Ensemble-based customer churn prediction in banking: a voting classifier approach for improved client retention using demographic and behavioral data by Ruchika Bhuria, Sheifali Gupta, Upinder Kaur, Salil Bharany, Ateeq Ur Rehman, Seada Hussen, Ghanshyam G. Tejani, Pradeep Jangir

“…Abstract Customer turnover is a crucial issue in banking since maintained profitability depends on keeping clients. …”
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Study on the Microstructure and Performance of the Multi-Field Composite-Assisted Laser Cladding of Nickel-Based Tungsten Carbide Coatings by Shihui Chen, Hong Wang, Xu Huang, Shuaishuai Qin, Xinxin Hu

“…Improving the hardness and wear resistance of die cutting tools is an important issue in the study of the service life of die cutting equipment. …”
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Taking menstruation health and hygiene seriously: a qualitative exploration of the challenges and facility requirements of female adolescent athletes in Bangladesh by Syeda Nurunnahar, Nazrin Akter, Farjana Jahan, Rehnuma Haque, Julie Hennegan, Mehjabin Tishan Mahfuz

“…Despite global efforts to improve menstrual health, more than 2.3 billion girls and women still lack access to adequate menstrual hygiene facilities. This issue is exacerbated in physically demanding sports, where menstrual health can impact performance. …”
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FCDNet: A Lightweight Network for Real-Time Wildfire Core Detection in Drone Thermal Imaging by Linfeng Wang, Oualid Doukhi, Deok Jin Lee

“…An Adaptive Sample Attention (ASA) Loss is introduced to enhance the detection accuracy of wildfire cores in combination with Normalized Wasserstein Distance (NWD) Loss. …”
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SSMM-DS: A semantic segmentation model for mangroves based on Deeplabv3+ with swin transformer by Zhenhua Wang, Jinlong Yang, Chuansheng Dong, Xi Zhang, Congqin Yi, Jiuhu Sun

“…Finally, we optimized the loss function by combining cross-entropy loss and dice loss, addressing the issue of sampling imbalance caused by the small areas of mangroves. …”
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Vehicle Speed and Position Estimation considering Microscopic Heterogeneous Car-Following Characteristics in Connected Vehicle Environments by HanQing Xia, XiaoMing Liu, ZeChao Ma, Fang Zhu, Lin Zhang, YingJie Zhao, YuanRong Wang

“…This paper proposes a method for estimating the speed and position of unsampled vehicles using sampled data from connected automated vehicles (CAVs). …”
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First Evidence of the Possible Influence of Avoiding Daily Liquid Intake from Plastic and Glass Beverage Bottles on Blood Pressure in Healthy Volunteers by Liesa Geppner, Sophie Grammatidis, Harald Wilfing, Maja Henjakovic

“…The global microplastic pollution issue, as a result of the indispensable usage of microplastics in building materials, packaged food, medical products and consumer goods, poses significant health problems for the population. …”
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NFE-YOLO: A Lightweight and Efficient Detection Network for Low, Slow, and Small Drones by Dan Tian, Chen Wang, Dong Zhou, Xin Yan, Liaoyuan Zeng

“…This dataset comprises a total of 10,099 images that have all been manually annotated with precision to address the issue of insufficient sample diversity in existing datasets. …”
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Executive function performance in high and low medication adherent patients with euthymic bipolar i disorder: a comparative study by Mona Rahimi Chahooei, Komeil Zahedi Tajrishi, Ghazaleh Zargarinejad, Amir Shabani

“…Abstract Introduction Medication nonadherence is a prevalent issue among patients with bipolar disorder, leading to substantial negative consequences. …”
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Beyond the trauma: a scoping review of nursing interventions for improving psychological well-being in adolescents bullying victims by Erviana Zefanya Agatha, Iyus Yosep, Taty Hernawaty, Rohman Hikmat, Thomas Ferdinanto, Riska Nur Assyifa Febrianti, Muchamat Irawan Danisholehudin

“…Abstract Background Bullying is a critical issue that deeply affects adolescents’ psychological well-being, leading to both immediate and long-term emotional and physical harm. …”
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What constitutes a ‘successful’ recovery? Patient perceptions of the recovery process after a traumatic injury by David A Spain, Thomas G Weiser, Graeme Rosenberg, Sean R Zion, Emily Shearer, Natasha Abadilla, Alia J Crum

“…Participants 1–3 years postinjury were purposefully sampled to include common blunt-force mechanisms of injuries and a range of ages, socioeconomic backgrounds and injury severities. …”
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Prevalence and risk factors for overweight and obesity: a cross-sectional countrywide study in Burkina Faso by Seni Kouanda, Seydou Kaboré, Tieba Millogo, Joseph Kouesyandé Soubeiga, Hermann Lanou, Brice Bicaba

“…Overnutrition needs to be recognised as an important public health issue in Burkina Faso and nutrition interventions need to be reshaped to account for it.…”
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Clinical and biochemical characterization of hepatitis B surface antigen-positive patients with or without Helicobacter pylori co-infection at the University of Gondar Comprehensiv... by Mekuriaw Belayneh, Bantayehu Addis Tegegne, Mulualem Lemma, Zenahebezu Abay, Yeshambel Belyhun

“…BackgroundHepatitis B virus (HBV) is a major global public health issue and the most common etiology of chronic liver disease (CLD). …”
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A Rapid Identification Method for Cottonseed Varieties Based on Near-Infrared Spectral and Generative Adversarial Networks by Qingxu Li, Hao Li, Renhao Liu, Xiaofeng Dong, Hongzhou Zhang, Wanhuai Zhou

“…The detection of cottonseed variety information has become a critical issue for the Chinese cotton industry. In this study, we collected near-infrared (NIR) spectral data from six cottonseed varieties and constructed a GAN for cottonseed NIR data (GAN-CNIRD) model to generate additional cottonseed NIR data. …”
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Systematic review of patient-reported measures of treatment burden in stroke by Patricia J Erwin, Lisa Kidd, Terry Quinn, David Eton, Megan Dillon, Jennifer Elliot, Natalie Johnston, Frances Mair

“…Examples of omitted burdens included developing coping strategies, managing finances and returning to driving. The most notable issue regarding quality appraisal was that three PRMs lacked any underpinning qualitative research relevant to the sample.Conclusion There is a need to develop a comprehensive PRM of treatment burden for use in stroke, with potential for use in other older populations.…”
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The Relationship Between Occupational Stress and Quality of Care Among Emergency Department Nurses in Government Hospitals by Sae’d M. Abu El-Kass, Lama Abu El-Kass, Nasayem Alswarka, Sabah Abu Behiri, Aysha Alderawy, Tahreer Abu El Khair, Maram Alaraj, Nibal Aldahdouh

“…Background Occupational stress is a prevalent health issue that can have both clinical and psychological repercussions, impacting the quality of care of emergency nurses. …”
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Does monetary poverty reduction through gender empowerment work? by Isaac Boadi, Ernest Sogah, Erick Kofi Boadi, Freeman Christian Gborse, John Kwaku Mensah Mawutor

“…Based on the dataset, the study concludes that women’s social empowerment reduces monetary poverty. across the study sample significantly contribute to poverty reduction in Ghana. …”
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Formation of Public Opinion on Organ Donation in Ukraine by Liliia Khomenko, Aleksy Kwilinski, Nataliia Karpishchenko

“…Systematization of literary sources and approaches to the issue of organ donation indicates that there is a shortage of organ donors in Ukraine. …”
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The effect of the four-handed method on the pain caused by gastric tube insertion in premature infants: A randomized clinical trial by Maryam Shirdel, Batool Pouraboli, Setareh Sagheb, Vafa Ghorban Sabagh, Shima Haghani

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MOLECULAR AND PATHOLOGICAL EVIDENCE OF DUCK VIRAL ENTERITIS: FIRST CONFIRMED REPORT IN MANILA DUCK (CAIRINA MOSCHATA) IN SOUTHERN INDIA by Durairajan R, Parthiban S, Ramesh J, Ramya R, Jayanthi B, Karthik K, Murugan MS

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