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Partially divided caging reduces overall aggression and anxiety which may indicate improved welfare in group housed male C57BL/6J mice

BMC Veterinary Research
Deciding which environmental enrichment is used in mouse caging is often subjective, with cost frequently prevailing over welfare benefits, including aggression and anxiety.
Bret R. Tallent, L. Matthew Law, Jonathan Lifshitz   +2 more
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Strengths, Gaps, and Challenges in the Decision-Making Processes in the Design of the National Disability Insurance Scheme, Australia

Administrative Sciences
This study examines the decision-making processes that were used in the development of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). It draws on research that highlights that decision-making can be improved if organisations follow specific decision ...
Andrew Joyce, Gemma Carey, Fiona Buick
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“It isn't because they don't love their children”: social norms shaping young fathers' caregiving in Uganda

Frontiers in Sociology
This study investigates the influence of social norms on male caregiving in Uganda and considers the implications for tailoring and scaling the REAL Fathers mentoring program across six regions. By identifying key norms and reference groups, the findings
Aloysious Nnyombi, Aloysious Nnyombi, Aloysious Nnyombi, Ramadhan Kirunda, Anslem Wandega, Moses Komagum, Deogratias Yiga, Kathryn M. Barker, Rebecka Lundgren   +8 more
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Blossoming From the Mud: Learnings About Compassion From 2SLGBTQ+ Canadians for Queer Subversion and Socio-Cultural Transformations

SAGE Open
Individuals who identify as Two-Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (2SLGBTQ+) frequently encounter discrimination, stigma, harassment, and violence.
Phillip Joy, Megan Aston, Andrew Thomas, Chad Hammond, Brianna Hammond   +4 more
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Variation of vegetation cover and the relationship with land surface temperature across Thailand (2007 to 2022)

Scientific Reports
Understanding vegetation-climate interactions is essential amid escalating global climate change. This study investigates spatial-temporal and seasonal variations in Land Surface Temperature (LST) and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) across ...
Wissanupong Kliengchuay, Walaiporn Phonphan, Sarima Niampradit, Nuttapohn Kiangkoo, Wechapraan Srimanus, Talisa Niemmanee, Chomchanok Arunplod, Bo Wen, Yuming Guo, Vincent Herbreteau, Kraichat Tantrakarnapa   +10 more
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Association Between Pain Distribution and Limitations in Basic and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living: A Cross-Sectional Study Based on the Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe on the Influence of Biopsychosocial Variables and Lifestyle

Applied Sciences
Pain is a common condition among older adults and a key factor influencing daily functioning. This cross-sectional study examined how pain presence and distribution (no pain, localized pain [LP], and widespread pain [WP]) are related to limitations in ...
Diana Salas-Gómez, Ángel Denche-Zamorano, Cristina Mendoza-Holgado, Sabina Barrios-Fernandez   +3 more
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Looking at the big picture: demonstrating benefits of Bayesian latent cluster spatio-temporal analysis for understanding maternal prescription opioids misuse

BMC Public Health
Background As the opioid crisis rages, maternal prescription opioid misuse (MPOM) is particularly concerning because it influences both the mother and child’s wellbeing. However, little was known about the trend of MPOM and its county-level risk factors.
Xueyi Xing, D. Max Crowley, Christian M. Connell   +2 more
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Effects of an interdisciplinary programme on psychoemotional factors in informal caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s disease

Frontiers in Psychology
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) causes a progressive deterioration in the person’s memory and cognitive function, leading to a greater degree of dependency as the disease progresses. This causes a progressive increase in caregiver overload, leading to physical,
Laura Muñoz-Bermejo, Javier Urbano-Mairena, Violeta Calle-Guisado, Cristina Mendoza-Holgado, María del Rocío Jerez-Barroso, Belén Suárez-Lantarón, José Francisco López-Gil, Sabina Barrios-Fernández   +7 more
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Optimizing translation for low-resource languages: Efficient fine-tuning with custom prompt engineering in large language models

Machine Learning with Applications
Training large language models (LLMs) can be prohibitively expensive. However, the emergence of new Parameter-Efficient Fine-Tuning (PEFT) strategies provides a cost-effective approach to unlocking the potential of LLMs across a variety of natural ...
Pitso Walter Khoboko, Vukosi Marivate, Joseph Sefara   +2 more
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ZASCA-sum: A dataset of the South Africa supreme courts of appeal judgments and media summaries for legal documents summarization researchHuggingface

Data in Brief
This paper presents ZASCA-Sum, a novel dataset comprising judgments from the South Africa Supreme Court of Appeal and their manually curated media summaries. The dataset, collected from the court's official website, includes 4171 judgments, of which 2118
Idris Abdulmumin, Vukosi Marivate
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