Assessment of the Factors Influencing the Patient’s Comprehension of the Informed Consent to Interventional Pain Procedures by Mohammad Ghorbanhoseini, Kyle Kang, Allen Yang, Mohammadreza Abbasian, Eduard Vaynberg

“…Although our patients’ level of objective comprehension is low, those with a better understanding of the procedure tend to have a more satisfactory experience.…”
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Parity and longevity of Aedes aegypti according to temperatures in controlled conditions and consequences on dengue transmission risks. by Daniella Goindin, Christelle Delannay, Cédric Ramdini, Joël Gustave, Florence Fouque

“…Infective life expectancy was found highly variable in the lower parous rates and again the optimal durations were found when more than 50% of females are parous for the mean temperatures of 27°C and 30°C.…”
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Utilisation willingness for institutional care by the disabled elderly and its influencing factors based on Andersen’s model: a cross-sectional survey of Henan, China by Yan He, Leping Wan, Haiying Dong, Guangmei Yang, Xiaoxiao Liang

“…Validation of the fitted coefficients of the model revealed that the needs factor had the most significant effect on the enabling variable, while the predisposing factor had more minerally effect.Conclusions Several factors influence the willingness of the disabled elderly to institutionalise. …”
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Reproductive ecology and nest‐site selection of eastern wild turkeys translocated to east Texas by Jason L. Isabelle, Warren C. Conway, Christopher E. Comer, Gary E. Calkins, Jason B. Hardin

“…Successful nests tended to have more (P > 0.05) shrubs, greater visual obstruction, and more and taller ground cover than unsuccessful nests. …”
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Smart forecasting: Enhancing virtual power plant performance with analytical frameworks by Maja Celeska Krstevska, Petar Krstevski, Mare Srbinovska, Vesna Andova, Aleksandra Krkoleva Mateska

“…The highest error is observed in winter with MAE of 1.594 and R² = 0.631, which is attributed to the lower and more variable solar radiation typical of this season.The findings of this research contribute to the advancement of VPP management strategies by providing accurate and reliable electricity forecasts. …”
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Gain-Scheduled Disturbance Observer-Based Saturated Controllers for Non-Linear First-Order System by Mikulas Huba, Pavol Bistak, Damir Vrancic

“…The proposed design is illustrated using the control of a liquid tank with variable cross-section as a function of the liquid level. …”
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Impact of taxation policy on tobacco consumption in Saudi Arabia by Hawazin Fahad Alotaibi, Nasser Abdullah Alsanea

“…LIMITATIONS: The lack of more granular data on cigarette sales and more reliable data on prevalence. …”
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The distance-quality trade-off in women’s choice of family planning provider in North Eastern Tanzania by Iqbal Shah, Bilikisu Elewonibi, Ryoko Sato, Rachel Manongi, Sia Msuya, David Canning

“…Introduction Studies on the determinants of contraceptive use often consider distance to the nearest health facility offering contraception as a key explanatory variable. Women, however, may not seek contraception from the nearest facility, rather opting for a more distant facility with better quality services or to ensure greater privacy and anonymity.Methods The dataset used include the name of facility where each women obtained contraception, measures of facility quality, and the distance between each woman’s home and 39 potential facilities she might visit. …”
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Differential Characteristics and Outcomes of Urgent/Emergent Versus Elective Aortic Valve Replacement by Joseph E. Ebinger, Aakriti Gupta, Tzu Yu Huang, Marcella A. Kelley, Christin Thompson, Maria Platanis, Susan Cheng

“…Conclusions Urgent/emergent AVR occurs more frequently among Black, Hispanic, and dual Medicare–Medicaid‐eligible patients. …”
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Dissecting Morphological and Functional Dynamics of Non‐Tumorigenic and Triple‐Negative Breast Cancer Cell Lines Using PCA and t‐SNE Analysis by Yazan A. Almahdi, Eva R. Schwark, Aidan J. Mclaughlin, Besa Xhabija

“…Specifically, MDA‐MB‐231 cells displayed enhanced motility and a smaller, more variable size, attributes that may facilitate their invasive potential. …”
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Controls on concentrations and clumped isotopologues of vehicle exhaust methane. by Jiayang Sun, Mojhgan A Haghnegahdar, Julianne M Fernandez, Cédric Magen, James Farquhar

“…[CH4] varied widely from below 1 ppm to more than 3000 ppm, potentially influenced by vehicle maintenance and operational phases. …”
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Improving Subsurface Soil Moisture Estimation Using a 2‐Dimensional Data Assimilation Framework Incorporated With a Dual State‐Parameter Scheme by Dehai Liao, Jun Niu, Taisheng Du, Shaozhong Kang

“…The two DA pathways were incorporated into the proposed framework (DA_1E_D), which enhanced the subsurface SM accuracy, with the effects of 2‐dimensional assimilation being more significant. Under 2‐dimensional DA, the information transfer between layers was more accurately characterized, leading to overall improvements with unbiased root‐mean‐square error (ubRMSE) reductions of 0.015 and 0.005 m3 · m−3, and Kling–Gupta efficiency (KGE) increases of 0.248 and 0.067 for surface and subsurface SM, respectively, across five SM networks. …”
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Impact of the intensity of infection in birds on Plasmodium development within Culex pipiens mosquitoes by Julie Isaïa, Molly Baur, Jérôme Wassef, Sarah Monod, Olivier Glaizot, Philippe Christe, Romain Pigeault

“…Abstract Background In vector-borne diseases, invertebrate hosts are exposed to highly variable quantities of parasites during their blood meal. …”
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Typology of media use and its associations with parent and child factors among elementary school children: a latent profile analysis by Yangmi Lim

“…Children’s gender and permissive parenting styles influenced the membership of specific media use profiles. Boys were more likely than girls to belong to the Games & entertainment-oriented/longest-use time profile, whereas girls were more likely than boys to belong to the Multipurpose-oriented/long-use time profile. …”
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Adaptive Warning Thresholds for Dam Safety: A KDE-Based Approach by Nathalia Silva-Cancino, Fernando Salazar, Joaquín Irazábal, Juan Mata

“…This adaptive framework offers a robust enhancement to dam safety monitoring systems, enabling more reliable detection of structural issues under variable operating conditions.…”
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A Study on the Impact of Industrial Robot Applications on Labor Resource Allocation by Kexu Wu, Zhiwei Tang, Longpeng Zhang

“…Heterogeneity analysis shows that this effect is more pronounced in cities outside the Yangtze River Economic Belt, in those experiencing severe population aging, and in areas with a relatively weak manufacturing base. …”
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Change in address in electronic health records as an early marker of homelessness. by Janet Song, Yu Deng, Yuyang Yang, Lacey Gleason, Abel Kho

“…We aim to establish recorded address changes as a screening variable for housing instability and homelessness and to attempt to define the threshold of high churn.…”
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Compost and soil moisture effects on seasonal carbon and nitrogen dynamics, greenhouse gas fluxes and global warming potential of semi‑arid soils by Mavis Badu Brempong, Urszula Norton, Jay B. Norton

“…Results The addition of 30 and 45 Mg ha−1 compost enhanced N mineralization with 13% more soil inorganic N (7.49 and 7.72 µg Ng−1 day−1, respectively) during early summer compared with lower compost rates. …”
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Visceral leishmaniasis and HIV coinfection in Latin America. by José Angelo Lindoso, Gláucia Fernandes Cota, Alda Maria da Cruz, Hiro Goto, Ana Nilce Silveira Maia-Elkhoury, Gustavo Adolfo Sierra Romero, Márcia Leite de Sousa-Gomes, Joanna Reis Santos-Oliveira, Ana Rabello

“…Serologic tests have demonstrated a variable sensitivity according to the method and antigens used, with the standard tests used for diagnosing VL in Latin America displaying lower sensitivity. …”
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Role of conscious awareness and Big Five in predicting the digital addiction by Yıldız Erzincanli, Fatma Geçikli

“…It was determined that the model had a good fit with the latent variables, which represent the indicator variables, and also other latent variables. …”
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