Common agricultural weeds among alien invasive plants in China: Species lists and their practical managing strategies by Zeyue Huang, Min Lin, Guoqi Chen

“…Next, effective risk assessing models targeting to different sorts of arable lands or plantations are urgently needed; as well, effective, feasible and sustainable integrated management strategies against troublesome CAAWs should be developed and applied.…”
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How many trees to see the forest? Assessing the effects of morphospace coverage and sample size in performance surface analysis by Stephanie M. Smith, C. Tristan Stayton, Kenneth D. Angielczyk

“…Our findings demonstrate the viability of using performance surfaces to understand the evolution of complex morphologies for which theoretical shape modelling is difficult or computationally burdensome. …”
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The winding road to health: A systematic scoping review on the effect of geographical accessibility to health care on infectious diseases in low- and middle-income countries. by Fleur Hierink, Emelda A Okiro, Antoine Flahault, Nicolas Ray

“…Our results highlight the need for increasing integration of geographical accessibility measures in disease risk modelling, allowing more realistic disease estimates and enhancing our understanding of true disease burden. …”
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The impact of chronic disease diagnoses on smoking behavior change and maintenance: Evidence from China by Xinxin Chi, Xihua Liu, Cong Li, Wen Jiao

“…CS-DID was run using the study sample from the 2011 to 2018 waves of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study, comparing results with traditional two-way fixed effects and event-study models. Results The average treatment effect (ATT) of CS-DID is slightly greater than the effects reported using conventional difference-in-difference methods. …”
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The Managers' Perceptions of Telework Implementation Requirements in the Algerian Companies: A Post Covid-19 Assessment by Riad BENGHEBRID

“…Theoretical Implications: The study provides practical insights for the central role of information and communication technologies (ICT) in business continuity during crises, such as the COVID-19, after opening the way for the emergence of new management models such as telework, which gives the user the ability to perform his tasks fully or partially, from locations different from the usual the workplace. …”
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NLRP3 is a BMI-independent mediator of stable COPD by Yonca Gungor, Selin Ercan, Saliha Selin Özuygur Ermiş, Yiğit Kozalı, Gizem Kursunluoglu, Ceyda Sahan, Aylin Ozgen Alpaydin, Hulya Ayar Kayali

“…Abstract Purpose The inflammatory response in animal models of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is activated by the NLR-family-pyrin-domain-containing-3 (NLRP3) inflammasome pathway, which is also known to play a role in obesity-related inflammation. …”
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Tooth wear and tertiary crowding: a 13-year cohort study in Amazon Indigenous populations by Renata Travassos da Rosa Moreira Bastos, Eduardo Oliveira da Costa, David Normando

“…The anterior crowding was measured using Little’s Irregularity Index (LI) and modeled through a multilevel linear regression with the predictor variables: village, tooth wear (T1-T0), age (T0), tooth loss (T1-T0), changes in intercanine width (T1-T0) and changes in arch perimeter (T1-T0). …”
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The significance of the immunohistochemical method in diagnosing atypical endometrial polyps as manifestations of localized hyperplasia by O.V. Poslavska, D.A. Khaskhachykh, I.S. Shponka, V.O. Potapov

“…Additional studies are needed to develop more reliable risk stratification models.…”
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Postnatal cytomegalovirus infection and its effect on hearing and neurodevelopmental outcomes among infants aged 3-10 months: A cohort study in Eastern Uganda. by Noela Regina Akwi Okalany, David Mukunya, Peter Olupot-Olupot, Martin Chebet, Francis Okello, Andrew D Weeks, Fred Bisso, Thorkild Tylleskär, Kathy Burgoine, Ingunn Marie Stadskleiv Engebretsen

“…Statistical analyses were performed using descriptive statistics, chi-square tests and log binomial regression models with Stata 18.<h4>Results</h4>Of the 424 infants included in the study, 206 were postnatal CMV-infected and 218 were uninfected. …”
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Comparison of Approaches for Stroke Prophylaxis in Patients with Non-Valvular Atrial Fibrillation: Network Meta-Analyses of Randomized Controlled Trials. by Navkaranbir S Bajaj, Rajat Kalra, Nirav Patel, Taimoor Hashim, Hemant Godara, Sameer Ather, Garima Arora, Tilak Pasala, Thomas T Whitfield, David C McGiffin, Mustafa I Ahmed, Steven G Lloyd, Nita A Limdi, Pankaj Arora

“…Network meta-analyses were conducted using consistency and inconsistency models for efficacy and safety outcomes. Surface under the cumulative ranking curve were then utilized to cluster rank these treatments for safety and efficacy.…”
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Examining associations between oral cancer mortality and economic development of 13 European countries: an ecological and correlational study by Klára Boruzs, Eszter Barbara Bán, Viktor Dombrádi, Gábor Bányai, Gergő József Szőllősi, Klára Bíró

“…Methods Aggregated data were collected from the European Health for All (HFA-DB) database until 2019 and analysed using second degree polynomial functions and correlation analyses, followed by time-series analysis involving vector autoregressive models. Results We found that in 10 of the 13 surveyed countries, the age-standardized death rate of oral cancer initially increased with GDP growth and then showed a downward trend above a certain level of economic development. …”
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A comparison of kinesiophobia, pain-activity patterns and fear-avoidance beliefs in patients with chronic low back pain by Egemen Kızılay, Fatma Kızılay, Betül Ergün

“…According to fear - avoidance models, kinesiophobia is related to pain severity and disability. …”
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Long-term sickness absence trajectories and associated occupational and lifestyle-related factors: a longitudinal study among young and early midlife Finnish employees with pain by Karen Walker-Bone, Tea Lallukka, Ossi Rahkonen, Rahman Shiri, Pi Fagerlund

“…Group-based trajectory modelling was used to identify distinct all-cause LTSA trajectories. …”
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Area deprivation and premature cardiovascular mortality: a nationwide population-based study in South Korea by Hyeon Chang Kim, Hokyou Lee, Eunji Kim, Donald Lloyd-Jones, Young Gyu Ko, Byoung Gwon Kim

“…Municipalities were categorised by urbanicity, and adjustments for the number of hospitals and geographical area size were made using log-linear regression models.Results The most deprived municipalities showed 41.6% excess mortality for CVD, 30.3% for ischaemic heart diseases, 60.7% for other heart diseases and 36.9% for cerebrovascular diseases compared with the least deprived municipalities. …”
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PEDAGOGICAL CONDITIONS FOR THE FORMATION OF AN EFFECTIVE INFORMATION AND LEARNING ENVIRONMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS by Valerii Yu.  Habrusiev, Hryhorii V. Tereshchuk, Alla V. Stepanyuk, Tetiana M. Olendr

“…The core idea  is the idea of content modelling based on the combination of key competences of the 21st century «4 С» (critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, communication) with digital competence and the ability to predict the possibilities of developing a modern educational environment in the future. …”
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Une étude des discours et des actions d’aide de six professeurs des écoles auprès d’élèves « peu performants » en mathématiques by Marie Toullec-Théry

“…Dans cette recherche, nous nous appuyons sur des cadres théoriques développés par la didactique des mathématiques (Brousseau, 1998), par le modèle de l’action du professeur (Sensevy, Mercier, Schubauer-Léoni, 2000), pour repérer et analyser les finalités et contraintes de chaque professeur dans la spécificité de la situation d’enseignement présentée, son fonctionnement et ses effets. …”
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Trends in Glycemia between 2002 and 2016 among Incident Youth Cohorts Early in the Course of Type 1 Diabetes: The SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study by Daria Igudesman, Beth A. Reboussin, Katherine J. Souris, Catherine Pihoker, Lawrence Dolan, Jean M. Lawrence, Sharon Saydah, Dana Dabelea, Santica Marcovina, Noémie Clouet-Foraison, Faisal S. Malik, Elizabeth J. Mayer-Davis

“…Weighted and adjusted regression models were applied to data from the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth study to analyze trends in hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), suboptimal glycemia (HbA1c>9% or not), and insulin pump use among youth with T1D within 30 months of diagnosis. …”
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Firm, yet flexible: a fidelity debate paper with two case examples by Bianca Albers, Lotte Verweij, Kathrin Blum, Saskia Oesch, Marie-Therese Schultes, Lauren Clack, Rahel Naef

“…Researchers should make these decisions transparent using theory or logic models. Second, because fidelity is context-dependent and applies to both interventions and implementation strategies, researchers must rethink fidelity concepts with every study while balancing firmness and flexibility. …”
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Risk Factors for Prolonged Length of Stay of Older Patients in an Academic Emergency Department: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Özcan Sir, Gijs Hesselink, Mara Van Den Bogaert, Reinier P. Akkermans, Yvonne Schoon

“…Associations with a p < 0.05 were inserted in multivariable logistic regression models. We analyzed 1048 men (52%) and 952 women (48%) with a mean age of 78 ± 6.2 years. …”
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Analysis of the Synergistic Effect of Endophytic Bacteria and Metabolites on Yield in Soybean Roots Under Biochar with Nitrogen Fertilization by Hui Liu, Wanyu Dou, Wenlong Zhang, Yutao Li, Guoxin Shi, Lifang Fu, Lihong Wang

“…Structural equation modeling indicates that both endophytic bacteria and metabolites have a significant positive impact on yield. …”
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