Contextual determinates of under-five malnutrition in mining communities: a critical review of nutrition interventions for optimal impact by Herbert Tato Nyirenda, David Mulenga, Hilda Nyambe-Silavwe

“…This paper analyzes contextual data to establish a benchmark for selecting effective nutrition strategies, thereby maximizing their impact and ensuring targeted, sustainable outcomes.MethodsThis study employed a cross-sectional design to examine the key drivers of nutrition in mining communities, focusing on children under five and their caregivers. …”
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Evaluation of practices and attitudes of caregivers influencing adherence to seasonal malaria chemoprevention in children under five years of age: the case of Rural Embangweni, Mzi... by Chisomo Salangwa, Reston Munthali, Lusungu Mfune, Vegha Kaunga Nyirenda

“…The results of this research indicated that caregivers demonstrated a high level of adherence in completing the entire three-day course of medication and ensuring SMC coverage. However, the survey also highlighted areas of improvement in some caregivers’ attitudes, practices, and knowledge concerning adherence to medication throughout the SMC initiative.…”
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Secure and energy-efficient inter- and intra-cluster optimization scheme for smart cities using UAV-assisted wireless sensor networks by Niayesh Gharaei, Aliaa M. Alabdali

“…To address these gaps, we propose the secure and energy-efficient inter- and intra-cluster optimization scheme (SEI2), a novel WMET-based framework that ensures balanced energy utilization among cluster heads (CHs) and member nodes (MNs) while securing data transmission. …”
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Resource constraints, patient emotions, and therapy: experiences of healthcare providers in the screening and management of gestational diabetes mellitus in northern Ghana by Mohammed Bukari, Abdulai Abubakari, Hawa Malechi, Thomas Hinneh, Humphrey Garti, Faith Agbozo

“…Face-to-face interviews were conducted with the aid of an interview guide, and the data were analysed via thematic analysis. We ensured trustworthiness through reflexivity, member checking, peer-debriefing, providing rich text, and keeping an audit trail. …”
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Choice and justification of the method of titanium welding with platinum by Anatolii Sanin, Ihor Mamchur, Tetiana Nosova, Stella Mamchur

“…The analysis showed that diffusion welding of platinum foil with titanium alloys over a contact area of more than 1000 mm², ensuring continuous penetration and maintaining the original dimensions of the platinum foil requires additional research. …”
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EFFECT OF COMPLIANCE COST AND TAX BURDEN ON TAX COMPLIANCE OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SCALE ENTERPRISES IN BENUE STATE, NIGERIA by Okpe Caleb John, Aliyu Nuraddeen Shehu, Bello A. Ahmad, Ahmed Aliyu Abdullahi, Mohammed Musa Abdulkarim

“…Government should formulate policies that aim to reduce the cost of compliance while ensuring a balanced tax burden could enhance voluntary compliance, leading to a broader tax base and more sustainable public finance. …”
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Simulation-based validation of a method to detect changes in SARS-CoV-2 reinfection risk. by Belinda Lombard, Harry Moultrie, Juliet R C Pulliam, Cari van Schalkwyk

“…Model performance under similar scenarios may be different in settings with smaller epidemics (and therefore smaller numbers of reinfections). Ensuring model parameter convergence is essential to avoid false-positive detection of shifts in reinfection risk. …”
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Effect of a closed-loop medication order executive system on safe medication administration at a tertiary hospital: a quasi-experimental study by Xuwen Yin, Haiyan Song, Jieyu Lu, Jing Yang, Rong Wang, Zheng Lin, Shudi Jiang, Hui Yuan, Xumei Wang, Dongmei Xu, Chunhong Gao, Yuan Zhou, Jiayi Xu, Chen Chen, Chenyu Gu, Qingqing Diao, Fang Li, Zejuan Gu

“…Conclusion: Adopting a closed-loop executive system is beneficial for ensuring patient medication safety, but a single integrated system does not completely eliminate MEs. …”
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Design of an Integrated Model for Video Summarization Using Multimodal Fusion and YOLO for Crime Scene Analysis by Sai Babu Veesam, Aravapalli Rama Satish

“…Real-time learning through RL-HITL ensures model refinement and hereby gives long-term benefits in security and surveillance application, hence analysis at a crime scene for different scenarios.…”
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Predicting nighttime black ice using atmospheric data for efficient winter road maintenance patrols by Jinhwan Jang

“…As a result, this approach allows for more efficient nighttime maintenance patrols, reducing resource usage by up to 60 % while still ensuring road safety.…”
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Solving Truthfulness-Privacy Trade-Off in Mixed Data Outsourcing by Using Data Balancing and Attribute Correlation-Aware Differential Privacy by Abdul Majeed, Seong Oun Hwang

“…Anonymization methods are mostly used in data outsourcing to protect privacy; however, it is very hard to apply anonymity to datasets of poor quality while maintaining an equilibrium between privacy, utility, and truthfulness (i.e., ensuring the values in anonymized data are consistent with the real data). …”
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EXPLORING THE NEXUS BETWEEN WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, AND AGE DIFFERENCES IN POVERTY ALLEVIATION IN NIGERIA by NNANA OKOI OFEM, TIKU ORU TAKIM, TANGBAN EGBE EBAGU, RITA NGOZI OKAFOR

“…The study employed a qualitative research design, the study engaged 24 participants, ensuring diversity across age groups, educational backgrounds, and geographical locations. …”
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Fueling the development of elderly care services in China with digital technology: A provincial panel data analysis by Jiaxin He, Dangchen Sui, Lingpeng Li, Xinyan Lv

“…The application of digital technology in elderly care cervices is set to become a cornerstone in the future of elderly care, ensuring that the needs of the aging population are met with innovative and compassionate solutions.…”
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Unit commitment in microgrid systems using artificial intelligence techniques by Barnabas I. Gwaivangmin, Ganiyu A. Bakare, Ya’U S. Haruna, Abdullahi L. Amoo

“…This translates to a significant improvement in cost-efficiency, ensuring a reliable and sustainable power supply while effectively mitigating rising expenses. …”
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Construction of a prediction and visualization system for cognitive impairment in elderly COPD patients based on self-assigning feature weights and residual evolution model by Wenwen Cheng, Chen Yu, Xiaohui Liu

“…BackgroundAssessing cognitive function in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is crucial for ensuring treatment efficacy and avoiding moderate cognitive impairment (MCI) or dementia. …”
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Memahami Perjalanan "Kampung Cyber" Melalui Lensa Actor Network Theory by Alfandya Alfandya, Fathul Wahid

“…One of the main challenges in ICT4D project is gaining the trust of the community and ensuring its sustainability. This paper presents stories from ICT4D project implementation through the lens of Actor Network Theory (ANT). …”
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Recent updates of centromere proteins in hepatocellular carcinoma: a review by Zhongyuan Yang, Wenjiao Chen, Yunhui Liu, Yuxin Niu

“…Centromeres are considered special deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sequences with highly repetitive sequences that are physically connected to the spindle during cell division, ensuring equal division of genetic material between daughter cells. …”
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Design and Optimization of a Hybrid Gas Generator for Hydrogen Peroxide Tank Pressurization by Mykhailo Vorobei, Mykola Bondarenko

“…The system effectively maintains stable hydrogen peroxide tank pressure, ensuring continuous oxidizer supply. Ceramic coatings and heat-resistant materials reduce erosion, and liquid oxygen flow control optimizes combustion. …”
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ORGANISING EFFECTIVE INTERACTION OF MANAGERS OF ARCHITECTURAL AND CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES WITH CLIENTS BASED ON THE THEORY OF NON-VIOLENT COMMUNICATION by Руслан Кубанов, Дмитро Макатьора, Ярослав Кушик-Стрельніков

“…The authors emphasise that since clients have high demands and expectations that need to be skilfully taken into account, ensuring quality communication with clients is a key task for modern managers in this field. …”
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Face Recognition Method for Underground Engineering Based on Dual-Target Domain Adaptation and Discriminative Feature Learning by Yongqiang Yu, Cong Guo, Lidan Fan, Jiyun Zhang, Liwei Yu, Peitao Li

“…The targeting of the algorithm to blurred and NIR images is enhanced through DTDA, while the inter-class feature variability and intra-class feature compactness for domain adaptation face recognition are ensured by DFL. Extensive experiments are conducted on public and self-built datasets to verify the proposed method. …”
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