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Sick Child Feeding Practice and Associated Factors Among Mothers With Sick Children Less Than 24 Months of Age in Debre Tabor Regiopolitan City, Northwest Ethiopia.(Institutional Cross-sectional Mixed Method)

This institutional cross-sectional mixed-method study conducted in Debre Tabor, Northwest Ethiopia, reveals that only 61.4% of mothers practice good feeding for sick children under 24 months, a behavior significantly influenced by maternal education, pregnancy intention, and access to antenatal/postnatal care and counseling, while qualitative findings highlight barriers such as loss of appetite and food shortages.

Agmas Lakew Nigatie, Amare Yirga, Hiwot Yisak, Tsion Desalegn, Agmas Wassie Abate, Belete Asnake Sitotaw, Belete Asnake (…)2026-07-27
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Conditional Diffusion-Based Data Augmentation for Imbalanced Multi-Mode Fault Diagnosis in Predictive Maintenance

This paper demonstrates that class-conditional denoising diffusion probabilistic models (DDPMs) effectively mitigate severe class imbalance in predictive maintenance by synthesizing high-fidelity minority-class samples, significantly outperforming traditional augmentation methods like SMOTE and GANs in detecting rare industrial failures.

ABDELHAFID HAMDI ALAOUI, ANWAR MEDDAOUI2026-07-27
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Development and Validation of an Interpretable Machine Learning Model for Depression Risk Stratification in Middle-Aged and Older Patients with Gastrointestinal Diseases: A Cross-Sectional Study Using CHARLS Data

This cross-sectional study utilizing CHARLS data developed and validated an interpretable XGBoost machine learning model that effectively stratifies depression risk in middle-aged and older Chinese patients with gastrointestinal diseases by identifying six key predictors, including self-reported health status and sleep time.

Shufen Cheng, Yunying Ding, Huadong Hong2026-07-27
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Network Meta-Analysis of Cardiac, Coronary, and Pulmonary Dose-Sparing Effects of Different Deep-Inspiration Breath-Hold Techniques in Radiotherapy for Left-Sided Breast Cancer

This network meta-analysis of 58 studies involving 4,136 patients demonstrates that while all deep-inspiration breath-hold (DIBH) techniques (ABC-DIBH, SGRT-DIBH, and vDIBH) significantly reduce cardiac, LAD, and left lung radiation exposure compared to free breathing in left-sided breast cancer, the optimal technique for specific dosimetric endpoints varies, with ABC-DIBH excelling in mean heart and LAD dose reduction, SGRT-DIBH in maximum dose reduction, and vDIBH in mean lung dose and V20 reduction.

Xiaoyan Wu, Peng Wu, Huaqiong Wang, Yin Zhang2026-07-27
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Causal Retrieval-Augmented Generation: ModifyingFake Correlations in AI-Driven Knowledge Systems through Algorithmic Nudging

This paper introduces Causal Retrieval-Augmented Generation (CR-RAG), a framework that models the RAG pipeline as a Structural Causal Model to mitigate spurious correlations and reduce hallucinations through backdoor adjustment, inverse-propensity reweighting, and counterfactual data augmentation, achieving significant performance gains on knowledge-intensive benchmarks, particularly for long-tail questions.

A.Jethose Vijayakumar, Rajendran Thavasimuthu, Ramkumar Sivasakthivel, Manikandan Rajagopal2026-07-27
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Stakeholder-informed prioritization of cropland ecosystem services for spatial optimization in the Yangtze River Delta

This study integrates stakeholder preferences identified from 902 households with spatiotemporal analysis and Bayesian belief network simulations to map trade-offs among priority cropland ecosystem services and delineate spatial optimization zones for sustainable land-use planning in the Yangtze River Delta.

XueQing Wang, Yue Su, Di Wang, Jingjing Qian, Ran Yu, Sinan Li, Congmou Zhu, Chen Li, Shengnan Xing2026-07-27
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Recovery of unilateral and bilateral upper extremity capacity and proprioception after stroke: A longitudinal study using robotic assessment

This longitudinal study utilizing robotic assessments reveals that while upper extremity motor and proprioceptive functions follow distinct recovery trajectories during the subacute stroke phase, bilateral capacity emerges as the strongest independent predictor of activities of daily living performance.

Léandre Gagné-Pelletier, Marc Roig, Catherine Mercier2026-07-27
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Environmental Sustainability Through Lense of Digitalization and Banking Sector

Using the STIRPAT model on World Development Indicators from 1990 to 2023, this study demonstrates that digitalization, gender inclusion, and the banking sector significantly enhance environmental sustainability, thereby urging policymakers to integrate these factors into frameworks that balance economic growth with ecological conservation.

JAUHAR ABBAS, Zia Ur Rehman, Haroon Hussain, Hammad Hassan Mirza, Ahmed Hussein Al Rassas2026-07-27