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Sleep duration and incident frailty: The Rural Frailty Study

open access: yesBMC Geriatrics, 2021
Background The association between sleep duration and frailty remains unconclusive since most of the studies have been cross-sectional. Therefore, this study aimed to analyze the association between sleep duration, sleep complaints, and incident frailty.
Karla Moreno-Tamayo   +3 more
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Developing farm-level sustainability indicators for Ireland using the Teagasc National Farm Survey

open access: yesIrish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research, 2016
In the context of an expanding, export-dependent agri-food sector, indicators of sustainable development and intensification are necessary to measure, assess and verify the comparative advantage afforded by Ireland’s natural pastoral-based food ...
Ryan M.   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Surveying clinical surveys [PDF]

open access: yesBJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 2009
Abstract Is the objective clearly stated? Yes YesIs the design of the study stated? Yes YesIs the study setting well described? No YesIs the survey population described? Yes YesIs the response rate reported? No YesAre the outcome measures identified? No YesAre the main results clearly reported? Yes YesAre the conclusions appropriate? Yes YesIntroduction
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A survey of transformers

open access: yesAI Open, 2022
Transformers have achieved great success in many artificial intelligence fields, such as natural language processing, computer vision, and audio processing. Therefore, it is natural to attract lots of interest from academic and industry researchers. Up to the present, a great variety of Transformer variants (a.k.a.
Tianyang Lin   +3 more
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FULLY AUTOMATED GIS-BASED INDIVIDUAL TREE CROWN DELINEATION BASED ON CURVATURE VALUES FROM A LIDAR DERIVED CANOPY HEIGHT MODEL IN A CONIFEROUS PLANTATION [PDF]

open access: yesThe International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2016
The generation of high resolution canopy height model (CHM) from LiDAR makes it possible to delineate individual tree crown by means of a fully-automated method using the CHM’s curvature through its slope.
R. J. L. Argamosa   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Artificial Neural Network Based Apple Yield Prediction Using Morphological Characters

open access: yesHorticulturae, 2023
The yield of the crop is a complex function of a number of dependent traits, which makes yield prediction a statistically difficult task. A number of work on yield prediction using morphological characters already exists in the literature.
Bharti   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Survey incentives, survey effort, and survey costs [PDF]

open access: yesFinance and Economics Discussion Series, 2014
This paper uses the 2007 and 2010 waves of the Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF) to investigate how monetary incentives affect the time and effort that interviewers expend during the survey field period, and how these incentives affect effort expended by the survey respondent.
openaire   +1 more source

Environmental Impact and Relative Invasiveness of Free-Roaming Domestic Carnivores—a North American Survey of Governmental Agencies

open access: yesAnimals, 2017
A survey of the United States and Canadian governmental agencies investigated the environmental impact and relative invasiveness of free-roaming domestic non-native carnivores—dogs, cats, and ferrets. Agencies represented wildlife, fish, game, natural or
Ana Lepe   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Severity Levels of Disability Among Older Adults in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Results From the Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health (SAGE)

open access: yesFrontiers in Medicine, 2020
Background: Recent studies suggest the importance of distinguishing the severity levels of disability in the older adult population. However, there is still no consensus regarding an optimal classification.
Aarón Salinas-Rodríguez   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Examination of malaria service utilization and service provision: an analysis of DHS and SPA data from Malawi, Senegal, and Tanzania

open access: yesMalaria Journal, 2019
Background Ensuring universal access to malaria diagnosis and treatment is a key component of Pillar 1 of the World Health Organization Global Technical Strategy for Malaria 2016–2030.
Cameron Taylor   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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