Exploring Rural Social Entrepreneurship: Ukkrit Farm Hill’s Approach to Sustainable Community Development by Jirapong Ruanggoon

“…Employing a qualitative case study approach, the research integrated in-depth interviews, participant observation, and document analysis to gather rich, contextual data from various stakeholders, including the farm owner, community members, and tourists. …”
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Toxic trajectories: Modeling heavy metal-laden phosphate dust dispersion and multi-receptor health risks near Kpémé’s industrial zone by Daouda Sama, Pamane Kpiagou, M’bènibé Gmakouba, Lipoublida Djagre, Agbessi Gerard Gnagamago, Laounwi Lakmon, Aboudoulatif Diallo, Kissao Gnandi

“…Current approaches fail to resolve atmospheric dispersion dynamics of toxic metal-laden TSP (e.g., Cd, Hg) or contextualize exposure risks for vulnerable receptors, leaving critical data gaps in meteorology and region-specific standards. …”
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Enhancing gastroenterology with multimodal learning: the role of large language model chatbots in digestive endoscopy by Yuanyuan Qin, Yuanyuan Qin, Jianming Chang, Li Li, Li Li, Mianhua Wu, Mianhua Wu

“…Moreover, existing methods struggle with domain shifts, data heterogeneity, and interpretability, limiting their clinical applicability.MethodsTo address these challenges, we propose a multimodal learning framework that integrates LLM-powered chatbots with endoscopic imaging and patient-specific medical data. …”
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A Participatory Governance Model for Comprehensive Conservation of Historical Buildings and Urban Fabric: A Grounded Theory Approach by Somayyeh Ghadimzadeh, Elnaz Abizadeh, Mahdiyeh Rahnemay Toori

“…In the selective coding phase, these subcategories were integrated to form 26 main categories, which were then structured into 5 sections within the paradigm model: causal conditions (4 categories), contextual conditions (5 categories), intervening conditions (5 categories), strategies (7 categories), and consequences (5 categories).   …”
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Top 10 Research Lessons Learned From a Digital Child-Rearing Program in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Multicase Study by Haley M LaMonica, Victoria Loblay, Adam Poulsen, Gabrielle Hindmarsh, Mafruha Alam, Mahalakshmi Ekambareshwar, Qaisar Khan, Yun J C Song, Jacob J Crouse, Chloe Wilson, Madelaine Sweeney-Nash, Olivia Iannelli, Aila Naderbagi, Iqthyer U Zahed, Adam Yoon, Mujahid Torwali, Jakelin Troy, Ian B Hickie

“…Data analysis for each case occurred over 3 phases, including qualitative data analysis and reporting, data synthesis to inform the transfer of learnings to the program, and, finally, a secondary analysis relating to program theory, stakeholder engagement, and the refinement of the program as they related to, interacted with, and were influenced by context. …”
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At the Southern limit: the Arenal Central site and the Guaraní occupation of the Paraná Delta (Argentina) by Daniel Loponte, Mirian Carbonera, Fernanda Schneider, Neli Machado, Aline Bertoncello, Maicon Telles Szczygel, Alejandro Acosta, Barbara Mazza, Sheila Alí, Isabel Capparelli

“…The results are integrated with previously known data to examine key aspects of Guaraní colonization, including chronology, subsistence strategies, resource acquisition, hunting ranges, and settlement spatial distribution, contributing to a new synthesis of Guaraní archaeology at the southernmost extent of their expansion in South America. …”
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ModFus-PD: synergizing cross-modal attention and contrastive learning for enhanced multimodal diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease by Xiangze Teng, Xiangze Teng, Xiangze Teng, Xiang Li, Xiang Li, Xiang Li, Benzheng Wei, Benzheng Wei, Benzheng Wei

“…The framework comprises three key components: (1) a contrastive learning-based feature alignment module that projects MRI data and clinical text prompts into a unified embedding space via pretrained image and text encoders; (2) a bidirectional cross-modal attention module in which textual semantics guide MRI feature refinement for improved sensitivity to PD-related brain regions, while MRI features simultaneously enhance the contextual understanding of clinical text; (3) a hierarchical classification module that integrates the fused representations through two fully connected layers to produce final PD classification probabilities. …”
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Semi-Supervised Salient Object Detection for Side-Scan Sonar Images via Entropy-Based Uncertainty and Contrastive Learning by Shenao Yuan, Zhen Wang, Fu-Lin He, Shan-Wen Zhang

“…Our method aims to improve the quality of pseudo-labels and the overall performance of the model using a small amount of labeled data. Specifically, we design an uncertainty map evaluation module that effectively extracts global contextual information through an entropy-based partition loss and a contrastive learning mechanism, integrated with the uncertainty map to handle the complex underwater background. …”
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Spatial Downscaling of Sea Level Anomaly Using a Deep Separable Distillation Network by Senmin Shi, Yineng Li, Yuhang Zhu, Tao Song, Shiqiu Peng

“…To address these issues, we propose a Deep Separable Distillation Network (DSDN) that integrates Depthwise Separable Distillation Blocks (DSDB) and a Landmask Contextual Attention Mechanism (M_CAMB) to achieve efficient and accurate spatial downscaling. …”
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Transdisciplinary complexity science: deepening system understanding for sustainability by Lynn A. de Jager, Michèlle Bal, Mara Baudena, Karlijn L. van den Broek, Natalie Davis, Henk A. Dijkstra, Ine Dorresteijn, Carlijn B. M. Kamphuis, Ioanna Lykourentzou, Ángeles G. Mayor, Elisa Omodei, Carla Alvial Palavicino, Marijn Stok, Anne R. van Bruggen, Claudia E. Wieners, Silja Zimmermann, Brian J. Dermody

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Re-drawing the map: a case study of decolonized research methods & methodologies by Maya Stevens-Uninsky, Najuwa Gallant, Tashreeq Chatting, Deborah D. DiLiberto, Russell de Souza, Lawrence Mbuagbaw

“…We applied a decolonized methodology, which incorporated elements of PAR, Indigenous, and co-design research approaches, engaging a Community Advisory Committee to collaboratively design research and data collection methods. Results We used the research processes of this study to demonstrate how decolonized methodologies can be applied and integrated into research. …”
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Scientific Illustration: from Informational Support to a Culture of Participation by D. K. Lisovsky

“…This is due to constantly changing technical and technological means of presenting scientific data, as well as a change in the communicative space of science itself. …”
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Damage Identification of Conduit Rack in Offshore Platform Structures Based on a Novel Composite Neural Network by Jiaqiang Yan, Yuanchao Qiu, Renhe Shao, Ziqiao Ling, Ruixiang Zhang

“…However, traditional methods have limitations in dealing with the time series data in the feature information. To improve the application of the time series information generated from offshore platform structures in damage modes, we propose a new integrated deep learning network model, which is used to improve the accuracy of the damage mode recognition based on the acceleration information of the conduit rack structure. …”
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Urban walkability through different lenses: A comparative study of GPT-4o and human perceptions. by Musab Wedyan, Yu-Chen Yeh, Fatemeh Saeidi-Rizi, Tai-Quan Peng, Chun-Yen Chang

“…However, these approaches often fail to capture the subjective and emotional dimensions of walkability, due to their limited ability to integrate human-centered perceptions and contextual understanding. …”
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Person-centered workplace culture: insights from an inpatient department for older adults with chronic illnesses by Diana Vareta, Diana Vareta, Célia Oliveira, Filipa Ventura

“…In response, there is a growing emphasis on person-centered care, as advocated by the World Health Organization and integrated into national health strategies in countries such as the UK and Sweden. …”
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MS-trust: a transformer model with causal-global dual attention for enhanced MRI-based multiple sclerosis and myelitis detection by Salha M. Alzahrani

“…This paper presents MS-Trust that features a causality attention block to maintain the sequential integrity of MRI data and a global attention block to capture long-range dependencies and global contextual information, with squeeze-and-excitation block to recalibrate channel-wise feature responses. …”
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The lived experiences of pediatric nursing students following high-fidelity simulations and problem-based learning sessions by Sadeg Aldolaim, Latifa Abdullah Aldossary, Ibtihal Abdulhadial Almomin, Areej Abdulghani Haitham

“…Results Four themes emerged from the data: (1) Benefits of HFS and PBL, describing enhanced clinical confidence, decision-making, and practical skills; (2) Effect of Integrative Learning, highlighting the meaningful connection between theory and practice through guided reflection and teamwork; (3) Challenge to Respond to the Real Child, reflecting students’ concerns about applying simulation-learned skills in emotionally demanding pediatric settings; and (4) Necessity of Collaboration, underscoring the importance of interdisciplinary engagement and broader clinical exposure. …”
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Disseminating the Past in 3D: O Corro dos Mouros and Its Ritual Landscape (Galicia, Spain) by Mariluz Gil-Docampo, Rocío López-Juanes, Simón Peña-Villasenín, Pablo López-Fernández, Juan Ortiz-Sanz, María Pilar Prieto-Martinez

“…The centimetre-accurate 3D models (publicly available via Sketchfab) provide both research-grade data for analysing construction phases and contextual relationships with nearby rock art/megaliths, and engaging visualisations for heritage interpretation. …”
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Strategic Business Management and Its Role in the Formalization of Micro and Small Enterprises in Emerging Economies by Uldarico Inocencio Aguado-Riveros, Sonia Luz Barzola-Inga, Carlos Antonio Adauto-Justo, Diana Pariona-Amaya, Luis Enrique Espinoza-Quispe, Luis Alberto Poma-Lagos, Vicente González-Prida, Javier Amador Navarro-Veliz

“…These findings suggest the implementation of integrated policies that improve the availability, accessibility, and quality of resources and services offered to MSEs.…”
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Analysis of Teaching Speaking Through Audio-Visual Methods at Jitjongrak School, Krabi, Thailand by Angeli Shela Rossa, Ikhfi Imaniah, Asep Suhendar

“…This research provides practical implications for educators aiming to integrate technology to improve speaking proficiency.…”
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