Population dynamics and monitoring applied to decision-making by M. J. Conroy, D. C. Lee

“…First, management options are modeled via decision variables that link to system attributes that are directly responsive to management actions, such as harvest and habitat management. …”
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Open Access to Burn Severity Data—A Web-Based Portal for Mainland Portugal by Pedro Castro, João Gonçalves, Diogo Mota, Bruno Marcos, Cristiana Alves, Joaquim Alonso, João P. Honrado

“…It offers multitemporal burn severity products, covering up to 12 months post-fire, and incorporates three severity indicators, the delta NBR, relative difference NBR, and relativized burn ratio, derived from Normalized Burn Ratio (NBR) quarterly median composites. The platform’s modular and scalable framework also allows the integration of more spectral indices, burn severity indicators, and other wildfire perimeter databases. …”
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Investigating the role of job satisfaction and work engagement dynamics in reducing turnover intentions among female bank employees by Nurdjanah Hamid, Wahda Rasyid, Andi Aswan, Insany Fitri Nurqamar, Romi Setiawan, Rianda Ridho Hafizh Thaha

“…The collected data were analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) to ensure that each indicator appropriately defined its constructs of the variables. The study applied Composite Reliability (CR) and Average Variance Extracted (AVE) to verify that the loading weights and measurement models met the SEM requirements. …”
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ALM adjusted by BMI or weight predicts adverse health outcomes in middle-aged and elderly patients with type 2 diabetes by Bo Xie, Bin Liu, Xue Chen, Fengning Chuan, Kun Liao, Mei Mei, Rong Li, Bo Zhou

“…The primary composite endpoints were all-cause mortality, cardiovascular disease (CVD), and fragility fractures. …”
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Optimizing Energy and Spectral Efficiency in Mobile Networks: A Comprehensive Energy Sustainability Framework for Network Operators by Luis Mata, Marco Sousa, Pedro Vieira, Maria Paula Queluz, Antonio Rodrigues

“…These findings provide practical insights for developing more sustainable network operations.…”
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Time to surgical stabilization of rib fractures: does it impact outcomes? by Joseph D Forrester, Yang Cao, Shahin Mohseni, Babak Sarani, Frank Hildebrand, Ahmad Mohammad Ismail, Maximilian Peter Forssten, Marcelo A F Ribeiro

“…Quantile regression was used to evaluate the effects of time to SSRF on the secondary endpoints, hospital and intensive care unit (ICU) length of stay (LOS).Results Out of 2185 patients, 918 (42%) underwent SSRF <2 days, 432 (20%) underwent SSRF >2 days but <3 days, and 835 (38%) underwent SSRF >3 days. Hemothorax was more common among patients undergoing SSRF >3 days, otherwise all demographic and clinical variables were similar between groups. …”
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The Effect of Layer Thickness and Nozzle Diameter in Fused Deposition Modelling Printing on the Flexural Strength of Zirconia Ceramic Samples Produced by a Multistage Manufacturing... by Anton Smirnov, Oleg Yanushevich, Natella Krikheli, Yulia Zhukovskaya, Mihail Soloninkin, Petr Naumenko, Nestor Washington Solis Pinargote, Pavel Peretyagin, Sergey Grigoriev, Nikita Nikitin

“…The minimum layer thickness ensures a more uniform distribution of ceramic particles and minimizes defects in samples that occur during FDM printing. …”
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An investigator-blinded, 24-month, parallel-group, non-inferiority study to compare aesthetic restorations in primary anterior teeth in a paediatric dental clinic: study protocol f... by Ana Paula Taboada Sobral, Elaine Marcilio Santos, Marcela Leticia Leal Gonçalves, Lara Jansiski Motta, Anna Carolina Ratto Tempestini Horliana, Sandra Kalil Bussadori, Elza Padilha Ferri, Juliana Maria Altavista Sagretti Gallo, Thais Gimenez, José Carlos Pettorossi Imparato

“…Thus, this project aims to evaluate the effectiveness of restorative treatment of anterior primary teeth with monochromatic composite resin in single insertion through polyvinyl crowns, after selective removal of carious tissue compared with the effectiveness of conventional restoration.Methods and analysis This study proposes to conduct a randomised clinical trial, composed of a sample of 194 deciduous central and lateral incisors with active cavitated lesions, simplified International Caries Detection and Assessment System (ICDAS) C+ score (active and extensive stage caries: ICDAS 5 and 6), with involvement of more than two surfaces. …”
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Metabolic syndrome in pregnancy and risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes: A prospective cohort of nulliparous women. by Jessica A Grieger, Tina Bianco-Miotto, Luke E Grzeskowiak, Shalem Y Leemaqz, Lucilla Poston, Lesley M McCowan, Louise C Kenny, Jenny E Myers, James J Walker, Gus A Dekker, Claire T Roberts

“…However, more than half of the women who had MetS in early pregnancy developed a pregnancy complication compared with just over a third of women who did not have MetS. …”
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Spatial Heterogeneity in Soil Microbial Communities Impacts Their Suitability as Bioindicators for Evaluating Productivity in Agricultural Practices by Guoqiang Li, Xuanjing Li, Ting Jin, Muyilan Jiang, Peng Shi, Gehong Wei

“…The intra-row soils harbored more bacterial taxa significantly associated with maize biomass, while the inter-row soils better reflected the effects of agricultural interventions. …”
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Use of Population-Based Compartmental Modeling and Retinol Isotope Dilution to Study Vitamin A Kinetics and Total Body Stores among Ghanaian Women of Reproductive Age by Michael H Green, Veronica Lopez-Teros, Joanne Balmer Green, Georg Lietz, Sika M Kumordzie, Anthony Oxley, Ahmed D Fuseini, K Winifred Nyaaba, Emily Becher, Jennie N Davis, K Ryan Wessells, Seth Adu-Afarwuah, Reina Engle-Stone, Marjorie J Haskell

“…Methods: Women (n = 89) ingested a dose of [2H6]retinyl acetate and blood samples (3/woman) were collected from 6 h to 91 d, with all participants sampled at 14 d, about half at either 21 or 28 d, and each at one other time. Composite data (plasma retinol fraction of dose; FDp) were analyzed using Simulation, Analysis and Modeling software to obtain kinetic parameters, TBS, and other state variables as well as model-derived values for the RID composite coefficient FaS. …”
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Cognitive status and health-related quality of life for medical students by V. V. Kuznetsov, K. V. Kosilov, E. Yu. Kostina, E. V. Karashchuk, E. K. Fedorishcheva, O. A. Barabash

“…Senior students assess their psychological status more highly by optimizing the emotional component. …”
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Impact of Marketing, Sales and Innovations on Business Performance Analysis in Intellectual Capital Research: Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania

“…Simultaneously, simplifying the model using composite aggregate ratios on both sides of the equation has created a precondition for optimizing impact models worldwide.…”
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The predictive value of the serum creatinine-to-albumin ratio (sCAR) and lactate dehydrogenase-to-albumin ratio (LAR) in sepsis-related persistent severe acute kidney injury by Xiaoxiao Luo, Dongyang Liu, Cuicui Li, Jia Liao, Wuyang Lv, Yuchen Wang, Ruxue Diao, Yingyu Jin

“…Independent predictors, sCAR and LAR, were combined into a composite Log(sCAR)_Log(LAR) score, denoted as the Log(sCAR)_Log(LAR) score. …”
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Do continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) metrics predict macrovascular and microvascular complications in diabetes? The FACULTY protocol of a retrospective real-world cohort study by Eric Vicaut, Ramzi A Ajjan, J Seufert, Gérard de Pouvourville, Emmanuel Cosson, Laure Carcaillon-Bentata, Tadej Battelino, Patrick Blin, Fleur Levrat-Guillen, Michael Joubert

“…Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM)-derived glucose metrics provide a more comprehensive assessment of glycaemia, but their role in predicting future vascular complications remains unclear. …”
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Aplicabilidad del software move2perform para identificar riesgo de lesión en deportistas universitarios (Applicability of move2perform software to identify risk of injury in unive... by Diana Alexandra Camargo Rojas, Brian Alejandro Cañon, Dario Mendoza Romero

“…A RR = 1.32 was calculated for the functional movement screen for the composite score ≤14 and the asymmetry in ≥2 subtests. …”
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Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients With Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction and With Reduced Ejection Fraction According to the Prognostic Nutritional Ind... by Simone Solano, Mingming Yang, Paolo Tolomeo, Toru Kondo, Li Shen, Pardeep S. Jhund, Inder S. Anand, Akshay S. Desai, Carolyn S. P. Lam, Aldo P. Maggioni, Felipe A. Martinez, Jean L. Rouleau, Muthiah Vaduganathan, Dirk J. van Veldhuisen, Faiez Zannad, Michael R. Zile, Milton Packer, Scott D. Solomon, John J. V. McMurray

“…The primary outcome was the composite of HF hospitalization or cardiovascular death. …”
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A comparative analysis of environmental differences in the level of cultural development indicators by Negin Fallah Haghighi, Ghasem Ramezanpour Nargesi, Gholamhossein Abdollahzadeh, Zeinab Sharifi

“…Introduction: Nowadays, development is considered a fundamental change in economic, social and cultural variables in any society and its realization requires coordination between its dimensions. …”
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Sources of risk communication, knowledge and preventive practices toward Lassa fever in Bauchi State, Nigeria by Benjamin Bukky Ilesanmi, Nathanael Afolabi, Olayinka Badmus, Munkail Titilola, Abdulmajid Ahmad, Usman Inuwa, Matthew Okoh, Hajara Aliyu, Shittu Abdu-Aguye, Foyeke Oyedokun-Adebagbo

“…We analysed data of 1173 respondents aged 18 years and above who have heard of LF. Composite and median statistics were used to compute KPLF and was dichotomized into low and high. …”
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Improved estimation of two-phase capillary pressure with nuclear magnetic resonance measurements via machine learning by Oriyomi Raheem, Misael M. Morales, Wen Pan, Carlos Torres-Verdín

“…One of the main challenges in characterizing pore structure is how to use data from core plugs to establish a relationship with microscopic pore and throat properties, enabling more accurate predictions of capillary pressure. …”
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