Is Gestational Diabetes Mellitus an Important Contributor to Metabolic Disorders in Trinidad and Tobago? by M. Clapperton, J. Jarvis, K. Mungrue

“…Additional studies should be conducted to measure the occurrence of GDM in Trinidad and Tobago. Efforts to promote public awareness and a healthy lifestyle should be made to reverse this trend.…”
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Reliability-Based Fatigue Life Prediction for Complex Structure with Time-Varying Surrogate Modeling by Lu-Kai Song, Guang-Chen Bai, Cheng-Wei Fei, Jie Wen

“…By comparing the direct simulation (FE/FV model), RSM, GRNN, PSO-GRNN, and TV/PSO-GRNN, we observe that the TV/PSO-GRNN surrogate model is promising to perform the reliability-based fatigue life prediction of the turbine blisk and enhance the computational efficiency while ensuring an acceptable computational accuracy. The efforts of this study offer a useful insight for the reliability-based design optimization of complex structure.…”
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An efficient interpretable framework for unsupervised low, very low and extreme birth weight detection. by Ali Nawaz, Amir Ahmad, Shehroz S Khan, Mohammad Mehedy Masud, Nadirah Ghenimi, Luai A Ahmed

“…This method is particularly valuable in contexts where labeled data are scarce or labels for the anomaly class are not available, allowing for preliminary insights and detection that can inform further data labeling and more focused supervised learning efforts. We employed fourteen different anomaly detection algorithms and evaluated their performance using Area Under the Receiver Operating Characteristics (AUCROC) and Area Under the Precision-Recall Curve (AUCPR) metrics. …”
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Geomodeling soil quality using remote sensing and land use metrics in Abeokuta, Nigeria by Tobore Anthony, Anoke Emmanuel

“…The findings suggest valuable ways for SQ improvement and could contribute to efforts on achieving food security, well-being and meet sustainable development goal 2.…”
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Mitigating the effects of climate change in children’s outdoor play environments by Martin Karaba Bäckström, Eva Lundgreen, Björn Slaug

“…Background For many children, public playgrounds represent environments that are playful and important in developing good health. Without efforts to facilitate climate change adaptation of outdoor playgrounds there may be a negative impact on children’s health and well-being.Aim With a special focus on play value, to explore the reasoning and described strategies among professionals responsible for development, planning and solutions concerning outdoor playgrounds in the context of climate change.Materials and methods Eight semi-structured interviews were held with purposefully selected interviewees. …”
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Geological Heritage Site for the Rajmahal Flora at Mandro, Sahibganj, India: An Opportunity for an Integrated–Sustainable Tourism Circuit by Shreya Shrey, Ravi Shankar Chaubey, Pankaj Jaiswal

“…The circuit is an exclusively local tourism engine that could address socioeconomic disparities while developing as a hub for research and innovation across different disciplines. Paramount to these efforts is attaining Sustainable Development Goals and global recognition for the Geoheritage Site and the Circuit.…”
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A state-of-art review of Loricariidae (Ostariophysi: Siluriformes) cytogenetics by Francisco de Menezes Cavalcante Sassi, Marcelo de Bello Cioffi, Orlando Moreira-Filho

“…Populational studies have been conducted only in a few taxa, but a remarkable karyotype variation that includes B chromosomes is shown. Despite continuous efforts, cytogenetics still does not adequately capture the diversity of Loricariidae.…”
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In Vitro Assay of Lytic Bacteriophage to Suppress the Growth of Ralstonia syzygii subsp. indonesiensis, the Causal Pathogen of Potato Wilt Disease by Nur Azizah, Irda Safni

“… Bacterial wilt disease, the one of the major diseases of potatoes, caused by Ralstonia syzygii subsp. indonesiensis (Rsi). Many efforts have been made to control bacterial wilt disease, including physical control, chemicals, and the use of bacteriophages. …”
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GAN inversion and shifting: recommending product modifications to sellers for better user preference by Satyadwyoom Kumar, Abhijith Sharma, Apurva Narayan

“…In efforts to better accommodate users, numerous researchers have endeavored to model customer behavior, seeking to comprehend how they interact with diverse items within online platforms. …”
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Prevalence and Predictors of Urinary Tract Infections among Children with Cerebral Palsy in Makurdi, Nigeria by Emmanuel Adémólá Anígilájé, Terkaa Terrumun Bitto

“…In a univariate regression analysis, only moderate to severe gross motor dysfunction predicted the risk of UTI (, 95% CI, 2.27–1324.00, value 0.014). Conclusion. Efforts should be put in place to aid mobility among CP children in order to reduce the risk of UTI.…”
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Navigating Sustainability In the Tourism and Hospitality Industry: Transformation Under the Influence of Climatic Challenges by Mohammad Abul Basher Rasel

“…Additionally, sustainability efforts like local sourcing played a role in customer satisfaction with 70% of guests indicating that they were more likely to enjoy businesses which supported local communities. …”
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Beyond top-down: community co-creation approaches for sustainable dengue vector control by Peter Dambach, Valérie R. Louis, Claire J. Standley, Carlos Alberto Montenegro-Quiñonez

“…Findings from previous studies suggest that co-creation can empower communities by fostering a sense of ownership and responsibility for dengue control efforts. Using local knowledge and insights, co-creation approaches have also been shown to identify and address specific community needs and preferences, leading to more contextually relevant interventions. …”
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Exploring the economic occupational health, safety, and fatal accidents in high-risk industries by Zhonghong Cao, Tao Zhou, Siyu Miao, Lingfeng Wang, Zhenzhen Wang

“…The study’s models provide practical guidance for enhancing the effectiveness of OHS prevention and control efforts, contributing to sustainable economic and public health outcomes.…”
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Bridging the gap: community health workers as a vital link in humanitarian medical responses by Cora P. Nally, Patrick Van de Voorde, Marleen Temmerman, Marleen Temmerman, Adama Koroma, Monique Mitchell, Mary B. Adam

“…CHWs in these examples came to the forefront of addressing community mistrust for external medical teams, health communication efforts and patient follow-up care. In Sierra Leone, this program resulted in a 32% rise in referrals to established health services. …”
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Analisis Keberlanjutan Perkebunan Sawit Rakyat dalam Mendukung Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil di Kecamatan Tungkal Ilir Kabupaten Banyuasin by Rizka Nurjanah, Herry Wirianata, Fariha Wilisiani, Juni Mulya Pratama

“…In response to this, the Indonesian government, to ensure the sustainability of the palm oil industry, created a sustainability standard called ISPO, which is mandated to be mandatory for all companies and smallholders through presidential regulation number 44/2020 with a grace period of 5 years to fulfill these obligations. However, these efforts faced various problems, especially for independent smallholders. …”
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Aplicação de tecnologia de realidade aumentada em modelos tridimensionais de arquitetura e engenharia by Gabriel Brazão de Almeida, Jacy Soares Corrêa Neto

“…Para tanto, partiu-se do procedimento de Design Science Research para elaborar modelos digitais a partir do software SketchUp, além de sua integração no software Unity3D e Vuforia para gerar modelos de RA. Adicionalmente, foi elaborado um recurso educacional aberto explicando os procedimentos para elaboração de RA utilizando os softwares mencionados. …”
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Cooperation in the face of crisis: effect of demographic noise in collective-risk social dilemmas by José F. Fontanari

“…In deciding whether to contribute to a public good, people often face a social dilemma known as the tragedy of the commons: either bear the cost of promoting the collective welfare, or free-ride on the efforts of others. Here, we study the dynamics of cooperation in the context of the threshold public goods games, in which groups must reach a cumulative target contribution to prevent a potential disaster, such as an environmental crisis or social unrest, that could result in the loss of all private wealth. …”
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A HISTORY OF THE AGILA IN ADO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF BENUE STATE by OCHOGA EDWIN OCHOGA, Imanah Sunday Omoafena

“…Thus, conclusion was reached that: Firstly, Agila is a product of the mystical efforts of both Ago and Osilagama and their descendants that have over the centuries made Agila unique culturally wise in Idomaland. …”
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Geoconservation Initiatives in the State of Paraná (Brazil) by Luiz Alberto Fernandes, Fernanda Caroline Borato Xavier, Kimberlym Tábata Pesch Vieira, Liliane Maia Tcacenco-Manzano

“…Despite the concerted efforts of academic research groups, the state geological survey (Mineropar, now defunct) and the national geological survey (CPRM-SBG), current initiatives remain limited to academic research. …”
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A large annotated cervical cytology images dataset for AI models to aid cervical cancer screening by Xuan Zhang, Jianxin Ji, Qi Zhang, Xiaohan Zheng, Kaiyuan Ge, Menglei Hua, Lei Cao, Liuying Wang

“…Although many contributing studies have been conducted, limited public datasets and time-consuming collection efforts may hinder the generalization performance of those advanced models and restrict further research. …”
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