Ambient air pollution and Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias: a global study between 1990 and 2019 by Cui Guo, Dongze Wu, Jun Yang, Xingcheng Lu, Xiang Yan Chen, Jun Ma, Changqing Lin, Alexis K. H. Lau, Yingzhao Jin, Ruiyun Li, Shenjing He

“…Results During 1990–2019, the global ASMR, DALYs and O3 increased by 0.11%, 0.09%, and 0.17% per year, respectively. In contrast, PM2.5 and NO2 decreased by 0.33% and 0.14% per year, respectively. …”
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Effects of practical models of low-volume high-intensity interval training on glycemic control and insulin resistance in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized... by Yining Lu, Julien S. Baker, Shanshan Ying, Yichen Lu

“…FPI (β;=-0.65; 95% CI: -1.27 to -0.02; p=0.042) and HOMA-IR (β;=-0.22; 95% CI: -0.36 to -0.09; p=0.001) decreased with every additional minute of interval duration per session. HOMA-IR also decreased with every additional minute of weekly interval duration (β;=-0.06; 95%CI: -0.08 to -0.04; p<0.001). …”
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SSR marker-based genetic diversity and structure analyses of Camellia nitidissima var. phaeopubisperma from different populations by Yang-Jiao Xie, Meng-Xue Su, Hui Gao, Guo-Yue Yan, Shuang-Shuang Li, Jin-Mei Chen, Yan-Yuan Bai, Jia-Gang Deng

“…Results Our results show that, for the eight SSR loci, the observed numbers of alleles per locus (Na) and the effective numbers of alleles per locus (Ne) were nine and 3.206, respectively on average, and the Ne was lower than the Na for all loci; the observed heterozygosity (Ho) was lower than the expected heterozygosity (He). …”
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Clinical benefits of modifying the evening light environment in an acute psychiatric unit: A single-centre, two-arm, parallel-group, pragmatic effectiveness randomised controlled t... by Håvard Kallestad, Knut Langsrud, Melanie Rae Simpson, Cecilie Lund Vestergaard, Daniel Vethe, Kaia Kjørstad, Patrick Faaland, Stian Lydersen, Gunnar Morken, Ingvild Ulsaker-Janke, Simen Berg Saksvik, Jan Scott

“…Inpatients exposed to the blue-depleted evening light showed higher improvement during admission (CGI-I difference 0.28 (95% CI [0.02, 0.54]; p = 0.035), Number Needed to Treat for clinically meaningful improvement (NNT): 12); lower illness severity at discharge (CGI-S difference -0.18 (95% CI [-0.34, -0.02]; p = 0.029), NNT for mild severity at discharge: 7); and lower levels of aggressive behaviour (difference in BVC predicted serious events per 100 days: -2.98 (95% CI [-4.98, -0.99]; p = 0.003), NNT: 9). …”
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Enhancing sustainable solid waste management through separate source collection by O. Arabiyat, J.T. Al-Bakri, F. Kölsch, S. Al-Omari, H. Aladwan

“…An overall assessment was carried out for the economic benefit of separate source collection.FINDINGS: Analyses of waste generation in the study area showed that the average quantity of municipal waste was 0.89 kilogram per capita per day, and there is a trend that shows an increase in municipal solid waste quantities with respect to time. …”
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The Expressions of the Immunity- and Muscle Development-Related Genes of 40-Day-Old Broilers Are Promoted in Response to the <i>In Ovo</i> and Dietary Supplemental Administration o... by Seyed Abolghasem Fatemi, April Waguespack Levy, Edgar David Peebles

“…All birds received either a commercial diet containing no supplemental 25(OH)D₃ (control) or the same diet supplemented with an additional 69 µg of 25(OH)D₃ per kg of feed (Hy-D diet). At 40 doa, the pectoralis major (P. major) muscle and spleen of 48 birds (six replicates per diet x <i>in ovo</i> treatment combination) were collected. …”
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Effect on OPU/IVEP success of different applications for synchronizing follicular waves prior to superstimulation in holstein heifers by M. F. Çiftçi, Ö. F. Yeşilkaya, S. Ü. Çizmeci, M. Gölbaşı, A. Sarı, D. A. Dinç

“…In addition, the numbers of Grade A oocytes and blastocysts obtained per OPU were greater in the DFR <span class="inline-formula">+</span> P4 group than in the GnRH <span class="inline-formula">+</span> P4 group (<span class="inline-formula"><i>p</i><i>&lt;</i>0.05</span>). …”
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White-Seeded Culinary Poppy (<i>Papaver somniferum</i> L.) Se Biofortification: Oil Quality, Fatty Acid Profile, and Seed Yield by Ivana Varga, Tihomir Moslavac, Ivana Flanjak, Dario Iljkić, Milan Pospišil, Zdenko Lončarić, Manda Antunović

“…Plants formed an average of four capsules per plant, with an average seed mass per capsule of 3.52 g. …”
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Inhibition of Vibrio parahaemolyticus infection in whiteleg shrimp reared in a biofloc system with different volumes by Surandha Bako, Widanarni Widanarni, Julie Ekasari, Munti Yuhana

“…Post-larval shrimp with an average body weight of 0.28 ± 0.01 g were reared in 15 aquariums with working volume of 33.3 L and stocking density of 3 shrimp per liter. The shrimp were reared for 21 days in a biofloc system (C:N ratio of 10) with biofloc volume of 5, 10, and 15 mL/L, and challenged with V. parahaemolyticus at a density of 103 CFU/mL initially. …”
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A longitudinal cohort study on dispensed analgesic and psychotropic medications in older adults before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic: the HUNT study by Tanja Louise Ibsen, Ekaterina Zotcheva, Sverre Bergh, Debby Gerritsen, Gill Livingston, Hilde Lurås, Svenn-Erik Mamelund, Anne Marie Mork Rokstad, Bjørn Heine Strand, Richard C. Oude Voshaar, Geir Selbæk

“…Age- and education-adjusted Poisson regression was applied to examine changes in prescription fills, and multilevel mixed-effects linear regression was used to estimate the mean sum of defined daily dose (DDD) per person per period during the lockdown (March–September 2020) compared to that during the corresponding months (March–September) in 2019, 2021, and 2022. …”
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Clinical and ultrasound characteristics in patients with sars-cov-2 pneumonia, associated with hospitalization prognosis. e-covid project by Noemí Fàbrega Ramon, Marta Ortega Bravo, Gerard Torres Cortada, Joaquim Sol Culleré, Mònica Solanes Cabús, Jose María Palacín Peruga

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Effects of Functional Electrical Stimulation Based on Walking Pattern with Different Treatment Time on Lower Limb Function in Stroke Patients：A Randomized Controlled Study by XUE Jingjing, KONG Huimin, LIAO Meixin, XUE Yunlian, XIAO Lingjun

“…The electrical stimulation treatment was applied once per day, 5 days per week and totally 15 times. Participants' lower extremity motor functions and ability in daily activities were assessed via modified Ashworth scale (MAS), manual muscle test (MMT), Fugl-Meyer assessment-lower extremity (FMA-LE), Berg balance scale (BBS), 10 meter walk test (10MWT) and modified Barthel index (MBI) in 4 time points: before treatment, after treatments for 7 times, after treatments for 15 times and one month follow up.ResultsCompared with before treatment, MAS, MMT, FMA-LE and BBS were statistically different in two groups after treatments for 7 times, 15 times and one month follow up (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05). …”
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Response of Tree Seedlings to a Combined Treatment of Particulate Matter, Ground-Level Ozone, and Carbon Dioxide: Primary Effects by Valentinas Černiauskas, Iveta Varnagirytė-Kabašinskienė, Ieva Čėsnienė, Emilis Armoška, Valda Araminienė

“…Four treatments were performed on two- to three-year-old seedlings of the selected tree species: with PM (0.4 g per seedling) under combined O₃ = 180 ppb + CO₂ = 650 ppm; without PM under combined O₃ = 180 ppb + CO₂ = 650 ppm; with PM (0.4 g per seedling) under combined O₃ < 40–45 ppb + CO₂ < 400 ppm; and without PM under combined O₃ < 40–45 ppb + CO₂ < 400 ppm. …”
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Unraveling Online Mental Health Through the Lens of Early Maladaptive Schemas: AI-Enabled Content Analysis of Online Mental Health Communities by Beng Heng Ang, Sujatha Das Gollapalli, Mingzhe Du, See-Kiong Ng

“…In addition, the EMS features extracted from our dataset averaged 13.27 (SD 3.05) negative features per schema, with 2.65 (SD 1.07) features per dimension, as supported by existing literature. …”
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Innovative method integrates play fairway analysis supported with GIS and seismic modeling for geothermal potential evaluation in a basement reservoir by Mohamed Ayed Elbalawy, Mohamed Balash, Mohamed Hamdy Eid, Ernő Takács, Felicitász Velledits

“…The constructed 3D thermal capacity model indicates that the average heat content in the study area is estimated to be 65,450 Petajoules per square kilometer (PJ/km2), with a recoverable heat energy of 6090 megawatt thermal per square kilometer (MWth/km2). …”
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Poutníci a jejich peníze na cestě do Říma. Zamyšlení nad edicí Il Libro del pellegrino (Siena, 1382–1446) by Roman Zaoral

“…At average speed of 40 km per day it is possible to suppose that the journey from the Czech lands to Rome (about 1 300 km) could last about 37–38 days with 5–6 days of rest. …”
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Global burden, trends, and disparities in kidney cancer attributable to smoking from 1990 to 2021 by Siyu Han, Shiyu Zhao, Ran Zhong, Peizhe Li, Yuewen Pang, Shuang He, Junyao Duan, Huijie Gong, Jing Shi, Li Liu, Yongji Yan

“…Despite this increase, the age-standardized death rate (ASDR) dropped from 0.25 to 0.19 per 100,000 (EAPC: −0.93). Similarly, the age-standardized disability-adjusted life years rate (ASDALY) decreased from 6.17 to 4.37 per 100,000 (EAPC: −1.15). …”
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Dual-Stage AI Model for Enhanced CT Imaging: Precision Segmentation of Kidney and Tumors by Nalan Karunanayake, Lin Lu, Hao Yang, Pengfei Geng, Oguz Akin, Helena Furberg, Lawrence H. Schwartz, Binsheng Zhao

“…For tumor detection and segmentation on the KiTS23 dataset, the sensitivities and average false-positive rates per patient were as follows: 0.90 and 0.23 for small tumors, 1.0 and 0.08 for medium tumors, and 0.96 and 0.04 for large tumors. …”
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Relationships between paddock-level pasture mass and cow data derived from GPS and behavior-monitoring on-animal sensors in rotationally grazed dairy systems by S.J. Hendriks, M. Qasim, J.P. Edwards

“…To investigate this, 100 cows were randomly assigned to one of 4 groups (n = 25 cows per group) and allocated to different target pasture allocations to meet either 80%, 100%, or 120% of their estimated ME requirements across 2 experimental periods (n = 20 d per experimental period), during late spring (experimental period 1; November 7 to November 26, 2021) and late summer (experimental period 2; February 27 to March 18, 2022). …”
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Short-term effects of combined environmental factors on respiratory disease mortality in Qingdao city: A time-series investigation. by Xin Zhang, Zijian Xi, Min Yang, Xiuqin Zhang, Ruikai Wu, Shuang Li, Lu Pan, Yuan Fang, Peng Lv, Yan Ma, Haiping Duan, Bingling Wang, Kunzheng Lv

“…In the single pollutant model, the highest risk of RD mortality was observed on the lag1-day of per 10 μg/m3 increase in PM2.5 exposure, with an excess risk ratio (ER) of 0.847% (95% CI: 0.335% ~ 1.362%). …”
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