A Systematic Review of Tobacco Smoking Prevalence and Description of Tobacco Control Strategies in Sub-Saharan African Countries; 2007 to 2014. by Rachel Brathwaite, Juliet Addo, Liam Smeeth, Karen Lock

“…Rwanda had the highest prevalence of women smokers (12.6%) and Ghana had the lowest (0.2%). Rural, urban patterns were inconsistent. Most countries have implemented demand-reduction measures including bans on advertising, and taxation rates but to different extents.…”
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Polymicrobial Prosthetic Joint Infections: Unraveling Risk Factors and Outcomes in a Single-Center Study by Álvaro Auñón, Ignacio Ortiz, Salvador Peñarrubia, Carmen Álvaro, Estíbaliz Torrecilla-Sádaba, Joaquin Garcia-Cañete, Jaime Esteban

“…Patients with polymicrobial infections had higher rates of obesity, insulin-dependent diabetes, and higher Charlson comorbidity scores. …”
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The joint impact of road density and width on road network performances —a simulation approach based on macroscopic fundamental diagram by Yingying Ma, Wenyi Xie, Xiaoran Qin, Zebang Liang, Ziyan Guan

“…Using the macroscopic fundamental diagram (MFD) model, we analyzed metrics including MFD scatter dispersion, changes in experimental results with different vehicle arrival patterns, distortion of the MFD image with varying traffic volume, MFD slope variations, and maximum outflow rates. …”
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Evolutionary trajectory and spread of respiratory syncytial virus group A in neonatal cohorts in Pakistan amidst the COVID-19 pandemic by Sana Tamim, Nidia S. Trovao, Julia Paoli, Abdul Ahad, Nazish Badar, Uzma Bashir Aamir, Muhammad Salman, Aamer Ikram

“…These rates later dropped to 10.0% (2021–22), suggesting a possible re-implementation of such measures. …”
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Group attention for collaborative filtering with sequential feedback and context aware attributes by Hadise Vaghari, Mehdi Hosseinzadeh Aghdam, Hojjat Emami

“…However, due to individual variations in rating patterns and dynamic interplays of item attributes, it becomes challenging to model user preferences accurately. …”
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Buddhist Principles in Urban Livability Assessment: A Thematic Analysis of Integration Approaches in Contemporary Research (2015-2024) by Kiatanantha Lounkaew

“…The research identifies implementation challenges and opportunities across regions, with traditionally Buddhist areas showing higher adoption rates, though principles remain universally applicable. …”
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Deep Learning Multi-Modal Melanoma Detection: Algorithm Development and Validation by Nithika Vivek, Karthik Ramesh

“…Model reliability was assessed by visualizing the output activation map of each model and comparing the diagnosis patterns to that of dermatologists. The addition of metadata to the image dataset was key to reducing the false-negative and false-positive rates simultaneously, thereby producing better metrics and improving overall model accuracy. …”
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Mechatronic Test Bench Used to Simulate Wind Power Conversion to Thermal Power by Means of a Hydraulic Transmission by Victor Constantin, Ionela Popescu, Mihai Avram

“…The initial work allowed us to obtain different temperatures of the hydraulic oil, up to 60 °C, over a period of 30 min, for various pressures and flow rates, thus confirming that the system is functional overall. …”
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TECTONOPHYSICAL RESEARCH AT INSTITUTE OF THE EARTH’S CRUST SB RAS: MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS AND ACTUAL PROBLEMS by Semen I. Sherman, Konstantin Zh. Seminsky

“…Internal structures of faults are studied; stages in faulting are generally defined in terms of time; regularities of patterns of joints inside faults are described; and original methods of mapping such joints are proposed to reveal tectonic conditions of faulting.Based on seismic monitoring, new methods of quantitative assessment of relative activity rates of faults in real time are developed. …”
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Comparative Analysis of All-cause and Cardiovascular Mortality in Moscow and Irkutsk by F. I. Belyalov, I. V. Samorodskaya, S. V. Pogodaeva

“…Cardiovascular diseases were dominated in the mortality patterns of the compared cities: 47% in Irkutsk, 64% in Moscow. …”
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Presentation time shapes perceived room size in visual and auditory modalities by Johanna Bogon, Cindy Jagorska, Ella Maria Heinz, Martin Riemer

“…As time judgments were consistently rated as more difficult relative to space judgments, this pattern of interference cannot be explained on the basis of task difficulty. …”
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Variation of herbivory damage on potato (Solanum tuberosum ssp. andigena) leaves in different degrees of proximity to native vegetation in Combaya, La Paz by Emili Antonia Jiménez

“…High herbivory rates are related to the emergence of new pests and are a problem for plants of commercial interest, such as potato (Solanum tuberosum). …”
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AI-driven biomarker discovery: enhancing precision in cancer diagnosis and prognosis by Esther Ugo Alum

“…The advancement of biomarker discovery methodologies with AI seeks to transform cancer by improving patient survival rates through enhanced early diagnosis and targeted therapy. …”
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Near viewing behaviors predict educational system in a machine learning model by Ravid Doron, Einat Shneor, Lisa A. Ostrin, Ariela Gordon-Shaag, Ayelet Goldstein

“…Abstract Intensive education systems are believed to contribute to high rates of myopia. This study examined whether near-viewing behaviors in college students differ based on their pre-college educational systems and whether these behaviors can be used to classify students’ educational background using machine learning. …”
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Focal Cosine-Enhanced EfficientNetB0: A Novel Approach to Classifying Breast Histopathological Images by Min Liu, Yuzhen Pei, Minghu Wu, Juan Wang

“…Early and accurate breast cancer diagnosis is critical in enhancing patient survival rates, with histopathological image analysis serving as a key diagnostic tool. …”
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Nursing Value Analysis and Risk Assessment of Acute Gastrointestinal Bleeding Using Multiagent Reinforcement Learning Algorithm by Fang Liu, Xiaoli Liu, Changyou Yin, Hongrong Wang

“…Feature extraction is done using local binary patterns (LBP). Classification is performed using a fuzzy support vector machine (FSVM) classifier. …”
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An Analysis of Stakeholder Management in Project Performance: A Case of Lusaka 400 Road Construction Projects by Dalisani Phiri, Kelvin Chimbomba

“…However, numerous studies have reported high failure rates in managing cost overruns and project delays during the implementation of the Lusaka 400. …”
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Modeling of Systematic Errors and Precision Optimization Methods for Workpiece Clamping and Alignment System in Aeroengine Gearbox Automated Line Machining by DU Xueming, XIANG Yang, LIU Shun, JIN Sun

“…Afterwards, it defines a precision loss quantification function, incorporating both output distribution deviations and tolerance violation rates. By optimizing the bases structure of the alignment system, the precision loss is reduced from 11.53% to 2.33%. …”
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Evolutionary Links Between Skull Shape and Body Size Suggest Allometric Forces and Selection at Work in a Generalist Group of Lizards by Julio A. Rivera, Jesualdo A. Fuentes‐G., Emília P. Martins

“…We also found strong links to overall body size, with evolutionary shifts to larger bodies being associated with more compact skulls and slower evolutionary rates. This is the opposite of the pattern in most mammals in which larger bodied species have longer snouts, and more like the pattern in frogs in which function has played a more important evolutionary role. …”
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Neighborhood environment and incident diabetes, a neighborhood environment-wide association study ('NE-WAS'): Results from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCH... by Cara M Smith, Elizabeth W Spalt, Linda C Gallo, Jordan Carlson, Matthew Allison, Daniela Sotres-Alvarez, Christina Cordero, Qibin Qi, Earle C Chambers, Martha Daviglus, Amber Pirzada, Gregory A Talavera, Robert Kaplan, Joel D Kaufman, Stephen J Mooney

“…Type 2 diabetes incidence rates vary between neighborhoods, but no single aspect of the neighborhood environment is known to cause type 2 diabetes. …”
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