Distributions of non‐native and native plants are not determined by the same environmental factors by Bart Steen, Antoine Adde, Martin A. Schlaepfer, Antoine Guisan, Luigi Maiorano

“…Models for non‐native species were significantly more influenced by anthropogenic factors, land use variables and forest cover. The presence of non‐native species was also associated with habitats with a significantly lower mean naturality value than native species. …”
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PP-QADMM: A Dual-Driven Perturbation and Quantized ADMM for Privacy Preserving and Communication-Efficient Federated Learning by Anis Elgabli

“…On a publicly available dataset with 100 workers, our results show that PP-QADMM transmits only 1/16th the number of bits required by standard ADMM, while achieving a loss value of <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$1 \times 10^{-10}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>, a level of accuracy unattainable with DP-ADMM alone, due to its inherent utility-privacy trade-off.…”
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Circulating microbiome DNA in Southern Ocean seabirds: A novel tool for disease surveillance in polar ecosystems by Sophia Ferchiou, Amira Tounsi, Fanny Fronton, France Caza, Mathilde Lejeune, Jérémy Tornos, Thierry Boulinier, Yves St-Pierre

“…We identified inter-annual variability, sex-related, and age-related variability in blood microbiome composition, with core microbial signatures differing across sites and time periods. …”
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Reconfigurable Ferroelectric Bandpass Filter With Low-Frequency Noise Analysis for Intracardiac Electrogram Monitoring by Jianwei Jia, Zhenge Jia, Omkar Phadke, Yiyu Shi, Shimeng Yu

“…Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) provide real-time monitoring and immediate defibrillation for life-threatening arrhythmias. …”
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Application of Machine Tool Thermal Error Compensation in Digital Twin-based System by MA Chi, LI Minging, LIU Jialan, HE Jialong, HUA Chunlei, WANG Liang

“…However, even such methods are sensitive to problems like collinearities among temperature variables, manual parameter tuning, and limited real-time compensation capabilities. …”
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A Community-Level Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice about Dengue Fever and the Identification of Mosquito Breeding Containers in Dire Dawa City of Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study by Taye Kebede, Bedasa Tesema, Akalu Mesfin, Dejene Getachew

“…Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data. A p value of <0.05 was used to declare a significant association between variables at a 95% level of confidence. …”
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Incidence and predictors of preterm neonatal mortality at public hospitals in Eastern Ethiopia: A prospective follow-up study. by Teshale Mengesha, Tsegasew Embiale, Dawit Melese, Natnael Dechasa Gemeda, Mickiale Hailu, Aminu Mohamed, Alemu Guta, Yomilan Geneti, Muluken Yigezu, Tewodros Getnet Amera

“…Kaplan-Meier was used to estimate survival time. A log-rank test was used to compare survival curves between different categories of the explanatory variables. …”
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Quantifier Spreading Errors during Pronoun Processing in Aphasia by Seçkin Arslan, Gamze Yeşilli Puzella, Semra Selvi Balo, Özgür Aydın, İlknur Maviş

“…Their accuracy and response times were recorded and analyzed using mixed-effects regression models. …”
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Predictive immunonutritional biomarkers for the severity and recovery of sudden sensorineural hearing loss: a prospective clinical study by Xu Zhang, Weixun Guo, Bing Guan, Chunping Yang

“…And a significant correlation was observed between the two variables (R = -0.437, p &lt; 0.001). At the same time, compared with patients with mild and moderate SSNHL, patients with severe SSNHL had the lowest PNI levels and the highest SII levels. …”
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The Relationship between the Reorganization of Higher Education Institutions' Operations in Poland During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Student Loyalty by Sojkin Bogdan, Bartkowiak Paweł, Michalak Szymon

“…Regarding the factors influencing loyalty, the strongest correlations with student loyalty were observed in the case of the administrative and organizational efficiency of the university and the technical and didactic support in remote education – higher correlation values were recorded for female students and part-time students. …”
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Monitoring of Biodiversity in the Erbil Governorate -Iraq Using Remote Sensing Data by Shwan Othman Hussein, Daban Kadhim Omar, Karzan Ahmed Abdulwahid

“…The most dramatic improvement observed in the three key variables was with the EVI, which increased almost straight up from below EVI value of 2 in 2017 to almost 3 in 2020, as seen in the plot above, with the EVI gradient increasing around 2019. …”
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Dynamics of polynya in the River Ob Bay and predicting of its location by A. V. Popov, N. V. Kubishkin, A. V. Rubchenia, D. V. Drabenko

“…The difference between the prediction and actual data was equal to 0.01 ÷ −0.43 of latitude with the average value for six decades equal to 0.11°. Analysis of inter-annual variability of the edge position indicated that the most close relationship took place with the Vangenheim–Girs index E in May (coefficient of correlation r = −0.73). …”
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Spatiotemporal Assessment of Habitat Quality in Sicily, Italy by Laura Giuffrida, Marika Cerro, Giuseppe Cucuzza, Giovanni Signorello, Maria De Salvo

“…The findings reveal that HQ in Sicily varies across space and time. The highest HQ values occur in protected areas and forests. …”
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Arthroscopic bone grafting for Schatzker III tibial plateau fractures: a retrospective comparative study by Rongfang Zhang, Yuqi Wang, HongBo Liu, Yuanxin Qiao, Xi Zhang

“…Categorical data were analyzed using the chi-square test, and continuous variables using independent sample t-tests. A p-value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. …”
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Association of thromboelastogram hypercoagulability with postoperative deep venous thrombosis of the lower extremity in patients with femur and pelvic fractures: a cohort study by Peiyao Cheng, Bo Cheng, Linqin Wu, Hui Zhang, Yitong Yang

“…Results Compared to the non-DVT group, the DVT group had decreased R and K values, while the α, MA, and CI values significantly increased (P < 0.05). …”
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Clinical characteristics and survival outcomes of patients with renal cell carcinoma in a Tanzanian cohort by Damian Kisenha, Meshack Brighton, Daniel Kitua, Fransia Arda, Ally Mwanga, Gabriel Mtaturu, Nashivai Kivuyo, Mungeni Misidai, Charles Mkony

“…The Chi-square or Fisher's exact test was used to assess associations between predictor variables and survival. A p-value of less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant. …”
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Socio-economic inequalities in and factors associated with minimum dietary diversity among children aged 6–23 months in South Asia: a decomposition analysis by Md Akhtarul Islam, Md Ashfikur Rahman, Satyajit Kundu, Harun Or Rashid, Mortuja Mahamud Tohan

“…Living in affluent versus poor households, having a mother who is employed versus a mother who is unemployed, exposure to various forms of media (newspapers and magazines), seeking antenatal care (ANC) more than four times compared with those who sought ANC less than four times and having children older than 4 years old are the most common significant factors associated with MDD deficiency. …”
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An Investigation Study About Characteristics of Fitness Centres in Tirana City by Aida Bendo, Rando Kukeli

“…Descriptive statistics were used to analyse the variables in this study.  Results: The study results show that the gym space has an average area of ​​610.7 m2, with the maximum space of the gym 1200 m2 and the minimum space of 80 m2. …”
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A Deep Learning Model Using Transformer Network and Expert Optimizer for an Hour Ahead Wind Power Forecasting by Anushalini Thiyagarajan, B. Sri Revathi, Vishnu Suresh

“…Accurate forecasting is difficult to achieve, though, because wind power generation is inherently unpredictable and intermittent. Predicting wind time series is challenging due to its nonlinearity, intermittent nature, and variability. …”
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Application of CUSUM analysis in assessing learning curves in robot-assisted sacrocolpopexy performed by experienced gynecologist by Kena Park, Ji Young Kwon, Eun-Hee Yoo, Seon Hwa Lee, Jeong Min Song, Seung Yeon Pyeon

“…This allowed the detection of subtle shifts in surgical parameters and ultimately surgeon proficiency and competency. Continuous variables, such as age, length of hospitalization and op time, were reported as mean (standard deviation). …”
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