Electronic health record and primary care physician self-reported quality of care: a multilevel study in China by Wenhua Wang, Mengyao Li, Katya Loban, Jinnan Zhang, Xiaolin Wei, Rebecca Mitchel

“…Background Health information technology is one of the building blocks of a high-performing health system. However, the evidence regarding the influence of an electronic health record (EHR) on the quality of care remains mixed, especially in low- and middle-income countries. …”
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PROBLEMS OF DIPLOMACY IN THE PROCESS OF EURASIAN INTEGRATION by A. A. Durdyyeva

“…One of the stumbling blocks is the problem of choosing the model of the future Eurasian diplomacy. …”
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Approach to the organization of decision support in the formulation of innovative regional development strategies applying adaptive-simulation model by L. Chernyakhovskaya, M. Nizamutdinov, V. Oreshnikov, A. Atnabaeva

“…The result of the study is a theoretical justification for the development of problem-oriented DSS, including a description of the interrelated stages, determining the main design features of this toolkit.As a part of the study, a conceptual scheme of implementation of the decision support system in the field of management of regional innovative development has been proposed, the key functional blocks of the proposed tools have been described, the place of existing tools in the structure of the regional development management system has been determined, the possibilities of its use in the formation of forecast-planned assessments of regional development, as well as the evaluation of the effectiveness of alternative management actions, have been shown.In our opinion, the proposed tools will expand the possibilities of applying the management theory and decision support methods, intelligent information technology, economic and mathematical methods, modern computer simulation technologies for strategic planning of socio-economic systems of macro- and meso-level. …”
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Intellectualized forensic technique for Android pattern locks by Jiahao QIU, Weidong QIU, Yangde WANG, Yan ZHA, Yuming XIE, Yan LI

“…In the field of digital forensics, how to unlock mobile devices such as phones has always been an urgent problem to overcome.As a special kind of password, pattern lock is widely used in mobile phone screen unlock and software access authorization.Existing pattern lock cracking techniques have several non-negligible disadvantages, such as poor concealment, low practicability, non-intelligence and single application scenario.Two basic threat models were abstracted from shoulder surfing, surveillance camera, and real-time forensics, and a multi-scenario side channel attack on pattern locks was proposed.Based on the data of surveillance camera or manual video, intelligent vision recognition algorithms were adopted to identify, select and track the target device and biological key points in the video dynamically.Then, discrete tracking points were integrated by spatial mapping and pruning algorithm.The denoising algorithm was used to eliminate redundancy and optimize the trajectory.Through procedures above, the original trajectory was simplified into regular polylines defined by several key turning points.Finally, the simplified pattern was compared and matched with the rules of legal pattern locks to inference and retort its actual pattern.Possible candidates will be sorted in the output according to their confidences.Results show that in the surveillance camera scenario, where the device screen is always visible, the cracking success rate of our technique is 89% for 10 attempts and 99.3% for 20 attempts.In the face-to-face scenario, where the subject consciously blocks the screen and his drawing finger, the success rate was 82% after 10 attempts and 89.3% after 20 attempts.In the surveillance camera scenario, the increase of shooting horizontal distance can significantly decrease the cracking success rate.But this effect diminishes with the increase of the number of attempts.Results show that the cracking success rate of the complex password is always higher than that of the simple password during 20 attempts, which means a complex pattern lock cannot play a better protection role if the proposed technique is applied.Shooting angle deflection within 5° has little effect on the success rate of cracking.…”
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Additional Education for Children with Special Needs and Disabilities in the Russian Federation: National Monitoring Concept by Z. V. Puzanova, M. A. Simonova, V. M. Filippov, T. I. Larina

“…The article presents the project of the toolkit for the national monitoring of entities engaged in additional educational activities for children with special needs and disabilities, which includes eight blocks: organizational structure of entities engaged in implementing additional educational programs for children in each constituent territory of the Russian Federation; implementation of additional educational programs for children with special needs and disabilities in entities with various subordination and organizational structures; material and technical support; staffing and professional training for specialists engaged in implementing additional educational programs for children with special needs and disabilities; information on ongoing additional educational programs for children with special needs and disabilities; typical obstacles which arise in the course of activities organized by entities engaged in implementing additional educational programs for children with special needs and disabilities; information resources and the system of inter-agency interaction in the course of the implementation of additional educational programs for children, including those with special needs and disabilities; financing of entities engaged in implementing additional educational programs for children. …”
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Genomic insights into the probiotic potential and genes linked to gallic acid metabolism in Pediococcus pentosaceus MBBL6 isolated from healthy cow milk. by Md Morshedur Rahman, Naim Siddique, Soharth Hasnat, Md Tanvir Rahman, Mustafizur Rahman, Munirul Alam, Ziban Chandra Das, Tofazzal Islam, M Nazmul Hoque

“…The observed bacteriocin, particularly bovicin, demonstrated the ability to disrupt the function of an essential protein, Rho factor of mastitis pathogens by blocking transcription termination process. Taken together, our in-depth genomic analysis underscores the metabolic versatility, safety profile, and antimicrobial potential of P. pentosaceus MBBL6, suggesting its promise for applications in therapeutics, bioremediation, and biopreservation.…”
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Geranylgeranyl Transferase-I Knockout Inhibits Oxidative Injury of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells and Attenuates Diabetes-Accelerated Atherosclerosis by Guo-Ping Chen, Jian Yang, Guo-Feng Qian, Wei-Wei Xu, Xiao-Qin Zhang

“…In conclusion, GGTase-I knockout efficiently blocked diabetes-accelerated atherosclerosis, and this protective effect must be related to the inhibition of VSMC proliferation. …”
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Seroprevalence and Risk Factors of African Horse Sickness in Three Agroecological Zones of Cameroon by Mohamed M. F. Ndebé, Mohamed M. M. Mouiche, Frédéric Moffo, Rodrigue N. S. Poueme, Julius Awah-Ndukum

“…Horse sera were subjected to the ELISA blocking test for the determination of antibodies against African horse sickness virus, and positive samples were submitted to capture ELISA to determine the presence of antigens. …”
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Alcohol, alcoholism and related consequences by M. V. Mayevskaya

“…Opioid receptors are involved in development of alcohol-induced dependency. Nalmefene, blocking these receptors, reduces supporting effect of alcohol which ceases to deliver expected pleasure.Conclusion. …”
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Follow-Up of Advanced Parkinson’s Disease Patients after Clinical or Surgical Emergencies: A Practical Approach by Hélio A. G. Teive, Matheus Gomes Ferreira, Carlos Henrique F. Camargo, Renato P. Munhoz

“…As part of this scenario, most patients presented with delirium, often requiring treatment with dopamine receptor blocking agents and/or had dopaminergic treatment withdrawn. …”
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Conceptual model of reverse logistics management of health resorts by Serhii Voitovych, Liubov Lipych

“…The proposed conceptual model of reverse logistics management of health resorts contains factors, information and resources that form the entrance to the operating system; blocks of implementation, evaluation and transformation for reverse logistics management, which fill the operating management system; a list of effects of the implementation of reverse logistics management, which form the exit from the operating system. …”
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Serodiagnosis and Risk Factors Associated with Infectious Agents of Reproductive Diseases in Bovines of Chiquinquirá, District of Boyacá (Colombia) by Deisy J. Lancheros-Buitrago, Diana M. Bulla-Castañeda, Martin O. Pulido-Medellin, Henry A. López Buitrago, Adriana M. Díaz-Anaya, Diego J. Garcia-Corredor

“…Blood samples were taken and processed using the indirect ELISA technique (SYNBIOTICS®, SERELISA® BVD p80 Ab Mono Blocking, Ingezim R.12.NC.K, PRIMACHECK VPI-3®) and the MAT test for the diagnosis of bovine leptospirosis. …”
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Water Hyacinth, an Invasive Species in Africa: A Literature Review by Lubembe, Sharon Indasi, Okoth, Sharon, Turyasingura, Benson, Oyugi, Timothy, Ibarasa, Hillary, Moenga, Kelvin, Chavula, Petros, Tumushabe, Jennifer Turyatemba

“…The hyacinths further impact human activities by blocking waterways for fishing and destroying habitat for some fish to bread properly. …”
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Attention-Based Multi-Learning Approach for Speech Emotion Recognition With Dilated Convolution by Samuel, Kakuba, Alwin, Poulose

“…Therefore, we propose an attention-based multi-learning model (ABMD) that uses residual dilated causal convolution (RDCC) blocks and dilated convolution (DC) layers with multi-head attention. …”
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Scalability in SLA lattice through lattice orientation and hybrid frame and plate architectures by Mahan Ghosh, Nandika Anne D'Souza, Yunwei Xu, Mohan Sai Kiran Kumar Yadav Nartu, Vignesh Pagadalu, Sina Rastegarzadeh, Jida Huang

“…Lightweighting has been a key goal for engineers and designers, with lattice structures widely explored as the building blocks for structural components. Cellular structure-inspired lattice truss frame designs made of struts, have been extensively studied. …”
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Targeting Inhibition of Accumulation and Function of Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells by Artemisinin via PI3K/AKT, mTOR, and MAPK Pathways Enhances Anti-PD-L1 Immunotherapy in Mela... by Mengqi Zhang, Lulu Wang, Wan Liu, Tian Wang, Francesco De Sanctis, Lifang Zhu, Guizhong Zhang, Jian Cheng, Qin Cao, Jingying Zhou, Aldo Tagliabue, Vincenzo Bronte, Dehong Yan, Xianchun Wan, Guang Yu

“…Here, we reported that ART blocks the accumulation and function of MDSCs by polarizing M2-like tumor-promoting phenotype towards M1-like antitumor one. …”
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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

“…Method: Using the randomized complete blocks-based split-plot design, the field experiment was conducted for a two-year period. …”
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Strength Prediction Model for Cohesive Soil–Rock Mixture with Rock Content by Yang Sun, Jianyong Xin, Junchao He, Junping Yu, Haibin Ding, Yifan Hu

“…For the sample with an <i>α</i> of 0°, shear failure was inhibited, and the rock blocks tended to break more easily, while the samples with an <i>α</i> of 30° and 60° exhibited fewer fragmentations. (2) P_BV significantly affected the shear behaviors of the cohesive SRM. …”
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Agronomic application effects of organic wastes on a squash crop production by Graciela Pellejero, Jonathan Menéndez, Julieta Palacios, Gabriela Aschkar, Francisco J. Garcia-Navarro, Juan M. Trujillo-Gonzalez, Juan L. Chacon-Vozmediano, Raimundo Jimenez-Ballesta

“…Purpose The objective of the study was to evaluate the application effects of different doses of onion residue mixed with bovine manure compost as an organic fertilizer on a hybrid Tetsukabuto squash crop cultivated in a field.Method The experimental design required randomly dividing blocks with three replicates. The experiments were designed with different dose combinations in experimental units (4 m wide x 8 m long deep). …”
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Identification of TUBB3 as an immunotherapy target in lung cancer by genome wide in vivo CRISPR screening by Dan Zhao, Ravindra Deshpande, Kerui Wu, Abhishek Tyagi, Sambad Sharma, Shih-Ying Wu, Fei Xing, Stacey O'Neill, Jimmy Ruiz, Feng Lyu, Kounosuke Watabe

“…Mechanistic studies revealed that blocking TUBB3 suppressed the expression of PD-L1 through the EMT-related SNAI1 gene. …”
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