Integrating GIS and remote sensing for soil attributes mapping in degraded pastures of the Brazilian Cerrado by Rômullo Oliveira Louzada, Ivan Bergier, Édson Luis Bolfe, Jayme Garcia Arnal Barbedo

“…., Ca, Mg, K, Fe, Mn). Composite samples from management zones, were matched with 128 orbital variables from Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2 (2023), and ALOS-PALSAR-1. …”
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A hybrid fuzzy logic–Random Forest model to predict psychiatric treatment order outcomes: an interpretable tool for legal decision support by Alexandre Hudon, Alexandre Hudon, Alexandre Hudon, Alexandre Hudon

“…Fuzzy logic features such as severity, compliance, and a composite Burden_Score also significantly contributed to prediction accuracy. …”
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Gut Microbiota: A New Challenge in Mood Disorder Research by Giuseppe Marano, Sara Rossi, Greta Sfratta, Gianandrea Traversi, Francesco Maria Lisci, Maria Benedetta Anesini, Roberto Pola, Antonio Gasbarrini, Eleonora Gaetani, Marianna Mazza

“…This review examines the latest findings on the gut–microbiota–brain axis and elucidates how alterations in gut microbiota composition can influence this axis, leading to changes in brain function and behavior. …”
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Hydrogen Sulfide Negative Salmonella and their Implication for Standard Culture-based Identification by Kingsley E. Bentum, Rejoice Nyarku, Emmanuel Kuufire, Temesgen Samuel, Charlene R. Jackson, Woubit Abebe

“…This review explores the phenotypic variability in H2S production among Salmonella and summarizes recent global reports of H2S-negative serovars. …”
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Falls prevention interventions for community-dwelling older adults: systematic review and meta-analysis of benefits, harms, and patient values and preferences by Jennifer Pillay, Lindsay A. Gaudet, Sabrina Saba, Ben Vandermeer, Ashiqur Rahman Ashiq, Aireen Wingert, Lisa Hartling

“…Abstract Background About 20–30% of older adults (≥ 65 years old) experience one or more falls each year, and falls are associated with substantial burden to the health care system, individuals, and families from resulting injuries, fractures, and reduced functioning and quality of life. …”
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Temporal dynamics in old-growth spruce dominated forests in the Western Carpathians, Slovakia by Kucbel Stanislav, Vencurik Jaroslav, Šumichrast Ladislav, Sedmáková Denisa, Petrová Anna, Jaloviar Peter

“…In four subalpine primary spruce forests in Slovakia, we analysed the temporal variability of basic stand characteristics, the dynamics of diameter structures and the development of tree species composition. …”
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Stability of the antimicrobial activity of selected essential oils and nature identical compounds and their interaction with Tween 20 against reference bacterial strains of zootech... by Costanza Spadini, Mattia Iannarelli, Alicia Maria Carrillo Heredero, Sabrina Lucia Montanaro, Nicolò Mezzasalma, Marica Simoni, Simone Bertini, Federico Righi, Clotilde Silvia Cabassi

“…Essential oils (EOs) and nature identical compounds (NICs) express different antimicrobial activity (AAc) which can be affected by variability in composition, stability over time, and the carrier employed for their inclusion in feedstuff and products for animal treatments. …”
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Aerosol single-scattering albedo derived by merging OMI/POLDER satellite products and AERONET ground observations by Y. Dong, J. Li, J. Li, Z. Zhang, C. Zhang, Q. Li

“…<p>Accurate global aerosol single-scattering albedo (SSA) data are critical for assessing aerosol radiative effects and identifying aerosol composition. However, current satellite-based SSA retrievals are both limited and highly uncertain, whereas the more accurate ground-based observations lack global coverage. …”
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Investigating the relationship between sleep disturbances and psychopathology In children and adolescents with microdeletion of 22q11 chromosome: an exploratory study by Maria Rosaria Lala, Domenica Bellantoni, Federica Alice Maria Montanaro, Federica Alice Maria Montanaro, Maria Pontillo, Paolo Alfieri, Stefano Vicari, Stefano Vicari

“…Further studies are required to draw more consistent conclusions.…”
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Perceived technology usefulness for caregiving among unpaid caregivers: a National Cross-Sectional Study by Matthew Lee Smith, Matthew Lee Smith, Shinduk Lee, Malinee Neelamegam, Deborah Vollmer Dahlke, Deborah Vollmer Dahlke, Deborah Vollmer Dahlke, Jodi L. Southerland, Zachary G. Baker, Kris Pui Kwan Ma, Darina V. Petrovsky, Zahra Rahemi, Justine S. Sefcik, Juanita-Dawne R. Bacsu, Chung Lin Kew, Chung Lin Kew, Marcia G. Ory, Marcia G. Ory

“…The primary dependent variable was the Perceived Technology Usefulness for Caregiving (PTUC) Scale, which is a composite score of six items ranging from 0 to 100. …”
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Lymphocyte Subpopulations in the Healthy Human Lacrimal Gland and Their Variations With Age and Sex, Systematic Review 1960–2023 by Claudia M. Trujillo‐Vargas, Luisa María Rendón‐Macías, Ronald Yamil Paredes Guerrero, Cinta S. dePaiva, Jaiberth Antonio Cardona‐Arias

“…Further studies are also needed to assess the dynamics of lymphocytic populations in a more detailed manner using cutting‐edge methodologies such as single‐cell sequencing or transcriptomics. …”
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Bacterial colony biopsies: Spatial discrimination of heterogeneous cell types by cytometric fingerprinting by Gorkhmaz Abbaszade, Kathrin Stückrath, Susann Müller

“…The size, shape and variability of bacterial colonies are strongly species‐dependent and also influenced by environmental conditions. …”
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Metagenomic insights into microbial diversity and potential pathogenic transmission in poultry farm environments of Bangladesh by Afroja Yasmin, M. Shaminur Rahman, S. M. Kador, Md. Mustak Ahmed, Md. Eashanul Karim Moon, Humaira Akhter, Munawar Sultana, Anowara Begum

“…Beta diversity analysis indicated significant differences in microbial composition across sample sources, with PERMANOVA confirming that sample origin accounted for 51.45% of the variability (p < 0.001). …”
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Phytoplankton and Zooplankton Assemblages Driven by Environmental Factors Along Trophic Gradients in Thai Lentic Ecosystems by Peangtawan Phonmat, Ratcha Chaichana, Chuti Rakasachat, Pawee Klongvessa, Wirong Chanthorn, Sitthisak Moukomla

“…Multidimensional Scaling (MDS) analysis and Principal Coordinate Analysis (PCoA) confirmed that water quality variables strongly influenced community structure. …”
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Hippocampal structure, patterns of the calcium-binding proteins and neuron numbers in small echolocating bats by Jovana Maliković, Katja Schönbächler, Ana Luiza F. Destro, David P. Wolfer, David P. Wolfer, Irmgard Amrein, Irmgard Amrein

“…Although the two families overlapped considerably, the cellular composition of the phyllostomid hippocampus can be described as output dominant, while in vespertilionids neuron populations on the hippocampal input side are more dominant. …”
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Standardization of Requirements for Culture Media Used to Assess the Quality of Drugs (Review) by S. M. Sukhanova

“…However, when conducting trial, it is necessary to take into account the peculiarities of culture media due to the presence in their composition of components of biological origin. In particular, a high degree of variability and unstable stability of raw materials, as well as possible mistakes in producing and storage of media, create the prerequisites for deviations. …”
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Personal, occupational and cardiovascular risk factors associated with elevated blood pressure in Brazilian firefighters: a cross-sectional study by Eliana Zandonade, Fernanda Camargo Damacena, Karla Nívea Sampaio, Igor Magalhães Sales

“…Objective Our study evaluated the prevalence of hypertension in a population of Brazilian firefighters and the association of elevated blood pressure (BP) with personal, occupational, and cardiovascular risk factors.Design This was a cross-sectional study.Setting Our study was based on health inspections of the Military Fire Brigade of the Espírito Santo State, Brazil, performed in 2019.Participants The study participants were 859 male Brazilian firefighters.Outcome measures Data collected included sociodemographic (age, ethnicity, educational level, health insurance coverage), occupational (city of work, type of current activity, main operational activity), lifestyle (smoking and alcohol consumption), and health status (fasting glucose, total cholesterol and triglycerides, blood pressure, and anthropometric composition). All firefighters in the pre-hypertension and hypertension range and/or using antihypertensive medication were considered as having BP above normal, and the association of this outcome with sociodemographic, occupational, lifestyle, and health status variables was analysed by a logistic regression model.Results We found that 45.6% of firefighters presented elevated BP levels. …”
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New perspectives on picocyanobacteria and understudied cyanobacterial diversity in the Albemarle Pamlico sound system, North Carolina, USA by Joel Sánchez-Gallego, Joel Sánchez-Gallego, Nathaniel P. Curtis, Hans W. Paerl, Ryan W. Paerl

“…Amplicon sequence variant (ASV) and environmental data indicate the presence of several putative ecotypes, as well as distinct abundance patterns among closely related populations, highlighting substantial fitness variability among subspecies. Notably, potentially cyanotoxic genera, Synechocystis, Planktothrix, Plectonema, and Dolichospermum were the four more abundant detected in polyhaline APES regions, far beyond conspicuous freshwater sources. …”
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Enhancing strength and sustainability of concrete with steel slag aggregate by Ibrahim Kamal Ibrahim, Mohammed Rady, Nouran M. Tawfik, Mahmoud Kassem, Sameh Youssef Mahfouz

“…To further validate the compressive strength improvements and quantify data variability, a statistical analysis was conducted. The results revealed that concrete mixtures utilizing steel slag demonstrated substantial enhancements in compressive strength, with four mixtures featuring complete replacement of natural aggregates achieving more than 1.7 times the strength of control mix. …”
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Pollution of the snow surface with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons during the formation of frost by M. P. Tentyukov, D. N. Gabov, D. V. Simonenkov, E. G. Yazikov

“…When analyzing chemical compositions of snow the high variability of content of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in snow cover between snowfalls is observed. …”
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