High vulnerability of the endemic Southern Ocean snail Neobuccinum eatoni (Buccinidae) to critical projected oceanographic changes by Rosvita González, Luis R. Pertierra, Pablo C. Guerrero, Angie Díaz

“…This study focuses on Neobuccinum eatoni, a polar marine ‘true whelk’ endemic to these regions, utilizing 166 spatially independent occurrence data records to model potential distribution shifts under future climate scenarios. …”
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Seroprevalence of Avian Influenza in Guinea Fowls in Some Districts in the Upper East Region of Ghana by Albert Agyapong Tweneboah, Sherry Ama Mawuko Johnson, Patrick Mensah Amponsah, Derrick Adu Asare, Benjamin Obukowho Emikpe

“…The study recommends ongoing nationwide surveillance to assess the true prevalence of avian influenza in guinea fowls across Ghana.…”
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Sustainability of Paddy Rice Farming in the Conservation of Birds in Uganda Amidst a Growing Expansion of the Rice farming Industry. by Sarah, Nachuha, Twagiramaria, Fortunate

“…In this research, waterbird species diversity at three paddy rice growing schemes namely: Doho, Kibimba and Lukaya is collected and compared. A rapid cross-sectional survey was conducted at these 3 sites over a period of 3 months in which both quantitative and qualitative data were collected. …”
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Pesticide application and water quality in Doho and Kibimba rice irrigation schemes, eastern Uganda by Sulaiman, Abubakar Aminua, Sarah, Nachuha, Zakia, Tebetyoc

“…Majority of the farm workers at Kibimba (96.9%) reported to have always used protective devices when handling pesticides and the reverse was true for farm workers at Doho despite the training on pesticide usage. …”
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Real-time PCR detection of Coxiella burnetii in dairy products in Kwara State, Nigeria: a public health concern by Nusirat Elelu, Nwachukwu Raymond Chinedu, Balkees A. Yakub-Obalowu, Ismail A. Odetokun, Ahmad I. Al-Mustapha

“…Aim This study aimed to detect Coxiella burnetii in dairy products in Kwara State, Nigeria. Methods A cross-sectional study was performed to estimate the apparent and true prevalence of C. burnetii in dairy cattle in selected local government areas (LGAs) of Kwara State, Nigeria. …”
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Solar flare forecasting based on a Fusion Model by YiYang Li, ShiYong Huang, SiBo Xu, ZhiGang Yuan, Kui Jiang, QiYang Xiong, RenTong Lin

“…We collected samples of magnetograms from May 1, 2010 to September 13, 2018 from Space-weather Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) Active Region Patches and then used a cross-validation method to obtain seven independent data sets. …”
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Predicting the infecting dengue serotype from antibody titre data using machine learning. by Bethan Cracknell Daniels, Darunee Buddhari, Taweewun Hunsawong, Sopon Iamsirithaworn, Aaron R Farmer, Derek A T Cummings, Kathryn B Anderson, Ilaria Dorigatti

“…The models were validated against the true infecting serotype, identified using RT-PCR. …”
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AdaMoR-DDMOEA: Adaptive Model Selection with a Reliable Individual-Based Model Management Framework for Offline Data-Driven Multi-Objective Optimization by Subhadip Pramanik, Abdalla Alameen, Hitesh Mohapatra, Debanjan Pathak, Adrijit Goswami

“…The proposed algorithm dynamically selects between DNN and XGBoost by comparing their k-fold cross-validation MAE error, which can capture the true generalization ability of the surrogates on unseen data. …”
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Morphometric Study of Suprascapular Notch and Scapular Dimensions in Ugandan Dry Scapulae with Specific Reference to the Incidence of Completely Ossified Superior Transverse Scapul... by Adewale, Adesanya Olamide, Segun, Okeniran Olatayo, Usman, Ibe Michael, Monima, Ann Lemuel, Kegoye, Eric Simidi, Keneth Iceland, Kasozi, Nalugo, Halima, Ssempijja, Fred

“…The study aimed to assess morphometry of suprascapular notch and scapular dimensions in Ugandan dry scapulae with specific reference to scapulae with completely ossified superior transverse scapular ligaments. Methods: This was a cross-sectional analytical study conducted on 50 Ugandan dry scapulae. …”
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Benchmarking data-driven inversion methods for the estimation of local CO₂ emissions from synthetic satellite images of XCO₂ and NO₂ by D. Santaren, J. Hakkarainen, G. Kuhlmann, E. Koene, F. Chevallier, I. Ialongo, H. Lindqvist, J. Nurmela, J. Tamminen, L. Amorós, D. Brunner, G. Broquet

“…The deviations between the emission estimates and the true emissions from these two methods have similar interquartile ranges (IQRs), ranging from <span class="inline-formula">∼</span> 20 % to <span class="inline-formula">∼</span> 60 % depending on the scenario. …”
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A Study on Diagnostic Accuracy of Dipsi Method Over Traditional Oral Glucose Tolerance Test Among Antenatal Women by Vijayadevi Shanmugam, Dharani Sudha Gopalraj, Shruthi Nanjudappan, Rajeswari Ravindran

“…This study is aimed to compare the DIPSI and IADSP criteria which is widely used in India with the World Health Organization (WHO) criteria and assess their diagnostic accuracy. Methods: A cross-sectional study involving 100 antenatal mothers was conducted in a tertiary care hospital. …”
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Appropriateness of Antiplatelet Therapy and Proton Pump Inhibitor Prescribing in End-Stage Kidney Disease: A Retrospective Quality Investigation Study by Michael Che, Sumaiya Ahmed, Ryan Chan, Ayub Akbari, Deborah Zimmerman

“…Design: Retrospective cross-sectional, quality investigation. Setting: Satellite hemodialysis unit of a tertiary care center in Ontario, Canada. …”
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Pandemic or “Plandemic”?: The Mediating Role of Epistemic Justification Strategies in the Relationship Between COVID‐19 Conspiracy Beliefs and COVID‐19 Vaccine Conspiracy Beliefs... by Ali Gökalp, Servet Üztemur, Po‐Ching Huang, Aslı Kartol, Hsin‐Chi Tsai, Erkan Dinç, Mark D. Griffiths, Chung‐Ying Lin

“…Aim The mediating role of epistemic justification was investigated regarding its relationship between COVID‐19 conspiracy beliefs and COVID‐19 vaccine conspiracy beliefs. Methods A cross‐sectional study was conducted incorporating a multifactorial correlational design. …”
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Deep Learning for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Detection and Severity Assessment: A Multimodal Signals Fusion Multiscale Transformer Model by Zhang Y, Zhou L, Zhu S, Zhou Y, Wang Z, Ma L, Yuan Y, Xie Y, Niu X, Su Y, Liu H, Hei X, Shi Z, Ren X, Shi Y

“…The proposed model comprises signal preprocessing, feature extraction, cross-modal interaction, and classification modules. …”
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Effect of immunomodulation on cardiac remodelling and outcomes in heart failure: a quantitative synthesis of the literature by Navkaranbir S. Bajaj, Kartik Gupta, Nitin Gharpure, Mike Pate, Lakshay Chopra, Rajat Kalra, Sumanth D. Prabhu

“…While these benefits did not translate into a significant improvement in mortality, our analysis suggests that larger studies of targeted immunomodulation are needed to understand the true benefits.…”
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Association of Family Well-Being Parenting Style and Child Care in Southern Division Kabale District. by Niyomigisha, Saviour

“…On the contrary, being authoritarian increases the child's problems, also because parents consider more difficult their children. This is true for mothers and fathers, although, mothers were significantly more influenced by the perception of their child as difficult. …”
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Atherogenic index of plasma and coronary artery disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies by Ramin Assempoor, Mohammad Shahabaddin Daneshvar, Aryan Taghvaei, Alireza Sattari Abroy, Amir Azimi, John R. Nelson, Kaveh Hosseini

“…Given that the true effect size may differ across studies, a random-effects model for all analyses was applied. …”
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RespiroDynamics: A Multifaceted Dataset for Enhanced Lung Health Assessment Using Deep Learning by Ahmed Sharshar, Muhammad Sharshar, Hosam Elhady, Ahmed Aboeitta, Youssef Nafea, Yasser Ashraf, Mohammad Yaqub, Mohsen Guizani

“…Advancements in lung health assessment, a critical component in diagnosing respiratory conditions, have gained prominence in medical research. This is especially true with the advent of non-invasive techniques such as spirometry. …”
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The interaction between dynamic recrystallization and twinning during the hot compression in a novel nickel-based superalloy by Xingyun Fan, Lingxiang Zhong, Yanzhuo Liu, Jianmin Cui, Hongqiang Du, Yongsheng Wei, Yingnan Shi, Xinmei Hou, Jinhui Wang, Peipeng Jin

“…These deformation twins (DTs) were nucleated via the double-cross slip model at low temperatures and high strain rates. …”
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Masculin/féminin dans la culture étrusque : un cas limite by Sophie Pérard

“…Ornaments are worn during precise stages of the human destiny, related to its metamorphoses, in all the moments of transformation of the body, which correspond to changes of statuses (rites of passage): so many limits to be crossed… Moreover, if one assesses the modality of the uses of ornaments, revealing a true system in harmony with Etruscan cosmology, one observes a specific operation, of which one of the salient points would be an indeterminacy of gender: the majority of men and women share the same elements. …”
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