Perceived Usefulness, Competency, and Associated Factors in Using District Health Information System Data Among District Health Managers in Tanzania: Cross-sectional Study by Daudi Simba, Felix Sukums, Claud Kumalija, Sarah Eden Asiimwe, Sai Kumar Pothepragada, Patrick Warui Githendu

“… BackgroundTanzania introduced District Health Information Software (version 2; DHIS2) in 2013 to support existing health management information systems and to improve data quality and use. …”
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al-BERT: a semi-supervised denoising technique for disease prediction by Yun-Chien Tseng, Chuan-Wei Kuo, Wen-Chih Peng, Chih-Chieh Hung

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Early Software Defects Density Prediction: Training the International Software Benchmarking Cross Projects Data Using Supervised Learning by Touseef Tahir, Cigdem Gencel, Ghulam Rasool, Tariq Umer, Jawad Rasheed, Sook Fern Yeo, Taner Cevik

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Computerized schedule construction for an airbus transportation system by Simpson, R. W.

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IFRS meets the realities of a post-communist Balkan State by Alexander, David, Carungu, Jonida, Vignini, Stefania

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Spatial-temporal patterns of malaria incidence in Uganda using HMIS data from 2015 to 2019 by Simon P. Kigozi, Ruth N. Kigozi, Catherine M. Sebuguzi, Jorge Cano, Damian Rutazaana, Jimmy Opigo, Teun Bousema, Adoke Yeka, Anne Gasasira, Benn Sartorius, Rachel L. Pullan

“…Risk estimates for Africa have largely underutilized available health management information systems (HMIS) data to monitor trends. …”
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LightGBM: A Leading Force in Breast Cancer Diagnosis Through Machine Learning and Image Processing by Bassam M. Kanber, Ahmad Al Smadi, Naglaa F. Noaman, Bo Liu, Shuiping Gou, Mutasem K. Alsmadi

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Predicting Treatment Interruption Among People Living With HIV in Nigeria: Machine Learning Approach by Matthew-David Ogbechie, Christa Fischer Walker, Mu-Tien Lee, Amina Abba Gana, Abimbola Oduola, Augustine Idemudia, Matthew Edor, Emily Lark Harris, Jessica Stephens, Xiaoming Gao, Pai-Lien Chen, Navindra Etwaroo Persaud

“…ConclusionsHigh-performing ML models to identify patients with HIV at risk of IIT can be developed using routinely collected service delivery data and integrated into routine health management information systems. Machine learning can improve the targeting of interventions through differentiated models of care before patients interrupt treatment, resulting in increased cost-effectiveness and improved patient outcomes.…”
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Healthcare utilization and maternal and child mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in 18 low- and middle-income countries: An interrupted time-series analysis with mathematical m... by Tashrik Ahmed, Timothy Roberton, Petra Vergeer, Peter M Hansen, Michael A Peters, Anthony Adofo Ofosu, Charles Mwansambo, Charles Nzelu, Chea Sanford Wesseh, Francis Smart, Jean Patrick Alfred, Mamoutou Diabate, Martina Baye, Mohamed Lamine Yansane, Naod Wendrad, Nur Ali Mohamud, Paul Mbaka, Sylvain Yuma, Youssoupha Ndiaye, Husnia Sadat, Helal Uddin, Helen Kiarie, Raharison Tsihory, George Mwinnyaa, Jean de Dieu Rusatira, Pablo Amor Fernandez, Pierre Muhoza, Prativa Baral, Salomé Drouard, Tawab Hashemi, Jed Friedman, Gil Shapira

“…<h4>Methods and findings</h4>Data on service utilization from January 2018 to June 2021 were extracted from health management information systems of 18 low- and lower-middle-income countries (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Haiti, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, and Uganda). …”
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Validating the indicator "maternal death review coverage" to improve maternal mortality data: A retrospective analysis of district, facility, and individual medical record data. by Jewel Gausman, Ernest Kenu, Richard Adanu, Delia A B Bandoh, Mabel Berrueta, Suchandrima Chakraborty, Nizamuddin Khan, Ana Langer, Carolina Nigri, Magdalene A Odikro, Verónica Pingray, Sowmya Ramesh, Niranjan Saggurti, Paula Vázquez, Caitlin R Williams, R Rima Jolivet

“…Additional data were extracted from health management information systems on the number and dates of maternal deaths and maternal death reviews reported from health facilities to the district-level. …”
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Clinically adaptable machine learning model to identify early appreciable features of diabetes by Nurjahan Nipa, Mahmudul Hasan Riyad, Shahriare Satu, Walliullah, Koushik Chandra Howlader, Mohammad Ali Moni

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A pilot study of implementing an adapted model for integration of interventions for people with alcohol use disorders in Tanzanian primary healthcare facilities by Dorothy Mushi, Charlotte Hanlon, Candida Moshiro, Joel M Francis, Merga B. Feyasa, Solomon Teferra

“…Perceived barriers to implementation included insufficient health personnel compared to needs and inconvenient health management information systems. HCPs proposed strategies to overcome these factors and recommended multisectoral engagement beyond the health system. …”
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Convolutional Neural Network-Based Automated System for Dog Tracking and Emotion Recognition in Video Surveillance by Huan-Yu Chen, Chuen-Horng Lin, Jyun-Wei Lai, Yung-Kuan Chan

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Analyzing porous cold storage unit in presence of hybrid nano-powders considering Galerkin method by Hatem Gasmi, Ali Basem, Hussein A.Z. AL-bonsrulah, Saeed A. Asiri, Khaled M. Alfawaz, Mohammed A. Tashkandi, Lioua Kolsi, Ageel F. Alogla, Nidal H. Abu-Hamdeh, Walid Aydi

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Gender difference in the incidence of malaria diagnosed at public health facilities in Uganda by Jaffer Okiring, Adrienne Epstein, Jane F. Namuganga, Emmanuel V. Kamya, Isaiah Nabende, Martha Nassali, Asadu Sserwanga, Samuel Gonahasa, Mercy Muwema, Steven M. Kiwuwa, Sarah G. Staedke, Moses R. Kamya, Joaniter I. Nankabirwa, Jessica Briggs, Prasanna Jagannathan, Grant Dorsey

“…Abstract Background Routine malaria surveillance data in Africa primarily come from public health facilities reporting to national health management information systems. Although information on gender is routinely collected from patients presenting to these health facilities, stratification of malaria surveillance data by gender is rarely done. …”
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Integrating PrEP in maternal and child health clinics in Kenya: analysis of a service availability and readiness assessment (SARA) survey by Sarah Hicks, Felix Abuna, Ben Odhiambo, Julia C. Dettinger, Joseph Sila, George Oketch, Enock Sifuna, Nancy Ngumbau, Laurén Gómez, Grace C. John-Stewart, Grace C. John-Stewart, Grace C. John-Stewart, Grace C. John-Stewart, John Kinuthia, Anjuli D. Wagner

“…To address key commodity stockouts such as PrEP pills, implementation of electronic logistics management information systems may be needed. Targeting these gaps is essential to effectively scale up integrated PrEP delivery, especially among facilities with limited infrastructure.…”
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Predicting Longitudinal Cognitive Decline and Alzheimer’s Conversion in Mild Cognitive Impairment Patients Based on Plasma Biomarkers by Min-Koo Park, Jinhyun Ahn, Young-Ju Kim, Ji-Won Lee, Jeong-Chan Lee, Sung-Joo Hwang, Keun-Cheol Kim

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An Optimized Flexible Accelerator for Elliptic Curve Point Multiplication over NIST Binary Fields by Amer Aljaedi, Muhammad Rashid, Sajjad Shaukat Jamal, Adel R. Alharbi, Mohammed Alotaibi

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Sistema para a partilha de informação turística em países de expressão portuguesa <p>System towards the touristic information sharing amongst portuguese speaking countries by João Albino Silva, Júlio Mendes, Ana Leiria, Valter Lima, M. M. M. Moura

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From transition management towards just transition and place-based governance. Τhe case of Western Macedonia in Greece by Lefteris Topaloglou, Lefteris Ioannidis

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