Comprehensive ecological and biological assessment of soils of a medium-sized city in the Central Federal District, Russia by A. G. Kosmacheva, T. A. Trifonova, A. A. Martsev, O. G. Selivanov, A. O. Rostunov

“…The indices of enzymatic activity were more sensitive to changes in soil properties in comparison with plant testing methods. …”
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Article RETRACTED due to manipulation by the authors Improving Soccer Coaching: Considerations of Individual Learning Styles, Intelligence Levels, and Motivation by Ahmad Chaeroni, Gusril Gusril, Kamal Talib, Mashuri Mashuri, Hendri Susilo, Bekir Erhan Orhan, Karuppasamy Govindasamy, Mottakin Ahmed, Ardo Okilanda

“…Thus, it is expected to be able to produce high-quality soccer players and improve the mastery of big ball games in physical education in schools. Methods. This type of research is a Quasy experiment with a study population of 140 men, the sample amounted to 44 male students. …”
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‘I Don't Think There Is a One‐Size‐Fits‐All’: A Qualitative Study Exploring Healthcare Professional and Service Provider Perspectives of Using Innovative Models of Cervical Screeni... by Claire Bavor, Tessa Saunders, Mikayla Wolfe, Megan A. Smith, Nicola Creagh, Deborah Bateson, Angela Kelly‐Hanku, Paula Jops, Marion Saville, Natalie Taylor, Kate Broun, Julia M. L. Brotherton, Claire Nightingale

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Kernel Density Estimation for Joint Scrambling in Sensitive Surveys by Alvan Caleb Arulandu, Sat Gupta

“…We propose a new sampling method, titled joint scrambling, which preserves all true responses while protecting privacy by asking each respondent to jointly speak both their true response and multiple random responses in an arbitrary order. …”
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Understanding More about Vaping among Asian Adolescents Aged 14-15 Years Old in New Zealand: The ASH Year 10 Snapshot Survey Analysis (2014-2022) by Ko Ko, Christopher Bullen, Joanna Ting Wai Chu, Sally Frances Wong

“…We used a two-sample t-test to detect the differences between two point periods and a Chi-square test to detect associations between ethnicity and sources or reasons for vaping. …”
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Examining the impacts of input factor application, production efficiency, and inefficiency model on maize yield: employing the stochastic frontier model in search of more efficient... by Muslim Salam, Ayu Anisa Amir, A Nixia Tenriawaru, Muhammad Hatta Jamil, Letty Fudjaja, Muhammad An-Nashrullah K Samma, Ahmad Imam Muslim, Hamed Noralla Bakheet Ali, Muhammad Ridwan

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Online grocery shopping in Catalonia: How non-targeted surveys can miss the mark by Leo Van Hove

“…Originality/value: Compared to extant research, the method used in this note requires less bold assumptions and produces more precise estimates of the bias involved. …”
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Targeted nano-energetic material exploration through active learning algorithm implementation by Leandro Carreira, Lea Pillemont, Yasser Sami, Nicolas Richard, Alain Esteve, Matthieu Jonckheere, Carole Rossi

“…We found that our algorithm effectively provides up to several tens of nanothermites that achieve specific desired properties well-distributed within the design space, after only 200 samplings, whereas, Latin Hypercube Sampling procedure samples less than 10 points of interest. …”
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Proposed Comprehensive Methodology Integrated with Explainable Artificial Intelligence for Prediction of Possible Biomarkers in Metabolomics Panel of Plasma Samples for Breast Canc... by Cemil Colak, Fatma Hilal Yagin, Abdulmohsen Algarni, Ali Algarni, Fahaid Al-Hashem, Luca Paolo Ardigò

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Rangeland Condition and the Appropriate Rangeland Management Methods by Kambiz Kamrani, Hosein Arzani, Seyed Akbar Javadi, Reza Azizi Nejad

“…To determine the best range management method, the analysis of variance was used. To compare the quantitative characteristics measured before and after the implementation, a two-sample independent t-test was used. …”
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Psychotropic Drug Use and Associated Factors Among Acutely Admitted Older People: A Cross-Sectional Study of a Clinical Sample by Ema Gasi, Maria Gustafsson, Jonas Kindstedt

“…This study aimed to describe psychotropic drug use and associated factors among community-dwelling older people who had been acutely admitted to hospital. Methods This cross-sectional study was based on a sample of 300 community-dwelling people 75 years or older who had been admitted to the acute medical ward at Umeå University Hospital at any time from September 2018 to October 2021. …”
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A Comparison of Traditional and Kernel Equating Methods by Selahattin Gelbal, Çiğdem Akın Arıkan

“…It isconcluded that Kernel equating methods are relatively more the most appropriateequating method method than traditional equating methods.…”
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Application of metagenomic next-generation sequencing in the diagnosis of post-stroke infections: a case series study using multiple sample types by Xiaopu Chen, Yong Liang, Wei Yang, Wenzhen He, Zhiqiang Xing, Shunxian Li, Shaoyu Cai, Jiping Fu, Xiaotang Peng, Manli Chen, Jiaming Wu

“…This suggests that mNGS can contribute to more timely and precise treatment modifications, particularly for infections with low pathogen loads, potentially enhancing clinical outcomes.ConclusionOur findings highlights the utility of mNGS in diagnosing stroke-associated infections by providing a more comprehensive etiological diagnosis compared to traditional method. …”
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Colorectal cancer screening blood test: awareness and willingness among a national sample of adults post-Federal and Drug Administration approval by Mira L. Katz, Holli A. Loomans-Kropp, Paul L. Reiter

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Individual Baseline Balance Assessments in a Large Sample of Incoming NCAA Division I Athletes Using a Force Plate System by Scott A. Weismiller, Robert Monaco, Jason Womack, Brandon Alderman, Carrie Esopenko, Fiona N. Conway, Kyle Brostrand, Allison Brown, Nicola L. de Souza, Jennifer F. Buckman

“… # RESULTS Male student athletes showed significantly more sway in the eyes open, soft stance condition than female athletes. …”
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Age determination of the wildcat (Felis silvestris): a case study of a sample from the North-Western Black Sea region (Ukraine) by Yuri Oleinik

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"Predicting the Movement of Stock Prices Using Technical Analysis Indicators": Applied Research in a Sample of the Shares of Iraqi Private Commercial Banks by Asaad Gheni Jihad, Ahmed Muqdad Ismael

“…Purpose، and urging academic authorities to shed more light on technical analysis by encouraging research and studies because of its great importance in the decision to invest in stocks in the future. …”
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Screening for congenital cytomegalovirus infection using newborn urine samples collected on filter paper: feasibility and outcomes from a multicentre study by Akira Oka, Yushi Ito

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Elliptical Model-Based Robust Pedestrian Pose Tracking by LiDAR via Bi-Level Moving Horizon Random Sample Consensus by Haziq Muhammad, Zool H. Ismail, Kazuma Sekiguchi, Kenichiro Nonaka

“…The previous moving horizon-based maximum likelihood estimation sample consensus (MHESAC) study addressed this robustness limitation but suffered from extensive point cloud (PC) sampling, limiting real-time applications. …”
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Extracorporeal Methods of Hemocorrection in Patients with Abdominal Sepsis by O. V. Nikitina, S. I. Rey, Y. V. Zabrodskaya, V. I. Avfukov, A. G. Lebedev, P. A. Yartsev, G. A. Berdnikov, A. M. Kaziyeva, E. A. Ostrogina

“…RESEARCH RESULTS ECHC. Methods allowed survival of patients with more severe APACHE scores II and SOFA: in survivors in subgroup 1/shock Me 29 (24; 31) versus 23 (14; 26) in the subgroup 2/shock and 8 (4; 10) versus 4 (2; 6) points, p=0.048 and p = 0.010; with stable hemodynamics in survivors in subgroup 1/sepsis Me 20 (17; 22) versus 15 (11; 19) in subgroup 2/sepsis, p=0.016. …”
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