Granger Test and ARDL Model for the Socio-Economic Challenges Investigation: Public Expenditure Components, Economic Growth, and Inflation by Fatma Zohra Hamadouche, Bekhta Hamadouche, Malak Mohammad Ghandour, Aicha Hamadouche, Brahim Boutrig

“…Efforts to foster GDP per capita growth should include supporting private sector development and job creation. Additionally, fiscal discipline, transparency, and robust monitoring systems for public spending are crucial to ensuring efficient use of resources and controlling inflation.…”
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Understanding the scale and nature of avoidable healthcare-associated harm for prisoners in England: protocol for a retrospective cross-sectional study by Andrew Carson-Stevens, Maria Panagioti, Adrian Edwards, Jenny Shaw, Stephen Campbell, Carl de Wet, Kate Davies, Anthony Avery, Stuart Hellard, Melanie Jordan, Caroline Sanders, Isobel Joy McFadzean, Jane Senior, Darren M. Ashcroft, Caroline Stevenson, Tim Millar, Saied Ibrahim, Thomas Hewson, Sandra Flynn, Thomas Purchase, Florian Walter, Sioned Gwyn, Richard N. Keers, Ellie Thompson, Verity Wainwright

“…Prisons will be purposively sampled for maximum variation of characteristics based on prison category (open, local, training, high security, female), type (publicly and privately run) and prison population size, to sample approximately 15 000 patient records. …”
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Doctors taking bribes from pharmaceutical companies is common and not substantially reduced by an educational intervention: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial in Pakistan by Afifah Rahman-Shepherd, Johanna Hanefeld, Mishal Khan, Charles Opondo, Sameen Siddiqi, Virginia Wiseman, Iqbal Azam, Wafa Aftab, Sadia Shakoor, Amna Rehana Siddiqui, Rumina Hasan, Zafar Mirza, Muhammad Naveed Noor, Sabeen Sharif Khan, Nina van der Mark, Afshan Khurshid Isani, Ahson Q Siddiqi, Faisal Ziauddin, Faiza Bhutto, Natasha Ali, Robyna Irshad Khan, Syed Ahmed Raza Kazmi, Zainab Hasan

“…We developed a novel method using data collectors posing as pharmaceutical company sales representatives to evaluate private doctors’ engagement in incentive-linked prescribing and the impact of a multifaceted educational intervention on reducing this practice in Karachi, Pakistan.Methods We made a sampling frame of all doctors running for-profit, primary-care clinics and randomly allocated participants to control and intervention groups (1:1). …”
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A Systematic Review of Maternal and Child Health Policies in Addressing Stunting: Trends and Challenges by Pratiwi Ramlan, Phill Sukri, Muh. Tang Abdullah, Muhammad Akmal Ibrahim, Jamaluddin Ahmad, Khaeriyad Adri

“…Policymakers should consider establishing dedicated funding streams through public-private partnerships to ensure the sustainability of stunting prevention programs. …”
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Bridging the gap between defossilization and decarbonization to achieve net-zero industry by Steven Griffiths, Benjamin Sovacool, Marfuga Iskandarova, Hans Jakob Walnum

“…Key policy recommendations include technology and policy leadership from countries pursuing a CCE framework, encouragement of public–private partnerships in the deployment of CCE technologies and ensuring social equity as net-zero industry is pursued in the near and long term. …”
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Oral delivery of bovine tuberculosis vaccine to free-ranging white-tailed deer by Kurt VerCauteren, Abigail Feuka, Michael Lavelle, Michael Glow, Keely Kohen, Patrick Ryan, Tony Aderman, Anthony Duffiney, Mitchell Palmer, Paola M. Boggiatto, Carly Kanipe, Hayden Hamby, Emily Ruell, Melinda Cosgrove, Michael Vanderklok, Nathan Snow, Kim M. Pepin, Henry Campa

“…Consumption, still images, and video data were analyzed to assess uptake of vaccine DUs by deer.Results and discussionVaccine DUs were deployed in 2024 at 11 agricultural sites on private land which had previously demonstrated moderate to high deer activity and at all but two sites >50% of distributed vaccine DU’s were consumed, with 100% consumed at two sites. …”
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A systematic review of interventions targeting Anopheles stephensi [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] by Alison M Reynolds, Patricia Doumbe Belisse, Martin J Donnelly, Anne L Wilson, David Weetman

“…Conclusions Long-lasting insecticidal nets and indoor residual spraying are effective in controlling, An. stephensi-transmitted malaria and reducing vector density, with repellents offering a complementary approach, especially in urban areas where this vector thrives. The private sector can help scale up affordable repellent production in Africa. …”
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The Use of Patient-Reported Outcomes in Clinical Practice: A National Survey of Hand Surgeons by Stephanie Choo, MD, Rown Parola, MD, Benjamin Kirby, MD, Daniel A. London, MD

“…Odds of PROM use were higher for academic, hybrid, and hospital employed respondents relative to those in private practice settings. The 247 (58%) respondents who did not use PROMs cited barriers including logistic or administrative concerns, uncertainty on application in practice, having no interest, and cost concerns. …”
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CLOVES Syndrome: A Review of Clinical, Genetic, and Therapeutic Aspects by Julianna Podolec, Silvia Ciraolo, Joanna Wojda, Adam Sobiński, Zuzanna Kościuszko, Katarzyna Kurza, Agnieszka Kulczycka-Rowicka, Matylda Czerwonka, Katarzyna Lesiczka-Fedoryj, Anna Walczak

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The Effects of Psychodrama and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy-Based Group Work on Test Anxiety by Necla Taspinar Goveci, Saziye Senem Basgul

“…The research is performed with the students of a private school in Istanbul attending the 10th and the 11th classes. …”
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EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF MASS TOURISM ON THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY AND TOURISM DESTINATION DEVELOPMENT OF CROSS RIVER STATE, NIGERIA by Nnana Okoi OFEM, Chinasa UTTAH, Ndem Samuel ETIM, Queen Olubukola AYENI, Josephat Owan EMEKA, Agnes Awoli EWURU, Maxwell-Borjor Achuk EBA, Eja Iwara EJA, Jeremiah ABANBESHIE, Daniel Daniel JAMES, Ayuk Awunghe ACHU, Michael Takim OTU, Fidelis Ngaji AKWAJI, Etta Oyen ETTA

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Impact of compost and natural and synthetic water absorbents on soil hydraulic properties and vegetation indices in urban green spaces by Jahangir Abedi Koupai, Farid Reza Salimi, Mohammad Mahdi Matinzadeh, Mohammad Mahdi Dorafshan

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From consumers to pioneers: insights from thermal energy communities in Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands by Sara Herreras Martínez, Justus Mesman, Daniel Møller Sneum, Lars Holstenkamp, Robert Harmsen, Marijke Menkveld, Sanne Akerboom, André Faaij

“…Involvement from local government, intermediary organisations, and private companies is crucial for TEC implementation. …”
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Assessment of Risk Factors of Chronic Kidney Disease among Patients Attending Medical City Complex by Nabaa Wisam Sabri, Buthaina Ateyah Rashid, Raheem Saber Shwiehk, Azad H. Mahdy

“…The study was conducted in hospitals of the medical city complex (Baghdad Teaching Hospital, Nursing Home Private Hospital, Ghazy Al-Hariri Hospital for Surgical Specialist, and kidney diseases and Transplant Center) in Baghdad, Iraq, and was designed as a case-control. …”
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Use of complementary and alternative medicine among females with polycystic ovary syndrome in Jordan: a cross-sectional study by Oriana Awwad, Mais Saleh, Ali Alsamydai, Fatma U Afifi, Amal Akour, Renad Abu Tarboosh, Manar Hamdan, Asma Sa’d Basha, Sanaa K Bardaweel

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Dynamic high resolution US as primary tool in comparison to MRI in evaluation of TMJ disk anterior displacement by Ahmed Y. Ashour, Abdalwhab M.A. Zwiri, Ahmed H. Ali, Ahmed M. Mostafa, Bahaa-Eldin A. Moustafa, Husseini F. EL boraey, Alshimaa Y. Ashour, Elsayed M. Abd El-Hamid

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Efficacy of Air and Oxygen Micro-nano Bubble Waters Against Colletotrichum gloeosporioides and Impacts on Postharvest Quality of ‘Fan Retief’ Guava Fruit by Harold K. Malahlela, Zinash A. Belay, Rebogile R. Mphahlele, Oluwafemi James Caleb

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Implementation of Distributed Generation with Solar Plants in a 132 kV Grid Station at Layyah Using ETAP by Ghulam Mujtaba, Zeeshan Rashid, Farhana Umer, Shadi Khan Baloch, G. Amjad Hussain, Muhammad Usman Haider

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Anterior Endocrowns as An Alternative to Core Crown restorations: A Systematic Review by Hisham A. Mously, Ghada H. Naguib, Ahmed O. Abougazia, Afaf A. Almabadi, Osama A. Qutub, Mohamed T. Hamed

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The right to be forgotten in the context of the Russian-Ukrainian war by S. O. Popova

“…The need to maintain a balance of private and public interests in the context of the right to be forgotten is considered. …”
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