A comparative analysis of the level of out-of-pocket healthcare expenditure in urban and rural communities in Edo state Nigeria by Momoh JA, Mathew M, Momoh R.O, Luka-Lawal RK, Gadzama DA5, Daniel H, Prof. Abah SO, Prof. Uzochukwu

“…Given the economic realities faced by many households, especially in rural areas, urgent measures are warranted to alleviate the financial strain of healthcare expenses. …”
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High Performance Frequent Subgraph Mining on Transaction Datasets: A Survey and Performance Comparison by Bismita S. Jena, Cynthia Khan, Rajshekhar Sunderraman

“…In recent years, Spark has emerged to be the De Facto industry standard with its distributed in-memory computing capability. …”
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Assessment of Polypharmacy, Drug Use Patterns, and Associated Factors at the Edna Adan University Hospital, Hargeisa, Somaliland by Temesgen Sidamo, Alemu Deboch, Mohamed Abdi, Fikru Debebe, Khalid Dayib, Tamrat Balcha Balla

“…In addition, the World Health Organization’s core drug use and facility indicators were used to assess the drug use patterns. …”
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Analisis strategi pengembangan industri sirup pokak di Probolinggo by Nita Kuswardhani, Nadia Putri Irkhana

“…Based on the results of the QSPM matrix, the highest attractiveness value is in Strategy 7 is to improve product quality and outlet facilities with a total amount of attractiveness (TAS) of 6,031. …”
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Experimental Characterization of C–C Composite Destruction Under Impact of High Thermal Flux in Atmosphere and Hypersonic Airflow by Ryan Bencivengo, Alin Ilie Stoica, Sergey B. Leonov, Richard Gulotty

“…Compared to atmospheric air, mass loss occurred at a rate of 1.5 orders of magnitude faster for M = 6 airflow. …”
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Solar‐Driven Hydrogen Peroxide Production via BiVO4‐Based Photocatalysts by Hui Ling Tan, Casandra Hui Teng Chai, Jerry Zhi Xiong Heng, Quyen Vu Thi, Xuelian Wu, Yun Hau Ng, Enyi Ye

“…This review explores advancements in BiVO4‐based photocatalysts for H2O2 production, focusing on photocatalytic powder suspension (PS) and photoelectrochemical (PEC) systems, representing the main approaches for heterogenous artificial photosynthesis. …”
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An audit of “Repeat” fine needle aspiration cytology procedures in a cytopathology laboratory—An important quality indicator by Shivali Sehgal, Sujata Jetley, Sabina Khan, Zeeba S. Jairajpuri

“…Materials and Methods: A retrospective descriptive analysis was conducted at the cytopathology laboratory affiliated with a tertiary care facility. This study included all FNAC cases reported over six months. …”
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Classification of Periodic Variable Stars from TESS by Xinyi Gao, Xiaodian Chen, Shu Wang, Jifeng Liu

“…The purity of eclipsing binaries and pulsation variable stars ranges from 94.2% to 99.4% when compared to the variable star catalogs of Gaia Data Release 3 and Zwicky Transient Facility Data Release 2. The purity of rotational variable stars is relatively low at 83.3%. …”
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The activities of the Ukrainian SSR militia in combating crime in the early 1960s. by V. A. Grechenko

“…Given the growth of economic crime, considerable attention was paid to strengthening the agent apparatus, in particular at facilities where large amounts of material assets were concentrated and could be stolen. …”
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Interventions to promote the implementation of pressure injuries prevention measures in nursing homes: a scoping review protocol by Yu Liu, Chun-Tao Wu, Long-Fei Yang, Yan-Ling Liu, Cui-Ping Ni

“…There was a review of preventive interventions for pressure injuries in long-term care facilities, but there is no systematic review of how to promote the implementation of preventive measures. …”
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Urban Vulnerability Analysis Against earthquake hazard With the ELECTRE FUZZY method (Case Study: Karaj Metropolis) by Fatemeh Khodadadi, Mojgan Entezari, Farzaneh Sasanpour

“…Today, in view of the growing population and population density in urban areas, especially in densely populated and susceptible cities, the need for an inclusive and comprehensive approach to natural disasters and disasters caused by their occurrence has become more evident . Focusing more than the size of the population in specific urban areas, lack of preventive planning and lack of readiness to deal with accidents such as earthquakes, is a very serious and important threat to citizens and the survival of the city. …”
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Influence of technological factors of melting on the structure and properties of modified heat‑resistant chrome bronzes by F. G. Lovshenko, I. A. Lozikov

“…The role of protective atmospheres and deoxidizers in the formation of the chemical composition of alloys is studied and their optimal combination is proposed, consisting in a combination of Cryolite and argon to protect the copper melt during alloying with its preliminary deoxidation with a modifier based on the composition “Cu – 10 % B”, developed and produced at a pilot production facility at the Belarusian‑Russian University. An idea of the kinetics of the dissolution process of a mechanically fused modifying ligature with a high content of an alloying component and its effect on the formation of the structure of cast materials is obtained. …”
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Regulatory mechanisms for underground waste disposal in Nigeria: review and implications for environmental management by Irwin Anthony Akpoborie

“…Furthermore, the laws place inordinate reliance on waste facility owners to ascertain crucial parameters for example, well casing integrity and in the case of landfills, liner integrity which regulators do not have the capacity or resources to verify. …”
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Energy and cost analysis of bottom waste cooking oil (B-WCO) based solid alcohol biofuel and supernatant waste cooking oil (S-WCO) based biodiesel by Ramin Nabizadeh, I.L. García, Zohreh Bahmani, Abbas Norouzian Baghani, Sodeh Sadjadi, Kamyar Yaghmaeian, Bahram Kamarehie, Amir Hossein Mahvi, Masud Yunesian

“…The objective of this work is to conduct energy and cost balances for biodiesel and SABF generation from supernatant waste cooking oil (S-WCO) and bottom waste cooking oil (B-WCO) derived from catering facilities in Iran, respectively. The total energy input/output for SABF and biodiesel, respectively, were 31.738/37.180 MJ/L and 34.269/42.163 MJ/L, with the majority of the energy contribution being B-WCO/S-WCO (78.77/73.57 %), followed by machinery (19.76/18.30 %), and ethanol/methanol (0.69/7.47 %), in both cases. …”
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Advanced Learning Technologies for Intelligent Transportation Systems: Prospects and Challenges by Ruhul Amin Khalil, Ziad Safelnasr, Naod Yemane, Mebruk Kedir, Atawulrahman Shafiqurrahman, NASIR SAEED

“…Yet, these intricacies comprise just one facet of the multifaceted trials confronting contemporary ITS. …”
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Expert Comment Generation Considering Sports Skill Level Using a Large Multimodal Model with Video and Spatial-Temporal Motion Features by Tatsuki Seino, Naoki Saito, Takahiro Ogawa, Satoshi Asamizu, Miki Haseyama

“…However, existing research on skill transfer predominantly focuses on skill evaluation through video analysis, addressing only a single facet of the multifaceted process required for skill acquisition. …”
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Impact of gas flaring on acute respiratory distress among pregnant women and newborn babies in Delta State Central Senatorial District, Nigeria by Omatseye Alero Akuirene, John Esimaje Moyegbone, Charity Omoikhekpen Chukumah, Mercy Ebiyemi Kalaroo, Josiah Obaghwerhievwo Adjene, Emmanuel Agbonomhen Agege, Joseph Onyedenyifa Odoko, Ezekiel Uba Nwose

“…Materials and methods: A descriptive cross-sectional survey involving 483 pregnant women of reproductive age, antenatal caregivers and healthcare professionals at health facilities in Delta State Central Senatorial District. …”
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Influence of Hospital Bed Count on the Positioning of Cardiovascular Interventional Radiology (IR) Nurses: Online Questionnaire Survey of Japanese IR-Specialized Radiological Techn... by Tomoko Kuriyama, Takashi Moritake, Go Hitomi, Koichi Nakagami, Koichi Morota, Satoru Matsuzaki, Hajime Sakamoto, Kazuma Matsumoto, Mamoru Kato, Hiroko Kitamura

“…Methods: To verify this hypothesis, we conducted a more extensive online questionnaire survey, focusing exclusively on hospitals that perform cardiovascular IR. …”
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Investigating Measures to Revive Urban and Rural Tourism in The Post-Corona Era by Jamaleddin Honarvar

“…The results showed that; compensation for tourism losses, prevention and control of the coronavirus pandemic, smart tourism, tax exemption and subsidy, revival of the tourism market, construction of quality tourism places, safety of accommodation and hospitality, improvement of health facilities, ensuring the safety of international tourism, restoring the trust of travelers, providing clear information to travelers, strengthening cooperation within and between countries, are the most important measures for the revival and recovery of urban and rural tourism. …”
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Design and Profit Allocation in Two-Echelon Heterogeneous Cooperative Logistics Network Optimization by Yong Wang, Yingying Yuan, Kevin Assogba, Ke Gong, Haizhong Wang, Maozeng Xu, Yinhai Wang

“…The optimization methodology includes the formation of cooperative coalitions, the reallocation of customers to appropriate logistics facilities, and the determination of the best profit allocation scheme. …”
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