Inflammatory Markers Are Positively Associated with Serum trans-Fatty Acids in an Adult American Population by Mohsen Mazidi, Hong-kai Gao, Andre Pascal Kengne

“…In linear regression models adjusted for age, sex, race, education, marital status, body mass index, and smoking, serum TFAs were an independent predictor of plasma hs-CRP and fibrinogen levels. …”
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Interventions to reduce sedentary behaviour in adults with type 2 diabetes: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Siobhan Smith, Babac Salmani, Jordan LeSarge, Kirsten Dillon-Rossiter, Anisa Morava, Harry Prapavessis

“…Reducing sedentary behaviour, independent of physical activity, can improve glycemic control in adults with T2D. …”
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Leaf Essential Oil Compositions and Enantiomeric Distributions of Monoterpenoids in <i>Pinus</i> Species: <i>Pinus albicaulis</i>, <i>Pinus flexilis</i>, <i>Pinus lambertiana</i>,... by Alicia Moore, Elizabeth Ankney, Kathy Swor, Ambika Poudel, Prabodh Satyal, William N. Setzer

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Variability of morphometrical characteristics of needles at a clonal plantation of plus trees of scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) by N. N. Besschetnova, V. P. Besschetnov

“…Factor analysis formed its integrated independent variables from a common set of morphological parameters of needles. …”
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Anticardiolipin Autoantibodies as Useful Biomarkers for the Prediction of Mortality in Septic Patients by Amal Abouda, Z. Hajjej, A. Mansart, W. Kaabechi, D. Elhaj Mahmoud, O. Lamine, E. Ghazouani, M. Ferjani, I. Labbene

“…Multivariate analysis showed that age and aCL at days 3 and 5 along with SOFA at day 3 were independent outcome predictors. A significant positive correlation existed between SOFA at days 3, 5, and 8 and antiphospholipid antibody concentrations. …”
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Helicobacter pylori infection is not associated with portal hypertension-related gastrointestinal complications: A meta-analysis. by Yu Kyung Jun, Ji Won Kim, Byeong Gwan Kim, Kook Lae Lee, Yong Jin Jung, Won Kim, Hyun Sun Park, Dong Hyeon Lee, Seong-Joon Koh

“…An electronic search for original articles published before May 2020 was performed using PubMed, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Library. Independent reviewers conducted the article screening and data extraction. …”
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Medication self-management interventions for persons with stroke: A scoping review. by Lauren Cadel, Stephanie R Cimino, Glyneva Bradley-Ridout, Sander L Hitzig, Tejal Patel, Chester H Ho, Tanya L Packer, Aisha K Lofters, Shoshana Hahn-Goldberg, Lisa M McCarthy, Sara J T Guilcher

“…For inclusion, articles were required to include an adult population with stroke undergoing an intervention aimed at modifying or improving medication management that incorporated a component of self-management. Two independent reviewers screened the articles for inclusion. …”
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Evaluation of pediatric migraine triggers: a single-center study by Hey-Joon Son, Joo-Ok Jin, Kon-Hee Lee

“…Statistical analyses were performed using the independent sample Student t test and linear-by-linear association test. …”
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Effects of elastic anisotropy on the small fatigue crack deflection behavior of α-brass by Jinta Arakawa, Ryushin Kamada, Ryo Yabuki, Yuki Ogawa, Hiroyuki Akebono, Atsushi Sugeta

“…Furthermore, it was also suggested that this prediction is useful independent of grain size and the magnitude of the anisotropy of the crystal grain.…”
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Knowledge and Attitudes About Emergency Contraception Among Married Women in the Eastern Black Sea Region of Turkey by Yeşim Bayoğlu Tekin, Ülkü Mete Ural, Işık Üstüner, Gülşah Balık, Figen Kır Şahin, Emine Seda Güvendağ Güven

“…The frequency distribution of dependent (knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs) and independent (age, gravidity, parity, income and education level, contraceptive methods) variables was calculated. …”
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Multi-Band Torsional Vibration Amplitude Demodulation for Planetary Gearbox Fault Diagnosis Under Time-Varying Speed Conditions by Xiaowang Chen, Yubo Sun, Ying Zhang, Zhipeng Feng

“…The proposed method combines the gear fault features in multiple characteristic frequency bands in torsional vibration signal, so that the influences from adjacent carrier frequencies, independent frequency harmonics and random noises can be eliminated in amplitude demodulation. …”
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Hypoxia-Induced Autophagy Enhances Cisplatin Resistance in Human Bladder Cancer Cells by Targeting Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-1α by Xiawa Mao, Nanzhang, Jiaquao Xiao, Huifeng Wu, Kefeng Ding

“…All the data were expressed as mean±standard error from three independent experiments and analyzed by multiple t-tests. …”
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Altered Thyroid Function Tests Observed in Hypophosphatasia Patients Treated with Asfotase Alfa by Hajime Kato, Naoko Hidaka, Minae Koga, Yuka Kinoshita, Masaomi Nangaku, Noriko Makita, Nobuaki Ito

“…The other CLEIA system using ALP as a label, AIA-CL2400 (Tosoh, Tokyo, Japan), and ALP-independent immunoassay systems demonstrated normal FT3 and FT4 levels. …”
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ATTITUDES TOWARD COVID-19 BOOSTER DOSE VACCINES ACCEPTANCEAMONG HEALTHCARE STUDENTS, KARACHI: A CROSS-SECTIONALANALYSIS by Arif Ali, Benish Zia, Shayan Ali, Ali Ahmed, Naqiha Shabbir

“…The questionnaire collected data on demographics, COVID-19 vaccine characteristics, and attitudes towards the COVID-19 booster dose. Independent sample t-tests and ANOVA tests were used to compare the mean attitude scores among groups using SPSS. …”
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The features and factors influencing the effectiveness of advertising activities and TV companies of Sughd region of the Republic of Tajikistan by A. A. Urunov, M. X. Kosimova

“…Therefore, it has been evaluated and the rating of state and independent television channels by audience has been determined, and the technology for calculating advertising costs, which determine the effectiveness of advertising activities of companies, has been proposed.Peculiarities of organization of effective advertising activity of companies of Sughd region of the Republic of Tajikistan on oligopolistic market of body and radio services have been revealed. …”
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Risk Factors Related to the in-hospital Evolution of Patients with ST-segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome by Chen Shang, Héctor Pérez Assef, Marlene Ferrer Arrocha

“…The frequency distribution was analyzed, the Chi Square test was performed and the mean differences for independent samples were used. <br /><strong>Results:</strong> patients older than 60 years predominated, with a mean age of 63 years and the male sex. …”
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Vitamin D Deficiency in Lebanese Adults: Prevalence and Predictors from a Cross-Sectional Community-Based Study by Asma Arabi, Nariman Chamoun, Mona P. Nasrallah, Hani M. Tamim

“…After adjustment for multiple covariates, age, income, alcohol consumption, and serum creatinine were independent predictors of vitamin D deficiency. Conclusion. …”
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Preschool abilities of children born preterm and low weight by Sasha A. Martínez-Espiet, Irene Sumaza Laborde, Leila Crespo Fernández, Maribel Campos Rivera, Frances Boulon Díaz

“…Statistical analysis was performed using student t test for independent groups. The group of children born prematurely scored significantly lower on tests measuring visual perception skills (µ1 83.65 ; µ2 93.7) (p = 0.0001), visual-motor integration (µ1 93.6 ; µ2 104.8) (p = 0.001) and fine motor (µ1 36.00 ; µ2 44.25) (p=0.033) (p = 0.033), when compared to the group of children born after a full term. …”
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Adapting a Dental Anxiety Measure to Encourage Empathy by Margaret Tajirian, Benjamin Juarez, Tomas Martinez

“…The conducted analyses utilized an independent sample t-test to compare the subgroups’ anxiety levels, a bivariate correlation to find the Pearson correlation, a Cronbach’s coefficient α, and a one way ANOVA test to compare the genders’ I-MDAS scores. …”
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The adoption of telemedicine by healthcare practitioners in South Africa by Margaret Cullen, Andre Calitz, Sasha Boucher, Prashna Buddan

“…Main findings: The study established that the independent factors of Performance Expectancy, Facilitating Conditions, Social Media Technology and Attitude all have a significant positive relationship with the dependent factor, Behavioural Intention to adopt telemedicine. …”
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