Emotional intelligence and its associated factors among case team leaders in health centers of East Gojam Zone, Northwest Ethiopia: an institutional based cross-sectional study by Endalew Minwuye Andargie, Seblewongel Gebretsadik Sertsewold, Tamiru Minwuye Andargie, Haimanot Wubale Tewabe, Asrat Kassaw, Yonas Fissha Adem, Wubshet D. Negash

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National Health Policy and factors predicting its implementation at the local level in Nepal: an exploratory cross-sectional study by Dipendra Khadka, Dipendra Khadka, Dipendra Khadka, Zhang Xinyi, Zhang Xinyi, Zhang Mengjie, Zhang Mengjie, Rajan Bhusal, Chichen Zhang, Chichen Zhang

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Optimizing Location of Car-Sharing Stations Based on Potential Travel Demand and Present Operation Characteristics: The Case of Chengdu by Yu Cheng, Xu Chen, Xiaohua Ding, Linting Zeng

“…But most of them build car-sharing stations by their experience or randomly as long as there is parking space in the early development of their business. …”
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Prevalence of insomnia and associated factors among postpartum mothers in Mattu City, Southwest Ethiopia: a community-based study by Solomon Seyife Alemu, Lema Fikadu Wedajo, Wubishet Gezimu, Biftu Geda, Mohammedamin Hajure Jarso

“…Methods A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted among randomly selected 451 postpartum mothers in Mattu City from May 1 to June 1, 2022. …”
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Healthcare-Seeking Behavior and Associated Factors for Newborn Danger Signs among Mothers Who Gave Birth in the Last 12 Months in Anlemo District by Zeyene Abute Idris, Garumma Tolu Feyissa, Legesse Tesfaye Elilo, Markos Selamu Jifar, Aregash Mecha

“…Data were collected from 421 randomly selected mothers through a face-to-face interview. …”
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Community-based newborn care utilisation and associated factors in Geze Gofa rural district, South Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study by Asmamaw Atnafu, Endalkachew Dellie, Tsegaye Gebremedhin

“…Thus, this study aimed to examine the utilisation of CBNC and associated factors among women who delivered recently in Geze Gofa rural district, south Ethiopia.Design Cross-sectional study.Setting Community-based.Participants Three-hundred seventy-one women who had their newborns recently were randomly selected. …”
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Utilization and dose optimization of beta-blockers in chronic heart failure therapy: a mixed-methods study by Sisay Sitotaw Anberbr, Tilaye Arega Moges, Abebech Tewabe Gelaye, Aragaw Dagnew Lakew, Samuel Berihun Dagnew, Gebremariam Wulie Geremew, Getachew Yitayew Tarekegn, Fisseha Nigussie Dagnew

“…For optimal dosing, valvular heart disease (AOR = 3.40, 95%CI: 1.15–10.04), number of comorbidities ≥ 2 (AOR = 7.27, 95%CI: 1.53–34.57), and duration of HF ≥ 3 years (AOR = 1.20, 95%CI: 1.38–3.71) were identified as significant predictors. …”
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FpRS-Additive Cyclic Codes are Asymptotically Good by Bhanu Pratap Yadav

“…For example, a family of binary linear codes with parameters <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$[n, k, d] = [{2^{r}-1, 2^{r}-1-r, 3}]$ </tex-math></inline-formula> is known as the Hamming codes, where <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$r \geq 2$ </tex-math></inline-formula>. …”
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The Current Status and Influencing Factors of Multiple Chronic Conditions among the Elderly Aged 60 and above in Gansu Province by ZHU Xianshang, ZENG Hongyu, LYU Fengli, WANG Jiancheng

“…The top six chronic diseases with the highest prevalence were hypertension[9 693 (50.91%) ], arthritis or rheumatism[3 648 (19.16%) ], and heart disease[3 418 (17.95%) ], diabetes or elevated blood sugar[3 033 (15.93%) ], chronic lung disease[1 645 (8.64%) ], stroke[1 548 (8.13%) ]. …”
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Level of non-adherence and associated factors among children on antiretroviral therapy in public hospitals of South Wollo Zone, Northeast Ethiopia by Endalk Birrie Wondifraw, Fekadeselassie Belege Getaneh, Muluken Amare, Setegn Mihret, Gebeyaw Biset, Birhanu Desu Tefera, Mulusew Zeleke, Fuad Ahmed, Ermias Sisay Chanie

“…A computer-generated simple random sampling method was employed to select the participants. …”
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Sex estimation and sexual dimorphism analysis through hand anthropometry: Insights from a cross-sectional study by M.O. Suleiman, B. Danborno, S.A. Musa, J.A. Timbuak, A.O. Yusuf, H.O. Suleiman

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Alcohol consumption and associated factors among pregnant women at public health centers in Asella town, southeastern Ethiopia: a multicenter mixed-method cross-sectional study by Jibril Bashir Adem, Anas Ali Alhur, Legesse Tadesse Wodajo, Sudi Jemal Wado, Tewodros Desalegn Nebi

“…We conducted binary logistic regression analyses to identify factors associated with alcohol consumption during pregnancy, with adjusted odds ratios (AORs) calculated at a 95% confidence interval. …”
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Forest Fire Clustering: A Novel Tool for Identifying Star Members of Clusters by Xingyin Wei, Jing Chen, Su Zhang, Feilong He, Yunbo Zhao, Xuran He, Yongjie Fang, Xinhao Chen, Hao Yang

“…FFC combines iterative label propagation with parallel Monte Carlo simulation to achieve internal validation of clustering results. We use a Gaia DR3 catalog comprising 322 random objects with distinct heliocentric distances from approximately 0 to 5 kpc, along with one ultrafaint dwarf galaxy Bootes I (∼63 kpc), as our validation sample. …”
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Clinical factors associated with multimorbidity, polypharmacy and medication regimen complexity among adults with hypertension: a multicentre cross-sectional study by Samuel Berihun Dagnew, Taklo Simeneh Yazie, Abebe Muche Belete, Workneh Ebabu Mengistu, Yohannes Shumet Yimer, Fisseha Nigussie Dagnew, Tilaye Arega Moges, Getu Tesfaw Addis

“…Data were entered into SPSS V.26 and analysed using STATA V.17. A binary logistic regression model was used to determine the AOR of factors associated with multimorbidity and polypharmacy. …”
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A Quality Soft Sensing Method Designed for Complex Multi-process Manufacturing Procedures by Kaixiang PENG, Xin QIN, Jiahao WANG, Hui YANG

“…GA is employed as the optimal feature search strategy, where the initial feature subset is binary encoded (1 for selected feature, 0 for unselected feature), and an initial population is randomly generated. …”
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Safety and effectiveness of multimodal opioid-free anaesthesia for pain and recovery after laparoscopic surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Jiang Liu, Li Jing, Lin Cheng, Sifan Qin, Xinyan Geng, Shirong Fang

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Factors Influencing Adoption of the PlantVillage Nuru Application for Cassava Mosaic Disease Diagnosis Among Farmers in Benin by Dèwanou Kant David Ahoya, Eveline Marie Fulbert Windinmi Sawadogo-Compaore, Jacob Afouda Yabi, Martine Zandjanakou-Tachin, Jerome Anani Houngue, Serge Sètondji Houedjissin, Justin Simon Pita, Corneille Ahanhanzo

“…This study examines the factors influencing the adoption of the innovative Nuru application by farmers in Benin. Data were randomly collected from 305 farmers in three Agricultural Development Poles (PDAs 5, 6 and 7). …”
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Critical Incident Disclosing Behaviors and Associated Factors among Nurses Working in Amhara Region Referral Hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study by Yeshiambew Eshete, Bekele Tesfaye, Zewdu Dagnew, Demewoz Kefale, Demke Mesfin Belay, Binyam Minuye

“…All variables with p value <0.25 during bivariable binary logistic regression analysis were considered for multivariable binary logistic regression analysis. …”
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A predictive nomogram of thyroid nodules based on deep learning ultrasound image analysis by Yuan Li, Ting Li, Kai He, Xiao-xiao Cui, Lu-lu Zhang, Xiu-liang Wei, Zhi Liu, Mei Wu

“…These 674 nodules were randomly divided into a training set and a validation set in a 7:3 ratio to construct a nomogram model.ResultsThe accuracy of the deep learning model in 674 thyroid nodules was 0.886, with a precision of 0.900, a recall rate of 0.889, and an F1-score of 0.895. …”
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Prevalence and associated factors of preoperative abnormal electrocardiography among older surgical patients in southern Ethiopia: Multicenter cross-sectional study by Addisu Mossie, Hailemariam Getachew, Timsel Girma, Hailemariam Mulugeta, Belete Destaw, Aschalew Besha, Adanech Shiferaw

“…Methodology A multicenter cross-sectional study was conducted at three randomly selected teaching hospitals in southern Ethiopia on 246 elderly surgical patients recruited consecutively. …”
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