Revamping field practicum: insights for future health services management professionals by Fatemeh Mohabati, Marzieh Arefi, Seyed Pouria Hedayati

“…The findings indicate that both students and internship supervisors generally rated the program positively (Mean > 4.5), although areas for improvement are highlighted, particularly in aspects of process and product. …”
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Understanding Local Perspectives on Climate Change and Its Impacts on Small-Scale Fishing Communities in Honda Bay, Palawan, Philippines by Jesusito Vicente, Niño Jess Mar Mecha, Jean Beth Jontila

“…Most of them (65%) finished elementary and generally (94%) rely on fishing for main source of living. …”
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Determination of Hydraulic Properties of a Large Self-Propped Hydraulic Fracture in the Geothermal Research Borehole Horstberg Z1 in the Northwest German Basin by Reinhard Jung, Alireza Hassanzadegan, Torsten Tischner

“…The results obtained in borehole Horstberg Z1 are promising but more in-situ experiments in various rock formations and different stress regimes are necessary to generalize the results.…”
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Self-reported illnesses in Thatta: Evidence from a rural and underdeveloped district in Sindh province, Pakistan. by Muhammad Ashar Malik, Rahat Batool, Muhammad Ahmed, Imran Naeem Abbasi, Zafar Ahmed Fatmi, Sarah Saleem, Sameen Siddiqui

“…The influence of important socio-demographic covariates on the illnesses and multiple comorbidities was explored by estimating prevalence ratios with a Generalized Linear Model of the Poisson family and by Zero-Inflated Poison Distribution respectively.…”
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A Fourfold Bi-Filter and Permuted Bi-Quad-Wrapper Feature Selection Method for Finding Optimal Moments of Multi-Trajectory Transient Records in Transient Analysis by Seyed Alireza Bashiri Mosavi, Omid Khalaf Beigi

“…Due to kernel-based learning necessity in NTES, embedding the radial basis function (RBF), dynamic time warping (DTW), and polynomial (POL) kernels into dual HCs is on the agenda. Generally, wrapper stages include <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${ }_{TWSVM}^{SVM} \textrm {IWSS}_{RBF/\,POL}^{RBF/\,DTW\,} $ </tex-math></inline-formula> and <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${ }_{TWSVM}^{SVM} \textrm {IWSSr}_{RBF/\,POL}^{RBF/\,DTW\,}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> in a 24-way permutation. …”
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Age effects on measurements of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activation in laying hens by Meagan E. Abraham, Priscila Serpa, Gregory S. Fraley, Darrin M. Karcher

“…However, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPA) activation through either exogenous glucocorticoid or adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) administration in birds generally results in increased circulating glucocorticoid levels, often associated with stress. …”
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Solar Irradiance Ramp Classification Using the IBEDI (Irradiance-Based Extreme Day Identification) Method by Llinet Benavides Cesar, Oscar Perpiñán-Lamigueiro

“…The strength of the proposed method relies on that it allows its generalization to any dataset. We assessed it on three datasets from distinct geographic regions—Oregon (northwestern United States), Hawaii (central Pacific Ocean), and Portugal (southwestern Europe)—each with varying temporal resolutions of five seconds, ten seconds, and one minute. …”
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Efficacy and safety of anticoagulants on venous thromboembolism: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by Weijie Fu, Maolin Zhao, Sheng Ding, Mei Xin, Ke Yang, Li Jiang, Fan Wu, Xiaochen Wu, Jian Wang, Jie Chen, Feng Gao, Siyi He

“…Network meta-analyses were performed based on Bayesian generalized linear models, and a frequentist framework with multivariate random effects was used to fit the model.ResultsIn terms of treatment, 58 trials with 119,417 patients proved eligible, while 125 trials with 225,414 patients were included in terms of prevention. …”
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Legal aspects of functional security standardisation of the Internet of Things by P. S. Klimushyn, V. Ye. Roh, T. P. Kolisnyk

“…An aspect model of IoT interoperability has been presented and examples of its application in terms of interrelated components (transport, syntactic, semantic, behavioural, and policy aspects) have been given. An assessment of generally accepted practices and risks of creating regulatory documents (standards, instructions, methodological materials) in the field of functional security of the Internet of Things has been carried out. …”
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Consumer attitudes and behavior towards organic products: Evidence from the Lithuanian market by Lina Pilelienė, Vilma Tamulienė

“…Methodology: Previous scientific works are analyzed and generalized in order to provide scientific substantiation for the research. …”
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Beyond averages: dissecting urban-rural disparities in skilled antenatal care utilization in Bangladesh - a conway-maxwell-poisson regression analysis by Md. Muddasir Hossain Akib, Farzana Afroz, Bikash Pal

“…We have applied the Conway-Maxwell-Poisson regression model (CMPRM) to deal with the overdispersion in skilled ANC count data, as this model shows the least AIC compared to the classical negative-binomial regression model (NBRM) and the generalized Poisson regression model (GPRM). Results Significant disparity (p-value < 0.001) has been observed in the mean number of SANC taken by rural (3.17) and urban (4.52) women. …”
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Effects of Furrow Corn Straw Mulch on Soil Erosion and Organic Carbon Loss in Sloping Farmland in the Black Soil Region by Haiou Shen, Hongli Li, Hang Liu, Jialong Wu, Chunli Li, Yushi Liang

“…Furthermore, the ratios of <0.053 mm sediment increased but the ratios of >0.25 mm sediment generally decreased. The mean organic carbon concentration both in runoff and sediment decreased in the following order: II > III > I > T1 > T2. …”
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METHODOLOGY OF PROFESSIONAL PEDAGOGICAL EDUCATION: THEORY AND PRACTICE (THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF VOCATIONAL TEACHER EDUCATION) by E. M. Dorozhkin, E. F. Zeer

“…The fundamental position of A. M. Novikov on the generality of theresearch (scientific) and practical activity methodology has become the theoretical platform of the present study. …”
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Study on Intelligent Classing of Public Welfare Forestland in Kunyu City by Meng Sha, Hua Yang, Jianwei Wu, Jianning Qi

“…A comprehensive comparison under different optimization techniques revealed significant improvements in classification accuracy and generalization ability over manual classification systems. …”
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Alteraciones en estudiantes y profesionales zurdos de la Estomatología debido a la lateralidad forzada by Ana Belkys Hernández Millán, Félix A. Companioni Landin, Nibaldo Hernández Mesa, Diosky Ferrer Vilches, Miguel Damián Pérez Morales

“…Entre las alteraciones se encontraron el dolor muscular (69,38 %) principalmente en la mano, región cervical y espalda, de ellos, 51,02 % son Estomatólogos Generales Integrales. Los dolores aumentaron con los años de trabajo, además de sentimientos de inseguridad (79,60 %), ansiedad (89,80 %), y miedo (91,84 %). …”
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Improvements of Decision Support Systems for Public Administrations via a Mechanism of Co-creation of Value by Tindara Abbate, Clara Bassano, Giuseppe D’Aniello, Sergio Miranda, Mirko Perano, Paolo Piciocchi, Luigi Rarità

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Automatic Classification of Difficulty of Texts From Eye Gaze and Physiological Measures of L2 English Speakers by Javier Melo, Leigh Fernandez, Shoya Ishimaru

“…The results showed acceptable levels of generalization to new participants (<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$Acc_{LoPo} = 0.434$ </tex-math></inline-formula>) and documents (<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$Acc_{LoDo} = 0.521$ </tex-math></inline-formula>). …”
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‘Customary’ use of stick tools by chimpanzees in Bulindi, Uganda: update and analysis of digging techniques from behavioural observations by Matthew R. McLennan, Jacqueline Rohen, Zoe Satsias, Tom Sabiiti, John-Mary Baruzaliire, Marie Cibot

“…Compared to other geographical regions, chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) in mid-western Uganda generally have small toolkits, with one long-term study group – the Sonso community in Budongo Forest – exhibiting no foraging stick use whatsoever. …”
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Embryo Density and Its Neutrality in Day-3 Embryo Development: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Cheng Shi, Tie Cheng Sun, Shi Hui Meng, Ping Wang, Rong Liang, Sheng Nan Duan, Hong Jing Han, Ya Nan Liu, Huan Shen, Xi Chen

“…The primary outcomes were cleaving speed, quality, and proportion of successful implantations. The generalized estimate equation (GEE) model was used both in the univariate analysis and multivariable logistic regression analyses to investigate the relationship between embryo density and embryo-developmental outcomes. …”
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Growth and Performance of Baby Spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) Grown under Different Organic Fertilizers by C. Parwada, V. Chigiya, W. Ngezimana, J. Chipomho

“…There were varied effects of organic manures on growth performance at 14 to 28 DAS where poultry manure had higher growth performance compared to cattle and goat manure. Generally, there was a significant p<0.05 gradual increase in growth from 14 to 35 DAS on the organic manures and a decline from day 28 to 35 DAS under compound D. …”
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