Evidence of compounded disturbance effects on vegetation recovery following high-severity wildfire and spruce beetle outbreak. by Amanda R Carlson, Jason S Sibold, Timothy J Assal, Jose F Negrón

“…Of the seven dVIs tested, the change in Normalized Difference Moisture Index (dNDMI) was most strongly correlated with field measurements of beetle-killed basal area (R2 = 0.66). dNDMI was included as an explanatory variable in sequential autoregressive (SAR) models of NDVI2015. …”
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Owl Habitat Use and Diets After Fire and Salvage Logging by Angelina J. Kelly, Frank I. Doyle, Karen E. Hodges

“…We detected six owl species, of which Northern Saw-whet Owls (<i>Aegolius acadicus</i>) were the most common. Owls had weak and variable habitat selection within an 800 m radius of detections; all species used some burned area. …”
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HESITANCY TOWARDS ONLINE SHOPPING, A STUDY OF PAKISTANI CONSUMERS by Usman YOUSAF, Mohsin ALTAF, Noman SARWAR, Syed Ali Hassan SHAH

“…The most important factor out of four, which can persuade the customer's online buying decision, is delivery cost for purchased items and it has negative relationship with dependent variable, moreover perceived risk has also negative relationship with dependent one. …”
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Factors associated with parental acceptance of the HPV vaccine in girls from metropolitan Lima, Peru by Valeria Juárez-Leon, Delahnie Calderón-Solano, Julio A. Poterico, Jorge Ybaseta-Medina, Diego Azañedo, J. Smith Torres-Román

“…Abstract Background In 2022, cervical cancer was the second most common neoplasia among women in Peru, with 4809 cases and 2545 deaths reported. …”
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Infant and young child feeding practices among conflict‐affected Ukrainian households: A cross‐sectional survey in Kyiv, Lviv and Odesa regions by Jennifer Majer, Samuel Mbuto, Viktoriia Nesterova, Sarah King, Oleg Bilukha

“…Complementary feeding practices were optimal for most children, with 79% having a minimum acceptable diet. …”
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Predicting mental motivation in terms of some artistic gymnastics skills for students of the College of Physical Education and Sports Sciences by م.م علا سلام غازي, أ.د. هدى عبد السميع

“…In her learning, and with this, the researchers noticed that the educational process depends mainly on physical, technical and psychological interdependence, and through the researchers' experience of being specialized in and informing her of these lessons, they found that the psychological aspect is not included in the educational units used in the curriculum for most of the professor in the Faculties of Physical Education and Sports Sciences in Iraq Which reflects negatively on the preparation of students from the psychological side, especially in the variable of mental motivation that must be characterized by each student. …”
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Examining Master’s Students’ Success at a Hispanic-Serving Institution by Kenneth John Tobin, Jacinto De La Cruz Hernandez, José R. Palma, Marvin Bennett, Nandita Chaudhuri

“…Second, we compared student performance in four accelerated online programs against a pre-accelerated baseline. Most demographic variables were insignificant, while all academic variables were significant across program types. …”
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Comparative study of preparation of hazardous drugs with different closed-system drug transfer devices by means of simulation with fluorescein by Eva González-Haba Peña, Silvia Manrique Rodríguez, Ana Mª Herranz Alonso, Patricia Pérez Castán, Mónica Moreno Gálvez, Irene Iglesias Peinado, María Sanjurjo Saez

“…The use of a supporting vial spike, syringe connector and bag solution with Luer connection was the most efficient modality. Conclusions: A syringe connector is needed to guarantee a closed system. …”
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Epigenetic Switch Driven by DNA Inversions Dictates Phase Variation in Streptococcus pneumoniae. by Jing Li, Jing-Wen Li, Zhixing Feng, Juanjuan Wang, Haoran An, Yanni Liu, Yang Wang, Kailing Wang, Xuegong Zhang, Zhun Miao, Wenbo Liang, Robert Sebra, Guilin Wang, Wen-Ching Wang, Jing-Ren Zhang

“…Most importantly, the DNA methylation pattern specified by the HsdSA1 allele leads to the formation of opaque colonies, whereas the pneumococci lacking HsdSA1 produce transparent colonies. …”
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Clinical Aspects of a Rare Disease: Bardet Biedl Syndrome by Ina Ofelia FOCSA, Magdalena BUDISTEANU, Cristina STOICA, Florina NEDELEA, Claudia JURCA, Lavinia CABA, Lacramioara BUTNARIU, Monica PANZARU, Cristina RUSU, Mihaela BALGRADEAN

“…Periodic follow up, by a multidisciplinary team, may prevent several severe complications, which could accelerate or aggravate the most deleterious aspects of the disease: loss of vision or renal impairment.…”
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Deep learning classification of drainage crossings based on high-resolution DEM-derived geomorphological information by Michael Edidem, Bill Xu, Ruopu Li, Di Wu, Banafsheh Rekabdar, Guangxing Wang

“…The study culminates in explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) for evaluating those most critical image segments responsible for characterizing drainage crossings.…”
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Effect of early tooth eruption on the development of dental caries in children: a cross-sectional study by Murad Alrashdi, Faraj Alotaiby, Khalid Almutlaq, Nada Alrkabee, Basim Almulhim, Eyad Alduwayghiri

“…The eruption time of the first primary tooth was the main exposure variable, representing the potentioal predicator, whereas the decayed, missing, and filled surface (World Health Organization dmfs index) scores of primary teeth were the outcome variables, as they provided the necessary outcome measurements for assessing dental caries. …”
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A metaheuristic optimization-based approach for accurate prediction and classification of knee osteoarthritis by Amal G. Diab, El-Sayed M. El-Kenawy, Nihal F. F. Areed, Hanan M. Amer, Mervat El-Seddek

“…The numeral of extracted features was reduced for identifying the most appropriate feature attributes for the disease. …”
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Antibacterial Activity of Sodium Hypochlorite Gel versus Different Types of Root Canal Medicaments Using Agar Diffusion Test: An In Vitro Comparative Study by Mohamed El Sayed, Nikta Ghanerad, Fatemeh Rahimi, Mahin Shabanpoor, Zeinab Shabanpour

“…NaOCl gel exhibited the most significant inhibition zones for all bacterial strains followed by CHX gel, Ledermix, and CH. …”
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Consumers' motivation to purchase electric vehicles: a mixed-methods belief elicitation study using theory of planned behavior by Shun Mya Thwe, Weng Marc Lim, Kian Yeik Koay, Derek Ong

“…The results reveal attitude as the most influential determinant of consumers' intention to purchase EV, followed by PBC, moral norms, and subjective norms, while generational variations showed that extrinsic and intrinsic religiosity is only significant to Gen Y, but not Gen X and Gen Z, in EV purchases. …”
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Best practices for engaging with affected communities: chronic hepatitis B as a case study by Thomas Tu, Nafisa Yussf, Lien Tran, Kim Ngo, Su Wang, Adi Mondel, Isabelle Purcell, Jacki Chen, Wendy Lo, Bright Ansah, Kenneth Kabagambe, Soumen Basu, Dee Lee, Supa Chantschool, Chris Munoz, Ivana Dragojevic, Marko Korenjak, Fiona Borondy-Jenkins, Yasmin Ibrahim, Beatrice Zovich, Chari Cohen

“…Abstract Hepatitis B is the single most common cause of liver cancer, affecting > 250 million people worldwide (mostly in resource limited communities) and killing > 1 million people annually. …”
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ESTIMATION OF CURRENT DYNAMICS AND FORECAST OF GLACIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MALYI AKTRU GLACIER (CENTRAL ALTAI) by V. V. Paromov, Yu. K. Narozhnyi, L. N. Shantykova

“…Relative to the climatic norm (1949–1985), mean annual temperature (averaged for the period 1986–2014) had risen by 0.8– 1.9 °С. The most significant warming took place in winter and spring. …”
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On the Sensitivity of Future Hydrology in the Colorado River to the Selection of the Precipitation Partitioning Method by Zhaocheng Wang, Enrique R. Vivoni, Kristen M. Whitney, Mu Xiao, Giuseppe Mascaro

“…Abstract The accurate partitioning of precipitation is important for snowpack and streamflow simulations in mountainous regions. However, most hydrologic models employ a partitioning method based on near‐surface air temperature (Ta) and the sensitivity of hydrologic simulations to the selection of the precipitation partitioning method (PPM) under climate change has been underexplored. …”
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Unveiling the impact of siren noise exposure on cognitive function and mental health among firefighters by Saeid Yazdanirad, Amir Hossein Khoshakhlagh, Saleh Al Sulaie, JeeWoong Park, Fatemeh Rooshan, Roghayeh Shamsi

“…The most influence values were observed between depression and cognitive failures (0.564). …”
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Multimorbidity combinations and their association with functional disabilities among Indian older adults: evidence from Longitudinal Ageing Study in India (LASI) by Laxmi Kant Dwivedi, Manish Kumar, Neha Kumari, Srei Chanda

“…The sample for the study consists of 27 753 aged 60 years and over.Primary and secondary outcome measures The primary outcome variable was functional disability, measured by the combined activities of daily living (ADL)-instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) index.Results Out of 197 uniquely identified MMCs, the combination of hypertension and high depressive symptoms (HDS) was the most prevalent (10.3%). …”
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