Evaluation of Data Mining and Artificial Intelligence Methods to Predict Daily Precipitation by Yaseen Ahmed Hamaamin

“…For input variables of more than 6 variables, sub-clustering method is recommended.  …”
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Efficacy of Prophylactic Phenylephrine in Prevention of Hypotension in Parturient Undergoing Spinal Caesarean Section by Muhammad Salman Maqbool

“…Results: In group-II, in 36% cases atropine was given as compared to 24% cases in group-I, thus 150 % more anti-cholinergic was used in group-II. In group-II, in 33% cases top-up of injection Adrenaline 10 microgram was used whereas given in 24% cases in group-I, thus 137.5 % more top-ups of vasopressors in group-II. …”
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Prediction of chicken gender before putting eggs in incubator using logistic regression model by Abbas Parchami, Ramin Aghaei Afshar, Erfan Fadaie, Hasan Ghaemi, Ehsanollah Sakhaee

“…In other words, we found that the more pointed eggs would be cockerel with high probability and the more spherical eggs would be pullet with high probability. …”
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Acceptance and affordability of malaria vaccines: issues relating to hesitancy and willingness to pay amongst Nigerian parents of under-five children by Obi Peter Adigwe, Godspower Onavbavba

“…Those who attained only primary and secondary levels of education were significantly more likely to reject the malaria vaccine because they were against vaccines in general (AOR = 6.63; 95% CI = 1.33 – 39.25; p = 0.021). …”
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Contributions of the thumb and index finger to tip pinch force sense by Yan-Xia Li, Na Lv, Yang Zhao, Zhen Wang, Cun-bo Xue, Xiu-jun Hao

“…These findings demonstrated that when the thumb and index finger are employed simultaneously (tip pinch), females rely more on the thumb, while males rely more on the index finger for accurate pinching forces. …”
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The Effect of Tangible and Intangible Hotel Caracteristics on Brand Loyalty with the Mediating Role of Perceived Well-Being and Brand Attitude (Case study: 4 And 5 Star Hotels In M... by Zahra Mohamadzadeh, Zahra Mohamoudi

“…People with an income of more than 10 million tomans, who make up about 40% of the statistical sample. …”
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Designing a Dynamic Model for Evaluating Construction Investment Projects A System Dynamics Approach by Majid Moatamedi, Mohammad Hossein Darvish Motevlli

“…The annual real demand rate increases with a gentle slope from about 105 thousand cases to more than 117 thousand cases and then decreases to less than 84 thousand cases. …”
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The effectiveness of the educational package of happiness skills based on Islamic approach and comparison with Fordyce's happiness package on happiness, life satisfaction and anger... by Tayebe Vahdani Khorram, Fatemeh Fayyaz, j avad Eynypour

“…In other words, there were significant changes in the mean scores of these variables from the pre-test to the follow-up. In the Islamic happiness group, the mean of the happiness variable changed from 110.9 in the pre-test to 119.1 in the post-test and 124.1 in the follow-up, while the mean of the anger control variable changed from 109.6 in the pre-test to 115.7 in the post-test. and 121.5 in the follow-up. …”
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Sexual orientation is associated with 2D:4D finger length ratios in both sexes: an updated and expanded meta-analysis by Ashlyn Swift-Gallant, Toe Aung, Stephanie Salia, S. Marc Breedlove, David Puts

“…Although 2D:4D is consistently found to be lower in males than females, the association with sexual orientation is variable across studies, with one meta-analysis finding lower (more masculine) digit ratios in lesbians than heterosexual females, but no overall association in males. …”
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Step change in sea surface temperatures brings marine heat waves to sub-Arctic James Bay, Canada by Jennifer Ann Bruneau, Jens Kristian Ehn, Jens Kristian Ehn, Zou Zou Anna Kuzyk, Zou Zou Anna Kuzyk, Alex D. Crawford, Alex D. Crawford, Melanie Louise Leblanc

“…The new marine climate in the region is more variable with longer and more intense MHWs. …”
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A cross-sectional study of self-rated health among older adults: a comparison of China and the United States by Dongjuan Xu, Greg Arling, Kefang Wang

“…Data came from the 2014 Health and Retirement Study and China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study conducted from 2014 to 2015.Participants Our final sample size totaled 8905 older adults in the USA and 4442 older adults in China.Outcome The response variable was self-rated health. Ordered logistic regression models were conducted to investigate factors influencing self-rated health among older adults.Results More than three-fourths (78%) of older adults in China reported fair or poor health status, while almost 74% of older adults in the USA reported excellent, very good or good health status. …”
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Seeking abortion medications online: experiences from a mystery client study in Colombia by Daniel Arango Arango, Alice F Cartwright, Ava Braccia, Ann Moore, Maria M Vivas

“…Accurate medication abortion information specific to Colombia should be made more accessible so that people can more easily navigate the new care landscape.…”
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Special Needs in Substance Use Treatment for Women Who Use Drugs: Social and Mental Health Factors by Antonio Jesús Molina-Fernández, Jesús Saiz-Galdos, Irene María Arribas-Tiemblo, Gisela Hansen-Rodríguez, Iván Sánchez-Iglesias, Elena Ayllón-Alonso, Banesa Mena-García

“…Results: In summary, we found that women had consumed more alcohol, used more drugs, and suffered more from depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation than men, both during their lifetimes and in the past month. …”
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Hematological analysis of hatchery-reared and wild juveniles of pink salmon <i>Oncorhynchus gorbuscha</i> and chum salmon <i>Oncorhynchus keta</i> in Sakhalin Region by O. V. Zelennikov, T. A. Schneider, M. Yu. Stekolshchikova

“…Proportion of different blood cells was highly variable for juveniles of both artificial and natural origin but was more similar between the fry hatched at the same hatcheries or in the same rivers. …”
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Enormitas/enormitas. Esquisse pour une histoire de la catégorie de « crime énorme » du Moyen Âge à l’époque moderne by Julien Théry

“…The perimeter of its field as a legal definition was variable, just as were its procedural implications. …”
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The Influence of IT Mastery, Networking and Business Capital on the Performance of MSMEs in the Jago Silo Blitar Community by Ahmad Amiirul Mukminiin

“…Simultaneously, these three variables have a significant effect on the performance of MSMEs, shown by the values of Fcal = 6.257 and Sig = 0.001 (< 0.05). …”
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How Does Land Finance Influence Vegetation Dynamics in China? by Siqi Yan, Jian Wang

“…The restraining effect of land finance on vegetation status tends to be more pronounced in western China or in secondary industry-led cities. …”
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Prohibited Literature by Gaga Lomidze

“…But the motive as such belongs to a variable category – we cannot say about any motive that it is universal and does not change according to time and space – or more precisely, era and countries. …”
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Forecasting trend changes of cement demand in the United States: An exploratory study by Ardavan Yazdanbakhsh

“…Future research should focus on more robust models with higher lag orders that can better adapt to dynamic relationships between time series.…”
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Competition Among Pharmacies as a Determinant of Drug Expenditures by Zixuan Peng PhD, Audrey Laporte PhD, Xiaolin Wei PhD, Peter C. Coyte PhD

“…Patients’ annual average influenza-specific drug expenditures per visit at pharmacies was the outcome variable of interest. Pharmacy competition was measured using the Herfindahl-Hirschman index. …”
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