A GIS-Based Approach to Soil Erosion Risk Assessment Using RUSLE: The Case of the Mai Nefhi Watershed, Barka River Basin, Eritrea by Tsegay Bereket Menghis, Pandi Zdruli, Endre Dobos

“…Key parameters were analyzed, including rainfall erosivity (R), soil erodibility (K), slope length and steepness (LS), cover management (C), and conservation practice (P). …”
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FERTILISATION SOURCE AND DOSE OPTIMISATION BOOST YIELD OF DURUM WHEAT IN MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATIC CONDITIONS by Mazlum AYHAN, Ferhat KIZILGEÇİ, Muhammad Aamir IQBAL

“…The field trial was comprised of fertiliser sources, including chemical fertilisers, compost and leonardite, while different nitrogen levels (0, 80, 160, 240 kg ha-1) were also tested. The experimental variables included yield attributes (height of the, length of the spike, spikelets number per spike, thousand-grain weight and grain yield). …”
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Comprehensive Approaches to Pain Management in Postoperative Spinal Surgery Patients: Advanced Strategies and Future Directions by Dhruba Podder, Olivia Stala, Rahim Hirani, Adam M. Karp, Mill Etienne

“…Enhanced recovery after surgery protocols, which integrate many of these strategies, have been shown to reduce opioid use, hospital length of stay, and complication rates. Nevertheless, variability in implementation and the need for individualized protocols remain key challenges. …”
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Comparative Study and Real-World Validation of Vertical Load Estimation Techniques for Intelligent Tire Systems by Ti Wu, Xiaolong Zhang, Dong Wang, Weigong Zhang, Deng Pan, Liang Tao

“…Vertical load prediction algorithms are developed using Support Vector Machine (SVM) and linear regression, considering variables like contact length, vehicle speed, and tire pressure. …”
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Association of redundant foreskin with sexual dysfunction: a cross-sectional study from 5700 participants by Yuan-Qi Zhao, Nian Li, Xiao-Hua Jiang, Yang-Yang Wan, Bo Xu, Xue-Chun Hu, Yi-Fu Hou, Ji-Yan Li, Shun Bai

“…A previous study showed that the length of the foreskin plays a role in the risk of sexually transmitted infections and chronic prostatitis, which can lead to poor quality of sexual life. …”
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Morphological and pomological characterizations of pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) to select superior genotypes by Ali Khadivi, Farhad Mirheidari, Abdolvahid Saeidifar, Younes Moradi, Yazgan Tunç

“…Heat map analysis grouped variables into four clusters, with traits like total soluble solids (7–22%, mean: 14.72% ± 2.99) and 100-aril fresh weight (19.34–49.46 g, mean: 32.51 g ± 7.93) being critical for marketability. …”
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Effect of different light qualities on photosynthetic characteristics and fruit quality of Shine Muscat grapevines grown under rain-sheltered cultivation by GONG Xiaomin, YU Guanghui, LI Xiujie, WANG Rong, CHEN Guangxia, WU Yusen, WU Xinying, ZHANG Zhichang, LI Bo, MA Yujiao

“…Leaf area, basal cane diameter and internode length were measured on 20 randomly selected canes per treatment after two months. …”
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Household risk factors associated with canine leishmaniasis in Fortaleza, northeastern Brazil: Environmental, social, dog characteristics, and exposure to canine Ehrlichia spp by Adam Leal-Lima, Diana Celia Sousa Nunes-Pinheiro, Filipe Dantas-Torres, Társilla Mara Vieira Ferreira, Christine A. Petersen, Angela J. Toepp, Marie V. Ozanne

“…Ehrlichia exposure status, along with environmental (backyard type and presence of cats) and dog variables (fur length, deworming frequency, and tick infestation), ranked among the top ten variables in all models. …”
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Children with neurodevelopmental disabilities have worse appendicitis outcomes by Su Yeon Lee, Emily A Byrd, Jonathan E Kohler

“…We hypothesized that children with NDD are more likely to present with more severe appendicitis and have worse clinical outcomes. …”
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Real-world assessment to estimate multiple attributes related to treatment cost driver for mantle cell lymphoma in Japan by econometric modeling by Saaya Tsutsué, Shinichi Makita, Hiroya Asou, Anila Mathew, Yuki Kado, Koki Idehara, Seok-Won Kim, Dilinuer Ainiwaer

“…Structural equation modeling (SEM) is an advanced multivariate analysis framework used to assess the relationships between observed and latent variables within predefined causal models. In this study, SEM was employed to identify cost drivers and estimate variables related to MCL treatment cost. …”
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Comparison of offspring outcomes in women with and without epilepsy by Huali Luo, Xiaomin Mao, Shuli Zhu, Qiong Luo, Jiajia Fang, Qiwei Li

“…After adjusting for potential confounding variables, offspring femoral length in WWE was significantly reduced compared to the control group (6.812 cm vs. 6.923 cm, P < 0.0001). …”
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Assessment of Body Morphometry to Classify Two Colombian Creole Pigs Using Statistical and Machine Learning Methods by Arcesio Salamanca-Carreño, Mauricio Vélez-Terranova, Pere M. Parés-Casanova, Paula A. Toalombo-Vargas, David E. Rangel-Pachón, Andrés F. Castillo-Pérez

“…A total of 14 morphometric variables were recorded, as well as the animal’s sex. …”
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One-year Prevalence, Comorbidities, and Cost of Hospitalizations for Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency among Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in the United States by Christopher M. Blanchette, Emily Zacherle, Joshua M. Noone, Bryce A. Van Doren, Debosree Roy, Reuben Howden

“…Recognizing the non-parametric nature of length of stay and cost, we calculated median values and interquartile ranges for these variables for each group of patients. …”
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Lower vicine content reduces the reproductive yield performance in faba bean (Vicia faba L.) by Sadhan Debnath, Mayank Rai, Wricha Tyagi, Sujan Majumder, Ng. Tombisana Meetei

“…In this study, 189 diverse faba bean accessions have been evaluated for yield component traits and vicine content in seeds followed by a correlation study. Combined genetic variability analysis shows that traits like days to pod initiation (DPI), pod length (PL), test weight (TW) and grain yield have minimally been influenced by the environment. …”
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Implementing a Rapid Improvement Event with anonymised individual performance reporting on benign hysterectomy care: a retrospective comparative analysis by Hairil Rizal Abdullah, Celestine Loh, Jason Shau Khng Lim, Yang Lv, Jia Xuan Yeo, Rhoda Su Hui Lew, Xu Ying Leow

“…Building on VBHC principles, the Ministry of Health Singapore introduced the Value-Driven Care programme, including initiatives like Enhanced Recovery After Surgery and Patient Blood Management. …”
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CASE STUDY: DEVELOPING TANZANIA’S TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (TIMS) by Glenn ROBINSON

“…Developing effective congestion relief strategies requires going beyond the collection of geotechnical like shoulder width, guardrails, vegetation, road length and width, culverts, volume, drainage, terrain, rail crossing, number of lanes, bridges locations, and type of terrain. …”
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Compartmental analysis of retinal vascular parameters and thickness in myopic eyes using SS-OCTA by Chen Zeng, Chong Tang, Yixin Tan, Juxian Liu, Kai Shi, Qi Li

“…Retinal parameters like vessel density (VD) of different compartments of papillary and peripapillary sectors were measured by SS-OCTA, respectively. …”
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Aerobic bacteria study, clinical spectrum, and outcome of patients with community-acquired multidrug-resistant pathogens by Chandra Sekhar Talari Sree, Ravi Shankar Calerappa, Geethanjali Anke

“…Statistical Analysis Used: Categorical variables were expressed as counts and percentages. …”
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Morphological and Morphometric Study of Papillary Muscles in Adult Cadaveric Hearts: A Cross-sectional Study from Central India by Geslin Varghese, Mayura Setiya

“…Papillary muscles are small pillar-like myocardial structures that stabilise the position of the tricuspid and bicuspid valves. …”
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An examination of the associations between nutritional peaking strategies in physique sport and competitor characteristics by Kai A. Homer, Matt R. Cross, Eric R. Helms

“…CHO back loading (45%) and water loading (40.6%) were the most popular peaking strategies, while the most prevalent peaking strategy length was 7 days (27.2%). None of the competitor characteristics predicted the use of CHO-based peaking strategies nor peaking strategy length. …”
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