Variation in Corticosteroid Prescribing Practices for Patients With Septic Shock by Kanupriya Soni, MD, John S. Minturn, Billie S. Davis, PhD, Leigh A. Bukowski, MPH, Jeremy M. Kahn, MD, MSc, Ian J. Barbash

“…OBJECTIVES:. Understanding sources of variation in acute care delivery may inform targeted strategies to promote evidence-uptake. …”
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“We need workable micronutrient data!”: a qualitative study assessing the need for integrated micronutrient data to support evidence-based decisions by Indian food system stakehold... by Rupinder Sahota, Jaswant S. Khokhar, Aakash Deep, Aakash Deep, Katherine P. Adams, Arindam Das, E. Louise Ander, E. Louise Ander, Edward J. M. Joy, Edward J. M. Joy

“…Stakeholders emphasized the pressing need for consolidated, harmonized district-level data from health, nutrition, and agriculture sources to better understand the causes and sources of variation in micronutrient deficiencies, and to inform decision-making on supplementation and fortification program planning, and policy evaluation. …”
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Characterization of human lightness discrimination thresholds for independent spectral variations by Devin Reynolds, Vijay Singh

“…However, the reflected light also depends on object extrinsic properties of the scene, such as the light source. For stable perception, the visual system needs to discount the variations due to the object extrinsic properties. …”
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Spatiotemporal Variations and Contributing Factors of Air Pollutants in Almaty, Kazakhstan by Aiymgul Kerimray, Eldar Azbanbayev, Bulat Kenessov, Pavel Plotitsyn, Danara Alimbayeva, Ferhat Karaca

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Environmental and cultured cyanobacteria as sources of Aedes aegypti larvicides by Farja I. Ayala, Laura M. Becerra, Jairo Quintana, Lina M. Bayona, Freddy A Ramos, Mónica Puyana, Fredy Duque, Leonardo Castellanos

“…Marine cyanobacteria are recognized as abundant sources of bioactive compounds, and they constitute a potential source of insecticides useful for controlling mosquito populations and preventing epidemic outbreaks. …”
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Need and utilization of primary health care among long-term unemployed Finns by Jan Klavus, Leena Forma, Jussi Partanen, Pekka Rissanen

“…Discussion and Conclusion: Despite of greater health care needs, the long-term unemployed sought less visits to more costly public primary care services. …”
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Impact of COVID-19 on Water Consumption Patterns for Domestic Needs in Sleman District by Rika Harini, Ig. L. Setyawan Purnama, Rina Dwi Ariani, Ismi Nuari Puspitaningrum

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Surface Water Environmental Quality Variation and Influencing Factors in Jiangxi Province by WANG Qi, FENG Qian, ZHOU Ge

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Software-Defined Optical Coherence Measurement of Seawater Refractive Index Variations by Jiaxin Zhao, Xinyi Zhang, Qi Wang, Liyan Li, Songtao Fan, Yongjie Wang, Yan Zhou

“…By adopting SDR as the implementation platform for the demodulation algorithm and using a radio-frequency source to simulate interference signals for demodulating the refractive index variation, the results show that the relative error of the SDR demodulation results is below 0.3%. …”
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Elephant (Elephas maximus) Health and Management in Asia: Variations in Veterinary Perspectives by David Miller, Bradford Jackson, Heidi S. Riddle, Christopher Stremme, Dennis Schmitt, Thaddeus Miller

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Studying Spatiotemporal Changeability of Oak Forests in Zagros in Response to Rainfall Variation by Zahra Alirezai, Amir Gandomkar, Morteza khodagholi, Alireza Abbasi

“…The Pearson correlation matrix has been used to analyze the relationship between annual variation of forest cover area and qnnual rainfall index. …”
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Sources of increased productivity of tubers for potato breeding in the Far East by S. V. Rafalskiy, O. M. Rafalskaya, T. V. Melnikova

“…In the difficult natural and climatic conditions of the Far Eastern region of the Russian Federation, there is a need for a comprehensive study of the source material to create modern competitive varieties with ontogenetic adaptation that can adapt to external conditions. …”
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Open-source portable solar power supply for plasma generators by Md Motakabbir Rahman, Wei Zhang, Ying Zheng, Joshua M. Pearce

“…To fulfill the environmental promise of plasma generators they must be powered with sustainable energy sources such as solar photovoltaic (PV) systems. There is a need to overcome the limitations of past approaches to power plasma systems to develop a completely open source solar PV system design capable of providing the necessary high-quality power. …”
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Resistance Sources for Powdery Mildew and Breeding Strategies for Improvement in Fenugreek by Asaye Demelash

“…Appropriate breeding strategies such as resistance breeding, collection of germplasm, evaluation and conservation, mutation breeding, tissue culture techniques, and marker-assisted selection are therefore worthy sources of resistance to fenugreek powdery mildew disease as well as need to be implemented and applied immediately to minimize yield losses due to the incidence of complex crop pathogen. …”
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A nationwide evaluation of crowd-sourced ambient temperature data by Priyanka deSouza, Priyanka deSouza, Peter C. Ibsen, Daniel M. Westervelt, Daniel M. Westervelt, Ralph Kahn, Benjamin F. Zaitchik, Patrick L. Kinney

“…Our comparison suggests that a radiative-correction needs to be applied to use crowd-sourced data reliably. …”
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SELF ASSESSMENT OF KNOWLEDGE NEEDS FOR FARMERS IN TALKAIF DISTRICT / NINEVAH GOVERNORATE OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE by Zahraa Albusso, Aamel.F. AL-Abbassi

“…Results also showed there are three variables contributed in interpreting 27,22% of the variation in knowledge needs, namely are: desire for newness, size of cultivated land, and sources of agricultural information.…”
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Unmet need for healthcare in the Russian Federation: subnational retrospective modelling analysis (2014–2018) by Elias Mossialos, Vladimir M Shkolnikov, Zlatko Nikoloski, Aparnaa Somanathan, Igor Sheiman

“…We observed significant variation across the various regions in Russia. The prevalence of unmet need was substantially higher in the regions of the Volga, Siberia and Far East Federal Districts. …”
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Adaptation variation of easiness on environmental, social, and governance components in the selected sustainability developments by F.R. Sutikno, N.A. Sasongko, I.N. Djarot, H.S. Dillon

“…The objective of this study is to investigate how companies in Indonesia comply with various environmental, social, and governance standards, given the importance of identifying variations of easiness on environmental, social, and governance on sustainability reports.METHODS: Using multi-source analysis, content analysis, and exploratory data analysis, this study identified whether industries in Indonesia adopt selective patterns in the components included in their sustainability reports.FINDINGS: This study identified 26 environmental, 8 social, and 23 governance popular components, which are components with high environmental, social, and governance report applicability and company adaptability. …”
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Temporal and spatial variation of PM2.5 in Antananarivo, the capital city of Madagascar by Mbolanjara Hélène Andriamamonjy, Zo Rakotomavo, Linda Geiser, Lovanomenjanahary Marline

“…To address this gap, we conduct the first assessment of temporal and spatial variations in fine particulate matter (PM2.5), using Antananarivo as a case study. …”
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Seasonal and Spatial Variation of Dissolved Oxygen and Nutrients in Padaviya Reservoir, Sri Lanka by C. Siriwardana, Asitha T. Cooray, Sudantha S. Liyanage, S. M. P. A. Koliyabandara

“…Lakes, reservoirs, rivers, and aquifers are important freshwater sources for basic human needs such as drinking, sanitation, and agriculture. …”
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