A REVIEW OF STRATEGIES AND LEVELS OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN STRENGTHS-BASED AND NEEDS-BASED HEALTH COMMUNICATION INTERVENTIONS

A review of strategies and levels of community engagement in strengths-based and needs-based health communication interventions

BackgroundCommunity engagement is key in health communication interventions that seek to incorporate community voices in their planning and implementation.Understanding what approaches and strategies are currently being used can help tailor programs in different social and cultural contexts.This review explores needs-based and strengths-based appro

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Competing memristors for brain-inspired computing

Summary: The expeditious development of information technology has led to the rise of Mason Jar Cup With Straw artificial intelligence (AI).However, conventional computing systems are prone to volatility, high power consumption, and even delay between the processor and memory, which is referred to as the von Neumann bottleneck, in implementing AI.T

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CRISPR/Cas9 Editing of the Bacillus subtilis Genome

A fundamental procedure for most modern biologists is the genetic manipulation of the organism under study.Although many different methods for editing bacterial genomes have been used in laboratories for decades, the adaptation of CRISPR/Cas9 technology to bacterial genetics has allowed researchers to manipulate bacterial genomes with unparalleled

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Traumatic lumbar hernias, when should I operate? A case report

Traumatic lumbar hernias are a rare subset of abdominal wall hernias encountered following blunt trauma to the abdomen.These are more commonly being found due to the increased use of advanced imaging.Three cases of traumatic lumbar hernias were identified at our institution from 2021 to 2022, one of which underwent delayed repair.The second case re

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