How do doctors manage physical activity advocacy for patients and their own self-care? A qualitative interview study of general practitioners in Ireland by Andrew O'Regan, Vikram Niranjan, Amanda Clifford, Joe MacDonagh, Ibak Baky, Alison Bourke, Conor Byrne

“…Subthemes relate to how GPs determine the extent of their role and responsibilities, how physical activity promotion is adapted to the context and how ‘what I’ say is not necessarily ‘what I do’. …”
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HARNESSING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE: A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF AFRICAN APPLICATIONS IN SPATIAL ANALYSIS AND PRECISION AGRICULTURE by Obasi S.N, Tenebe V. A, Obasi C.C, Jokthan G.E, Adjei E.A, Keyagha E.R

“…The project explores adapting precision farming to enhance crop yields, soil health, and mitigate climate change concerns using AI technologies such as sensor-based monitoring and satellite imaging analysis. …”
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Divergence in the Morphology and Energy Metabolism of Adult Polyphenism in the Cowpea Beetle <i>Callosobruchus maculatus</i> by Zhong Du, Xiaokun Liu, Sipei Liu, Lei Jiang, Le Zong, Wenjie Li, Weili Fan, Lijie Zhang, Fengming Wu, Siqin Ge

“…Adult polyphenism is a prevalent form of adaptive evolution that enables insects to generate discrete phenotypes based on environmental factors. …”
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Immune cell profiles and predictive modeling in osteoporotic vertebral fractures using XGBoost machine learning algorithms by Yi-Chou Chen, Hui-Chen Su, Shih-Ming Huang, Ching-Hsiao Yu, Jen-Huei Chang, Yi-Lin Chiu

“…Results Our findings reveal an increased presence of CD4 + naïve T cells and central memory T cells in VF patients, indicating distinct adaptive immune responses. The XGBoost model identified Th1 cells, CD4 memory T cells, and hematopoietic stem cells as key predictors of VF. …”
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Bronchotracheal Stenting Management by Rigid Bronchoscopy under Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Support: 10 Years of Experience in a Tertiary Center by Sabrina Meyer, Anne-Sophie Dincq, Lionel Pirard, Sebahat Ocak, Jean-Paul D’Odémont, Philippe Eucher, Benoît Rondelet, André Gruslin, Laurie Putz

“…Only two local complications caused by the cannulation of ECMO were reported, and anticoagulation was adapted to avoid bleeding at the operating site and clot formation in the system. …”
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Counterfactual Based Approaches for Feature Attributions of Stress Factors Affecting Rice Yield by Nisha P. Shetty, Balachandra Muniyal, Ketavarapu Sriyans, Kunyalik Garg, Shiv Pratap, Aman Priyanshu, Dhruthi Kumar

“…The study provides understandable and practical insights, allowing for focused actions to enhance productivity and adaptability in agriculture. By improving the interpretability of agricultural machine learning models, the research ultimately supports the creation of predictive systems that strengthen sustainable practices and economic development within the agricultural industry.…”
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Consumer Choice: Exploring Factors, Influences and Decisions by Tea Valishvili, Genelidze Lia

“…Technological advancements have significantly influenced consumer behavior, creating a dynamic environment where businesses must adapt to stay competitive. The primary goal of marketing isn’t traditional advertising; it now focuses on building connections between consumers and products. …”
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Age-associated alterations in immune and inflammatory responses in captive olive baboons (Papio anubis) by Michele M. Mulholland, Bharti P. Nehete, Ashley DeLise, Angela M. Achorn, Lisa M. Pytka, Pramod N. Nehete, Pramod N. Nehete

“…Though there are phenotypic and functional similarities between baboons and humans, specific differences exist in immune cell expression and immune function of lymphocytes that should be considered for better experimental outcomes in the development of therapeutics and restoring innate and adaptive immune function in aged individuals.…”
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Nutritional state-dependent modulation of insulin-producing cells in Drosophila by Rituja S Bisen, Fathima Mukthar Iqbal, Federico Cascino-Milani, Till Bockemühl, Jan M Ache

“…Taken together, we demonstrate that IPCs and DH44Ns are an integral part of a modulatory network that orchestrates glucose homeostasis and adaptive behavior in response to shifts in the metabolic state.…”
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Rapamycin Improves Palmitate-Induced ER Stress/NF κ B Pathways Associated with Stimulating Autophagy in Adipocytes by Jiajing Yin, Liping Gu, Yufan Wang, Nengguang Fan, Yuhang Ma, Yongde Peng

“…Obesity-induced endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and inflammation lead to adipocytes dysfunction. Autophagy helps to adapt to cellular stress and involves in regulating innate inflammatory response. …”
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Determining the germinative qualities of red clover seed samples with varying biological status by Lesia Levytska, Lesia Baistruk-Hlodan, Oleh Stasiv, Halyna Bilovus, Maria Khomiak

“…The development of forage crop varieties that adapt to changing environmental conditions is an effective strategy to mitigate the impact of climate change with minimal losses. …”
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An anti-parallelogram ring four-array rolling mechanism with multiple rolling gaits for mobile robots by Z. Xun, Z. Xun, G. Du, W. Zhu, W. Yu, C. Liu, J. Wang, Q. Guan, Q. Guan

“…<p>Compared with the traditional mobile robots, the new concept mobile robots have greater deformation capability and richer mobile gait; similarly, they have a better capability to adapt to the environment. This paper presents a ring four-array rolling mechanism that consists of four anti-parallelogram mechanisms with revolute joints. …”
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Ship Formation and Route Optimization Design Based on Improved PSO and D-P Algorithm by Peilong Xu, Dan Lan, Haolin Yang, Shengtian Zhang, Hyeonseok Kim, Incheol Shin

“…The particle swarm algorithm introduces dynamic adaptive parameter adjustment and the cross mutation strategy of genetic algorithm, while the Douglas-Peucker algorithm integrates density-based noise application spatial clustering algorithm to improve model performance. …”
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Data-Driven Prediction Methods for Lithium-Ion Battery State of Health Based on Elbow Rule by Liu Zhang, Bo Xing, Yanbing Gao, Lei Yao, Dengfeng Zhao, Jinquan Ding, Yanyan Li

“…The findings reveal a relative error of approximately 4% when maintaining lithium-ion battery SOH at 80%, affirming the GPR model&#x2019;s high accuracy and robust adaptability for SOH prediction.…”
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Stakeholder perspectives to inform the implementation of a community health worker-delivered home management of hypertension intervention in Zimbabwe by Paddington Tinashe Mundagowa, Malvin Musariri, Pamela Magande, Tendai Hlabangana, Linda Jane Mukwambo, Pemberai Zambezi, Priscillah Muchemwa-Munasirei, Fadzai Mukora-Mutseyekwa

“…The proposed intervention was superior to the current practice, easy to implement and adaptable in the local context. Perceived facilitating factors were commitment from health system leadership, CHW training and support, regular engagement between CHWs and health providers, community partnerships, and CHW self-efficacy and knowledge and skills.Conclusion Integrating CHWs into chronic disease management can potentially improve health service access in low-resource settings. …”
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An effective vessel segmentation method using SLOA-HGC by Zerui Liu, Junliang Du, Weisi Dai, Wenke Zhu, Ziqing Ye, Lin Li, Zewei Liu, Linan Hu, Lin Chen, Lixiang Sun

“…Channel-aware self-attention (CAS) improves microfine vessel segmentation sensitivity. Heterogeneous adaptive pooling (HAP) facilitates accurate vessel edge segmentation through multi-scale feature extraction. …”
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Psychometric properties of the Arabic version of the Forgotten Joint Score usage in total hip arthroplasty by Waleed Albishi, Nasser M. AbuDujain, Orfan Arafah, Ibrahim S. Alshaygy, Abdulaziz Almaawi, Zyad A. Aldosari, Mohammed N. Alhuqbani, Omar A. Aldosari, Saad M. Alangari

“…The major goal of the current study was to validate, adapt, and evaluate a Arabic-language FJS-12 (Ar-FJS-12) version in patients who had undergone total hip replacement (THA). …”
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Individual variability in cortical representations of tonic pain by Bettina Deak, Anne Stankewitz, Astrid Mayr, Viktor Witkovsky, Pauline Jahn, Enrico Schulz

“…Therapies to relieve pain that rely on the modulation of brain regions will fail unless they are adapted to an individual's unique pain processing characteristics.…”
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Development potential of multi-cropping systems and its influence on agricultural water consumption in the Huang–Huai–Hai River Basin of China by Linghui Li, Qingming Wang, Yong Zhao, Jiaqi Zhai, Haihong Li, Shuying Han, Lichuan Wang, Yunpeng Gui

“…This study analyzed the spatial-temporal changes of the actual and potential CS based on the remote sensing and meteorological dataset from 2001 to 2022 to explore the development potentiality of multi-cropping systems (MCS), and adapted the CS change into the Decision Support System for Agrotechnology Transfer model (DSSAT) to simulate the change of evapotranspiration. …”
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Investigation study of face mask consumption in Malaysia and its impact on environment by Low Chung-Yu, Bee Soo-Tueen, Law Yung-Siang, Lee Tin-Sin, Bee Soo-Ling

“…OpenLCA software were used by adapting consequential system model based on ReCiPe 2016 (H) method as impact assessment method. …”
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