Prevalence and associated factors of multidimensional poverty among rural households in East Gojjam zone, Northern Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study.

Backgrounds: Poverty is a complex and multifaceted global public health issue, particularly prevalent in Ethiopia, including the East Gojjam Zone. Previous studies on poverty have largely relied on unidimensional measures, providing limited evidence on multidimensional poverty (MP). Therefore, this study tried to assess the prevalence and identify the associated factors of MP among rural households in selected woredas of East Gojjam Zone, Northern Ethiopia.

The intersection of finTech adoption, HR competency potential, service innovation, and firm growth in the banking sectors using Entropy and TOPSIS.

The adoption of Financial Technology (FinTech), along with the enhancement of Human Resource (HR) competencies, service innovation, and firm growth, plays a crucial role in the development of the banking sector. Despite their importance, obtaining reliable results is often challenging due to the complex, high-dimensional correlations among various features that affect the industry. To address this issue, this research introduces a hybrid Multi-Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM) model that integrates the Entropy-Weighted Method (EWM) and the Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS).

Rural-Urban Disparities in Mobile Health Application Ownership and Utilization Among Cancer Survivors.

Objective: Mobile health applications (mHealth apps) can provide health care and health-promoting information while contributing to improving cancer survivors' quality of life and health outcomes. However, little is known about the rural-urban distribution of mHealth app ownership and utilization. In this study, we explore the characteristics of cancer survivors who own and use mHealth apps and examine rural-urban disparities in mHealth app ownership and utilization among cancer survivors.

Intellectual capital, environment-related absorptive capacity and environmental performance: Firm-level evidence from China's E&E sector.

Much of the existing literature on environmental performance has focused on human capital and intangible assets such as environmental policies and strategies, the role of intellectual capital has largely been overlooked. This study aims to investigate the impact of intellectual capital on environmental performance at the firm level, specifically in the electrical and electronics (E&E) sector in China. By considering human, relational, and structural capital as integral elements of intellectual capital, we assess their direct influence on environmental performance and explore how these components interact with other factors in driving environmental outcomes.

Estimation of GHGs emission from traditional kilns charcoal production in northwestern Ethiopia: Implications on climate change.

Rural areas in Ethiopia serve as the primary source of charcoal for urban populations, mainly produced using traditional kilns. However, this traditional method significantly contributes to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, exacerbating climate change and deforestation. While banning charcoal production is not currently feasible in Ethiopia because of the lack of affordable alternative energy sources (fuel), improving the efficiency of the traditional production system can mitigate the climate impact caused by charcoal production.

Do renewable energy policies exacerbate corporate information uncertainty?

This study analyzes the impact of state-level renewable energy policies and incentives on the corporate information environment in the US. It considers these renewable energy policies and incentives as exogenous measures of firm-level renewable energy exposure. The findings indicate that such policies and incentives significantly increase firms' adoption of renewable energy, confirming their suitability as proxies for external shocks.

Prevalence of Words and Phrases Associated With Large Language Model-Generated Text in the Nursing Literature.

All disciplines, including nursing, may be experiencing significant changes with the advent of free, publicly available generative artificial intelligence tools. Recent research has shown the difficulty in distinguishing artificial intelligence-generated text from content that is written by humans, thereby increasing the probability for unverified information shared in scholarly works. The purpose of this study was to determine the extent of generative artificial intelligence usage in published nursing articles.

Assessing integrated water reuse efficiency towards SDG6 and influencing factors.

Improving water reuse efficiency from a recycling perspective is claimed to be a better way to alleviate global water scarcity and water pollution. This study opens the internal "black box" of China's water reuse system driven and decomposes water reuse system into water use, wastewater treatment and reclaimed water reuse stages, and selects input-output indicators based on SDG6. Then, it proposes a dynamic three-stage DEA model to assess the water reuse efficiency.

Trends of socioeconomic and geographic inequalities in COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Ethiopia: using the WHO Health Equity Assessment Toolkit.

Background: Equity in COVID-19 vaccine uptake is the heart of managing the ongoing pandemic of COVID-19 disease. However, the evidence of inequality in COVID-19 vaccination in Ethiopia is limited. Therefore, this study investigated the trends of socioeconomic and geographic inequality of COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Ethiopia.

Destructive Self-Leadership? Self-Leadership, Maladaptive Coping, and Stress in College Students.

Prior research has examined self-leadership as a proactive self-regulatory approach for the management of stress and anxiety in college students. However, little is known about the possible negative effects of self-regulatory approaches such as self-leadership. Using the transactional model of stress and coping and the interaction model of stress, anxiety, and coping as theoretical frameworks, this study investigates a parallel multiple mediation model of the relationship between self-leadership and state anxiety as mediated by adaptive coping behaviours and maladaptive coping behaviours in a sample of 143 undergraduate students.

Unveiling the complementariness of robotic tablet dispensing machines for elderly care: A bibliometric data analysis.

This study conducts a bibliometric analysis of academic papers and conference proceedings related to tablet dispensers, medicine dispensers, and pill dispensers within the framework of Sustainable Development Goal 03: Good Health and Well-Being. The analysis spans literature published between 1997 and 2023. Utilizing the Web of Science database, the study employs keywords such as "tablet dispenser," "medicine dispenser," and "pill dispenser" to gather relevant English-language papers classified as Proceeding Papers or Articles.

The relationship between artificial intelligence and low-skilled employment in South Africa.

As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to advance, its impact on employment is a topic of concern. In South Africa, where low-skilled labor forms a significant portion of the workforce, the integration of AI technologies raises questions about the future of employment opportunities and economic stability. This manuscript explores the relationship between AI adoption, low-skilled employment dynamics, and its implications using key economic indicators such as inflation, interest rates, and foreign direct investment (FDI).

Cascading tipping points of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean.

Antarctica and the Southern Ocean are key elements in the physical and biological Earth system. Human-induced climate change, and other human activities in the region, are leading to several potential interacting tipping points with major and irreversible consequences. Here, we examine eight potential physical, biological, chemical, and social Antarctic tipping points.

Identifying effective obesity prevention intervention components: An umbrella review mapping systematic review evidence.

This overview of reviews synthesizes the effectiveness of obesity prevention interventions in children and adults on BMI/zBMI, following JBI and Cochrane Handbook guidelines. The protocol was prospectively registered in OSF in September 2020. Searches for eligible reviews were run in five databases and gray literature in May 2022.

The impact of new VAT enforcement on financial performance: Evidence from Saudi Arabia non-financial listed companies using the event study and ARMA model.

This paper examines the influence of the new 15 % Value Added Tax (VAT) enforcement on non-financial listed companies in Saudi Arabia. By comparing financial data from 2019, before the VAT implementation and the COVID-19 pandemic, with data from 2020, during both the VAT increase and the pandemic, the research aims to uncover the consequences of this tax policy change. Utilizing charts, tables, and an event study analysis approach with the Autoregressive Moving Average (ARMA) model, we investigated key financial indicators such as Shareholders' Equity (SE), Total Income (TI), Total Revenues (TR), Net Income (NI), Total Expenses (TE), Other Changes in Operating Activity (COA), and Cash at the End of the Period (CEP).

Adequate antenatal care service utilizations after the onset of COVID-19 pandemic in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: The world faces great difficulty in continuing to provide essential maternity health care after the onset of COVID-19 pandemic Many women have trouble accessing maternity healthcare due to fear of infection. A decline in the utilization of maternity health services is suggested to worsen adequate antenatal care service utilization. Thus, this study aimed to determine the pooled estimate of adequate antenatal care service utilization after the onset of COVID-19 in Ethiopia.

Impact of Reverse Empowerment and Proactive Motivations on Physicians' Online Knowledge Sharing in Digital Platforms: Survey Study.

Background: Digital platforms offer a venue for patients and physicians to exchange health information and provide health care services outside traditional organizational contexts. Previous studies have seldom focused on the factors that drive the proactivity of physicians' online behavior. Additionally, there is limited research exploring the influence of patients on physicians' online behavior, particularly from the perspective of patients possessing power.

Assessing willingness to accept a compensation for evicted land in peri-urban areas: A contingent valuation method.

Urban expansion in developing countries like Ethiopia is causing political turmoil in peri-urban areas due to inadequate compensation for evicted farmers because of the absence of a land market, which is prohibited by Ethiopia's land policy. This paper applies the contingent valuation method to measure the compensation value considered acceptable to those who are evicted from their farm land. The west Gojjam and Awi zones of Amhara region, Ethiopia are chosen for the case study based on 393 completed questionnaires.

Achieving China's CO reduction targets: Insights from a hybrid PPA-PPR forecasting model.

China is the largest carbon dioxide (CO) emitter and has formulated CO emission peak and carbon-neutral plans. Studies on CO emission volume and CO emission intensity (CEI) indicate a growing interest in related fields. The purpose of this research is to improve the performance and reliability of the model for forecasting CO emissions and judging whether to achieve China's CO reduction targets under business-as-usual scenarios.

Explaining motivational factors of employees' behavior towards customers' satisfaction using the theory of planned behavior.

Lack of customer satisfaction in public service is one of the most important problems particularly in developing countries. Despite the efforts by governments to improve public service delivery, the resulting outcomes are quite limited. This demands evidence not only on the demand side but also on the supply side of the public service delivery in that how to motivate employees to improve their performance in satisfying customers.