Socioeconomic disparities in child malnutrition: trends, determinants, and policy implications from the Kenya demographic and health survey (2014 - 2022) by Amos O. Okutse, Henry Athiany

“…Socioeconomic factors include household income, parental education, and access to healthcare, which influence a child’s nutritional status. …”
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Exploring the General Acceptability and User Experience of a Digital Therapeutic for Cognitive Training in a Singaporean Older Adult Population: Qualitative Study by Siong Peng Kwek, Qiao Ying Leong, V Vien Lee, Ni Yin Lau, Smrithi Vijayakumar, Wei Ying Ng, Bina Rai, Marlena Natalia Raczkowska, Christopher L Asplund, Alexandria Remus, Dean Ho

“…Cognitive training delivered remotely as a digital therapeutic (DTx) may serve as a scalable and accessible approach to overcoming these challenges. …”
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Assessing awareness and treatment knowledge of preventable blindness in rural and urban South African communities by Z Kiva, J E Wolvaardt

“…In South Africa (SA) the prevalence of blindness is increasing, with a higher proportion of cataracts than the global norm, and a large rural population with limited access to specialised eye-care services. Objective. …”
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Les quais nos 1, 12 et 13 du port romain de Saint-Lupien à Rezé/Ratiatum (Loire-Atlantique) by Xavier Favreau, Nicolas Ménez

“…This common architectural development testifies to a gradual retreat from the shoreline toward the north and suggests a desire, despite this, to maintain port activity and access to the river. This tiering of monumental port terraces, which developed, operated and was modified, only functioned for about a century. …”
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Community disaster exposure and first onset of depression: A panel analysis of nationally representative South African data, 2008-2017. by Andrew Tomita, Busisiwe P Ncama, Yoshan Moodley, Rashieda Davids, Jonathan K Burns, Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi, Albert T Modi, Rob Slotow

“…Given that many individuals in South Africa rely on social, food parcel relief, and health services from government/public sector, timely access to community-based supportive intervention is needed for disaster survivors, prioritizing socially vulnerable groups to help mitigate problems associated with mental health challenges.…”
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Wealth-based inequality in underweight among Scheduled Tribe women in India: a regional analysis by Anshika Singh, Aditya Singh, Mahashweta Chakrabarty, Shivani Singh, Pooja Tripathi

“…Policies should focus on targeted, region-specific interventions that prioritize economically disadvantaged women, reduce inequality, and improve access to nutrition and healthcare, particularly in the western, southern, and eastern-central regions.…”
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Diagnostic Decision-Making Variability Between Novice and Expert Optometrists for Glaucoma: Comparative Analysis to Inform AI System Design by Faisal Ghaffar, Nadine M. Furtado, Imad Ali, Catherine Burns

“…ResultsBoth groups showed lower concordance rates with clinical diagnosis, with experts showing almost double (7/35, 20%) concordance rates with limited data in comparison to novices (7/69, 10%), highlighting the impact of experience and data availability on clinical judgment; this rate increased to nearly 40% for both groups (experts: 5/12, 42% and novices: 8/21, 42%) when they had access to complete historical data of the patient. …”
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Closed-loop systems for plants expressing animal proteins: a modernized framework to safeguard the future of agricultural innovation by Kristin A. Bresnahan, Justin M. Ferber, J. Thomas Carrato, Thomas J. Stoddard, Patrick V. Palad, Magi Richani

“…Farmers can diversify and generate increased revenue streams, while consumers gain access to affordable proteins beyond those currently available. …”
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Sources of economically valuable traits for winter triticale breeding in the northwest of the Russian Federation by V. A. Uspenskaja, L. P. Bekish, N. N. Chikida

“…., 'PRAG 536' (k-3945), 'PRAG 456' (k-3946), 'Kvazar' (k-3938), 'Prometey' (k- 3900), 'Svyatozar' (k-3940), 'Yasha' (k-3912)). The accessions with a set of important traits that have been selected as the initial material for breeding winter triticale in the Northwest of the Russian Federation include 'Topaz' (k-3909), 'Don' (k-3637) 'Trizub' (k-3969), 'Interes' (k- 3968), 'Pshenichnoe' (k-3965), 'Svityaz'' (k-3963), 'Amulet' (k- 3956), 'Impul's' (k-3999), 'Kvazar' (k-3938), and 'Dawitol' (k-4002). …”
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A systematic review of serious games as tools for STEM education by Talia Tene, Diego Fabián Vique López, Paulina Elizabeth Valverde Aguirre, Nilo Israel Cabezas Oviedo, Cristian Vacacela Gomez, Stefano Bellucci

“…For educators, implementing serious games requires alignment with curriculum goals and access to adequate training and resources. Policymakers are encouraged to support these efforts by providing financial resources and promoting frameworks for ethical, data-secure use of serious games in education. …”
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Epilepsy Treatment Outcome and Its Predictors among Ambulatory Patients with Epilepsy at Mizan-Tepi University Teaching Hospital, Southwest Ethiopia by Ameha Zewudie, Yitagesu Mamo, Desalegn Feyissa, Mohammed Yimam, Gosaye Mekonen, Ahmed Abdela

“…Patient medication adherence should be increased by the free access of antiepileptic drugs and attention should be given for the patients with a history of head injury and high frequency of seizure attacks before AEDs initiation.…”
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Assessing coupling between soil temperature and potential air temperature using PALM-4U: implications for idealized scenarios by P. Glocke, C. C. Holst, B. Khan, B. Khan, S. A. Benz

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Ação cultural digital nos arquivos públicos das capitais da região Nordeste do Brasil by Ana Cássia Soares Teixeira, Manuela Eugênio Maia

“…A falta de execução dessas políticas na prática arquivística, mesmo depois de um período pós-pandemia, demonstra a necessidade dos gestores públicos em revisar suas ações, sugerindo aos arquivos estudados o uso do software Access to Memorycomo plataforma de acesso e de difusão/transparência ativa.…”
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Pathway to care among adolescents and young adults with breast cancer in Nigeria: a mixed methods study by Atara Ntekim, Ayorinde Folasire, Oluwaponmile A. Odukoya, Anthonia Sowunmi, Adewunmi Alabi

“…The aim of this study was to determine the extent of delays in accessing care and possible reasons for such delays among young adult females with breast cancer in Nigeria. …”
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The Landbound Chicken and the Deliberate Chameleon yet have their Uses: Yorùbá Art History, Language, and Interpretation. by Kathy Curnow

“…Language mastery certainly provides the native speaker with access to inestimable insights regarding not only general worldview, but specifics of philosophy, history keeping, and subtleties of knowledge transmission. …”
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Evaluating strategies for global respiratory pandemic control at ports: a modelling study by Gregory Gan, Jue Tao Lim, Tong Guan, Sharon Esi Duoduwa, S Balakumar, Janhavi A, Borame L Dickens

“…The use of predeparture PCR testing and PCR testing 1 week before departure has the greatest reduction at 108 200 (106 400–110 600) and 111 600 (110 500–113 000).Conclusion In our simulation model, we show that preboarding control measures can be effective in limiting outbreaks, reducing the number of active cases on marine vessels without access to adequate medical care while simultaneously reducing port congestion and facilitating for the greater global transport of essential goods.…”
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How have interventions targeting pregnant women from refugee, migrant and culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds living in high-income countries been developed or tailor... by Sweekriti Sharma, Gayathri Jegadeesh, Camille Raynes-Greenow, Adrienne Gordon, Gayani Gunawardhana, Danielle Marie Muscat

“…Training of staff in cultural competence and multi-component, multiagency interventions addressing the wider social determinants of health and system-based approaches to facilitate access to language services were also identified. …”
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Water woes: the institutional challenges in achieving SDG 6 by Jaivime Evaristo, Yusuf Jameel, Cecilia Tortajada, Raymond Yu Wang, James Horne, Howard Neukrug, Carlos Primo David, Angela Maria Fasnacht, Alan D. Ziegler, Asit Biswas

“…Abstract Background Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 envisions a future where everyone has access to clean water and sanitation. Yet, as 2030 looms closer, the complexity of achieving this target becomes apparent, with issues far surpassing basic water infrastructure and utility challenges. …”
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Knowledge Management System Berbasis Web tentang Budidaya Hidroponik untuk Mendukung Smart Society by Ariq Cahya Wardhana, Yani Nurhadryani, Sri Wahjuni

“…A solution to agricultural production systems with limited land, one of which is hydroponics. Facilitate access to digital learning facilities as an essential part of the plan of the Bogor City government, namely smart society, information technology support is needed as a means of sharing hydroponic cultivation knowledge. …”
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Trends in the utilisation of maternal and child healthcare services from the public and private health sectors in India, 2005–2021: an analysis of cross-sectional survey data by Niranjan Saggurti, Rajib Acharya, Abhishek Kumar, Anchal Purbey, Arupendra Mozumdar, Punit Mishra

“…Strengthening both the private and public sectors is crucial, with a focus on improving care quality and addressing regional disparities in access to maternal and child health services.…”
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