Sonographic Determination of Gallbladder Dimension among Apparently Healthy School-aged Children in Kano Metropolis by Abubakar Aminu Abubakar, Mansur Yahuza, Ramalan Mansur, Anas Yau, Bara’atu Sani Maikusa

“…Conclusion: This research successfully established reference ranges for gallbladder dimensions in healthy school-aged children, underlining gender-specific disparities in certain measurements.…”
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Optimizing Clinical Reasoning: Unpacking the Impact of Virtual Patient Educational Duration in Cancer Care and Nursing Students’ Experiences by Masoud Bahrami, Arash Hadadgar, Masoumeh Fuladvandi

“…Results: The outcomes revealed a noteworthy disparity between the mean scores recorded in the pre-test and post-test stages after training, for both the 4th and 5th semester cohorts (p ≤ 0.001). …”
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FusionMamba: dynamic feature enhancement for multimodal image fusion with Mamba by Xinyu Xie, Yawen Cui, Tao Tan, Xubin Zheng, Zitong Yu

“…It combines the dynamic feature enhancement module (DFEM) for texture enhancement and disparity perception with the cross-modal fusion Mamba module (CMFM), which focuses on enhancing the inter-modal correlation while suppressing redundant information. …”
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Evolución del Empleo en el Sector Terciario en Venezuela by ELIZABETH TORRES RIVAS

“…Los hallazgos empíricos muestran baja productividad laboral en el sector, sin embargo no son concluyentes acerca del tipo de terciarización presente en el país, dado que se requiere información que no está disponible para tal fin.…”
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The role of green finance in reshaping end-use energy consumption: insights from regional evidence in China by Mingzheng Deng, Xiangyi Lu, Ruibin Tong, Yan Xue, Shuaihang Shi, Rui Guo

“…Despite growing interest in this area, the relationship between green finance and the optimization of end-use energy consumption remains underexplored, particularly in the context of regional disparities.MethodsThis study investigates the impact of green finance on end-use energy consumption structure across 30 provinces in China from 2014 to 2021. …”
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Key drivers of medical crowdfunding success: a comprehensive analysis of 84,712 projects by Siyuan Zhang, Qing Zhang, Mengning Wang, Xin Tang, Xin Lu, Wei Huang

“…In China, the insufficiency of medical insurance to cover all medical expenses, coupled with significant urban-rural disparities, leaves certain households, especially those in impoverished regions, unable to bear unforeseen high healthcare costs. …”
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Expanded non-invasive prenatal testing offers better detection of fetal copy number variations but not chromosomal aneuploidies. by Shaozhe Yang, Yuan Zhuang, Junfeng Li, Xiuhong Fu

“…Compared with the low-risk group, the high-risk group had a greater PPV; however, in the NIPT-plus group, there was no significant disparity in the PPV between the low-risk and high-risk groups. …”
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Competencia digital docente para la búsqueda, selección, evaluación y almacenamiento de la información by Antonio-Manuel RODRÍGUEZ-GARCÍA, Arturo FUENTES CABRERA, Antonio José MORENO GUERRERO

“…Sin embargo, manifiestan tener mayor déficit competencial en cuanto al empleo de mecanismos de filtrado para mejorar la selección de la información, así como en lo que respecta al conocimiento de los parámetros que han de cumplir las páginas web y la información disponible online para garantizar la confiabilidad y veracidad de su contenido. …”
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The role of patients in the governance of a sustainable healthcare system: A scoping review. by Monica Aggarwal, Sukhraj Gill, Adeel Siddiquei, Kristina Kokorelias, Giulio DiDiodato

“…While many studies recognized the value of patient accountability frameworks, there was a concern that these frameworks could further exacerbate existing socioeconomic disparities and contribute to poor health-related behaviours and outcomes (e.g., stigmatizing marginalized groups). …”
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Los planes de inspección by Carmen Martín Fernández

“…En el ámbito de la inspección, los planes se han revelado un útil instrumento para que la Administración se organice y determine cómo va a ejercer su potestad de inspección con los medios materiales y humanos de que dispone. Es un hecho que la Administración no puede inspeccionar a todos los sujetos sometidos a limitaciones, por lo que tiene que elegir en qué sujetos, actividades o sectores concentrar sus esfuerzos. …”
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Study on a New Method of Link-Based Link Prediction in the Context of Big Data by Chen Jicheng, Chen Hongchang, Li Hanchao

“…For sparse networks, there is a wide disparity between the links that are likely to form and the ones that include. …”
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Development of corn supply chain strategy in East Java based on logistics cost structure and marketing efficiency by Andika Yuli Heryanto, Novita Erma Kristanti, Kuncoro Harto Widodo

“…The market's corn supply instability occurs due to uneven harvest patterns. Price disparities between consumers and farmers occur because many supply chain actors are involved, causing losses to supply chain actors. …”
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Evaluation of Serum Zonulin Level and Intestinal Permeability in Patients with Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria and the Relationship Between Serum Zonulin Level and Disease Severity by Simge Ünal, Selda Pelin Kartal, Ahmet Ozsoy, Fevzi Nuri Aydın

“…Result: The study revealed a statistically significant difference in zonulin levels between the CSU patient group and the control group, with a p-value of 0.000 indicating a highly significant disparity. Furthermore, among the CSU patients, those who were presented with angioedema exhibited considerably higher zonulin levels compared to those without angioedema. …”
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Women’s visibility and bargaining power in the common bean value chain in Mozambique by Enock K. Maereka, Eileen B. Nchanji, Victor Nyamolo, Lutomia K. Cosmas, Bartholomew Y. Chataika

“…The study revealed gender disparities in the control of bean sales and income. …”
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Omnichannel marketing and beacon technologies: experience and prospects in Europe by A. A. Sazonov, M. V. Sazonova

“…The authors established that under the influence of modern digital marketing technologies, it is necessary to redefine the disparate points of contact with customers that affect the process of consumer engagement and profit generation due to the use of various Omnichannels. …”
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Implicit bias assessment by career stage in medical education training: a narrative review by Alisha Crump, May Saad Al-Jorani, Sunya Ahmed, Ekas Abrol, Shikha Jain

“…Longitudinal epidemiological research is needed to examine the long-term effect of implicit biases on existing healthcare disparities.…”
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Impact of green finance on poverty reduction: evidence from China by Wei Xu, Xiaoning Wang, Yun Zhang, Feng Wang

“…We uncover the intricate relationship between green finance and poverty reduction using panel data regression analysis on a dataset spanning 30 provinces from 2010 to 2021. Our findings indicate a positive and significant association between the advancement of green finance and poverty reduction. …”
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Investigación sobre aborto en América Latina y el Caribe. Una agenda renovada para informar políticas públicas e incidencia (resumen ejecutivo) by Silvina Ramos

“…Una agenda renovada para informar políticas públicas e incidencia , cuyo resumen ejecutivo se presenta a continuación, nos ofrece un conocimiento riguroso y sólido de la evidencia científica que se dispone en la región sobre este tema en el periodo de 2009 al 2014; con base en ésta, nos propone los ejes temáticos prioritarios que deben ser indagados en el futuro inmediato. …”
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Defining harmful news reporting on community firearm violence: A modified Delphi consensus study. by Jessica H Beard, Evan L Eschliman, Anita Wamakima, Christopher N Morrison, Jim MacMillan, Jennifer Midberry

“…Reducing harm from reporting on CFV can help address this health disparity and support evidence-based approaches to this urgent public health issue.…”
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Foodscape: A scoping review and a research agenda for food security-related studies. by Simon Vonthron, Coline Perrin, Christophe-Toussaint Soulard

“…Since 1995, the term 'foodscape', a contraction of food and landscape, has been used in various research addressing social and spatial disparities in public health and food systems. This article presents a scoping review of the literature examining how this term is employed and framed. …”
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