Assessing the ecological resilience of Ebola virus in Africa and potential influencing factors based on a synthesized model. by Li Shen, Jiawei Song, Yibo Zhou, Xiaojie Yuan, Samuel Seery, Ting Fu, Xihao Liu, Yihong Liu, Zhongjun Shao, Rui Li, Kun Liu

“…<h4>Methodology</h4>Based on historical Ebola cases and relevant environmental factors collected from 2014 to 2022 in Africa, the spatiotemporal distribution of Ebola adaptability is characterized by integrating four distinct ecological models into one synthesized spatiotemporal framework. Maxent and Generalized Additive Models were applied to further reveal the potential responses of the Ebola virus niche to its ever-changing environments.…”
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Role of private providers in the implementation of the national health insurance scheme in Zambia: a qualitative study of perceptions and experiences by Jesper Sundewall, Warren Mukelabai Simangolwa

“…Providers perceived the service reimbursement levels as relatively cost-reflective, but some providers shifted models to maximise profits, including inducing demand to defraud the fund. Generally, providers perceived payments as within the agreed timelines, especially for online claims.Conclusion The initial scepticism among private providers before the initiation of the NHIS has subsided. …”
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A cost‐effective video system for a rapid appraisal of deep‐sea benthic habitats: The Azor drift‐cam by Carlos Dominguez‐Carrió, Jorge Fontes, Telmo Morato

“…Abstract Deep‐sea exploration relies on cutting‐edge technology, which generally requires expensive instruments, highly specialized technicians and ship time. …”
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Accuracy of the digital implant impression with splinted and non-splinted intraoral scan bodies: A systematic review by Pratiksha Shankar Shetty, Arti P. Gangurde, Manish R. Chauhan, Niraja V. Jaiswal, Pradnya R. Salian, Vikram Singh

“…Conclusion: Splinting scan bodies generally improves the accuracy of digital implant impressions, especially for complete-arch cases. …”
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Phusis, proto-embrayage et bruits du corps by Denis Bertrand

“…La toux, par exemple, généralement acceptable, ne l’est plus en contexte de Covid. …”
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Reducción de costos de transacción e información asimétrica: experiencias de financiamiento rural en México by Maricela De La Vega Mena, Vinicio Horacio Santoyo Cortés, Manrrubio Muñoz Rodríguez, J. Reyes Altamirano Cárdenas

“…Limitaciones: las tec-nologías de crédito rural están fuertemente influenciadas por los marcos institucionales y regulatorios, así como por el contexto social y productivo local, por lo que los casos estudia-dos tratan de mostrar los principios generales y no hacer recomendaciones sobre prácticas es-pecificas a implementar. …”
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Distribución, frecuencia y abundancia de plantas vasculares no permanentes: comparación geográfica a escala local en dos espacios de La Alcarria (España) by Juan-Javier García-Abad Alonso

“…Se exponen y comparan los datos generales sobre frecuencia y abundancia relativa de ambos grupos, así como una muestra de la distribución de doce plantas no permanentes en cuatro resoluciones espaciales (1, 4, 25 y 100 km²). …”
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Learning under label noise through few-shot human-in-the-loop refinement by Aaqib Saeed, Dimitris Spathis, Jungwoo Oh, Edward Choi, Ali Etemad

“…Our work not only achieves better generalization in high-stakes health sensing benchmarks but also sheds light on how noise affects commonly-used models.…”
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Association between magnesium depletion score and prostate cancer by Hongyang Gong, Xiaomei Lin, Shaoqun Huang

“…Subgroup analysis indicated that the positive association between MDS and PCa was generally consistent across different population groups. …”
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Performance of Composite Filters Assembled from Multiple Layers of Basic Filtration Media by Peng Wang, Zhen Liu, Da-Ren Chen

“…The Figure of Merit (FOM) values of the face mask samples were generally half that of the N95 media sample. It was found that a N95-comparable collection efficiency can be achieved by combining two/three layers of face mask media but at the expense of a higher media pressure drop. …”
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La Terre, notre bien commun by Arnaud Berthoud

“…Je propose cette réponse générale : la Terre nous apparaît comme ce qui a été, est et sera toujours la chose la plus vaste à laquelle s’attache notre bien commun, parce qu’elle est le support, le fondement ou la base visible d’une vie que chacun éprouve intérieurement, selon un lien immédiat avec quelques semblables et comme le bien dont nous savons, comme le disait Maître Eckhart (1948, p.148), que « de tous les biens aucun ne nous est plus cher et plus désirable ». …”
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Relationship between METS-IR and ABSI index and the prevalence of nocturia: a cross-sectional analysis from the 2005–2020 NHANES data by Fei Xue, Yating Zhou

“…Multivariable logistic regression assessed the associations between METS-IR, ABSI, and nocturia, adjusting for demographic characteristics, chronic diseases, and lifestyle factors. Generalized additive models and smoothing splines were used to describe relationship dynamics. …”
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Assessing the Relationship between COVID-19, Air Quality, and Meteorological Variables: A Case Study of Dhaka City in Bangladesh by Md Sariful Islam, Mizanur Rahman, Tanmoy Roy Tusher, Shimul Roy, Mohammad Arfar Razi

“…Besides, multiple linear regression and the Generalized Additive Model (GAM) were used to investigate the association between COVID-19 cases and other variables used in this study. …”
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Differences in Sexual Function Between Trimesters During Pregnancy: An Observational Study by Sunullah Soysal, Abdullah Sarioz, Umran Kilincdemir Turgut, Gokce Anik Ilhan, Yusuf Arman, Begum Yildizhan, Tanju Pekin

“…CONCLUSIONS: Sexual function in women during the third trimester of pregnancy is generally affected negatively. …”
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La medición de la creatividad en destinos urbano-culturales españoles by Juan Ignacio Pulido-Fernández, José Antonio García Suárez, Jairo Casado-Montilla, Beatriz Rodríguez-Díaz

“…A partir de los indicadores generales y parciales, establece matrices creativas de cada una de las áreas estudiadas, determinando las ventajas y desventajas creativas de los sistemas analizados. …”
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Study of Gaming Disorder and Its Association with Depressive Disorder and Anxiety among Medical Students in India by Hanee Patel, Niraj Pandit, Rudra Patel, Ishita Gupta, Dhairya Jain, Shreya Katoch

“…The Internet GD Scale-Short Form (IGDS9-SF) was used to assess the intensity of gaming disorders, while patient health questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) and generalized anxiety disorder assessment (GAD-7) were used to assess the severity of depression and anxiety, respectively. …”
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Una dimensión didáctica y conceptual de un instrumento para la Valoración de Objetos Virtuales de Aprendizaje. El caso de las fracciones by Mónica María Triana-Muñoz, Juan Fernando Ceballos-Londoño, Jhony Alexander Villa-Ochoa

“…Un instrumento de carácter didáctico-conceptual, que abarca varias dimensiones y cuenta con unas orientaciones generales para los temas del área de matemáticas, en específico para la enseñanza de las fracciones, proporcionando un espacio de participación al profesor para la construcción del instrumento como tal. …”
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Digitalisation Profile of the Elderly and ‘Grey Digital Violence’ by Hatice Oğuz Özgür

“…The purposes of the elderly to use digital technologies generally meet their needs such as communicating with family members, friends or relatives, socialising, obtaining information, making official transactions (making hospital appointments, paying bills, etc.). …”
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Fitting and comparison of calcium-calmodulin kinetic schemes to a common data set using non-linear mixed effects modelling. by Domas Linkevicius, Angus Chadwick, Guido C Faas, Melanie I Stefan, David C Sterratt

“…However, existing models have generally been fit to different data sets, with some publications not reporting their training and validation performance. …”
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Correlation between Soil Organic Matter, Total Organic Matter and Water Content with Climate and Depths of Soil at Different Land use in Kelantan, Malaysia by A Azlan, ER Aweng, CO Ibrahim, A Noorhaidah

“…Correlation analysis indicated that,generally, SOM and TOC concentration and soil classes had a positive correlation with temporal patterns and no significance effects with depth of the soils. …”
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