Exploring machine learning algorithms for predicting fertility preferences among reproductive age women in Nigeria by Zinabu Bekele Tadese, Teshome Demis Nimani, Kusse Urmale Mare, Fetlework Gubena, Ismail Garba Wali, Jamilu Sani

“…The woman's occupation, education, and marital status had a lower impact.ConclusionThis study highlights the potential of machine learning for analyzing complex demographic data, revealing hidden factors associated with fertility preferences among Nigerian women. …”
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Evaluation of the vibration state and determination of the stress-strain state of the trash-rack structure of the hydroelectric power plants by A. S. Antonov, N. P. Karablin, K. Ju. Baud, I. V. Baklykov

“…Computational studies were carried out in the universal industrial software complex ANSYS Mechanical and ANSYS CFX.Results. The survey revealed the presence of systematically occurring cracks in the load-bearing frame, the mismatch of the position of the struts to the design. …”
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improving Pain mAnagement for childreN and young people attendeD by Ambulance (PANDA): protocol for a realist review. [version 3; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservati... by Paul Leighton, Georgette Eaton, Georgie Nicholls, Kacper Sumera, Marishona Ortega, Jessica Hodgson, Michael Baliousis, Aloysius Niroshan Siriwardena, Despina Laparidou, Bill Lord, Sarah Redsell, Gregory Adam Whitley, Tatiana Bujor

“…Approximately 20% of these suffer acute pain caused by illness or injury. Pain is a highly complex sensory and emotional experience. The intersection between acute pain, unwell CYP and the unpredictable pre-hospital environment is convoluted. …”
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Simulating the ENSO impact on the distribution and fate of floating litter particles in the Northern South China Sea by Ke Pang, Ke Pang, Ke Pang, Yang Feng, Yang Feng, Yang Feng, Youchang Zheng, Youchang Zheng, Youchang Zheng, Chao Fang, Xiangrong Xu, Xiangrong Xu

“…However, the transport of floating litter after release is difficult to predict due to the complex hydrodynamic conditions caused by the climate variability. …”
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Impact of introducing transnasal endoscopy on expanding diagnostic endoscopy services by Nigel Trudgill, Hasan Haboubi, Jeff Turner, Laura Munglani, Tom Crosby, Ben Thomas Crosby, Karen Wright, Kay Charles, Wendy Evans, Megan Mathias, Stevie Davies, Badr Abdalla

“…TNE was identified as having a key role in facilitating complex cases, previously failed via the TOE route with a success rate in 11/12 (91.7%) of such cases. …”
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Evaluation of the dynamics of fattening of lactating cows of the newly created Ukrainian red dairy breed by Liliya Roman, Olena Bezaltychna, Serhiy Vyrvykyshka, Artem Iovenko, Tetyana Pushkar

“…Based on an industrial dairy complex-reproducer for breeding cattle of the Ukrainian red dairy breed, a scientific and industrial study was conducted to assess the dynamics of fattening of lactating cows (n=391) using a modified eye-measured scoring scale and an innovative methodological Model Cow approach to comparing the findings with the visualisation. …”
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Evaluation of exo-long noncoding RNA MALAT1 in OSCC in comparison to dysplastic and normal: A cross-sectional study by Ramya Sekar, Selvaraj Jayaraman, VishnuPriya Veeraraghavan, Kalaiselvi Krishnamoorthy, Shubhra Chauhan Aramanai, Sathan Raj Natarajan

“…Conclusion: MALAT1 stands out as a key player in the complex landscape of OSCC pathogenesis, impacting tumorigenesis, metastasis, and treatment outcomes through multifaceted molecular mechanisms. …”
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The role of oxidized non-coding RNAs of the epigenome in the development of human diseases (literature review) by S.S. Ostrovska, Ye.N. Dychko, T.Ye. Shumna, G.I. Titov, O.S. Trushenko, P.G. Gerasymchuk, I.Y. Burega

“…The results of the study showed that cadmium manifests its toxicity by oxidizing micro RNAs and long RNAs that regulate gene expression without changing DNA/histone complexes. It has been shown that epigenetic disorders under the influence of cadmium-induced oxidative stress can be transmitted to offspring without changing the genotype, and these aberrant changes in non-coding RNA expression patterns are associated with aging, cancer, neurodegenerative, cardiovascular diseases, etc. …”
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Retrieval of Vegetation Indices and Vegetation Fraction in Highly Compact Urban Areas: A 3D Radiative Transfer Approach by Wenya Xue, Liping Feng, Jinxin Yang, Yong Xu, Hung Chak Ho, Renbo Luo, Massimo Menenti, Man Sing Wong

“…However, estimating the vegetation abundance in urban scenes using the NDVI has constraints due to the complex spectral signature related to the urban structure, materials and other factors compared to natural ground surfaces. …”
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Reinnervation of Free Nipple Grafts Associated With Improved Erection Function by Katya Remy, MD, Seth E. Fruge, MD, Ian L. McCulloch, MD, Kristyn Vicente, BA, Makayla Kochheiser, BA, Katherine H. Carruthers, MD, William G. Austen, Jr, MD, Lisa Gfrerer, MD, PhD, Ian L. Valerio, MD

“…This study aimed to evaluate the effect of nerve preservation and reconstruction with targeted nipple–areola complex reinnervation (TNR) on NE following gender-affirming mastectomy with free nipple grafting. …”
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Effect of ISPAD Anaerobic Digestion on Ammonia Volatilization from Soil Applied Swine Manure by Susan King, Michael Schwalb, David Giard, Joann Whalen, Suzelle Barrington

“…Lower volatile solids content improving manure infiltration into the soil and a more complex ionic solution explain the effect of the ISPAD manure advantages. …”
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High clinical utility of long-read sequencing for precise diagnosis of congenital adrenal hyperplasia in 322 probands by Yunpeng Wang, Gaohui Zhu, Danhua Li, Yu Pan, Rong Li, Ting Zhou, Aiping Mao, Libao Chen, Jing Zhu, Min Zhu

“…The clinical utility of L-LRS could help to provide precision therapy to CAH patients, advance the life-long management of this complex disease and promote our understanding of CAH.…”
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The multi-omics signatures of telomere length in childhood by Congrong Wang, Dries S. Martens, Mariona Bustamante, Rossella Alfano, Michelle Plusquin, Lea Maitre, John Wright, Rosemary R. C. McEachan, Johanna Lepeule, Remy Slama, Marina Vafeiadi, Leda Chatzi, Regina Grazuleviciene, Kristine B. Gutzkow, Hector Keun, Eva Borràs, Eduard Sabidó, Angel Carracedo, Georgia Escarami, Augusto Anguita-Ruiz, Dolors Pelegrí-Sisó, Juan R. Gonzalez, Martine Vrijheid, Tim S. Nawrot

“…Abstract Background Telomere length is an important indicator of biological age and a complex multi-factor trait. To date, the telomere interactome for comprehending the high-dimensional biological aspects linked to telomere regulation during childhood remains unexplored. …”
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MP-LLAVRec: an agricultural product recommendation algorithm based on LLAVA and user modal preference by Peishan Li, Peishan Li, Peishan Li, Lutao Gao, Lutao Gao, Lutao Gao, Lilian Zhang, Lilian Zhang, Lilian Zhang, Lin Peng, Lin Peng, Lin Peng, Chunhui Bai, Chunhui Bai, Chunhui Bai, Linnan Yang, Linnan Yang, Linnan Yang

“…It consisted of three main components: (1) LLAVA data enhancement, which introduced a multimodal macromodel to improve the understanding of node attributes; (2) agricultural product association relationship fusion, which constructed and improved the complex association network structure among products to ensure that the system can better understand the substitution relationship, complementary relationship, and implied consumption logic among products; (3) user modal preference feature extraction block, which deeply mined the interaction data between consumers and products, and advanced the effective user feature information from the correspondence between global user representations and local modal user representations.Results and DiscussionWe conduct experiments on a real dataset from Amazon's large-scale e-commerce platform to verify the effectiveness of MP-LLAVRec. …”
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Genome-wide association analysis of key genes for feed efficiency in Qingyuan Partridge chickens by Fei Ye, Hongwei Jie, Jiankang Gan, Kunyu Liu, Zhengfen Zhang, Hai Xiang, Wei Liu, Qiong Yin, Siyu Chen, Hui Yu, Hua Li

“…Quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) analysis showed that the expression levels of four genes—exocyst complex component 4(EXOC4), fibrosin like 1(FBRSL1), methionine adenosyltransferase 2 non-catalytic beta subunit (MAT2B), and cytidine/uridine monophosphate kinase 1(CMPK1)—related to significant SNPs exhibited significant differences in the liver tissues of high residual feed intake group compared with low residual feed intake group. …”
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Infections, autoimmunity and immunodeficiencies are the leading etiologies of non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis in adults from the southwest of Colombia. by Andrés F. Zea-Vera, Carlos Andrés Rodríguez, Sebastián Giraldo, Mario Alejandro Chacón, Luis Fernando Guerrero, Ricardo Mosquera, Raúl Andrés Vallejo, Fabio Samir Vargas, María Andrea García, María A. Rengifo, Anilza Bonelo, Maximiliano Parra

“…Non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis is a complex medical condition with multiple etiologies, characterized by chronic productive cough and radiologic evidence of airway lumen dilation and wall thickening. …”
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Neuronal Transdifferentiation Potential of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells from Neonatal and Adult Sources by a Small Molecule Cocktail by Lorena V. Cortés-Medina, Herminia Pasantes-Morales, Alejandro Aguilera-Castrejon, Arturo Picones, Cesar O. Lara-Figueroa, Enoch Luis, Juan Jose Montesinos, Victor A. Cortés-Morales, M. P. De la Rosa Ruiz, Erika Hernández-Estévez, Laura C. Bonifaz, Marco Antonio Alvarez-Perez, Gerardo Ramos-Mandujano

“…The addition of neurotrophic factors to the ICFRYA cocktail significantly increased the number of cells with complex neuron-like morphology and increased the number of cells positive for mature neuronal markers in BM- and UCB-MSCs. …”
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Correlation Between <i>Cryptococcus</i> Infection and the Nasal Mycobiota in a Population of Free-Ranging Koalas (<i>Phascolarctos cinereus</i>) in New South Wales, Australia by Andrew S. McPherson, Sophie L. Haworth, Alex Kan, Luisa Monteiro de Miranda, Mark B. Krockenberger

“…Cryptococcosis is a fungal disease in humans and animals, caused by the <i>Cryptococcus neoformans</i> and <i>Cryptococcus gattii</i> species complexes. Clinical cryptococcosis primarily manifests as upper respiratory tract disease; however, dissemination to other organs, particularly the brain, can occur. …”
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Managerial thinking in neonatal care: a qualitative study of place of care decision-making for preterm babies born at 27–31 weeks gestation in England by Neena Modi, Elizabeth S Draper, Miaoqing Yang, Sarah E Seaton, Kelvin Dawson, Vasiliki Bountziouka, Oliver Rivero-Arias, Thillagavathie Pillay, Natalie Armstrong, Alexis Paton, Elaine Boyle, Victor L Banda, Caroline Cupit, Bradley Manktelow, Abdul Qader T Ismail

“…Two were neonatal intensive care units and four were local neonatal units.Participants Clinical staff (n=15) working in neonatal units, and people present in neonatal units during periods of observation.Results In the context of real-world neonatal practice, with multiple (and rapidly-evolving) uncertainties relating to mothers, babies and unit/network capacity, ‘best place of care’ protocols were only one element of much more complex decision-making processes. Staff often made judgements from a less-than-ideal starting point, and were forced to respond to evolving clinical and organisational factors. …”
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Immune microenvironment spatial landscapes of tertiary lymphoid structures in gastric cancer by Yi Xie, Haoxin Peng, Yajie Hu, Keren Jia, Jiajia Yuan, Dan Liu, Yanyan Li, Xujiao Feng, Jian Li, Xiaotian Zhang, Yu Sun, Lin Shen, Yang Chen

“…However, understanding the complex and diverse immune microenvironment within TLS requires comprehensive analysis. …”
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