Knowing intervention needs through the intersection of dropout factors and the CASEL framework: a case study of a tribal village in India
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Kemo Juwara
Introduction One major obstacle to the realisation of a sustainable dropout reduction programme is the lack of an appropriate intervention design. This study employed a …
An Advanced Ensemble Framework for Robust Heart Disease Detection and Classification
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El Haddad Khadija, Aissam Bekkari, Walid Bouarifi
Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) remains one of the leading causes of mortality worldwide, emphasizing the need for accurate and early diagnostic solutions. Recent advances in Machine …
Synthesis of copper oxide nanoparticles using Aloe vera leaf extract and their antibacterial activity against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and multi-drug resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae
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Anas Mohamed Ali, Ibrahim Garba Wawata, Ritah Nakayinga
The global interest in nanotechnology has significantly increased in recent years as a necessity to create new and natural antibacterial agents required in the management …
A Phase-Aware Hybrid Control Architecture for 3PL IRT-Based Computerized Adaptive Testing
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Mohamed El Msayer, Bouchra Bouihi, Abdelmajid Bousselham
Computerized Adaptive Testing (CAT) is a key component of large-scale digital assessment systems, where high measurement accuracy must be achieved under constraints of test length, …
Immunotherapy in urological cancers: new paradigms and a systematic review of clinical trials and real-world evidence
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Nabil Ismaili, Sanaa El Majjaoui
Introduction: The therapeutic landscape of urological cancers has undergone a paradigm shift with the advent of immunotherapy. This systematic review synthesizes clinical trials that have …
Assessment and Analysis of Aircraft Fuel Consumption in a Tropical Environment: The Case Study of the Maya-Maya International Airport, Republic of the Congo
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Manasse Malame Kaboulou, Bienvenu Ondami, Henri Joel Ondze
Fuel consumption at tropical airports in developing regions remains poorly documented, creating a significant empirical gap in both academic literature and operational guidance. This paper …
A relational turn in Indonesian food security perspectives: connecting values in land, nutritional and planetary health
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Meine van Noordwijk, Betha Lusiana
Food security debates in Indonesia increasingly extend beyond concerns of food availability, access, utilization, and stability. Environmental degradation, climate change, nutritional transitions, and competing land-use …
Anthracological analysis of charcoal from Bara, Southwestern Nigeria: implications for paleoenvironment and firewood history
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Alemseged Beldados, Akinwumi Ogundiran, Macham Mangut
Charcoal samples from different archaeological contexts at the site of Bara, in southwest Nigeria, were subjected to anthracological study. The sites investigated—residential structures, refuse deposits, …
Meezan: An AI-Assisted Coaching System for Greco-Roman Wrestling Using a Norm-Referenced, Factor-Based Elite-Distance Framework
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Fouad Mehanna, Sara Bassiouny, Reda El-Rouby
Artificial intelligence (AI) has transformed numerous domains of sport science, with recent advances in language and vision-language models opening new avenues for athlete assessment and …
Intimate Partner Violence and Modern Contraceptive Use among Married and Cohabiting Women in Malawi
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Wonderford Chilombo Kumbukani, Redson Mwandama, Margubur Rahaman
Integrated geospatial analysis of the 2014–2016 Ebola virus disease outbreak in Sierra Leone: district-level kernel density estimation, Getis–Ord Gi* hot-spot statistics and health-infrastructure mapping
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Daniel Kamara, Augustine Bob Moseray, Isaac Issa Tamba
Detecting poliovirus sequences in the sequence read archive database using bioinformatics tools
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Katie Farrell, Kevin Tang, Melchizedek Mashiku
One approach to find possible poliovirus sources that have not been detected by the Global Polio Eradication Initiative's (GPEI) surveillance systems is to scan reads …
Mapping legislative and regulatory frameworks for preventive audiology in Africa: progress and challenges
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Katijah Khoza‐Shangase
Background Hearing loss represents a significant and growing public health challenge in Africa, yet the legislative and regulatory frameworks underpinning preventive audiology remain fragmented, inconsistently …
Evaluation of the new Egyptian undergraduate medical program from the perspectives of faculty and institutional leadership: a nationwide, mixed-method study
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Somaya Hosny, Mona Ghaly, Asmaa Abdel Nasser
BACKGROUND: In response to global calls for medical education reform, Egypt restructured its national undergraduate medical education program from a 6 + 1 model to …
Efficacy of MiraNet Combi, a novel alpha-cypermethrin, pyriproxyfen, and piperonyl butoxide long-lasting insecticidal net against pyrethroid-resistant Anopheles funestus in western Kenya
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Mathew Kipsum, Silas Agumba, Vincent Moshi
BACKGROUND: The widespread use of pyrethroid-only long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) has contributed substantially to malaria control; however, increasing pyrethroid resistance in malaria vectors threatens their …
Socioeconomic determinants of illegal wildlife activities and their implications for conservation in Moyowosi Game Reserve, Tanzania
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Kelvin Ngongolo, Ezekiel M. Goboro, Doreen Jeremiah Mrimi
Introduction Illegal wildlife activities harm biodiversity, the sustainability of ecosystems and economic development in sub-Saharan Africa. In Tanzania, for example, wildlife crime leads to species …
A Multilingual License Plate Recognition Framework Integrating Super-Resolution and Domain Adaptation
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Doha El Kalef, Bouchaib Cherradi, Hassan Silkan
The deployment of license plate recognition systems in a multinational environment still poses a challenge due to differences in plate designs, script types, visual representations, …
A High-Speed Surrogate Modeling Approach for Reconfigurable Multi-Band UWB LNAs in CMOS Technology
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Ahmed Aziz Elwehili, Dalenda Ben Aissa
Ultrawideband (UWB) technology has taken center stage in the wireless communication industry for its outstanding bandwidth and strong resistance to multipath fading. In UWB receiver …
Explainable machine learning for predicting childhood anemia in Sub-Saharan Africa using population-based DHS Data (2016–2024)
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Andualem Enyew Gedefaw, Amanuel Worku, Abraham Keffale Mengistu
Childhood anemia remains a major public health challenge in Sub-Saharan Africa, adversely affecting physical growth, cognitive development, and child survival. The pooled prevalence across 26 …
Lineament-Density-Guided Vertical Electrical Sounding for Geoelectric Characterization and Groundwater Potential Mapping of a Basement Complex Terrain, Southwestern Nigeria
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Olubunmi Philip Oluwajana, Muraina Zaid Mohammed, Cyril C. Okpoli