Mosquito Population Dynamics and Blood Host Associations in Two Types of Urban Greenspaces in Coastal Florida by Yasmin V. Ortiz, Simon A. Casas, Minh N. D. Tran, Emily G. Decker, Ivana Saborit, Hao N. Le, Eric P. Caragata, Lawrence E. Reeves, Panpim Thongsripong

“…For example, <i>Aedes taeniorhynchus</i> was more common in preserved coastal wetland greenspaces, while <i>Aedes aegypti</i> and <i>Aedes albopictus</i> were more common in residential greenspaces. Generalized linear models revealed the impacts of climatic variables on the abundance of many key mosquito species. …”
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Policy analysis of sports development in terms of achievement, policy, nursery of young athletes, South Papua as part of the new autonomous region, (DOB) by Emanuel Lewar, Subagyo Subagyo, Aris Fajar Pambudi, Syamsudin Syamsudin, Thadius Yambedoan, Carolus Wasa, Hendra Jondry Hiskya

“…Reliability tests showed adequate Cronbach's alpha and composite reliability values. The GoF value of 0.856 and Q² of 0.883 indicated a strong model fit. …”
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miMatch: a microbial metabolic background matching tool for mitigating host confounding in metagenomics research by Lei Liu, Suqi Cao, Weili Lin, Zhigang Gao, Liu Yang, Lixin Zhu, Bin Yang, Guoqing Zhang, Ruixin Zhu, Dingfeng Wu

“…Moreover, in real metagenomic data, miMatch improved result consistency and model generalizability across cohorts of the same disease. …”
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Body shape index (ABSI), body roundness index (BRI) and risk factors of metabolic syndrome among overweight and obese adults: a cross-sectional study by MohammadSalar Fahami, Ali Hojati, Mahdieh Abbasalizad Farhangi

“…Blood pressure was measured using standard protocols. Body composition also was measured using body impedance analysis (BIA). …”
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Public acceptance of microbiome management strategy in dairy calves: a European survey on colostrum, probiotic provision and prolonged cow-calf contact by A. Ait Sidhoum, A. Stygar, F. Bedoin, J.K. Niemi

“…Several management practices can be considered to enhance the development and composition of the microbiome in calves. However, their social acceptance is largely unknown. …”
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Rumen methane output and fermentation characteristics of gramineous forage and leguminous forage at differing harvest dates determined using an in vitro gas production technique by Rong-zhen ZHONG, Yi FANG, Hai-xia SUN, Min WANG, Dao-wei ZHOU

“…Results showed that there were significant interactions between species and harvest for all chemical composition variables (P<0.001) and condensed tannin content (P<0.001). …”
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Simulation Research on Pressure Control Performance of Thermodynamic Venting System of Rocket Propellant Tank by Xia Siqi, Sun Peijie, Li Peng, Wang Changhuan, Wang Lei, Li Yanzhong

“…This article described the composition and working principle of the thermodynamic venting system (TVS) for the in-orbit management of cryogenic propellants. …”
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Effect of varying thickness properties of the slow release fertilizer films on morphology, biodegradability, urea release, soil health, and plant growth. by Zahid Majeed, Shamyla Nawazish, Ayesha Baig, Wasim Akhtar, Atia Iqbal, Wisal Muhammad Khan, Syed Majid Bukhari, Asma Zaidi, Pau Loke Show, Nurlidia Mansoor

“…Current work examined the morphology, chemical composition, biodegradability, urea release, soil health, and plant growth effects of the SRF films subjected to changes in the thickness of 0.27, 0.54, and 1.03 mm. …”
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STRUCTURE ANALYSIS AND MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION DESIGN OF A DEWATERING BUCKET FOR A PULSATOR WASHING MACHINE by CAI Yun, PENG Liang, LIU Xue, CHENG ZhiWen

“…Secondly,Design of Experiments and Response Surface Methodology were combined to solve a multi-objective optimization problem,under the condition of improved strength and stiffness,solution with the lightest mass is choosen as the optimization goal. Using Central Composite Design in ANSYS Workbench software,experimental points were selected,and the response surface model of an inner barrel was built. …”
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Influence of mining-induced ground fissures with different widths on soil anti-scourability in northern Shaanxi coal mining area in the middle reaches of the Yellow River by Shijie SONG, Hao RUAN, Shuangming WANG, Baodeng CHEN, Yuanhong LI, Lu LIU, Jiajie ZHANG

“…Among them, the mass fraction of sand, organic matter and >0.25 mm water-stable aggregates can be used as the main controlling factors of soil anti-scourability in the mining ground fissure development area of northern Shaanxi. The prediction model of surface soil anti-scourability coefficient in mining ground fissure development area is constructed by taking the width of mining ground fissure and the horizontal distance from the fissure as variables. …”
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Optimization and Kinetics of Nickel Ion Adsorption from Electroplating Effluent onto Activated Carbon Prepared from Egg Shell by S. Anuradha Jabasingh, C. Valli Nachiyar

“…A five-level, four-variable central composite design was used to evaluate the effects of these parameters on the adsorption of Ni(II) ions onto Anas platyrhyncha egg shell. …”
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Microbial Ecology and Metabolism of Emerging Adulthood: Gut Microbiome Insights from a College Freshman Cohort by Alex E. Mohr, Paniz Jasbi, Irene van Woerden, Jinhua Chi, Haiwei Gu, Meg Bruening, Corrie M. Whisner

“…Although diet-related variables contributed to some observed variance, diet did not independently predict the probability of switching between community types within the study’s timeframe via multi-state Markov modeling. …”
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RETRACTED: Quantification and Evaluations of Catechin Hydrate Polymeric Nanoparticles Used in Brain Targeting for the Treatment of Epilepsy by Niyaz Ahmad, Rizwan Ahmad, Ridha Abdullah Alrasheed, Hassan Mohammed Ali Almatar, Abdullah Sami Al-Ramadan, Mohd Amir, Md Sarafroz

“…Independent and dependent variables helped to optimize the best nanoformulation based on the composition of PLGA (50.0 mg), PVA (1.10%), sonication time (90.0 s), and temperature (25.0 °C). …”
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Research on Soft-Sensing Method Based on Adam-FCNN Inversion in <i>Pichia pastoris</i> Fermentation by Bo Wang, Wenyu Ma, Hui Jiang, Shaowen Huang

“…Firstly, a non-deterministic mechanism model is constructed to characterize the dynamic coupling relationships among multiple variables in the fermentation process, and the reversibility of the system and the construction method of the inverse extended model are analyzed. …”
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CFD and Artificial Intelligence-Based Machine Learning Synergy for the Assessment of Syngas-Utilizing Pre-Reformer in r-SOC Technology Advancement by Murphy M. Peksen

“…The developed model forecasts and optimizes reforming processes across diverse fuel compositions, encompassing oxygen-containing syngas blends and controlled feedstock outlet process conditions. …”
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Identification of potential areas for reforestation applying the analytic hierarchy process (AHP), case study from the valley of Aguascalientes, Mexico by Isai Gerardo Reyes-Cedeño, Pia Berger, Claudia N. Sánchez, Abel Coronado, Faezeh Mahichi, Hugo Luna-Villavicencio

“…GIS tools were employed to integrate these variables into a composite suitability map through raster-based analysis. …”
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Implementation of advanced control with artificial intelligence in anhydrous ethanol production by Marcos Gabriel Lopes da Silva, Davi Soares de Lima, Andréa Selene Embirassú Xavier, Allan Almeida Albuquerque

“…Additionally, artificial intelligence (AI) models—specifically decision tree, random forest, and LightGBM—were developed to control top product composition using easily measurable variables. …”
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Environmental and host factors underlying tick infestation in invasive raccoons (Procyon lotor) in Hokkaido, Japan by Mebuki Ito, Miku Minamikawa, Anastasiia Kovba, Hideka Numata, Tetsuji Itoh, Yuki Katada, Shiho Niwa, Yurie Taya, Yuto Shiraki, Gita Sadaula Pandey, Samuel Kelava, Nariaki Nonaka, Ryo Nakao, Ryosuke Omori, Yuma Ohari, Norikazu Isoda, Michito Shimozuru, Toshio Tsubota, Keita Matsuno, Mariko Sashika

“…Next, we screened 17 environmental and host variables to determine factors that affect the number of ticks infesting raccoons using generalized linear (mixed) models. …”
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Índice térmico ambiental de produtividade para frangos de corte Environmental thermal index of productivity for broiler chickens by Carlos M. Medeiros, Fernando da C. Baêta, Rita F. M. de Oliveira, Ilda de F. F. Tinôco, Luiz F. T. Albino, Paulo R. Cecon

“…The treatments consisted of combination of levels of variables: temperature (t) 16, 20, 26, 32 and 36 ºC; relative humidity (u) 20, 34, 55, 76 and 90%, and air velocity (v) 0; 0.6; 1.5; 2.4 and 3.0 m s-1, according to the central rotatable composite design of the response surface methodology. …”
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Exploratory Meta-Analysis of the Effect of Malic Acid or Malate Addition on Ruminal Parameters, Nutrient Digestibility, and Blood Characteristics of Cattle by Leonardo Tombesi da Rocha, Tiago Antonio Del Valle, Fernando Reimann Skonieski, Stela Naetzold Pereira, Paola Selau de Oliveira, Francine Basso Facco, Julio Viégas

“…The average effect of malate/malic acid inclusion was calculated using the “DerSimonian and Laird” random effects model. Meta-regression and subgroup analyses were conducted to explore sources of heterogeneity. …”
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