Earnings Quality in the IFRS Era: Evidence from Morocco by Oubahou Yassine, Elouafa Khalid, Wali Senda

“…Furthermore, we divided earnings quality into two main dimensions: on the one hand, earnings management, measured by earnings smoothing and earnings management towards small positive amounts; on the other hand, earnings attribute quality, assessed by accruals quality, persistence and predictability of net income and operating cash flows. …”
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Maximum Phonation Time in People with Obesity Not Submitted or Submitted to Bariatric Surgery by Ana Luara Ferreura Fonseca, Wilson Salgado, Roberto Oliveira Dantas

“…Mean values of spirometry testing (FEV1, FVC, and FEV1/FVC) in people with obesity (groups A and B), expressed as percentage of the predicted value, were within the normal range. Conclusion. …”
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Renal protective effect of a hydration supplemented with magnesium in patients receiving cisplatin for head and neck cancer by Takahiro Kimura, Taijiro Ozawa, Nobuhiro Hanai, Hitoshi Hirakawa, Hidenori Suzuki, Hiroshi Hosoi, Yasuhisa Hasegawa

“…In multivariate analysis, only magnesium-supplemented hydration was an independent predictive factor for preventing cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity (odds ratio = 0.157, 95% confidence interval 0.030–0.670, P = 0.0124). …”
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The Role of Organizational Support in Work Engagement Among Nurses Working in Intensive Care Units by Marwa Badwan, Nidal Eshah, Rayan Ahmad

“…The linear regression model showed that perceived organizational support could predict work engagement (R2 = 0.039). Conclusions: Perceived organizational support among nurses working in ICUs is one of the important factors in increasing work engagement. …”
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Dynamic Stress of Subgrade Bed Layers Subjected to Train Vehicles with Large Axle Loads by Fang Xu, Qi Yang, Wenjie Liu, Wuming Leng, Rusong Nie, Huihao Mei

“…The results showed the following: (1) the transverse distribution of the dynamic stress transformed from a bimodal pattern to a unimodal pattern with increasing depth; (2) the pass of adjacent bogies of adjacent carriages can be simplified once loaded on the subgrade since the dynamic stresses are maintained around the peak value during the pass of the adjacent bogies; (3) the dynamic stress at the bottom of the subgrade bed surface layer was more sensitive to the train axle load compared with that at the subgrade surface because the dynamic stresses induced by the two rails were gradually overlaid with increasing depth; (4) the maximum dynamic stress at the subgrade bed bottom was reduced by approximately 70% compared with that at the subgrade surface; (5) the vertical track irregularities intensified the vertical excitation between the train vehicle wheels and rails, and the maximum dynamic stress at the subgrade surface under the action of the irregular heavy-haul track spectrum increased by 23% compared with the smooth rail condition; and (6) the possible maximum dynamic stress (σdm) at the subgrade surface under the action of irregular track spectra can be predicted using the triple standard deviation principle of a normally distributed random variable, i.e., σdm = μ + 3σ (where μ and σ are the expectation and standard deviation of σdm, respectively).…”
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Assessing the Diagnostic Value of the Red Blood Cell Distribution-To- Platelet Ratio in Acute Leg Embolism Requiring Emergent Surgical Intervention by Zülal Ceylan, Elif Yıldırım, Emre Coşkuner, Farid Salehi, Şükran Aybike Ayyıldız, Nisa Nur Babadağ, Adeviye Ünlü, Fatih Boncuk, Mehmet Özdil, Recep Çelik, Ataberk Atalay, Ömer Faruk Çiçek

“…The area under the curve for acute extremity embolism was determined to be 0.832, and the RPR cut-off value of 0.566 was found to predict acute extremity embolism with a sensitivity of 72.9% and a specificity of 73.5% (p<0.001). …”
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Long-Term Trends and Ecological Risks of Heavy Metal Accumulation in Cultivated Land of Songnen Plain, China by Zonglai Liu, Jinying Li, Yanan Chen, Fengjun Zhang, Wei Feng

“…By analyzing annual pollutant accumulations, predictions can be made about the heavy metal content in four cities within the Songnen Plain, enabling the issuance of early warnings regarding soil heavy metal risks. …”
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Getting more by asking for less: Linking species interactions to species co-distributions in metacommunities by Barbier, Matthieu, Bunin, Guy, Leibold, Mathew A.

“…Consequently, we argue that study of multi-species spatial patterns can still be informative for theoretical approaches that build on statistical distributions of species parameters to predict macroscopic outcomes of community assembly. …”
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Measuring the performance of urban management on the quality of life of informal settlements in Miandoab City by farhad Judi, rahim Sarwar, Sayeda Sediqeh Hasani Mehr

“…The urban facilities and infrastructure variable predicted 21% of the quality of life, while the financing, provision of municipal services, and environmental cleanliness and hygiene variables contributed 16%, 18%, and 11%, respectively, to the improvement of quality of life in informal neighborhoods.…”
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Changes in Renal Function Following Administration of Oral Sodium Phosphate or Polyethylene Glycol for Colon Cleansing before Colonoscopy by Ramy Abaskharoun, William Depew, Stephen Vanner

“…Using logistic regression analysis with the choice of preparation, medications and medical comorbid conditions as independent variables, only age and blood pressure were predictive of the development of renal failure (P=0.014 and P=0.001, respectively). …”
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From Motion to Prevention: Evaluating Ergonomic Risks of Asymmetrical Movements and Worker Well-Being in an Assembly Line Work by Sławomir Winiarski, Dorota Molek-Winiarska, Barbara Chomątowska

“…The study emphasises the predictive relationships between asymmetry metrics and health outcomes. (2) Methods: The study included 86 employees from an automotive manufacturing plant, categorised into machining workers (MWEs) and assembly workers (AWEs). …”
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Oxidative Stability of Virgin Avocado Oil Enriched with Avocado Leaves and Olive-Fruit-Processing By-Products (Leaves, Pomace) via Ultrasound-Assisted Maceration by Ioanna Pyrka, Stavros Stefanidis, Stella A. Ordoudi, Sofia Lalou, Nikolaos Nenadis

“…Maceration with OP resulted in superior antioxidant activity, extending the predicted shelf-life from 14 to 22.3 months, reaching that of a hydroxytyrosol-rich extra-virgin olive oil (24.9 months). …”
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Removal of As Using Chitosan–Montmorillonite Composite: Sorptive Equilibrium and Kinetics by Ansar Anjum, Chand K. Seth, Monika Datta

“…The batch adsorption model was developed to predict the equilibrium adsorption capacity with respect to the pH of As 3+ solution, contact time and initial concentration of metal ion. …”
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The Serum Expression of Selected miRNAs in Pulmonary Sarcoidosis with/without Löfgren’s Syndrome by Eva Novosadova, Alzbeta Chabronova, Vitezslav Kolek, Martin Petrek, Zdenka Navratilova

“…Patients with LS had dysregulated expressions of miR-21-5p and miR-340-5p compared to controls. Bioinformatics predicted consistently “Pathways in cancer” to be modulated by both altered profiles in patients with/without LS. …”
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Towards the Universal Health Coverage in Ghana: An exploratory, cross-sectional study on the National Health Insurance Scheme by Richard Boateng, Alfred E Yawson

“…Results: In our study, positive perception of NHIS services enjoyed during the last year was predictive of FRP (CR = 5.324, P < 0.001), UHA (CR = 3.736, P < 0.001) and UHC (CR = 4.159, P < 0.001) of NHIS. …”
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Modeling and Mapping of Aboveground Biomass and Carbon Stock Using Sentinel-2 Imagery in Chure Region, Nepal by Ananta Poudel, Him Lal Shrestha, Niraj Mahat, Garima Sharma, Sahara Aryal, Rupesh Kalakheti, Basanta Lamsal

“…The validity of the model was performed using observed and predicted AGB values, resulting in an r value of 0.9128, an R2 value of 0.8332, and an RMSE value of 10.7657 t·h−1. …”
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Evaluation of Arterial Stiffness Using Pulse Wave Velocity and Augmentation Index in Patients with Chronic Venous Insufficiency by Mustafa Dogdus, Onur Akhan, Mehmet Ozyasar, Ahmet Yilmaz, Mehmet Sait Altintas

“…A PWV value of > 9.2 has 88.9 % sensitivity and 71.4 % specificity to predict the presence of CVI. Conclusions. PWV and Aix are the most commonly used, easy, reproducible, reliable methods in the clinic to assess arterial stiffness. …”
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Application of Artificial Intelligence in Landslide Susceptibility Assessment: Review of Recent Progress by Muratbek Kudaibergenov, Serik Nurakynov, Berik Iskakov, Gulnara Iskaliyeva, Yelaman Maksum, Elmira Orynbassarova, Bakytzhan Akhmetov, Nurmakhambet Sydyk

“…In the main part of the current review work, the main findings are summarized into a table form, where the reader can find the overall relations between landslide conditioning factors, landslide dataset size, applied AI models, and their accuracy on predicting LSM for selected geographical locations. …”
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Clinical, immune and genetic risk factors of malaria-associated acute kidney injury in Zambian children: A study protocol. by Chisambo Mwaba, Sody Munsaka, David Mwakazanga, David Rutagwerae, Owen Ngalamika, Suzanna Mwanza, Mignon McCulloch, Evans Mpabalwani

“…In addition, we intend to assess a modified renal angina index (mRAI), kidney injury molecule-1 (KIM-1), neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL), and soluble urokinase receptor (suPAR), when done on the first day of admission, for the ability to predict AKI two days later (day 3) in children admitted with malaria.…”
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Compressive Loads on the Lumbar Spine During Lifting: 4D WATBAK versus Inverse Dynamics Calculations by M. H. Cole, P. N. Grimshaw

“…Consequently, it was the purpose of this research to assess the agreement between the static predictions made by 4D WATBAK and those from a comparable dynamic model. …”
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