Nest site selection during the second breeding attempt in Japanese tits (Parus minor): effects of nest site characteristics by Xudong Li, Jiangping Yu, Li Zhang, Dake Yin, Keqin Zhang, Mingju E, Haitao Wang

“…Habitat changes linked to nest-switching in birds that breed multiple times in a season have not been thoroughly explored. …”
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Serious Bacterial Infections and Hepatitis C Virus Among People Who Inject Drugs: A Syndemic or Intertwined Epidemics? by Thomas J. Stopka, Robin M. Nance, L. Sarah Mixson, Hunter Spencer, Judith I. Tsui, Judith M. Leahy, Mai T. Pho, Jean DeJace, Judith Feinberg, April M. Young, Wei-Teng Yang, Amelia Baltes, Eric Romo, Randall T. Brown, Kerry Nolte, William C. Miller, William A. Zule, Wiley D. Jenkins, Joseph A. Delaney, Peter D. Friedmann

“…Effect modification among significant risk factors was assessed using multiplicative interaction. Among 1936 participants, 57% were male and 85% White, with a mean age of 36 years. …”
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Latitudinal patterns of tree β-diversity and relevant ecological processes vary across spatial extents in forests of southeastern China by Maochou Liu, Wenxiang Wu, Ke Wang, Xinshuai Ren, Xueqin Zhang, Lei Wang, Jing Geng, Bo Yang

“…We delineated regional communities comprising multiple nearby national forest inventory (NFI) plots around random focal plots. …”
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Protocol for a living systematic review for the management of concussion in adults by Mark Bayley, Diana Velikonja, Shawn Marshall, Alexander Lithopoulos, Dorothyann Curran, Lisa Fischer, Christopher Knee, Julia Lauzon, Margaret Nevison

“…Screening, data extraction and risk-of-bias assessments are being done through multiple raters working independently. Multiple validated tools are being used to assess risk of bias, and the tool applied matches the document or study design (eg, Downs and Black Scale for healthcare interventions). …”
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Use of thymidine kinase 1 autoantibody, thymidine kinase antigen, extracellular protein kinase A autoantibody, and C‐reactive protein for early detection of malignant tumors in dog... by Yoonhee Kim, Wonhee Lee, Byunggak Kim, Bonghwan Jang, Kyung‐Rok Yu, Hong Sook Kim, Minok Ryu, Yein Oh, Kyoungwon Seo, Chul Park, Ulsoo Choi, Dongha Bhang, Hwayoung Youn

“…Results AUC of TK1 autoantibody model with TK1 antigen, CRP, age, and breed in multiple logistic regression analysis was 0.966 (TK1 autoantibody, P = .0005; TK1 antigen, P = .0003), and when the cutoff value was 0.417, the specificity was 87.1%, and sensitivity was 96.4%. …”
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11 Key Strategies in Using AI Chat GPT to Develop HOTS-Based Entrepreneurship Questionnaires by Almaida Vebibina, Rusijono Rusijono, Andi Mariono, Ahsan Muafa, Dydik Kurniawan, Ragil Sugeng Dewantoro, Dian Noer Asyari, Sussi Widiastuti, Jarot Suseno

“…We developed LLM (Large Language Model) using the approach to create HOTS-based multiple-choice questions (MCQs) from an advanced course context. …”
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Clinical Differences between Eosinophilic and Noneosinophilic Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study by Guangming Dai, Yajuan Ran, Jiajia Wang, Xingru Chen, Junnan Peng, Xinglong Li, Huojin Deng, Min Xiao, Tao Zhu

“…Demographic data, underlying diseases, symptoms, and laboratory findings were collected. Multiple logistic regression analysis was performed to identify the independent factors associated with blood eosinophils (EOS). …”
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Requirements and special considerations for drug trials with children across six jurisdictions: 2. Ethics review in the regulatory approval process by Breanne Stewart, Pirkko Lepola, Gunter F. Egger, Fahimeda Ali, Albert J. Allen, Albert J. Allen, Alysha K. Croker, Andrew J. Davidson, Pamela Dicks, Saul N. Faust, Saul N. Faust, Dionna Green, Collin Hovinga, Collin Hovinga, Agnes V. Klein, Robyn Langham, Hidefumi Nakamura, Laura Pioppo, Shiva Ramroop, Michiyo Sakiyama, Isabel Sanchez Vigil de la Villa, Junko Sato, Donna L. Snyder, Mark A. Turner, Mark A. Turner, Sarah Zaidi, Kanecia Zimmerman, Kanecia Zimmerman, Thierry Lacaze-Masmonteil

“…A major challenge is the need to enroll participants at multiple sites across different jurisdictions. Recruiting the required number of children within a reasonable timeframe requires the study to be reviewed by Research Ethics Boards (REB) or Institutional Review Boards (IRB) at multiple sites across various jurisdictions. …”
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Driving brain state transitions via Adaptive Local Energy Control Model by Rong Yao, Langhua Shi, Yan Niu, HaiFang Li, Xing Fan, Bin Wang

“…However, they often neglect the critical question of how the whole brain responds to external control inputs that are driven by control energy from multiple brain regions, which limits their application value in guiding clinical neurostimulation. …”
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Case Report: Novel ADA2 variants cause atypical adenosine deaminase 2 deficiency by Haishao Yu, Haishao Yu, Shuangzhu Lin, Lin Li, Jiayi Li, Qiandui Chen, Yuheng Wu, Yangfan Qi, Wanqi Wang, Xingzhi Chang, Jie Zhang

“…The inflammatory biomarkers were significantly increased. Brain MRI showed multiple ischemic lesions in the brain’s small vessels. …”
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Clinical Characteristics and Prognostic Factors of Posterior Segment Intraocular Foreign Body: Canadian Experience from a Tertiary University Hospital in Quebec by Jean-Philippe Rozon, Guillaume Lavertu, Mélanie Hébert, Eunice You, Serge Bourgault, Mathieu Caissie, Eric Tourville, Ali Dirani

“…Data were collected for patient demographics, clinical characteristics at presentation, IOFB characteristics, surgical procedures, and postoperative outcomes. A multiple logistic regression model was built for poor final visual acuity (VA) as an outcome (defined as final VA 50 letters or worse [Snellen equivalent: 20/100]). …”
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QSAR Studies of 6-Amino Uracil Base Analogues: A Thymidine Phosphorylase Inhibitor in Cancer Therapy by Surya Prakash B. N. Gupta, Neeraj Upmanyu, N. S. Hari Narayana Moorthy, S. Bhattacharya

“…QSAR study was used to relate the selective nonsubstrate inhibitory activity of 6-amino uracil base analogue with various physicochemical descriptors. Stepwise multiple regression analysis was performed to find out the correlation between various physicochemical descriptors and biological activity of the compounds by using Openstat 2 version 6.5.1 and valstat statistical software. …”
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Stability of the NLS Equation with Viscosity Effect by N. Karjanto, K. M. Tiong

“…A nonlinear Schrödinger (NLS) equation with an effect of viscosity is derived from a Korteweg-de Vries (KdV) equation modified with viscosity using the method of multiple time scale. It is well known that the plane-wave solution of the NLS equation exhibits modulational instability phenomenon. …”
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Women and Money: Unique Issues - Finances in a Divorce by Lynda Spence, Martie Gillen, Diann Douglas

“…Separation and divorce impact family financial management on multiple levels. Women going through a divorce will have reduced resources and the added expenses of the divorce process. …”
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Sick Day Management for Adults with Diabetes Who Take Insulin by Nancy J. Gal, Linda B. Bobroff

“… When people have type 1 diabetes or type 2 diabetes and take multiple daily insulin injections, getting a cold or another minor illness can cause their blood glucose levels to go very high. …”
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Unmasking the Masquerader: A Delayed Diagnosis of MS and Its 4.5 Years of Implications in an Older African American Male by Deanna Dong, Joshua Carlson, Joseph Ruberwa, Thomas Snihur, Nawar Al-Obaidi, José Bustillo

“…Multiple sclerosis (MS) has classically been described as a disease of the young Caucasian female. …”
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Integral attack on HIGHT block cipher by Jian-sheng GUO, Jing-yi CUI, Zhi-shu PAN, Yi-peng LIU

“…Based on this new distinguisher, a 17-round multiple-integral distinguisher was built. By using the 17-round distinguisher, 25-round in-tegral attack on HIGHT was proposed based on the principle of time memory trade-off, with the data, time and memory complexity of 2^62.92, 2^66.20and 2¹¹⁹respectively. …”
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Correlation of Image Quality Metrics with Expert Perception for Industrial Computed Tomography by Lukas Behammer, Patrick Weinberger, Lukas Nepelius, Bernhard Fröhler, Miroslav Yosifov, Johann Kastner, Sascha Senck

“… This research investigates the effectiveness of image quality metrics in predicting human perception of superresolution computed tomography images. By comparing multiple metrics and correlating their scores with human expert ratings on image attributes such as noise, contrast, and sharpness, we aim to identify metrics that closely align with human visual judgment. …”
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Serous Cystadenoma of the Pancreas Presenting as a Third Primary Neoplasm by Aydın Şeref Köksal, Aysel Ülker, Mehmet Asıl, Bilge Tunç, Arda Kemal, Metin Şavkılıoğlu, Yusuf Özoğul, Nesrin Turhan

“…Ultrasonography and computed tomography of the mass demonstrated multiple small cysts associated with a central calcified scar. …”
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Bacias hidrográficas e os conflitos pelos usos das águas no estado de Sergipe by Anézia Maria Fonseca Barbosa, Alberlene Ribeiro de Oliveira, Luiz Carlos Sousa Silva, Rosemeri Melo e Souza, Sindiany Suelen Caduda dos Santos

“…This article evaluates the dynamics for the hydrographic basins in Sergipe, from socialenvironmental conflicts about the multiple uses of water. The qualitative approach research was developed upon bibliographic, documental and field research collections, between the years 2010 and 2018. …”
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