Applied Mechatronic: A Sensor-Based Modification of an External Fixator According to Mitkovic by Vladimir Antić, Miodrag Manić, Milan Mitković, Nikola Korunović, Danijela Protić, Radomir Prodanović, Denis Kučević, Gordana Ostojić, Stevan Stankovski

“…The findings indicated that using modified external fixator according to Mitkovic can help orthopedists assess bone healing more accurately.…”
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Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis of Bone–Implant Contact in Three Short Dental Implant Models with Varying Osseointegration Percentages by Dawit Bogale Alemayehu, Masahiro Todoh, Song-Jeng Huang

“…These reductions demonstrate increased mechanical stability as the bone–implant interface becomes more capable of dispersing mechanical stresses, minimizing the potential for localized deformation and bone resorption. …”
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Machine learning-based mapping of Acidobacteriota and Planctomycetota using 16 S rRNA gene metabarcoding data across soils in Russia by E. A. Ivanova, A. R. Suleymanov, D. A. Nikitin, M. V. Semenov, E. V. Abakumov

“…For Acidobacteriota, vegetation cover, surface temperature, and soil pH were significant predictors, whereas the relative abundance of Planctomycetota was mainly influenced by climatic variables. Specifically, Acidobacteriota were more abundant in areas with dense vegetation, stable surface temperatures, and acidic soils. …”
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Ascites in a Young Woman: A Rare Presentation of Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis by Carina Santos, Francisco Morgado, Celestina Blanco, João Parreira, João Costa, Lara Rodrigues, Luís Marfull, Patrícia Cardoso

“…Eosinophilic gastroenteritis (EGE) is a rare idiopathic disease that can affect one or more organs of the digestive tract. It has an estimated incidence of 1–20 cases per 100,000 patients. …”
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TECTONIC AND EROSION FEATURES, AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON ZONAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE UPPER TRIASSIC AND THE LOWER CRETACEOUS SEDIMENTS IN THE EUPHRATES GRABEN AREA, SYRIA by I. Yousef, V. P. Morozov, Mohammad El Kadi, Abdullah Alaa

“…In these areas, there was more space for sediment accumulation, and the sediments were less influenced by the BKL and BKU unconformities and thus less eroded.…”
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Technological infrastructure and financial resource availability in enhancing public services and government performance: The role of digital innovation adoption in Indonesia by Ratih Purnamasari, Agus Ismaya Hasanudin, Rudi Zulfikar, Helmi Yazid

“…Instead, it suggests a more intricate, context-specific relationship that warrants further exploration. …”
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The regulatory effect of blood group on ferritin levels in aging: a retrospective study by Ni Xiaolin, Fenghong Yao, Mingkang Pan

“…Age was considered the independent variable, while gender and biochemical indicators related to ferritin served as control variables. …”
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Fracture Propagation and Hydraulic Properties of a Coal Floor Subjected to Thick-Seam Longwalling above a Highly Confined Aquifer by Shaodong Li, Gangwei Fan, Dongsheng Zhang, Shizhong Zhang, Liang Chen, Shang Ren, Yibo Fan

“…By controlling a single variable, the paper reveals that panel height is of greater impact on floor permeability changes than panel length and panel width.…”
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School-based health education effect on knowledge, attitude, and practices of dengue prevention among school children: a systematic review by Rahmat Dapari, Abdul Qayyum Jumidey, Rosliza Abdul Manaf, Mohd ‘Ammar Ihsan Ahmad Zamzuri, Mohd Rohaizat Hassan, Nazri Che Dom, Syed Sharizman Syed Abdul Rahim

“…Hence, educational interventions exerted a more prominent impact on the knowledge of dengue infection compared to attitude and practices among school children. …”
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Large Eddy Simulation of multi-injector flame blow-off sensitivities to inlet biases by Sandeep Jella, Gilles Bourque, Jeffrey Bergthorson

“…However, the scatter of thermochemical states appears to require more than strain and enthalpy as manifold parameters.…”
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Community-based water tenure in equitable and transformative drought resilience by Barbara van Koppen, Carol Emma Mweemba, Giriraj Amarnath, Barbara Schreiner

“…In the search for promising pathways for equitable and transformative climate adaptation in low-income rural areas, the present study focuses on resilience to more variable and less predictable availability of precipitation and water resources. …”
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Comparison of methodologies for flow prediction through teleconnection indices. Case study: Paute river basin by Maria Daniela Gonzalez, Dario Xavier Zhina, Alexandra Guanuchi-Quito, Alex Aviles-Anazco

“…However, a clear trend links the behavior of flows and indices, and it is possible to improve the models based on more climatic variables or with other predictive methods. …”
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The impact of social capital on health behaviors: evidence from urban China by Long Niu, Chuntian Lu, Xiaojuan Quan

“…Nonetheless, these findings are limited to urban population, and future research should extend to rural population to provide a more comprehensive understanding.…”
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Theory of Planned Behavior in predicting condom use in Latin-American Women by David Javier Enríquez-Negrete, Ricardo Sánchez-Medina, Susana Xóchitl Bárcena-Gaona, Itzel Guadalupe Chávez-Santos

“…Results: Intention to use condoms was found to be the best predictor of condom use. Subjective norm was more important than attitudes; although the latter variable was not configured as a predictor in Argentine women. …”
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Characterisation of <i>Itersonilia</i> spp. from Parsnip and Other Hosts by Lauren H. K. Chappell, Guy C. Barker, John P. Clarkson

“…Based on the results of this research, there was no evidence to support more than a single species of <i>Itersonilia</i> among the isolates studied.…”
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A promptable CT foundation model for solid tumor evaluation by Léo Machado, Léo Alberge, Hélène Philippe, Elodie Ferreres, Julien Khlaut, Julie Dupuis, Korentin Le Floch, Denis Habip Gatenyo, Pascal Roux, Jules Grégory, Maxime Ronot, Corentin Dancette, Tom Boeken, Daniel Tordjman, Pierre Manceron, Paul Hérent

“…Abstract Carcinogenesis is inherently complex, resulting in heterogeneous tumors with variable outcomes and frequent metastatic potential. …”
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Forecasting Financial Distress for Shaping Public Policy: An Empirical Investigation by Soumya Ranjan Sethi, Dushyant Ashok Mahadik

“…Background: Prediction of financial distress has been made more accurate and reliable through machine learning methods. …”
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Comprehensive analysis of Arabidopsis expression level polymorphisms with simple inheritance by Stephanie Plantegenet, Johann Weber, Darlene R Goldstein, Georg Zeller, Cindy Nussbaumer, Jérôme Thomas, Detlef Weigel, Keith Harshman, Christian S Hardtke

“…Within the subset of ELPs with simple inheritance, this proportion is even higher and deletions are generally more severe. Similar results were obtained from analyses of the Bay‐0 and Sha accessions, using alternative technical approaches. …”
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Mobile dating app use and sexual risk behavior among Brazilian undergraduate students by Edson Zangiacomi Martinez, Vitoria de Souza Pinto Frazatto, Jonathan Leonardo Gonçalves Prudencio, Guilherme Galdino, Miriane Lucindo Zucoloto

“…Use of dating apps, sociodemographic/behavioral profile, and sexual risk behaviors were among the variables studied. The distribution of app users was calculated for each variable of interest, and prevalence ratios (PRs) were used for comparisons. …”
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Learning How to Learn in Sustainability Transitions Projects: The Potential Contribution of Developmental Evaluation by Andrew S. Mitchell, Mark Lemon

“…The paper makes recommendations for the design and funding arrangements of community-based sustainability transitions initiatives and developmental evaluation is endorsed as a viable and promising adjunct to more traditional impact, economic, and process evaluation methodologies. …”
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