No-tillage system participatory quality index by Tiago S. Telles, Ana J. Righetto, Marco A. P. Lourenço, Graziela M. C. Barbosa

“…Although all correlations are significant at p-value ≤ 0.05, some correlations are weak, indicating a need for improvement of the index. …”
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Efficacy of ultrasound-guided, single-level, pectointercostal facial block (PIFB) for postoperative analgesia after sternotomy in paediatric cardiac surgery: A randomised controlle... by Ahmed Mohamed Mohamed Elhaddad, Passaint Fahim Hassan

“…The analysis employed Student’s t-test for variables with a normal distribution and Chi-squared test/Fisher’s exact test for categorical data, with a significance threshold established at a P value < 0.05. …”
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Examining the relationship between religious perception and psychological well-being levels of university football players by Mehmet H. Akgül, Ahmet Y. Karafil

“…Background and Study Aim. The relationship between sport and religion is one of the most important research topics of  sport psychology recently. …”
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A cross- sectional study on perceptions and practice regarding rational use of antibiotics among persons attending outpatient department of a medical college and hospital by Archismita Santra, Sayanti Bandyopadhyay, Soumit Roy, Poulami Sarkar

“…Chi-square test was used to find out the association between KAP of rational use of antibiotics with other variables and P value < 0.05 was taken as statistically significant difference. …”
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APPLICATION OF K-MEANS++ WITH DUNN INDEX VALIDATION OF GROUPING WEST KALIMANTAN REGION BASED ON CRIME VULNERABILITY by Rifkah Alfiyyah Sary, Neva Satyahadewi, Wirda Andani

“…This research uses secondary data from BPS of West Kalimantan, consisting of 10 variables. This research aims to form clusters to determine the level of vulnerability of each district and city in West Kalimantan. …”
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Relationship of lung ultrasound score with oxygenation and pulmonary mechanics in mechanically ventilated patients: An observational study by Nishant Kumar, Ayushi Yadav, Maitree Pandey

“…Background and Aims: Less than three B-lines indicate normal lung aeration, whereas multiple B-lines indicate moderate-to-severe loss of aeration. …”
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Understanding consumer preferences for non-plastic reusable shopping bags: a comparison of competing theoretical models by Hasan Zahid, Saqib Ali, Hafiz Muhammad Usama Javed, Kalimullah Khan

“…This study aimed to achieve two primary goals. First, we identify the best competing models that predict consumers’ intention to use non-plastic reusable shopping bags from six available alternative models based on five theories: the theory of planned behavior, theory of consumption value, religiosity theory, ethics theory, and deterrence theory. …”
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Ergonomics as Perceived by Staff Nurses and Its Relation to Their Job Satisfaction by Ehsan Saad Soliman, Shaimaa M. Araby

“… Context: Ergonomics is a systems-oriented discipline that extends across all aspects of the work environment and human activity to enhance safety, efficiency, quality of work-life, operators’ comfort and productivity that increase job satisfaction of the health care team members as well as staff nurses. Aim: This research aimed to assess ergonomics as perceived by staff nurses and its relation to their job satisfaction. …”
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Nurses Knowledge and Practices Regarding Aseptic Technique Applied with Burn Patients at Teaching Hospitals in Mosul City by Hanaa H. Mukhlif, Kalida Mansour

“… Background: Burns is one of the most serious injuries to mankind, considering the difficulty of treating a burn injury. Aims of the study: this study aimed to assess nurses' knowledge and practices regarding aseptic technique applied to burn patients at Teaching Hospitals in Mosul City. …”
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Revitalising agriculture through climate change mitigation: a systematic literature review on smart technologies and sustainable practices by Siti Fatimahwati Pehin Dato Musa, Syamimi Ariff Lim

“…Purpose – Agriculture is increasingly vulnerable to climate variability, raising critical questions about its long-term sustainability. …”
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Key failure factors of start-up women owned SMEs in service sector in Kigali: a principal component analysis approach by Romain Kasema

“…Purpose – This study aims to develop and test a framework for studying the failure of new women entrepreneurs in the small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) sector. …”
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Relationship between Nursing Informatics Competency and Innovativeness among Qualified Nurses by Farida M. Hassona, Aziza Z. F. Ali

“…There was a positive, highly statistically significant correlation between the overall score of informatics competency and individual innovativeness for qualified nurses (r= 0.263, p-value = 0.000). A highly statistically significant relationship also detected between the demographic variables in the study and both informatics competency and individual innovativeness for qualified nurses.   …”
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Dynamics Modeling for Key Performance Indicators in Higher Education Through Optimization Methods by M. Salmina, S. Munzir, I. Syahrini, V. Halfiani, S. Rizal

“…Dynamic models of higher education Key Performance Indicators (KPI) help in understanding how internal and external factors affect future KPI achievement. This study aims to construct a dynamic model of university KPI variables and estimate model parameters value. …”
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Agreement of glomerular filtration rate estimation equations for chemotherapy dosing in cancer patients at a tertiary referral hospital in Sub-Saharan Africa. by Wubshet Jote Tolossa, Tigist Workneh Leulseged, Abdu Adem, Feyissa Challa, Tirumebet Mezgebu, Ruth S Aytehgeza, Nebiat Adane Mera, Kalsidagn Girma Asfaw, Momina M Ahmed, Kebede H Begna

“…To confirm the significance of the recorded levels of agreement, a one-sample t-test, a Bland-Altman plot, and a linear regression analysis were performed step by step for variables which proved to have statistical agreement, where a p-value > 0.05 and the presence of heteroscedasticity indicates a non-significant difference and hence the presence of good agreement.…”
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Large Language Models and Artificial Neural Networks for Assessing 1-Year Mortality in Patients With Myocardial Infarction: Analysis From the Medical Information Mart for Intensive... by Boqun Shi, Liangguo Chen, Shuo Pang, Yue Wang, Shen Wang, Fadong Li, Wenxin Zhao, Pengrong Guo, Leli Zhang, Chu Fan, Yi Zou, Xiaofan Wu

“…SWEDEHEART-AI calculated the mortality rate based on each patient’s 21 clinical variables. Qwen-2 and Llama-3 analyzed the content of patients’ discharge records and directly provided a 1-decimal value between 0 and 1 to represent 1-year death risk probabilities. …”
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Mothers Practices and Factors Affecting Sunlight Exposure of Their Infants in Adami Tulu Jido Kombolcha District, East Shoa Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia, 2022: A Community Based C... by Abdulhakim Hora Hedato MPH, Abdissa Alemu Dibaba MPH, Ephrem Lejore Sibamo MPH, Wondwosen T/Silasie Kidane MSc, Beriso Furo Wengoro PhD, Fikiru Yigezu Jaleta MSc, Abdulkerim Hassen Moloro MSc

“…The association between variables was analyzed using bivariate and multivariable binary logistic regression and level of significant determined with adjusted odd ratio at 95% CI and P -value less than <.05. …”
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Integrated framework for assessment and spatial prediction of humus layer properties of forest soils by Felix Thomas, Carina Becker, Rainer Petzold, Karsten Schmidt, Thomas Scholten, Ulrike Werban

“…In order to reduce the amount of laboratory work, we applied the use of vis-NIR spectroscopy to determine the humus layer properties values within the framework. As input variables, we used available information based on soil forming factors and already existing information on mineral soils (soil form class, climate data, satellite data as proxy for vegetation, relief data and parent material and geographic location). …”
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Risk Factors for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) in Subsequent Pregnancy Among Women Without GDM History in China: A Multicenter Retrospective Study by Geng Song, Yumei Wei, Juan Juan, Rina Su, Jianying Yan, Mei Xiao, Xianlan Zhao, Meihua Zhang, Yuyan Ma, Haiwei Liu, Jingxia Sun, Kejia Hu, Huixia Yang

“…A univariate analysis of potential risk factors was performed using the Chi-squared test and/or t-test for qualitative or quantitative variables, respectively. Associations with P values <0.1 were chosen to be included in the multivariate binary logistic regression model. …”
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Development and application of an early prediction model for risk of bloodstream infection based on real-world study by Xiefei Hu, Shenshen Zhi, Yang Li, Yuming Cheng, Haiping Fan, Haorong Li, Zihao Meng, Jiaxin Xie, Shu Tang, Wei Li

“…BSI early risk prediction models were constructed using six machine learning algorithms, with the XGBoost model demonstrating the best performance, achieving an AUC value of 0.782 in the internal validation set and an AUC value of 0.776 in the external validation set. …”
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An Updated Indirect Comparison of Elranatamab Versus a Real-World External Control Arm in Triple-Class Refractory Multiple Myeloma by Costa LJ, LeBlanc TW, Tesch H, Sonneveld P, Johnson SM, Vekeman F, Hlavacek P, Meche A, Kim CH, Cislo P, Hughes DM, Nador G, DiBonaventura M

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