Exponentially Convex Functions on Hypercomplex Systems by Buthinah A. Bin Dehaish

“…A hypercomplex system (h.c.s.) L1(Q,m) is, roughly speaking, a space which is defined by a structure measure (c(A,B,r), (A,B∈ℬ(Q))), such space has been studied by Berezanskii and Krein. …”
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Multiple Positive Solutions for Semilinear Elliptic Equations with Sign-Changing Weight Functions in ℝ𝑁 by Tsing-San Hsu

“…Existence and multiplicity of positive solutions for the following semilinear elliptic equation: −Δ𝑢+𝑢=𝑎(𝑥)|𝑢|𝑝−2𝑢+𝜆𝑏(𝑥)|𝑢|𝑞−2𝑢 in ℝ𝑁, 𝑢∈𝐻1(ℝ𝑁), are established, where 𝜆>0,1<𝑞<2<𝑝<2∗(2∗=2𝑁/(𝑁−2) if 𝑁≥3,2∗=∞ if 𝑁=1,2), 𝑎, 𝑏 satisfy suitable conditions, and 𝑏 maybe changes sign in ℝ𝑁. …”
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Association of a novel nutritional index with cognitive impairment in middle-aged and elderly Chinese adults: a cross-sectional analysis from the China Health and Retirement Longit... by Guotao Liu, Jianyuan Zhang

“…When Lg TCBI was categorized into quartiles, the Q2, Q3, and Q4 groups exhibited a reduced risk of cognitive impairment by 19.9, 16.3, and 22.9%, respectively (p for trend = 0.043), compared to the Q1 group. …”
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On the Heating of the Slow Solar Wind by Imbalanced Alfvén-wave Turbulence from 0.06 to 1 au: Parker Solar Probe and Solar Orbiter Observations by Sofiane Bourouaine, Jean C. Perez, Benjamin D. G. Chandran, Vamsee K. Jagarlamudi, Nour E. Raouafi, Jasper S. Halekas

“…Second, we find that the scaling of the empirical AW turbulent dissipation rate Q _W obtained from the wave energy equation matches the scaling from the phenomenological AW turbulent dissipation rate Q _CH09 (with Q _CH09 ≃ 1.55 Q _W ) derived by Chandran & Hollweg based on the model of reflection-driven turbulence. …”
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Comparison of 9.0 and 9.2 mm Flap Diameter Options of Femtosecond Laser In-Situ Keratomileusis for Hypermetropia and Hypermetropic Astigmatism by Kemal Ozulken, Cagri Ilhan

“…At postoperative one-year, Q values were 0.98 ± 0.13 D and 0.91 ± 0.15 D (p=0.029). …”
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Pleiotropic effects of mutant huntingtin on retinopathy in two mouse models of Huntington's disease by Hui Xu, Anakha Ajayan, Ralf Langen, Jeannie Chen

“…Huntington's disease (HD) is caused by the expansion of a CAG repeat, encoding a string of glutamines (polyQ) in the first exon of the huntingtin gene (HTTex1). …”
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Monosomy 21 Seen in Live Born Is Unlikely to Represent True Monosomy 21: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Trent Burgess, Lilian Downie, Mark D. Pertile, David Francis, Melissa Glass, Sara Nouri, Rosalynn Pszczola

“…In addition, chromosome microarray analysis (CMA) on fibroblasts showed a mosaic duplication of chromosome region 21q11.2q22.13 with approximately 45% of cells showing three copies of the proximal long arm segment, consistent with the presence of a mosaic ring chromosome 21 with ring instability. …”
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Investigation of the influence of the heterogeneous structure of concrete on its strength by V.M. Volchuk, M.A. Kotov, Ye G. Plakhtii, O.A. Tymoshenko, O.H. Zinkevych

“…Analysis results of the canonical spectrum f(α), statistical characteristics of structural components: uniformity, orderliness Δ=f(α)q = 1−f(α)q = 100, and regularity K=f(α)q = -100−f(α)q = 100 were calculated. …”
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Effectiveness of a Nurse-Managed Protocol to Prevent Hypoglycemia in Hospitalized Patients with Diabetes by Giuseppe Marelli, Fausto Avanzini, Giuseppe Iacuitti, Enrico Planca, Ilaria Frigerio, Giovanna Busi, Liliana Carlino, Laura Cortesi, Maria Carla Roncaglioni, Emma Riva

“…Eighty-four patients in phase A and 266 in phase B received subcutaneous insulin for median periods of, respectively, 7 (Q1–Q3 6–12) and 6 days (Q1–Q3 4–9). Hypoglycemic events declined significantly from 0.34 ± 0.33 per day in phase A to 0.19 ± 0.30 in phase B (P>0.001). …”
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Effects of Super Nutritional Hepatic Copper Accumulation on Hepatocyte Health and Oxidative Stress in Dairy Cows by Jaimie M. Strickland, Doug Lyman, Lorraine M. Sordillo, Thomas H. Herdt, John P. Buchweitz

“…Animals were stratified by hepatic copper concentration and samples in the highest and lowest quintiles (Q5 and Q1) were evaluated for oxidative stress. …”
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Fecal Microbiome and Metabolomic Profiles of Mixed-Fed Infants Are More Similar to Formula-Fed than Breastfed Infants by Mei Wang, Negin Valizadegan, Christopher J. Fields, Sharon M. Donovan

“…In total, 543 metabolites differed between BF and FF, 517 between BF and MF, and 3 between MF and FF (<i>p</i> < 0.05, <i>q</i> < 0.10). Delivery mode affected overall microbial composition (<i>p</i> = 0.022) at the genus level and 24 potential functional pathways, with 16 pathways being higher in VD than CS infants (<i>p</i> < 0.05, <i>q</i> < 0.10). …”
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Association of Red Blood Cell Distribution Width With Carotid–Femoral Pulse Wave Velocity in a Southern Chinese Population by Xing Yu, Yali Huang, Yunyun Su, Liangdi Xie

“…Participants were stratified into four subgroups based on RDW quartiles: Q1 (RDW ≤ 12.80%), Q2 (12.80% < RDW ≤ 13.40%), Q3 (13.40% < RDW ≤ 14.10%), and Q4 (RDW > 14.10%). …”
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Reduced Runoff in the Upper Yangtze River Due To Comparable Contribution of Anthropogenic and Climate Changes by Feng Zeng, Qiulan He, Yao Li, Weiyu Shi, Ruowen Yang, Mingguo Ma, Guangwei Huang, Junlan Xiao, Xinyue Yang, Dongrui Di

“…However, in Mingjiang River (MJR) and UYR watersheds, human activities contribute more to Q variations with 55.2% and 51.2%, respectively. …”
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Urinary phthalate metabolites associated with increased prevalence of gallstone disease in U.S. adults: data from the NHANES study by Feng Jia, Yu Chang, Yuguang Li, Fangqi Li, Xinqiao Chen, Xiangliang Liu, Wei Li, Jiuwei Cui

“…Similarly, for mono(3-carboxypropyl) phthalate (MCPP), the risk increased by 78% in the Q4 group compared to Q1 (OR: 1.78, 95% CI: 1.02, 3.14). …”
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Molecular Diagnosis of Periprosthetic Joint Infection by Quantitative RT-PCR of Bacterial 16S Ribosomal RNA by Mel S. Lee, Wen-Hsin Chang, Su-Chin Chen, Pang-Hsin Hsieh, Hsin-Nung Shih, Steve W. N. Ueng, Gwo-Bin Lee

“…The in vitro analysis demonstrated that the RT-qPCR method was highly sensitive with the detection limit of bacterial 16S rRNA being 0.148 pg/μl. …”
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A nonlinear correlation between the serum uric acid to creatinine ratio and the prevalence of hypertension: a large cross-sectional population-based study by Ru Wang, Shuxing Wu, Jing Wang, Wenting Li, Jian Cui, Zhuhua Yao

“…Q1, OR: 1.347, 95% CI: 1.146-1.582, p < 0.001). …”
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Dose-response relationship between the fatty liver index and asthma risk: NHANES 2001~2018 by Tengfei Sun, Kexin Fan, Zhuoxiao Han, Hua Qiao

“…After adjusting for all the confounders, using the Q3 group (FLI, 54–83) as the reference, the odds ratios (ORs) were 1.35 for the Q1 group (95% CI, 1.01–1.81), 1.21 for Q2 (95% CI, 0.98–1.49), and 1.48 for Q4 (95% CI, 1.27–1.73). …”
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0.5 V Digitally-Tunable Filters for Biomedical Applications Exploiting Segmented Duty-Cycled Resistors by Alessandro Fava, Francesco Centurelli, Giuseppe Scotti

“…It also exhibits the unique feature to allow for independent tunability of <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$f_{0}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>, Q, and K by varying the duty-cycle of digital control signals. …”
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Increasing the operating time of hollow fiber membrane bundles used for water ultrafiltration by Ciocănea Adrian, Simionescu Ștefan-Mugur, Opriș Florin

“…For the flow rate of Q = 12 l/min the filtering capacity of the membrane did not increased. …”
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Quantum Barnes Function as the Partition Function of the Resolved Conifold by Sergiy Koshkin

“…Our reasoning is based on a new formula for this function that expresses it as a graded product of q-shifted multifactorials.…”
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