DIETARY DIVERSITY AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AS RISK FACTORS OF ABDOMINAL OBESITY AMONG ADULTS IN DILLA TOWN, ETHIOPIA.

Dietary diversity and physical activity as risk factors of abdominal obesity among adults in Dilla town, Ethiopia.

BackgroundGlobally, the prevalence of obesity is on the rise and has nearly tripled since 1975.In Ethiopia, despite not having well-documented evidence, abdominal obesity has been increasing dramatically, particularly in urban settings.Therefore, this study is intended to determine the prevalence and risk factors of abdominal obesity among adults i

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Chance Constrained Optimization of Biodiesel Supply Chain

Biodiesel is an alternative and renewable biofuel for blending with fossil-based diesel.One of the challenges is to design the supply-chain network for biohydrodeoxygenated diesel (BHD) under uncertainty from both raw materials availability and the demand.The supply chain with four echelons; suppliers, factories, inventories and customers has been

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An analysis of COVID-19 clusters in India

Abstract Background In this study we cluster the districts of India in terms of the spread of COVID-19 and related variables such as population density and the number of specialty hospitals.Simulation using a compartment model is used to provide insight into differences in response to public health interventions.Two case studies of interest from Ni

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Deep Reinforcement Learning-Based Joint Routing and Capacity Optimization in an Aerial and Terrestrial Hybrid Wireless Network

As the airspace is experiencing an increasing number of low-altitude aircraft, the concept of spectrum sharing between aerial and terrestrial users emerges as a compelling solution to improve the spectrum utilization efficiency.In this paper, we consider a new Aerial and Terrestrial Hybrid Network (ATHN) comprising aerial vehicles (AVs), ground bas

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