive use among women living with HIV/AIDS (WLWHA) in Kenya: Implications for polic... by Menkeoma Laura Okoli, Samuel Alao, Somtochukwu Ojukwu, Nnadozie C Emechebe, Asuelimen Ikhuoria, Kevin E Kip

“…Background Despite the availability and knowledge of various contraceptive methods, consistent utilisation in women living with HIV/AIDS (WLWHA) within the reproductive age group remains below the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Family Planning 2020 goals. This study examines the association between sociodemographic factors and contraceptive use including the effect of clustering tendencies of these factors on contraceptive usage among WLWHA in Kenya.Methods Weighted multivariate logistic regression models were conducted to determine the association of sociodemographic factors on contraception use among WLWHA using the 2008–2009 Kenya Demographic Health Survey. …”
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Strategies for Activities to be Conducted in the First 72 Hours After a Disaster: Türkiye by Feyza Betül Yurtlu, Başak Öztürk, Emel Güven, Tamer Eren

“…This makes it important to successfully carry out the disaster management process. Planning what to do before and after a disaster and taking the necessary precautions are of great importance in the disaster management process. …”
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Exploring health outcome disparities in African regional economics communities: a multilevel linear mixed-effect analysis by Ariane Ephemia Ndzignat Mouteyica, Nicholas Ngepah

“…Efforts to promote internet access should be complemented by interventions to enhance child health and healthcare accessibility. Encouraging urban planning policies that prioritize developing healthcare infrastructure and facilitating healthcare access in urban areas is crucial. …”
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