The Role of Landscape Metrics and Spatial Processes in Performance Evaluation of GEOMOD (Case Study: Neka River Basin) by Shrif Joorabian Shooshtari, Kamran Shayesteh, Mehdi Gholamalifard, Mahmood Azari, Juan Ignacio López-Moreno

“…Landscape transformation analysis determined attrition according to the decrease in patch density and area of forest. …”
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Drivers of structural convergence: Accounting for model uncertainty and reverse causality by Krzysztof Beck

“…The short-run analysis is conducted using Bayesian model averaging within a dynamic panel framework with weakly exogenous regressors. …”
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SODS: Soil Health On-Demand Sensors—A Multi Parameter Field Study with Temporal Monitoring by Vikram Narayanan Dhamu, Mohammed A. Eldeeb, Anil C. Somenahally, Sriram Muthukumar, Shalini Prasad

“…Bland–Altman analysis showed <<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mo>±</mo></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> 10% difference between the soil probes and traditional lab analysis for CSMs, SOM, and TSC, while <i>t</i>-test analysis reported <i>p</i>-values > 0.005 for NO₃, NH₄, and SHS/SVD, indicating non-significant differences between the probes and traditional soil analysis methods.…”
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THE ROLE OF LAND RESOURCES IN THE FINANCIAL PROVISION OF RURAL AREAS OF UKRAINE by Oleksii SHKURATOV, Olesia KHOKHULIAK, Tetyana KUSHNIRUK

“…To determine the importance of land resources in the financial sustainability of rural areas, a detailed analysis of their financial potential in the budget system was carried out. …”
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Organic carbon, mercury, and sediment characteristics along a land–shore transect in Arctic Alaska by F. P. Giest, F. P. Giest, M. Jenrich, M. Jenrich, G. Grosse, G. Grosse, B. M. Jones, K. Mangelsdorf, T. Windirsch, T. Windirsch, J. Strauss

“…We found that a semi-drained state of thermokarst lakes features the lowest OC content, and TOC and TN are generally higher in unfrozen deposits, hinting at a more intact state of organic matter. Indicated by the average chain length (ACL), <span class="inline-formula"><i>δ</i>¹³C</span>, <span class="inline-formula"><i>P</i>_aq</span>, and <span class="inline-formula"><i>P</i>_wax</span>, we found a stronger influence of aquatic organic matter (OM) in the OM composition in the soils covered by water compared to those not covered by water. …”
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Topside Total Electron Content Retrieval and Validation Using FY-3 G GNOS-II Observations by Peng Hu, Guangyuan Tan, Wenqiang Lu, Weihua Bai, Xiangguang Meng, Guanglin Yang, Weiguo Zong, Yueqiang Sun, Qifei Du, Xianyi Wang, Jian Shang, Xiuqing Hu, Na Xu, Xiangang Zhao, Jinsong Wang, Congliang Liu, Ruhan Wu

“…Moreover, the ionospheric characteristics of the monthly average FY-3 G topside vertical TEC map is consistent with the International GNSS service Global Ionospheric Map product in latitude, season, and local time. …”
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Study on climatic quality evaluation technology of Dali Dongzao in Shaanxi based on meteorological factors by SHEN Jiaojiao, DANG Chaoqi, ZHANG Yuefan, GUO Qi, WANG Jingzhong

“…[Results] The flowering stage, fruit expansion stage and ripening stage were the key growth stages which would affect the quality of Dali Dongzao. Analysis revealed that the average temperature and accumulative rainfall during the three stages all showed no obvious change or weak upward trend (none of which passed p<0.05 significance test), while the sunshine duration showed a downward trend (the downward trends during the fruit expansion stage and ripening stage passed p<0.05 and p<0.01 significance tests, respectively). …”
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Tocilizumab-Based Treatment of Microvascular Inflammation in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Retrospective Study by Johan Noble, Johan Noble, Johan Noble, Giorgia Comai, Giorgia Comai, Valeria Corredetti, Reda Laamech, Celine Dard, Thomas Jouve, Thomas Jouve, Diane Giovannini, Audrey Le Gouellec, Shivani Wadnerkar, Paolo Cravedi, Della Apuzzo, Della Apuzzo, Daniele Vetrano, Daniele Vetrano, Marco Busutti, Chiara Abenavoli, Chiara Abenavoli, Paolo Malvezzi, Lionel PE Rostaing, Lionel PE Rostaing, Gaetano Lamanna, Gaetano Lamanna

“…The percentage of patients with DSA decreased from 63.9% to 38.9% (p &lt; 0.001), and the average MFI decreased from 9,537 to 7,250 (p = 0.001). …”
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Curvature-Based Change Detection in Road Segmentation: Ascending Hierarchical Clustering vs. K-Means by David Jaurès Fotsa-Mbogne, Addie Bernice Nguensie-Wakponou, Jean Michel Nlong, Marcellin Atemkeng, Maurice Tchuente

“…Our goal is to segment roads into homogeneous sub-sections that can subsequently be labeled based on the level or type of irregularity. Using an analysis of variance (ANOVA) statistical test, we demonstrate that curvature features are effective for classification, with a Fisher value of <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mn>14.28</mn></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> and a <i>p</i>-value of <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mn>9.77</mn><mo>×</mo><msup><mn>10</mn><mrow><mo>−</mo><mn>7</mn></mrow></msup></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>. …”
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Research Influence оf Nitrogen оn Formation Condensate Loss During the Development оf the Chayandinskoye Field by R. K. Dobrolyubova, E. I. Inyakina, I. I. Krasnov

“…They are characterized by the average formation gas composition (% mol): methane 76,74-84,98; ethane – 3,93-5,92; propane – 1,1-1,8; butane fraction – 0,1-0,5; pentanes – 0,27-0,59. …”
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Impact of metagenomics next-generation sequencing on etiological diagnosis and early outcomes in sepsis by Feixiang Xu, Chen Chen, Su Lu, Mingming Xue, Hailin Ding, Yanli Song, Yun Zhang, Keyu Sun, Lunxian Tang, Wei Wang, Meitang Wang, Yan Tang, Dingyu Tan, Chenling Yao, Dongwei Shi, Enqiang Mao, Mian Shao, Youguo Ying, Chunmei Zhou, Lihong Huang, Hu Peng, Zhongshu Kuang, Sanqiang Wang, Qingbian Ma, Si Sun, Dongfeng Guo, Tianwen Gu, Bin Yang, Linhao Ma, Chengjin Gao, Xiaoye Lu, Hong Zhang, Ruilan Wang, Chaoyang Tong, Zhenju Song

“…Secondary endpoints included 7-day mortality and average per-day hospital cost. Inverse probability of treatment weighting was used to balance covariates between groups. …”
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Farmers’ climate change perception, impacts and adaptation strategies in response to drought in the Northwest area of Bangladesh by J.M. Adeeb Salman Chowdhury, Md. Abdul Khalek, Md. Kamruzzaman

“…Practical Implications: The goal of this research is to provide a comprehensive analysis of adaptation to climate change, especially drought, and its implications in the Northwest region of Bangladesh. …”
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Protective Antimicrobial Effect of the Potential Vaccine Created on the Basis of the Structure of the IgA1 Protease from <i>Neisseria meningitidis</i> by Yuri Prokopenko, Alexei Zinchenko, David Karlinsky, Olga Kotelnikova, Olga Razgulyaeva, Elena Gordeeva, Elena Nokel, Oxana Serova, Elena Kaliberda, Larisa Zhigis, Lev Rumsh, Ivan Smirnov

“…The choice of these fragments was based on our calculated data on the distribution of linear and conformational B-cell epitopes and MHC-II T-cell epitopes in the structure of IgA1 protease, taking into account the physicochemical properties of potential compounds and the results of a comparative analysis of the spatial structures of the original IgA1 protease and potential recombinant proteins. …”
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Global Feature Focusing and Information Enhancement Network for Occluded Pedestrian Detection by ZHENG Kaikui, JI Kangyou, LI Jun, LI Qiming

“…Finally, conducted a visualization analysis of the detection boxes and central heatmaps. …”
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Impact of enteral nutrition initiated within 24 h of ECMO on nutritional status and inflammatory response in children by Ye Ren, Ye Ren, Ye Ren, Siwei Lu, Siwei Lu, Siwei Lu, Yingfu Chen, Yingfu Chen, Yingfu Chen, Yuelin Sun, Yuelin Sun, Yuelin Sun, Yueqiang Fu, Yueqiang Fu, Yueqiang Fu, Chengjun Liu, Chengjun Liu, Chengjun Liu, Jing Li, Jing Li, Jing Li, Hongxing Dang, Hongxing Dang, Hongxing Dang

“…The majority of children in the EEN group had pneumonia or ARDS (P &lt; 0.001). The average daily energy and protein intake, as well as their adequacy, was higher in the EEN group compared to the LEN group (P &lt; 0.001), although the EEN group experienced more frequent interruptions in EN (P &lt; 0.05). …”
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Effectiveness of Japanese traditional medicine (Kamikihito and Saikokeishito) for treating long COVID: a prospective observational study by Rie Ono, Rie Ono, Rie Ono, Shin Takayama, Shin Takayama, Shin Takayama, Ryutaro Arita, Ryutaro Arita, Ryutaro Arita, Kota Ishizawa, Akiko Kikuchi, Akiko Kikuchi, Akiko Kikuchi, Michiaki Abe, Minoru Ohsawa, Minoru Ohsawa, Minoru Ohsawa, Natsumi Saito, Natsumi Saito, Takeshi Kanno, Koh Onodera, Koh Onodera, Koh Onodera, Tadashi Ishii, Tadashi Ishii, Tadashi Ishii

“…However, the proportion of patients achieving the Japanese average HR-QOL did not show improvement significantly. …”
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Leveraging the influenza sentinel surveillance platform for SARS-CoV-2 monitoring in Bangladesh (2020–2024): a prospective sentinel surveillance studyResearch in context by Md Ariful Islam, Md Zakiul Hassan, Zubair Akhtar, Saju Bhuiya, Tanzir Ahmed Shuvo, Probir Kumar Ghosh, Asadullah, Md Abdullah Al Jubayer Biswas, Mustafizur Rahman, Mohammad Jubair, Mst Noorjahan Begum, Yeasir Karim, Mohammed Ziaur Rahman, Mohammad Enayet Hossain, Mohammad Niaz Morshed Khan, Tahmina Shirin, Shah Niaz Md Rubaid Anwar, Ahmed Nawsher Alam, Mohammad Ferdous Rahman Sarker, Monalisa, Manjur Hossain Khan Jony, Mahbubur Rahman, Mahmudur Rahman, Mohammad Abdul Aleem, Fahmida Chowdhury

“…SARS-CoV-2 positivity in HBIS (6.8%), including 0.2% co-infections, was lower than the national average (13.1%), but showed a strong correlation with national trends (Pearson r = 0.86, P < 0.001). …”
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Temporal and interanimal variation in bloodspot acylcarnitine and amino acid profiles in relation to conventional metabolites and hormones in Holstein dairy cows by Pius Lutakome, Stijn Heirbaut, Muluken Mulat Girma, Mingqi Zhang, Xiaoping Jing, Karolien Hertogs, Katleen Geerinckx, Els Stevens, Ben Aernouts, Leen Vandaele, Denis Asizua, Fred Kabi, Veerle Fievez

“…Data were analyzed using correlation and cluster analysis, and linear mixed-effects models with and without repeated measures. …”
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Sources and trends of black carbon aerosol in the megacity of Nanjing, eastern China, after the China Clean Action Plan and Three-Year Action Plan by A. Abulimiti, A. Abulimiti, Y. Zhang, Y. Zhang, M. Yu, M. Yu, Y. Hong, Y. Hong, Y.-C. Lin, Y.-C. Lin, C. Gul, F. Cao, F. Cao

“…The results revealed that the average BC concentration was 2.5 <span class="inline-formula">±</span> 1.6 <span class="inline-formula">µg m⁻³</span>, peaking in winter, with approximately 80 % attributed to liquid fuel combustion. …”
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Peculiarities of Clinical Indices, Duration and Complication of Acute Pancreatitis in Patients With Comorbid Obesity by Kebkalo A., Tkachuk O., Reiti A.

“…Obesity patients had a higher average age (55.4 ± 9.4 years, p = 0.01), also they had statistically greater percentage of severe cases of acute pancreatitis (85 (32.7 %) vs 16 (7.2 %); p = 0.01). …”
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