Unraveling the Influence of Elevation on Moss Species–Area Relationships and the Effect of Spatial Scale on Elevational Richness Patterns in Mt Wutai With a Nested‐Plot Sampling Design [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionUnderstanding how species–area relationships (SARs) vary with elevation as well as how elevational richness patterns vary across spatial scales is critical for biodiversity conservation in montane systems.
Haozhe Wang +7 more
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Distributed quantum sensing enhanced by continuous-variable error correction [PDF]
New Journal of Physics, 2020 A distributed sensing protocol uses a network of local sensing nodes to estimate a global feature of the network, such as a weighted average of locally detectable parameters.
Quntao Zhuang +2 more
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Comparison of emergency department workloads before and during the COVID-19 pandemic as assessed using relative value units [PDF]
Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine, 2022 Objective This study aimed to assess and compare emergency department (ED) workloads by using relative value units (RVUs) before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Yu Jin Lee, Song Yi Park
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"Until they know how much you care": A qualitative analysis of an innovative practice in community pharmacy [PDF]
INNOVATIONS in Pharmacy, 2011 Purpose: This qualitative study was concerned with investigating community pharmacists' thoughts on the use of two brief scales to measure patient outcomes and therapeutic alliance in the context of their Medication Therapy Management (MTM) services. The
Michael Melczak, Janice Pringle
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Diagnostic value of the Vesikari Scoring System for predicting the viral or bacterial pathogens in pediatric gastroenteritis [PDF]
Korean Journal of Pediatrics, 2016 PurposeTo evaluate the diagnostic value of the Vesikari Scoring System (VSS) as an early predictor of pathogens in children with acute gastroenteritis (AG).MethodsIn this retrospective study, the VSS score, absolute neutrophil count (ANC), and C-reactive
Dong Ho Shim +2 more
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An Application of Neutrosophic Set to Relative Importance Assignment in AHP
Mathematics, 2021 The paper addresses a new facet of problem regarding the application of AHP in the real world. There are occasions that decision makers are not certain about relative importance assignment in pairwise comparison.
Napat Harnpornchai +1 more
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Development of an Electronic Claim System Based on an Integrated Electronic Health Record Platform to Guarantee Interoperability [PDF]
Healthcare Informatics Research, 2011 ObjectivesWe design and develop an electronic claim system based on an integrated electronic health record (EHR) platform. This system is designed to be used for ambulatory care by office-based physicians in the United States.
Hwa Sun Kim, Hune Cho, In Keun Lee
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Bait-lamina test for assessment of polluted soils: Rough vs. Precise scales
Ecological Indicators, 2021 The bait-lamina test is one of the few available methods for measuring the functional activity of soil animals, which was standardized for soil health assessment by ISO 18311. The bait consumption is measured visually on discrete scales.
Evgenii L. Vorobeichik, Igor E. Bergman
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Кардиоваскулярная терапия и профилактика, 2022 Aim. To conduct a comparative assessment of the short-term prognosis in patients with ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome (STE-ACS) without percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) based on the Global Registry of Acute Cardiac Events (GRACE ...
M. Alnaser +3 more
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 Nursery grounds provide conditions favorable for growth and survival of juvenile fish and crustaceans through abundant food resources and refugia, and enhance secondary production of populations. While small-scale studies remain important tools to assess
A. Challen Hyman +3 more
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