Social determinants of alcohol and tobacco use among Hispanic adolescents: a scoping review by Kazi Priyanka Silmi, Victoria Castillo, Nallely Segura, Nayeli Carrillo Cervantes, Yailene Perez, Aubrey Valenzuela, Erika A. Pugh, Jennifer B. Unger, Marybel R. Gonzalez

“…While the psychosocial factors associated with ATU among Hispanic adolescents have been investigated for decades, the social environments for youth have undergone considerable change over time. The aim of this scoping review was to examine how social determinants of health (SDOH) influence ATU among Hispanic adolescents and to assess the extent to which mental health variables are integrated into these studies.MethodsWe conducted a systematic, reproducible search on PubMed, PsycInfo, and Scopus for empirical research articles published that examined the SDOH of ATU among Hispanic/Latino/a/x adolescents in the U.S. …”
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Glacioclimatological investigations of the Institute of Geography, RAS, in the crater of Eastern Summit of Mt. Elbrus in 2020 by V. N. Mikhalenko, S. S. Kutuzov, I. I. Lavrentiev, P. A. Toropov, D. O. Vladimirova, A. A. Abramov, V. V. Matskovsky

“…Preliminary data analysis allowed the following features: the predominance of synoptic fluctuations over the diurnal ones; the high values of average and maximum wind speed associated with the impact of jet streams and with influence of leeward storms; extremely high temporal variability of relative humidity and its very high deficit in cloudless conditions conducive to intensive evaporation and sublimation from the snow surface. …”
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Similarity and wavelet transform based data partitioning and parameter learning for fuzzy neural network by Pramoda Patro, Krishna Kumar, G. Suresh Kumar, Gandharba Swain

“…Neurons weight and bias values are computed by adapting wavelet functions. …”
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Assessment of radon exhalation rate and radium content in soil samples from east west bank, palestine by Khalilia Walid M., Mashal Lilia A., Faugno Alyda R., Thabayneh Khalil M., al-Wahish Amal

“…Similarly, effective radium content values varied significantly, ranging from 8.2-301.2 Bqkg-1, with a total aver- age of 74 Bqkg-1. …”
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Urban Tree Species Identification Based on Crown RGB Point Clouds Using Random Forest and PointNet by Diego Pacheco-Prado, Esteban Bravo-López, Emanuel Martínez, Luis Á. Ruiz

“…In the first case, eleven variables such as the normalized red–blue difference index (NRBDI), intensity, brightness (BI), Green Leaf Index (GLI), points density (normalized), and height (maximum and percentiles 10, 50, and 90), produced the highest reliability values, with an overall accuracy of 0.70 and a Kappa index of 0.65. …”
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Diode Green Laser in the Lid Trichiasis Treatment by Raquel Galvão Bezerra, Roberta Lílian Fernandes de Sousa Meneghim, Carlos Roberto Padovani, Silvana Artioli Schellini

“…Abstract Purpose: To validate the standard values and evaluate the success rate in the treatment of minor and major trichiasis using thermoablation with a diode green laser. …”
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Non-Invasive Estimation of Arterial Stiffness Using Photoplethysmography Sensors: An In Vitro Approach by Gianluca Diana, Francesco Scardulla, Silvia Puleo, Salvatore Pasta, Leonardo D’Acquisto

“…Results showed the best performance for softer vascular models at a 15 cm sensor distance, with measurements demonstrating satisfactory accuracy. Variability and standard deviation values increased with model stiffness. …”
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Nonlinear water stress response functions can improve the performance of the DSSAT-CERES-Wheat model under water deficit conditions by Ning Yao, Yingnan Wei, Kunhao Jiang, Jian Liu, Yi Li, Hui Ran, Tehseen Javed, Hao Feng, Qiang Yu, Jianqiang He

“…Convex functions (WSRF 1–3) were superior to concave functions (WSRF 4–6), enhancing overall simulation accuracy by 13.7 %. Furthermore, time-series output variables, including soil water and biomass dynamics, were evaluated. …”
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Shear strength and behavior of eco-friendly RC corbels by Kadhim Z. Naser, Abdulamir Atalla Almayah, Abdulnasser M. Abbas

“…The influence of these variables on ultimate load capacity, load-deflection curves, crack pattern, initial stiffness, and energy dissipation was investigated. …”
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Impact of nutrient dynamics on chlorophyll-a concentrations in non-interconnected lakes: A study in the Vellore and Chennai region by Raghul Mageswaran, Porchelvan Ponnusamy

“…Among the lakes, Kaveripakkam exhibited the highest values for these parameters, which needs management strategies. …”
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Optimization of the Fc-fusion protein refolding method produced from the bacterial expression system by P. S. Astrelina, S. A. Ishchuk, A. V. Kabanova, R. V. Drai

“…Response surface plots were constructed, and the optimal factor values were determined. The statistical models demonstrated high predictive accuracy and data reproducibility. …”
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Development and validation of a spontaneous preterm birth risk prediction algorithm based on maternal bioinformatics: A single-center retrospective study by Yu Chen, Xinyan Shi, Zhiyi Wang, Lin Zhang

“…The top 10 predictive variables were selected based on their significance in disease prediction. …”
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TREND ANALYSIS OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY IN KHULNA OF BANGLADESH FROM HISTORICAL DATA by Md. Sarwar Jahan

“…Additionally, annual and monthly thermal heat index (THI) values were calculated. The findings revealed that annual relative humidity remained relatively stable, with minimal deviation across the years. …”
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Factors determining the compliance of patients receiving anti-VEGF therapy for macular diseases with long-term follow-up in real-life practice by E. V. Bobykin, V. Y. Krokhalev, R. V. Buslaev, O. V. Morozova

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The Effect of an advanced nurse practitioner led menopause clinic on quality of life and menopausal symptoms by Catriona Keye

“…ANP-led menopause clinics could be a great addition to the workforce providing patients with timely menopause care. Further studies could build on this analysis by including other variables such as comorbidities, demographics, and patient’s perspective.…”
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Early prediction of proton therapy dose distributions and DVHs for hepatocellular carcinoma using contour-based CNN models from diagnostic CT and MRI by Toshiya Rachi, Taku Tochinai

“…Despite anatomical variability between diagnostic and planning images, this approach provides timely insights into treatment feasibility, potentially supporting insurance pre-authorization, reducing unnecessary imaging, and optimizing clinical workflows for HCC proton therapy.…”
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Optimizing potato yield predictions in Uttar Pradesh, India: a comparative analysis of machine learning models by Ahmad Alsaber, Anurag Satpathi, Mariam Alsabah, Parul Setiya

“…This research aims to compare the performance of five machine learning models—Elastic Net (ELNET), Random Forest, Artificial Neural Network (ANN), Extreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost) and Support Vector Regression (SVR) to identify the most effective approach for potato yield forecasting. Time series data spanning 16 years (2005–2021) was collected for seven districts in Uttar Pradesh, including potato yields and weather variables. …”
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Snoring Symptoms and Obstructive Sleep Apnea Risk Factors Identified by Doctors of Dental Medicine by Marieta Bujak, Nikolina Bošnjak, Renata Pecotić

“…These participants also reported greater day- time sleepiness (Epworth Sleepiness Scale: 7.8 ± 4.9 vs. 5.9 ± 4.2; P < 0.001) and had significantly higher AHI values (32.8 ± 26.1 vs. 15.1 ± 17.5; P < 0.001), indicating more severe OSA. …”
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Short distances dominate connectivity patterns of coral communities in the North-West Arabian Sea by Michel R. Claereboudt, Gerd Bruss

“…Additionally we determine mean flow fields and LCS structures based on 20 years of reanalysis data from a third model. Connectivity values—the proportion of larvae successfully transported from their natal reef to another reef—varied significantly across reefs and years due to mesoscale variability in ocean currents, yet both circulation models produced similar overall patterns of connectivity. …”
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Investigating the correlation between smoking and blood pressure via photoplethysmography by Q. Qananwah, H. Quran, A. Dagamseh, V. Blazek, S. Leonhardt

“…Results show that smoking markedly alters PPG features in such it significantly affects systolic time, heart rate, peak pulse interval variability, and augmentation index. …”
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