The Determinants of Survival Time of Premature Neonates at Shambu General Hospital by Olani Debelo

“…It is the second leading cause of morbidity and mortality among under-five children. Therefore, the aim of this study was to identify determinants of the survival time of premature neonates admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Shambu General Hospital. …”
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Identification and prioritization of effective approaches for public education and participation in household waste management (A case study: Tehran, Iran) by Esmatossadat Hashemi, Hooman Bahmanpour, Amir Hesam Hassani, Amir Hooman Hemmasi

“…The final model includes five levels of factors influencing environmental education and promoting public participation. …”
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Doctoral Supervision in Russian Universities: to the Problem of Balancing Activity and Performance by B. I. Bednyi, N. V. Rybakov

“…The highest performers prove to be those staff members who supervise from two to five students. That share of staff members scores higher on citation metrics and demonstrates better publication activity. …”
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Heavy metals impact environmental capacity of oasis soils in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau dry zone by Siqi Han, Bin Wang, Zhen Yao, Lu Dai, Youning Wei, Yao Niu, Ling Qian

“…Except for Pb, the other five elements were significantly affected by soil type and land use. …”
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Pengaruh Metode Pendidikan Sebaya terhadap Tingkat Pengetahuan Tentang Pemeriksaan Payudara Sendiri (SADARI) Pada Remaja Putri Di SMA Negeri 1 Kubu by Ni Putu Eka Wijayanti, Made Ririn Sri Wulandari, Luh Putu Widiastini

“…The Bali Provincial Health Office recorded that in 2016, there were 389 cases of breast cancer in Bali, five of which were suffered by adolescents with an age range of 15-19 years. …”
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Assessing Client Satisfaction with Health Service Delivery under the National Health Insurance Scheme: The Case of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital by Hephzibah Okyere-Mensah, Emmanuel Appiah Brempong, Prosper Babon-Ayeng, Ernest Kissi

“…Data obtained were then analysed using mean score ranking and an independent sample t-test. Results. …”
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Evaluation of the Obesity Prevention, Blood Glucose, and Blood Lipid Control of Vietnamese Rice Varieties in High-Fat Diet-Induced Obese Mice by Thuy Linh Nguyen, Khanh Son Trinh

“…Five Vietnamese rice varieties, which differ in their basic chemical composition (starch content, amylose content, fiber content) including polished rices and whole grain rices, were chosen for this study. …”
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Individual, Group, and Organizational Factors Affecting Group Bidding Decisions for Construction Projects by Peng Yan, Junying Liu, Martin Skitmore

“…Moreover, 20 factors can be classified into five groupings: (1) values and strategic goals, (2) collaboration and learning orientation, (3) consensus reaching, (4) risk awareness, and (5) empowerment and development, with risk awareness having an especially strong influence. …”
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A novel Fruit Fly Optimization Algorithm with quasi-affine transformation evolutionary for numerical optimization and application by Ru-Yu Wang, Pei Hu, Chia-Cheng Hu, Jeng-Shyang Pan

“…In order to prove its effectiveness, we compare Quasi-affine Transformation evolutionary for the Fruit fly Optimization Algorithm with five other mature intelligent algorithms, and test them on 22 different types of benchmark functions. …”
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Silver Nanoparticles in Antifungal Applications: A Comparison of Biosynthesized and Physical Synthesized Nanoparticles on Paper-Biodegrading Fungi by Akram Kheiri, Parisa Mohammadi, Parinaz Ghadam

“…The AgNPs’ effectiveness ranked as follows: (1) AgNPs produced by Nostoc pruniforme, (2) AgNPs produced by M. sylvestris, (3) AgNPs produced by Nostoc IBRC-M5064, (4) AgNPs produced by J. regia, and (5) physically synthesized AgNPs.Conclusion: These findings highlight the potential of biologically synthesized AgNPs as environmentally friendly biocidal agents for preventing and controlling paper biodegradation.…”
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Feature selection in single-cell RNA sequencing data: a comprehensive evaluation by Petros Paplomatas, Konstantinos Lazaros, Georgios N. Dimitrakopoulos, Aristidis Vrahatis

“…We developed the GenesRanking package, which offers 20 techniques for dimensionality reduction, including filter-based and embedding machine learning–based methods. …”
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Metadata functional requirements for genomic data practice and curation by Hong Huang, Jian Qin

“…Twenty one metadata requirements were reduced to five factor constructs. The ranking of these constructs in decreasing order is: portability, reusability, manipulability, sufficiency, interoperability, extensibility, and modularity. …”
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Clinical Use of Cinacalcet in MEN1 Hyperparathyroidism by V. J. Moyes, J. P. Monson, S. L. Chew, S. A. Akker

“…Serum calcium reduced by a median of 0.35 mmol/L (𝑃=.012 Wilcoxon Signed Rank). Serum PTH levels decreased by a median of 5.05 pmol/L (𝑃=.012). …”
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Implementing the TOPSIS Method for Book Update and Procurement Priority by Nurlindasari Tamsir, Magfirah Magfirah, Vivi Rosida, St. Amina H. Umar, Widyawati Widyawati

“…The ranking results of 6 (six) book samples reveal that 2 (two) categorized into the procurement category with a preference value (v) of 0.64, 2 (two) categorized into the updating category with a preference value (v) of 0.2 and 0.3, and 2 (two) categorized into the category where book updates and procurement do not occur, with preference values (v) of 0.36 and 0.5.…”
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Coal Facies and Its Effects on Pore Characteristics of the Late Permian Longtan Coal, Western Guizhou, China by Yi Lou, Yuliang Su, Wendong Wang, Peng Xia, Ke Wang, Wei Xiong, Yin Yu, Linjie Shao, Fuqin Yang, Xiangping Chen

“…The results show that five coal facies exist in studied samples, and they are shallow-water covered forest peat swamp facies, moist forest peat swamp facies, dry forest peat swamp facies, low peat swamp facies, and wet land herbaceous peat swamp facies. …”
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Environmental DNA Reveals Habitat Variables Driving Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) Distribution Across an Urbanised Landscape by Tamielle Brunt, Matt Cecil, Josh Griffiths, Christine Adams‐Hosking, Peter J. Murray, Annabel L. Smith

“…Five scenarios based on key characteristics of the urban stream syndrome were modelled using binomial generalised linear models. …”
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Carotid Artery Stenosis: Comparison of 3D Time-of-Flight MR Angiography and Contrast-Enhanced MR Angiography at 3T by Ivan Platzek, Dominik Sieron, Philipp Wiggermann, Michael Laniado

“…Stenosis evaluation was based on a five-point scale. Stenosis grades determined by TOF and CEMRA were compared using Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient and the Wilcoxon test. …”
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Global trends of delayed graft function in kidney transplantation from 2013 to 2023: a bibliometric analysis by Zhiling Yao, Mingqian Kuang, Zhen Li

“…The largest number of papers was published by the University of California System, and the largest number of papers was published by the United States. The top five keyword frequency rankings are: ‘delayed graft function’, ‘kidney transplantation’, ‘renal transplantation’, ‘survival’, and ‘recipients’. …”
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Repeatability and Reproducibility of SMTube Measurement in Dry Eye Disease Patients by Yiran Hao, Lei Tian, Kai Cao, Ying Jie

“…Every subject was subjected to the following five measurements sequentially: the Ocular Surface Disease Index (OSDI) questionnaire, Tear Meniscus Height (TMH) assessment, SMTube measurements, tear film breakup time (BUT) examination, and Schirmer I test (SIT). …”
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The Effect of Breathing Exercise Using Bubble Blower on Anxiety and Pain during Inferior Alveolar Nerve Block in Children Aged 7 to 10 Years: A Crossover Randomized Clinical Trial by Zahra Bahrololoomi, Tahereh Sadeghiyeh, Maedeh Rezaei, Nahid Maghsoudi

“…In this randomized crossover clinical trial, thirty-five children with moderate to severe anxiety requiring bilateral pulp therapy of mandibular primary molars were enrolled. …”
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