A Deep Learning Enabled Chest X-Ray Abnormality Detection Model for Radiology Assistance. by Ssempeebwa, Phillip, Ainembabazi, Patience

“…Firstly, the model undergoes an image preprocessing phase, where chest X-ray images are standardized and segmented into distinct anatomical regions, focusing on the upper, lower, and middle sections of the lungs. …”
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Task-Oriented Leadership and Employee Performance: A Case Study of Buhoma Mukono Community Development Association (BMCDA) in Kanungu, Uganda by Orikyiriza, Elli, Moses, Agaba, Alex, Kanyesiime

“…The researchers recommend that a more significant and more positive focus should be put on leadership behaviour that involves giving constructive feedback about performance, providing resources to employees to help them accomplish tasks, and implementing procedures to improve work processes, to improve employee performance. …”
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“Restoration of the Past Scenery-Realm”: A Research on the Scenery-Realm Restoration of Jiang’s Fu Garden During Qing Dynasty in the Historical Revolution of the Humble Administrat... by Qian BIAN

“…Concurrently, as the preservation of Chinese garden heritage garners increasing attention, researchers are increasingly focused on gaining indigenous insights from the restoration tradition of ancient Chinese gardens. …”
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Integrated Framework and Technical Path for Multi-level Nested Assessment of Landscape Character by Yuncai WANG, Qizhen DONG

“…Comparing the methodology of LCA with that of LPA, LPA and LCA have certain complementarity in research perspective, indicator system, classification method, and other aspects. LCA focuses on the objective description of elements and their combination level features, which can depict local landscape differences and is supported by quantitative analysis techniques; LPA focuses on the comprehensive effects in the dynamic process of resource combination, which can characterize the value and personalized characteristics of the overall landscape, but lacks quantitative classification techniques. …”
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Editorial by Thomas Duve

“…Jahrhundert der Ansicht, dass der gewöhnliche Sprachgebrauch maßgeblich – und zugleich historisch relativ sei. …”
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Visual Environment Factors Influencing Staying Behaviors During Cycling on Countryside Greenways by Ting WEN, Yun ZHANG, Ming DU

“…At the node level, strategies should focus on broadening the visual field and prolonging the duration of stays. …”
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Pathways Through Which Green Exposure Type Influences Cardiovascular Diseases Mortality in Shanghai, China by Jianzhong HUANG, Yanting XU, Lan WANG, Zhouqian HE

“…First, the research often focuses on single green exposure type, such as park accessibility or vegetation cover, overlooking the diverse pathways through which different green exposures influence cardiovascular health. …”
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Medicinal plants as alternatives for the management of hypertension and diabetes in Nigeria: Analysis of the structured interview of Nigerian patients by Rosemary A. Sylver-Francis, Olavi Pelkonen

“…Ethnopharmacological relevance: Over the past decade two non-communicable diseases, hypertension (HTN) and diabetes (DM), have become two of the biggest healthcare issues in Africa, rivalling communicable diseases. This study focuses on the patient-initiated use of traditional medicinal plants (TMPs) in conjunction with doctor-prescribed conventional medicines (CMs) for the management of HTN and DM in Nigeria, highly prevalent in this Africa's most populous country. …”
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Contextual determinates of under-five malnutrition in mining communities: a critical review of nutrition interventions for optimal impact by Herbert Tato Nyirenda, David Mulenga, Hilda Nyambe-Silavwe

“…This paper analyzes contextual data to establish a benchmark for selecting effective nutrition strategies, thereby maximizing their impact and ensuring targeted, sustainable outcomes.MethodsThis study employed a cross-sectional design to examine the key drivers of nutrition in mining communities, focusing on children under five and their caregivers. …”
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Differences in health related quality of life among older migrants and nonmigrants in India by Vasim Ahamad, Ram B. Bhagat

“…However, this study predicts that migrants especially need separate health policies as they are in poorer health conditions than non-migrants. Policymakers should focus on the determinants of migrant health to achieve the goal of healthy ageing for all in India.…”
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Species specificity and specificity diversity (SSD) framework: a novel method for detecting the unique and enriched species associated with disease by leveraging the microbiome het... by Zhanshan Sam Ma

“…Majority of existing efforts have been focused on a community level, but the discerning power of community or holistic metrics such as diversity analysis seems limited. …”
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Comparison of observational methods to identify and characterize post-COVID syndrome in the Netherlands using electronic health records and questionnaires. by Isabelle Bos, Lisa Bosman, Rinske van den Hoek, Willemijn van Waarden, Matthijs S Berends, Maarten S Homburg, Tim Olde Hartman, Jean Muris, Lilian S Peters, Bart Knottnerus, Karin S Hek, Robert A Verheij

“…Future studies should focus on care trajectories and qualitative measures such as quality of life of individuals living with PCS.…”
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Productivity loss due to menstruation-related symptoms: a nationwide cross-sectional survey among 32 748 women by Mark E Schoep, Eddy M M Adang, Jacques W M Maas, Bianca De Bie, Johanna W M Aarts, Theodoor E Nieboer

“…There is an urgent need for more focus on the impact of these symptoms, especially in women aged under 21 years, for discussions of treatment options with women of all ages and, ideally, more flexibility for women who work or go to school.…”
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Use of cannabis during pregnancy and birth outcomes in an Aboriginal birth cohort: a cross-sectional, population-based study by Deirdre Gartland, Stephanie J Brown, Karen Glover, Fiona K Mensah, Cathy Leane, Jane Yelland, Jackie Ah Kit, Deanna Stuart-Butler, Donna Weetra, Jonathan Newbury

“…Integrated responses—collaboratively developed with Aboriginal communities and organisations—that focus on constellations of risk factors, and a holistic approach to addressing social determinants of adverse birth outcomes, are required.…”
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The rapid detection of a neonatal unit outbreak of a wild-type Klebsiella variicola using decentralized Oxford Nanopore sequencing by Rhys T. White, Michelle Balm, Megan Burton, Samantha Hutton, Jamaal Jeram, Matthew Kelly, Donia Macartney-Coxson, Tanya Sinha, Henrietta Sushames, David J. Winter, Maxim G. Bloomfield

“…This showed that three of four isolates were in fact K. variicola, and two of these were sequence type (ST)6385. …”
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Lean Transformation Success: The Role of Management and Employee Engagement by Ivona Jovanović, Milena Gatić, Dragana Stojanović, Dušan Gošnik

“…It provides practitioners with guidance on what steps they should take to be more successful in Lean transformation so that they can focus more on overcoming them and less on identifying them.…”
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Stress buffering effects of physical activity in adolescents: the moderating role of physical activity attitudes by Pingping Liu

“…However, whether physical activity attitudes modulate stress, and the relationship between physical activity attitudes, physical activity, and stress symptoms is unclear. The present study focuses on whether adolescent stress events predict stress symptoms, whether physical activity buffers stress, and whether this stress-buffering effect is enhanced when attitudes toward physical activity are positive. …”
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Analyzing the semileptonic and nonleptonic B c → J/ψ, η c decays by Aritra Biswas, Soumitra Nandi, Shantanu Sahoo

“…Abstract This study focuses on the decay of the B c meson to S-wave charmonia. …”
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Digital Health Program to Support Family Caregivers of Children Undergoing Growth Hormone Therapy: Qualitative Feasibility Study by Alba Jiménez-Díaz, Maitena Pierantonelli, Patricia Morte Coscolín, Amaia Salinas-Uhalte, Silvia Quer-Palomas, Octavio Rivera-Romero, Rocío Herrero, Luis Fernández-Luque, Rosa Baños, Ricardo C Berrios, Antonio de Arriba

“… BackgroundCaregivers of children with growth hormone deficiency often face emotional challenges (eg, stress) associated with their children’s health conditions. …”
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Is surgery superior for distal ulna fractures? a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis by Zakaria Chabihi, Brahim Demnati, Mohamed Moussadiq, Tariq Aalil, Yassine Fath El Khir, El Mehdi Boumediane, Mohamed Amine Benhima, Imad Abkari

“…Future research should focus on standardizing study designs to improve the quality of evidence in the management of distal ulna fractures. …”
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