Genetic differentiation and historical dynamics of the endemic species Rheum pumilum on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau inferred from phylogeography implications by Shuliang Liu, Jianxin Gao, Bo Xiao, Wenjie Guo, Qiushi Yu, Ailan Wang, Weiwei Li

“…The geographic isolation model is further supported by various analytical methods, including AMOVA analysis, UPGMA dendrogram, PCoA, Structure analysis, and Mantel test. Micro-refugia for Rh. pumilum during the Quaternary ice ages are supported by haplotype network and genetic diversity analysis. …”
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Laparoscopic Sacrocolpopexy or Sacrohysteropexy with or Without Burch Colposuspension: The Results of 36 Patients in Our Clinic by İlknur İnegöl Gümüş, Önder Sürgit, Nilüfer Akgün, İkbal Kaygusuz, Deniz Hızlı

“…Burch colposuspension was added to patients if they had stress urinary incontinence proven with physically examination and urodinamic tests. Twenty two patients underwent laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy or sacrohysteropexy and 14 patients underwent laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy or sacrohysteropexy with Burch colposuspension. …”
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Real-World Health Care Outcomes and Costs Among Patients With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis in Spain by Jordi Antón, Estefania Moreno Ruzafa, Mireia Lopez Corbeto, Rosa Bou, Judith Sánchez Manubens, Sonia Carriquí Arenas, Joan Calzada Hernández, Violetta Bittermann, Carolina Estepa Guillén, Juan Mosquera Angarita, Lucía Rodríguez Díez, Estíbaliz Iglesias, Miguel Marti Masanet, Berta Lopez Montesinos, Maria I. González Fernández, Alfonso de Lossada, Carmen Peral, Mónica Valderrama, Noelia Llevat, María Montoro Álvarez, Immaculada Calvo Penadés

“…Direct costs included medication, specialist and primary care visits, hospitalizations, emergency visits or consultations, surgeries, physiotherapy, and tests. Indirect costs included hospital travel expenses and loss of caregiver working hours. …”
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Hubungan Derajat Keasaman Cairan Lambung dengan Derajat Dispepsia pada Pasien Dispepsia Fungsional by Emil Prasetyo Muhammad, Arina Widya Murni, Delmi Sulastri, Saptino Miro

“…The data were computerized analyzed using chi-square test. The results showed 51.4% of patients with functional dyspepsia had hyperacidity gastric juice, 57.1% had moderate-to-severe dyspepsia level, and show a strong enough correlation with the rate of significance  0.029 (p < 0.05).There was a significant correlation between the gastric juice acidity with dyspepsia level of functional dyspepsia patients. …”
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The intersection of intimate partner violence with sexual reproductive health in the Pacific: findings from a Kiribati population study by Anneliese Spiteri-Staines, Luz Viviana Sastre Gomez, Jess Letch, Anna Bornemisza, Kristin Diemer

“…Methods Data for this paper were drawn from the Kiribati Social Development Indicator Survey [1], conducted in 2018–2019. Chi-square tests for independence were conducted, with 95% confidence intervals to identify the strength of association. …”
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Investigating LiDAR Metrics for Old-Growth Beech- and Spruce-Dominated Forest Identification in Central Europe by Devara P. Adiningrat, Andrew Skidmore, Michael Schlund, Tiejun Wang, Haidi Abdullah, Marco Heurich

“…These structural metrics were then used as predictors for the final classification of old-growth forests, yielding an overall accuracy of 78%, with a true skill statistic (TSS) of 0.58 for the test dataset. This study demonstrates that using a few structural LiDAR metrics provides more information than a high number of standard LiDAR metrics, particularly for identifying old-growth forests in mixed temperate forests. …”
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Analysis of risk factors for radiation-induced oral mucositis for nasopharyngeal carcinoma and prognostic value of EGF and STREM-1 by Puyu Jiang, Po Xue, Jiani Wu

“…The AUC of the combined EGF and sTREM-1 levels test for predicting a patient's prognosis was greater than that of sTREM-1 alone (P<0.05). …”
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Comparison of Modified Biophysical Profile with Doppler Ultrasonographic Analysis in Determining Fetal well Being in the Third Trimester by Kadir Bakay, Ahmet Varolan, Ali Yazgan, Atif Akyol, İnci Davas

“…In conclusion, in order to effectively predict acute fetal distress and to maintain a reliable screening method, combined use of these tests, namely modified biophysical profile and umbilical artery Doppler analysis, has proven to be the most valuable and effective method as shown in our study. …”
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Wearable Smartphone-Based Multisensory Feedback System for Torso Posture Correction: Iterative Design and Within-Subjects Study by Amanda Polin Pereira, Olibario Jose Machado Neto, Valeria Meirelles Carril Elui, Maria da Graca Campos Pimentel

“…Therapists noted a positive impact on rehabilitation sessions and expressed their willingness to recommend it. A 2-tailed t-test showed a significant difference (P<.001) between the number of the best-at-the-time posture positions patients could maintain in 2 stages, without feedback (mean 13.1, SD 7.12) and with feedback (mean 4.2, SD 3.97), demonstrating the effectiveness of the solution in improving posture awareness. …”
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Investigation of Machinability Characteristics of EDMed Inconel 825 Alloy under Multidimensional Parametric Modeling by Using Holistic Grey-PCA Statistical Models by Nitin Kumar Sahu, Mukesh Kumar Singh, Bupe Getrude Mutono-Mwanza, Atul Kumar Sahu

“…The optimum setting condition among considered inputs is discussed in the conclusion section. Later, confirmatory test gratified the evaluated optimum settings which is yielding an improvement of 0.16262 and 0.34398 score in executing T-GRA and T-PCA, respectively. …”
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Penentuan Jarak Karakter Pemain dengan Karakter Bukan Pemain yang Harus Mengikuti Pemain pada Pengembangan Game Simulasi Mitigasi Bencana Erupsi Gunung by Henny Widowati, Rachma Putri Widhowati, Sulistyo Puspitodjati, D.L. Crispina Pardede

“…NPC's animation: the character of cows and humans following players is part of the development of mitigation simulation games for volcanic eruptions. The test, by making the player character and the collider on the NPC collide,  succeeded in making the NPC follows the player character according to the specified distance, and succeeded in achieving the goal. …”
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Advance Chemical Mechanical Polishing Technique for Gallium Nitride Substrate by Xuanyi Zhao, Shouzhi Wang, Lei Liu, Qiubo Li, Jiaoxian Yu, Guodong Wang, Chang Liang, Zhongxin Wang, Han Hao, Xiangang Xu, Lei Zhang

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Anatomical and pathological findings in longlived female Bubalus bubalis by Rosaura Pérez-Gil, Yaritza Salas, Adelys Márquez, Oriana Gavidia

“…Finally, this research raises the need to keep productive, reproductive, and health records during the animal’s life, accompanied by results of routine tests carried out by qualified personnel. …”
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Prevalence, Etiology, and Risk Factors of Mastitis in Dairy Cattle in Embu and Kajiado Counties, Kenya by Christine M. Mbindyo, George C. Gitao, Charles M. Mulei

“…A total of 395 dairy cows were initially screened for subclinical mastitis using the California mastitis test (CMT), and milk samples were aseptically collected. …”
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Effect of sex on the weight gain of calves (Bubalus bubalis) reared in silvopastoral systems during the dry season by Efraín Chacón Condori, Luis A. de la Cruz-Cruz

“…The data was analyzed by comparing means using Tukey’s test with a significance level of p<0.05. No effects of sex were observed on birth weight (37.66±0.24 and 37.46±0.24; p=0.5673), weaning weight (161.93±37.46 and 163.60±33.75; p=0.8991) and final weight (380.93±12.03 and 381.66 ±12.03; p= 0.9659) between females and males, respectively. …”
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Determinants of Mortality in Patients with Nosocomial Acinetobacter baumannii Bacteremia in Southwest China: A Five-Year Case-Control Study by Shuangshuang Yang, Jide Sun, Xianan Wu, Liping Zhang

“…Significant difference of 30-day in-hospital mortality in the Kaplan–Meier curves was found between CRAB and CSAB groups (log-rank test, P=0.025). The Cox regression analysis showed that patients with CRAB bacteremia had 2.72 times higher risk for 30-day in-hospital mortality than did those with carbapenem-susceptible A. baumannii (CSAB) bacteremia (95% confidence intervals (CIs) 1.14–6.61, P=0.016). …”
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Incisor Molar Hypomineralization and Quality of Life: A Population-Based Study with Brazilian Schoolchildren by Liege Helena Freitas Fernandes, Isla Camila C. Laureano, Lunna Farias, Natália M. Andrade, Franklin Delano Soares Forte, Catarina Ribeiro Barros Alencar, Alessandro Leite Cavalcanti

“…Cluster analysis was carried out to dichotomize the negative impact into greater and lesser impact. The chi-square test and Poisson regression were performed (p<0.05) to verify associations between quality of life and MIH, adjusted for confounding variables. …”
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Potencijali sive vode za navodnjavanje urbanog zelenila: osvrt na stanje u Republici Srbiji by Bojana Dabić, Emina Mladenović, Jasna Grabić

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Factors influencing the unexpected measles outbreak of 2023 in Colombo, Sri Lanka by Kasunee Kalubowila, Chandana Gajanayake

“…Of the confirmed cases, 80 (70.8%) were confirmed through blood, throat, or nasal swab testing, 33 (29.2%) were clinically confirmed, and 2 (1.8%) were confirmed based on epidemiological criteria. …”
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Chinese Economic Diplomacy before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic by E. I. Safronova

“…The international crisis provoked by SARS-CoV-2 pandemic became a moment of truth and a stress test for the new foreign policy system of the PRC. …”
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