Forestry climate adaptation with HarvesterSeasons service—a gradient boosting model to forecast soil water index SWI from a comprehensive set of predictors in Destination Earth by Mikko Strahlendorff, Anni Kröger, Golda Prakasam, Miriam Kosmale, Mikko Moisander, Heikki Ovaskainen, Asko Poikela

“…Over 70 predictors were tested, including the climatology of EO based predictors like SWI and Leaf-Area Index (LAI). The final model achieved a mean absolute error of 5.5% and a root mean square error of 7% for variable values ranging from 0% to 100%, an accuracy sufficient for forestry use case. …”
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Incidencia de la agrupación de los jugadores en el diseño de las tareas de entrenamiento en balonmano (Impact of players' grouping on the design of handball training tasks) by David Mancha-Triguero, Belen Baquero, Sergio J. Ibáñez, Antonio Antúnez

“…A total of 141 training tasks were analyzed and coded using the Integral Analysis System of Training Tasks. …”
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From Conventional to Advanced Therapies: A National Health Registry Report (2016-2022) on DMARDs in Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment in Turkey by Ata N, Satış H, Küçükşahin O, Karabulut E, Ayan G, Erden A, Bilgin E, Armağan B, Tecer D, Babaoğlu H, Sarı A, Kılıç L, Ülgü MM, Ayvalı MO, Birinci Ş, Kalyoncu U

“…While traditional DMARDs like methotrexate and hydroxychloroquine are favored the cautious use of advanced therapies, particularly anti-TNFs, suggests a potential for optimizing treatment protocols.Keywords: rheumatoid arthritis, treatment, nation-wide, disease modifying drug…”
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A longitudinal qualitative study of clinical nurses caring for hospitalized adults during the first fifteen months of COVID-19: lessons in professional survival and leadership by Elizabeth M. Norman, Mildred Ortu Kowalski, Roxanne Sabatini, Carol S. Jones, Wendy Silverstein

“…Similar quotations were grouped into 42 codes, then like codes were collected into five themes: Exposure risk, Professional Self-Image, Communication, Community Reaction and Finding an Emotional Balance. …”
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Explaining and Analyzing the Effect of Brand Value Components on Medical Tourism Development: A Case Study of Ahvaz Metropolis by Majid Goodarzi

“…When selecting between a branded destination and its competitors, tourists are more likely to favor the branded option due to its stronger presence in their minds. …”
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Designing a model for re-employment of employees during retirement (Study case: Ministry of Education) by Fatemeh Fatemeh Bina Baji, Hamid Rezaei Far, Mohammad Mohammadi, Monireh Salehnia

“…Data analysis is through open, central and selective coding, and Max Kyuda version 22 software is utilized. …”
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Organising general practice for care homes: a multi-method study by Barbara Hanratty, Rachel Stocker, David Sinclair, Katie Brittain, Karen Spilsbury, Daniel Stow, Louise Robinson, Fiona E Matthews

“…Larger practices were more likely to have a nominated general practitioner for care homes and make weekly scheduled visits. …”
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130 YEARS OF FIG: LETTER FROM FIG PRESIDENT PROF. BRUNO GRANDI by Bruno Grandi

“…That was back in 1949. Today, the Code reaches out to cover all FIG disciplines; it governs everything, infiltrating gymnastics like a metastasis that spreads and traps the sport in its deadly net. …”
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Tagging large CNV blocks in wheat boosts digitalization of germplasm resources by ultra-low-coverage sequencing by Jianxia Niu, Wenxi Wang, Zihao Wang, Zhe Chen, Xiaoyu Zhang, Zhen Qin, Lingfeng Miao, Zhengzhao Yang, Chaojie Xie, Mingming Xin, Huiru Peng, Yingyin Yao, Jie Liu, Zhongfu Ni, Qixin Sun, Weilong Guo

“…We also develop a user-friendly interactive platform, WheatCNVb ( http://wheat.cau.edu.cn/WheatCNVb/ ), for exploring the CNVb profiles over ever-increasing wheat accessions, and also propose a QR-code-like representation of individual digital CNVb fingerprint. …”
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Abstract 254: Imaging Findings of Stroke Following Treatment of Ruptured Cerebral Aneurysm Increases Risk of Postoperative Delirium by Abdullah M. Al Qudah, Mohamed F. Doheim, Varshapriya Suresh, Diti Vinuthna Lavu, Sreeja Sivaguru, Adham Shhadeh, Leen Alkalbani, Abdullah Sultany, Guvanch Kakamyradov, Parthasarathy D. Thirumala

“…Delirium was assessed by using the ICD9/10 codes and The Intensive Care Delirium Screening Checklist (ICDSC).10 Results A total of 167 patients presented with ruptured aneurysm and the incidence of delirium was 38.3% (64 patients). …”
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Understanding the Mindset of Protesting Women Regarding the Causes and Consequences of Protest Actions: A Qualitative Study of Imprisoned Female Protesters in Yazd by Ali Nikmanesh, Ali Ruhani, Seyed Alireza Afshani, Ahmad Kalateh Sadati

“…The participation of women in these protests, especially in conservative and traditionally structured cities like Yazd, holds significant research value. The experiences of women, who have been arrested or imprisoned during these protests, reveal the multifaceted and complex dimensions of their motivations, beliefs, and consequences of their actions. …”
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An Image-based Search for Pulsar Candidates in the MeerKAT Bulge Survey by Dale A. Frail, Emil Polisensky, Scott D. Hyman, William D. Cotton, Namir E. Kassim, Michele L. Silverstein, Rahul Sengar, David L. Kaplan, Francesca Calore, Joanna Berteaud, Maïca Clavel, Marisa Geyer, Samuel Legodi, Vasaant Krishnan, Sarah Buchner, Fernando Camilo

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Māori food culture and wellbeing on TikTok: a content and thematic analysis by Nikki Renall, Lisa Te Morenga

“…We conducted a content analysis of 100 unique TikTok videos labelled with the hashtags #kai and #Maori and coded content characteristics and viewer engagement for each video. …”
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Exploring the role of topography in the sputtering process of tungsten by GyM helium plasma by Andrea Uccello, Gabriele Alberti, Matteo Pedroni, Anna Cremona, Francesco Ghezzi, Miriam Saleh, Espedito Vassallo, Luigi Bana, David Dellasega, Matteo Passoni, Carlo Tuccari, Davide Vavassori, Antti Hakola, Marcin Rasinski, Juri Romazanov, the GyM Team

“…The effective sputtering yield ( $Y_{\mathrm{eff}}$ ) of tungsten, derived from mass and thickness loss data, was consistently lower than predictions from simulations by up to an order of magnitude, likely due to the dynamic retention of helium on the tungsten surface. …”
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Contextual Vulnerability Should Guide Fair Subject Selection in Xenotransplantation Clinical Trials by Gianna Strand

“…Xenografts are typically sourced from porcine animals (domestic pigs) or non-human primates (baboons) and range from simple tissues like corneas to complex vital organs like hearts, lungs, or kidneys. …”
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Identifying and Leveling Factors Affecting Women's Leisure Time with Emphasis On Physical Activities by Shahoo Zamani Dadanh, Shirin Zardoshtiyan

“…Accordingly, the extracted codes were placed in the form of questions and designed as a questionnaire. …”
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Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on non-communicable diseases care and service deliveries in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review by Yordanos Tadesse Kidanemariam, Finina Abebe, Eshetu Girma, Adamu Addisse, Zewdie Birhanu, Kalkidan Hassen, Abonesh Taye, Demuma Amdisa, Eyasu Alem Lake, Mistire Teshome Guta, Sudhakar Morankar, Kiya Kedir, Firaol Mesfin, Fiseha Wadilo, Elifaged Hailemeskel, Melat Dereje, Eskedar Hailegebrel, Rawleigh Howe, Minyahil Tadesse Boltena, Hailemicheal Getachew, Endalkachew Worku Mengesha, Tadesse Dagget Tesfaye, Netsanet Fentahun, Bereket Damtew, Adisalem Debebe, Zerihun Tariku, Addisu worku, Yoseph Gebreyohannes Abraha, Sabit Ababor Ababulgu

“…Individuals with NCDs have encountered increased risks of morbidity and mortality due to the delayed access to essential care amidst the pandemic. Emergent solutions like digital health technologies have shown potential in enhancing NCD care access during such crises. …”
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Validation of DYON simulations and development of physical sputtering models for lithiation and boronisation in EAST by Runze Chen, Hyun-Tae Kim, Wenbin Liu, Jinping Qian, Bin Zhang, Ximan Li, Zhengping Luo, Dalong Chen, Yaowei Yu, Wei Gao, Guizhong Zuo, Tianqi Jia, Pan Li, Zhongfang Guan, Wenyi Lu, Yutong Guo, Cong Cao, Zuhao Wang, Yifan He, Wei Wang, Yunchan Hu, Xianzu Gong

“…This paper validates for the first time the predictive capability of the DYON code for plasma initiation in EAST, which has metallic wall, superconducting coils and conventional tokamak shape, like ITER. …”
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Analysis of more than 400,000 women provides case-control evidence for BRCA1 and BRCA2 variant classification by Maria Zanti, Denise G. O’Mahony, Michael T. Parsons, Leila Dorling, Joe Dennis, Nicholas J. Boddicker, Wenan Chen, Chunling Hu, Marc Naven, Kristia Yiangou, Thomas U. Ahearn, Christine B. Ambrosone, Irene L. Andrulis, Antonis C. Antoniou, Paul L. Auer, Caroline Baynes, Clara Bodelon, Natalia V. Bogdanova, Stig E. Bojesen, Manjeet K. Bolla, Kristen D. Brantley, Nicola J. Camp, Archie Campbell, Jose E. Castelao, Melissa H. Cessna, Jenny Chang-Claude, Fei Chen, Georgia Chenevix-Trench, NBCS Collaborators, Don M. Conroy, Kamila Czene, Arcangela De Nicolo, Susan M. Domchek, Thilo Dörk, Alison M. Dunning, A. Heather Eliassen, D. Gareth Evans, Peter A. Fasching, Jonine D. Figueroa, Henrik Flyger, Manuela Gago-Dominguez, Montserrat García-Closas, Gord Glendon, Anna González-Neira, Felix Grassmann, Andreas Hadjisavvas, Christopher A. Haiman, Ute Hamann, Steven N. Hart, Mikael B. A. Hartman, Weang-Kee Ho, James M. Hodge, Reiner Hoppe, Sacha J. Howell, kConFab Investigators, Anna Jakubowska, Elza K. Khusnutdinova, Yon-Dschun Ko, Peter Kraft, Vessela N. Kristensen, James V. Lacey, Jingmei Li, Geok Hoon Lim, Sara Lindström, Artitaya Lophatananon, Craig Luccarini, Arto Mannermaa, Maria Elena Martinez, Dimitrios Mavroudis, Roger L. Milne, Kenneth Muir, Katherine L. Nathanson, Rocio Nuñez-Torres, Nadia Obi, Janet E. Olson, Julie R. Palmer, Mihalis I. Panayiotidis, Alpa V. Patel, Paul D. P. Pharoah, Eric C. Polley, Muhammad U. Rashid, Kathryn J. Ruddy, Emmanouil Saloustros, Elinor J. Sawyer, Marjanka K. Schmidt, Melissa C. Southey, Veronique Kiak-Mien Tan, Soo Hwang Teo, Lauren R. Teras, Diana Torres, Amy Trentham-Dietz, Thérèse Truong, Celine M. Vachon, Qin Wang, Jeffrey N. Weitzel, Siddhartha Yadav, Song Yao, Gary R. Zirpoli, Melissa S. Cline, Peter Devilee, Sean V. Tavtigian, David E. Goldgar, Fergus J. Couch, Douglas F. Easton, Amanda B. Spurdle, Kyriaki Michailidou

“…We observe 11,207 BRCA1 and BRCA2 variants, with 6909 being coding, covering 23.4% of BRCA1 and BRCA2 VUS in ClinVar and 19.2% of ClinVar curated (likely) benign or pathogenic variants. …”
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Challenges in Forming Millisecond Pulsar–Black Holes from Isolated Binaries by Camille Liotine, Vicky Kalogera, Jeff J. Andrews, Simone S. Bavera, Max Briel, Tassos Fragos, Seth Gossage, Konstantinos Kovlakas, Matthias U. Kruckow, Kyle A. Rocha, Philipp M. Srivastava, Meng Sun, Elizabeth Teng, Zepei Xing, Emmanouil Zapartas

“…We find that NSBHs are very rare and have a birth rate <1 Myr ^−1 for a Milky Way–like galaxy in our typical models. The NSBH formation rate is 2–3 orders of magnitude smaller than that for NS–BH binaries where the BH forms first (labeled BHNS). …”
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