Spatial and multilevel analysis of determinant factors for safely managed sanitation services in Ethiopia by Belay Desye, Abebe Kassa Geto, Chala Daba, Anmut Endalkachew Bezie, Semere Reda, Tadesse Sisay, Melaku Getachew, Leykun Berhanu

“…A total of 8,663 households were sampled using a stratified two-stage cluster sampling method. …”
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Species Substitution and Changes in the Structure, Volume, and Biomass of Forest in a Savanna by Kennedy Nunes Oliveira, Eder Pereira Miguel, Matheus Santos Martins, Alba Valéria Rezende, Juscelina Arcanjo dos Santos, Mauro Eloi Nappo, Eraldo Aparecido Trondoli Matricardi

“…Using a systematic sampling method with subdivided strips and 400 m² plots, the density found was 1135, 1165, and 1229 trees/ha in 2012, 2020, and 2023, respectively, in Lajeado State Park, Tocantins State, Brazil. …”
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Associations between perceived stress profiles, social connection and work engagement in clinical registered nurses: a mediation analysis and generalized additive models by Yuan Liao, Miaochun Huang, Zhimin Gu, Chun Li, Yan Yu, Qimei Zhang, Xiangyu Lai, Jialin Liu, Kang He, Huiyun Chu, Yao Zhao, Xinyu Wu, Lihua Wu, Yu Li, Sujuan Fang

“…This study offers a valuable reference for understanding the nurses’ perceived stress profiles and improving their mental health. Method The research employed a cross-sectional study methodology. …”
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Tofacitinib Efficacy/Safety in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis by Baseline Body Mass Index: A Post Hoc Analysis of Phase 2/3 Trials by Hillary Norton, Paula Sliwinska-Stanczyk, Tomas Hala, Bassel El-Zorkany, Lori Stockert, Rajiv Mundayat, Lisy Wang, Christopher T. Ritchlin

“…Conclusions Regardless of baseline BMI category, efficacy was greater with tofacitinib versus placebo in patients with AS, and no treatment effect differences between categories were observed, with exceptions for BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2 (more active/treatment-refractory disease and a smaller sample size). …”
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What does it take for students to value grades for oral participation? Transparency is key by Andrea Westphal, Clara Josepha Hoferichter, Miriam Vock

“…We focused on grades for oral participation, as teachers rely on informal assessments in assigning these grades, and educational measurement studies have questioned the validity of such assessments.MethodsBased on two samples of university students (Sample 1: M = 22 years, 80% female; Sample 2: M = 21 years, 67% female) (Total N = 431), we measured whether students perceive grades for oral participation as being reliable indicators of their school achievement. …”
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Creative Techniques on Optical Fiber to Produce Luminescence Electronic Textiles by E. Feli, A. Meftahi

“…The result showed that the light emitted from fibers with greater thickness shined more than the similar samples in fibers with less thickness. …”
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Text-in-Image Enhanced Self-Supervised Alignment Model for Aspect-Based Multimodal Sentiment Analysis on Social Media by Xuefeng Zhao, Yuxiang Wang, Zhaoman Zhong

“…However, traditional ABMSA methods often perform suboptimally on social media samples, as the images in these samples typically contain embedded text that conventional models overlook. …”
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Isolation of Acinetobacter in patients admitted to Intensive Care Units by Midiela López López, Juan Rafael Zerquera Rodriguez, Midiala Iglesias López, Yanet Rodríguez Zulueta

“…Respiratory exudate were the samples with more isolations (53,3%). More than 80% of the isolations were resistant to most β-lactam antibiotics and it was found a high percentage of multi-drug and pan-drug resistant strains (41,6% and 48,1% respectively).…”
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Issues in the Design and Validation of Coupled Reverberation Rooms for Testing Acoustic Insulation of Building Partitions by Agata SZELĄG, Marcin ZASTAWNIK

“…Later in the article, the authors prove that even using typically available design tools, i.e., 1st and 2nd Bonello criterions, numerical simulations with the image-source method and the finite element method, or more advanced research methods, such as measurements using scaled samples, it seems impossible to prevent at the design stage the future necessity of using additional diffusing and absorbing elements in the reverberation rooms. …”
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A Generative Adversarial Network-Based Investor Sentiment Indicator: Superior Predictability for the Stock Market by Shiqing Qiu, Yang Wang, Zong Ke, Qinyan Shen, Zichao Li, Rong Zhang, Kaichen Ouyang

“…The empirical analyses show that <i>S^GAN</i> significantly outperforms existing methods in both in-sample and out-of-sample prediction capabilities. …”
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TO THE QUESTION OF THE RELATIONSHIP OF TEACHERS’ COMMITMENT TO INNOVATIONS AND SOCIOPSYCHOLOGICAL CLIMATE IN UNIVERSITIES by I. B. Avakyan

“…Processing of the data obtained was conducted by means of mathematical statics methods: the One-Sample Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test, the Spearman’s Rank Correlation Coefficient, and the Method of Linear Regression. …”
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Comparison of Bacterial Contamination Before and After Sterilization with UV, Fogging, and Drymist in University Outpatient Dental Hospital by Arif Andriyanto, Solikhah Solikhah, Dyah Suryani, Heribertus Dedy Kusuma Yulianto

“…Methods: This study uses a quasi-experimental design with a one-group pretest-posttest procedure. …”
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Outlier-based identification of copy number variations using targeted resequencing in a small cohort of patients with Tetralogy of Fallot. by Vikas Bansal, Cornelia Dorn, Marcel Grunert, Sabine Klaassen, Roland Hetzer, Felix Berger, Silke R Sperling

“…In both the HapMap samples and the TOF cases, our method is superior to CoNIFER, such that it identifies more true positive CNVs. …”
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Assessing the adoption of biosecurity measures among extensive livestock producers: a case study in the free-range pig sector of Corsica by Theo Loeillot, Marie Gisclard, Bastien Trabucco, François Charrier, Ferran Jori, Nicolas Antoine-Moussiaux, Alexis Delabouglise

“…We performed interviews of a sample of free-range pig farmers using three methods in parallel, namely (1) direct qualitative elicitation, (2) attributed-based stated choices and (3) semi-quantitative ranking of attributes. …”
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Exploring the need for fertility education: A cross-sectional study of healthcare professionals and students’ knowledge of fertility and fertility preservation by Ana GALHARDO, Catarina SALVADO, Soraia MONIZ, Marina Cunha, Ilda MASSANO-CARDOSO

“…This study aimed to explore health professionals’ and students’ fertility knowledge, fertility preservation knowledge and attitudes, and interest in accessing more information. Methods: The sample consisted of 309 participants (214 students; 95 professionals) from medicine, nursing, and psychology. …”
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LightGBM hybrid model based DEM correction for forested areas. by Qinghua Li, Dong Wang, Fengying Liu, Jiachen Yu, Zheng Jia

“…This choice is based on LightGBM's leaf-growth strategy and histogram linking methods, which are effective in reducing the data's memory footprint and utilising more of the data without sacrificing speed. …”
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Long Term Effect of Post-Covid-19 Syndrome on Hematological Parameters in Iraqi People by Sara Basim Zwain, Sami Raheem Al-Katib, Falah Mahdi Dananah, Basim MH Zwain

“…The changes include reduced Hg, MCH, and MCHC and higher RBC values that might affect oxygen transport through the body. The alterations were more noticeable in male COVID-19 patients, indicating that males are more affected by the disease than females. …”
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Linking cardiometabolic multimorbidity to depressive symptoms in the oldest-old: results from a cross-sectional study in Germany by Verena Maschke, Valerie Lohner, Ute Mons

“…Hence, we examined the link between CMM and depressive symptoms in an oldest-old population. Methods Using cross-sectional data from a representative sample of individuals aged 80 years and older in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (N = 1,863), we constructed an additive disease index covering seven cardiometabolic diseases (CMDs): myocardial infarction, heart failure, hypertension, stroke, diabetes mellitus, kidney disease, and obesity. …”
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Integrating status-neutral and targeted HIV testing in Zimbabwe: A complementary strategy. by Hamufare D Mugauri, Owen Mugurungi, Joconiah Chirenda, Kudakwashe Takarinda, Prosper Mangwiro, Mufuta Tshimanga

“…To address how the two concepts relate in practice, we explored how status-neutral and targeted testing concepts correlate, in developing a double-edged strategy for effective case identification and linkage to prevention and treatment.<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted a cross-sectional study on 36 multi-stage sampled sites across 4/10 provinces of Zimbabwe. …”
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Depressive symptoms, conduct problems and alcohol use from age 13 to 19 in Norway: evidence from the MyLife longitudinal study by Geir Scott Brunborg, Lasse Bang, Jens Christoffer Skogen, Jasmina Burdzovic Andreas

“…Methods Multilevel mixed linear models for symptoms of depression and conduct disorder, and multilevel mixed logistic models for depressive disorder, conduct problems, any alcohol use, and risky drinking, were estimated with longitudinal data from a nationwide sample N = 3436 (55% girls) of Norwegian adolescents (mean age 14.3 [SD = 0.85] in 2017). …”
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