Forecasting Precipitation Using a Markov Chain Model in the Coastal Region in Bangladesh by Al Mamun Pranto, Usama Ibn Aziz, Lipon Chandra Das, Sanjib Ghosh and Anisul Islam

“…To create a robust Markov chain model with four distinct precipitation states and provide insight into the transition probabilities between these states, the study integrates historical rainfall data spanning nearly three decades (1994–2023). The stationary test statistic (χ²) was computed for a selected number of coastal stations, and transition probabilities between distinct rainfall states were predicted using this historical data. …”
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Barriers to dental providers’ use of a clinical decision support tool for pain management following tooth extractions by Shannon Gwin Mitchell, Jan Gryczynski, Donald C. Worley, Stephen E. Asche, Anjali R. Truitt, D. Brad Rindal

“…Background De-implementing non-effective or even harmful practices in healthcare is sometimes necessary, as has been the case with opioid prescribing in dentistry over the past decade. One approach to practice transformation is to deploy clinical decision support (CDS) tools. …”
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Non-invasive prenatal testing in mitigating concerns from invasive prenatal diagnostic testing: retrospective assessment of utility in an academic healthcare system in the US by Kibum Kim, Linda Kaitlyn Craft

“…Clinical characteristics indicating low socioeconomic status and limited healthcare coverage are associated with less use of NIPT and lower clinical utility.Conclusion Although prenatal care accepted NIPT over the last decade, the utility of NIPT in mitigating concerns on IPD is unclear and needs further investigation. …”
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Land Use/Land Cover Change and Its Driving Forces in Shenkolla Watershed, South Central Ethiopia by Belayneh Bufebo, Eyasu Elias

“…The results disclosed that Shenkolla watershed has changed significantly during the past 4 decades between 1973 and 2017. This observed change indicates a reduction in forest land and an increase in agricultural land. …”
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The U.S.-Turkey ‘Model Partnership’: Testing the Limits (2009–2010) by A. I. Aliyeva

“…The United States and Turkey have been bound by strong ties of strategic partnership for decades since the dawn of the Cold War. However, the relationship between two NATO allies have become quite strained over the recent years. …”
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Maternal HIV and syphilis are not syndemic in Brazil: Hot spot analysis of the two epidemics. by Mary Catherine Cambou, Eduardo Saad, Kaitlyn McBride, Trevon Fuller, Emma Swayze, Karin Nielsen-Saines

“…While the annual incidence of HIV diagnosis in pregnancy in Brazil remains relatively stable, rates of maternal syphilis increased over six-fold in the past decade. We hypothesized that maternal HIV and syphilis are two distinct epidemics. …”
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E-Commerce Fraud Detection Based on Machine Learning Techniques: Systematic Literature Review by Abed Mutemi, Fernando Bacao

“…Our paper examines the research on these techniques as published in the past decade. Employing the PRISMA approach, we conducted a content analysis of 101 publications, identifying research gaps, recent techniques, and highlighting the increasing utilization of artificial neural networks in fraud detection within the industry.…”
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Russia and the West: Contradictory Dialogue by T. V. Zonova, A. Giannotti

“…The authors pay special attention to the events of recent decades that have posed new threats and challenges. …”
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Romantic pre-wedding tourism: a lucrative market for a destination’s tourism development? The example of the Dalat climatic resort in Vietnam by Anh Thư Lê

“…In addition, over the past decade, these ceremonies have often been preceded by a pre-wedding trip and perpetuated by the creation of a photo album. …”
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Role of Nanofibers in Encapsulation of the Whole Cell by Sudarshan Sahu, Avinash Sharma, Soham Mukherjee, Deepak Kumar, Fatih Sen, Rupak Nagraik, Avvaru Praveen Kumar

“…The evolution in electrospinning technique over the past few decades has become promising. New ideas have been generated to enhance the techniques and improve the overall applications and properties of nanofibers. …”
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Saudi dental postgraduate education (2013–2023): demographic shifts and potential employment challenges by Hussam M. Alqahtani, Layan Z. Alqahtani, Nouf H. Almutairi

“…Abstract Background Dentistry is essential for oral health, focusing on the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of oral diseases. In recent decades, Saudi Arabia has expanded its dental education system, adding new dental schools and postgraduate programs to meet the growing demand for professionals. …”
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Statistical Analysis of Medium‐Scale Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances Over Japan Based on Deep Learning Instance Segmentation by Peng Liu, Tatsuhiro Yokoyama, Weizheng Fu, Mamoru Yamamoto

“…With the development of artificial intelligence in recent years, deep learning approach is expecting to clarify the controversy of MSTID external dependence (season and solar/geomagnetic activity) under debating for decades. Therefore, this research proposes a real‐time processing algorithm for dTEC maps based on Mask Region‐Convolutional Neural Network (R‐CNN) model of deep learning instance segmentation to detect wavelike perturbations intelligently with an accuracy of about 80% and a processing speed of about 8 fps. …”
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ECONOMIC FUTURE OF GLOBALIZATION by A. G. Oleynov

“…The article analyzes the perspectives of globalization from theoretical premises of international economics and international political economy. For decades globalization has been looking like a non-alternative direction of economic development of the world. …”
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Improving the predictive capability of Framingham Risk Score for the risk of myocardial infarction based on coronary artery calcium score in healthy Singaporeans by Ching Yee Ivory Yeo, John Carson Jr Allen, Weiting Huang, Wei Ying Tan, Siew Ching Kong, Khung Keong Yeo

“…However, its most recent recalibration was more than a decade ago. Recent changes in patient demographics and risk factors have undermined the accuracy of SG FRS, and the rising popularity of wearable health metrics has led to new data types with the potential to improve risk prediction. …”
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Long‐Term Demographic Trends of Near Threatened Coastal Dolphins Living in an Urban Estuary by Kennadie Haigh, Guido J. Parra, Luciana Möller, Aude Steiner, Mike Bossley

“…Trend analysis suggests an increase in dolphin abundance from 1993 and persistence of the population over decades despite significant urbanisation, although numbers have declined in more recent years. …”
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A Critique of “Prehistoric Mesopotamia” by rahmat abbasnejadseresti

“…The lack of analysis of archaeological data and the lack of critique of the Mesopotamian prehistoric theories are the most important book flaws.The periodization of the Neolithic period has not taken place in a specific framework; therefore, the reader of the book can hardly grasp the exact understanding of the Neolithic periods and their evolution whereas the Epi-Palaeolithic, Proto-Neolithic and Neolithic periods of the Levant and Mesopotamian regions were precisely categorized since 1990 decade. Archaeological theories of prehistoric cultures of the Mesopotamian lands have also not been criticized in the book. …”
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General principles of law formed within the international legal system: Foggy or forgotten concept? by Đorđević-Aleksovski Sanja

“…The UN International Law Commission (ILC) has been codifying various sources of international law for decades. Thus far, its activities on the codification of general principles of law have resulted in three reports from the Special Rapporteur, where two categories of general principles of law have been identified in light of their different origins. …”
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Update on Low-Molecular Weight Hyaluronic Acid in Dermatology: A Scoping Review by Stephanie Waggett, Elliott Lyles, Todd Schlesinger

“…Basic scientists and dermatologists have achieved substantial progress over the past two decades, and several applications of LMW-HA in dermatology were identified. …”
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Use of Healthcare Claims Data to Generate Real-World Evidence on Patients With Drug-Resistant Epilepsy: Practical Considerations for Research by Nicole Stamas, Tom Vincent, Kathryn Evans, Qian Li, Vanessa Danielson, Reginald Lassagne, Ariel Berger

“…**Methods:** We drew upon our collective decades of experience in RWE generation and relevant disciplines (epidemiology, health economics, and biostatistics) to describe challenges inherent to this therapeutic area and to provide potential solutions thereto within healthcare claims databases. …”
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An Enhanced Slime Mould Algorithm and Its Application for Digital IIR Filter Design by Xiaodan Liang, Dong Wu, Yang Liu, Maowei He, Liling Sun

“…In the past few decades, metaheuristic algorithms (MA) have been developed tremendously and have been successfully applied in many fields. …”
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