Assessing the Impact of Community-Based Oral Health Education Programs on Dental Hygiene Practices and Oral Health Outcomes in Rural Populations by Swapnil S. Bumb, Pushparaj Singh, Sahana Maben, Prasannasrinivas Deshpande, Mrinal V. Limaye, Hanadi A. Alwafi

“…Data on dental hygiene practices were collected through structured questionnaires at baseline and post-intervention. …”
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Centralisation of financial decision-making on public hospitals in the Eastern Cape province by Thanduxolo Fana, Mosekama O. Mokhele

“…Methods: This article followed the qualitative research method using semi-structured interviews and focus groups. Results: Budget cuts, inadequate audit results, poor financial management and a lack of leadership support and management were the main reasons for centralising the financial decisions of public healthcare services to the Provincial Department of Health. …”
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African Activism Through Pugwash by Nola Dippenaar, Joelien Pretorius

“… The Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs grew from the Russell-Einstein Manifesto initiative in 1955 to become an amorphously structured transnational movement of natural and social scientists with a primary focus on the dangers of nuclear weapons. …”
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Analisis Wacana Kritis Model Teun Van Dijk Pada Berita Online Fakta Terbaru Kasus Agus Buntung, Jumlah Terus Bertambah Hingga Jadi Sorotan DPR RI by Novi Fitriani, Afni Maikalsum

“…The text dimension includes macro/thematic structures addressing the theme of the news text, superstructure/schematic aspects concerning the arrangement of the news text, and microstructure covering semantic elements (background, details, intentions, presuppositions), syntactic elements (coherence, use of active sentences), stylistic elements such as lexicons, and rhetorical elements (graphics and metaphors). …”
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Exploiting question-answer framework with multi-GRU to detect adverse drug reaction on social media by Jiao-huang Luo, Ai-hua Yang

“…To address concerns related to background information and training speed, we propose a quality assurance mechanism utilizing a GRU network due to its straightforward structure and efficient training capabilities. As a result of the training process, word sequences are mapped to a low-latitude vector space, generating corresponding answers. …”
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Investigating challenges and opportunities to achieve SDG 6: a study of Benin City, Nigeria by Ruth Ogbonmwan, Furat Al-Faraj

“…The survey involved the use of 150 structured questionnaires administered to the people from the local government areas (LGAs). …”
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Regulations Concerning the ‘Temporary Period’ in The New System Sought to be Established in Cyprus and Its Properties by Soyalp Tamçelik

“…From this point of view, as the main purpose of this research, the regulations required during the talks taking place between the parties in Cyprus before a federal state is established and how the institutions expected to fulfill these will be structured have been observed. As could be understood from its name, temporary period reflects a certain period and is the period assumed to continue in Cyprus until the formation envisioned to be established there is achieved. …”
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Dynamic omniphobic surfaces enable the stable dropwise condensation of completely wetting refrigerants by Kazi Fazle Rabbi, Siavash Khodakarami, Jin Yao Ho, Muhammad Jahidul Hoque, Nenad Miljkovic

“…This work pioneers stable dropwise condensation of multiple refrigerants on a structure-less surface, offering a durable, substrate-independent, and scalable solution for low surface energy coatings.…”
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The construction of a psychometric instrument for the educational role enactment of attending physicians in teaching hospitals by Ling-Chun Ou, Yu-Chih Lin

“…Factor analysis revealed a three-factor structure with acceptable reliability, representing three educational roles within the role set: “Clinical Teaching,” “Supportive Counseling,” and “Job Supervision.” …”
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Urban Vegetation Mapping from Aerial Imagery Using Explainable AI (XAI) by Arnick Abdollahi, Biswajeet Pradhan

“…It is still challenging to extract accurate vegetation covers from aerial imagery using traditional classification approaches, because urban vegetation categories have complex spatial structures and similar spectral properties. Deep neural networks (DNNs) have shown a significant improvement in remote sensing image classification outcomes during the last few years. …”
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Production and Testing of Bamboo Composite for Door of a Three-Wheeled Vehicle by Mulugeta Denanto, Ramesh Babu Nallamothu, Deresse Firew, Idiris Ilmi

“…Based on these findings, it is suggested that the new exterior structural car door panel of the three-wheel Bajaj Compact 205 model be made of composite materials made of bamboo fiber reinforced with polyester and having strength of 160 MPa.…”
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Predicting Nanobinder-Improved Unsaturated Soil Consistency Limits Using Genetic Programming and Artificial Neural Networks by Ahmed M. Ebid, Light I. Nwobia, Kennedy C. Onyelowe, Frank I. Aneke

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Modeling Equatorial to Mid‐Latitudinal Global Night Time Ionospheric Plasma Irregularities Using Machine Learning by Ephrem Beshir Seba, Giovanni Lapenta

“…We also observe double peaks across geomagnetic latitudes and longitudinally varying wavelike irregularity structures, particularly in May, August, and predominantly in September. …”
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Carvacrol alleviates acrylamide-induced hepatotoxicity in rats: an experimental insights by Aysegul Bulut, Goktug Senturk, Durmus Hatipoglu, Mehmet Burak Ates

“…The inclusion of CRV to the diet improved histological structure and liver function tests considerably. These results show that CRV has a hepatoprotective effect by reducing AA-induced liver damage.…”
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Role of homeostatic plasticity in critical brain dynamics following focal stroke lesions by Rodrigo P. Rocha, Marco Zorzi, Maurizio Corbetta

“…The loss of criticality in a cohort of stroke patients was associated with structural brain disconnections, while its recovery was accompanied by the re-modeling of specific white-matter tracts. …”
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From Molecule to Patient Rehabilitation: The Impact of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation and Magnetic Stimulation on Stroke—A Narrative Review by Anca Badoiu, Smaranda Ioana Mitran, Bogdan Catalin, Tudor Adrian Balseanu, Aurel Popa-Wagner, Florin Liviu Gherghina, Carmen Valeria Albu, Raluca Elena Sandu

“…This modulation includes the reduction of the inflammatory response, autophagy suppression, antiapoptotic effects, angiogenesis enhancement, alterations in the blood-brain barrier permeability, attenuation of oxidative stress, influence on neurotransmitter metabolism, neurogenesis, and enhanced structural neuroplasticity. The favorable effects have been demonstrated at the cellular level in animal models and are supported by clinical studies. …”
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Financialization and Level of Happiness in the Context of Sustainable Development. The Case of Central and Eastern European Countries by Aleksandra Ostrowska, Bogdan Włodarczyk

“…The basic reasons may lie in the too low scale of financing activities related to sustainable development or in the inadequate structure of this financing. Changes in financing are needed and its redirection to activities aimed at achieving sustainable development and happiness. …”
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蚌埠体育场大悬挑预应力钢罩棚结构施工全过程模拟与监测 by 金磊, 王静峰, 王新乐, 骆明红, 高翔

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An innovative framework for incorporating iPhone LiDAR point cloud in digitized documentation of road operations by Srikulnath Nilnoree, Tsukasa Mizutani

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Credit card default prediction using ML and DL techniques by Fazal Wahab, Imran Khan, Sneha Sabada

“…Moreover, the current literature frequently lacks particular information regarding the DL structures, hyperparameters, and optimization techniques employed. …”
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