Shaping local identity through public health: the role of social integration among new-generation rural migrants in urban China by Youhua Wang, Chunhong Xiao, Yushuang Zheng, Zhonglin Liu, Zhihao Jiang, Yue Li

“…The Karlson-Holm-Breen (KHB) method was applied to evaluate mediation effects within a counterfactual framework, adjusting for demographic, socioeconomic, and migration-related variables. Results All three public health variables had statistically significant and positive effects on both social integration and local identity (p < 0.001). …”
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Comparison of methods for resolving the contributions of local emissions to measured concentrations by T. D. Edwards, Y. K. Wong, C.-H. Jeong, J. M. Wang, Y. Su, G. J. Evans

“…Despite the better performance of regression models, time-series methods still provided reasonable estimates. …”
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Psychosocial determinants of adherence to public health and social measures (PHSMs) in 18 African Union Member States during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic: results of a... by Andrew Johnson, Amanda McClelland, Nandita Murukutla, Akhona Tshangela, Ashish K Gupta, Meena Maharjan, Cecilia Fabrizio, Emily W Myers, Virginia Nkwanzi, Colby A Wilkason, Natalie Lacey, Benjamin Djoudalbaye

“…A total of 21 600 adults (mean age=32.7 years, SD=11.4) were interviewed (1200 in each country).Outcome measures Information including sociodemographics, adherence to PHSMs and psychosocial variables was collected. Logistic regression models examined the association between PHSM adherence (eg, physical distancing, gathering restrictions) and sociodemographic and psychosocial characteristics (eg, risk perception, trust). …”
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Kinematic changes in dairy cows with induced, unilateral forelimb lameness during straight line walk by A. Leclercq, K. Ask, Y. Mellbin, A. Byström, M. Söderlind, E. Telezhenko, C. Bergsten, P. Haubro Andersen, M. Rhodin, E. Hernlund

“…Baseline and lameness data were compared in linear mixed models, where between-cow variability was accounted for. …”
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Integrating GIS and remote sensing for soil attributes mapping in degraded pastures of the Brazilian Cerrado by Rômullo Oliveira Louzada, Ivan Bergier, Édson Luis Bolfe, Jayme Garcia Arnal Barbedo

“…The variables include spectral bands, vegetation and soil indices, gray-level co-occurrence matrices (GLCM), backscatter coefficients, polarimetric decompositions, and topographic indices. …”
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Unraveling key environmental drivers of spatial variation in plant functional traits: Insights from Dacrydium pectinatum de Laub. in natural communities on Hainan Island, China by Haodong Liu, Gaoqiang Zhang, Tianqi Li, Siyuan Ren, Baihua Chen, Kaibin Feng, Shanshan Wang, Xiaoqing Zhao, Xingxing Rong, Pengyao Qin, Junpeng Zhao, Wei Li

“…Nine functional traits were measured at the species level, and their variation patterns and sources were analyzed using linear mixed-effects models and variance decomposition methods. Our findings reveal that environmental pressures cause variations in trait relationships across different site conditions at the species level. …”
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The euro at 25: how demand, supply and policy shocks contributed to inflation in the euro area countries by Karsten Staehr, Olegs Tkacevs

“…The paper estimates Bayesian VAR models with six variables using quarterly data from 1999q1 to 2023q3. …”
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