Role of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) in allergic and endotoxin-induced airway inflammation in mice by M. Korsgren, L. Källström, L. Uller, T. Bjerke, F. Sundler, C. G. A. Persson, O. Korsgren

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Bypassing primary antiretroviral therapy centres in Sub-Saharan Africa: An integrative review of the theoretical and empirical literature by Maximillian Kolbe Domapielle, Sadat Zakari Abugbila, Marshall Kala

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Non-Intrusive Monitoring of Vital Signs in the Lower Limbs Using Optical Sensors by Joana Simões, Regina Oliveira, Florinda M. Costa, António Teixeira, Cátia Leitão, Pedro Correia, Ana Luísa M. Silva

“…A Pearson correlation coefficient of r = 0.92 and r = 0.77 and a mean difference of 1.2 bpm and 0.9 rpm for HR and RR, respectively, were obtained between the developed system and reference. …”
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Evaluating 28-Days Performance of Rice Husk Ash Green Concrete under Compression Gleaned from Neural Networks by Sharanjit Singh, Harish Chandra Arora, Aman Kumar, Nishant Raj Kapoor, Kennedy C. Onyelowe, Krishna Kumar, Hardeep Singh Rai

“…The R and RMSE values of training, validation, and testing samples are 0.9928, 0.9864, and 0.9545, and 1.6471 MPa, 2.7149 MPa, and 4.4334 MPa, respectively. …”
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Exploring Seasonality Indices for Low-Flow Analysis on Tibagi Watershed (Brazil) by Alexandre Sokoloski de Azevedo Delduque de Macedo, Michael Männich

“…Spatial analysis reveals varied patterns with a certain trend of increased seasonality intensity (parameter <i>r</i>) towards downstream (north) and as the watershed area increases. …”
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On eigenfunctions corresponding to first non-zero eigenvalue of the sphere $ S^n(c) $ on a Riemannian manifold by Sharief Deshmukh, Amira Ishan, Olga Belova

“…First, we consider the compact $ \left(M^{n}, g\right) $ as the hypersurface of the Euclidean space $ \left(R^{n+1}, \langle, \rangle \right) $ with isometric immersion $ f:\left(M^{n}, g\right) \rightarrow $ $ \left(R^{n+1}, \langle, \rangle \right) $ and a constant unit vector $ \overrightarrow{a} $ such that the function $ \rho = \langle f, \overrightarrow{a}\rangle $ satisfying $ \Delta \rho = -nc\rho $ for a positive constant $ c $ is isometric to $ S^{n}(c) $ if and only if $ \left(M^{n}, g\right) $ is isometric to $ S^{n}(c) $ provided the integral of Ricci curvature $ Ric\left(\nabla \rho, \nabla \rho \right) $ has an appropriate lower bound. …”
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How is cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia delivered to adults with comorbid persistent musculoskeletal pain and disordered sleep? A scoping review. by Abigail Browne, Roisin Cahalan, Kieran O' Sullivan

“…TIDieR scores ranged from 7-11/12, with a mean score of 8.8/12. …”
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A New Pabs Model for Quantitatively Diagnosing Phosphorus Nutritional Status in Corn Plants by Xinwei Zhao, Shengbo Chen, Yucheng Xu, Zibo Wang

“…The model exhibited robust performance, achieving an R² above 0.95 and an RMSE below 0.22. …”
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Effect of severe plastic deformation on mechanical and fatigue behaviour of medium-c sheet steel by Rusz S., Hilšer O., Ochodek V., Čížek L., Kraus M., Mareš V., Grajcar A., Švec J.

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Phonocardiography based pulse wave velocity system for non-occlusive assessment of arterial stiffness by T. Corina Margain, Emily Powell, Alexandra Clark, Adam Bush

“…PWVcarotid−toe: 10.62 ± 3.86 m/s) with age as a significant predictor (PWVcarotid−femoral: r2 = 0.45; PWVcarotid−toe: r2 = 0.28, p &lt; 0.05). …”
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Design Improvements and Best Practices in Small-Scale Biodigesters for Sustainable Biogas Production: A Case Study in the Chillon Valley, Perú by Yoisdel Castillo Alvarez, Reinier Jiménez Borges, Carlos Diego Patiño Vidal, Fanny Mabel Carhuancho Leon, José Santos Pinares Buendia, Jose Alberto Samaniego Nolasco

“…A mathematical model was created and applied to the case study with an R² correlation of 98% and a pseudo-R² of 89.5%, evidencing a remarkable predictive capacity. …”
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Suicide risk model based on the interpersonal theory of suicide: evidence in three regions of Mexico by Modesto Solis-Espinoza, Juan Manuel Mancilla Díaz, Rosalía Vázquez Arévalo

“…Lastly, two properly adjusted structural equation models were obtained, one focused on suicidal risk (R2=.21; RMSEA=.026; CFI=.99) and the other on ideation (R2=.18; RMSEA=.070; CFI=.98). …”
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Kinetic of Hexavalent Chromium (Cr(VI)) Removal by Corn Cob-Based Activated Carbon Modified with Nitric Acid by Wahyu Ratnaningsih, Vebri Aningtyas, Husna Muizzati Shabrina, Uma Fadzilia Arifin, Wisnu Prayogo, Muhammad Amin

“…Based on adsorption kinetics data, the pseudo-second-order equation was obtained (R2 =0.994). The adsorption phenomenon followed the Langmuir isotherm model (R2 = 0.998) with an optimum adsorption capacity of 28.32 mg/g. …”
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Extensive In Silico Analysis of ATL1 Gene : Discovered Five Mutations That May Cause Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia Type 3A by Mujahed I. Mustafa, Naseem S. Murshed, Abdelrahman H. Abdelmoneim, Miyssa I. Abdelmageed, Nafisa M. Elfadol, Abdelrafie M. Makhawi

“…In this study, the impact of nsSNPs in the ATL1 gene was investigated by various in silico tools that revealed five nsSNPs (V67F, T120I, R217Q, R495W, and G504E) are deleterious SNPs, which have a functional impact on ATL1 protein and, therefore, can be used as genomic biomarkers specifically before 4 years of age; also, it may play a key role in pharmacogenomics by evaluating drug response for this disabling disease.…”
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Logistic regression in predicting bullying based on the components of emotional intelligence and spiritual intelligence. by Saeed Fakharyzade Najafabadi, Ali Mohammad Rezaei, Mohammad Ali Mohammadyfar, ,Siavash Talepasand

“…For the fit index of the regression model, R2 Cox and Snell and R2 Nagel crack and in order to check the consistency of the predicted probabilities with the observed probabilities, Hausmer and Lemshu tests were used. …”
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The value of lung ultrasound score combined with echocardiography in assessing right heart function in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis and experiencing pulmonary hyper... by Ying Xia, Xin Liu

“…Correlation analysis revealed that Tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE), Fractional area change (FAC), and Tricuspid annular peak systolic velocity(S') were negatively correlated with LUS(r = -0.81, -0.86, -0.69), while Right ventricular free wall longitudinal strain(RVFWLS) was positively correlated with LUS (r = 0.85, P < 0.05). …”
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A Comparative Study to Assess the Level of Stress and Coping Strategies among Introvert and Extrovert Nursing Students in Selected Colleges of Nursing, Delhi and NCR by Shilpa Sharma, M. Jibanlata Devi, Arshi Anjum Khan

“…The correlation between stress and coping strategies among introvert Nursing students were r=0.147 (P<0.05) and r=0.246 (P<0.01) for extrovert Nursing students. …”
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Length – Weight Relationships, Meat Yield and Morphometric Indices of Five Commercial Bivalve Species Collected from the Çanakkale Strait (Türkiye) by İbrahim Ender Künili, Fatma Çolakoğlu, Serhat Çolakoğlu

“…Four species had negative allometries, namely D. trunculus (2.738), C. gallina (2.889), M. galloprovincialis (2.597) and O. edulis (2.728), while R. philippinarum (3.137) displayed positive allometry. …”
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Modeling the Hydrological Process of the Genale Dawa-3 Dam Watershed, Ethiopia by Ashenafi Dechasa, Wakjira T. Dibaba, Alemu O. Aga, Mezgebu Geme Worku, Miliyon Dida Feye, Firaol Bedada Kopesa, Bekele Terefe Gebisa, Brook Legese, Amare Tura Abate

“…The statistical analysis revealed that there was significant agreement between the observed and simulated streamflow in terms of R2 (0.79, 0.75), NSE (0.74, 0.72), PBIAS (−2.8, 2.1), and RSR (0.57, 0.56) during calibration and validation. …”
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Elevated Serum TNF-α Is Related to Obesity in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Is Associated with Glycemic Control and Insulin Resistance by Hana Alzamil

“…TNF-α correlated positively with HbA1c (r = 0.361, p=0.003) and HOMA-IR (r = 0.296, p=0.017) in patients with T2DM. …”
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