Challenges to generating political prioritization for adolescent sexual and reproductive health in Kenya: A qualitative study. by Maricianah Atieno Onono, Claire D Brindis, Justin S White, Eric Goosby, Dan Odhiambo Okoro, Elizabeth Anne Bukusi, George W Rutherford

“…On issue characteristics, the perception of adolescents as lacking political power made politicians reluctant to act on the existing data on the severity of adolescent SRH. There was also a lack of consensus on the nature of interventions to be implemented. …”
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Cognitive, linguistic, and methodological considerations in teaching professional vocabulary to information technology (IT) students. by V. Borshchovetska, T. Harbuza, A. Durdas, V. Semidotska

“…A methodological typology of the IT vocabulary addressed has been developed, based on the typology of lexical linguistic correspondences from a comparative analysis of English and Ukrainian. …”
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Assessment of the timeliness of vaccination against pertussis in children of the first year of life and the reasons for the violation of the vaccination schedule by T. M. Chernova, V. N. Timchenko, A. I. Pedash, M. D. Subbotina, O. I. Bulina, E. O. Ermakova, S. Yu. Uskova

“…The analysis showed that 14,9% of the observed children were not vaccinated against whooping cough in a timely manner. …”
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Treatment success for patients with tuberculosis receiving care in areas severely affected by Hurricane Matthew - Haiti, 2016. by Macarthur Charles, Milo Richard, Mary R Reichler, Jean Baptiste Koama, Willy Morose, David L Fitter

“…We used logistic regression analysis to determine factors associated with treatment success.…”
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Visual impairment prevention by early detection of diabetic retinopathy based on stacked auto-encoder by Shagufta Almas, Fazli Wahid, Sikandar Ali, Ahmed Alkhyyat, Kamran Ullah, Jawad Khan, Youngmoon Lee

“…While various computer-aided systems have been developed to assist in DR detection, there remains a need for accurate and efficient methods to classify its stages. …”
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Identification of exosome-related genes associated with prognosis and immune infiltration features in pancreatic cancer by Jie Wang, Ming Qing, Jie Gui, Pingyong Zhong, Hao Hua

“…Methods Transcriptomic data alongside clinical details of patients with PC were retrieved from both The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) and the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) repository. …”
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Characterization of normative hand movements during two functional upper limb tasks. by Aïda M Valevicius, Quinn A Boser, Ewen B Lavoie, Glyn S Murgatroyd, Patrick M Pilarski, Craig S Chapman, Albert H Vette, Jacqueline S Hebert

“…A 12-camera motion capture system was used to collect kinematic data from which hand movement and grip aperture measures were calculated. …”
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Antibiotic use for digestive system diseases (ICD-10: K00-K93) at an Indonesian government teaching hospital in 2021 by Rahmah Inasiyyah, Ikhwan Yuda Kusuma, Fauziah Fauziah, Fiqih Nurkholis, Khamdiyah Indah Kurniasih

“…Background: Digestive system diseases pose a significant global health challenge. In many developing countries, inappropriate antibiotic use is common, and the COVID-19 pandemic further disrupted standard antibiotic prescribing practices. …”
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Competition and slope effect on wood basic density and its variation among tree species and within individual trees in a dry Afromontane Forest by Buruh Abebe Tetemke, Emiru Birhane, Meley Mekonen Rannestad, Tron Eid

“…Competition and slope had a significant effect on wbd, where an increase in competition and slope gradient was associated with an increase in wbd. The obtained wbd data and information can add to the limited knowledge on wbd values of tree species growing in dry Afromontane forests. …”
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Optimized zymogram protocol from 3D spheroid cultures to study MMP-2 and -9 activities in tumor cells by Sandra Majo, Chloe Redoute-Timonnier, Aurelie Lacour, Laurine Challeat, Eva Epinette, Jeremie Teillon, Christophe F. Grosset, Patrick Auguste

“…In contrast with our previous data using classical cultures monolayers, collagen I stimulation decreased pro-MMP-9 activity without affecting MMP-2 activity. …”
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Association between adverse childhood experiences and masculinity with well-being: moderating role of behavioural emotional regulation among men of three nations by P. Padma Sri Lekha, E. P. Abdul Azeez, Bhoomika N. Jadhav, Wafa Said Al-Maamari, Emad Farouk Saleh, A. P. Senthil Kumar

“…We adopted a cross-sectional study design. The data were collected from three countries, which are patriarchal societies, namely Ethiopia, India, and Oman, with a total sample size of 823 men between 18 and 45 years. …”
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Pathogenetic aspects of the influence of gliflozins on erythropoiesis and iron metabolism in patients with chronic heart failure by R. A. Khachaturyan, A. E. Karavozova, L. D. Khidirova

“…Drugs in this group have a unique hypoglycemic mechanism of action, restoring renal regulation of blood sugar levels, and are also characterized by a low risk of developing undesirable effects and are well tolerated by patients. …”
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Conceptualizing Clinicians’ Trust in Artificial Intelligence as a Function of Their Expertise, Workload, Patient Outcome, Diagnosis Difficulty, and AI Accuracy: A Systems Th... by Hamid Shamszare, Zaira Chaudhry, Manijeh Berenji, Avishek Choudhury

“…Using simulation-based analysis, we observed that clinicians’ trust in AI decreases as diagnostic difficulty—both for the AI system and the human clinician—and clinical workload increase. …”
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The role of gender in firm-level climate change adaptation behaviour: Insights from small businesses in Senegal and Kenya by Kate Elizabeth Gannon, Shaikh M.S.U. Eskander, Antonio Avila-Uribe, Elena Castellano, Mamadou Diop, Dorice Agol

“…Using firm-level survey data from semi-arid regions of Senegal and Kenya, we employ a Poisson regression model to empirically investigate how female representation in ownership and management of micro and small businesses affects adoption of firm-level sustainable and unsustainable adaptation strategies, with increasing exposure to extreme weather events. …”
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Modified Immediate Sequential Bilateral Cataract Surgery (Clinical Cases) by I. B. Medvedev, D. F. Pokrovsky

“…Purpose. Analysis of two clinical cases of immediate sequential bilateral cataract surgery according to the developed modified algorithm (mаISBCS).Materials and methods. …”
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Ransomware detection and family classification using fine-tuned BERT and RoBERTa models by Amjad Hussain, Ayesha Saadia, Faeiz M. Alserhani

“…These results indicate that the proposed approach is game-changing in the classification of previously unidentified behavioral patterns inside ransomware and enhances the ability to tackle newly developing threats. By leveraging the dynamic analysis with API call sequences in a correct format, and training hyperparameter-optimized transformer learning-based models, the methodology efficiently captures behavioral patterns unique to ransomware. …”
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A Decade-Long Case Series Report on the Surgical Management of Complicated Umbilical Hernia in Patients with Decompensated Liver Cirrhosis Utilizing Incisional Negative Pressure Th... by Miha Petrič, Danaja Plevel, Uroš Tršan, Blaž Trotovšek

“…<i>Materials and Methods</i>: We conducted a retrospective review of patients treated for complicated umbilical hernia at the University Medical Centre Ljubljana from 2015 to 2024, using prospectively collected data. This analysis involved implementing hernioplasty combined with incisional negative pressure wound therapy (iNPWT) as part of the surgical protocol. …”
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Impacts of tourism on LULC and LST dynamics in district Buner and Shangla, Pakistan by Waheed Ullah, Khalid Ahmad, Adnan Ahmad Tahir, Sajid Ullah, Muhammad Tariq Rafiq, M. Abdullah-Al-Wadud

“…These findings provide an essential understandings for developing long-term tourism policies meant to moderate the environmental impact of tourism in the region.…”
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An enhanced method of CNNs by incorporating the clustering-guided block for concrete crack recognition by Hui Li, Chenyu Liu, Ning Zhang, Wei Shi

“…These enhancements mark a significant advancement in developing accurate algorithms based on deep neural networks for identifying concrete crack edges reliably. …”
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Exploring we-talk as a relational measure for transformation of motivation in family genetic risk communication by Jingsong Zhao, Yue Guan, Weihua An, Kevin Ward, Colleen M. McBride

“…We assessed counts of we-talk by survivors, matched with qualitative insights describing relational motives for sharing inherited risk information using deductive thematic analysis. A semi-structured interview guide was used to collect data from survivors as they navigated through a website developed to foster family cancer genetic risk communication in real-time. …”
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