Dietary Diversity and Meal Frequency Practices among Infant and Young Children Aged 6–23 Months in Ethiopia: A Secondary Analysis of Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey 2011 by Melkam Aemro, Molla Mesele, Zelalem Birhanu, Azeb Atenafu

“…A total of 2836 children aged 6–23 months were used for final analysis. Both bivariate and multivariate analysis were done to identify predictors of feeding practices. …”
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Very Short-Term Blackout Prediction for Grid-Tied PV Systems Operating in Low Reliability Weak Electric Grids of Developing Countries by Benson H. Mbuya, Aleksandar Dimovski, Marco Merlo, Thomas Kivevele

“…The model was composed of an adaptive similar day (ASD) module that predicts 15 minutes ahead from a sliding window lookup table spanning 2 weeks prior to the prediction target day, after which ASD prediction was fused with RF prediction, giving a final optimised RF-ASD blackout prediction model. …”
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Treatment Adherence in Adolescent Acne Patients: Investigating the Relationship for Better Care Strategies by Huriye Aybüke Koç, Cansu Altınöz Güney, Bedia Sultan Önal

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The Important Role of Pyrolysis and Hydrothermal Carbonization in a Sustainable Circular Bioeconomy: A Brief Literature Review by Eira Jansson, Malin Kjell, Karin Ålund

“…The main emphasis is on gleaning how these two technologies can contribute to a sustainable circular (bio) economy, by understanding the process parameters influencing the quality, type and quantity of the final output. HTC and pyrolysis, it may be undeniably stated, can support the progress towards a clutch of sustainable development goals (SDGs), as they operate right at the confluence of solid waste management and renewable energy production. …”
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A spatial inventory of freshwater macroinvertebrate occurrences in the Guineo-Congolian biodiversity hotspot by Emmanuel O. Akindele, Abiodun M. Adedapo, Oluwaseun T. Akinpelu, Esther D. Kowobari, Oluwatosin C. Folorunso, Ibrahim R. Fagbohun, Tolulope A. Oladeji, Olanrewaju O. Aliu, Oluwatobiloba S. Adenola, Babasola W. Adu, Francis O. Arimoro, Sylvester S. Ogbogu, Sami Domisch

“…Hence, for any biogeographic analysis, species distribution modelling or conservation initiative, it is crucial to use datasets that are, to the largest possible extent, free of spatial and taxonomic errors. We present the final output of 8,809 occurrences consisting of 4 phyla, eight classes, 32 orders, and 1,104 species. …”
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Health Benefits of Endurance Training: Implications of the Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor—A Systematic Review by Włodzimierz Mrówczyński

“…Thus, this report presents the influence of endurance exercises on the (1) transformation of motoneuron properties, which are a final element of the motor pathways, (2) reduction of motor deficits evoked by Parkinson disease, and (3) prevention of the metabolic syndrome (MetS). …”
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Translation, cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Mandarin version of the BDDQ-AS for rhinoplasty patients by Wilson A. Wijaya, Yu Liu, Min Zhou, Yong Qing, Zhengyong Li

“…Twenty Mandarin-speaking rhinoplasty patients were interviewed in order to evaluate the understandability and acceptability of the translation and produce a final version. It was then administered to 137 patients with a mean age of 38.75 ± 6.24 years. …”
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Tolerance of high-yielding corn hybrids to drought stress during the early growth stage by Jiovana Kamila Vilas-Boas, Fábio Steiner, Alan Mario Zuffo, Jorge González Aguilera, Charline Zaratin Alves

“…ABSTRACT The early seedling stage is one of the most vulnerable and critical growth stages in the plant life cycle and determines the final plant stand and yield. Corn hybrids have distinct degrees of drought tolerance, and exploiting this characteristic is important to enhance agricultural production in many tropical regions of the world. …”
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Effect of Codon Optimisation on the Production of Recombinant Fish Growth Hormone in Pichia pastoris by Hussin A. Rothan, Teh Ser Huy, Zulqarnain Mohamed

“…Both oFGH and nFGH significantly enhanced the final biomass and fish survival percentage. In conclusion, codon optimization of FGH fragment was useful to increase rFGH quantity in the culture supernatant of P. pastoris that can be directly used as fish feed supplements. …”
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Revolutionary bamboo crash barriers utilizing sustainable materials for enhanced road safety by N. Jiyas, Indu Sasidharan, K. Bindu Kumar

“…The results indicate that Pseudoxytenanthera stocksii exhibits superior Tensile strength (496.73 MPa), flexural (235.57 MPa), Impact strength (4.8 kJ/m2) and compressive strength (68.66 MPa), with a direct correlation between density, particularly in nodal regions. The final phase involves chemically validating the bamboo treated with CNSL to enhance its environmental friendliness, presenting a viable alternative to steel for sustainable infrastructure. …”
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Exploring the Status of Preference, Utilization Practices, and Challenges to Consumption of Amaranth in Kenya and Tanzania by Winnie A. Nyonje, Ray-Yu Yang, Dyness Kejo, Anselimo O. Makokha, Willis O. Owino, Mary O. Abukutsa-Onyango

“…Most people consumed these vegetables because they were affordable and available or because of circumstance of lacking other foods. Regarding cooking, final taste was mostly considered rather than nutritional attribute. …”
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Gender and Authorship in Annals of Surgery: A nineteen-year review including the pandemic by Jane W. Liang, PhD, Marcello Chang, MD, MCS, Sharon L. Stein, MD, Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD

“…Primary outcomes were final decision on the article (acceptance or rejection) and time to decision. …”
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Validation of a Simple Score for Mortality Prediction in a Cohort of Unselected Emergency Patients by Jeannette-Marie Busch, Isabelle Arnold, John Kellett, Mikkel Brabrand, Roland Bingisser, Christian H. Nickel

“…Over a period of 9 weeks all patients presenting to the ED were included, routinely interviewed, final disposition registered, and followed up for one year. …”
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BDNF Protein and BDNF mRNA Expression of the Medial Prefrontal Cortex, Amygdala, and Hippocampus during Situational Reminder in the PTSD Animal Model by Shao-Han Chang, Ying Hao Yu, Alan He, Chen Yin Ou, Bai Chuang Shyu, Andrew Chih Wei Huang

“…Footshock rats experienced an inescapable footshock (3 mA, 10 s), and later we have measured fear behavior for 2 min in the footshock environment on the situational reminder phase. In the final retrieval of situational reminder, BDNF protein and mRNA levels were measured. …”
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Biological samples for examination: concepts, conditions, sampling tactics by M. H. Shcherbakovskyi, A. M. Protsenko, A. E. Volkova

“…The author proposes a general algorithm for the tactics of obtaining biological samples for examination at the stage of pre-trial investigation, which includes the preparatory, working and final stages.…”
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“Pacificação” nas periferias: discursos sobre as violências e o cotidiano de juventudes em Fortaleza by João Paulo Pereira Barros, Luiz Fábio Silva Paiva, Jéssica Silva Rodrigues, Dagualberto Barboza da Silva, Camila dos Santos Leonardo

“… Este artigo objetiva analisar discursos de jovens e trabalhadores sociais sobre o pacto entre grupos criminosos em Fortaleza, ocorrido entre o final de 2015 e meados de 2016, que ficou conhecido como “pacificação”, enfatizando implicações das transformações da dinâmica da violência urbana no cotidiano de juventudes em contextos estigmatizados e mais afetados pela violência letal na cidade. …”
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Echocardiography in Confirmed and Highly Suspected Symptomatic COVID-19 Patients and Its Impact on Treatment Change by Nadia Benyounes, Clélie Van Der Vynckt, Séverine Tibi, Alexandra Iglesias, Laurence Salomon, Olivier Gout, Thierry Tibi

“…A total of 56 echocardiographies in 42 patients with highly suspected or confirmed COVID-19 were included in the final analyses. The median age was 66 (IQR 60.5–74). …”
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To what extent do the prevalence of sickness presence and reasons for sickness presence vary between school classes in upper secondary schools? A cross-sectional survey in Trøndela... by Vegard Johansen

“…Design A cross-sectional survey was done in the final year of USS. Multilevel modelling was used to estimate school class-level effects.Setting 71 school classes from 13 Norwegian schools participated in the study in April 2018.Participants 1955 students in academic education programmes were invited to participate in the survey, and 1511 completed it. …”
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Efficacy of Telerehabilitation Protocols for Improving Functionality in Post-COVID-19 Patients by Jose Luis Estela-Zape, Valeria Sanclemente-Cardoza, Leidy Tatiana Ordoñez-Mora

“…Materials and Methods: A systematic review was conducted with registration number CRD42023423678, based on searches developed in the following databases: ScienceDirect, Scopus, Dimensions.ai and PubMed, using keywords such as “telerehabilitation” and “COVID-19”. The final search date was July 2024. The selection of studies involved an initial calibration process, followed by independent filtering by the researchers. …”
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XAI-Enhanced Machine Learning for Obesity Risk Classification: A Stacking Approach With LIME Explanations by Mohammad Azad, Md Faraz Kabir Khan, Sameh Abd El-Ghany

“…Our proposed model employs an ensemble approach, specifically a stacking algorithm, where the base estimators include the Light Gradient Boosting Machine (LGBM) classifier, the Logistic Regression (LR) classifier, and the Random Forest (RF) Classifier, and the Stochastic Gradient Descent (SGD) classifier is selected as the final estimator. To enhance model interpretability and reliability, we integrate a widely accepted XAI method, Local Interpretable Model-agnostic Explanations (LIME). …”
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