Study of Chemical Intermediates by Means of ATR-IR Spectroscopy and Hybrid Hard- and Soft-Modelling Multivariate Curve Resolution-Alternating Least Squares by Junxiu Ma, Juan Qi, Xinyu Gao, Chunhua Yan, Tianlong Zhang, Hongsheng Tang, Hua Li

“…The subspace comparison method (SCM) was used to obtain the principal components number, and then the pure IR spectra of each substance were obtained by independent component analysis (ICA) and HS-MCR. The extent of rotation ambiguity was estimated from the band boundaries of feasible solutions calculated using the MCR-BANDS procedure. …”
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Prognostic significance of pathological response and lymph node status in neoadjuvant immunotherapy for potentially resectable non-small cell lung cancer by Yuan Xu, Dongjie Ma, Yingzhi Qin, Hongsheng Liu

“…Cox regression identified gender (HR = 0.25, p = .03), pathological response (HR = 6.02, p < .01), and lymph node stage (HR = 2.30, p = .01) as independent PFS predictors.Conclusion In potentially resectable NSCLC, MPR and CPR demonstrate similar PFS benefits after neoadjuvant immunotherapy. …”
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Impact of Tibetan plateau warming amplification on the interannual variations in East Asia Summer precipitation by XiaoJing Jia, XinHai Chen, Wei Dong, Hao Ma, JingWen Ge, QiFeng Qian

“…Notably, the relationship between TA and Pre_EA is independent of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and explains more variance in Pre_EA than ENSO. …”
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The Protective Role of Ambient Ultraviolet Radiation Against Dementia: An Ecological Analysis of Global Data by Wenpeng You

“…UVR, through both vitamin D‐dependent and independent mechanisms, influences physiological processes essential for brain health, such as reducing neuroinflammation, improving sleep regulation, and enhancing neuroplasticity. …”
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Economic aspects of conflicts in the global economy in the conditions of the New Cold War by Оlena Baula, Оksana Urban

“…The article empirically confirms that the beginning of the 21st century. there are three economic centers: the United States is the only superpower after the Cold War; The EU is an independent global economic entity; China is the second largest economy in the world and the «factory of the world». …”
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Altered Spontaneous Brain Activity of Children with Unilateral Amblyopia: A Resting State fMRI Study by Peishan Dai, Jinlong Zhang, Jing Wu, Zailiang Chen, Beiji Zou, Ying Wu, Xin Wei, Manyi Xiao

“…FC analysis methods consisted of the FC between the primary visual cortex (PVC-FC) and other brain regions and the FC network between regions of interest (ROIs-FC) selected by independent component analysis. Results. The ALFF in the bilateral frontal, temporal, and occipital lobes in the amblyopia group was lower than that in the HCs. …”
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Does Preoperative Radio(chemo)therapy Increase Anastomotic Leakage in Rectal Cancer Surgery? A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials by Changjiang Qin, Xuequn Ren, Kaiwu Xu, Zhihui Chen, Yulong He, Xinming Song

“…The meta-analyses found that pR(C)T was not an independent risk factor for anastomotic leakage (OR 1.02, 95% CI 0.80–1.30; P=0.88). …”
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Understanding the role of sex on outcomes for the cancer patient undergoing treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitors: a scoping review protocol by Grace Lu-Yao, Jennifer M Johnson, Amy L Shaver, Nikita Nikita, Swapnil Sharma, Daniel S Lefler, Atrayee Basu-Mallick, Meghan L Butryn

“…The search and review will be conducted from January 2022 to June 2022. Two independent researchers will screen titles and abstracts followed by full-text screening for manuscript inclusion. …”
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How does BMI correlate with menarche onset? Evidence from the Italian HBSC cross-sectional study by Domitilla Marconi, Dario Lipari, Andrea Pammolli, Paola Dalmasso, Paola Nardone, Alessio Vieno, Rita Simi, Giacomo Lazzeri

“…Our study aims to investigate the relationship between body mass index and age at onset of menarche; Methods We used a unique standardized national dataset on adolescent girls participating in the Italian Health Behaviour in School-aged Children Study. Two independent nationally representative survey datasets: one on 15-year-olds (n = 6505, year 2017/2018) and one on 11-year-olds (n = 6548, year 2013/2014) were analysed. …”
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Study on perspective taking in online discussions among university students with hearing impairments by A. A. Gareyev, Yu. V. Krasavina, E. P. Ponomarenko, A. A. Shishkina

“…When organising these discussions, it is important to consider certain characteristics: hearing students tend to be highly engaged and independent, while DHH students may provide uncompromising and emotional responses, exhibit frequent linguistic errors, and struggle with issues of plagiarism. …”
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PD-L1 Expression and CD8+ T Cell Infiltration Predict a Favorable Prognosis in Advanced Gastric Cancer by Yangyang Wang, Chunchao Zhu, Wei Song, Jun Li, Gang Zhao, Hui Cao

“…Multivariate Cox regression analysis revealed that CD8+ T cell density acts as an independent predictor of overall survival (OS) in AGC patients. …”
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Criminal liability for the commission of war crimes: analysis of the corpus delicti of unlawful encroachments by V. V. Sokurenko

“…The need for a criminal law analysis of military-violent crime is substantiated given the ongoing armed conflict in Ukraine, the annexation of some of its territories and the open calls of the russian authorities to destroy the Ukrainian nation and incite hatred towards everything that identifies Ukraine as a sovereign independent state. The classification of war crimes in the context of the armed conflict in Ukraine is proposed depending on the category of victims Military violent crimes in the context of the armed conflict in Ukraine should be divided into two groups of offences depending on the category of victims. …”
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Impact of OER-assisted Problem-based Learning on Creative Thinking and Self-Efficacy in Physics Education by Agung Sedayu, Herpratiwi Herpratiwi, Dwi Yulianti, I Wayan Distrik

“…A few of statistical tests, such as: two ways ANOVA, paired t test, and independent t test whereby the software of SPSS v.26 was used to promote in analysing the data. …”
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Effect of Sexual Skills Counseling With Cognitive-Behavioral Approach on Sexual Assertiveness in Women Suffering from Marital Disillusionment by Faezeh Saffari Mofrad, sakineh Taherkhani, Ashraf Khoramirad

“…Data was analyzed using the SPSS (version 23) software using independent t-test, Chi-square test, Fisher’s exact test, and repeated measures ANOVA. …”
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Early Diabetic Nephropathy and Retinopathy in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus Attending Sudan Childhood Diabetes Centre by Hana Ahmed, Tayseer Elshaikh, Mohamed Abdullah

“…Logistic regression showed that high HbA1c (odds ratio (OR) 0.83, confidence interval (CI) 0.68-1.00, p=0.04), but not age, duration, ethnic group, BMI, blood pressure, and presence of nephropathy, was an independent risk factor for retinopathy. Likewise, high blood pressure (OR 6.89, CI 1.17-40.52, p=0.03), but not age, duration, ethnic group, BMI, HbA1c, and presence of retinopathy, was a predictor for nephropathy. …”
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The Orphan Nuclear Receptor 4A1: A Potential New Therapeutic Target for Metabolic Diseases by Lei Zhang, Qun Wang, Wen Liu, Fangyan Liu, Ailing Ji, Yanzhang Li

“…Several studies have demonstrated that ligand-independent NR4A1 is an immediate-early response gene and the protein product is rapidly induced by a variety of stimuli. …”
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Prevalence of Diabetes and Prediabetes among Children Aged 11-14 Years Old in Vietnam by Duong H. Phan, Vuong V. Do, Long Q. Khuong, Hung T. Nguyen, Hoang V. Minh

“…Multivariate logistic regression was used to examine the association between outcome and independent variables. Results. The overall prevalence of diabetes among the participants was 1.04‰ (three cases), with 2 cases (0.75‰) diagnosed with type 1 diabetes (one known and one newly diagnosed) and 1 case newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes (0.35‰). …”
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A randomised controlled trial of fluoxetine versus naltrexone in compulsive sexual behaviour disorder: presentation of the study protocol by Jussi Jokinen, Josephine Savard, Katarina Görts Öberg, Cecilia Dhejne

“…The study is financed by grants and entirely independent of the manufacturers.Exclusion criteria include severe psychiatric or psychical illness, changes to concurrent medication and non-compatible factors contraindicating the use of either drug. …”
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Lifetime Paid Work and Mental Health Problems among Poor Urban 9-to-13-Year-Old Children in Brazil by Isabel A. Bordin, Ivens H. Pires, Cristiane S. Paula

“…Multivariate modeling identified three independent correlates: child pure internalizing problems, social isolation, and low SES. …”
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Development and Cross-Validation of Anthropometric Predictive Equations to Estimate Total Body Fat Percentage in Adult Women in Sri Lanka by Nirmala Rathnayake, Gayani Alwis, Janaka Lenora, Sarath Lekamwasam

“…In the first step, four anthropometric equations were developed based on the data obtained from multiple regression analyses (TBFPDXA = dependent variable and anthropometric measurements and age = independent variables) with Group A. They were developed on the basis of circumferences (TBFP1), SFTs (TBFP2), circumferences and SFTs (TBFP3), and highly significant circumferences and SFTs (r ≥ 0.6) (TBFP4). …”
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