Effect of variation in gridded cattle diet composition on estimated enteric methane emissions in data sparse tropical regions by J.Y. Mutua, A.J. Duncan, T.P. Robinson, S. Fraval, A.M.O. Notenbaert, G.R. Watmough

“…It is crucial to revise default values for production systems to improve results from livestock emission models, thus informing better national-level strategies for emission reduction.…”
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20(S)-Ginsenoside Rg3 Protects Kidney from Diabetic Kidney Disease via Renal Inflammation Depression in Diabetic Rats by Tong Zhou, Lin Sun, Shuo Yang, You Lv, Yue Cao, Xiaokun Gang, Guixia Wang

“…In order to detect the protective effect of 20(S)-Rg3 on diabetic kidney disease (DKD), diabetic rat models which were established by administering high-sugar, high-fat diet combined with intraperitoneal injection of streptozotocin (STZ), and age-matched wild-type (WT) rat were given 20(S)-Rg3 for 12 weeks, with three groups: control group (normal adult rats with saline), diabetic group (diabetic rats with saline), and 20(S)-Rg3 treatment group (diabetic rats with 20(S)-Rg3 (10 mg/kg body weight/day)). …”
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Improvement of Fatigue in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis Receiving Tofacitinib: Analyses of a Phase 3 Randomized Controlled Trial by Laure Gossec, Jessica A. Walsh, Raj Sengupta, Andrew G. Bushmakin, Joseph C. Cappelleri, Arne Yndestad, Oluwaseyi Dina, David Cella

“…The rapidity of improvement was assessed by time-to-event analyses (nonparametric Kaplan–Meier models); initial improvement events (i.e., time to first week of FACIT-F improvement) and stable improvement events (i.e., time to first week of FACIT-F improvement, sustained to 16 weeks) were examined. …”
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Resolving ambiguity in natural language for enhancement of aspect-based sentiment analysis of hotel reviews by Asma Nadeem, Malik Muhammad Saad Missen, Mana Saleh Al Reshan, Muhammad Ali Memon, Yousef Asiri, Muhammad Ali Nizamani, Mohammad Alsulami, Asadullah Shaikh

“…The proposed approach resolves the intriguing ambiguities of the words and represents the review data as a complex graph structure, facilitating the modeling of intricate relationships between different aspects. …”
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The Relationship between Mental Workload and Job Satisfaction of Faculty Members with their Educational Performance by Neda Mahdavi, Masoud Shafiee Motlagh2, Zahra Cheraghi, Hossein Jafari Mansoorian, Vajihe Ramazani Doroh, Leili tapak, Maryam Afshari, Amin Doosti-Irani

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An Approach to Refining MODIS LAI Data Using a Fitting Scale Factor Time Series by Junxian Tang, Peijuan Wang, Rui Feng, Yang Li, Qing Li

“…The leaf area index (LAI) serves as a key metric for tracking crop growth and can be integrated into crop models for yield estimation. Although the remote sensing LAI data provide a critical foundation for monitoring crop growth and estimating yields, the existing datasets often exhibit notable errors due to the pixel-level heterogeneity. …”
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Medical honey for canine nasal intertrigo: A randomized, blinded, placebo-controlled, adaptive clinical trial to support antimicrobial stewardship in veterinary dermatology. by Gabrielle Brosseau, Nadia Pagé, Caroline de Jaham, Jérôme R E Del Castillo

“…The fixed effects of time, treatment, and animal-related variables on the pruritus and on each composite score, accounting for random dog effect, were estimated separately with generalized linear mixed models for repeated count outcomes (α = 0.05). The null hypothesis of equal treatment effects was rejected at the first interim analysis. …”
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Global, regional, and national esophageal cancer deaths and DALYs attributable to diet low in vegetables and fruits, 1990–2019: analysis for the global burden of disease study by Bing Cui, Aqin Chen, Chengcheng Xu

“…Temporal trends were assessed using linear regression models, and cluster analysis was employed to explore burden patterns across different GBD regions. …”
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Parameters of the Component Composition of the Body and Their Relationship with the Development of Ascites in Liver Cirrhosis by Yu. O. Zharikov, M. S. Zharkova, A. N. Gadjiakhmedova, A. M. Aliyeva, V. N. Nikolenko, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Evaluation of these components can be used in prognostic models to identify patients with an increased risk of ascites. …”
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Determinants of health seeking behaviour in South Sudan: a cross-sectional household survey by Ilja Obels, Harry Laurence Selby Coleman, Masja Straetemans, Margo van Gurp, George William Lutwama, Eelco Jacobs

“…Univariable and multivariable logistic regression models were computed to explore the relationships between seeking care for perceived health needs and choice of facility, and individual and household characteristics based on an adapted Levesque framework. …”
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Demographic influences on Lithuanian physicians’ attitudes toward medical assistance in dying: a cross-sectional study by Benedikt Bachmetjev, Artur Airapetian, Marija Jakubauskienė, Rolandas Zablockis, Asta Čekanauskaitė

“…Chi-square tests, Fisher’s exact tests, and logistic regression models were made to determine relationships, with significance set at p < 0.05.ResultsThe analysis showed that 61.2% of physicians supported assisted suicide for terminally ill patients, while only 19.1% supported it for patients with drug-resistant mental illness. …”
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Understanding barriers to veterinary involvement in dairy calf health management by Kristen Y. Edwards, Angel Abuelo, Stephen J. LeBlanc, Trevor J. DeVries, Michael A. Steele, Joao H. C. Costa, David L. Renaud

“…Multivariable logistic regression models were used to assess associations between variables and outcomes. …”
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Shaping the future of primary healthcare: Factors influencing medical students’ preference for family medicine specialty in Qatar by Maryam A. Al-Rashid, Muna T Abed Alah, Areej S. Al-Hamad, Michail Nomikos, Marwan F. Abu Hijleh

“…Information sought included sociodemographic characteristics, medical specialty preferences, and the impact of 31 factors on these choices such as interest in dealing with diverse patient issues, and the influence of physician role models among others. Statistical analysis performed using SPSS version 26.0 Descriptive statistics, including frequencies and percentages, were used to summarize participant demographics and medical specialty preferences. …”
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The Effects of Employee Performance Appraisal on the Company Performance Results: The Mediating Role of HRM Outcomes With an Innovative Application of the Efficiency Index by Marzena Stor

“…The Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) was used to verify the research hypotheses and assess the mediating effects. …”
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Sexual and Reproductive Health Services Utilization and Associated Factors among College Students at West Arsi Zone in Oromia Region, Ethiopia by Demelash Wachamo, Yadessa Tegene, Abdisa Tibeso, Assefa Washo

“…Data entry and analysis for descriptive and logistic regression models were performed by using SPSS (version 23). …”
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High Seroprevalence of Autoantibodies Typical of Autoimmune Liver Disease in Eastern Ethiopia: Is Chewing of Khat (Catha edulis) a Triggering Factor? by Stian Magnus Staurung Orlien, Tekabe Abdosh Ahmed, Nejib Yusuf Ismael, Nega Berhe, Trine Lauritzen, Svein Gunnar Gundersen, Asgeir Johannessen

“…Seroprevalence of antinuclear (ANA), antismooth muscle (SMA), and antimitochondrial antibodies (AMA) were determined and compared between the groups using logistic regression models to adjust for age and sex. Results. Overall, 2.6% of the study subjects were positive for ANA, 15.4% for SMA, and 25.6% for AMA. …”
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Reflections on the role of chemical osmosis mechanisms on the long-term behavior of a collapsed salt cavity by Ledoux, Emmanuel, Hertz, Emmanuel, Robinet, Jean-Charles, Combes, Pierre

“…It then proposes a set of plausible parameters making it possible to carry out a steady-state modeling of the transfers along the collapsed chimney by means of a numerical resolution in finite differences. …”
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Practice on the construction of ideological and political education in the basic nursing course (基础护理学课程思政建设的实践研究) by HUANG Tingting (黄婷婷)

“…The ideological and political education was carried out by varies of methods such as students’ speech and sharing, teachers’ guidance and inspiration, case teaching, encouraged by advance models. Results After a semester course with ideological and political education, students’ ideological awareness, occupational values, professional quality had been improved. …”
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Changes in serum sodium concentration during hemodialysis is a predictor of mortality and cardio-cerebrovascular event by Qixing Liu, Ke Zheng, Haiyun Wang, Dan Song, Xuemei Li

“…Cox proportional hazards models were used to evaluate the relationships of pre-HD and ΔSNa with outcomes.Results Time-averaged pre-HD SNa were associated with all-cause mortality (2-year pre-HD SNa: HR [95% CI] 0.86 [0.74–0.99], p = 0.042) and CCVE (3-year pre-HD SNa: HR [95% CI] 0.83 [0.72–0.96], p = 0.012) with full adjustment. …”
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Estimating Long-Term Fractional Vegetation Cover Using an Improved Dimidiate Pixel Method With UAV-Assisted Satellite Data: A Case Study in a Mining Region by Shuang Wu, Lei Deng, Qinghua Qiao

“…Results demonstrate that 1) the IDPM, by developing distinct DPM improvement models for different NDVI intervals, considerably improves UAV and satellite data integration, with a 48.51&#x0025; increase in <italic>R</italic>² and a 56.47&#x0025; reduction in root mean square error (RMSE) compared to the DPM and UCS and 2) HM is found to be more suitable for mining areas, increasing <italic>R</italic>² by 25.00&#x0025; and reducing RMSE by 54.05&#x0025; compared to LSR. …”
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