Cholinesterase inhibitors in mild cognitive impairment: a systematic review of randomised trials. by Roberto Raschetti, Emiliano Albanese, Nicola Vanacore, Marina Maggini

“…The objective of this review is to assess the effects of ChEIs (donepezil, rivastigmine, and galantamine) in delaying the conversion from MCI to Alzheimer disease or dementia.<h4>Methods and findings</h4>The terms "donepezil", "rivastigmine", "galantamine", and "mild cognitive impairment" and their variants, synonyms, and acronyms were used as search terms in four electronic databases (MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane, PsycINFO) and three registers: the Cochrane Collaboration Trial Register, Current Controlled Trials, and ClinicalTrials.gov. …”
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Risk factors associated with malaria infection in children aged from 6 to 59 months in Niger: a cross-sectional study by N’Kpingou Théodore Nadakou, Moussiliou Noel Paraïso, Jean Blaise Yobo, Charles Patrick Makoutode, Joel Sodjinou, Ounoussa Tapha, Éric Omar Adehossi

“…It was carried out in 2021 by the National Institute of Statistics (NIS) in collaboration with the National Malaria Control Program (NMCP) of the Ministry of Public Health, Population and Social Affairs (MSP/P/AS). …”
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Organizational Culture and Stock Price Crash Risk by Gholamreza Kordestani, Ramin Eskandari, Mahdi Shams

“…However, at a 90% confidence level, collaboration-oriented and creativity-oriented cultures positively affect the stock price crash risk. …”
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A Novel Surface Subsidence Prediction Model Based on Stochastic Medium Theory for Inclined Coal Seam Mining by Weitao Yan, Junting Guo, Shaoge Yan, Yueguan Yan, Wei Tang

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QCI-WSC: Estimation and prediction of QoS confidence interval for web service composition based on Bootstrap by Li Qinying, Lu Wei, Li Fangli, Wang Taotao, Wang Hao

“…Finally, the results of user-invoked web service composition QoS are verified by the average interval coverage rate, compared to the actual QoS values and prediction values of the other methods, such as adaptive QoS prediction method based on collaborative filtering (QACF) and QoS-Aware web service recommendation (WSRec). …”
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Preclinical Study of Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Analysis of Tebipenem Using Monte Carlo Simulation for Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase-Producing Bacterial Urinary Tract Infectio... by Fumiya Ebihara, Takumi Maruyama, Hidefumi Kasai, Mitsuru Shiokawa, Nobuaki Matsunaga, Yukihiro Hamada

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Sample Distribution Approximation for the Ship Fleet Deployment Problem Under Random Demand by Qi Hong, Xuecheng Tian, Haoran Li, Zhiyuan Liu, Shuaian Wang

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Recommended Hematocrit in Patients With Sepsis: An Observational Study by Shih‐Hong Chen, Linyi Chen

“…The relationship between early stage of hematocrit and mortality in patients with sepsis remains underexplored. Method This observational cohort study used data from the eICU Collaborative Research Database. …”
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Smartphone technologies and Bayesian networks to assess shorebird habitat selection by Sara L. Zeigler, E. Robert Thieler, Benjamin T. Gutierrez, Nathaniel G. Plant, Megan Hines, James D. Fraser, Daniel H. Catlin, Sarah M. Karpanty

“…However, studies of habitat selection can be time consuming and expensive over broad spatial scales, and a lack of standardized monitoring targets or methods can impede the generalization of site‐based studies. …”
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Leveraging Local Community Capacities for Sustainable Security: A Case Study of the Border Villages in Darmiyan and Sarbisheh Counties by Javad Mikaniki

“…The statistical population consisted of 62 rural settlements within 30 kilometers of the common border with Afghanistan, comprising 4,502 households. A non-probability method was used for sampling at the village level, while a random-stratified probability method was employed at the household level. …”
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Risk of adverse obstetrical and neonatal outcomes in women consuming recreational drugs during pregnancy by Sreemanjari Kandhasamy, Karine Lepigeon, Stéphanie Baggio, Roulet Céline, Michael Ceulemans, Ursula Winterfeld, Stephen P. Jenkinson, Katyuska Francini, Emeline Maisonneuve, Alice Panchaud

“…Weighted logistic regression with weights obtained through inverse probability treatment weighting was conducted. For this analysis, we reported a conditional odds ratio (ORconditional) and 95% confidence interval (CI). …”
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Comparison of the efficacy and safety of conventional curettage adenoidectomy with those of other adenoidectomy surgical techniques: a systematic review and network meta-analysis by Moayyad Malas, Awwadh A. Althobaiti, Abdullah Sindi, Afnan F. Bukhari, Faisal Zawawi

“…Suction diathermy had the highest cumulative probability of being the preferred technique because it was estimated to result in the least intraoperative blood loss. …”
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Determinants of antenatal care service utilisation in sub-Saharan Africa: an analysis of demographic and health surveys data (2015–2022) by Belete Achamyelew Ayele, Elizabeth Holliday, Catherine Chojenta

“…Assessing ANC prevalence and its determinants can help address gaps and improve health outcomes. Methods This study utilised data from recent Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) conducted between 2015 and 2022 across SSA countries, using a weighted sample of 196,459 women. …”
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Presenting the Model of Effective Factors on Smart Governance in the Country by Ghaem Gheiravani, Mohammad Montazeri, Shams Sadat Zahedi

“…The statistical population in the qualitative section includes 28 university experts familiar with the subject, who were selected in a non-probability and judgmental manner. In this research, the research strategy is of a mixed type (qualitative-quantitative) that after defining the topic and conducting preliminary exploratory and library studies and semi-structured interviews, the relevant factors and components are determined through the Delphi method, which is considered a qualitative research method, by a researcher-made questionnaire (including the answers of the five-choice Likert range and an open question to add possible new components) according to academic and professional experts familiar with the subject, And after receiving their qualitative and quantitative corrective opinions (prioritization of factors) based on the statistical methods of analysis, and finally, through three rounds of going back and forth of the fit of the model, components, and combination of factors reached the consensus of the elites. …”
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Spatiotemporal patterns of wet–dry encounters between water source and receiving areas in the South-to-North water transfer project by Yuping Han, Jinhang Li, Mengdie Zhao

“…The runoff of the lower Yellow River showed a significant downward trend (− 1.2%/ decade, p < 0.05). (2) The occurrence probability of extreme flood and ebb synchronous events is less than 5%, while the overall distribution of asynchronous and synchronous events is balanced (45–55%), indicating that the risk of water transfer is generally controllable; (3) The four-level water diversion risk scenario (optimal to most unfavorable) is identified through probability simulation, showing that the low-risk operation probability of the project under current conditions is 68%. …”
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Crosstalk Analysis of SiC Ultraviolet Single Photon Avalanche Photodiode Arrays by Heng Zhang, Linlin Su, Dong Zhou, Weizong Xu, Fangfang Ren, Dunjun Chen, Rong Zhang, Youdou Zheng, Hai Lu

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A Session-Based Song Recommendation Approach Involving User Characterization along the Play Power-Law Distribution by Diego Sánchez-Moreno, Vivian F. López Batista, M. Dolores Muñoz Vicente, Ana B. Gil González, María N. Moreno-García

“…This proposal improves the recommendation reliability of collaborative filtering methods while reducing the complexity of the procedures used so far to deal with the gray-sheep problem.…”
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FsDAOD: Few-shot domain adaptation object detection for heterogeneous SAR image by Siyuan Zhao, Yong Kang, Hang Yuan, Guan Wang, Hui Wang, Shichao Xiong, Ying Luo

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Comparison of 3DVar and EnSRF Data Assimilation Using Radar Observations for the Analysis and Prediction of an MCS by Shibo Gao, Jinzhong Min

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Effect of Robot-Assisted Gait Training on Lower Limb Motor Function of Children with Cerebral Palsy： A Meta-Analysis by JIANG Xiaoyu, BI Hongyan, SUN Wenyu, LIU Huifen, SU Hang, JIANG Jiahui

“…RevMan 5.3 software was used for meta-analysis according to the systematic evaluation manual provided by the Cochrane Collaboration Network. The statistical heterogeneity was assessed by probability value (<italic>P</italic> value) and heterogeneity value (<italic>I</italic>² value). …”
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