Utilization of eye care services among adults in a rural community in Rivers State South-South, Nigeria by Datonjo Alwell George, Godswill Inye Nathaniel

“…Results: Four hundred and twenty-five subjects participated in the study made up of 240 males (56.5%) and 185 females (43.5%), with an M:F ratio of 1:1.3. …”
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A compact and highly isolated integrated 8-port MIMO antenna for sub-6 GHz and mm-wave 5G-NR applications by Manumula Srinubabu, Nuthakki Venkata Rajasekhar

“…The antenna's stable radiation patterns and spatial diversity make it well-suited for 5G-NR, Wi-Fi 6, and V2X applications.…”
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Food Acquisition Coping Strategies Vary Based on Food Security Among University Students by Emily Sklar, Gwen M Chodur, Leslie Kemp, Deborah S Fetter, Rachel E Scherr

“…Conclusions: Results from this study shed insight on the complexities of food insecurity in the university setting, providing useful data to inform the development of better programs, outreach, and evaluation tools that encapsulate the many unique factors that make up FSS for students.…”
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Systematic review of interventions for improving the performance of community health workers in low-income and middle-income countries by Paul Montgomery, Madeleine Ballard

“…Nearly half of studies were compound interventions, making it difficult to isolate the effects of individual performance improvement intervention components, though four specific strategies pertaining to recruitment, supervision, incentivisation and equipment were identified.Conclusions Variations in recruitment, supervision, incentivisation and equipment may improve CHW performance. …”
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Research progress of MRI-based radiomics in hepatocellular carcinoma by Xiao-Yun Xie, Rong Chen

“…These encompass tumor differentiation, subtype classification, histopathological grading, prediction of microvascular invasion (MVI), assessment of treatment response, early recurrence prognostication, and metastasis prediction.ConclusionMRI radiomics emerges as a promising adjunctive tool for early HCC detection and personalized preoperative decision-making, with the overarching goal of optimizing patient outcomes. …”
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Youth inclusion in value chain development: a case of the aquaculture in Nigeria by Likimyelesh Nigussie, Thai Thi Minh, Sonali Senaratna Sellamuttu

“…Abstract Many countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) have made youth inclusion a top priority in their development agendas. …”
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Dynamic Mechanical Response, Cracking Behavior, and Stress Intensity Factors of Cement Mortar Specimens with Open and Closed Flaws by Qizhi Wang, Fangshi Shi, Xiao Wang, Qingling Meng, Xing Li, Jinbo Song, Chang-yi Yu

“…In this work, the cement mortar is used to make the plate specimens, and two different types of flaws, i.e., the open and the closed (resin-filled) flaws, with different inclination angles from 0° to 90° with respect to the loading direction are prefabricated. …”
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Analysis of anthropogenic transformation of the hydrographic network in the northern part of Lviv according to cartographic sources by Ye. Іvanov, O. Pylypovych

“…The study of water bodies was carried out with topographic maps of the scale range from 1:25,000 to 1:100,000, which made it possible to cover a time period of more than 240 years. …”
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Burden of NASH related liver cancer from 1990 to 2021 at the global, regional, and national levels by Shuang Li, Shuang Li, Shuangjiang Li, Linjing Guan, Mingjuan Li, Jiahui Zhao, Min Wu, Qiuyun Li, Hui Li, Guoqing Ouyang, Guangdong Pan, Guangdong Pan

“…BackgroundThe global burden of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)-related liver cancer (NRLC) is increasing, making NASH the fastest-growing cause of liver cancer worldwide. …”
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Novel Fusion Technique for High-Performance Automated Crop Edge Detection in Smart Agriculture by F. Martinez, James B. Romaine, P. Johnson, A. Cardona Ruiz, Pablo Millan Gata

“…Throughout the comparison, a custom metric is used to evaluate performance both in training and inference, balancing computational cost and area error, making it applicable in agriculture. Performance metric is associated with computational cost factor and accuracy factor whose value are respectively 65% and 35%, ensuring applicability for autonomous agricultural devices. …”
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One-pot synthesis and characterization of a BSA-Cu2S/CuS quantum dots drug delivery system based on biuret’s reaction by Porfirio Estrada-Rojas, Juan Francisco Hernández-Paz, Claudia Alejandra Rodríguez-González, Mónica Elvira Mendoza-Duarte, Santos Adriana Martel-Estrada, Laura Elizabeth Valencia-Gómez, Héctor Camacho-Montes, Imelda Olivas-Armendáriz

“…Among these, Cu _2 S and CuS quantum dots have demonstrated notable photothermal effects and antibacterial activity, making them promising candidates for various biomedical applications, including cancer treatment. …”
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Prevalence of Gastric and Small-Intestinal Mucosal Injury in Elderly Patients Taking Enteric-Coated Aspirin by Magnetically Controlled Capsule Endoscopy by Feng Gao, Xue Chen, Jie Zhang

“…MCCE enables the monitoring of aspirin-related gastric and small-intestinal mucosal injury in elderly patients, which can guide treatment decision making.…”
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Tracing the 2018 Sulawesi Earthquake and Tsunami’s Impact on Palu, Indonesia: A Remote Sensing Analysis by Youshuang Hu, Aggeliki Barberopoulou, Magaly Koch

“…While previous studies have used high-resolution remote sensing methods such as LiDAR or SAR, our study emphasizes accessibility and simplicity, making it more feasible for resource-constrained regions or rapid disaster response. …”
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The system of subjects of intellectual property law in the conditions of the cyberspace formation by O. Ye. Avramova

“…The application of the dialectical method has made it possible to establish that digital law is developing as a complex institution that gravitates towards private law. …”
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Eales’ Disease in Inuit: A Short Report and Clinical Update by Forshaw TRJ, Moldow B

“…There was left epiretinal membrane with retinal thickening on macular optical coherence tomography.Results: Based on the patient’s clinical findings and history of tuberculosis infection, a diagnosis of Eales’ disease was made. The left eye was treated with pars plana vitrectomy with epiretinal membrane peeling, endodiathermy and endolaser. …”
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Annual change in the distribution and landscape health of mangrove ecosystems in China from 2016 to 2023 with Sentinel imagery by Yuchao Sun, Mingzhen Ye, Bin Ai, Zhenlin Lai, Jun Zhao, Zhuokai Jian, Xinyan Qi

“…This demonstrates that China has made considerable achievements in the mangrove conservation, encompassing both the quantity and quality of mangroves. …”
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The Relationship Between the Modified Glasgow Prognostic and SYNTAX Scores in Patients with Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction by Ahmet KARADUMAN, Cemalettin YILMAZ, Mustafa Ferhat KETEN, Ismail BALABAN, Zeynep Esra GUNER, Mehmet CELIK

“…Conclusions: It seems possible to make use of the mGPS when estimating the degree and intricacies of CAD in patients with NSTEMI, as there appears to be a connection with higher SYNTAX scores.…”
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The Shanghai Cooperation Organization after Enlargement: New Challenges and Prospects by D. V. Efremenko

“…In 2018–2019 the SCO powers, together and separately, have made a decisive contribution to the settlement of inter-Afghanistan conflict when the US and NATO troops had been withdrawn from Afghanistan. …”
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Multilingüismo en la traducción de Zeru horiek (1995) de Bernardo Atxaga al finés y al estonio by Merilin Kotta

“…Modifications in Esos cielos (the autotranslation by Atxaga) used as source text and an effort to make the text understandable for the reader can explain this linguistic and cultural homogenisation. …”
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Imputation of missing land carbon sequestration data in the AR6 Scenarios Database by R. Prütz, R. Prütz, R. Prütz, R. Prütz, S. Fuss, S. Fuss, S. Fuss, J. Rogelj, J. Rogelj, J. Rogelj

“…In its current version, many scenarios in the database lack information about the level of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO<span class="inline-formula">₂</span>) removal via land sinks, as net-negative CO<span class="inline-formula">₂</span> emissions and gross removals on land are not always separated and are not consistently reported across models. This makes scenario analyses focusing on CO<span class="inline-formula">₂</span> removal challenging. …”
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