Long-Term Outcomes of a Health Information System-Based Feedback Intervention Study of Antimicrobial Prescriptions in Primary Care Institutions: Follow-Up of a Randomized Cross-Ove... by Yan Y, Yang J, Lu Y, Cui Z, Chang Y

“…The generalized estimation equation was employed to analyze the differences among four representative time points: at the baseline point, at 3 months, at 6 months, and at 18 months. …”
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Positioning implementation science in national immunization programmes to improve coverage equity and advance progress toward Immunization Agenda 2030: An urgent global health impe... by Abdu A. Adamu, Duduzile Ndwandwe, Rabiu I. Jalo, Charles S. Wiysonge

“…The factors that drive these disparities are often multilevel, originating from individuals, health facilities, health systems and communities, and also multifaceted. Implementation science has emerged as a field to help address “know-do” gaps in health systems, and can play a significant role in strengthening immunization systems to understand and solve implementation barriers that limit access and uptake within their contexts. …”
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Mitigate lumbar crash injury of reclined occupants with assisted repositioning device by Wenxuan Shen, Wenxuan Shen, Qing Zhou, Qing Zhou

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Water desalination using waste heat recovery of thermal power plant in tropical climate; optimization by AI by Ehsanolah Assareh, Mohammad Firoozzadeh, Mohammad Zoghi, Ali Zare, Yasaman Ghazi, Ali Shahin-Banna

“…CO2 emissions are forecasted to decrease by approximately 23 %. From exergy point of view, the exergy efficiency of the system has been enhanced from 31.1 % for the conventional state to 41.7 % as the best optimized case (10.6 % improvement). …”
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Novel Approximate Distribution of the Generalized Turbulence Channels for MIMO FSO Communications by Wafaa M. R. Shakir, Ali S. Mahdi, Hani Hamdan, Jinan Charafeddine, Haitham Al Satai, Radouane Akrache, Samir Haddad, Jinane Sayah

“…This article provides a comprehensive analysis of the performance of MIMO FSO systems utilizing the equal gain combining (EGC) diversity technique under various conditions, such as different numbers of transmitter and receiver, turbulence intensities, the effects of non-zero boresight pointing errors, and path attenuation. …”
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Análise de seis sistemas de recolhimento do palhiço na colheita mecânica da cana-de-açúcar Analysis of six systems of trash recovery in mechanical harvesting of sugarcane by Marcio B. Michelazzo, Oscar A. Braunbeck

“…A model was defined to estimate the cost of trash recovery, simulating the field capacity, oil consumption, depreciation, repair and maintenance as well as labor required for the field and transport operations. Six recovery systems were studied both from the technical and economical points of view. …”
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Enhancing elderly care services through integrated sentiment analysis and knowledge reasoning: A deep learning approach by Yongguan Ai, Shiwei Chu, Juan Wang, Nianfang Xu

“…The efficacy of the model is demonstrated by its ability to enhance the precision of care decisions, improve the quality of care, user satisfaction, and system reliability. The experimental results demonstrate substantial improvements in sentiment recognition accuracy (96.5 %), reasoning accuracy (93.7 %), decision execution time (3.2 s), user satisfaction (4.9 points), and system stability (98.4 %), highlighting the transformative potential of the model in revolutionizing elderly care services.…”
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Experimental study of a novel liquid air storage tank to mitigate oxygen enrichment during long-term energy storage by Chen Wang, Xiaolong Guo, Huiru Wang, Camila Barreneche, Yulong Ding, Xiaohui She, Peng Han

“…However, due to differing boiling points, nitrogen preferentially evaporates during storage, leading to oxygen enrichment, which poses safety risks and reduces system reliability. …”
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Application of the Weighted Product Method and Simple Multi-Attribute Rating Technique (SMART) for Selecting Recipients of the Family Hope Program (PKH) by Indah Kusuma Wardhani, Wiwit Agus Triyanto, Supriyono Supriyono

“…In the selection process for recipients, this study directly compares two Decision Support System methods: the Weighted Product method and the Simple Multi-Attribute Rating Technique (SMART). …”
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An Innovative GIS-Based Policy Approach to Stream Water Quality and Ecological Risk Assessment in Mediterranean Regions: The Case of Crete, Greece by Nektarios N. Kourgialas, Chrysoula Ntislidou, Eleana Kazila, Agathos Filintas, Catherina Voreadou

“…The suggested methodology integrates eight different factors along the contaminant pathway from source to streams, including: (a) rainfall variability, (b) soil texture, (c) soil erodibility, (d) slope, (e) river buffer zone, (f) point source contamination buffer zone, (g) non-point source contamination of NO₃, and (h) non-point source contamination of PO₄. …”
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Hybrid Islanding Detection of an Inverter-Based High-Noise Microgrid by Hossein Amini, Ali Mehrizi-Sani, Reza Noroozian

“…The proposed method uses the fast Fourier transform (FFT) symmetry characteristic of a hybrid VDPDO (HVDPDO) output signal and addresses the set point threshold using the Melnikov function. This method detects the changes in frequency, phase, and voltage amplitude of the point of common coupling (PCC) simultaneously to distinguish islanded operation from other faults. …”
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Decentralized multi-agent federated and reinforcement learning for smart water management and disaster response by H. Mancy, Naglaa E. Ghannam, Amr Abozeid, Ahmed I. Taloba

“…Water resource management and disaster response have become some of the most challenging tasks, especially when disasters pose a threat, as delays could lead to more impacts. The centralized system used for water dynamics and disaster control usually presents itself as a scalability problem since more clients present a problem, the system's latency is high, and the system is always prone to a single-point failure. …”
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Real-Time Multi-Agent Based Power Management of Virtually Integrated Microgrids Comprising Prosumers of Plug-in Electric Vehicles and Renewable Energy Sources by Nikolaos K. Sifakis, Fotis D. Kanellos

“…Furthermore, the maximum anticipated calculation time is significantly less than the time interval required for updating the set-points of PEVs and CEVs. This alignment with real-time requirements demonstrates the high reliability of Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) in addressing complex challenges. …”
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The impact of implementing electronically integrated risk-based business licensing services on service quality by Fitri Yunianto Hapsari, Dwi Putranto Riau, Sofjan Aripin

“…Using purposive sampling, 100 respondents who utilized the RBA OSS system in 2023 were selected. …”
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Um estudo sobre a implantação de sistemas ERP: pesquisa realizada em grandes empresas industriais A study on ERP system implementation: a survey at large industrial companies by Lindomar Subtil de Oliveira, Kazuo Hatakeyama

“…Results showed that the factors concerning system functionality difficulties, customization, adjustment to business processes, and lack of support by ERP systems on global strategic plans were some of the points considered as the most complex by the companies. …”
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Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of healthcare providers in pre-hospital care in Nepal by Pavan Kumar Sah, Wenyi Lai, Neelam Gupta, Bimal Singh Bist, Sanjib Gautam, Khem Raj Sapkota, Bipin Koirala, Ileana Kong Zhuo, Morlai Sesay, Ying Guan, Ying Guan

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Development of a World Health Organization indicator and corresponding questions to measure effective coverage of rehabilitationResearch in context by Wouter De Groote, Pierre Côté, Jessica J. Wong, Sheilah Hogg-Johnson, Tara Chen, Linamara Battistella, George K.C. Wong, Jan Hartvigsen, Jill A. Hayden, Rajani Mullerpatan, Farooq A. Rathore, Hana Alsobayel, Margareta Nordin, Dan Kajungu, Jae-Young Lim, Rafael Lozano, Antony Duttine, Melanie Cowan, Leanne Riley, Somnath Chatterji, Alarcos Cieza

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Development of a Geographic Database Infrastructure at the Atatürk Arboretum Using Free Open Source Software(s) by Hatice Yılmaz, Osman Yılmaz

“…A decision support and registration system is needed in the management and planning of these worthy areas. …”
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El uso didáctico de los sistemas de información geográfica en el Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior / The didactic use of geographical information systems in the European Hi... by Ana Nieto Masot

“…In this article we are going to study the subjects of Geographical Information Systems that utilize the ICT in the new Degree in Geography. …”
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Flood hazard zones prediction using machine-learning-based geospatial approach in lower Niger River basin, Nigeria by Adedoyin Benson Adeyemi, Akinola Adesuji Komolafe

“…Based on historical flood events from different sources for the period of 1998–2023 within the study area, data from 1164 flooded and non-flooded points were utilized to train and test the models. …”
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