Church Forests Diversity and Biomass Carbon Stock along Urbanization Continuum in Dangila District, Awi-Zone, Ethiopia by Geremew Bitew Sewagegn, Dagm Fikir Abate

“…After a preliminary survey, the churches were grouped into urban, peri-urban, and rural continuums. From each group, one Church was purposively selected for each urbanization continuum based on accessibility for making a total of nine sample churches. …”
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Optimizing XGBoost Hyperparameters for Credit Scoring Classification Using Weighted Cognitive Avoidance Particle Swarm by Atul Vikas Lakra, Sudarson Jena, Kaushik Mishra

“…Further, the overall confidence interval of the proposed model ranges from 82% to 83% in accuracy, 73.1% to 74.2% in F1-score, and 71% to 72% in AUC, with a confidence of 95% measured over 20 evaluations on each dataset.…”
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Current Developments in Malaria Vaccination: A Concise Review on Implementation, Challenges, and Future Directions by Sallam M, Al-Khatib AO, Al-Mahzoum KS, Abdelaziz DH, Sallam M

“…Despite decades of international collaborative efforts, malaria continues to claim hundreds of thousands of lives each year, with young children and pregnant women enduring the heaviest burden. …”
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Interlacing biology and engineering: An introduction to textiles and their application in tissue engineering by S. Scholpp, L.A. Hoffmann, E. Schätzlein, T. Gries, C. Emonts, A. Blaeser

“…For yarn-based textiles, yarns are produced from fibers or filaments first and then, a textile fabric is produced (e.g. woven, weft-knitted, warp-knitted and braided fabrics).The selection of textile scaffold technology depends on the target tissue, mechanical requirements, and fabrication methods, with each approach offering distinct advantages. …”
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Establishing reference values for age-related fecal calprotectin in healthy children aged 0–4 years: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Junxiang Zeng, Wenxian Yu, Xiupan Gao, Youyou Yu, Yunlan Zhou, Xiujun Pan

“…The eligibility criteria were restricted to English-language publications reporting quantitative FC levels in apparently healthy children under 4 years of age. A stringent study selection protocol was applied, with each article independently reviewed by at least two investigators to ensure accuracy in study inclusion, data extraction, and methodological quality assessment. …”
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A novel histone acetylation-associated gene signature with prognostic value in Ewing sarcoma by Anshun Wu, Fayin Liu, Lei Zhou, Runyi Jiang, Shangjiang Yu, Zihuan Zhou, Qi Zhang, Qian Zhang, Dongjie Jiang, Shaohui He, Haifeng Wei

“…Then, four HARGs (TAF4, ATF2, HDAC2 and OGA) composed a formula to calculate risk score for each patient in the training cohort. Based on median risk score, all patients were classified into low- and high-risk group, and patients with high-risk score had a poor survival outcome (p < 0.001). …”
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Evaluation of Objective Sedation Monitoring Practices in Critically Ill Adult Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Natalia Jaworska, MD, MSc, Areej Hezam, MSc, Thérèse Poulin, BHSc, Julie A. Kromm, MD, Lisa D. Burry, PharmD, PhD, Daniel J. Niven, MD, MSc, PhD, Kirsten M. Fiest, PhD

“…Meta-analysis was performed for pooled estimates of the primary outcome and each individual secondary outcome using random-effects modeling. …”
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Global overview of usable Landsat and Sentinel-2 data for 1982–2023Dryad by Katarzyna Ewa Lewińska, Stefan Ernst, David Frantz, Ulf Leser, Patrick Hostert

“…Although the spatio-temporal availability of both data archives is well-known at the scene level, information on the actual availability of cloud-, snow-, and shade-free observations at the pixel level is lacking and should be explored individually for each study to correctly parametrize subsequent analyses. …”
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Comparative Assessment of LiDAR Point Clouds Captured Using Inertial Labs RESEPI Gen-I-M2X and DJI Zenmuse L2 Sensors on UAS Platforms for Varying Terrain Conditions by R. Tamimi, B. Süleymanoğlu, A. Elashry, C. Toth

“…The findings provide insights into the strengths and limitations of each platform and correction strategy, offering guidance for selecting appropriate UAS LiDAR systems for specific surveying and mapping applications. …”
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Surgically implanted endovascular, microaxial left ventricular assist device: A single institution studyCentral MessagePerspective by Erin M. Schumer, MD, MPH, Yun Zhu Bai, MD, Kunal D. Kotkar, MD, M. Faraz Masood, MD, Akinobu Itoh, MD, PhD, Joel D. Schilling, MD, PhD, Gregory A. Ewald, MD, Marci S. Damiano, MSN, Irene Fischer, MPH, Tsuyoshi Kaneko, MD, Ralph J. Damiano, MD, Amit Pawale, MD

“…Demographic, operative, and postoperative outcomes for each group are described. Results are reported in median (interquartile range) or n (%). …”
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Antihypertensive Drug Recommendations for Reducing Arterial Stiffness in Patients With Hypertension: Machine Learning–Based Multicohort (RIGIPREV) Study by Iván Cavero-Redondo, Arturo Martinez-Rodrigo, Alicia Saz-Lara, Nerea Moreno-Herraiz, Veronica Casado-Vicente, Leticia Gomez-Sanchez, Luis Garcia-Ortiz, Manuel A Gomez-Marcos

“…By accounting for individual patient characteristics, the model improves the selection of drugs that control blood pressure and reduce AS. …”
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Effects of a structured SBIRT training program for hospital nursing leaders on utilization of SBIRT within their medical-surgical units: cohort study by Robin Newhouse, Jon Agley, Giorgos Bakoyannis, Melora Ferren, C. Daniel Mullins, Alyson Keen, Erik Parker

“…At three points (baseline, 10-months, and 16-months), 61 patient records per hospital unit (n = 854) were randomly selected for extraction. Inclusion criteria for random selection were age (18+) and being admitted and discharged from the selected unit. …”
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Assessing the consistency of FIB-4, APRI, and GPR in evaluating significant liver fibrosis and cirrhosis in COVID-19 patients with concurrent liver diseases by Pan Yan, Xiaoping Yu, Zhu Chen, Lijuan Lan, Jun Kang, Bennan Zhao, Dafeng Liu

“…Abstract Objective This study investigated the consistency of the FIB-4, APRI, and GPR indices in assessing significant liver fibrosis and cirrhosis in patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019(COVID-19) who also suffer from various liver diseases, providing references for the clinical selection and application for non-invasive assessment methods. …”
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Animal welfare information frames US public perceptions of precision technology use on dairy farms by B.L. Kelly, K.L. Proudfoot, T.E. Da Silva, J.H.C. Costa, B.A. Ventura

“…Perceptions toward PDT were assessed with Likert item questions before and after vignette exposure and through representational thematic text analysis of open-ended responses (n = 80 randomly selected) justifying the Likert responses. Linear models were selected using backward selection to assess significant predictors of baseline and shifts in perceptions toward PDT, farmer trust, and LTP. …”
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Zonation system in admission of new student at state secondary school in Indonesia: how predictable to learning success by B. Bulkani, M. Fatchurahman, M. A. Setiawan

“…The decrease in motivation and achievement of students is because the selection is only based on zoning, and the achievements of prospective students at the previous education level are not considered. …”
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Direct long-read visualization reveals hidden variation in GCH1 gene copy number and precise expansion steps by Shiwei Liu, Julia Zulawinska, Emily R. Ebel, Aleksander Luniewski, Charles Danis, Mary Lewis Simpson, Jane Kim, Nnenna Ene, Thomas Werner Anthony Braukmann, Molly Congdon, Webster Santos, Ellen Yeh, Jennifer L. Guler

“…When we evaluated prior DHODH inhibitor selections, we observed that GCH1 amplification was not required for resistance; however, selection outcomes suggest that pre-existing GCH1 amplicons may support amplification at the DHODH locus. …”
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Privileges among the privileged: the effect of starting conditions at age 16 on occupational success from age 16 to 66 in an educationally privileged group by Klaus Birkelbach, Hermann Dülmer, Heiner Meulemann

“…IntroductionDo starting conditions in an educationally selected youth still affect occupational success in adult life? …”
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Predicting Treatment Outcomes in Patients with Low Back Pain Using Gene Signature-Based Machine Learning Models by Youzhi Lian, Yinyu Shi, Haibin Shang, Hongsheng Zhan

“…Five-fold cross-validation was employed to ensure robust model evaluation and minimize overfitting. In each fold, the dataset was split into training and validation sets, with model performance assessed using multiple metrics including accuracy, precision, recall, and F1 score. …”
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Effects of Physiotherapeutic Scoliosis-Specific Exercise for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Cobb Angle: A Systematic Review by Hiroki Oba, Kei Watanabe, Tomoyuki Asada, Akira Matsumura, Ryo Sugawara, Shinji Takahashi, Haruki Ueda, Satoshi Suzuki, Toru Doi, Takumi Takeuchi, Hideyuki Arima, Yu Yamato, Satoru Demura, Naobumi Hosogane

“…The methods of exercise intervention, control group selection, and timing of outcome assessments were not standardized in the selected studies. …”
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Minority stress and stimulant use among US adult sexual minority men: A systematic review by Michael Miller-Perusse, Keith J. Horvath, Jessica L. Montoya, David J. Moore, Adam W. Carrico, Vanessa B. Serrano

“…Proportions of studies and estimates indicating statistically significant associations were examined in total and for each minority stressor–stimulant pair. Results: Many studies included primarily Black/Latino (69.2 %), urban (76.9 %), young adult samples (38.5 %). …”
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