Identifying cognitive test scores associated with early tau burden in Alzheimer's disease by Caitlin M. Terao, Madeline Wood Alexander, R. Philip Chalmers, Silina Z. Boshmaf, Jane Paterson, Sandra E. Black, Kathryn V. Papp, Reisa A. Sperling, Jennifer S. Rabin

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Natural Product-Inspired Bis(trifluoromethyl) Phenyl Hydroxycinnamate Derivatives as Promising Nonsteroidal Inhibitors of Human Steroid 5α-Reductase Type-1: Synthesis, In Vitro, an... by Kulpornsorn Isswanich, Pattara Poungcho, Koonchira Buaban, Hathaichanok Chuntakaruk, Kamonpan Sanachai, Chaisak Chansriniyom, Thanyada Rungrotmongkol, Wanchai De-Eknamkul, Supakarn Chamni

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Pengaruh Partisipasi Penyusunan Anggaran terhadap Kinerja Manajer: Peran Kecukupan Anggaran dan Job-Relevant Information sebagai Variabel Intervening by Candra Sinuraya

“…The data were analyzed using structure equation modeling (SEM) of analysis of moment structure (AMOS) program). …”
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“We really need to surround people with care:” a qualitative examination of service providers’ perspectives on barriers to HIV care in Manitoba, Canada by Cheryl Sobie, Katharina Maier, Margaret Haworth-Brockman, Enrique Villacis-Alvarez, Yoav Keynan, Zulma Vanessa Rueda

“…Methods In this qualitative study, we conducted semi-structured interviews with HIV service providers between October 2022 and January 2023. …”
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Towards a Mixed Scanning Approach to Countering Violent Extremism: Emerging Media and Youth Radicalisation in Kenya´s Garissa and Tana River Counties by Sidha Zedekia Opondo, Israel Nyaburi Nyadera, Paul Njuguna, Elias Kimani Karuiru

“…The study advocates a mixed scanning approach that decentralises CVE communication, leverages clan structures, and engages youth on preferred digital platforms. …”
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Stress‐sensitive dynamics of miRNAs and Elba1 in Drosophila embryogenesis by Lovisa Örkenby, Signe Skog, Helen Ekman, Alessandro Gozzo, Unn Kugelberg, Rashmi Ramesh, Srivathsa Magadi, Gianluca Zambanini, Anna Nordin, Claudio Cantú, Daniel Nätt, Anita Öst

“…Abstract Early‐life stress can result in life‐long effects that impact adult health and disease risk, but little is known about how such programming is established and maintained. Here, we show that such epigenetic memories can be initiated in the Drosophila embryo before the major wave of zygotic transcription, and higher‐order chromatin structures are established. …”
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Designing an interoperable solution to support pharmacogenomic-guided prescribing in primary care: an implementer report by William Newman, Videha Sharma, John McDermott, Jessica Keen, Ben McIntyre, Scott Watson

“…Study objectives Describe the implementation of an interoperable solution to support pharmacogenomic-guided prescribing in primary care in the National Health Service, England.Methods We used an iterative approach to software development going through clinical workflow mapping, architecture design and development, and pilot-testing.Results We configured a commercial health data management platform to store pharmacogenomic results in a structured format and created a knowledge base of pharmacogenomic guidance. …”
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Algorithm for Key Transparency with Transparent Logs [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations, 1 not approved] by Shasivar Rexhepi, Ikechukwu John Chukwu, Ridvan Bunjaku, Hasan Dag, Elissa Mollakuqe

“…Implementation is carried out using R programming, integrating cryptographic functions and Merkle tree structures for integrity verification. …”
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The use of a three-dimensional mesh in plastic surgery by Rodrigo de Faria Valle Dornelles, Nivaldo Alonso, Luiz Alexandre Lorico Tissiani, Anderson Rodrigo Souza, Lúcia Nocchi Cardim

“…The clinical applicability both in programming and monitoring was exemplified. …”
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A critical review of analytical approaches in public bus transit network design and operations planning with focus on emerging technologies and sustainability by Reza Mahmoudi, Saeid Saidi, S.C. Wirasinghe

“…Our review aims to shed light on the current state of the literature and its future direction in the selected sub-problems by analyzing published studies in the last decade from various angles, such as the problems investigated, modeling methods, decision variables, network structures, and findings. The review shows that the existing body of literature on the application of analytical approaches to the selected problems is immature and at an early stage of development. …”
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Acoustography by Beam Engineering and Acoustic Control Node: BEACON by Wenjun Yu, Haodong Zhu, Neil Upreti, Brandon Lu, Xianchen Xu, Luke P Lee, Tony Jun Huang

“…The capabilities of BEACON are demonstrated in creating intricate triple helical tracing structures using microdroplets (20 µm in diameter) and those carrying DNA to validate the effectiveness of the acoustography and phase control methods. …”
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Service providers’ perspectives on youth peer support: the importance of integration and oversight – an interpretive description study in British Columbia, Canada by Skye Pamela Barbic, Courtney Devane, Corey McAuliffe, Emily Jenkins, Kelli Wuerth

“…To advance the field and strengthen future implementation efforts, the aim of the present study was to generate new understandings about how non-peer service providers working alongside youth peer support workers experience the peer support role in youth mental health settings.Design Guided by interpretive description and tenets of a research community partnership model, semi-structured interviews were conducted with non-peer service providers (n=11) across three integrated youth services centres in British Columbia, Canada, from August to December 2020. …”
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Implementation of the Borda Method for Selecting Winners in the Tahfeez Tahmeed and Prayer Competition by DPD Recital Alhidayah by Miftah Rizki Marpaung, Edi Kurniawan, Elly Rahayu

“…Tahfeez, tahmeed, and prayer competitions that are routinely held by DPD Recital Alhidayah often experience obstacles in the assessment process due to the lack of a structured and computerized system, thereby reducing the efficiency and accuracy of assessment. …”
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Risk-averse operation of microgrids in distribution systems with price-responsive demands by Seyed Saeed Fazlhashemi, Mohammad E. Khodayar, Mostafa Sedighizadeh, Mahdi Khodayar

“…Microgrid operations are structured as scenario-based robust optimization problems, capturing the worst-case scenarios for demand and solar PV generation. …”
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Distributionally Robust Multivariate Stochastic Cone Order Portfolio Optimization: Theory and Evidence from Borsa Istanbul by Larissa Margerata Batrancea, Mehmet Ali Balcı, Ömer Akgüller, Lucian Gaban

“…We introduce a novel portfolio optimization framework—Distributionally Robust Multivariate Stochastic Cone Order (DR-MSCO)—which integrates partial orders on random vectors with Wasserstein-metric ambiguity sets and adaptive cone structures to model multivariate investor preferences under distributional uncertainty. …”
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Boundary complexity of cortical and subcortical areas predicts deep brain stimulation outcomes in Parkinson’s disease by Devin Schoen, Skyler Deutsch, Juhi Mehta, Sarah Wang, John Kornak, Philip A. Starr, Doris D. Wang, Jill L. Ostrem, Ian O. Bledsoe, Melanie A. Morrison

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"The child of your fellow is your child": Building on existing protective norms to engage men as caregivers; qualitative findings from an exploratory evaluation of an edutainment i... by Alicia Sharif, Marjorie Pichon, Veronicah Gimunta, Oscar Rutenge, Revocatus Sono, Ana Maria Buller, Lottie Howard-Merrill

“…We delivered the drama to households on flash drives and led structured household discussion sessions. We conducted in-depth interviews with 18 adult men caregivers before (September 2021) and after the intervention (December 2021) and used thematic analysis and the framework method to examine indications of change in attitudes, beliefs, norms and behaviours. …”
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Prospective Interventions for reducing the vulnerability of communities in post-disaster resettlement, a case of Bunambutye camp, Eastern Uganda by Harriet Cherotich, Frank Mugagga, Fredrick Tumwine, Henry Musoke Ssemakula

“…A Delphi tool containing structured interviews was utilized to gather the views of the participants on the objectives of the study which included: - skills possessed by the survivors, current skills valued and needed but missing in the resettlement, and prospective mitigation strategies to bridge the skill gaps. …”
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Geometric properties of quantum entanglement and machine learning by S. V. Zuev

“…The efficiency of the models and methods of machine learning proposed in the work, as well as methods of combining them into network structures, is practically confirmed.Conclusions. The proposed method of machine learning and the model of quantum neural networks can be used to create adaptive artificial intelligence systems as part of an online learning module. …”
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A CHATBOT FOR POSTGRADUATE INFORMATION DISSEMINATION by Umar Emmanuel, Odulaja Godwin Oluwaseyi, Babatunde Akinbowale Nathanie

“…The Chatbot was designed using HTML, CSS, and ReactJava programming languages while the database was designed using PHP and MySQL Database. …”
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