Practices of Breast Self-Examination and Associated Factors among Female Debre Berhan University Students by Kalayu Birhane, Miskir Alemayehu, Belayneh Anawte, Gebru Gebremariyam, Ruth Daniel, Semeneh Addis, Teshome Worke, Abdurrahman Mohammed, Wassie Negash

“…Lack of knowledge on how to perform BSE was cited as the main reason for not practicing BSE. …”
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The comparative influence of climate change and demography in spatially distributed degree-day projections for France in the 21st century by Sylvain Cros, Philippe Drobinski, Louis-Gaëtan Giraudet, Johann Meulemans

“…In turn, CDDs appear more evenly impacted by climate change and population increase, except in Southern cities where population is growing fast. In any case, the ranking between the two influences is strongly sensitive to population projections scenarios. …”
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A Secure and Robust Machine Learning Model for Intrusion Detection in Internet of Vehicles by Pradeep Kumar Tiwari, Shiv Prakash, Animesh Tripathi, Tiansheng Yang, Rajkumar Singh Rathore, Manish Aggarwal, Narendra Kumar Shukla

“…The rapid advancement of communication is introducing a new era for the Internet of Vehicles (IoV) in the context of Smart Cities. Although these technologies provide unparalleled connectivity and communication capabilities, they also introduce new security challenges, particularly in terms of Intrusion Detection. …”
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Safety and Outcomes of Permanent and Retrievable Inferior Vena Cava Filters in the Oncology Population by Saba S. Shaikh, Suneel D. Kamath, Debashis Ghosh, Robert J. Lewandowski, Brandon J. McMahon

“…Contraindication to anticoagulation was the most cited reason for filter placement; however, only 76% of patients with retrievable filters and 69% of patients with permanent filters had an absolute contraindication to anticoagulation. 20% of patients with retrievable filters and 24% of patients with permanent filters had recurrent VTE. …”
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Assessing the Impact of Traffic Emissions on Fine Particulate Matter and Carbon Monoxide Levels in Hanoi through COVID-19 Social Distancing Periods by Nhung H. Le, Bich-Thuy Ly, Phong K. Thai, Gia-Huy Pham, Ich-Hung Ngo, Van-Nguyet Do, Thuy T. Le, Luan V. Nhu, Ha Dang Son, Yen-Lien T. Nguyen, Duong H. Pham, Tuan V. Vu

“…Abstract Hanoi, Vietnam, is usually ranked as one of the most polluted capital cities in terms of air quality, particularly PM2.5. …”
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Numerical Calibration Method for Vehicle Velocity Data from Electronic Registration Identification of Motor Vehicles Based on Mobile Edge Computing and Particle Swarm Optimization... by Jingfeng Yang, Zhiyong Luo, Nanfeng Zhang, Honggang Wang, Ming Li, Jinchao Xiao

“…In the development of technology for smart cities, the installation and deployment of electronic motor vehicle registration identification have attracted great attention in terms of smart transportation in recent years. …”
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E-Tourism in Nigeria: An Examination of Internet as a Tool for Tourism Marketing in Ikogosi Warm and Cold Spring Holiday Resort by Deborah Olasupo, Ibidapo Adebayo, Olakunle Orimaye

“…Additionally, 60% identified inadequate content about Ikogosi online as a barrier to attracting tourists, while 45% cited poor infrastructure as a major impediment to digital outreach. …”
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Analysis on Regional Characteristics of Economic Growth Based on Total Factor Productivity by Weidong Ma, Cheng Chung Wu, Deshan Tang

“…In this paper, we adopt stochastic frontier model of translog production function to measure the total factor productivity growth rate of 13 cities in Jiangsu province from the year 2000 to 2020 and study the characteristics of the contribution rates of capital, labor, and total factor productivity in driving economic growth. …”
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A Review of Different Stimulation Methods for Functional Reconstruction and Comparison of Respiratory Function after Cervical Spinal Cord Injury by Jiaqi Chang, Dongkai Shen, Yixuan Wang, Na Wang, Ya Liang

“…About hundred related academic papers are cited for data analysis. They all have the following characteristics: (1) basic conditions of patients were reported, (2) patients had received nerve or muscle stimulation and the basic parameters, and (3) the results were evaluated based on some indicators. …”
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The influence of weather and urban environment characteristics on upper respiratory tract infections: a systematic review by Henna Hyrkäs-Palmu, Henna Hyrkäs-Palmu, Timo T. Hugg, Timo T. Hugg, Jouni J. K. Jaakkola, Jouni J. K. Jaakkola, Tiina M. Ikäheimo, Tiina M. Ikäheimo, Tiina M. Ikäheimo

“…Built environments of cities could further modify exposure to weather and consequently the risk of RTIs, but their combined effects on infections are not known.ObjectivesOur aim was to synthesize evidence of the influence of weather on RTIs in urban areas and to examine whether urban built environments are associated with both weather and RTIs.MethodsA systematic search of Scopus, PubMed, and Web of Science databases was conducted on 9th of August 2022 following PRISMA guidelines. …”
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Deformation Law of the Diaphragm Wall during Deep Foundation Pit Construction on Lake and Sea Soft Soil in the Yangtze River Delta by Yuan Mei, Dongbo Zhou, Xueyan Wang, Liangjie Zhao, Jinxin Shen, Shumin Zhang, Yuanying Liu

“…Based on the monitoring data of the diaphragm wall of the deep foundation pit of the Hangzhou metro station, the monitoring data of the deep foundation pits of 15 subway stations in Shanghai and Ningbo cities around Hangzhou were considered. Grouping and classification methods were used to analyze the similarities and differences in the deformation characteristics of the diaphragm wall in the three regions. …”
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Seasonal Prevalence of Helminthic Infections in the Gastrointestinal Tract of Sheep in Mazandaran Province, Northern Iran by Alireza Salehi, Mahsa Razavi, Nasrollah Vahedi Nouri

“…In this study, a total number of 240 fecal samples of sheep from stationary flocks of four different zones of Mazandaran province (Amol, Babol, Sari, and Nowshahr cities) were examined each season, out of which 53.33% of animals were affected by the helminthic infections. …”
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Spatial changes management in order to ensure economic security by O. В. Kozhevina

“…A review of foreign and domestic literature in the field of spatial changes made it possible to identify their main characteristics, in particular, orientation towards sustainable development, transformation of cities and the formation of agglomerations, the development of the urban environment, spatial compression and expansion of territories, the formation of innovative opportunities for spatial changes.A comparative analysis of the traditional and growth-oriented entrepreneurial policy allowed us to reveal the differences, disadvantages and advantages of the transition to a model of entrepreneurial economy in the regions. …”
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Analyzing Rail Traffic Diversion Based on Machine Learning Technique considering Transportation Security by Jing Luo, Dai Zhou, Wenjun Ma, Guohua Zhao

“…The research provides an effective theoretical basis and technical reference for other cities to perform rail traffic diversion planning. …”
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Reviewers’ views on the editorial review processes of the Canadian Medical Education Journal by Larisa Lotoski, Jennifer O’Brien, Marcel F D’Eon

“…Participants’ (n = 17) most cited reason for declining their invitation to review for CMEJ was competing workloads (n = 14, 82.4%). …”
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Coupling the urban canopy model TEB (SURFEXv9.0) with the radiation model SPARTACUS-Urbanv0.6.1 for more realistic urban radiative exchange calculation by R. Schoetter, R. J. Hogan, R. J. Hogan, C. Caliot, V. Masson

“…This better matches the distributions in real cities than in the infinitely long street canyon employed by the classical TEB. …”
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease related to wood smoke and impact of the combined exposure to tobacco by C.A. Torres-Duque, C. Jaramillo, A. Caballero, N.J. Proaños-Jurado, M.J. Pareja-Zabala, J.B. Soriano, M. González-García

“…METHOD: This was an analysis of data from PREPOCOL (Prevalence of COPD in Five Colombian Cities Situated at Low, Medium, and High Altitude), a random cross-sectional population-based study (n = 5,539) focusing on the effect of combined WS and TS exposure and WS-COPD characterisation. …”
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Two-stage efficiency evaluation of industrial water resources and the role of digital inclusive finance: insight from Yangtze River Delta by Linjie Feng, Tingting Liu, Zhenjie Yang, Yi Shi, Hongxi Chen, Ka Leong Chan, Bin Chen

“…The current paper employed Network Super-SBM and the Global Malmquist-Luenberger index to evaluate industrial water use efficiency and wastewater treatment efficiency of YRD’ cities. Furthermore, digital inclusive finance and green innovation are introduced to investigate the mechanisms underlying their influence on the overall industrial water resources efficiency. …”
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Complexity to Forecast Flood: Problem Definition and Spatiotemporal Attention LSTM Solution by Yirui Wu, Yukai Ding, Yuelong Zhu, Jun Feng, Sifeng Wang

“…In this paper, we aim to solve a complex problem that affects both cities and villages, i.e., flood. To reduce impacts induced by floods, hydrological factors acquired from physical space and data-driven models in cyber space have been adopted to accurately forecast floods. …”
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State regulation of public libraries in Russia in the first half of the XIX century by D. I. Popov

“…In the 1830, the authorities tried, using bureaucratic methods, to introduce a public initiative to create public libraries in provincial cities. In response to the proposal of the head of the Free Economic Society P. …”
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