Fine-scale habitat factors linked to density but not distribution of an invasive estuarine predator by Jeffrey G. Blumenthal, Andrew L. Chang, Brian S. Cheng, Ellen M. Hines, Leora Nanus, Chela J. Zabin

“…In San Francisco Bay, California, Atlantic oyster drills have a patchy spatial pattern of presence and absence and occur in a range of densities where they are present. This variable population distribution and a limited understanding of their local dispersal history poses a challenge to oyster restoration site selection. …”
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Navigating the Future: Envisioning Metaverse Adoption in Indonesian Tourism Through the Technological–Organizational–Environmental (TOE) Framework by Afrizal Firman, Ka Yin Chau, Ankita Manohar Walawalkar, Massoud Moslehpour

“…Despite its contributions, limitations such as sample composition and excluded TOE variables suggest avenues for future research. …”
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Financial Performance Index (FPIMS): a proposal to measure the performance and project execution capacity in manufacturing companies in Santander (COL) by Alfredo Enrique Sanabria-Ospino, Sandra Marcela Delgado-Ortiz, Nelson Antonio Moreno-Monsalve, William Stive Fajardo-Moreno

“…The manufacturing sector can be considered the main driver of economic growth in countries, as demonstrated by the macroeconomic variable GDP. However, during the pandemic, the historical rise in exchange rates and the increase in inflation and interest rates resulted in countries’ negative performance. …”
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Vegetation canopy height shapes bats’ occupancy: a remote sensing approach by F. C. Martins, S. Godinho, N. Guiomar, D. Medinas, H. Rebelo, P. Segurado, J. T. Marques

“…All species’ best-ranking occupancy models included at least one climatic variable (temperature, humidity, or potential evapotranspiration), demonstrating the importance of climate when predicting bat distribution. …”
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Mosquito Population Dynamics and Blood Host Associations in Two Types of Urban Greenspaces in Coastal Florida by Yasmin V. Ortiz, Simon A. Casas, Minh N. D. Tran, Emily G. Decker, Ivana Saborit, Hao N. Le, Eric P. Caragata, Lawrence E. Reeves, Panpim Thongsripong

“…For example, <i>Aedes taeniorhynchus</i> was more common in preserved coastal wetland greenspaces, while <i>Aedes aegypti</i> and <i>Aedes albopictus</i> were more common in residential greenspaces. Generalized linear models revealed the impacts of climatic variables on the abundance of many key mosquito species. …”
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Sugar Maple Litter Decay Rates Are Reduced More Strongly by Drought Than by American Beech Proliferation in the Understory by William F. J. Parsons, Claudele Ghotsa Mekontchou, Audrey Maheu, David Rivest

“…Moisture was two‐fold higher in rainfall‐accessible soils (Rainfall exclusion, No), but half as spatially variable (CV%) as excluder plot soils (Exclusion, Yes). …”
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Cardiorespiratory Fitness Is an Indicator of Arterial Stiffness and Aortic Blood Pressure in Healthy Adolescents by Hwan Kim, Scott R. Collier, Valerio Bonavolontà, Austin Lassiter, Seaver Wait, Marco Meucci

“…ASBP was lower in the first and second BMI tertiles compared to the third tertile (95 ± 8 and 95 ± 7 vs. 102 ± 11 mmHg, <i>p</i> = 0.02). The eight-variable model significantly contributed to the variance of cfPWV (F(8, 51) = 7.450, <i>p</i> < 0.01), accounting for 47% of the variance. …”
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Structure Optimization of Chain Plate of Double-pitch Silent Chain for Conveyor by Tian Hui, Wang Wencheng, Zhao Haixian, Fu Xintao, Wang Feng, Liu Chunzhe

“…In order to realize the composite engagement mechanism and the minimum meshing impact force,the height Y of protrusion length and the value δ of protrusion length are defined as variable,and the simulation analysis is carried out. …”
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Numerical simulation of plant root system stress response to coal mining disturbances in semiarid mining areas by Ying LIU, Weihao PEI, Yong GUO, Xiaoyang CHEN, Shaogang LEI, Dongjiang PAN, Chuangang GONG, Huiling TAO, Hang CHEN

“…By controlling variables, the model simulates the macroscopic mechanical disturbance characteristics of the plant-soil composite unit and root system under different mining conditions, root-soil layer mechanical properties, and root density and diameter. …”
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Optimization of clayey soil parameters with aeolian sand through response surface methodology and a desirability function by Ghania Boukhatem, Messaouda Bencheikh, Mohammed Benzerara, Mehmet Serkan Kırgız, N. Nagaprasad, Krishnaraj Ramaswamy, Souhila Rehab-Bekkouche, R. Shanmugam

“…Additionally, the Cc and Cs decreased by 16.15 and 54.45%, respectively, which reduced the sensitivity of the soil to volume changes. Mathematical models are developed and statistically validated using the clay and aeolian sand contents as predictive variables, while key parameters such as the maximum dry density (MDD), cohesion (C), internal friction angle (ϕ), compressibility coefficient (Cc), and swelling coefficient (Cs) serve as response metrics. …”
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Policy analysis of sports development in terms of achievement, policy, nursery of young athletes, South Papua as part of the new autonomous region, (DOB) by Emanuel Lewar, Subagyo Subagyo, Aris Fajar Pambudi, Syamsudin Syamsudin, Thadius Yambedoan, Carolus Wasa, Hendra Jondry Hiskya

“…In contrast, athlete performance did not exhibit significant relationships with other variables in the model, suggesting that athlete performance is likely influenced by external factors such as personal motivation or family support. …”
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miMatch: a microbial metabolic background matching tool for mitigating host confounding in metagenomics research by Lei Liu, Suqi Cao, Weili Lin, Zhigang Gao, Liu Yang, Lixin Zhu, Bin Yang, Guoqing Zhang, Ruixin Zhu, Dingfeng Wu

“…Moreover, in real metagenomic data, miMatch improved result consistency and model generalizability across cohorts of the same disease. …”
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STRUCTURE ANALYSIS AND MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION DESIGN OF A DEWATERING BUCKET FOR A PULSATOR WASHING MACHINE by CAI Yun, PENG Liang, LIU Xue, CHENG ZhiWen

“…Secondly,Design of Experiments and Response Surface Methodology were combined to solve a multi-objective optimization problem,under the condition of improved strength and stiffness,solution with the lightest mass is choosen as the optimization goal. Using Central Composite Design in ANSYS Workbench software,experimental points were selected,and the response surface model of an inner barrel was built. …”
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Sex disparities in hepatocellular carcinoma immunotherapy: hormonal and genetic influences on treatment efficacy by Lei Song, Liyan Sun, Yuning Ren, Yuning Ren, Xiaodan Wang, Xiaodan Wang, Lei Xian

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Body shape index (ABSI), body roundness index (BRI) and risk factors of metabolic syndrome among overweight and obese adults: a cross-sectional study by MohammadSalar Fahami, Ali Hojati, Mahdieh Abbasalizad Farhangi

“…Conclusion According to our results, ABSI and BRI are poor predictors of MetS risk variables, in overweight and obese individuals. High ABSI is only slightly linked with high SBP, DBP, and TG and low HDL-C. …”
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Public acceptance of microbiome management strategy in dairy calves: a European survey on colostrum, probiotic provision and prolonged cow-calf contact by A. Ait Sidhoum, A. Stygar, F. Bedoin, J.K. Niemi

“…Attitudinal and socio-economic variables were found to have a differential effect across the studied management strategies. …”
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Rumen methane output and fermentation characteristics of gramineous forage and leguminous forage at differing harvest dates determined using an in vitro gas production technique by Rong-zhen ZHONG, Yi FANG, Hai-xia SUN, Min WANG, Dao-wei ZHOU

“…Results showed that there were significant interactions between species and harvest for all chemical composition variables (P<0.001) and condensed tannin content (P<0.001). …”
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RETRACTED: Quantification and Evaluations of Catechin Hydrate Polymeric Nanoparticles Used in Brain Targeting for the Treatment of Epilepsy by Niyaz Ahmad, Rizwan Ahmad, Ridha Abdullah Alrasheed, Hassan Mohammed Ali Almatar, Abdullah Sami Al-Ramadan, Mohd Amir, Md Sarafroz

“…Independent and dependent variables helped to optimize the best nanoformulation based on the composition of PLGA (50.0 mg), PVA (1.10%), sonication time (90.0 s), and temperature (25.0 °C). …”
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Microbial Ecology and Metabolism of Emerging Adulthood: Gut Microbiome Insights from a College Freshman Cohort by Alex E. Mohr, Paniz Jasbi, Irene van Woerden, Jinhua Chi, Haiwei Gu, Meg Bruening, Corrie M. Whisner

“…Although diet-related variables contributed to some observed variance, diet did not independently predict the probability of switching between community types within the study’s timeframe via multi-state Markov modeling. …”
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5-Item Modified Frailty Index Score is Associated with Increased Postoperative Complications Following Ankle Fracture ORIF by Ronit Kulkarni BS, Alexander S. Guareshi BS, Nikhil Vallabhaneni BA, Joshua L. Morningstar BS, Daniel J. Scott MBA, MD, Christopher E. Gross MD

“…Preoperative mFI-5 was also used as a categorical variable when analyzing postoperative outcomes. Results: A total of 44,838 patients met criteria for inclusion, with the majority of patients having an mFI-5 score of 0 (mFI-5:0=65.1%, mFI-5:1=27.0%, mFI-5:2=6.5%, mFI-5:3=1.1%, mFI-5:4=0.2%). …”
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