Community Development in the Rural Areas through Traditional Indigenous Knowledge by Godfrey, Barigye, Siraje, Kaaya

“…Increased indigenous technologies, approaches and methods in the rural areas improve peoples’ visual representation of their knowledge, judgment and preference. They tend to increase commitment and enthusiasm to generate consensus. …”
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Navigating the Ice: Establishing Pre-Concussion Baselines in Ice-Hockey Players for Gait Assessment Utilizing Inertial Measurement Units by Julia Müller, Noah Köppel, Patrick Eggenberger, Emanuel Brunner, Thomas Weber, Eling D. de Bruin

“…Over a 20-30 m walkway, participants performed a single-task (ST) walking condition (preferred gait speed) and a dual-task (DT) walking condition, i.e., preferred gait speed whilst counting backwards. …”
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Navigating the Semiochemical Landscape: Attraction of Subcortical Beetle Communities to Bark Beetle Pheromones, Fungal and Host Tree Volatiles by Leah Crandall, Rashaduz Zaman, Marnie Duthie-Holt, Wade Jarvis, Nadir Erbilgin

“…Our results showed that bark beetles, particularly mountain pine beetles, show a preference for a combination of fungal volatiles, particularly 2-methyl-1-butanol and its lures. …”
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An Adaptive Handover Prediction Scheme for Seamless Mobility Based Wireless Networks by Ali Safa Sadiq, Norsheila Binti Fisal, Kayhan Zrar Ghafoor, Jaime Lloret

“…Selection metrics, including received signal strength, mobile node relative direction towards the access points in the vicinity, and access point load, are collected and considered inputs of the fuzzy decision making system in order to select the best preferable AP around WLANs. The obtained handover decision which is based on the calculated quality cost using fuzzy inference system is also based on adaptable coefficients instead of fixed coefficients. …”
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Frequency of Genital Involvement in Women with Oral Lichen Planus in Southern Iran by M. Davarmanesh, A. Samsami Dehaghani, Z. Deilami, A. Monabbati, L. Dastgheib

“…In spite of low genital involvement possibly due to inadequate patient population, lack of follow-up visits, and contribution of genetic or ethnic factors, for conservative patient care, women with the oral lichen planus in particular those having some relevant genital symptoms, should preferably be referred for careful vulvovaginal examination. …”
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Fabrication of a Cu(InGa)Se2 Thin Film Photovoltaic Absorber by Rapid Thermal Annealing of CuGa/In Precursors Coated with a Se Layer by Chun-Yao Hsu, Peng-Cheng Huang, Yu-Yao Chen, Dong-Cherng Wen

“…Using X-ray diffraction, field emission scanning electron microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and Hall effect measurement, it is found that the CIGS thin films produced exhibit facetted grains and a single chalcopyrite phase with a preferred orientation along the (1 1 2) plane. A Cu-poor precursor with a Cu/() ratio of 0.75 demonstrates a higher resistance, due to an increase in the grain boundary scattering and a reduced carrier lifetime. …”
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Valuing Banyumas Cultural Heritage Tourism: A Comparative Analysis in Support of SDG’s 11 for Sustainable Cities and Communities by Suharno Suharno, Aziz Ahmad Abdul, Lestari Unik, Eltayeb Elfaki Khalid

“…While the monetary approach mainly reflects the cost of accessing cultural heritage tourism – ceteris paribus preference– the time spent approach shows that those who invest more time in the visit are fanatics, avid enthusiasts, fascinated visitors, engagement visitors, and educated adults. …”
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Comparison of treatments for preventing lower urinary tract symptoms after BCG immunotherapy of bladder tumors : a systematic review and network meta-analysis by Zihao Chen, Xin Chen, Dingchao Li, Jingang jian, Chang Yao, Xuedong Wei, Jianquan Hou

“…Our protocol followed the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses (PRISMA) checklist. …”
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A systematic literature review on the importance of teacher recruitment and retention in global educational reform by Md Mirajur Rhaman Shaoan, Md Mirajur Rhaman Shaoan, Tebatso Namanyane, Meiqi Feng, Muhammad Arif

“…This systematic literature review analyzes the Economic approaches to teacher recruitment and retention. Using the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Protocols Statement), this literature review is those articles successfully published between 2017 and 2023. …”
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Measuring and Ranking the Physical Resilience of Urban Areas Against Earthquakes: A Case Study of the Metropolis of Tabriz by yaser nazaryan, amane haghzad, laila ebrahimi, Kia bozorgmehr

“…Additionally, three models—Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS), VIKOR, and Complex Proportional Assessment (COPRAS)—have been utilized to rank the regions in terms of physical resilience. …”
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American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy guideline on gastrostomy feeding tubes: methodology and review of evidence by Divyanshoo Rai Kohli, MD, Natalie Cosgrove, MD, Wasif M. Abidi, MD, PhD, Jorge D. Machicado, MD, MPH, Madhav Desai, MD, MPH, Nauzer Forbes, MD, MSc, Neil B. Marya, MD, Nikhil R. Thiruvengadam, MD, Nirav C. Thosani, MD, MHA, Omeed Alipour, MD, Saowanee Ngamruengphong, MD, Sherif E. Elhanafi, MD, Sunil G. Sheth, MD, Wenly Ruan, MD, John C. Fang, MD, Stephen A. McClave, MD, Rodrick C. Zvavanjanja, MD, MSc, FRCR(UK), FSIR, DABR(DR/VIR), Dhruvil K. Radadiya, MBBS, Amir Y. Kamel, PharmD, BCNSP, Bashar J. Qumseya, MD, MPH

“…In patients needing enteral access, the ASGE suggests PEG as the preferred technique for initial gastrostomy over IR-G. …”
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Interaction studies unveil potential binding sites on bovine serum albumin for gut metabolite trimethylamine n-oxide (TMAO) by Awadhesh Kumar Verma, Payal Gulati, GBVS Lakshmi, Anand Mohan, Neeta Raj Sharma, Pratima R. Solanki, Anil Kumar

“…However, detailed insights into the interaction mechanisms, preferred binding locations, and conformational changes in BSA upon binding TMAO are still unclear. …”
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Assessing the Structure of the Ways of Coping Questionnaire in Fibromyalgia Patients Using Common Factor Analytic Approaches by Charles Van Liew, Maya S. Santoro, Larissa Edwards, Jeremy Kang, Terry A. Cronan

“…It was concluded that the 4-factor PAF solution was the preferable solution, based on PA extraction and the fact that this solution minimizes nonvocality and multivocality. …”
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Testing the Key Performance of Mobile Flood Protection System by Shoukai Chen, Huimin Li, Lei Guo, Lunyan Wang, Yongchao Cao

“…However, the former is preferable over the latter. The mobile flood protection wall leaks when filled with water, and the leakage changes exponentially with the level. …”
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Issues concerning Landowner Management Plan Adoption Decisions: A Recursive Bivariate Probit Approach by Omkar Joshi, Donald L. Grebner, Ian A. Munn, Robert K. Grala

“…While the landowners having interest for wildlife management were also interested to have a written management plan, they did not prefer to harvest in future. Study results indicate that written management plan means more than a timber harvesting strategy to landowners in general. …”
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Microgravity Monitoring Technology for Deep Gas-Reservoir Development based on Dixi 121 Wellblock in Xinjiang Oilfield by Zongfang HU, Qingxiong HU, Yun CAI, Changrui ZHANG, Quandang SHI, Guihong XU, Jianqiang QIN, Yuangang XIE, Shenshen DENG, Hewen ZHU, Xue BAI

“…The depth recursive method is the preferred method for separating residual gravity anomalies of different scales and extract reliable residual gravity anomalies. …”
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Antibacterial Activity of Sinularia sp. Against Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus: Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review by Deka Prismawan, Monika Arvia Chiara, Shannen Ivanka Gunardi, Karmill Trinanda, Robby Sutedjo, Michael Michael

“…This study was conducted based on the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis (PRISMA) statement to measure the effect size of the antibacterial activity from Sinularia sp. against E. coli and S. aureus. …”
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Spider mites collectively avoid plants with cadmium irrespective of their frequency or the presence of competitors by Godinho, Diogo Prino, Fragata, Inês, de la Masseliere, Maud Charlery, Magalhães, Sara

“…In addition, T. urticae did not discriminate between plants infested with its competitor T. evansi and other uncontaminated plants but they preferred plants with competitors when the other plants contained cadmium. …”
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Assessment of Health-Related Quality of Life after TBI: Comparison of a Disease-Specific (QOLIBRI) with a Generic (SF-36) Instrument by Nicole von Steinbuechel, Amra Covic, Suzanne Polinder, Thomas Kohlmann, Ugne Cepulyte, Herbert Poinstingl, Joy Backhaus, Wilbert Bakx, Monika Bullinger, Anne-Lise Christensen, Rita Formisano, Henning Gibbons, Stefan Höfer, Sanna Koskinen, Andrew Maas, Edmund Neugebauer, Jane Powell, Jaana Sarajuuri, Nadine Sasse, Silke Schmidt, Holger Mühlan, Klaus von Wild, George Zitnay, Jean-Luc Truelle

“…When the focus is on how a certain subscale or sum score differentiates between individuals in one specific dimension/health state, the QOLIBRI can be recommended as the preferable instrument.…”
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Dissection of the long-range circuit of the mouse intermediate retrosplenial cortex by Yuxiao Li, Miao Ren, Bimin Liu, Tao Jiang, Xueyan Jia, Haili Zhang, Hui Gong, Xiaojun Wang

“…The dorsal and ventral subregions have preferred circuits such that the dorsal RSP exhibits spatially topological connections with the dorsal visual cortex and lateral thalamus. …”
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