Ensemble machine learning-based extrapolation of Penman-Monteith-Leuning evapotranspiration data by Vahid Nourani, Ramin Ahmadi, Yongqiang Zhang, Dominika Dąbrowska

“…The Seto mixed forest site in Japan, characterized by a contrasting ecosystem, served as a cross-validation site to further validate the methodology. …”
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Gender bias in urology: The role of gender in selecting urology as a medical specialty by Mansour Alnazari, Abdullah K. Aljohani, Emad S. Rajih, Abdulaziz Bakhsh, Ghadi S. Alghamdi, Faris S. Sebaa, Ali A. Alraddadi, Adel Moalwi

“…However, while evaluating interest in urology, the statistics revealed a potential disparity, with only 43.2% affirmatively considering urology as a specialty, contrasted against 56.8% who would not. The study shows that the participants’ considering urology as a specialty has a statistically significant relation to gender (P = 0.0001) as 72.3% of those who would consider the specialty were males compared to only 27.7% for females. …”
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NEW ROLE FOR THE TEACHER: PREVENT STUDENTS FROM COMPLETELY ABANDONING THEMSELVES TO AI AND RELINQUISHING CONTROL OVER THEIR LEARNING. Illustration for foreign languages for specifi... by Felicia CONSTANTIN

“…This desire can be achieved by the responsible introduction of AI in the educational process, through contrastive comparison, which allows an almost cinematic viewing. …”
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Conspiracy theories and COVID-19: Coping mechanism or cognitive dissonance? A longitudinal study by Livio TARCHI, Francesco CHIRICO, Eleonora ROSSI, Emanuele CASSIOLI, Kavita BATRA, Pietro CRESCENZO, Amelia RIZZO, Giovanni CASTELLINI, Valdo RICCA

“…Conspiracism was also associated with higher odds of having previously contracted COVID-19 (OR 1.96, p 0.013), vaccine hesitancy (OR 4.35, p <0.001), lower adherence to social distancing behaviors (g -0.154, p 0.006), worry about the economic consequences of the pandemic (g -0.235, p 0.001). …”
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Diagnostic performance of artificial intelligence in detection of renal cell carcinoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Mahdi Gouravani, Mohammad Shahrabi Farahani, Mohammad Amin Salehi, Shayan Shojaei, Sina Mirakhori, Hamid Harandi, Soheil Mohammadi, Ramy R. Saleh

“…Conclusion The findings of the present study validate the acceptable performance of AI algorithms when contrasted with medical professionals in the identification and categorization of RCC. …”
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Band Pull-Apart Exercise: Effects of Movement Direction and Hand Position on Shoulder Muscle Activity by Takumi Fukunaga, Connor Fedge, Timothy Tyler, Michael Mullaney, Brandon Schmitt, Karl Orishimo, Malachy McHugh, Stephen Nicholas

“…After measurement of maximal voluntary contraction (MVC) for each muscle, subjects performed the band pull-apart exercise in three hand positions (palm up, neutral, palm down) and three movement directions (diagonal up, horizontal, diagonal down). …”
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The Role of Calyx and Fruit Extract of Mangrove Sonneratia caseolaris (L) on Infection by Bacteria Vibrio harveyi in Shrimp (Penaeus monodon Fab.) by . Maryani, D. Dana, . Sukenda

“…For hemocyt, percent of granulosit increased and decrease for percent of hialin, contrastly if compared with  control. Application of mangrove extract can  also increase the resistence of shrimp after infectedby bacteria V. harveyi and decreasing of bacteria level in the body of shrimp. …”
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Medio-Lateral Hamstring Muscle Activity in Unilateral vs. Bilateral Strength Exercises in Female Team Handball Players – A Cross-Sectional Study by Brian Sørensen, Per Aagaard, Lasse Malchow-Møller, Mette Kreutzfeldt Zebis, Jesper Bencke

“…Hamstring EMG activity, normalized to maximal voluntary contraction (MVC) (nEMG), and inter-muscular activation difference between the ST and lateral hamstring biceps femoris (BF) were compared across exercises using two-way repeated measures ANOVA…”
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Analysis of genetic relationships in the breeding material of <i>Prunus armeniaca</i> L. from the collection of the Mountain Botanical Garden, Dagestan by D. M. Anatov, I. I. Suprun, I. V. Stepanov, R. M. Osmanov, S. V. Tokmakov

“…The differences in Ne and I values between the most contrasting groups were insignificant: Ne = 2.719 and I = 1.085 for the Shalakh group versus Ne = 2.014 and I = 0.782 for the Krasnoshchekiy group.Results. …”
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Randomized radial basis function neural network for solving multiscale elliptic equations by Yuhang Wu, Ziyuan Liu, Wenjun Sun, Xu Qian

“…Furthermore, it is contrasted with to local extreme learning machine method, which also utilizes domain decomposition and the least squares method. …”
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Relación entre los factores de riesgo psicosocial y la resistencia al cambio organizacional en personal de seguridad de una empresa del sector económico terciario by Mónica García Rubiano, Paola Andrea Rubio, Laura Bravo

“…Las fases establecidas fueron: a) recopilación de la información, análisis de documentos y elaboración de instrumento de medición de la resistencia al cambio; b) validación de los dos instrumentos por jueces, c) establecimiento de contactos y autorizaciones pertinentes para realizar la aplicación piloto; d) aplicación de los dos instrumentos de medición, recolección de la información necesaria para efectuar el análisis correlacional y e) análisis de datos y presentación del informe de resultados. …”
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Distinct roles of Constitutive Photomorphogenesis Protein 1 homolog (COP1) in human hepatocyte models by Sébastien Soubeyrand, Paulina Lau, Ruth McPherson, Ruth McPherson

“…Cellular impacts were examined by proliferation assays, qRT-PCR, western blotting, reporter assays, and APOB enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays.Results and DiscussionCOP1 suppression had no noticeable impact on HepG2 and HuH-7 proliferation and was associated with contrasting rather than congruent transcriptome changes. …”
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Cultura digital en el estudiantado universitario del norte y del sur de México: Una aproximación comparativa by Patricio Sebastián Henríquez Ritchie, Fernando Domínguez Pozos, Galo E. López Gamboa, J. Gabriel Domínguez Castillo

“…Los resultados muestran contrastes significativos en las personas participantes del noroeste y sureste de México en función de características demográficas (edad), socioeconómicas (escolaridad de madre o padre, trabajo paralelo a sus estudios), tecnológicas (años de experiencia, autoconcepto) y frecuencia de uso. …”
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Integrative physiological and transcriptome analysis unravels the mechanism of low nitrogen use efficiency in burley tobacco by Yuqing Feng, Yuanyuan Zhao, Yanjun Ma, Xiaolong Chen, Hongzhi Shi

“…Physiological and genetic factors affecting tobacco NUE were identified using two tobacco genotypes with contrasting NUE in hydroponic experiments. Nitrogen use inefficient genotype (TN90) had lower nitrogen uptake and transport efficiencies, reduced leaf and root biomass, lower nitrogen assimilation and photosynthesis capacity, and lower nitrogen remobilization ability than the nitrogen use efficient genotype (K326). …”
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Sources of agronomically important traits for breeding of soft spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in the forest steppe of Novosibirsk region by V. V. Piskarev, N. I. Boyko, I. V. Kondratieva

“…Agronomic traits were studied in 139 soft spring wheat varieties in contrasting years. The cultivars were divided into the following maturation groups: mid-early and early (31 plants), middle (94 plants) and mid-late (14 plants). …”
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Hamstring Activity Before and After Break-Point Angle Calculated By Smartphone Application During the Nordic Hamstring Exercise by Toshiaki Soga, Shota Yamaguchi, Takayuki Inami, Hiromi Saito, Nadaka Hakariya, Naoto Nakaichi, Sho Shinohara, Koki Sasabe, Hayato Nakamura, Teerapat Laddawong, Kei Akiyama, Norikazu Hirose

“… # METHODS After a warm-up, participants performed three repetitions of prone leg curls to discern maximum voluntary isometric contraction (MVIC) of the hamstrings. The peak value of the BF EMG activity during the prone leg curl was used to convert BF EMG activity during NHE to %MVIC. …”
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How can urban expansion and ecological preservation be balanced? A simulation of the spatial dynamics of production-living-ecological spaces in the Huaihe River Eco-Economic Belt by Tonghui Yu, Shanshan Jia, Yu Zhang, Xufeng Cui

“…The findings reveal: (1) a distinct geographical differentiation of the PLES within the Huaihe River Eco-Economic Belt, with production and living spaces dispersed across urban areas and ecological space predominantly situated in the central and western regions; (2) an expansion of living space while production and ecological spaces are contracting, indicating significant urbanization, with the transition of living space primarily occurring through the conversion of agricultural land; (3) a relatively stable structural composition of the PLES projected by 2030, with production space still prevailing. …”
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Radiology Department: A Potential Source of Multidrug-Resistant Microorganisms: A Cross-Sectional Study at Tertiary Hospital, Palestine by Zena Odeh, Safaa Abatli, Mohammad Qadi

“…This study aims to identify the presence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) microbes on surfaces that are frequently touched in computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), ultrasound (US), plain X-ray examination rooms, and portable radiography that are susceptible to contamination as well as to investigate the potential dangers of contracting MDR organisms to patients and healthcare providers. …”
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Evaluación de la calidad del servicio de abastecimiento de agua potable a partir de la percepción de personas usuarias: El caso en Cartago, Costa Rica by Nidia Cruz Zúñiga, Erick Centeno Mora

“…[Metodología]: El análisis realizado contempló tanto la ubicación geográfica de la población como el tipo prestatario del servicio, con el fin de evidenciar las similitudes y contrastes que se generan en cada caso. Por medio de encuestas, se obtuvo la opinión de 2 194 personas usuarias de los sistemas hídricos en esas localidades. …”
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Study on Mechanical Properties of Gravelly Sand under Different Stress Paths by Dongjie Zhang, Fei Luo, Zhanyuan Zhu, Jiaming Liu, Jing Li, Bailin Li, Tianlang Xue

“…We can see from the test results that gravelly sand samples show strain hardening and shear contraction under the CTC (drained), TC, and RTC during the shearing process but exhibit strain softening under the CTC (undrained). …”
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