“I know that I can help the person and that is priceless to me”—a qualitative study on tasks and experiences of peers in mental healthcare for refugees by Lea Bogatzki, Lea Bogatzki, Flurina Potter, Luisa Trauner, Daniela Mier, Daniela Mier, Michael Odenwald, Michael Odenwald

“…Since 2017, the pilot project “Coordinated Psychotherapeutic Treatment with the Involvement of Peer Support Workers” (COPEER) has been developed and implemented and is currently being evaluated. …”
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ATEX-Certified, FPGA-Based Three-Channel Quantum Cascade Laser Sensor for Sulfur Species Detection in Petrochemical Process Streams by Harald Moser, Johannes Paul Waclawek, Walter Pölz, Bernhard Lendl

“…The system integrates an automated gas sampling and conditioning module, alongside a purge and pressurization system, with intrinsic safety electronic components, thereby enabling reliable explosion prevention and malfunction protection. …”
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Does program linking with insurance makes agriculture insurance sustainable? by Krishna P. Timsina, Yuga N. Ghimire, Ghanshyam Kandel, Deepa Devkota

“…Altogether 377 insurer farmers (132 crop and 245 livestock farmers) were selected from the list of target population using simple random sampling technique. Similarly, five cases were selected from the study districts. …”
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Breast Cancer Knowledge and Awareness Among Kurdish Women in Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Rejoin Iraq by Niyan Hakim Ismael, Khanda Mustafa Ahmed, Nawroz Fatih Muhammed

“…Consequently, it is imperative to support the development of community-based projects and programs that address these knowledge gaps in the general population. …”
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Understanding dairy livestock farmers’ intention to adopt sociocultural dynamics for food security using the theory of planned behaviour by Paresh Kumar Sarma, Mohammad Jahangir Alam, Samiha Sarwar, Sadika Haque, Golam Rabbani, Ismat Ara Begum, Andrew M. McKenzie

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Impact of multiple maize technology package adoption on the production efficiency and food security of smallholder farmers in Ethiopia: Evidence from the Sidama region by Ashenafi Guye, Tewodros Tefera, Million Sileshi, Abdi-Khalil Edriss

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Ensemble-based customer churn prediction in banking: a voting classifier approach for improved client retention using demographic and behavioral data by Ruchika Bhuria, Sheifali Gupta, Upinder Kaur, Salil Bharany, Ateeq Ur Rehman, Seada Hussen, Ghanshyam G. Tejani, Pradeep Jangir

“…The proposed model that extend the base model using SMOTE (Synthetic Minority Over-sampling Technique), yields a higher prediction accuracy of 0.90, precision of 0.90, recall of 0.90 and F1-Score of 0.90. …”
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Impacts of introduced sustainable land management (ISLM) practices on crop yield and net farm income of smallholder farmers, Eastern and Southern Ethiopia by Alemayehu Temesgen Gebremikael, Jemal Yousuf Hassan, Getachew Shambel Endris, Chanyalew Seyoum Aweke

“…The data were gathered from 384 randomly selected household heads (190 adopters and 194 non-adopters) using multistage sampling procedures. Descriptive statistics and econometric models were applied to analyze the data. …”
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‘Long journey to shelter’: a study protocol: a prospective longitudinal analysis of mental health and its determinants, exposure to violence and subjective experiences of the migra... by Amal R Khanolkar, Erica Mattelin, Frida Fröberg, Linda Jonsson, Laura Korhonen

“…There is also an urgent societal need to facilitate interdisciplinary and intersectoral collaborative efforts to develop effective methods to prevent, detect and respond to the needs of the migrants. This project will study adolescent and young adult migrants in Sweden using multiple methods such as quantitative analysis of data from a prospective cohort study and qualitative analysis of data gathered from teller-focused interviews. …”
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Analyzing Archive Transit Multibeam Data for Nodule Occurrences by Mark E. Mussett, David F. Naar, David W. Caress, Tracey A. Conrad, Alastair G. C. Graham, Max Kaufmann, Marcia Maia

“…Future mapping, video, and sampling cruises in this area would test our prediction and investigate how far it might extend to the north and south.…”
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Factors Influencing Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Information among Adolescents Aged 12-19 Years in Mukono Municipality Schools: A Cross-Sectional Study by Josephine Namyalo, Dissan Sentumbwe, Annet Patience Nakalega, Jacqueline Kobusingye, Emmanuel Otieno

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Non-suicidal self-injury behaviours among adolescents in Beijing: protocol for an epidemiological and qualitative exploration by Jian Wang, Han Xu, Lianting Lai, Jiale Guo

“…This part of the study will use a phenomenological qualitative research approach, with the sample size determined by data saturation, typically around 10 participants, but flexible due to the large sample from the epidemiological survey. …”
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An intelligent non-destructive method to identify the quality of self-compacting concrete based on convolutional neural networks via image recognition by Zhong Xiao, Zixuan Liu, Xuying Guo, Jun Liu

“…It can provide a convenient and cheap method for the project management departments to achieve the intelligent, non-destructive and efficient supervision of concrete quality inspection.…”
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Enhancing the use of sustainable construction materials in southwest Nigeria: exploring the roles of quantity surveyors by Nathaniel Ayinde Olatunde, Iruka Chijindu Anugwo, Imoleayo Abraham Awodele

“…IntroductionThis study investigates the role of Quantity Surveyors (QS) in promoting the adoption of sustainable construction (SC) practices in Nigeria, to improve construction project performance in developing economies. Despite increasing awareness of the benefits of SC, its adoption remains low in Nigeria. …”
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NORMATIVE-COMPETENCE MODEL OF THE TEACHER OF THE ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION SYSTEM by G. A. Ignatieva, O. V. Tulupova

“…The methods of the qualification and dispersive analysis, expert estimations, participant observation, stratified sampling were used to determine the efficiency of the model and diagnostics of professional competences of teachers of additional professional education. …”
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Early feature study of Yunnan pine pinewood nematode disease based on hyperspectral remote sensing of ground objects by Xiao Zhang, Yingqun Gao, Lianjin Fu, Yiran Zhang, Zeyu Li, Qingtai Shu

“…Using Competitive Adaptive Reweighted Sampling (CARS) and Successive Projections Algorithm (SPA), we identified diagnostic spectral bands: CARS selected 20 moisture-sensitive bands in red-edge (680–760 nm) and SWIR regions, while SPA pinpointed 4 critical bands (758, 1074, 1124, 1663 nm) across red-edge, NIR, and SWIR. …”
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Challenges and opportunities when studying movement ecology in science and practical conservation by Christina Fischer

“…In particular, collaborative project planning between scientists and practitioners can help to improve the sampling design of applied studies and broaden the data base for science in order to significantly advance the movement ecology framework and gain comprehensive knowledge for practical conservation.…”
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Reconceptualizing the HIV epidemiology and prevention needs of Female Sex Workers (FSW) in Swaziland. by Stefan Baral, Sosthenes Ketende, Jessie L Green, Ping-An Chen, Ashley Grosso, Bhekie Sithole, Cebisile Ntshangase, Eileen Yam, Deanna Kerrigan, Caitlin E Kennedy, Darrin Adams

“…<h4>Methods</h4>A respondent-driven-sampling survey was completed between August-October, 2011 of 328 FSW in Swaziland. …”
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Hypocretin: a promising target for the regulation of homeostasis by Yutong Wang, Yutong Wang, Su Fu, Jian Mao, Kun Cui, Hong Jiang, Hong Jiang

“…Through widespread projections and two G-protein-coupled receptors—HCRT-1R and HCRT-2R—the hypocretin system exerts diverse modulatory effects across the central nervous system. …”
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Effect of Covid-19 on maternal and child health services utilization in Ghana. Evidence from the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). by Yaw Nyarko Opoku-Boateng, Emmanuel Opoku-Asante, Mylene Lagarde, Edward Nketiah-Amponsah

“…Through the use of convenient sampling, a total of 502 facilities were selected for inclusion in the research. …”
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