Assessing the effectiveness of the community participation approaches to improve access to mass drug administration for trachoma elimination in a pastoral conflict area of Baringo... by Collins Okoyo, Omar Kopi, Paul M Gichuki, Bridget W Kimani, Tabitha Kanyui, Titus Waititu, Wyckliff P Omondi, Doris W Njomo

“…<h4>Background</h4>Trachoma remains a significant public health issue in many regions, including Baringo County, Kenya. …”
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Utilization of drug checking services in Austria: a cross-sectional online survey by Alexandra Karden, Tobias Fragner, Cornelia Feichtinger, Julian Strizek, Daragh T. McDermott, Igor Grabovac

“…Abstract Background The use of psychoactive substances is a key public health issue due to its impact on mental, physical, and social health. …”
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Investigation of heavy metals adsorbed on microplastics in drinking water and water resources of Zabol by Mohammad Reza Rezaei Kahkha, Jamshid Piri, Ali Faghihi-Zarandi, Massoud Kaykhaii

“…Future studies should explore the health effects of MPs and HMs, optimize sampling methods, and focus on long-term monitoring under diverse environmental conditions to address this emerging issue comprehensively.…”
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Palm Seed Insole Innovation for Alleviating Foot Numbness among Patients with Diabetes by Piyanuch Suwannarat, Supattra Prom-in, Benjawan Aumpama, Kusumarn Noipha

“…Further research involving larger sample sizes and extended follow-up is recommended to confirm these results and assess long-term outcomes. …”
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The Effectiveness of Schema Therapy on the Mental Health and Emotional Self-regulation of Depressed Women in Bandar Abbas City by Zohreh Jafari, Mahin Askari, Nooshin Taghinejad

“…In this case, 30 participants were selected by purposeful sampling and randomly replaced in two equal groups of 15 people (one experimental group and one control group). …”
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Posture configuration optimization method and system for folding booms of the pump truck under life extension control by Dong Qing, Su Youcheng, Xu Gening, She Lingjuan, Wang Ze

“…After evaluating the fatigue life, the dataset is transformed into a fatigue life sample dataset. The Extra Trees model, enhanced by Bayesian Optimization, is then developed to realize rapid predictions of fatigue life for various boom postures. …”
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Stakeholder engagement framework to improve public housing delivery: A Stellenbosch case study by Monwabisi S. Xegwana, Michael Twum-Darko, Robertson K. Tengeh

“…However, insufficient stakeholder engagement by municipalities remains a pervasive issue, contributing to the failure to meet community expectations in delivering adequate housing units. …”
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NIGERIAN CONSTRUCTION-RELATED PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FIRMS TO ADOPT LEAN CONSTRUCTION PRACTICES by Olajide Olamilokun, Umar Datti Yusuf, Emmanuel Dele Omopariola

“…A structured questionnaire was issued for a sample size comprising 130 firms drawn from a finite population of 342 Nigerian construction-related professional services firms (project managers, architects, quantity surveyors, structural engineers, and M&E engineers) operating in Northern Nigeria. …”
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Leverage, entrenched managers, and moderating effect of main shareholder’s influence by Bruno José Canassa, Lucas Allan Diniz Schwarz, Maurício Ribeiro do Valle

“…This research addresses the main issue of corporate governance, i.e. entrenchment resulting from manager’s strengthening and excessive protection. …”
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Hybrid Supervised and Reinforcement Learning for Motion-Sickness-Aware Path Tracking in Autonomous Vehicles by Yukang Lv, Yi Chen, Ziguo Chen, Yuze Fan, Yongchao Tao, Rui Zhao, Fei Gao

“…Path tracking is an essential task for autonomous driving (AD), for which controllers are designed to issue commands so that vehicles will follow the path of upper-level decision planning properly to ensure operational safety, comfort, and efficiency. …”
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Maternal education, health profession and cigarette smoking are decisive factors for self-medication in children by parents by Duborija-Kovacevic Natasa, Martinovic Milica, Belojevic Goran, Lausevic Dragan, Asanin Bogdan

“…Self-medication of children by their parents (SMCP) is an important public health issue as the effects and potential risks may be unpredictable. …”
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The Impact of Basic Education Curriculum Gaps on Meeting Tertiary Education Admission Criteria – A Case of South Africa by Zona Ndamase, Mohammed Xolile Ntshangase

“…The study contributes to existing literature on improving equitable access to higher education opportunities by addressing this issue.…”
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Quality of Life Among Natural Menopausal Women and Early Surgical Menopausal Women: A Study from Greece by Fotini Kavga, Anastasia Bothou, Christina Nanou, Giannoula Kyrkou, Victoria Vivilaki, Anna Deltsidou

“…Background/Objectives: The general health and well-being of middle-aged women have become a major public health issue worldwide. More than 80% of women experience physical or psychological symptoms during the transition to menopause. …”
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The expatriate entrepreneur: Drivers to migrate to South Africa by Sibahle K. Mathe, Ashika Maharaj

“…A qualitative methodology adopting snowball sampling was used to identify focus groups, as no reliable records existed. …”
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A Recognition Method for Adzuki Bean Rust Disease Based on Spectral Processing and Deep Learning Model by Longwei Li, Jiao Yang, Haiou Guan

“…Second, the competitive adaptive reweighted sampling (CARS) algorithm was implemented in the range of 425–825 nm to determine the optimal characteristic wavenumbers, thereby reducing data redundancy. …”
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Exploring the perspectives of community members on use of Nyaope in Tshwane, South Africa by Doudou K. Nzaumvila, Robert Mash, Toby Helliwell

“…Background: Substance use is a major public health issue in South Africa. Cocktails, containing two or more low-quality substances, have been reported. …”
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Shifting Mindsets: Changes in Entrepreneurial Intention Among University Students by Panagiota Xanthopoulou, Alexandros Sahinidis, Androniki Kavoura, Ioannis Antoniadis

“…These findings provide valuable insights for educators and policymakers to better support and sustain entrepreneurial intentions among students, while also further expanding the understanding of the strategy development needs of entrepreneurship counseling and education, as very limited research has been conducted on this issue.…”
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Real-Time Depth Monitoring of Air-Film Cooling Holes in Turbine Blades via Coherent Imaging During Femtosecond Laser Machining by Yi Yu, Ruijia Liu, Chenyu Xiao, Ping Xu

“…This innovative approach adapts the fundamental principle of fiber-based Michelson interferometry by integrating the air-film hole into a sample arm configuration. A broadband super-luminescent diode with a 830 nm central wavelength and a 26 nm spectral bandwidth serves as the coherence-optimized illumination source. …”
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Addressing long-tailed distribution in judicial text for criminal motive classification: a balanced contrastive learning approach by Ting Li, Lewen Mi, Xiangyu Meng, Yongju Jia, Lin Zhao, Qi Zhao, Zihao Wei, Guandong Gao, Xiangxian Li

“…To mitigate the long-tailed issue, we propose a Category-Aware Balanced Contrastive Learning (CA-BCL) method, which effectively enhances the model’s representation of long-tailed data. …”
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Development of the mon busquets pass, an audio-based football passing instruments for kids aged 10 to 12 by Suhermon Suhermon, Ferri Hendryanto, Rizki Wijaya Putra, Adi Satriadi

“…Problems: The lack of an updated football passing measurement tool is the issue with this study. Purpose: Developing an audio-based football passing assessment tool for kids aged 10 to 12 is the goal of this project. …”
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