End-of-Life Decision-Making in Intensive Care Ten Years after a Law on Advance Directives in Germany by Jan A. Graw, Fanny Marsch, Claudia D. Spies, Roland C. E. Francis

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Individual Tree Height Increment Model for <i>Quercus mongolica</i> Secondary Forest in the Northeastern China Using Generalized Nonlinear Two-Level Mixed-Effects Model by Xuefan Hu, Yingshan Jin, Xiaohong Zhang, Huiru Zhang

“…Two-level nonlinear mixed-effects models were constructed to predict the height of a single tree using sample plots and tree species as random effects, combined with a variety of tree size factors, site factors, and competitive factors as independent variables. (3) Results: The significant factors related to the height increment of Mongolian oak secondary forest are the initial diameter at breast height as the size of the tree itself (<i>DBH</i>), height (<i>H</i>), crown height ratio (<i>CR</i>), and site productivity index reflecting site quality (<i>SPI</i>). The distance-dependent and distance-independent competition indexes have no significant effect on tree height increment. …”
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Secondary analysis of an RCT on Emergency Department- Initiated Tobacco Control: Repeatedly assessed point-prevalence abstinence up to 12 months and extension of results through a... by Edith Weiss-Gerlach, William J. McCarthy, Jürgen Wellmann, Marie Graunke, Claudia Spies, Bruno Neuner

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Is Endometrial Scratching Beneficial for Patients Undergoing a Donor-Egg Cycle with or without Previous Implantation Failures? Results of a Post-Hoc Analysis of an RCT by Alexandra Izquierdo, Laura de la Fuente, Katharina Spies, David Lora, Alberto Galindo

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Sevoflurane Effects on Neuronal Energy Metabolism Correlate with Activity States While Mitochondrial Function Remains Intact by Mathilde Maechler, Jörg Rösner, Iwona Wallach, Joerg R. P. Geiger, Claudia Spies, Agustin Liotta, Nikolaus Berndt

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Implementation of Fused Filament Fabrication in Dentistry by Jörg Lüchtenborg, Felix Burkhardt, Julian Nold, Severin Rothlauf, Christian Wesemann, Stefano Pieralli, Gregor Wemken, Siegbert Witkowski, Benedikt C. Spies

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Detection and Molecular Identification of <i>Salmonella</i> Virulence Genes in Livestock Production Systems in South Africa by Thobeka P. Mthembu, Oliver T. Zishiri, Mohamed E. El Zowalaty

“…Virulence genes that were screened from livestock-associated <i>Salmonella</i> were <i>invA</i>, <i>iroB</i>, <i>spiC</i>, <i>pipD</i> and <i>int1</i>. Statistically significant associations (<i>p</i> &lt; 0.05) were established between the virulence genes, sampling location, animal host as well as the season when samples were collected. …”
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Drought risk analysis and rainfall index insurance model development by Chen, Wen

“…This research project is the first in the field of Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI)–based drought-risk studies to use diffusion kernel density estimation (DKDE) to estimate the bivariate probability density functions (PDFs) and the joint return period (RP). …”
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Influence of soil pile interaction on seismic behavior in sandy condition by Khari, Mahdy

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Hybrid model of spatio-temporal assessment of landslide hazards by using airborne laser altimetry data by Bibi, Tehmina

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Optimization of landslide conditioning factors using very high-resolution airborne laser scanning (LiDAR) data at catchment scale by Jebur, Mustafa Neamah, Pradhan, Biswajeet, Tehrany, Mahyat Shafapour

“…The first dataset was derived from high-resolution airborne laser scanning data (LiDAR), which contains eight landslide conditioning factors: altitude, slope, aspect, curvature, stream power index (SPI), topographic wetness index (TWI), topographic roughness index (TRI), and sediment transport index (STI). …”

Application of GIS based data driven evidential belief function model to predict groundwater potential zonation by Nampak, Haleh, Pradhan, Biswajeet, Abd Manap, Mohammad

“…Those twelve groundwater conditioning factors are elevation, slope, curvature, stream power index (SPI), topographic wetness index (TWI), drainage density, lithology, lineament density, land use, normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), soil and rainfall. …”
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Earthquake induced landslide susceptibility mapping using an integrated ensemble frequency ratio and logistic regression models in West Sumatera Province, Indonesia by Umar, Zahrul, Pradhan, Biswajeet, Ahmad, Anuar, Jebur, Mustafa Neamah, Tehrany, Mahyat Shafapour

“…The landslide conditioning factors consist of: altitude, curvature, river, SPI, rainfall, soil type, soil texture, land use/cover (LULC), peak ground acceleration (PGA), geology, slope, aspect, lineament and topographic wetness index (TWI). …”
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Genome sequencing and analysis of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Stanley UPM 517: insights on its virulence-associated elements and their potentials as vaccine candida... by Ashari, Khalidah Syahirah, Roslan, Najwa Syahirah, Omar, Abdul Rahman, Bejo, Mohd Hair, Ideris, Aini, Mat Isa, Nurulfiza

“…There were seven Salmonella pathogenicity islands (SPIs) within the draft genome, which contained the virulence factors associated with Salmonella infection (except SPI-14). Five intact prophage regions, mostly comprising of the protein encoding Gifsy-1, Fels-1, RE-2010 and SEN34 prophages, were also encoded in the draft genome. …”

Improvement in Organogenesis and the Development of a Transformation Procedure for Cucumber and Muskmelon by Mohi Uddin, A. K. M.

“…The regeneration rate was further enhanced when these two ethylene inhibitors were added to both SGM and SPI media. Furthermore, the number of shoots induced from explants of both Spring Swallow and Tasty Green cultivars was also enhanced upon the same treatment. …”
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Influence of soil pile interaction on seismic behavior in sandy condition by Khari, Mahdy

“…Damages of structures supported by deep foundations due to complete or partial collapse have demonstrated paramount importance of the understanding of Soil-Pile Interaction (SPI). Kinematic interaction is due to the presence of pile foundation in the ground. …”
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Landslide susceptibility mapping using remote sensing data and geographic information system-based algorithms by Mohammadi, Ayub

“…Seventeen triggering and conditioning factors, namely slope, aspect, elevation, distance to road, distance to river, proximity to fault, road density, river density, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), rainfall, land cover, lithology, soil types, curvature, profile curvature, Stream Power Index (SPI) and Topographic Wetness Index (TWI), were extracted from satellite imageries, digital elevation model (DEM), geological and soil maps. …”
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Hybrid model of spatio-temporal assessment of landslide hazards by using airborne laser altimetry data by Bibi, Tehmina

“…The spatial dataset initially constructed landslide inventory maps for these two sample areas through virtual mapping technique. 21 landslide-causative factors which included slope angle, aspect, altitude, TWI, SPI, TST, TSC, TSConv, soil, lithology, land use, rainfall, seismicity and distance to roads, rivers, roads, and faults were derived from different sources including Airborne Laser Altimetry (ALS) data. …”
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Modification of landslide susceptibility mapping using optimized PSO-ANN technique by Moayedi, Hossein, Mehrabi, Mohammad, Mosallanezhad, Mansour, A. Rashid, Ahmad Safuan, Pradhan, Biswajeet

“…The input dataset includes elevation, slope aspect, slope degree, curvature, soil type, lithology, distance to road, distance to river, distance to fault, land use, stream power index (SPI) and topographic wetness index (TWI), where the output was taken landslide susceptibility value. …”

Inhibition of Lysosome Membrane Recycling Causes Accumulation of Gangliosides that Contribute to Neurodegeneration by Maxime Boutry, Julien Branchu, Céline Lustremant, Claire Pujol, Julie Pernelle, Raphaël Matusiak, Alexandre Seyer, Marion Poirel, Emeline Chu-Van, Alexandre Pierga, Kostantin Dobrenis, Jean-Philippe Puech, Catherine Caillaud, Alexandra Durr, Alexis Brice, Benoit Colsch, Fanny Mochel, Khalid Hamid El Hachimi, Giovanni Stevanin, Frédéric Darios

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