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Senyefia Bosson-Amedenu, Emmanuel Ayitey, Francis Ayiah-Mensah, Luyton Asare • BMC Cancer
(2025)
Abstract Background Frailty models are extensively utilized in survival analysis to address unobserved heterogeneity among individuals. However, selecting the most robust model for survival prediction, especially in the context of high-dime...
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DOI: 10.1186/s12885-025-14040-z
Eric Nyarko, Irene A. Kretchy, Grace Lovia Allotey-Babington, Adwoa Oforiwaa Kwakye et al. • BMC Infectious Diseases
(2026)
Abstract Background Poor adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) continues to undermine HIV treatment outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa, including Ghana. Objective This study aimed to quantify ART treatment adherence among people living with...
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DOI: 10.1186/s12879-026-13836-z
Japheth Musingila Mwongela, Caroline Kanyiri, Virginia Kitetu • Journal of Applied Mathematics
(2026)
Leptospirosis is a widespread zoonotic bacterial disease that continues to pose a major public health challenge, particularly in developing countries where it causes substantial morbidity, mortality, and economic losses. A key problem in co...
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DOI: 10.1155/jama/5513951
Susan A. Kirkland, Lauren E. Griffith, Urun Erbas Oz, Mary Thompson et al. • BMC Public Health
(2023)
Abstract Background Older adults have been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 and related preventative measures undertaken during the pandemic. Given clear evidence of the relationship between loneliness and health outcomes, it is impe...
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DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-15807-4
Joyce Gyamfi, Temitope Ojo, Dorice Vieira, Nessa Ryan et al. • BMJ Open
(2020)
Objectives Mortality associated with sickle cell disease (SCD) is high in many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Hydroxyurea, a medicine to effectively manage SCD, is not widely available in resource-constrained settings. We identif...
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DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-038685
Harvy Vivas Pacheco, Diego Rodríguez-Mariaca, Ciro Jaramillo, Andrés Fandiño-Losada et al. • Safety
(2023)
The mobility plan and the road infrastructure works implemented, together with the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) connected bus system in its first two phases, generated optimistic expectations about the reduction of lethal crashes in the city. Th...
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DOI: 10.3390/safety9020034
Zijian Yao • Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering
(2026)
This study proposes a systematic policy framework that leverages special tax measures to steer stakeholder behavior toward urban cultural heritage conservation. Integrating comparative policy analysis, microeconomic modeling, systematic pol...
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DOI: 10.1080/13467581.2026.2639088
Claudia Pirina, Giovanni Comi, Vincenzo d’Abramo • Agathón
(2024)
The paper addresses the issue of energy transition through the regeneration and reuse of abandoned urban spaces. While the theme of re-naturalisation of soils and preservation of natural environments is a familiar one in contemporary archit...
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DOI: 10.19229/2464-9309/1592024
Pavlos Tafidis, Mehdi Gholamnia, Payam Sajadi, Sruthi Krishnan Vijayakrishnan et al. • European Transport Research Review
(2024)
Abstract Air pollution is a significant and pressing environmental and public health concern in urban areas, primarily driven by road transport. By gaining a deeper understanding of how traffic dynamics influence air pollution, policymakers...
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DOI: 10.1186/s12544-024-00671-z
Boniphace Kutela, Frank Ngeni, Cuthbert Ruseruka, Tumlumbe Juliana Chengula et al. • International Journal of Transportation Science and Technology
(2025)
Over-speeding is a pivotal factor in fatal traffic crashes globally, necessitating robust speed management strategies to augment road safety. In 2021, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported over 12 000 speed-related fat...
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijtst.2024.03.003
África Periáñez, Ana Fernández Del Río, Ivan Nazarov, Enric Jané et al. • Health Systems & Reform
(2024)
Mobile health has the potential to revolutionize health care delivery and patient engagement. In this work, we discuss how integrating Artificial Intelligence into digital health applications focused on supply chain operation, patient manag...
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DOI: 10.1080/23288604.2024.2387138
Ummu Markwei • Qualitative Sociology Review
(2019)
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child obligates nations to protect children from all forms of abuse including sexual. However, child sexual abuse is a complex phenomenon which is difficult to understand as a result of cul...
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DOI: 10.18778/1733-8077.15.3.06
Brian Tigere, Theresa Moyo • African Journal of Disability
(2022)
Background: Persons with disabilities living in rural areas are marginalised and excluded in most developmental initiatives in South Africa. They face many economic, political and social problems; hence, improving their quality of life is a...
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DOI: 10.4102/ajod.v11i0.850
Yoonjung Ahn, Christopher K. Uejio • Scientific Data
(2025)
Abstract This dataset presents the most comprehensive estimate of residential air conditioning (AC) prevalence across the continental United States. Using property-level data for over 103 million housing units from the Dewey database, we im...
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DOI: 10.1038/s41597-025-06104-3
Elisabeth A. Stelson, Mallory Bolenbaugh, Briana Woods-Jaeger, Cassidy Branch et al. • SSM: Qualitative Research in Health
(2021)
Research participation effects (RPEs)—effects due to study design rather than study intervention—have long been acknowledged as a research phenomenon. Identifying RPEs is crucial to understanding the true effects of an intervention and outc...
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmqr.2021.100023
Taddese Alemu Zerfu, Amare Abera Tareke, Sibhatu Biadgilign • BMC Health Services Research
(2023)
Abstract Background Despite remarkable gains over the past decade, mounting evidence suggests that Ethiopia’s rural health extension program (HEP) is facing serious implementation challenges. We investigated the current and potential future...
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DOI: 10.1186/s12913-023-10253-9
Benjamin Allin, Nicholas Aveyard, Timothy Campion-Smith, Eleanor Floyd et al. • PLoS ONE
(2016)
ObjectiveIdentify every paediatric surgical article published in 1998 and every paediatric surgical article published in 2013, and determine which study designs were used and whether they were appropriate for robustly assessing intervention...
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0150864
Arif Ali, Zakir Ullah, Rehman Ullah, Mohsin Kazi • Heliyon
(2024)
Background: Digestive issues are recognized as significant contributors to various chronic diseases, including obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. Barley, a traditional grain, offers considerable promise in addressing these healt...
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DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e38669
Renata Cueto de Souza, Charles Scott • Religions
(2022)
Our paper addresses the so-called college mental health crisis and the adoption of the strategy of mindfulness-based interventions. We offer a critique of their underlying medical–therapeutic paradigm by engaging the notion of self-transcen...
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DOI: 10.3390/rel13080681
Paulina Fuentes-León, Natalia Jara-Poblete, Pía Bastías-Sánchez, Kaio Fernando Vitzel et al. • Fisioterapia e Pesquisa
(2016)
ABSTRACT The use of hot pack is a common superficial thermotherapy strategy and one of its benefits is the increase of muscle flexibility. However, there is a lack of information about the effects of the heat pack alone, without being used ...
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DOI: 10.1590/1809-2950/15088923022016