Effect of the gut microbiome in glaucoma risk from the causal perspective by He Chen, Meng Zhou, Zicheng Zhang, Siqi Bao, Jia Qu, Yaxuan Wu, Ronghua Shi

“…Inverse variance weighted, MR-Egger, weighted median, weighted mode, Mendelian Randomisation Pleiotropy Residual Sum and Outlier, MR-Egger intercept and Cochran’s Q statistical analyses were used to supplement MR results and sensitivity analysis. …”
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Teaching communication skills to OTL-HNS residents: multisource feedback and simulated scenarios by Pier-Luc Beaudoin, Mathilde Labbé, Amanda Fanous, Meredith Young, Jamie Rappaport, Yoon Soo Park, John Manoukian, Lily H. P. Nguyen

“…Results from the random-intercept regression indicated that, on average, a learner’s mean rating at baseline was 3.6/5 and increased significantly by 0.25 points per year (p < 0.05) as assessed by OTL-HNS staff members and peers. …”
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Dual-task-related gait patterns as possible marker of precocious and subclinical cognitive alterations in Parkinson disease by F. Di Filippo, G. De Biasi, M. Russo, C. Ricciardi, N. Pisani, A. Volzone, M. Aiello, S. Cuoco, M. Calabrese, M. Romano, P. Barone, M. Amboni

“…Peculiar prodromal gait patterns—especially those highlighted by cognitive dual task—could be considered possible markers to objectify self-reported symptoms-based construct, like SCI, and to early intercept subjects with different clinical evolutions and prognoses, even representing an innovative clustering/phenotyping tool for PD subtypes.…”
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Machine learning models predicting risk of revision or secondary knee injury after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction demonstrate variable discriminatory and accuracy perfor... by Benjamin Blackman, Prushoth Vivekanantha, Rafay Mughal, Ayoosh Pareek, Anthony Bozzo, Kristian Samuelsson, Darren de SA

“…Two studies reported on Brier score, calibration intercept, and calibration slope, with values ranging from 0.10 to 0.18, 0.0051–0.006, and 0.96–0.97 amongst highest performing models, respectively. …”
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Genetically predicted causal link between the plasma lipidome and pancreatic diseases: a bidirectional Mendelian randomization study by Liaoyi Lin, Yingbao Huang, Songzan Qian, Lifang Chen, Houzhang Sun

“…Bayesian weighted MR was employed for further verification. The MR-Egger intercept test for pleiotropy and Cochrane's Q statistics test for heterogeneity were performed to ensure the robustness.ResultsMR analysis yielded significant evidence that 26, 25, 2, and 19 lipid species were correlated with diverse outcomes of pancreatitis, and 8 lipid species were correlated with pancreatic cancer. …”
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Tilted Implants for Full-Arch Rehabilitations in Completely Edentulous Maxilla: A Retrospective Study by Nicolò Cavalli, Bruno Barbaro, Davide Spasari, Francesco Azzola, Alberto Ciatti, Luca Francetti

“…An effective recall program is important to early intercept and correct prosthetic and biologic complications in order to avoid implant and prosthetic failures.…”
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Periodically poled aluminum scandium nitride bulk acoustic wave resonators and filters for communications in the 6G era by Izhar, M. M. A. Fiagbenu, S. Yao, X. Du, P. Musavigharavi, Y. Deng, J. Leathersich, C. Moe, A. Kochhar, E. A. Stach, R. Vetury, R. H. Olsson

“…The 3-element and 6-element filters achieved excellent linearity with in-band input third-order intercept point (IIP3) values of +36 and +40 dBm, respectively, which are significantly higher than previously reported acoustic filters operating at similar frequencies.…”
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Optimizing Obstructive Sleep Apnea Risk Assessment in Hypertension: Development of a Predictive Nomogram in China by Yang Y, Sun X, Liang J, Liao WF, Ye W, Zheng Z, Du L, Chen M, Zhang Y, Lin W, Huang J, Yao W, Chen R

“…The area under the curve (AUC) of the predictive model and STOP-Bang at the three diagnostic cut-off points of the Apnea-Hypopnea Index (AHI) ≥ 5, AHI ≥ 15 and AHI ≥ 30 were 0.840 vs 0.778, 0.754 vs 0.740, and 0.765 vs 0.751 respectively. The AUC at each intercept point was higher than that of STOP-Bang. …”
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Protocol for a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis for risk factors for lung cancer in individuals with lung nodules identified by low-dose CT screening by Matthew Callister, Harry J de Koning, Robert C Rintoul, Carolyn Horst, Arjun Nair, John K Field, Christine D Berg, Samantha Quaife, Rhian Gabe, Stephen Duffy, Sam Janes, Philip AJ Crosbie, Mark M Hammer, Panos Alexandris, Michael PA Davies

“…Clustering will be accounted for by having separate intercept terms for each cohort. Where IPD is not available, the effects of risk factors will be extracted from publications, if possible. …”
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Gene prediction of immune cells association between gut microbiota and colorectal cancer: a Mendelian randomization study by Yan Zhong, Guanglei Chen, Menglu Chen, Junsong Cui, Qianren Tan, Zhenghua Xiao

“…Additionally, we employed MR-Egger Intercept to mitigate the influence of horizontal pleiotropy. …”
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Branched-chain amino acids levels associated with risk of erectile dysfunction: A Mendelian randomization analysis by Yijian Deng, Liying Zeng, Yigui Lai, Shuai Ji, Baizhao Peng, Hanqi Lu, Ming Wang, Hiu Yee Kwan, Qi Wang, Xiaoshan Zhao

“…Cochrane's Q test was utilized to evaluate heterogeneity within the results, while the MR-Egger intercept test was utilized to evaluate the Level pleiotropy. …”
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Impact of cascade reservoir on the sources of organic matter in sediments of Lancang river by Yufei Bao, Meng Sun, Yuchun Wang, Ji Lu, Yajie Wu, Hao Chen, Shanze Li, Yong Qin, Zhuowei Wang, Jie Wen, Xinghua Wu, Zhongjun Wang

“…Summary: The construction of dams to intercept natural rivers constitutes the most severe human activity influencing the underlying surface. …”
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Casual associations between frailty and nine mental disorders: bidirectional Mendelian randomisation study by Yong Zhou, Jiayue Duan, Jiayi Zhu, Yunying Huang, Tao Tu, Keke Wu, Qiuzhen Lin, Yingxu Ma, Qiming Liu

“…Cochran's Q-test and Mendelian randomisation Egger intercept were applied to evaluate heterogeneity and pleiotropy. …”
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Sucrose-Sweetened Drinks Reduce the Physical Performance and Increase the Cardiovascular Risk in Physically Active Males by Raianne dos Santos Baleeiro, Aparecida Patricia Guimarães, Perciliany Martins de Souza, Rafael da Silva Andrade, Karina Barbosa de Queiroz, Daniel Barbosa Coelho, Emerson Cruz de Oliveira, Lenice Kappes Becker

“…The rates of perceived exertion were higher (1.300 vs.1.661 slope and −0.7186 vs. −1.118 y-intercept) after eSSBd intake. Conclusion. The present study shows that 15 days of eSSBd intake may negatively modulate biochemical parameters associated with cardiovascular risk. …”
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Measurement-Based Prediction of mmWave Channel Parameters Using Deep Learning and Point Cloud by Hang Mi, Bo Ai, Ruisi He, Anuraag Bodi, Raied Caromi, Jian Wang, Jelena Senic, Camillo Gentile, Yang Miao

“…It is difficult to characterize the time-varying characteristics of mmWave channels through statistical models, e.g. slope-intercept models for path loss and lognormal models for delay spread and angular spread. …”
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Hubungan Antara Cache, Energy Consumption dan Runtime Performance pada Progressive Web Apps by Wakhid Kurniawan, Agung Fatwanto

“…Service Workers at the core have the ability to intercept and handle network requests, including managing programmatic response caches. …”
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Assessment of atmospheric correction methods in MSI imagery for deriving bathymetry and substrates of shallow-water coral reefs by Wei Huang, Wei Huang, Wei Huang, Wei Huang, Jun Zhao, Mingjie Li, Mingjie Li, Mingjie Li, Quansheng Lou, Quansheng Lou, Nanyang Yan, Nanyang Yan, Nanyang Yan, Shaojie Sun

“…These include short-wave infrared band Glint Correction (GC), DeGlint (DG), and near-infrared band intercept (DG865) algorithms to enhance glint correction after the DSF processor. …”
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Gut microbiota influence on lung cancer risk through blood metabolite mediation: from a comprehensive Mendelian randomization analysis and genetic analysis by Yizhao Du, Qin Wang, Zongmei Zheng, Hailun Zhou, Yang Han, Ao Qi, Lijing Jiao, Lijing Jiao, Yabin Gong

“…We employed diverse MR methods, including inverse-variance-weighted (IVW), weighted median, MR-Egger, weighted mode, and simple mode, to ensure a robust examination of the data. MR-Egger intercept test, Radial MR, MR-PRESSO, Cochran Q test and Leave-one-out (LOO) analysis were used for sensitivity analyses. …”
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Statistically Coherent Calibration of X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry for Major Elements in Rocks and Minerals by Surendra P. Verma, Sanjeet K. Verma, M. Abdelaly Rivera-Gómez, Darío Torres-Sánchez, Lorena Díaz-González, Alejandra Amezcua-Valdez, Beatriz Adriana Rivera-Escoto, Mauricio Rosales-Rivera, John S. Armstrong-Altrin, Héctor López-Loera, Fernando Velasco-Tapia, Kailasa Pandarinath

“…Both calibrations were successfully applied to rock matrices, and the results were generally consistent with those obtained in other laboratories although the UWLR model showed mostly narrower confidence limits of the mean (slope and intercept) or lower uncertainties than the OLR. Similar sensitivity (∼2.69–46.17 kc·s−1·%−1 for the OLR and ∼2.78–59.69 kc·s−1·%−1 for the UWLR) also indicated that the UWLR could advantageously replace the OLR model. …”
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A Long-Term Study of Aerobic Performance in Elite Cross-Country Skiers: How Age and Sex Influence Career Development by Elias Bucher, Jon P. Wehrlin, Grégoire P. Millet, Thomas Steiner

“…The performance trajectories were modeled using mixed-effects approaches, with a linear random intercept for VO2max, a linear random slope for LT2, and a third-degree polynomial for 24-min DP. …”
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