Comparing Health Care Financing in Indonesia and Thailand from 1995-2010: What Lessons Could Be Learned? by Darius Erlangga, Lizheng Shi

“…Indonesia, while on the right track, has moved at a slower pace than Thailand. Thailand and Indonesia have shown improving trends over time in all indicators, but Thailand outperformed Indonesia, especially in the groups of indicators regarding the amount and sources of financial resources. …”
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Weakly Supervised Nuclei Segmentation with Point-Guided Attention and Self-Supervised Pseudo-Labeling by Yapeng Mo, Lijiang Chen, Lingfeng Zhang, Qi Zhao

“…Finally, a label updating mechanism based on the exponential moving average (EMA) and k-means clustering is introduced to enhance the quality of pseudo-labels. …”
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TB among refugees from Ukraine in European countries by G. de Vries, J.P. Guthmann, B. Häcker, B. Hauer, K. Nordstrand, A. Nowinski, H. Soini

“…BACKGROUND: Since the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine, millions of refugees have moved to neighbouring European countries. We assessed the burden of TB in these refugees and surveyed screening approaches. …”
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Experimental Study on Undrained Shear Properties of Saline Soil under Freeze-Thaw Cycles by Shukai Cheng, Qing Wang, Jiaqi Wang, Yan Han

“…Under the action of freeze-thaw cycles, on the p′−q plane of the stress space, the effective stress path gradually moves to the lower left side. Both the effective stress path and the pore water pressure characteristics indicate that the degree of consolidation of the soil specimens continuously decreases as the number of freeze-thaw cycles increases. …”
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Analysis on the adjustment of transportation structure and the logistics transformation of railway freight by Chaohe Rong, Xingchan Li, Gaiping Zhang, Xuecheng Wang

“…The study posits that the railway sector must enhance cooperation with other market entities, aligning with the lead enterprises in the logistics chain that are characterized by speed, high value and strong coordination capabilities, in order to better serve the transportation market. This approach moves away from a reliance on the railway's own capabilities alone. …”
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Chief Isaac Oluwole Delano: The Man, His Time, and His Significance by Toyin Falola

“…His educational exploits started from Holy Trinity Primary School situated at Okenla Christian Village in Ifo. From there, he was moved to Lagos Grammar School under the tutelage of an Anglican Bishop, Solomon Odutola, and his principal, Reverend E. …”
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Characteristics of eye injuries, medical cost and return-to-work status among industrial workers: a retrospective study by Rokiah Omar, Nur Syamilah Anan, Izmel Azim Azri, Chiranjib Majumder, Victor Feizal Knight

“…The highest cause of eye injury was the impact from a moving object excluding falling objects (89.2%) and anterior segment injuries occurred more than posterior segment injuries. …”
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Evolution of artificial intelligence in healthcare: a 30-year bibliometric study by Yaojue Xie, Yuansheng Zhai, Yuansheng Zhai, Guihua Lu, Guihua Lu

“…Additionally, medical artificial intelligence research is dynamically evolving with the advent of new technologies. Moving forward, concerted efforts to bolster international collaboration and enhance comprehension and utilization of AI technologies are imperative for fostering novel innovations in healthcare.…”
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A comprehensive analysis and comparative study of the trends in thyroid cancer burden in China and globally from 1990 to 2021, with projections for the next 15 Years by Yulai Yin, Xiaoyu Zhang

“…Furthermore, the Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) model was employed to project the trends in thyroid cancer burden over the next 15 years.ResultsThe results indicate a rising trend in the incidence and prevalence of thyroid cancer both in China and globally. …”
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Similarity Learning and Generalization with Limited Data: A Reservoir Computing Approach by Sanjukta Krishnagopal, Yiannis Aloimonos, Michelle Girvan

“…We demonstrate our results on the simple MNIST handwritten digit database as well as a database of depth maps of visual scenes in videos taken from a moving camera. We consider image pair relationships such as images from the same class; images from the same class with one image superposed with noise, rotated 90°, blurred, or scaled; images from different classes. …”
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Defense Budget Gaps and Legal Implications of Alternative Financing in Indonesia: A Legal Reform Perspective by Aris Marsudiyanto, Athor Subroto, Bambang Permadi Soemantri Brodjonegoro, A. Hanief Saha Ghafur

“…Using the Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) approach, we predict future budget availability and compare it with the projected defense needs, revealing a significant gap. …”
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Potential impact of different LED light spectra on callus induction, regeneration and plantlet growth of two cultivars of Caladium bicolor by Maryam Dehestani-Ardakani, Mohsen Karimi Dorche, Maryam Rahmati

“…Research Method: Leaf explants were cultured on Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium supplemented with 1.5 mg L-1 IBA and 1 mg L-1 BA and moved to racks equipped with various LED lighting (100% red lights (R), 100% blue lights (B), 50% blue + 50% red lights (B+R), and 100% white fluorescent lamps (W)). …”
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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRIVATE DOMESTIC INVESTMENT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA (1986-2018): AUTO-REGRESSIVE DISTRIBUTED LAG APPROACH by Isiaka Kareem JIMBA, Rosemary Bukola AJALA

“…The study revealed that private domestic investment and economic growth moves in a long run. It also found that in the short run, GFCF has a negative and significant effect on economic growth, CPCS and EXR have negative and insignificant effects on economic growth, while FDI and INF have positive and insignificant effects on economic growth. …”
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Experimental determination of lateral sway of a pneumatic spring when passing through a railroad switch in conditions of provision of high-speed trains` safety by Andrii Kuzyshyn, Vitalii Kovalchuk, Yulia Sobolevska, Julia Lesiv

“…A methodology for the experimental determination of the lateral sway of the pneumatic spring of high-speed rolling stock when moving through a rail switch has been developed. It included testing the movement of a test stand over the switch and crossing in both forward and reverse directions. …”
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Systematic review on badminton injuries: incidence, characteristics and risk factors by Lars Donath, Oliver Faude, Anne Hecksteden, Brid Stepper, Hendrik Stagge

“…The following risk factors can only be cautiously emphasised due to the heterogeneous results: The risk of injury increases with increasing level of play and a history of injury.Conclusion Young players with a history of injury quickly moving to higher competition classes must be targeted with the highest injury prevention priority. …”
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The global burden of otitis media in 204 countries and territories from 1992 to 2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease study 2021 by Guan-Jiang Huang, Bao-Rui Lin, Pei-Shan Li, Na Tang, Zhi-Jun Fan, Biao-Qing Lu

“…Future projections were generated using Bayesian age-period-cohort (BAPC) and auto-regressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) models.ResultsThe global incidence of otitis media rose from 322.1 million cases in 1992 to 391.3 million in 2021, with ASIR increasing slightly from 5345.09 to 5529.1 per 100,000 (EAPC: 0.11%). …”
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Impact of Continuous Assessment on Pupils’ Academic Performance in Primary Schools in Kabale Municipality Kabale District. by Tibasiima, Margret

“…The study recommended that good application of continuous assessment using different strategies would help in moving towards accomplishing learning objectives and restoring greater confidence in the class and school systems.…”
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Impact of Continuous Assessment on Pupils’ Academic Performance in Primary Schools in Kabale Municipality, Kabale District by Asaph, Aturinzire

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Trials and tribulations: a qualitative exploration of researcher perspectives on navigating the challenges of health system implementation research by Natalie Taylor, April Morrow, Julia Steinberg, Emily Hogden, Deborah Debono, Elijah Tyedmers, Priscilla Chan, Gabriella Tiernan

“…The focus group guide was developed to explore the experiences of the research team (including challenges and lessons learnt) as they moved through key study activities. Focus groups were transcribed verbatim and analysed using an inductive thematic approach. …”
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Thermal radiation and thermo-diffusion in Casson-ferrofluid over a magnetized porous surface: RSM analysis by S. Manjunatha, J. Santhosh Kumar, Khalil Ur Rehman, Wasfi Shatanawi, S.V.K. Varma

“…The main goal of this study is to investigate how fluid moves through a porous medium stretched across a Casson ferrofluid bilinear stretching surface, accounting for the effects of slip and magnetic fields. …”
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