Three-Dimensional Monitoring of Zelongnong Glacier, China, with the PO-MSBAS Technique by Xinyi Zhai, Chaoying Zhao, Bin Li, Wenpei Wang, Xiaojie Liu

“…The southern tributary underwent two bends before merging with the mainstream, leading to a more complex motion pattern. Lastly, correlation reveals that the Zelongnong Glacier was affected by the combined influence of temperature and precipitation with a common period of around 90 days.…”
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Prevalence and Diversity of Gastrointestinal Parasites and Tick Species in Communal Feedlots Compared to Rural Free-Grazing Cattle in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa by Mhlangabezi Slayi, Zuko Mpisana

“…Communal feedlots, by contrast, offer more controlled conditions that reduce parasitic burden. …”
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Have We Substantially Underestimated the Impact of Improved Sanitation Coverage on Child Health? A Generalized Additive Model Panel Analysis of Global Data on Child Mortality and M... by Paul R Hunter, Annette Prüss-Ustün

“…<h4>Conclusions</h4>Improving sanitation coverage may be one of the more effective means to reduce childhood mortality, but only if high levels of community coverage are achieved. …”
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Partly cloudy with a chance of mosquitoes: Developing a flexible approach to forecasting mosquito populations by Travis McDevitt‐Galles, Arthur T. Degaetano, Sarah C. Elmendorf, John R. Foster, Howard S. Ginsberg, Mevin B. Hooten, Shannon LaDeau, Katherine M. McClure, Sara Paull, Erin Posthumus, Ilia Rochlin, Daniel Grear

“…As climate change will have variable effects on mosquito demography and phenology across species it is vital that we identify associated traits that may explain the observed variation. …”
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The effect of waiting time on ovarian cancer survival in oncology centres, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a retrospective cohort study by Abrham Tesfaye Habteyes, Jembere Tesfaye Deressa, Roza Teshome Kassa

“…Therefore, future policy and clinician programmers should consider the impact of waiting time from diagnosis until to get the first treatment more carefully.…”
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Are the poorest poor being left behind? Estimating global inequalities in reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health by Aluísio J D Barros, Cesar G Victora, Fernando C Wehrmeister, Luis Paulo Vidaletti, Leonardo Zanini Ferreira, Ahmad Reza Hosseinpoor

“…Finally, we used multilevel models to examine how the CCI varies according to the estimated absolute income for each wealth quintile in the surveys.Results The analyses of coverage by wealth deciles and by absolute income show that inequality is mostly driven by coverage among the poor, which is much more variable than coverage among the rich across countries. …”
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Chronic stress in practice assistants: An analytic approach comparing four machine learning classifiers with a standard logistic regression model. by Arezoo Bozorgmehr, Anika Thielmann, Birgitta Weltermann

“…<h4>Conclusions</h4>Regarding chronic stress prediction, machine learning classifiers, especially random forest, provided more accurate prediction compared to classical logistic regression. …”
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Highly efficient CRISPR/HDR-mediated knock-in for mouse embryonic stem cells and zygotes by Bangmei Wang, Kunyu Li, Amy Wang, Michelle Reiser, Thom Saunders, Richard F Lockey, Jia-Wang Wang

“…More precise genome editing, either the insertion or deletion of a desired fragment, can be done by combining the homology-directed-repair (HDR) pathway with CRISPR cleavage. …”
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Depreciation in the Electric Vehicle Transition: Sustainability of the Second-Hand Electric Vehicle Market by Patil Gautam, Gayatri Pode, Ramchandra Pode, Godwin Kafui Ayetor, Boucar Diouf

“…EVs are in competition with internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles, but they still have a lower performance, particularly in range, and they remain more expensive. To guarantee the EV development and make it a sustainable substitution to ICE vehicles, the EV industry and technology development had been mostly supported by governments’ subsidies. …”
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Causality Between Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Suicide Attempt: A Mendelian Randomization Study by Zhen Deng, Kai Wang, Tianshu Hou

“…Early detection and intervention in suicidal ideation in IBS patients reduces their suicide risk. More study is needed to understand the mechanisms that link IBS and suicidal behavior, which may alter or broaden therapy for specific individuals.…”
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Simulation method and engineering application of fluid solid coupling for water immersion weakening in coal mining by Cun ZHANG, Xuanhao HUANG, Yongle WANG, Xutao SHI, Fangtian WANG, Penghua HAN

“…It’s considered to be more helpful for the analysis of water-rock interaction engineering problems in coal mine, that mastering the scale effect of mechanical seepage characteristics for coal-rock mass and implementing long-term water immersion weakening in simulation.…”
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Characteristics of soil quality attributes under different agroecosystems and its implications for agriculture in the Choke Mountain watershed in Ethiopia by Demeku MESFIN, Engdawork ASSEFA, Belay SIMANE

“…However, all properties were variable with coefficients of variation from 7% (total porosity) to 169% (available P) across the AES. …”
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Strain rate sensitivity metrics of PSU and PPSU high-performance polymers in extrusion-based additive manufacturing by Nectarios Vidakis, Markos Petousis, Nikolaos Mountakis, Maria Spyridaki, Ioannis Valsamos, Emmanuel Kymakis

“…The enhanced molecular structure and thermal stability of PPSU enable it to surpass PSU in performance at high strain rates. Samples become more brittle with the increase of the strain rate. …”
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Investigation of the Morphometric Diversity of Ali Kazemi Rice in Iran by Seyedeh Mahsa Safiedin Ardebili, Reza Azizinezhad, Sara Saadatmand, Rahim Ahmadvand, Iraj Mehregan

“…Of the three populations, Guilan appeared to be more variable than the Qazvin and Zanjan, as variability was observed among populations for some characters, such as awn length, number of spikelets, blade length, and panicle traits between populations. …”
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Comparison of the Effectiveness of Paradox TimeTable Cure and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Matrix on Family Adaptability and Mental Well-Being in Women with Marital Conflicts by Fatemeh sadat Hashemizadeh, Hamid Atashpour, Hadi Farhadi

“…Introduction: Marital conflict is an important factor in family instability, and women often suffer more from marital conflicts. Therefore, paying attention to the components that can help women cope with these challenges is necessary. …”
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Prevalence, drivers and surveillance of antibiotic resistance and antibiotic use in rural China: Interdisciplinary study. by H Lambert, X Shen, J Chai, J Cheng, R Feng, M Chen, C Cabral, I Oliver, J Shen, A MacGowan, K Bowker, M Hickman, P Kadetz, L Zhao, Y Pan, R Kwiatkowska, X Hu, D Wang

“…More systematic use of e-records and in-service training could improve antibiotic surveillance and stewardship in rural facilities. …”
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Effects of light-load vs. heavy-load jump squats as priming activities in Olympic female rugby sevens players by Irineu Loturco, Piotr Zmijewski, Valter P. Mercer, Maurício S. Ramos, Marina T. Betelli, Ismael Arenhart, Túlio B. M. A. Moura, Lucas A. Pereira

“…No time×loading condition interaction was detected for any variable assessed, with P -values ranging from 0.111 to 0.953. …”
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Equation Built by Multiple Adaptive Regression Spline to Estimate Biological Age in Healthy Postmenopausal Women in Taiwan by Chun-Feng Chang, Ta-Wei Chu, Chi-Hao Liu, Sheng-Tang Wu, Chung-Chi Yang

“…The method with the smaller degree of estimation error was considered to be more accurate. The lower prediction errors yielded by MARS compared to the MLR method suggest that MARS performs better than MLR. …”
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A Comparative Prospective Study to Assess Efficacy of Intralesional MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella) Vaccine and Intralesional Vitamin D3 in Treatment of Nongenital Warts by Bibisha Baaniya, Suchana Marahatta, Raunak Dahal, Nidhi Shah

“…Pain was universal, while swelling (60%), hyperpigmentation (30%), and pruritus (16.7%) were more common with vitamin D3. In logistic regression analysis, pain duration was significantly higher in the Vitamin D group compared to the MMR group (p < 0.001). …”
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One year results of a randomized controlled clinical study evaluating the effects of non-surgical periodontal therapy of chronic periodontitis in conjunction with three or seven da... by Raluca Cosgarea, Christian Heumann, Raluca Juncar, Roxana Tristiu, Liana Lascu, Giovanni E Salvi, Nicole B Arweiler, Anton Sculean

“…The reduction in the number of sites with PD≥6mm was defined as main outcome variable.<h4>Results</h4>75 patients completed the study. …”
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