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Decomposing socioeconomic inequalities in contraceptive use among Kurdish women: a cross-sectional analysis of the ravansar cohort study

BMC Public Health
Background Access to contraception methods is essential for reproductive health and family planning; however, socioeconomic disparities influence their utilization.
Ali Kazemi-Karyani, Sina Ahmadi, Jafar Yahyavi Dizaj, Farid Najafi, Moslem Soofi   +4 more
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How and why does history matter for development policy ? [PDF]

The consensus among scholars and policymakers that"institutions matter"for development has led inexorably to a conclusion that"history matters,"since institutions clearlyform and evolve over time. Unfortunately, however, the next logical step has not yet
Rao, Vijayendra, Szreter, Simon, Woolcock, Michael   +2 more
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Galinstan Liquid Metal/Polyurethane Composite as a Multifunctional Stretchable Electrode and Piezoresistive Strain Sensor With Minimal Drift

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Liquid metal additives are processed in elastomer host resulting in highly conductive and stretchable composites. The material functions as a piezoresistive sensor with minimal drift, low stiffness, and enhanced operating range. The film can replace wires to charge a mobile phone at ∼350% strain and monitors bodily motion in real‐time via a portable ...
Patryk Wojciak, Neeraj Kumar, Toby Hallam, Shayan Seyedin   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

3D‐Printed Dynamic Heart Model With Left‐Side Anatomy and Integrated Sensor for Edge‐to‐Edge Repair and Regurgitation Reduction

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This work presents a fully synthetic, 3D‐printed dynamic heart model with left‐side anatomy featuring sutured mitral valve chordae tendineae analogs, embedded actuators for physiologic wall contraction, and customized flexible pressure sensors for the left ventricle.
Alejandro Guillen Obando, Hongyi Shen, Myles McGovern, Yusen Zhang, Vivien Lin, Darryl Fu, Ryan Baumwart, Kaiyan Qiu   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Options for Economic Growth in Mali through the Application of Science and Technology to Agriculture [PDF]

Prepared For The United States Agency for International Development Initiative To End Hunger In Africafood security, food policy, Mali science and technology research, research and extension, International Development, Q18,
Carpenter, Janet, Diall, Oumar, Easterling, Tom, Kelly, Valerie A., Kone, Moctar, McCornick, Peter G., McGahuey, Mike   +6 more
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Scalable Task Planning via Large Language Models and Structured World Representations

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This work efficiently combines graph‐based world representations with the commonsense knowledge in Large Language Models to enhance planning techniques for the large‐scale environments that modern robots will need to face. Planning methods often struggle with computational intractability when solving task‐level problems in large‐scale environments ...
Rodrigo Pérez‐Dattari, Zhaoting Li, Robert Babuška, Jens Kober, Cosimo Della Santina   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Stable Imitation of Multigait and Bipedal Motions for Quadrupedal Robots Over Uneven Terrains

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
How are quadrupedal robots empowered to execute complex navigation tasks, including multigait and bipedal motions? Challenges in stability and real‐world adaptation persist, especially with uneven terrains and disturbances. This article presents an imitation learning framework that enhances adaptability and robustness by incorporating long short‐term ...
Erdong Xiao, Yinzhao Dong, Ji Ma, Peng Lu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

THEORETICAL AND POLICY BACKGROUND TO THE TOP-MARD PROJECT (TOWARDS A POLICY MODEL OF MULTIFUNCTIONAL AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT) [PDF]

The TOP-MARD project is a 3-year, 11 country, project supported by the EU’s Framework 6 Programme for Research and Technology Development1. The aim of the research project was to build a policy model of multifunctional agriculture and rural development ...
Arandia, Amaia, Bryden, John Marshall, Johnson, Thomas G.   +2 more
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The Future of Research in Cognitive Robotics: Foundation Models or Developmental Cognitive Models?

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Research in cognitive robotics founded on principles of developmental psychology and enactive cognitive science would yield what we seek in autonomous robots: the ability to perceive its environment, learn from experience, anticipate the outcome of events, act to pursue goals, and adapt to changing circumstances without resorting to training with ...
David Vernon
wiley   +1 more source

Hard‐Magnetic Soft Millirobots in Underactuated Systems

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review provides a comprehensive overview of hard‐magnetic soft millirobots in underactuated systems. It examines key advances in structural design, physics‐informed modeling, and control strategies, while highlighting the interplay among these domains.
Qiong Wang, Zixuan Zhang, Bingyan Li, Junkai Wang, Hongcheng Gu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source