Visual nutrition analysis: leveraging segmentation and regression for food nutrient estimation by Yaping Zhao, Yaping Zhao, Ping Zhu, Ping Zhu, Yizhang Jiang, Kaijian Xia, Kaijian Xia

“…Specifically, we first applied the UNet model to segment the food, then used a backbone network to extract features, and enhanced the feature expression capability through the Squeeze-and-Excitation structure. …”
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Using pelleted lateral buds of sugarcane stalk as seeds with an approach to improve sugarcane yield components by Zahra Ajribzadeh, Salim Farzaneh, Mahmoud Shomeili, Hamidreza Balouchi, Raouf Seyed Sharifi

“…It often results in poor sprouting. To address these issues, the study explored using pelleted lateral buds of sugarcane stalk as seed source, aiming to improve planting efficiency, reduce production costs, and to enhance yield though improved its components. …”
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Dynamic Bit-Plane Augmentation Framework for Enhancing Data Quality and Robustness in Remote Sensing by Weipeng Jing, Tianyi Liu, Lina Wang, Peilun Kang, Chao Li, Hailin Feng

“…In artificial intelligence (AI)-driven remote sensing, data quality issues critically affect the generalization and reliability of deep learning models. …”
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In the perception of the Olympic movement and gender equity in sport, are gender and sport practice determining factors? by Hussein Muñoz-Helú, Luis Felipe Reynoso-Sánchez, Karla Noelia Cruz-Morales, Ciria Margarita Salazar-C, Leonardo Jose Mataruna-Dos-Santos

“…Within its most recent agenda, issues such as sustainability, fair play, however, inclusion and gender equity have gained greater relevance, especially through Olympic Agenda 2020, its subsequent recommendations in Agenda 2020 + 5 and the strong influence of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) promoted by the United Nations (UN). …”
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POLITICAL MIGRATION, THE ROMANIAN POLITICIANS’ "DISEASE". COMMENTS ON CONSTITUTIONAL COURT DECISION NO. 761/2015 by Claudia GILIA, Ioana PANAGOREŢ

“…In our study, we address a number of issues concerning a phenomenon that grinds the foundation of the representative democracy, namely political migration. …”
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The Attitudes Toward Polypharmacy and Willingness to Deprescribe Among Patients with Multimorbidity in Rural Areas of Shandong Province in China: A Cross-Sectional Study by Liu X, Zhao Y, Da T, Zhang S, Wang H, Li H

“…Participants with two chronic conditions (OR=3.038, 95% CI=1.342– 6.881), taking less than 10 tablets (OR=2.994, 95% CI=1.113– 8.054), having their own source of healthcare expenditure (OR=0.639, 95% CI=0.432– 0.945), and hospitalization in the prior year (OR=0.636, 95% CI=0.429– 0.944) were significantly associated with patients’ attitudes toward deprescribing.Conclusion: Over half of patients with multimorbidity expressed a willingness to have one or more of their medicines deprescribed. …”
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Strengthening the Efficiency of Parliamentary Oversight Bodies to Enhance Anti-Corruption Control, Transparency, Political Accountability, and Responsibility by Tony Duba, Thakaramahlaha Lehohla

“…The processing of the results comprised narratives expressing the general view of participants as well as graphical representation based on the data collected. …”
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Patient and healthcare provider knowledge, attitudes and barriers to handover and healthcare communication during chronic disease inpatient care in India: a qualitative exploratory... by Prabhakaran Dorairaj, Sheila Greenfield, Paramjit Gill, Richard Lilford, Sanjeev K Singh, Claire Humphries, Semira Manaseki-Holland, Suganthi Jaganathan, Jeemon Panniyammakal, Shifalika Goenka

“…Both patients and HCPs recognised public healthcare constraints that increased pressure on hospitals and subsequently limited consultation times. Systemic issues reported by HCPs were a lack of formal handover systems, training and accessible hospital-based records. …”
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Dynamiques socio-politiques et territorialités de l’immigration ivoirienne en Tunisie by Camille Cassarini

“…By mobilising the register of ethnicity and their exclusion from the political game, these people expressed, in their mobilities, the structural changes to Ivorian society over the last twenty years. …”
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Effect of Oak Wood Aging on Chemical Composition of Wheat Distillate by Natalya V. Shelekhova, Irina M. Abramova, Tamara M. Shelekhova, Liubov I. Skvortsova, Natаlya V. Poltavskaya

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Sentence Embedding Generation Framework Based on Kullback–Leibler Divergence Optimization and RoBERTa Knowledge Distillation by Jin Han, Liang Yang

“…The DPCS method autonomously identifies and prioritizes critical features, thus enriching the expressive capacity of sentence vectors and significantly advancing the accuracy of similarity computations. …”
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The Conceptual Core of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Label and Its Impact on the Perception of Tourist Destinations by Zhang Mu, Guo Zhen, Qiu Ziyi, Zuo Yifan

“…However, destinations often misunderstand ICH label implications and mechanisms, leading to issues such as over-commercialization due to a lack of regulation. …”
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Students’ Perceptions of Learning Analytics for Mental Health Support: Qualitative Study by Aglaia Freccero, Miriam Onwunle, Jordan Elliott, Nathalie Podder, Julia Purrinos De Oliveira, Lindsay H Dewa

“…They also expressed the need to be involved in decision-making regarding learning analytics design, practices, and policies. …”
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Methods to improve teaching effciency for students from the People’s Republic of China at technical universities by K. P. Baslyk, V. P. Pechnikov, N. A. Tukhtarova

“…Most scientific articles on teaching foreign students are devoted to general issues of pedagogy and psychology, as well as to the problems of teaching Russian as a foreign language, while the aspects of teaching special technical disciplines to citizens of another country pose certain challenges.Materials and methods of research. …”
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Competence and Training Needs in Infectious Disease Emergency Response Among Chinese Nurses: Cross-Sectional Study by Dandan Zhang, Yong-Jun Chen, Tianxin Cui, Jianzhong Zhang, Si-Ying Chen, Yin-Ping Zhang

“…Notably, 1874 (91.19%) nurses expressed a willingness to undergo further training. …”
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Evaluating maternal death surveillance and response system in Sunyani Municipality of Bono region in Ghana from 2017-2021 by Amara S. Ngegbai, George Khumalo Kuma, Charles L. Noora, Ernest Tei Maya, Chris Guure

“…Although 94.6% (35/37) expressed willingness to notify and participate in audits at facility and community levels, the audits remained facility-based. …”
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Effects of Virtual Care on Patient and Provider Experience of the Clinical Encounter: Qualitative Hermeneutic Study by Graham McCaffrey, Erin Wilson, Lela V Zimmer, Anurag Singh, Steinunn Jonatansdottir, Peter Zimmer, David Snadden, Ian D Graham, Martha MacLeod

“…The content category included issues related to trust-building and assessment. Providers expressed concerns about the difficulty in assessing and understanding their patients’ physical and social well-being beyond laboratory results. …”
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Creative Design as Research The Application of Practice Base Research in Designing the Logo of Didar Gallery of Isfahan by Rasool Kamali Dolat Abadi

“…In the practice base method, the designer is a researcher who consciously and freely identifies design issues from within the subject of his order and chooses and combines diverse methods appropriate to the subject to create a creative work.The artistic product resulting from this type of research is innovative and has a theoretical framework, and due to the fact that all the data, ideas and stages of its creation are documented, the work and knowledge resulting from it can be understood, thought and expressed and can be evaluated, criticized and discussed for the target community. …”
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Evaluating compliance with proper application of compression stockings in surgical patients: a clinical audit by Merin Annassery, Aravind Thayyil Raman

“…Fifty adult surgical inpatients were assessed for stocking application, focusing on correct sizing, position and observable issues, such as bunching, rolling, folded fabric or toe constriction. …”
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Organization of nephrological care for patients with terminal chronic kidney disease and concomitant SARS-CоV-2 infection under martial law: a retrospective study (2022–2024) by I.Sh. Jabbarli, D.D. Ivanov, I.V. Krasiuk, L.D. Denova, I.M. Zavalna, Ye.K. Lagodych

“…SARS-CoV-2 may directly affect renal structures via ACE2 receptors expressed in proximal tubules and indirectly through systemic inflammation and hypercoagulability. …”
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