Multilevel analysis of prevalence and determinants of diarrhea among under-five children in Somalia: insights from the Somalia demographic and health survey 2020 by Hamse Arab Ali, Abdulkadir Mohamed Nuh, Hamse Adam Abdi, Abdisalam Hassan Muse

“…Moreover, targeted economic support, health care programs for older mothers are essential to mitigate the adverse effects of socioeconomic factors on child health, ultimately leading to a substantial reduction in diarrheal diseases among young children.…”
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Improving Outcomes and Quality of Life for Patients With Hand and Foot Eczema: Randomized Study of a Patient-Centered Monitoring App by Aimee Bruch, Wanja Weigandt, Yannic Schardt, Raphael Herr, Johannes Benecke, Astrid Schmieder

“…The persistent itching, pain, and blistering can impair hand and foot function, leading to difficulties in performing tasks requiring fine motor skills. …”
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Guidelines for Stroke Critical Rehabilitation by PAN Yu, XIE Yuxiao, ZHANG Hao, LYU Zeping, XIE Qing, BAI Dingqun, WAN Chunxiao, JIANG Shan, HE Jing, LIU Shaxing, LI Chong, YANG Bing, LIU Weiming, YANG Guofa, ZHOU Hua, LI Xin, XIE Ruimou, NI Xueyi, MA Di

“…With the acceleration of population aging and urbanization, stroke has become the leading cause of death and disability among adult residents in China. …”
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Reflections of Foster Youth Engaging in the Co-Design of Digital Mental Health Technology: Duoethnography Study by Ifunanya Ezimora, Tylia Lundberg, Dylan Miars, Jeruel Trujeque, Ashley Papias, Margareth V Del Cid, Johanna B Folk, Marina Tolou-Shams

“…Centering the lived expertise of foster youth in digital solutions is crucial to dismantling barriers to care, leading to an increase in service access and improving mental health outcomes. …”
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Fecal methylated syndecan-2 (SDC2) testing for early screening of colorectal cancerous and precancerous lesions: A real-world retrospective study in China by Boyu Qin, Haitao Niu, Lupeng Qiu, Hongfeng Zhou, Peng Lyu

“…Background: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a major public health concern and the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. …”
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Comparing Optimal Portfolio Performance Based on Skew-Normal Distribution and Skew-Laplace-Normal Distribution: A Mean-Absolute Deviation-Entropy Approach by Hila Rezaei, Gholamhossien Golarzi, Omid Karimi

“…Therefore, integrating a combination of higher-order moments (skewness and kurtosis) along with entropy leads to enhanced performance.…”
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Developing a business model focused on the planning sustainability of forest sector enterprises by Ihor Soloviy, Orest Kiyko, Vasyl Lavnyy, Igor Bukhanevych, Oksana Pelyukh, Mykhailo Ilkiv, Taras Chelepis, Dmytro Savka, Andriy Lutsenco

“…The article analyzes the main countries, journals, leading authors and main disciplinary areas in which articles on sustainable business models are published. …”
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Preventing epileptogenesis by interaction between inositol isomers and proteins by Lia Tsverava, Luka Kharkhelauri, Vincenzo Lagani, Giorgi Gamkrelidze, Veriko Bokuchava, Tamar Kiguradze, Merab Kokaia, Revaz Solomonia

“…Plain Language Summary Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder characterized by spontaneous recurrent seizures and a range of associated comorbidities. The process that leads to the development of epilepsy is called epileptogenesis, and currently, no medication can effectively prevent it. …”
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To what extent are digital health interventions targeting HIV care cascade among mobile populations feasible, acceptable, and effective? A mixed methods systematic review protocol by Thulile Mathenjwa, Bessie Malila, Lucia Knight, Frank Tanser, Patricia Makwambeni, Tamsin K. Phillips

“…Abstract Introduction Human mobility is associated with an increased risk of HIV acquisition and disengagement from HIV care, leading to poorer health outcomes among highly mobile individuals compared to less mobile individuals. …”
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Pressurised water flow in fractured permafrost rocks revealed by borehole temperature, electrical resistivity tomography, and piezometric pressure by M. Offer, M. Offer, S. Weber, S. Weber, M. Krautblatter, I. Hartmeyer, M. Keuschnig

“…This study shows that, in addition to slow thermal heat conduction, permafrost rocks are subjected to sudden push-like warming events and long-lasting rock temperature regime changes, favouring accelerated bottom-up permafrost degradation and contributing to the build-up of hydrostatic pressure, potentially leading to slope instability.</p>…”
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Multi-Class Guided GAN for Remote-Sensing Image Synthesis Based on Semantic Labels by Zhenye Niu, Yuxia Li, Yushu Gong, Bowei Zhang, Yuan He, Jinglin Zhang, Mengyu Tian, Lei He

“…The results show that data augmentation with the generated images leads to an improvement of 4.47% in FWIoU and 3.23% in OA across the Chongzhou and Wuzhen datasets. …”
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ArfGAP with the SH3 Domain, Ankyrin Repeat and PH Domain 1 Inversely Regulates Programmed Death-Ligand 1 Through Negative Feedback of Phosphorylated Epithelial Growth Factor Recept... by Chiba N, Menju T, Shimazu Y, Toyazaki T, Sumitomo R, Miyamoto H, Tamari S, Nishikawa S, Date H

“…The Arf6-AMAP1 pathway has been reported to promote receptor recycling leading to programmed cell death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) overexpression in pancreatic ductal carcinoma. …”
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Advancing arabic dialect detection with hybrid stacked transformer models by Hager Saleh, Hager Saleh, Hager Saleh, Abdulaziz AlMohimeed, Rasha Hassan, Mandour M. Ibrahim, Saeed Hamood Alsamhi, Moatamad Refaat Hassan, Sherif Mostafa

“…The results show that the stacking model combination of two models archives outperformance over single-model approaches due to capturing a broader range of linguistic features, which leads to better generalization across different forms of Arabic. …”
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A Pragmatic Clinical Trial to Compare the Real-World Effectiveness of V-Go versus Standard Delivery of Insulin in Patients with Advanced Type 2 Diabetes by Mark J. Cziraky, Scott Abbott, Matt Nguyen, Kay Larholt, Elizabeth Apgar, Thomas Wasser, Poul Strange, Leon Shi, H. Courtenay Harrison, Beverly Everitt, Lynn Nowak

“…**Background:** Many patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) do not have adequate glycemic control, leading to poor patient outcomes and high healthcare costs. …”
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Survey of medication history of patients with stroke after discharge from an acute hospital ward: a case series study by Yuko Fukuda, Risa Ito, Misaki Kakihana, Tsutomu Takahashi, Tetsuji Kanemoto, Toshiyuki Sahara, Masahiko Tsujikawa, Mitsuko Onda

“…Abstract Background Stroke is a leading cause of death, reducing disability-free life expectancy. …”
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Localized Drug Delivery in Different Gastrointestinal Cancers: Navigating Challenges and Advancing Nanotechnological Solutions by Hasan AM, Cavalu S, Kira AY, Hamad RS, Abdel-Reheim MA, Elmorsy EA, El-kott AF, Morsy K, AlSheri AS, Negm S, Saber S

“…In general, most of the current research focuses on the systemic delivery of the therapeutic agents, which leads to undesired side effects and a limited enhancement in the therapeutic outcomes. …”
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Phytochemical investigation and assessment of the anti-inflammatory activity of four Heracleum taxa growing in Turkey by Ekin Kurtul, Esra Küpeli Akkol, Büşra Karpuz Ağören, Büşra Yaylacı, Özlem Bahadır Acıkara, Eduardo Sobarzo-Sánchez, Eduardo Sobarzo-Sánchez

“…Further investigations are necessary to identify the active compounds and elucidate the mechanisms of action of these plants, potentially leading to the discovery of novel therapeutic options for the treatment of inflammation.…”
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Recent Developments in the Physical Adsorption of Toxic Organic Vapours by Activated Carbons by Robert H. Bradley

“…Consideration is given to the non-specific (London-type) forces which occur between vapour molecules and graphene basal planes, and the enhancement of these forces, between these planes and within micropores (width < 2 nm), leading to the Type I isotherms characteristic of these carbons. …”
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Enhanced antitumor activity of combined hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy with Lenvatinib and PD-1 inhibitors in unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma: a meta-analysis by Lingling Zhao, Cheng Xu, Jiewen Deng, Yang Ni

“…This meta-analysis aims to assess whether the integration of HAIC with lenvatinib and PD-1 inhibitors (referred to as the HAIC-L-P group) leads to better treatment effectiveness and security compared to lenvatinib and PD-1 inhibitors alone (L-P group) in uHCC.MethodsAn exhaustive search of the literature was conducted, including PubMed, the Cochrane Library, Embase, ClinicalTrials.gov, and Web of Science, from the start of each database until September 2024, to ensure a thorough and up-to-date compilation of relevant studies. …”
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Être touareg dans le Sud libyen en transition: une citoyenneté encore inachevée by Pauline Poupart

“…This research is based on a review of the leading publications about Tuaregs in Libya, on documents and publications issued by the movement as to a selection of interviews with militants in the country and abroad via written or oral exchanges using social media (Whatsapp, Skype). …”
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