Influences and inhibitors in STEM undergraduate social responsibility development by Daniel S. Schiff, Jeonghyun Lee, Jason Borenstein, Ellen Zegura

“…We additionally observe a growing emphasis on salary as compared to helping others as a motivating factor in career decisions. Students report rare and unpersuasive efforts as part of in-major and STEM education to build SR, and other formal educational efforts like out-of-major SR activities or activities associated with institutional events have a modest impact as well. …”
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Quantifying the Impact of Vegetation Greening on Evapotranspiration and Its Components on the Tibetan Plateau by Peidong Han, Hanyu Ren, Yinghan Zhao, Na Zhao, Zhaoqi Wang, Zhipeng Wang, Yangyang Liu, Zhenqian Wang

“…The model’s performance was validated using eddy covariance observations from three flux tower sites, yielding R² values of 0.81–0.86 and RMSEs ranging from 6.31 to 13.20 mm/month. (2) Vegetation greening exerted a significant enhancement on ET, with the mean annual ET under greening scenarios (258.6 ± 120.9 mm) being 2.9% greater than under non-greening scenarios (251.2 ± 157.2 mm) during 1982–2018. (3) Temperature and vapor pressure deficit were the dominant controls on ET, influencing 53.5% and 23% of the region, respectively, as identified consistently by both multiple linear regression and dominant factor analyses. These findings highlight the net influence of vegetation greening and offer valuable guidance for water management and sustainable ecological restoration efforts in the region.…”
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How are we defining preoperative anemia? A comparison of various anemia thresholds among patients undergoing short-construct lumbar spinal fusion by Tariq Z. Issa, Omar H. Tarawneh, Teeto Ezeonu, Mark J. Lambrechts, Mark F. Kurd, Ian David Kaye, Jose A. Canseco, Alan S. Hilibrand, Alexander R. Vaccaro, Christopher K. Kepler, Gregory D. Schroeder

“…Youden’s index and multivariable regressions were utilized to analyze associations of anemia with postoperative outcomes. …”
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Game Modeling Possibilities in Product Assortment Management by D. A. Vlasov, P. A. Karasev, A. V. Sinchukov

“…The relevance of the research topic is due to the need of manufacturers to improve the mechanisms for managing the range of manufactured products.The following materials and methods of game modeling were used in the study: designing a set of players, designing a set of player strategies, quantitative assessment of the elements of the payoff matrix, techniques for reducing the degree of uncertainty, methods for choosing optimal strategies under conditions of complete and partial uncertainty, as well as generalizing the experience of using game models in the analysis of various economic situations.The focus is on game modeling that complements the mathematical and statistical methods traditionally used to formulate an assortment policy: mathematical programming methods - the task of optimizing an assortment given resource constraints, such as budget and stocks of raw materials used in the production process; multi-criteria choice methods - the task of taking into account several criteria when making decisions on the product assortment, such as product quality, product price, product demand, etc.; statistical analysis methods (the task of analyzing available sales data and identifying trends - regression analysis to forecast demand for manufactured products, identify relationships between various factors, such as product demand and prices, marketing efforts, seasonality, etc.; cluster analysis to segment products and customers based on previously identified characteristics, such as customer preferences and age, as well as associative analysis to identify relationships between products - determining product groups that can be presented together in the assortment); methods of time series analysis and simulation modeling (the task of forecasting demand for products based on available sales data; the task of fictitious implementation of various assortment management scenarios and quantitative assessment of their consequences).Results. …”
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Correlation study on the risk of cardiovascular adverse events in diabetic foot patients based on machine learning - a retrospective cohort study by Liran Zheng, Jiageng Chen, Wenyan Xu, Min Ding, Juan Li, Fenghua Tian, Lei Zhang, Qianqian Li, Shuai Wang, Zeyu Wang, Hairong Ma, Xuecan Cui, Bai Chang, Meijun Wang

“…Based on the processed data, in terms of modeling methods, the top three frequently used methods were used. Logistic regression, random forest (RF) and support vector machine (SVM) were used respectively to analyze influencing factors. …”
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Dynamic trend analysis of global psoriasis burden from 1990 to 2021: a study of gender, age, and regional differences based on GBD 2021 data by Jikui Xiong, Tiankuo Xue, Meng Tong, Libo Xu, Bingxue Bai

“…This study uses data from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD 2021) database to examine global and regional trends in psoriasis incidence, prevalence, and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), analyzing differences by gender, age, and region to guide public health planning.MethodsData from GBD 2021, covering 204 countries and regions, were used to estimate psoriasis incidence, prevalence, and DALYs through the DisMod-MR 2.1 model with Bayesian meta-regression to integrate multiple data sources. …”
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Education level is associated with the occurrence and timing of hysterectomy: A cohort study of Canadian women by Erin A. Brennand, Natalie V. Scime, Beili Huang, Pauline McDonagh Hull

“…Educational attainment was defined as high school diploma or less, college degree, university degree (reference group), and postgraduate degree. We used logistic regression analyzing hysterectomy occurrence at any time and before menopause, separately, and flexible parametric survival models analyzing hysterectomy timing with age as the time scale. …”
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The correlation between scoliosis and nutritional status among junior high school students in Shanghai city in 2022 by Wenjuan QI, Fengyun ZHANG, Yanting YANG, Liting CHU, Yuting HUANG, Shenglei HUANG, Keyang ZHENG, Dongling YANG, Chunyan LUO

“…A two-level ordered multi-categorical logistic regression analysis was used to analyze the association between scoliosis and nutritional status. …”
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Anxiety and depression: ten-year changes of prevalence and its association with demographic and socio-economic characteristics according to the ESSE-RF study by S. E. Evstifeeva, S. A. Shalnova, V. A. Kutsenko, Yu. A. Balanova, A. E. Imaeva, A. V. Kapustina, M. B. Kotova, S. A. Maksimov, G. A. Muromtseva, O. A. Litinskaya, M. S. Pokrovskaya, E. B. Yarovaya, E. M. Filichkina, A. G. Soplenkova, L. I. Gomanova, Yu. V. Doludin, E. A. Efimova, A. L. Borisova, N. S. Karamnova, O. B. Shvabskaya, B. M. Nazarov, T. V. Repkina, T. O. Gonoshilova, A. V. Kudryavtsev, N. I. Belova, L. L. Shagrov, M. A. Samotrueva, A. L. Yasenyavskaya, E. N. Chernysheva, S. V. Glukhovskaya, I. A. Levina, E. A. Shirshova, E. B. Dorzhieva, E. Z. Urbanova, N. Yu. Borovkova, V. K. Kurashin, A. S. Tokareva, Yu. I. Ragino, G. I. Simonova, A. D. Khudyakova, V. N. Nikulin, O. R. Aslyamov, G. V. Khokhlova, A. V. Solovyova, A. A. Rodionov, O. V. Kryachkova, Yu. Yu. Shamurova, I. V. Tantsyreva, I. N. Baryshnikova, M. G. Ataev, M. O. Radzhabov, M. M. Isakhanova, M. A. Umetov, L. V. Elgarova, I. A. Khakuasheva, E. I. Yamashkina, N. V. Esina, T. A. Kunyaeva, A. M. Nikitina, Yu. E. Spiridonova, N. V. Savvina, E. A. Naumova, A. A. Keskinov, D. A. Kashtanova, V. S. Yudin, S. M. Yudin, A. V. Kontsevaya, O. M. Drapkina

“…Aim. To analyze the prevalence of anxiety and depression in Russians using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) during the Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Diseases and their Risk Factors in Regions of Russian Federation (ESSE-RF) study. …”
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High Gastrointestinal Colonization Rate of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci among Hospitalized Patients: Potential Source for Resistant Gene by Techilo Habtemariam Mengesha, Musa Mohammed Ali, Mulugeta Mengistu, Demissie Assegu Fenta

“…Data were entered and analyzed using SPSS version 25. Descriptive and logistic regressions were used to determine the frequency and association of factors with the VRE colonization rate. …”
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Association Between Preoperative Cognitive Performance and Postoperative Delirium in Older Patients: Results From a Multicenter, Prospective Cohort Study, and a Mendelian Randomiza... by Rao Sun, Shiyong Li, Changming Yang, Guiming Huang, Chunrong Tang, Wei Li, Zhongyuan Xia, Mingzhang Zuo, Ning Yang, Huiyu Luo, Kun Zhang, Huajun Li, Qingfeng Zeng, Chun Chen, Lan Wang, Rui Xia, Chuanbin Dong, Junmin He, Qiaoqiao Xu, Xinhua Li, Biyun Zhou, Shangkun Liu, Fang Luo, Zhiqiang Zhou, Ailin Luo

“…This association persisted after adjustment for demographic, preoperative, and intraoperative factors, and was confirmed through propensity score matching and inverse probability treatment weighting analyses. …”
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Assessment of PM₁₀ and PM_2.5 Concentrations in Santo Domingo: A Comparative Study Between 2019 and 2022 by Carime Matos-Espinosa, Ramón Delanoy, Claudia Caballero-González, Anel Hernández-Garces, Ulises Jauregui-Haza, Solhanlle Bonilla-Duarte, José-Ramón Martínez-Batlle

“…These differences are likely influenced by meteorological variability, including increased transport of Saharan dust in mid-2022, and seasonal factors. Although local emission changes were not directly assessed, they may have also played a role in the observed trends. …”
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Determinants of Limiting Life-Sustaining Treatment in Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients: A Multicenter Study in Korean Intensive Care Units by I Re Heo, Tae Hoon Kim, Won Jai Jung, Gil Myeong Seong, Sun Jung Kwon, Jae Young Moon, Song-I Lee, Do Sik Moon, Tae-Ok Kim, Chul Park, Eun Young Choi, Jung-Wan Yoo, Sunghoon Park, Ae Rin Baek, Sung Yoon Lim, Jung Soo Kim, Jongmin Lee, Chi Ryang Chung, Sang-Min Lee, Su Hwan Lee, Moon Seong Baek, Jin Won Huh, Woo Hyun Cho, Ho Cheol Kim

“…This study aimed to identify factors influencing LST decisions, and compare clinical outcomes between patients with, and without, LST. …”
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The significant impact of meconium ileus on clinical outcomes among Brazilian individuals with cystic fibrosis—a retrospective analysis of a patient registryResearch in context by Luiz Vicente Ribeiro F. da Silva-Filho, Gianluca Belchior, Angela Tavares Paes, Nicole Costa Soriano Freire, Cintia Steinhaus, Matias Epifanio, Adriana S.C. Knabben, Adriana Goya, Alberto A. Vergara, Albin E. Augustin, Ana Cristina C.F. Fonseca, Antonio F. Ribeiro, Bruna Ziegler, Bruno P. Pessoa, Carlos A. Riedi, Claudia Castro-e-Silva, Claudia M. Gonçalves, Cleyde M.A. Nakaie, Constantino G.B. Cartaxo, Daniela S.P. Borgli, Daniela G. Meneses, Daniele M.T. Ferrao, Dayse V. Oliveira, Debora C. Chong-e-Silva, Denise M.C. Haidar, Edna L.S. Souza, Eduardo Piacentini-Filho, Elenara F.A. Procianoy, Elizabet V. Guimarães, Elizabeth P.S. Silva, Evalto M. Araujo-Filho, Fabiola V. Adde, Fernanda B.S. Malini, Flavia F. Fernandes, Francyelly W. Yamamoto, Gilberto B. Fischer, Glaunir M. Foletto, Izabela Sad, Jocemara Gurmini, Katharina V.N. Moura, Katia I. Oliveira, Lais R. Mota, Leonardo A. Pinto, Liana S. Coelho, Lilian C.F. Andries, Lorenna J.A. Prado, Luciana F. Velloso-Monte, Lusmaia D.C. Costa, Mara R.F. Figueiredo, Marcela D. De-Sillos, Marcelo B. Fuccio, Marcelo T. Rodrigues, Maria A.C.A. Sousa, Maria Angelica Santana, Maria E.S.A. Moreira, Maria F.B.H. Perez, Maria I.M. Fernandes, Mariane G.M. Canan, Marina M. Gonçalves, Marina P. Nishi, Marta C. Duarte, Murilo C.A. Britto, Neiva Damaceno, Patricia G.M. Bezerra, Paulo C. Kussek, Paulo T.R. Dalcin, Paulo J.C. Marostica, Raphael F.J. Oliveira, Roberta C.N.C. Melotti, Rosangela V. Garcia, Samia Rached, Silvia O.T. Tanaka, Sonia E.L. Valente, Sonia M. Chiba, Suzana F.O. Melo, Tania W. Folescu, Tiago N. Veras, Valeria C. Martins, Vera M. Dantas, Virginia A.F. Castro

“…Survival was significantly worse in the MI group, and the results of the Cox regression model revealed that the impact of MI on mortality was significant after controlling for other risk factors (HR = 1·84, 95% CI 1·50–2·25, p < 0·0001). …”
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Association between triglyceride-glucose index multiplied by waist circumference and H-type hypertension among Chinese adults by Yiwei Peng, Yiwei Peng, Yiwei Peng, Yiwei Peng, Ling Li, Ling Li, Ling Li, Minqi Li, Minqi Li, Minqi Li, Jie Wang, Jie Wang, Jie Wang, Tianyao Long, Tianyao Long, Tianyao Long, Tianyao Long, Liuyangyi Zheng, Liuyangyi Zheng, Liuyangyi Zheng, Liuyangyi Zheng, Xuan Tan, Xuan Tan, Xuan Tan, Xuan Tan, Xiuqin Hong, Xiuqin Hong, Xiuqin Hong, Xiuqin Hong

“…HTH was defined as primary hypertension with homocysteine ≥15 μmol/L. Logistic regression and restricted cubic spline (RCS) models analyzed the TyG-WC index's association with HTH. …”
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Predicting and Preventing School Dropout with Business Intelligence: Insights from a Systematic Review by Diana-Margarita Córdova-Esparza, Juan Terven, Julio-Alejandro Romero-González, Karen-Edith Córdova-Esparza, Rocio-Edith López-Martínez, Teresa García-Ramírez, Ricardo Chaparro-Sánchez

“…Common predictive variables included personal, socioeconomic, academic, institutional, and engagement-related factors, reflecting dropout’s multifaceted nature. …”
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Deep learning for occupation recognition and knowledge discovery in rheumatology clinical notes by Alfredo Madrid-García, Inés Pérez-Sancristobal, Leticia Leon, Lydia Abásolo, Benjamín Fernández-Gutiérrez, Luis Rodríguez-Rodríguez

“…This study aims to assess the collection and use of occupation-related data in rheumatology clinical narratives, describe factors influencing its collection, and analyze its association with patient diagnoses. …”
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Identification of a novel anoikis-related gene signature to predict prognosis and tumor microenvironment in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma carcinoma by Xuan Zhou, Bai Wei, Yan Wang, Mingjie Liu, Xiangru Guo, Yuting Duan

“…It has a very high fatality rate and low survival rate, and the existing predictive factors for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma are unclear. …”
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Spatial Conflicts in ‘Production, Living, and Ecological Space’ Functions at Urban Fringes: The Case of Zengcheng, Guangzhou by Ziqing Feng, Shaoqiu Long, Yilun Liu

“…Moreover, the driving forces behind these conflicts transitioned from economic and urbanization factors to a multifaceted interplay of natural and social determinants, underscoring the growing intricacy of spatial dynamics. …”
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Patient knowledge and acceptance of the upcoming automatic substitution of biological medicines in community pharmacies: survey of Finnish patients with inflammatory bowel disease... by Essi Elisabeth Alanne, Emma Aarnio, Kari Linden, Johanna Timonen, Katri Hämeen-Anttila

“…Thus, the aim of the study was to (1) describe patients’ knowledge of biological medicines, biosimilars, and automatic substitution of biological medicines, (2) analyze the association of sociodemographic and health-related factors with the knowledge of biosimilars, and (3) investigate associations between knowledge, trust in pharmacists, and acceptance of automatic substitution in pharmacies. …”
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