Factor Related to The Incidence of Ascites in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis at RSUD Dr Moewardi Surakarta: A Cross Sectional Study by Felizia Alika Yusman, Ratih Tri Kusuma Dewi, Yusuf Ari Mashuri, Evi Nurhayatun

“…P value less than 0.05 is considered statistically significant. …”
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Total cholesterol/high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio is a candidate predictor of survival outcomes in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma by Oktay Halit Aktepe, Ozge Yetginoglu, Mehmet Sinan Akarca, Canberk Sencan, Ahmet Unal, Elif Atag, Huseyin Salih Semiz, Aziz Karaoglu, Mustafa Erman, Suayib Yalcin

“…Abstract This study aimed to investigate the predictive value of serum lipid levels, total cholesterol (TC)/ high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) ratio (TC/HDL-C), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), and triglycerides in metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) treated with targeted therapy, sunitinib or pazopanib. …”
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Clinical Predictive Factors of Response to Biologics in IBD by Roxana SADAGURSCHI, A. DOBROMIRESCU, Ruxandra BABIUC, Lucian NEGREANU

“…Factors identified as potential predictors include disease behavior/ phenotype, disease severity, CRP, prior anti-TNF exposure, but the results were variable and sometimes conflicting. For VDZ, even more discouraging results were obtained, with only few factors (disease severity and prior anti-TNF exposure) showing limited value. …”
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Project Cost Estimation Using a Stepwise Approach: a Case Study of an Infrastructure Project in Gresik Regency, East Java by Siswoyo Siswoyo, Soepriyono Soepriyono, Akbar Bayu Kresno Suharso, Nia Saurina, Lestari Retnawati

“…The analysis of infrastructure project costs related to roads and bridges for project completion revealed that the highest value among independent variables is associated with Division 7, at Rp. 4,403,054 per m2. …”
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Cooperative maximum adhesion tracking control for multi-motor electric locomotives by Leiting Zhao, Yongxiang Wang, Kan Liu, Liran Li, Jingyuan Zhan, Qingliang Liu

“…Purpose – This study aims to propose a cooperative adhesion control method for trains with multiple motors electric locomotives. …”
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Comprehensive Probabilistic Analysis and Practical Implications of Rainfall Distribution in Pakistan by Fahad Haseeb, Shahid Ali, Naveed Ahmed, Nassir Alarifi, Youssef M. Youssef

“…Nine probability distributions were assessed, with five models—log Pearson type-III (LP3), Weibull (W2), log normal (LN2), Generalized Extreme Value (GEV), and gamma (GAM)—deemed most suitable for the region’s climatic variability. …”
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Clinical prediction model by machine learning to determine the results of maternal dietary avoidance in food protein-induced allergic proctocolitis infants by Jing Li, Meng-yao Zhou, Yang Li, Xue Wu, Xin Li, Xiao-li Xie, Li-jing Xiong

“…The validation set's AUC was within 10% of the test set's value, indicating acceptable generalizability. The Hosmer-Lemeshow goodness-of-fit test confirmed that the logistic regression model fit the data well (P = 0.691 > 0.05). …”
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Development of an Original Integrated System for Heat Recovery from Coolant in the Machining Process and Investigation of Its Efficiency by Osman Şahin, Durmuş Karayel

“…We have conducted a comprehensive literature study on this subject, but so far, no study has been found on the recovery of the heat generated in machining processes. Therefore, the aim and motivation of this study is to recover this waste heat to a certain extent. …”
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EFEKTIVITAS PELATIHAN ASERTIVITAS UNTUK MENINGKATKAN HARGA DIRI KORBAN BULLYING by Lutfi Fitroni Nafwari, Hazhira Qudsyi

“…Additionally, the Sig. (2-tailed) value for the self-esteem variable was p = 0.011 (p < 0.05), demonstrating a significant increase in self-esteem scores following the assertiveness training intervention. …”
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Analysis of the effect of assets structure, earning volatility and financial flexibility on capital structure in consumer goods industry sector companies on the Indonesia stock exc... by Rumanintya Lisaria Putri, Andre Prasetya Willim

“…Further research is recommended to consider the use of other variables that can affect capital structure and if using the same variable is expected to use research objects that have stable or increasing asset and income values, so that asset structure variables and profit volatility can show significant results and influences. …”
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Microbiological hazards associated with the use of water in the post‐harvest handling and processing operations of fresh and frozen fruits, vegetables and herbs (ffFVH). Part 5 (Fr... by EFSA Panel on Biological Hazards (BIOHAZ), Ana Allende, Avelino Alvarez‐Ordóñez, Valeria Bortolaia, Sara Bover‐Cid, Alessandra De Cesare, Wietske Dohmen, Laurent Guillier, Lieve Herman, Liesbeth Jacxsens, Lapo Mughini‐Gras, Maarten Nauta, Jakob Ottoson, Luisa Peixe, Fernando Perez‐Rodriguez, Panagiotis Skandamis, Elisabetta Suffredini, Jen Banach, Bin Zhou, Maria Teresa daSilva Felício, Laura Martino, Winy Messens, Angela Botteon

“…Industrial data indicated that the frozen FVH sector is characterised by operational cycles between 8 and 120 h, variable product volumes and no control of the temperature of process water. …”
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Transposing Continuance and Normative Organizational Commitment to Affective Commitment among Pharmaceutical Executives: Mediating Role of Herzberg’s Hygiene-Motivation Factors by Theophilus Ehidiamen OAMEN, Maduabuchi Romanus IHEKORONYE

“…OCN and OCC were operationalized as independent variables, hygiene and motivation factors as mediators, while OCA was the main dependent variable. …”
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Awareness About Diabetes And Its Complications Among Patients With Diabetes Mellitus by Faiza Batool, Kausar Malik, Lubna Meraj, Shazia Siddiq, Abbas Majeed, Sadia Khan

“…The Chi-square test was used to investigate the association of awareness of diabetes mellitus with various independent variables variable as age and duration of diabetes. …”
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New method for obtaining dispersed β-Bi2O3 and possibility of thermal stabilization by introduction of Ce by Oleg I. Kaminsky, Konstantin S. Makarevich, Evgeny A. Kirichenko

“…The research presented in this work is aimed at evaluating the possibility of using the sorbitol bismuth complex as a new precursor for conducting low-temperature synthesis of β-Bi2O3. …”
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Sex and age differences in cortisol levels during glucagon stimulation test in children by Camilla Borghammar, Johan Svensson, Anders Tidblad, Maria Elfving

“…The results support a need for sex- and age-dependent reference values for cortisol.…”
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Enhancing environmental performance in the OECD nations through financial inclusion, digital innovation and effective governance by Muhammad Rizwan Ullah, Mohamad Alnafissa, Muhammad Nasrullah

“…Findings – This study observed stationarity of the variables at the first difference, weak correlation between the variables, strong cross-section dependency and cointegration among the variables. …”
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Finite Element and Machine Learning-Based Prediction of Buckling Strength in Additively Manufactured Lattice Stiffened Panels by Saiaf Bin Rayhan, Md Mazedur Rahman, Jakiya Sultana, Szabolcs Szávai, Gyula Varga

“…The current research aimed to investigate the critical buckling load of a simply supported aerospace-grade stiffened panel made of additively manufactured cubic lattice unit cell arrays, namely simple cubic, face-centered cubic (FCC) and body-centered cubic (BCC) structures. …”
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Machine learning for predicting metabolic-associated fatty liver disease including NHHR: a cross-sectional NHANES study. by Liyu Lin, Yirui Xie, Zhuangteng Lin, Cuiyan Lin, Yichun Yang

“…<h4>Objective</h4>Metabolic - associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) is a common hepatic disorder with increasing prevalence, and early detection remains inadequately achieved. This study aims to explore the relationship between the non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio (NHHR) and MAFLD, and to establish a predictive model for MAFLD using NHHR as a key variable.…”
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Anthropogenic landscape decreases mosquito biodiversity and drives malaria vector proliferation in the Amazon rainforest. by Leonardo Suveges Moreira Chaves, Eduardo Sterlino Bergo, Jan E Conn, Gabriel Zorello Laporta, Paula Ribeiro Prist, Maria Anice Mureb Sallum

“…Our results demonstrate that Ny. darlingi is negatively affected by H´ and PLAND of peridomestic habitat, and that increasing these variables (one-unit value at β0 = 768) leads to a decrease of 226 (P < 0.001) and 533 (P = 0.003) individuals, respectively. …”
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Strain rate sensitivity metrics of PSU and PPSU high-performance polymers in extrusion-based additive manufacturing by Nectarios Vidakis, Markos Petousis, Nikolaos Mountakis, Maria Spyridaki, Ioannis Valsamos, Emmanuel Kymakis

“…., Polysulfone (PSU) and Polyphenylsulfone (PPSU) were engaged to produce filaments, and a large amount of MEX AM fabricated specimens were examined under tensile tests with variable strain rate conditions. The aim was to thoroughly investigate the effect of strain rate (10 to 300 mm/min uniaxial elongation speeds) on the mechanical properties of these two high-performance polymers, considering the 3D printing structure on their response. …”
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