Improved land reforms to the benefit of women´s access to land to foster and support social norm change, a case study of Western Area rural district and Bombali district in Sierra... by Bankolay Theodore Turay, Modupe Moronke Omirin

“…It is well known that discrimination in land rights occurs globally, both in formal and customary settings. The reason for this is that land rights are either strong or weak and are held by a variety of groups of people. …”
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Evaluation of qCON and qNOX indices in pediatric surgery under general anesthesia by M Praveen, Alok Kumar, Badal Parikh, Indranill Sikdar

“…Material and Methods: After approval of the institutional ethics committee, this prospective observational study was conducted in pediatric patients of either sex in the age group of 1–12 years belonging to the American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) grade I and II undergoing elective surgery under GA. Anesthetic technique was GA with or without regional analgesia (RA). …”
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Evaluation of a competency-based CPD programme for pharmacists on asthma care: a feasibility study by Phyllis Hio Hong Wong, Chi Ian Chau, Hao Hu, Carolina Oi Lam Ung

“…A CPD programme guided by the CBE approach comprising of 4 sessions of didactic lectures and interactive inhaler workshops was implemented between April 6 to 27 2024 in Macao. An evaluation tool set to test the pre- and post-lecture knowledge assessment, inhaler technique, impact on practice, and overall satisfaction was completed by the participants. …”
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Reduced order data driven framework for computation of the unsteady lid-driven cavity flow using dynamic mode decomposition by Karim Mazaheri, Mohammad Kazem Moayyedi, Mohammad Hadi Dehghan

“…Dynamic Mode Decomposition (DMD) is a mathematical technique used to identify the dominant physical modes of a fluid flow. …”
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Policy implication of high prevalence of tobacco use and alcohol consumption among school-going adolescents in 2021: A cross-sectional study in a mining town of Kalulushi Zambia by Bautister Chileshe, Wingston Felix Ng’ambi, Shadreck Godfrey Habbanti, Cosmas Zyambo

“…Methods: A cross-sectional study design in which a simple random sampling technique was used in selecting the 333 adolescents of school-going age (10–19 years). …”
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Expression of MBL Genes and Biofilm Genes among Clinical Isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa by Suvarna A. Yadav, Satyajeet K. Pawar, Satish R. Patil, Kailas D. Datkhile, Geeta S. Karande

“…The phenotypic detection of MBL production was carried out using the Imipenem-EDTA combination disc test, while biofilm formation was assessed through the microtiter plate technique. Genotypic detection involved conventional polymerase chain reaction targeting MBL and biofilm genes. …”
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Assessment of Water Quality of Tigris River and branch in Alkut City by using Water Quality Index (WQIA) by yasir moh, Ali Jweid

“…Since the 1960s, the critical water quality index (WQI) technique has been used to assess the worldwide water quality state of surface water and groundwater systems. …”
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Enhancing Orbital MRI Quality: Optimization of Saturation Pads for 1.5T by Sujitra Tinnut, Suwimon Nabumrung, Kornthip Jeephet, Kingkarn Aphiwatthanasumet

“… Objective: This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of different eye pads in enhancing magnetic field homogeneity using the Spectral Presaturation with Inversion Recovery (SPIR) technique. Materials and Methods: A prospective study was approved by the Ethics Committee and involved thirty patients undergoing orbital MRI with no current abnormalities. …”
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Toward accurate and scalable rainfall estimation using surveillance camera data and a hybrid deep-learning framework by Fiallos-Salguero Manuel, Soon-Thiam Khu, Jingyu Guan, Mingna Wang

“…Our hybrid approach consists of two complementary modules: the first employs an image-quality signature technique to detect rain streaks from video frames and selects optimal regions of interest (ROIs). …”
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Strategies for enhancing deep video encoding efficiency using the Convolutional Neural Network in a hyperautomation mechanism by Xiaolan Wang

“…The effectiveness of the proposed variable-resolution coding technique is then evaluated by comparing its performance against the original method on the high-efficiency video coding (HEVC) test platform. …”
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Local and systemic production of 45 cytokines in complicated proliferative diabetic retinopaty by V. V. Neroev, O. V. Zaytseva, N. V. Balatskaya, A. A. Lazutova

“…We used the multiplex analysis technique by means of xMAP platform and Luminex xPONENT 3.1 program using 45-plex sets (Procarta Plex «eBioscience», Austria). 25 cytokines were detected at significant amounts in BS test samples, and 27 cytokines were revealed in VH specimens. …”
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Prevalence of appropriate feeding practices and nutritional status among infant and young children aged 0–23 Months attending public hospitals in Harar town, eastern Ethiopia, 2024... by Samuel Demissie Darcho, Feyisa Shasho Bayisa, Teshome Demis Nimani

“…Introduction: Appropriate feeding is a set of recommendations to achieve optimal infant and young child feeding practices for 0-23-month-old children. …”
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Graph Neural Network-Based Attribute Auxiliary Structured Grouping for Person Re-Identification by Geyu Tang, Xingyu Gao, Zhenyu Chen, Huicai Zhong

“…The results demonstrate that our technique is effective and promising for person re-ID tasks.…”
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Exploring Generative Adversarial Network-Based Augmentation of Magnetic Resonance Brain Tumor Images by Mahnoor Mahnoor, Oona Rainio, Riku Klén

“…Background: A generative adversarial network (GAN) has gained popularity as a data augmentation technique in the medical field due to its efficiency in creating synthetic data for different machine learning models. …”
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Predictive model for initial response to first-line treatment in children with infantile epileptic spasms syndrome by Wenrong Ge, Lin Wan, Zong Wang, Lijun Fu, Guang Yang

“…Random sampling and 5-fold cross-validation were performed, with synthetic minority oversampling technique to correct data imbalance. Machine learning algorithms and evaluation metrics optimised model accuracy and efficacy. …”
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A Comparative Study of Two-Stage Intrusion Detection Using Modern Machine Learning Approaches on the CSE-CIC-IDS2018 Dataset by Isuru Udayangani Hewapathirana

“…Each of these approaches employs a unique feature representation technique. The SAE approach leverages an autoencoder to learn non-linear, data-driven feature representations. …”
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Cardiac emergency readiness: A community-level assessment of CPR knowledge in Al-Baha by Mohammad I. Barnawi, Hamdah A. Alshmrani, Ruba D. Alghamdi, Sarah I. Alghamdi, Sarah M. Alghamdi, Bushra Alghamdi, Khalid A. Alzahrani

“…Context: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a crucial lifesaving technique in cases of cardiac arrest and should be performed by any member of the community. …”
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InvSim algorithm for pre-computing airplane flight controls in limited-range autonomous missions, and demonstration via double-roll maneuver of Mirage III fighters by Osama A. Marzouk

“…We then manipulate these equations of motion to derive a customized version suitable for inverse simulation flight mechanics, where a target flight trajectory is specified while a set of corresponding necessary flight controls to achieve that maneuver are predicted. …”
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Rootrainertrons: a novel root phenotyping method used to identify genotypic variation in lettuce rooting by Cara Wharton, Andrew Beacham, Miriam L. Gifford, James Monaghan

“…This new technique was successfully used to uncover significant genotypic variance in rooting traits for a selection of lettuce (L. sativa) varieties across multiple timepoints. …”
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How to improve the transferability of a 12-week home-space sedentary behaviour intervention for ethnically diverse older adults: a qualitative study protocol of key stakeholder per... by Gareth Stratton, Naureen Akber Ali Meghani, Joanne Hudson, Jane Mullins

“…However, there is still limited research that implements stakeholders’ perceptions in translating the interventions into real-life settings, particularly for ethnically diverse OAs. …”
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