Treatment Outcomes and Associated Factors among Patients with Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (DR-TB) at a Tertiary Government Hospital in Nueva Ecija: A Seven-Year Retrospective Study by Dr Kelvin Clein Curitana

“…A binary and multivariate logistic regression analyses was done for 22 variables with only 7 variables were independently associated with successful treatment outcome. …”
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PRECISION MEDICINE IN MULTIPLE MYELOM by Elif Aksoy

“…These therapies offer more effective and tolerable treatment options when matched to patients whose disease characteristics are compatible with the drug's mechanism. …”
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A cross-sectional study of evidence-based practice and association factors among nurses in public health facilities of Dessie city, Northeast Ethiopia by Tariku Yimam, Asnakew Molla Mekonnen, Yawkal Tsega, Endalkachew Mesfin Gebeyehu

“…Attitude towards EBP: Nurses with a favorable attitude were 3.4 times more likely to engage in EBP (AOR = 3.41; 95% CI: 2.04, 5.71). …”
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The Impact of Individual Mandate and Income on Private Health Insurance Enrollment: A State-Level Analysis on Individual Behavior Change by Kim H, Cha J, Jang J, Han A, Oh D, Lee KH

“…Notably, when considering the moderating effect of income, the mandate had a more pronounced impact on lower-income individuals, resulting in a 0.885% decrease in the probability of having private health insurance for every 10k increase in individual income.Conclusion: The findings highlight that individuals in the mandated states are more likely to have private health insurance, addressing adverse selection issues and stabilizing the health insurance market. …”
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Application of machine learning algorithms and SHAP explanations to predict fertility preference among reproductive women in Somalia by Jamilu Sani, Salad Halane, Abdiwali Mohamed Ahmed, Mohamed Mustaf Ahmed

“…This cross-sectional study utilized data from the 2020 Somalia Demographic and Health Survey (SDHS), encompassing 8,951 women aged 15–49 years. The outcome variable, fertility preference, was dichotomized as either desire for more children or preference to cease childbearing. …”
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Educational differences in mental health-related quality of life during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany: the mediating role of pandemic-induced psychosocial stress by Christina Kersjes, Christina Kersjes, Ibrahim Demirer, Timo-Kolja Pförtner, Florian Beese, Jens Hoebel, Susanne Schnitzer, Elvira Mauz, Elvira Mauz

“…Higher education was associated with more PIPS in the domain’s family, social life, and leisure time, while lower education was associated with more financial PIPS. …”
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High Gastrointestinal Colonization Rate of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci among Hospitalized Patients: Potential Source for Resistant Gene by Techilo Habtemariam Mengesha, Musa Mohammed Ali, Mulugeta Mengistu, Demissie Assegu Fenta

“…Patients admitted to the hospital for more than 48 hours for various medical conditions were included. …”
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Characteristics of power outages from compound weather extremes in Florida by Mohammad Siddiqur Rahman, Thomas Wahl, Meghana Nagaraj, Alejandra R Enríquez

“…Considering six relevant weather variables, we identify univariate and compound events (i.e. when more than one weather variable was extreme at the time of the outage). …”
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Magnetic resonance spectroscopy for enhanced multiparametric MRI characterization of [18F]FET PET-negative gliomas by Xiaoran Li, Xinru Xiao, Xin Han, Ye Cheng, Bixiao Cui, Meng Zhang, Huawei Liu, Jie Lu

“…Low-grade PET-negative gliomas exhibit low levels of both TLU and Cho/Cr, but the distribution of TLU and Cho/Cr is more variable in high-grade gliomas. Furthermore, there was a moderated correlation between TLU and Cho/Cr in low-grade PET-negative gliomas (r = 0.54, p = 0.017), whereas there was no correlation in the high-grade PET-negative gliomas (r = -0.017, p = 0.95). …”
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PENGARUH KEPEMILIKAN KELUARGA TERHADAP KINERJA PERUSAHAAN DENGAN AGENCY COST SEBAGAI VARIABEL MODERATING by Apri Dwi Astuti, Abdul Rahman, S. Sudarno

“…This study therefore can be concluded that the company where proven to improve the performance of the company but the cost becomes greater agency because the agency problem between majority and minority shareholders who asserted that the entrenchment effect is more dominant. The implications of this research, the company would be more efficient to invest and be more careful in taking decisions.…”
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Association of Japanese cedar pollen sensitization in children with Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus sensitization and maternal sensitization: Insights from the Yamanashi adjunct stu... by Ayumi Shimamura, Ryoji Shinohara, Megumi Kushima, Sanae Otawa, Hideki Yui, Tomokazu Matsuoka, Daisuke Watanabe, Hiroshi Yokomichi, Kunio Miyake, Reiji Kojima, Zentaro Yamagata, Daiju Sakurai

“…Univariate and multivariate logistic regression models were created using the presence/absence of child’s JCP sensitization as the objective variable; mother’s JCP sensitization and child’s DP sensitization as explanatory variables; and child’s sex and BMI, mother’s age, and JCP exposure in the examination year as adjustment variables. …”
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Construction and application of copula-based trivariate standardized river disconnection index for seasonal rivers in arid and semi-arid areas by Qingqing Qi, Zipeng Wang, Zezhong Zhang, Hang Yin, Hexin Lai, Yiyang Zhao, Fei Wang, Kai Feng

“…Optimal distribution functions vary across regions, times, and datasets; therefore, using the best monthly distribution functions to compute SRI, SGDI, and SSMI provides a more scientifically robust mathematical and statistical basis. (2) The SSRDI, which combines surface water, groundwater, and soil water, is more consistent with the actual hydrological conditions of Tabu River compared to the three univariate indices. (3) From 2002 to 2020, the SSRDI for Tabu River shows a continuous declining trend, albeit at a slowing rate. …”
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Caracterización clínica de pacientes con coaliciones tarsianas. Experiencia de 12 años en hospital de alta complejidad by E. Fernández-Rojas, M. Monteagudo de la Rosa, P. Martínez de Albornoz Torrente, E. Maceira Suárez

“…Abstract: Background: Tarsal coalitions are aberrant unions of two or more tarsal bones which may condition variable foot and ankle conditions. …”
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Research on the impact of green finance on China’s ocean economic growth under the “dual carbon” goal by Yan Li, Yan Li, Yi Huang

“…The paper takes green finance as the core explanatory variable. In this paper, green finance is taken as the core explanatory variable, per capita gross domestic product (GDP) as the explanatory variable, income from marine scientific research and the scale of marine industry as the threshold variables, and the number of authorized patents, GDP index, stock market activity, energy consumption structure, the scale of the tertiary industry and the scale of the secondary industry as the other control variables.ResultsIt is found that 1) Green finance has a positive effect on China’s ocean economic growth, with the strongest positive effect on the Southern Ocean Economic Zone. 2) The scale of the marine industry, the scale of the tertiary industry, and the scale of the secondary industry have a significant positive effect on the ocean economic growth in the Nouthern, Eastern, and Southern Ocean Economic Zones, as well as in China as a whole. …”
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Optimization, Design, and Implementation of Biodiversity-Focused Fisheries Survey Stations: A Case Study of the Coastal Waters of Maoming by Yuexiu DENG, Yongheng HUANG, Jianyu DONG, Ning CHEN, Jing ZHANG, Xuefeng WANG

“…Choosing stratification variables that are best correlated with the target variables can enhance the representativeness of the samples. …”
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Nonlinear Relationship Between the Elderly’s Perception of Green Spaces and Their Activity Characteristics by Yuanjing WU, Yongyi YOU, Wei ZHOU, Siren LAN

“…Descriptive statistics and Spearman correlation analyses are conducted using Excel 2013 and SPSS 26.0 to identify initial associations between variables. Based on significant correlations, an interpretable XGBoost machine learning model is constructed to explore variable importance and detect potential nonlinear relationships between perception indicators and activity outcomes.Results1) The elderly generally hold positive perceptions of park environments, particularly in terms of air quality and the ecological environment, indicating a high baseline satisfaction with environmental conditions in the research areas. …”
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The Effectiveness of Instruction Based on the Four-Component Instructional Design (4C-ID) Model on Meaningful Learning and Critical Thinking in Sixth-Grade Students of Ardabil by Nader Heidari Raziabad, Vahid Rahimzadeh, Ali Khaleghkhah

“…One class was assigned to be control group and the other to be the experimental group. The independent variable was instruction based on the 4C-ID model, while the dependent variables were meaningful learning and critical thinking. …”
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Actuator fault detection method of quadrotor UAV based on dual channel inertial sensors by Laihong Zhou, Hong Jin, Ping Chen, Jianqiang Xiong, Chengdi Li, Wenming Xiong

“…Compared with the H-/L∞ algorithm, the detection speed of this algorithm has increased by more than 80%. The real flight experiment results of the quadrotor UAV prototype verify the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm for actuator fault detection in actual flight scenarios.…”
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How do animals weigh conflicting information about reward sources over time? Comparing dynamic averaging models by Jack Van Allsburg, Timothy A. Shahan

“…In Phase 1, two responses (A and B) were baited with pellets on concurrent variable interval schedules, favoring option A. In Phase 2, lever baiting was reversed to favor option B. …”
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The Impulse Buying of Gen-Z in Surabaya When Using Digital Payment with Gender as Moderation by Putri Ayu Kasuma, Dewi Mustikasari Immanuel, Yuli Kartika Dewi

“…Furthermore, the study uses gender as a moderating variable, demonstrating that female users are more receptive to interactive elements, which increases their Perceived Enjoyment and impulsive purchasing inclinations. …”
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