Hidden costs of surgical complications: a retrospective cohort study by Franck Verdonk, Yann Parc, Jalal Assouad, Alain Sautet, François-Xavier Ladant, Morgan Roupret, Edward Kong, Ljubica Ristovska, Aurélia Retbi, Emmanuel Chartier Kastler, Harry Etienne, Victor Mardon, Maxim Scrumeda, Abou Kane Diallo, Julien Hedou, Pierre Rufat

“…First, data were aggregated monthly to determine the impact of variation in the monthly mean length of stay (LOS) on the monthly volume of admissions, using an instrumental variable strategy. Second, LOS and revenue per patient were compared for patients with and without complications. …”
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Generalized nonlinearity in animal ecology: Research, review, and recommendations by David R. Heit, Waldemar Ortiz‐Calo, Mairi K. P. Poisson, Andrew R. Butler, Remington J. Moll

“…Like general linear models, GLMs assume linearity, which entails a linear relationship between independent and dependent variables. However, because this assumption acts on the link rather than the natural scale in GLMs, it is more easily overlooked. …”
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Validation of an instrumented dummy to assess mechanical aspects of discomfort during load carriage. by Patrick D Wettenschwiler, Simon Annaheim, Silvio Lorenzetti, Stephen J Ferguson, Rolf Stämpfli, Agnes Psikuta, René M Rossi

“…The dummy can explain 75% or more of the variance in discomfort using average pressures as predictors and even 79% or more of the variance in discomfort using strap forces as predictors. …”
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Numerical Study on Impact Damage and Damage Evolution of Cemented Backfill by Qiang Li, Jinshan Sun, Xianqi Xie, Qian Dong, Jianguo Wang, Hongyu Zhang, Tao Wen

“…The damage pattern and failure process of CB samples with four mix ratios (cement-to-sand (<i>c</i>/<i>s</i>) ratios of 1:4, 1:6, 1:8, and 1:10) at different impact velocities (<i>v</i>) (1.5, 1.7, 1.8, and 2.0 m/s) were numerically investigated using the micro-crack density method to define the damage variable (<i>d</i>). The results revealed that the use of a waveform shaper in the numerical simulation yielded a more ideal rectangular wave to ensue uniform stress distribution across the sample’s plane without stress concentration. …”
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Clinical and device-based predictors of improved experience of activities of daily living after a multidisciplinary inpatient treatment for people with Parkinson’s disease: a cohor... by Judith Oppermann, Vera Tschentscher, Julius Welzel, Johanna Geritz, Clint Hansen, Ralf Gold, Walter Maetzler, Raphael Scherbaum, Lars Tönges

“…Additionally, gait improved toward a faster and more dynamic gait. Using wearable technology in context of PD-MCT is promising to offer more personalized therapeutical concepts. …”
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Estudo da competitividade dos principais autoveículos compactos brasileiros A study on the competitiveness of the most important compact automotive vehicles manufactured in Brazil by Juan Hidalgo Sanchez, José Celso Contador, José Luiz Contador

“…The results validated the hypotheses formulated, and it is possible to conclude that: 1) there is no statistically significant difference between the fields of competition chosen for the more competitive automotive vehicles and the ones chosen for the less competitive, since they all compete primarily on design, quality and price of product; 2) the focus ( the mathematical variable that measures the alignment of the weapons of the competition to the fields of competition chosen for each vehicle) explains why one automotive vehicle is more competitive in relation to the other.…”
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Nightcap and suicidal ideation: a cross-sectional survey of lifestyle habits by Masaaki Muronaga, Takeshi Terao, Hirofumi Hirakawa, Nobuko Kawano, Akari Sakai, Mari Akase, Kentaro Kohno

“…A binominal logistic regression analysis using the forced entry method was conducted for the presence of suicidal ideation as a dependent variable and age, sex, sociodemographic factors, and other potentially associated variables as independent variables. …”
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Effect of varying thickness properties of the slow release fertilizer films on morphology, biodegradability, urea release, soil health, and plant growth. by Zahid Majeed, Shamyla Nawazish, Ayesha Baig, Wasim Akhtar, Atia Iqbal, Wisal Muhammad Khan, Syed Majid Bukhari, Asma Zaidi, Pau Loke Show, Nurlidia Mansoor

“…The thinner the films, the more they supported the growth and penetration of the soil's microorganisms mainly the species of fungus possibly due to the presence of lignin in films. …”
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Exploring the Nexus between Greenhouse Emissions, Environmental Degradation and Green Energy in Europe: A Critique of the Environmental Kuznets Curve by Alexandra Horobet, Lucian Belascu, Magdalena Radulescu, Daniel Balsalobre-Lorente, Cosmin-Alin Botoroga, Cristina-Carmencita Negreanu

“…However, its long-term impacts are variable, especially when contrasted with its more pronounced effect on emissions in Eastern and Balkan countries. …”
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Vulnerability-Based Economic Loss Rate Assessment of a Frame Structure Under Stochastic Sequence Ground Motions by Zheng Zhang, Yunmu Jiang, Zixin Liu

“…A coherence function model is further developed from real seismic records, treating the mainshock–aftershock pair as a vector-valued stochastic process and thus enabling a more accurate representation of their spectral dependence. …”
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Graphene nanoplatelet induced microphase separation in poly(ether-block-amide)s by David Reinoso Arenas, Eimear Magee, Stephen Hodge, Les Bell, Tony McNally

“…To test this hypothesis, two different GNPs with similar surface chemistry but which differed in lateral dimensions by one order of magnitude (GNP1, ∼2 μm and GNP2, ∼20 μm) were melt mixed with three different poly(ether-block-amide)s (PE-b-A)s with variable HS and SS content from high to low. The inclusion of the larger lateral sized GNP2 had a more pronounced effect on PE-b-A morphology as it was more effective at hindering SS chain mobility resulting in microphase separation and suppression of the glass transition temperature (Tg) of the PE-b-A with the largest SS content. …”
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The Influence of Job Crafting on Nurses’ Intent to Stay: A Cross-Sectional Study by Mª Carmen Rodríguez-García, Ángeles Ramos-Martínez, Celia Cruz-Cobo

“…Mann–Whitney U and Kruskal–Wallis nonparametric tests were used to determine statistically significant differences between two or more different groups for the job crafting variable, respectively. …”
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G-TS-HRNN: Gaussian Takagi–Sugeno Hopfield Recurrent Neural Network by Omar Bahou, Mohammed Roudani, Karim El Moutaouakil

“…Moreover, it is more sensitive to the initial point and operator, which can influence the quality and diversity of solutions. …”
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Sex, size, and dependent young influence how brown bears select habitat relative to salmon streams by Sarah L. Schooler, Nathan J. Svoboda, Shannon P. Finnegan, Jerrold L. Belant

“…Habitat use may also be driven by social dominance, where larger, more dominant individuals can exclude non-dominant individuals from prime foraging areas. …”
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An inclusive solution based on grey water footprint for performance evaluation of industrial wastewater treatment systems by Keivan Arastou, Ali Dehnavi, Shervin Jamshidi

“…It means that MBR relatively emitted more GHGs for reducing less GWF. Heavy metal pollution reduction (HPI) was the fourth index quantified based on GWF. …”
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Mediating Effects of Stakeholders and Supervision on Corporate Social Responsibility by Fenghua Wang, Janice Lo, Monica Lam

“…Moreover, if we characterize external pressures as a stick and structural support as carrot, our research results show that stick (0.413 for market/societal pressures, 0.387 for institutional pressures) is more significant than the carrot (0.115) in effectuating corporate social responsibility benefits.…”
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Nutritional markers of undiagnosed type 2 diabetes in adults: Findings of a machine learning analysis with external validation and benchmarking. by Kushan De Silva, Siew Lim, Aya Mousa, Helena Teede, Andrew Forbes, Ryan T Demmer, Daniel Jönsson, Joanne Enticott

“…and a positive glycaemic response to one or more of the three diagnostic tests (HbA1c > 6.4% or FPG >125 mg/dl or 2-hr post-OGTT glucose > 200mg/dl). …”
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Comparative analysis of actinorhizal nodule and associated soil microorganism diversity and structure in three Alnus species by Aizi Tong, Wei Liu, Xiaoliang Liu, Junyi Zhu, You Zhou, Jianhua Li

“…BackgroundDue to the importance of biological nitrogen fixation in terrestrial ecosystems, actinorhizal symbiosis has attracted more and more attention. Alders (Alnus) are important actinorhizal plants, but little is known about the diversity of symbiotic microbiota in the actinorhizal nodules. …”
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EXPERIÊNCIA DE ADULTOS COM PRÁTICAS DE (AUTO)CUIDADOS (NÃO) CONVENCIONAIS DE SAÚDE EM PORTUGAL PANDÉMICO by Maria Cristina Miyazaki, Anna Rita Giovagnoli, Rute F. Meneses

“…Introduction: Before the COVID-19 pandemic, research had shown high (and variable) prevalences of the use of Complementary and/or Alternative Medicine (CAM; eg., 70%), in adults and children, dependent, neverthless, on the type of practice. …”
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Opioid prescriptions following behavioral health training among primary care providers by Shutong Huo, Tim A. Bruckner, Abhery Das, Glen L. Xiong, David Marcovitz, Ariel B. Neikrug, Robert McCarron

“…We encourage more studies to understand the program’s long-term impact on physician behavior and, potentially, on patient outcomes.…”
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