Optimization of Caving Technology in an Extrathick Seam with Longwall Top Coal Caving Mining by Liu Yang, Lianghui Li, Weijie Wei

“…Based on the progressive drawing sequence of cluster-group-support, this paper firstly proposes a systematic naming method for the top coal caving technology. Furthermore, an independent cluster-group caving technology (ICGCT) is given, meaning that all supports are divided into several clusters, a cluster is divided into several groups, and clusters extract top coal in positive order while groups are in reverse order in the drawing process. …”
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Ultrasound radiomics-based logistic regression model for fibrotic NASH by Fei Xia, Wei Wei, Junli Wang, Yuhe Wang, Kun Wang, Chaoxue Zhang, Qiwei Zhu

“…Ultimately, a clinical radiomics model was created by integrating the rad-score from the radiomics model with independent clinical characteristics from the clinical model. …”
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Maternal Dietary Patterns and Gestational Diabetes Risk: A Case-Control Study by Fatemeh Sedaghat, Mahdieh Akhoondan, Mehdi Ehteshami, Vahideh Aghamohammadi, Nila Ghanei, Parvin Mirmiran, Bahram Rashidkhani

“…To investigate the relation between each of the independent variables with gestational diabetes, the odds ratio (OR) was calculated. …”
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Facilitators and barriers in the implementation of patient-centred care interventions among general practitioners: a systematic review protocol by Wenhui Li, Min Su, Zhengrong Li, Xiaojing Fan

“…The CFIR 2.0 framework will guide the categorization and synthesis of barriers and facilitators, while the BCW will be employed to define the interventions. Two independent reviewers will conduct study screening, data extraction, quality appraisal and data analysis. …”
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Troglitazone and Δ2Troglitazone Enhance Adiponectin Expression in Monocytes/Macrophages through the AMP-Activated Protein Kinase Pathway by Jaw-Shiun Tsai, Lee-Ming Chuang, Ching-Shih Chen, Chan-Jung Liang, Yuh-Lien Chen, Ching-Yu Chen

“…TG induced adiponectin mRNA expression through a PPARγ-dependent pathway whereas Δ2TG enhanced adiponectin mRNA expression through a PPARγ-independent pathway in THP-1 cells. Both TG and Δ2TG enhanced adiponectin mRNA expression through AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) activation. …”
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From physical activity patterns to cognitive status: development and validation of novel digital biomarkers for cognitive assessment in older adults by Ling-Jie Fan, Feng-Yi Wang, Jun-Han Zhao, Jun-Jie Zhang, Yang-An Li, Jia Tang, Tao Lin, Quan Wei

“…Conclusions This study identifies novel time-frequency domain features of physical activity that show robust associations with cognitive status across two independent cohorts. These features, particularly those capturing activity variability and rhythmicity, provide complementary information beyond traditional cumulative PA measures. …”
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The use of urinary kidney injury molecule-1 and neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin for diagnosis of hepato-renal syndrome in advanced cirrhotic patients by Mohamed Adel Abd Elaziz, Asmaa Mustafa Gouda Elewa, Dina Zaki Mohamed Zaki Abdel Hamid, Nohier Essam Soliman Ahmed Hassan, Éva Csongrádi, Emad Hamdy Hamouda Mohammed, Mohammed Abdel Gawad

“…Only the urinary KIM-1 showed a statistically significant difference between both groups in the multivariate logistic regression analysis adjusted for gender, serum bilirubin, serum albumin, INR, serum K, AST and ALT levels.Conclusion In conclusion, our study aligns with prior research, as seen in the consistent findings regarding Urinary NGAL elevation in cirrhotic patients with AKI. Urinary KIM-1, independent of Urinary NGAL, may have a role in precisely distinguishing between advanced liver cirrhosis and HRS and merits further exploration.…”
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Microvascular disease and heart failure with reduced and preserved ejection fraction in type 2 diabetes by Ify R. Mordi, Aaron Tee, Colin N. Palmer, Rory J. McCrimmon, Alexander S.F. Doney, Chim C. Lang

“…Conclusions Individuals with T2D and with MiVD are at risk of incident HF independent of a history of prior HF or MI. Patients with MiVD could benefit from screening for HF and individualized therapy with treatments that lower HF risk.…”
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Impact of antiplatelet therapy on hemostatic plug formation in the setting of thrombocytopenia by Robert H. Lee, Abigail Ballard-Kordeliski, Summer R. Jones, Wolfgang Bergmeier

“…Therefore, management of APT in patients with thrombocytopenia, itself an independent risk factor for bleeding, is a clinical challenge with few evidence-based guidelines. …”
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Renal Function in Patients with Hypertension Associated Congestive Cardiac Failure Seen in a Tertiary Hospital by C. U. Osuji, C. U. Nwaneli, B. J. Onwubere, E. I. Onwubuya, G. I. Ahaneku

“…Chronic kidney disease is frequently seen in patients with congestive cardiac failure and is an independent risk factor for morbidity and mortality. …”
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Reliably quantifying the severity of social symptoms in children with autism using ASDSpeech by Marina Eni, Yaniv Zigel, Michal Ilan, Analya Michaelovski, Hava M. Golan, Gal Meiri, Idan Menashe, Ilan Dinstein

“…ASDSpeech was trained with acoustic and conversational features extracted from the speech recordings of 136 children, who participated in a single ADOS-2 assessment, and tested with independent recordings of 61 additional children who completed two ADOS-2 assessments, separated by 1–2 years. …”
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Lactate and Bilirubin Index: A New Indicator to Predict Critically Ill Cirrhotic Patients’ Prognosis by Xiao-Fu Chen, Yuan Zhao, Wei-Zhen Chen, Xin-Tian Shao, Zhi-Ming Huang

“…Multivariate logistic regression analyses were used to investigate the independent association between the LB index and the mortality in critically ill cirrhotic patients. …”
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Spatiotemporal Evolution Characteristics of Fluid Flow through Large-Scale 3D Rock Mass Containing Filling Joints: An Experimental and Numerical Study by Qian Yin, Hongwen Jing, Tantan Zhu, Lizhou Wu, Haijian Su, Liyuan Yu

“…The flow velocity undergoes an increase with both the joint permeability and inlet water pressure but presents constant values independent on the matrix permeability or joint thickness. …”
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EXPERIENCE OF IMPLEMENTING THE DISTANCE E-COURSE “STATISTICAL METHODS IN PHARMACY” IN THE MATHEMATICAL TRAINING OF FUTURE PHARMACEUTICAL SPECIALISTS by Iryna Zhovtonizhko, Maryna Nessonova, Mariana Barannyk, Nadiia Sheykina, Olga Marchenko

“…It is concluded, that the implementation of distance learning technology in the practice of Ukrainian higher pharmaceutical and medical education is necessary not only due to the current conditions that make it impossible to organize full-fledged offline education but also because of the efficiency of these technologies, primarily for organizing independent students’ work, that ensures the development of learners’ autonomy, contributes to the development of information culture, general digital competence, and a range of soft skills, including communication, interaction, collaboration in a digital environment, and the rational use of study time. …”
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A Transcriptomic Analysis Reveals Diverse Regulatory Networks That Respond to Cold Stress in Strawberry (Fragaria×ananassa) by Yong Zhang, Yunting Zhang, Yuanxiu Lin, Ya Luo, Xiaorong Wang, Qing Chen, Bo Sun, Yan Wang, Mengyao Li, Haoru Tang

“…The cold signaling initiated expression of downstream cold-responsive (COR) genes with cis-acting element ABRE or CRT/DRE in the ABA-independent or ABA-dependent pathway to impel plant defense against the stress. …”
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Early Breast-Feeding Initiation Using Point of Care Quality Improvement Model at Tertiary Care Hospital in AJK by Aftab Hussain Khan, Mumtaz Ahmed Khan, Abrar Akbar, Sehrish Mumtaz, Yasira Abbasi, Lubna Meraj

“…Methods: A quality improvement, cross sectional study before and after the implementation of POCQI model on two independent samples was carried out from August to November 2019. …”
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Separating the Effects of Early-Life and Adult Body Size on Chronic Kidney Disease Risk: A Mendelian Randomization Study by Xunliang Li, Wenman Zhao, Haifeng Pan, Deguang Wang

“…This study sought to explore how body size in childhood and adulthood independently affects CKD risk in later life using a Mendelian randomization (MR) approach. …”
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The effect of resizing on the natural appearance of scintigraphic images: an image similarity analysis by Siraj Ghassel, Amir Jabbarpour, Jochen Lang, Eric Moulton, Eric Moulton, Ran Klein, Ran Klein, Ran Klein, Ran Klein

“…These image quality metrics were subsequently compared to those of two independent count-matched images at the target grid size (representing variance due to natural noise permutations) as a reference to establish an optimal resizing method.ResultsOnly upsampled images with the Poisson resampling correction after linear interpolation produced images that were similar to those acquired at the target grid size. …”
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Visible Light Broadband Achromatic Metalens Based on Variable Height Nanopillar Structures by Yongyang Li, Haiyang Huang, Cong Zhang, Xiangshuo Shang, Yang Liu, Junyan Hu, Dengyu Shan, Naiyun Tang, Wei Li

“…The multi-level metalens designed by this method achieves a constant and approximate focal length in the visible wavelength range of λ = 450–650 nm, with a polarization-independent absolute focusing efficiency of about 17%, and a numerical aperture (NA) of 0.31 for a lens diameter of 100 μm. …”
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Reproductive relationships between taxa morphologically close to <i>Elymus caninus</i> (Poaceae: Triticeae) by E. V. Shabanova, A. V. Agafonov, O. V. Dorogina

“…Nevertheless, on the basis of chorological and morphological criteria, we concluded that E. caninus and E. mutabilis are independent species.…”
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