Drivers of primary care appointment volumes before and after the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal study by Tianchang Zhao, Rachel Meacock, Matt Sutton

“…We used fixed-effects regression models to relate monthly general practice appointment rates per registered patient to workforce size and composition and population age structure, and compared the results between the two periods. …”
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Magnetic Induction Spectroscopy-Based Non-Contact Assessment of Avocado Fruit Condition by Tianyang Lu, Adam D. Fletcher, Richard John Colgan, Michael D. O’Toole

“…The equivalent circuit model, which is both physically interpretable and fitted to experimental data, revealed that the ripening process of avocado fruits is characterized by a weakening of capacitive structures and an increase in extracellular solution conductivity, suggesting changes in cellular integrity and extracellular composition, respectively. …”
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Influencing factors and dynamic changes of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in China: From the perspective of machine learning analysis by Lei Li, Hui Jing, Yuqi Zhao, Shenghua Wu, Boyu Zhu

“…Based on survey data from China, we employed a Gradient Boosting Decision Tree (GBDT) model and conducted SHAP interpretability analysis. …”
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Depletion Estimation, Stock–Recruitment Relationships, and Interpretation of Biomass Reference Points by Mark N. Maunder, Kevin R. Piner

“…Therefore, estimates of depletion are particularly sensitive to uncertainty in the biological processes related to natural mortality and the stock–recruitment relationship and to growth when length composition data are used. In addition, depletion-based reference points are highly dependent on the stock–recruitment relationship and need to account for recruitment variability, particularly autocorrelation, trends, and regime shifts. …”
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OPTIMIZATION OF INCOME OF THE PERSONNEL OF THE ENTERPRISES OF THE FOOD INDUSTRY by G.M. Tarasiuk, T.P. Ostapchuk, T.V. Musiiets, Ya.M. Laguta, S.Yu. Biriuchenko

“…Depending on the goals of optimization, there are several types of unknown variables in the tasks of income management of the enterprise: the level of the employee; the level of a separate structural unit; the level of the enterprise as a whole. …”
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Mixed-Species Flock Diversity and Habitat Density Are Associated with Antipredator Behavior in Songbirds by Eric K. Frazier, Zaharia A. Selman, Charles A. Price, Monica Papeş, Todd M. Freeberg

“…Titmice avoided feeders more when hawk models were presented at sites with greater vegetation density. …”
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Gold nanoparticle encapsulated hybrid MOF: synthesis, characterization, and co-drug delivery of 5-fluorouracil and curcumin by Pranita Rananaware, Parimal Pandit, Varsha Brahmkhatri

“…Abstract The unique features of Metal–Organic Frameworks (MOFs), including structural flexibility, high surface area, and variable pore size, have drawn attention in cancer therapy. …”
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Calculation of the Effective Dielectric Constant and Capacitance of Slit and Plane-Parallel Capacitors with High Temperature Stability Characteristics Based on a Multilayer Ferroel... by I. G. Mironenko, S. S. Sokolov, M. E. Shevchenko, V. S. Severikov, Kong Che Fam, A. I. Protchenko, N. N. Sharova, A. P. Burovikhin, A. A. Ivanov

“…Creation of computational models of planar slit structures containing multilayer films with thickness-variable stoichiometric compositions of ferroelectric materials. …”
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Specific Physical Performances of Young Male Basketball Players in Palestine: An Assessment by Maturity Status by Layla Jawabreh, Mohamed Tounsi, Ghazi Racil, Johnny Padulo, Gian Mario Migliaccio, Luca Russo, Yassine Trabelsi

“…Statistical analyses, including a full model and multiple regression analysis, were conducted to identify the anthropometric parameters that significantly influenced the performance variables. …”
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Development and Influence of the Economic Groups in Ecuador by Ana Belén Tulcanaza-Prieto, Alexandra Cortez-Ordoñez, Jairo Rivera

“…Additionally, t -test for the equality of means revealed statistically significant differences in financial performance across quartiles between 2015 and 2020, confirming a hierarchical structure among Ecuadorian economic groups based on their financial variables. The study provides a comprehensive overview of the growth, transformation, and structural composition of economic groups in Ecuador, emphasizing their oligopolistic tendencies and the strong presence of family-owned and controlled firms. …”
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A Novel Logarithmic Approach to General Relativistic Hydrodynamics in Dynamical Spacetimes by Mario Imbrogno, Rita Megale, Luca Del Zanna, Sergio Servidio

“…This method employs a “3 + 1” decomposition of spacetime, complemented by the “1 + log” slicing condition and Gamma-driver shift conditions, which have been shown to improve numerical stability in spacetime evolution. …”
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Quality Assurance Framework for Recovered Binders and Aggregates from Asphalt Mixtures Incorporating Recycled Materials by Eslam Deef-Allah, Magdy Abdelrahman

“…Thermal-rheological analysis models corroborated these results by demonstrating reduced decomposition areas for more aged binders, enhancing performance prediction—especially for limited binder amounts. …”
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The distribution and abundance of planktonic foraminifera under summer sea ice in the Arctic Ocean by F. Vermassen, F. Vermassen, C. Bird, T. M. Weitkamp, T. M. Weitkamp, K. F. Darling, K. F. Darling, H. Farnelid, C. Heuzé, A. Y. Hsiang, A. Y. Hsiang, S. Karam, C. Stranne, C. Stranne, M. Sundbom, M. Sundbom, H. K. Coxall, H. K. Coxall

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Geology Matters for Antarctic Geothermal Heat by Tobias Stål, Jacqueline A. Halpin, John W. Goodge, Anya M. Reading

“…Utilizing gravity inversion and rock composition data, they show that the crustal heterogeneity introduces considerable variability to heat flow. …”
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Impact assessment of the performance of rural household’s heads on their perceptions toward environmental sustainability in Baghmalek County by ُSeyedeh Kowsar Mousapour, Amir Naeimi

“…The results of structural equation modeling showed that the values of composite reliability (CR) and extracted mean variance (AVE) calculated for environmental performance components were obtained at optimum level. …”
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Urban–Rural Exposure to Flood Hazard and Social Vulnerability in the Conterminous United States by Bishal Dhungana, Weibo Liu

“…Global and local regression models, including Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) and Geographically Weighted Regression (GWR), highlighted social vulnerability’s spatial variability and localized impacts on flood risk. …”
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Optimization-Incorporated Deep Learning Strategy to Automate L3 Slice Detection and Abdominal Segmentation in Computed Tomography by Seungheon Chae, Seongwon Chae, Tae Geon Kang, Sung Jin Kim, Ahnryul Choi

“…Evaluation of CT data from 150 prostate and bladder cancer patients showed that the optimized models reduced the slice detection error to approximately 0.68 ± 1.26 slices and achieved a Dice coefficient of up to 0.987 ± 0.001 for abdominal tissue segmentation-improvements over the models that did not consider correction design variables. …”
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Longitudinal assessment of sputum microbiome by sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene in non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis patients. by Michael J Cox, Elena M Turek, Catherine Hennessy, Ghazala K Mirza, Phillip L James, Meg Coleman, Andrew Jones, Robert Wilson, Diana Bilton, William O C Cookson, Miriam F Moffatt, Michael R Loebinger

“…Our study objective was to determine the longitudinal variability of the non-cystic fibrosis (CF) bronchiectasis microbiome in sputum with respect to clinical variables. …”
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Heritability and tissue specificity of expression quantitative trait loci. by Enrico Petretto, Jonathan Mangion, Nicholas J Dickens, Stuart A Cook, Mande K Kumaran, Han Lu, Judith Fischer, Henrike Maatz, Vladimir Kren, Michal Pravenec, Norbert Hubner, Timothy J Aitman

“…Trans-eQTLs generally show smaller effects than cis-eQTLs and have a higher false discovery rate, particularly in more heterogeneous tissues, suggesting that small biological variability, likely relating to tissue composition, may influence detection of trans-eQTLs in this system. …”
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Effects of Climate and Land Use on the Population Dynamics of the Bank Vole (<i>Clethrionomys glareolus</i>) in the Southernmost Part of Its Range by Lucía de la Huerta-Schliemann, Marc Vilella, Lídia Freixas, Ignasi Torre

“…Occupancy models, taking into account detectability, indicated stable occupancy in all regions. …”
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