Validity of a Self-administered Food Frequency Questionnaire for Genomic and Omics Research Among Pregnant Women: The Tohoku Medical Megabank Project Birth and Three-Generation Coh... by Keiko Murakami, Misako Nakadate, Taku Obara, Misato Aizawa, Ippei Takahashi, Mami Ishikuro, Aoi Noda, Hisashi Ohseto, Noriyuki Iwama, Masatoshi Saito, Ribeka Takachi, Shiori Sugawara, Yudai Yonezawa, Takahiro Yamashita, Shigenori Suzuki, Junko Ishihara, Masayuki Yamamoto, Shinichi Kuriyama

“…Results: The percentages of participants who chose the “constitutionally unable to eat or drink it” option were >3% for seven food and drink items. CCs were >0.30 for 31 nutrients; the median across energy and 44 nutrients was 0.41. …”
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A Strong Graded Relationship between Level of Obesity and COPD: Findings from a National Population-Based Study of Lifelong Nonsmokers by Esme Fuller-Thomson, Kaitlyn E. N. Howden, Lilia R. Fuller-Thomson, Senyo Agbeyaka

“…., age, education, and income), the odds of COPD were 3.21 higher for men (95% CI = 2.46, 4.20) and 4.00 higher for women with class III obesity (95% CI = 3.52, 4.55) in comparison with those of healthy weight. …”
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Three-Dimensional Mesoscopic DEM Modeling and Compressive Behavior of Macroporous Recycled Concrete by Yupeng Xu, Fei Geng, Haoxiang Luan, Jun Chen, Hangli Yang, Peiwei Gao

“…Errors in simulating compressive strength and elastic modulus were 3.8% and 18.2%, respectively. Compared to conventional concrete, MRC exhibits larger strain and a steeper post-peak descending portion in stress–strain curves. …”
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ZPTM: Zigzag Path Tracking Method for Agricultural Vehicles Using Point Cloud Representation by Shuang Yang, Engen Zhang, Yufei Liu, Juan Du, Xiang Yin

“…Field test results showed that the maximum error, average error, and RMS (Root Mean Square) error in the zigzag navigation were 3.30 cm, 2.04 cm, and 2.27 cm, respectively. …”
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Additive manufacturing as smart manufacturing system for fabrication of interference screw by Lusia Permata Sari HARTANTI, Paulus Wisnu ANGGORO, Rifky ISMAIL, Jamari JAMARI, Athanasius Priharyoto BAYUSENO

“…The interference screws were 3D printed using material extrusion-based AM. …”
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Total endovascular arch repair: Initial experience in BolognaCentral MessagePerspective by Luca Di Marco, MD, PhD, Chiara Nocera, MD, PhD, Francesco Buia, MD, Francesco Campanini, MD, Domenico Attinà, MD, Giacomo Murana, MD, Luigi Lovato, MD, Davide Pacini, MD, PhD

“…Mean follow-up (FU) time was 16.4 ± 15.1 months. There were 3 deaths at FU, all for noncardiovascular causes, and 1 stroke at FU. …”
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Botulinum toxin in the treatment of sialorrhea by Svetel Marina, Vasić Milan, Dragašević Nataša, Pekmezović Tatjana, Petrović Igor, Kostić Vladimir S.

“…The sialorrhea scores before and after the treatment were 3.1 ± 0.1 (range 2-4) and 1.8 ± 0.1 (range 0- 3), respectively (t = 5.636; p < 0.001). …”
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<i>Bacillus</i> Strains Isolated from Agroforestry Systems in the Amazon Promote Açaí Palm Seedling Growth When Inoculated as a Consortium by Josinete Torres Garcias, Rosiane do Socorro dos Reis de Sousa, Suania Maria do Nascimento Sousa, Lucimar Di Paula dos Santos Madeira, Allana Laís Alves Lima, Jackeline Rosseti Mateus, Joyce Kelly do Rosário da Silva, Lucy Seldin, Hervé Louis Ghislain Rogez, Joana Montezano Marques

“…The colony-forming unit (CFU) counts of the soil samples were 3.5 × 10⁶ CFU/g, with no statistically significant differences between the plants (<i>p</i> < 0.05). …”
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Large-scale newborn screening for organic acidemias in Quanzhou, China: a 10-year retrospective observational study by Yiming Lin, Chunmei Lin, Zhenzhu Zheng, Yanru Chen, Faming Zheng, Weihua Lin

“…Seven types of OADs were identified, of which 18 were 2-methylbutyryl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (MBAD), 18 were 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA carboxylase deficiency (3-MCCD), 13 were glutaric acidemia type 1 (GA-1), nine were isobutyryl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (IBDD), five were isovaleric acidemia (IVA), four were methylmalonic acidemia (MMA), and two were propionic academia (PA). …”
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The Perceived Effectiveness of Supervision In Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Training by Erkan Kuru, Kadir Ozdel, S.Olga Guriz, Yasir Safak, Ilker Ozdemir, M.Hakan Turkcapar

“…Mean duration of application of CBT as a psychotherapy modality were 3,2 years. Mean durations of theoretical and supervision trainings the participants had participated were 55,4 hours and 69,1 respectively. …”
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The incidence and clinical significance of monoclonal and oligoclonal protein bands in multiple myeloma patients after BCMA–CAR‐T cell therapy: A retrospective study based on LEGEN... by Rui Liu, Gongzhizi Gao, Hongli Chen, Ruijun Dong, Wanggang Zhang, Wanhong Zhao, Jie Liu, Jianli Wang, Bo Lei, Baiyan Wang, Jiali Liu, Xuezhu Xu, Zujie Lin, Ruoyu Yang, Yiwen Wang, Aili He, Fangxia Wang, Ju Bai

“…The median onset and duration of APBs post‐CAR‐T infusion were 3.6 and 5.8 months, respectively. Patients with APBs demonstrated significantly improved response to LCAR‐B38M therapy, along with longer overall and progression‐free survival. …”
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Artificial Intelligence Approach in Hip Prosthesis Identification and Addressing Radiographic Outcome Measures by Omar Musbahi, MSc, ChM, Savvas Hadjixenophontos, MEng, Saran S. Gill, Iris Soteriou, Bsc, Kyriacos Pouris, Bsc, Takuro Ueno, PhD, Justin P. Cobb, MCh

“…MAE, R2, and rs without the NN were 3.09, 0.37, and 0.83 (P < .01), respectively. …”
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Parental germline mosaicism in genome-wide phased de novo variants: Recurrence risk assessment and implications for precision genetic counselling. by François Lecoquierre, Nathalie Drouot, Sophie Coutant, Olivier Quenez, Steeve Fourneaux, Fanny Jumeau, Nathalie Rives, Françoise Charbonnier, Céline Derambure, Anne Boland, Robert Olaso, Vincent Meyer, Jean-François Deleuze, Alice Goldenberg, Anne-Marie Guerrot, Camille Charbonnier, Gaël Nicolas

“…Owing to paternal bias, maternally phased variants were 3.4x more likely to be mosaic in blood. VAF in sperm samples was used as an indicator for the risk of recurrence of paternally phased DNM. …”
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Bisphenol A concentration in canned fruits and vegetables and their risk assessment using Monte Carlo simulation in Iran by Reza Hazrati-Raziabad, Ramin Aslani, Nabi Shariatifar, Majid Arabameri, Parisa Sadighara, Gholamreza Jahed Khaniki

“…The 95th percentile THQ values in canned fruit for adults and children were 1.48E-06 and 5.24E-06, and in canned vegetables were 3.56E-06 and 1.27E-05, respectively, and HQ was less than 1. …”
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Evaluation of stress in the dental environment and its association with educational self-efficacy in dental students by Tayebeh Ghasemi, Amir Hossein Khazaei, Elnaz Irandegani, Sadra Amirpour Haradasht

“…Results: The overall average stress scores in the dimensions of clinical training, university factors, personal beliefs, patient care, and academic efficiency were 3.03±1.09, 3.57±0.77, 3.52±0.82, 2.67±1.12 and 2.58±1.23, respectively. …”
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Preparation and Evaluation of Falafel Powder Free of Legumes by Nasra, A. Abd-Elhak, Nadra, S.Y. Hassan

“…The minerals of Fe, Ca, Zn, and K were found in much higher concentrations in the second mixture; their respective values were 3.31 and 51.33, 1.68, and 282.13mg/100g sample, although it was lower in oil absorption. …”
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Vaccination versus antimicrobials to prevent Porcine Proliferative Enteropathy: associated costs and effects on piglets’ growth, health, and serological performance by Marco Aurélio Gallina, Marco Aurélio Gallina, Monike Willemin Quirino, Rafael Frandoloso, Rafael Frandoloso, Yuso Henrique Tutida, Adriano Norenberg, Arlei Coldebella, Ivan Bianchi, Jalusa Deon Kich, Jalusa Deon Kich

“…In-feed antimicrobial consumption and related costs were 3 to 3.5-fold higher for NVMED and VMED groups compared to VNMED group.DiscussionThe prophylactic administration of antimicrobials used in this study did not affect the serological performance post-vaccination against L. intracellularis. …”
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Recognition of field-grown tobacco plant type characteristics based on three-dimensional point cloud and ensemble learning by JIA Aobo, DONG Tianhao, ZHANG Yan, ZHU Binglin, SUN Yanguo, WU Yuanhua, SHI Yi, MA Yuntao, GUO Yan

“…The results indicated the coefficients of determination (R²) of the plant height and maximum width of leaf layer extracted from the 3D point cloud were all greater than 0.97, and the root mean square errors were 3.0, 3.1 cm, respectively. Meanwhile, the extracted phenotypic parameters of tobacco plants were analyzed by different methods. …”
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A profile of Caesarean sections performed at a district hospital in Tshwane, South Africa by I. Govender, C. Steyn, O. Maphasha, A. T. Abdulrazak

“…In this study, extracted data include date and time of CS, maternal age, parity, gestational age, total number of previous CSs, elective or emergency, indications, anaesthesia used and registration of the surgeon. Results: There were 3 336 deliveries and 1 064 CSs (32%). The majority of women were aged from 19 to 34 years (59%), 72.8% were multiparous and 54% between 37–39 weeks’ gestation. …”
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Urban residence, income source, and place of death among Chinese older adults by Rui Zhou, Shuangshuang Wang, Aaron Yao

“…Results Decedents living in cities were 3.5 times more likely to die in hospitals or other healthcare settings than at home, and those who had personal income were 1.5 times more likely to die in healthcare settings than at home. …”
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