Therapeutic plasma exchange across multiple organ systems in an Egyptian tertiary center: A seven-year real-world cohort study
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Mohamed Ahmed EL Maghawry, Reham Abd Elkhalek, Fatima Al Taher Taha
BACKGROUND: Real-world evidence on therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) from low- and middle-income countries remains limited. Egyptian data across multiple organ systems are scarce. This study …
Principals' Leadership Styles and Teacher Job Satisfaction in Secondary Schools: Identifying Patterns and Levels in Kombolcha City
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Melese Mengesha Beshah, Awol Ejigu Ayele, Dawit Tsegaye Melaku
Low-Cost Mobile VR for Maintenance 4.0 Education: A Mixed-Methods Needs Analysis in Resource-Constrained Training Institutes
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Mouad Danane, Ouahbi Younesse, Abderrahim Bouzid
Industry 4.0 has redefined the role of the maintenance technician, but public training institutes in resource-constrained settings rarely have the budget to acquire the physical …
The efficacy of task shifting interventions: A case of a selected psychiatric hospital in Zimbabwe
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Nonhlanhla T. Ngwabi, Limkile Mpofu, Bheki Thapelo Magunga
Background: Task shifting is increasingly adopted to address healthcare worker (HCW) shortages in low-resource settings. Zimbabwe faces acute mental health workforce deficits, prompting redistribution of …
From paternalism to partnership: A patient-centred view of shared decision-making in primary health care
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Shavania Ragavan, Michéle Torlutter, Deidré Pretorius
Background: Shared decision-making (SDM) has been advocated in the past decade for patient-centredness and autonomy. Research in primary health care (PHC) within South Africa lacks …
Offshore-to-Harbour Model Chaining for Floating Pontoon Sizing: Case Study of Larache Port
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Sara Chagdali, Laila Mouakkir, Hassan Laarabi
Abstract Floating pontoons are widely used in ports and marinas due to their modularity, cost efficiency, and ability to accommodate variations in water level. In …
Inferring groundwater overdraft in data-scarce arid agro-ecosystems: a semi-empirical remote sensing framework applied to the Elfeija watershed, Morocco
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Rachid Amiha, Belkacem Kabbachi, Mohamed Ait Haddou
Introduction Small-scale irrigated agriculture in arid regions relies heavily on unmetered groundwater, creating an “invisible pumping” threat to aquifer sustainability. Monitoring these diffuse withdrawals remains …
TOURISM RESOURCES CONFLICTS IN PROTECTED AREAS: A CASE STUDY OF THE MAKULEKE CONTRACTUAL NATIONAL PARK
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Ndivhuho P. NDLOVU, Mukondeleli MANUGA, Matome G. Kapa
Protected areas increasingly depend on tourism to support biodiversity conservation and local development; however, conflicts over governance, resource access, and benefit-sharing continue to challenge sustainability …
Integrating Molecular Diagnostics and Interpretable Machine Learning to Identify Genetic Drivers of Drug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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Kamvelihle Sabisa, Ncomeka Sineke, Kelvin Mpofu
Causal Effects of Climate-Smart Agriculture Adoption on Smallholder Welfare and Food Security in Zambia: Evidence from Endogenous Switching Regression, Double Machine Learning, and Bayesian Estimation
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Evans Wally Kudzai Chinembiri, Munyaradzi Mutenje, Nkele Dorcus Malahlela
Youth insights on menstrual health and hygiene in Burkina Faso; a comparison of written versus spoken qualitative text
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Temidayo Akinreni, Teresa Buitrago-García, N. Sawadogo
Understanding girls' lived experiences with menstruation is essential yet can be challenging given the taboo nature of the topic. While diaries have not previously been …
A Qualitative Assessment of Health Workers’ Knowledge, Perceptions, and Practices on Sudden Unexpected Infant Death in Central Uganda
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Mary Nyantaro, James Robert Carpenter, Andrew Abaasa
Abstract Introduction Health workers (HWs) have a central role in reducing the risk of Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID) through caregiver education and safe-sleep counselling. …
Gender Disparity, Social Exclusion, and Women's Agency in Contemporary Nollywood Cinema: A Comparative Analysis of Wives on Strike 2 and Up North
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Kingsley Oyong Akam, Esther Frank Apejoye-Okezie
Sparse frame selection for graph-based deadlift form assessment
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Automated movement analysis from monocular RGB video can enhance injury prevention and performance assessment in strength training. Yet, existing approaches struggle to accurately evaluate the …
Enhancing the Robustness of Android Malware Detection Systems Against Adversarial Attacks: A Systematic Review of Defense Strategies and Emerging Challenges
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Zahraddeen Bala, Fatima Umar Zambuk, Badamasi Imam Ya’u
Data-driven adaptive hybrid models for exchange rate return forecasting
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Olumide S. Adesina, Lawrence Ogechukwu Obokoh
Background Exchange-rate return forecasting is challenging because financial time series may exhibit linearity, nonlinearity, regime-switching behavior, and volatility. To address these complexities, two adaptive hybrid …
From AI Assisted to Self-Regulated Learning: Roles of Digital Literacy, Critical Thinking, and Self-Efficacy among University Students
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Ali Abdi Mohamed, Mohamud Hassan Abdulle, Abdulkadir Jeilani Mohamud
Climate-informed surveillance for climate-sensitive infectious diseases in Somalia: early warning systems, policy gaps, and preparedness priorities
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Abdikadir Ahmed Hassan, Liibaan Abdulahi Sudi, Mohamed Daud Mohamed
Climate variability is reshaping infectious disease risk through ecological, environmental, social, and health-system pathways. However, its operational implications remain insufficiently defined in fragile and conflict-affected …
Effects of incubation temperature on olive ridley sea turtle nest success at the Songor Ramsar Site, Ghana
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Baidoo Abigail, Addo Samuel, Agyekumhene Andrews
Abstract Incubation temperature plays a key role in sea turtle embryonic development through influencing developmental rate, hatchling phenotype, and temperature-dependent sex determination. We quantified nest …
Evaluation of extra-early cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.] genotypes for yield in multiple environments
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Souleymane Abdou, Abdoul Moumouni Iro Sodo