The Fast-Greedy algorithm reveals hourly fluctuations and associated risks of shark communities in a South Pacific city by Ibtissam Chafia, Jihad Zahir, Christophe Lett, Tarik Agouti, Hajar Mousannif, Laurent Vigliola

“…Both species showed fission–fusion dynamics, with communities merging at dusk, indicating increased movement and a higher risk during this low-light period. A key innovation of our modeling framework was its ability to handle temporal variability in community detection algorithms applied to bipartite networks. …”
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Acute kidney injury in patients with idiopathic membranous nephropathy: influencing factors and prognosis by Zhenzhou Li, Mengjie Weng, Lizhao Lin, Yi Chen, Jiaqun Lin, Jiong Cui, Dewen Jiang, Binbin Fu, Guifen Li, Caiming Chen, Yanfang Xu, Jianxin Wan

“…We investigated the association of multiple variables with AKI in patients with IMN.Methods The data of 187 patients with biopsy-proven IMN were examined. …”
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Lipid Accumulation Product Is More Related to Insulin Resistance than the Visceral Adiposity Index in the Maracaibo City Population, Venezuela by Valmore Bermúdez, Juan Salazar, Jorge Fuenmayor, Manuel Nava, Ángel Ortega, Pablo Duran, Milagros Rojas, Roberto Añez, Alejandra Rivas-Montenegro, Lissé Angarita, Maricarmen Chacín, Clímaco Cano, Manuel Velasco, Joselyn Rojas

“…Although both indexes show a low predictive capacity in individuals with IR in the Maracaibo city population, the LAP index was more strongly associated with IR.…”
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Preoperative Hematocrit Concentration and the Risk of Stroke in Patients Undergoing Isolated Coronary-Artery Bypass Grafting by Khaled M. Musallam, Faek R. Jamali, Frits R. Rosendaal, Toby Richards, Donat R. Spahn, Kaivan Khavandi, Iskandar Barakat, Benjamin Demoss, Luca A. Lotta, Flora Peyvandi, Pier M. Sfeir

“…Screening and management of patients with low preoperative hematocrit concentration may alter postoperative stroke risk in patients undergoing isolated CABG.…”
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Mechanically powered negative pressure dressing reduces surgical site infection after stoma reversal by Brian Williams, MD, Aubrey Swinford, MD, Jordan Martucci, MD, Johnny Wang, MD, Jordan R. Wlodarczyk, MD, Abhinav Gupta, MD, Kyle G. Cologne, MD, Sarah E. Koller, MD, Christine Hsieh, MD, Marjun P. Duldulao, MD, Joongho Shin, MD

“…Patient demographics and surgical variables were reported. One (2.2 %) patient in the study cohort developed superficial SSI within 30 days of their surgery. …”
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Addressing human–elephant conflicts in Taita Taveta County, Kenya: Integrating species distribution modeling into targeted conservation strategies by Tino Johansson, Martha Munyao, Petri K.E. Pellikka, Sakari Äärilä, Patrick Omondi, Mika Siljander

“…This study assesses multiple distribution model algorithms and ensemble models, using Kenya Wildlife Service incident data and ten geospatial variables, to predict human–elephant conflicts in the county. …”
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Efficacy of pain management for cattle castration: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Emeline Nogues, Jane Stojkov, Biljana Jonoska Stojkova, Marina A.G. von Keyserlingk, Daniel M. Weary

“…None of the included studies were assessed as having a low risk of bias, mostly due to a lack of reporting blinding procedures and reasons for missing data. …”
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Prevalence and risk factors of anemia in internationally adopted children: a cohort study by Danilo Buonsenso, Ugo Maria Pierucci, Anna Camporesi, Francesca Raffaelli, Maria Chiara Barbieri, Lucia Scarlato, Arianna Turriziani Colonna, Mariella Iademarco, Ilaria Lazzareschi, Piero Valentini, Gruppo di Lavoro Nazionale del Bambino Migrante della Società Italiana di Pediatria

“…Associations between categorical variables was studied with Pearson’s or Fisher’s test and between quantitative and qualitative variables with Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) with Bonferroni correction. …”
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Comparative Efficacy and Safety of Cryoballoon vs Laser Balloon Ablation for Pulmonary Vein Isolation in Patients With Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation by Mahmoud Ali, Dorota Magdon, Abdulghani Mounir, Lynn Erickson, James Adefisoye, Jim Kanani, Andy Kieu, Abdullah Malik, Ali Ali, Nour Ghosoun, Jodi Zilinski, Arshad Jahangir, M. Eyman Mortada, Imran Niazi, Atul Bhatia

“…Kaplan-Meier analysis was used to estimate arrhythmia-free survival at one year for both groups. Categorical variables were expressed as n (%) and continuous variables as mean ± standard deviation or median (Q1, Q3). …”
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Spatiotemporal Analysis of Drought Variation from 2001 to 2023 in the China–Mongolia–Russia Transboundary Heilongjiang River Basin Based on ITVDI by Weihao Zou, Juanle Wang, Congrong Li, Keming Yang, Denis Fetisov, Jiawei Jiang, Meng Liu, Yaping Liu

“…However, spatiotemporal variability in drought is not well understood, in part owing to the limitations of the traditional Temperature Vegetation Dryness Index (TVDI). …”
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Ecological impacts of single-axis photovoltaic solar energy with periodic mowing on microclimate and vegetation by Yudi Li, Yudi Li, Alona Armstrong, Alona Armstrong, Christopher Simmons, Noah Z. Krasner, Noah Z. Krasner, Rebecca R. Hernandez, Rebecca R. Hernandez, Rebecca R. Hernandez, Rebecca R. Hernandez

“…Over a 12-month period, we monitored nine above- and belowground microclimate variables and 16 plant ecology metrics across these micro-patches. …”
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Challenges and Potential of Remote Sensing for Assessing <i>Salmonella</i> Risk in Water Sources: Evidence from Chile by Rayana Santos Araujo Palharini, Makarena Sofia Gonzalez Reyes, Felipe Ferreira Monteiro, Lourdes Milagros Mendoza Villavicencio, Aiko D. Adell, Magaly Toro, Andrea I. Moreno-Switt, Eduardo A. Undurraga

“…By integrating satellite data with environmental and microbiological analyses, this approach can potentially strengthen low-cost, proactive environmental monitoring for public health decision-making in the context of climate change.…”
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Using Fuzzy C-Means clustering and PCA in public health: A machine learning approach to combat CVD and obesity by Gamal Saad Mohamed Khamis, Nasser S. Alqahtani, Sultan Munadi Alanazi, Mohammed Muharrab Alruwaili, Mariam Shabram Alenazi, Maneaf A. Alrawaili

“…This unique approach, which has not been previously explored in public health, promises to provide new insights and solutions to these pressing health issues.The proposed PCA-FCM model was applied to a dataset comprising more than 20 health variables from a population sample aged 18–75 years. …”
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Association between psychosocial stressors and temporomandibular disorders in clinical dental students: a cross-sectional study by Abdullah Alqarni, Jagadish Hosmani, Saeed Alassiri, Ali Mosfer A. Alqahtani, Ali Alfaifi, Shuayl Abdulaziz Al Jazea

“…The psychosocial and functional variables of the OHIP-TMD were compared with those of anxiety in the general regression system. …”
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Valoración de la estabilidad del tronco mediante un dispositivo inercial (Trunk stability assesment using an inercial device) by Alejandro Bastida Castillo, Carlos David Gómez-Carmona, Pedro Reche, Paulino Granero Gil, José Pino Ortega

“…Además como objetivo secundario comprobar las diferencias en las variables CV y ApEn en función del tipo de ejercicio. …”
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Genotype distribution of human papillomavirus among women with cervical cancer stratified by HIV status in Tanzania. by Alita Mrema, Mamsau Ngoma, Emmanuel L Lugina, Atukuzwe Kahakwa, Chacha Josiah Mwita, Salama Iddy, Eulade Rugengamizi, Kandali Samwel, John Ngowi, Salum J Lidenge, Charles Wood, Julius Mwaiselage

“…HPV DNA was amplified by using a previously validated multiplex HPV PCR assay targeting 14 high-risk HPV genotypes (16,18,30,31,33, 35, 39, 45, 51, 52, 56, 58, 59, and 66) and two low-risk HPV genotypes (6 and 11). Continuous variables were compared using either a student t-test or the Mann-Whitney U test. …”
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Efficacy of index of reactivity-liquid sublingual immunotherapy in allergic rhinoconjunctivitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized studies by Danilo Di Bona, Andrea Di Biase, Giovanni Paoletti, Giovanni Paoletti, Rosanna Villani, Gaetano Serviddio, Josiane Cognet-Sicé, Silvia Scurati, Giorgio Walter Canonica, Giorgio Walter Canonica

“…IntroductionAllergen immunotherapy (AIT) is a well-established treatment with demonstrated efficacy and safety. However, variability in study outcomes remains a challenge, driven by differences in patient characteristics, study designs, and treatment durations. …”
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Impact of a positive end-expiratory pressure on oxygenation, respiratory compliance, and hemodynamics in obese patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery in reverse Trendelenburg pos... by Gulfairus A. Yessenbayeva, Aizhan M. Meyerbekova, Sergey I. Kim, Murat B. Zhumabayev, Gulbanu S. Berdiyarova, Sanzhar B. Shalekenov, Dinara S. Zharlyganova, Irina Y. Mukatova, Yekaterina A. Yukhnevich, Dmitriy A. Klyuyev, Andrey I. Yaroshetskiy

“…LPEEP increased Cdyn (+ 22.46 [+ 8.56; +36.35] ml/mbar, p = 0.002) with high variability of the true effect (Chi2 53.92, p < 0.0001; I2 96%). …”
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Modeling pine forest growing stock volume in subtropical regions of China using airborne Lidar data by Zige Lan, Xiandie Jiang, Guiying Li, Yagang Lu, Hongwen Yao, Dengsheng Lu

“…This modeling approach effectively alleviated the overfitting problem caused by relatively small sample sizes. (2) Compared to OLR which only used global variables, both GWR which incorporated spatial information and HBA which utilized stratification significantly improved modeling performance. (3) The accuracy of OLR and GWR models remained relatively stable with various sample sizes, indicating their low sensitivity to sample sizes, whereas HBA exhibited high sensitivity due to the influence of stratification factors. (4) For a single tree species, a stratification-based modeling method was valuable for GSV estimation. …”
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Using Continuous Flight Auger Pile Execution Energy to Enhance Reliability and Reduce Costs in Foundation Construction by Darym Júnior Ferrari de Campos, José Camapum de Carvalho, Paulo Ivo Braga de Queiroz, Luan Carlos Sena Monteiro Ozelim, José Antonio Schiavon, Dimas Betioli Ribeiro, Vinicius Resende Domingues

“…Known for their execution speed, low noise, and minimal vibration, they are extensively used in Brazil, particularly for urban projects or environmentally sensitive areas. …”
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