Hospital length of stay and its predictors among surgical patients at public hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by Samuel Dessu Sifer, Abduselam Ahmed Abdela, Milkiyas Solomon Getachew, Redait Awoke Assefa, Abatalem Minlargeh Abere

“…Comorbidity (AHR: 3.32; 95% CI: 1.01, 10.85), infection (AHR: 3.14; 95% CI: 1.77, 12.72), weight loss (AHR: 1.62; 95% CI: 1.03, 2.56), change in dietary pattern (AHR: 1.52; 95% CI; 1.98, 2.35) and change in functional capacity (AHR: 1.53; 95% CI: 1.12, 2.13) were independent predictors of length of hospital stay.Conclusion and recommendationsOur findings indicate that prolonged hospitalization is often a consequence of delayed recovery from surgery, particularly among patients with complicating conditions such as comorbidities, infections, poor nutritional status, and limited functional capacity. …”
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Flavones enrich rhizosphere Pseudomonas to enhance nitrogen utilization and secondary root growth in Populus by Jiadong Wu, Sijia Liu, Haoyu Zhang, Sisi Chen, Jingna Si, Lin Liu, Yue Wang, Shuxian Tan, Yuxin Du, Zhelun Jin, Jianbo Xie, Deqiang Zhang

“…Abstract Plant growth behavior is a function of genetic network architecture. The importance of root microbiome variation driving plant functional traits is increasingly recognized, but the genetic mechanisms governing this variation are less studied. …”
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Pathohistological properties and histomorphometric characteristics of cancellous bone tissue in iliobiopsies of patients with osteogenesis imperfecta by V. V. Grigorovsky, A. M. Zyma

“…In OI-patients trabecular bone tissue had the complex pattern formed by basophylic cemental lines which outlined interstitial microstructures of lamellar and woven kind. …”
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Sensitivity analysis of activity scheduling parameters with a parameter optimization framework by Matheus Moro Zamprogno, Domokos Esztergár-Kiss

“…The relevant parameters, activity chains, transport modes, optimization algorithms, and fitness functions, are identified and considered. For each parameter, an investigation is conducted to reveal its behavior throughout the runs. …”
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Prevalence of Personality Disorders among Males and Females between the Ages of 15 and 65 in Yazd in 2017 by Nastaran Ahmadi, Parvaneh Rashidpour, Mohammadreza Mohammadi, Javad Aardeshirpay, Hosein Abouzari, Masoud Mirzaei, Amir Houshang Mehrparvar, Fatemeh Rismanian Yazdi, Mohammadhadi Farahzadi

“…Background: Personality disorder is a type of mental disorder in which a rigid and unhealthy pattern of thinking, functioning, and behaving may be seen. …”
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Annual Variation Characteristics of Air Conditioning Operating Behavior and Its Impact on Model Application in Office Buildings by Xin Zhou

“…Based on a dynamic model framework constructed with a three-parameter Weibull function and a time superposition function, this study conducted modeling and analysis of dynamic AC operating behaviors in the same open-plan office across different years. …”
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Pedagogical models of blended learning: On the experience of Russian and foreign practice of design and implementation by T. Yu. Pletyago, A. S. Ostapenko, S. N. Antonova

“…Thereby, to interpret and evaluate the pedagogical potential for blended learning models implementation in higher education environment is regarded as foremost.The aim of the article is to theoretically and practically provide rationale for the efficiency of structural and functional content of the existing blended learning models that designate specific patterns for education management in Russian and foreign universities.Methodology and research methods. …”
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A Physics-Based Longitudinal Driver Model for Automated Vehicles by Mizanur Rahman, Md Rafiul Islam, Mashrur Chowdhury, Taufiquar Khan

“…Our analyses suggest that the PAVL-DM (i) is able to maintain safety between a subject AV and an immediate front vehicle using a newly defined safe gap function depending on the speed and reaction time of an AV; (ii) shows local stability and string stability; and (iii) provides riding comfort for a range of autonomous driving aggressiveness depending on passengers’ corresponding preferences on driving pattern. …”
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Genome-wide identification of the HD-ZIP IV gene family in Pogostemon cablin and its association with glandular hair development by Shuqi Xie, Yiling Li, Huiting Liao, Wenyi Chen, Yuqi Zhang, Xiaoming Yan, Hongyi Zhang, Mengling He, Hanjing Yan

“…BackgroundHD-ZIP IV transcription factors are a plant-specific subgroup of the homeodomain-leucine zipper (HD-ZIP) family, known to regulate epidermal cell differentiation. While their functions have been studied in many plant species, their roles in Pogostemon cablin (patchouli) remain largely unexplored.MethodsWe conducted a comprehensive genome-wide identification and analysis of HD-ZIP IV genes in patchouli. …”
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Individual Variation in Movement Behavior of Stream-Resident Mediterranean Brown Trout (<i>Salmo trutta</i> Complex) by Enric Aparicio, Rafel Rocaspana, Antoni Palau-Ibars, Neus Oromí, Dolors Vinyoles, Carles Alcaraz

“…Understanding individual movement patterns in stream-resident salmonids is critical for conservation and river management, particularly in Mediterranean streams characterized by high environmental variability. …”
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Effector general representation of movement goals in human frontal and parietal cortex by Ziyi Duan, Marissa H. Evans, Bonnie Lawrence, Clayton E. Curtis

“…Critically, we performed two types of decoding analyses to determine if the spatial information embedded in activation patterns was effector-specific or effector-general. …”
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“CONFESSIONS” BY J.-J. ROUSSEAU: TECHNIQUES OF AESTHETIC INFLUENCE AND STRATEGY OF READER’S RECEPTION by Olena K. Cherniavska, Iryna Ye. Rozhdestvenska

“…The researchers describe the semiotic model of literary communication and the theory of the text by Yuri Lotman. The research was conducted using historic-functional, hermeneutic, receptive, and theoretical analysis methods. …”
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Strain Engineering of Anisotropic Electronic, Transport, and Photoelectric Properties in Monolayer Sn₂Se₂P₄ by Haowen Xu, Yuehua Xu

“…In this study, we demonstrate that the Sn₂Se₂P₄ monolayer exhibits intrinsic anisotropic electronic characteristics with the strain-synergistic modulation of carrier transport and optoelectronic properties, as revealed by various levels of density functional theory calculations combined with the non-equilibrium Green’s function method. …”
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Identification of Mobile Phone Usage's Shifting Among Students by Deni Sutisna, Arif Widodo, Ashar Pajarungi Anar, Dyah Indraswati, Nursaptini Nursaptini

“…Survey results show that 92% of students use WhatsApp to communicate and 82% of students use mobile phones to access social media. This shows the pattern of mobile phone use has shifted among students although basically, it does not change the main function.…”
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Data-Driven Approaches in Antimicrobial Resistance: Machine Learning Solutions by Aikaterini Sakagianni, Christina Koufopoulou, Petros Koufopoulos, Sofia Kalantzi, Nikolaos Theodorakis, Maria Nikolaou, Evgenia Paxinou, Dimitris Kalles, Vassilios S. Verykios, Pavlos Myrianthefs, Georgios Feretzakis

“…These techniques were applied to identify clusters based on gene length and distribution according to resistance class, offering insights into the resistance genes’ structural and functional properties. Data preprocessing, such as filtering and normalization, was conducted prior to applying machine learning methods to ensure consistency and accuracy. …”
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Multidimensional diversity of birds in different habitats of the wetland complex in Huaibei Plain, eastern China by Yongmin Li, Huidong Xu, Xiaoyu Wang, Xu Yong, Dongwei Li, Yatao Wu, Wenfeng Hu

“…In this study, a two-way ANOVA was used to compare the differences in species, taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity of birds across the four seasons and the six habitats. …”
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Brain-hemispheric differences in the premotor area for motor planning: An approach based on corticomuscular connectivity during motor decision-making by Leonardo A. Cano, Ana L. Albarracín, Fernando D. Farfán, Eduardo Fernández

“…Notably, motor planning for the right hand did not exhibit the same connectivity pattern, suggesting more complex cognitive processes. …”
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Community-level physiological profiling of carbon substrate metabolization by microbial communities associated to sediments and water in karstic caves from Romania by Diana Felicia PANAIT, Andrei Marian PANAIT, Adorján CRISTEA, Erika Andrea LEVEI, Oana Teodora MOLDOVAN, Horia Leonard BANCIU

“…Cave ecosystems comprise specialized microbial communities that play essential roles in biogeochemical cycles; yet their metabolic capabilities and ecological functions are not fully understood. As conventional cultivation techniques provide limited insights into the metabolic capabilities, methods based on direct functionality screening may improve our knowledge of cave microbial activity. …”
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Phenotypic characterization of Nguni goats in four agro-ecological zones of Limpopo province, South Africa. by Madumetja Cyril Mathapo, Joseph Thinawanga Mugwabana, Thobela Louis Tyasi

“…The study was conducted to phenotypically characterize Nguni goats from four agro-ecological zones of Limpopo province, South Africa. …”
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Study on the Response of Cotton Leaf Color to Plant Water Content Changes and Optimal Irrigation Thresholds by Binbin Mao, Lulu Wang, Junhui Cheng, Bing Chen, Jiandong Wang, Kai Zhang, Xiaowei Liu

“…Given that leaf position and color values (R, G, and B) of different functional leaves may influence the relationship between leaf color and plant water content, and this relationship varies across different temporal periods, a two-year experiment was conducted. …”
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