The impact of ecological vulnerability on ecosystem service value and threshold identification: a case study of the Zhangjiakou-Chengde area, China by Ye Wang, Ye Wang, Zhong-cai Xue, Zhong-cai Xue, Yue Yang, Yue Yang, Wei Ren, An-qi Ju

“…This study focuses on the Zhangjiakou–Chengde area (ZC area), a representative ecologically sensitive area, and explores the mechanisms through which ecological vulnerability influences ecosystem service value.MethodsBased on the evaluation results of the ecosystem service value (ESV) and the ecological vulnerability index (EVI), this study employs Geodetector and constraint line analysis methods to examine their interrelationships.ResultsThe results indicate that: (1) from 2000 to 2020, there was a significant negative spatial correlation between ESV and EVI in the ZC area, with clusters of low ESV–high EVI in the west and high ESV–low EVI in the east; (2) among all the driving factors of EVI, fractional vegetation cover, land use intensity index, average annual precipitation, and population density were identified as the most influential factors on ESV. These variables exhibited clear threshold effects: ESV initially increased with the variable but began to decline after a certain threshold was exceeded; and (3) EVI itself also demonstrated threshold effects on ESV. …”
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Effect of contraception uptake on pregnancy outcomes among young women: evidence from the Indian demographic health surveys by Monirujjaman Biswas

“…Conclusions The findings from this paper reinforced the need of the hour for implementing effective policies and adverse pregnancy prevention strategies towards ensuring access to the most effective contraception and underscore the importance of scaling up the quality of family planning services and health education that could lead to achieving the best possible pregnancy outcomes among young women.…”
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THEORETICAL BASIS OF COMPATIBILITY OF COMPLETELY-FILLED MULTICOMPONENT BINDING SYSTEMS by M. Sh. Salamanova, S. A.Yu. Murtazaev, D. K.-S. Bataev, A. Kh. Alaskhanov

“…An important direction in contemporary concrete science is aimed at the development of multicomponent systems using mineral powder fillers in a finely dispersed state to create strong and durable building composites. One of the most significant factors affecting the properties of multicomponent systems is the compatibility of its components. …”
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The ABCDE approach in critically ill patients: A scoping review of assessment tools, adherence and reported outcomes by Laura J. Bruinink, Marjolein Linders, Willem P. de Boode, Cornelia R.M.G. Fluit, Marije Hogeveen

“…Adherence was the most frequently reported outcome and varied widely among included studies. …”
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Oxidative balance is associated with diabetic kidney disease and mortality in adults with diabetes mellitus: Insights from NHANES database and Mendelian randomization by Li Jiang, Jie Jian, Xulin Sai, Hongda Yu, Wanxian Liang, Xiai Wu

“…Result The highest OBS quartile showed the most significant negative correlation with DKD compared to the lowest OBS quartile (OR = 0.62, 95% CI 0.41–0.92, P = 0.017). …”
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Automated and efficient Bangla signboard detection, text extraction, and novel categorization method for underrepresented languages in smart cities by Tanmoy Mazumder, Fariha Nusrat, Abu Bakar Siddique Mahi, Jolekha Begum Brishty, Rashik Rahman, Tanjina Helaly

“…These models are trained on the most extensive collection of over 16,402 Bangla signboard images, along with 42,548 categorized names of establishments curated by us. …”
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Environmental impacts of floating solar panels on freshwater systems and their techno-ecological synergies by Sofia M G Rocha, Alona Armstrong, Stephen J Thackeray, Rebecca R Hernandez, Andrew M Folkard

“…However, understanding of the ecological consequences for water bodies is very limited despite the variable and far-reaching range of potential impacts. …”
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Appropriate trust in online health information is associated with information platform, commercial status, and misinformation in patients with high cardiovascular risk by Woei Xian Lim, Hooi Min Lim, Yew Kong Lee, Carmen Jia Wen Chuah, Adina Abdullah, Chirk Jenn Ng, Adam G Dunn

“…Background The quality of online health information (OHI) on cardiovascular health is highly variable. Trusting poor quality OHI can lead to poorer health decisions. …”
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Ureteral duplication anomalies: two years’ experience in a single center by Ahmed Oshiba, Samar Oshiba, Mostafa Kotb, Mohamed Abouheba

“…Abstract Background Ureteral duplication is one of the most common anomalies affecting the genitourinary system. …”
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Repellents against Aedes aegypti bites: synthetic and natural origins by Melissa Noguera-Gahona, Cindy Peña-Moreno, Natalia Quiñones-Sobarzo, Natalia Quiñones-Sobarzo, Caroline Weinstein-Oppenheimer, Caroline Weinstein-Oppenheimer, María Guerra-Zúñiga, Ximena Collao-Ferrada, Ximena Collao-Ferrada

“…Among synthetic repellents, DEET is the most widely used, supported by investigations demonstrating its efficacy and safety, although concerns about its toxicity exist in exceptional cases. …”
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Participation in Elite Sport in Youth and Its Impact on Lifelong Bone Health by Amelia Marriott, Fiona Kirkham-Wilson, Elaine Dennison

“…Weight-bearing physical activity is considered beneficial to bone health throughout the course of life, with the most marked benefits for bone health often considered to be high levels of activity around the time of peak bone mass (PBM) acquisition. …”
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The Influence of Some Physicochemical Parameters of Surface Waters on the Formation of Trihalomethanes During the Drinking Water Treatment Process by Alexandra Scarlat (Matei), Cristina Modrogan, Magdalena Bosomoiu, Oanamari Daniela Orbuleț

“…The formation of THMs is influenced by the physicochemical parameters of water (pH, temperature, total organic carbon—TOC) and by environmental factors (geographical, climatological). Most of these factors have significant seasonal variations that lead to the formation of THMs in variable concentrations. …”
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Skin Cancer Preventive Behaviors and Its Determinants among High School Students in Sanandaj, Iran: An Application of PRECEDE Model by Athareh Najafi, Elahe Nadrian, Gona Bakri, Haidar Nadrian, Asaad Fathipour

“…The results of linear regression analysis revealed that the independent variables predicted 29.9% of SCPBs within which self-efficacy was the only significant variable (P<0.001, β=0.416). …”
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Radiation by Transducer of Waveguide Type into Conical Half-Spaces Coaxial With It by I. S. Pesterev, N. N. Sosnovsky, B. G. Stepanov

“…However, in solving of applied problems one is increasingly faced with a restriction on the realized bandwidth of electroacoustic transducers and antennas. The most of well-known methods of bandwidth expansion do not provide a linear character of the phase-frequency characteristic (PFC) of radiation in the working frequency band, which is of primary importance for the effective formation of relatively short, frequency-tunable, and complex acoustic signals. …”
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Protracted Hiccups Induced by Aripiprazole and Regressed after Administration of Gabapentin by Manuel Glauco Carbone, Claudia Tagliarini, Filippo Della Rocca, Walter Flamini, Giovanni Pagni, Beniamino Tripodi, Donatella Marazziti, Icro Maremmani

“…Hiccups can be short, persistent, and intractable depending on the duration. The most disabling hiccups often represent the epiphenomenon of a medical condition such as gastrointestinal and cardiovascular disorders; central nervous system (CNS) abnormalities; ear, nose, and throat (ENT) conditions or pneumological problems; metabolic/endocrine disorders; infections; and psychogenic disorders. …”
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Screening for Caregiver Stress in an Urban Medical Home for Children with Medical Complexity: Results of a Pilot Study by Courtney L. Horton, Julie E. Heier, John R. Barber, Nicola Brodie

“…Conclusions: Screening for caregiver stress in a primary care medical home for CMC is feasible. As no single variable alone was a predictor of high caregiver stress, universal screening seems to be the most appropriate strategy to capture all families at the highest risk.…”
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THE EFFECT OF LEADERSHIP AND WORK ABILITY ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE THROUGH JOB SATISFACTION AS AN INTERVENING by Husni Thamrin Ritonga, Syaifuddin, Salman Faris, Myrna Pratiwi Nasution

“…Human resources are one of the most important factors in the organization, because the quality of the organization itself is highly dependent on the quality of human resources as employees and service actors in an organization. …”
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A non-dominated sorting based multi-objective neural network algorithm of ethylene glycol hydrogenation reactor in energy reduction by Fakhrony Sholahudin Rohman, Sharifah Rafidah Wan Alwi, Dinie Muhammad, Muhamad Nazri Murat, Ashraf Azmi

“…Decision makers can use the resulting pareto to decide on the most acceptable alternative according to their preferences. …”
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Prospective Validation of Accuracy of American College of Radiologists- Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System (ACR-TIRADS) in Diagnosing Malignancy in Thyroid Nodule and a Pred... by Soumya Sarayu, Abilash Nair, Jabbar P. Khader, Sree P. P. Rema, Sulfekar Meerasainaba, Sarath Kumar, Ramesh Gomez, Jayakumari Chellamma

“…Introduction: Studies on diagnostic accuracy of revised ACR-TIRADS have been mostly retrospective and includes selection bias for surgery. …”
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Construction and analysis of numerical algorithms for Erdelyi–Kober fractional integral equations by Chinedu Nwaigwe, Abdon Atangana

“…The few existing methods are mostly based on change of variables which increases computational complexity. …”
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