Evaluating maternal drug use disparities, risk factors and outcomes in Northeast Arkansas: a pre, during, and post-COVID-19 pandemic analysis by Enrique Gomez Pomar, Johnna Berryhill, Sudeepa Bhattacharyya

“…Abstract Introduction The use of addictive substances remains a major health problem in the U.S. An increase in drug overdose and mortality was observed during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in underserved populations. …”
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Development of a short version of the perceived social support scale: based on classical test theory and ant colony optimization by Yunchou Wu, Jingqi Tang, Zhuoran Du, Ke Chen, Fei Wang, Xiaonan Sun, Guoying Zhang, Yibo Wu

“…In this situation, some researchers based on the responses of military spouses in the U.S., has simplified the PSSS-12 to develop the PSSS-M6. …”
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Association between systemic immune-inflammation index and the risk of all-cause, cancer and non-cancer mortality in the general population: results from national health and nutrit... by Siyu Wu, Zhao Liu, Xing Li, Shan Gao, Peng Xia

“…In RCS analysis, non-linear relationships of J-shaped curves were observed in the association between SII with all-cause and non-cancer mortality. Additionally, a U-shaped curve was identified between SII and cancer mortality with a threshold value of 445.22. …”
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Irisin: A Potential Link between Physical Exercise and Metabolism—An Observational Study in Differently Trained Subjects, from Elite Athletes to Sedentary People by Stefano Benedini, Elena Dozio, Pietro Luigi Invernizzi, Elena Vianello, Giuseppe Banfi, Ileana Terruzzi, Livio Luzi, Massimiliano Marco Corsi Romanelli

“…HbA1c was higher in elite athletes compared to all the other groups (p<0.01). A U-shaped relation between free fatty acids and the degree of physical activity was observed. …”
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To use and engage? Identifying distinct user types in interaction with a smartphone-based intervention by Aniek M. Siezenga, Esther C.A. Mertens, Jean-Louis van Gelder

“…Method: Participants were Dutch first-year university students that interacted with the FutureU app aimed at increasing future self-identification. …”
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Multiple Dimensions Define Thresholds for Population Resilience of the Eastern Oyster, Crassostrea virginica by Megan K. La Peyre, Hongqing Wang, Shaye E. Sable, Wei Wu, Bin Li, Devin Comba, Carlos Perez, Melanie Bates, Lauren M. Swam

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PSYCHOLOGICAL FEATURES OF PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY CRISIS EXPERIENCE BY TEACHERS by N. O. Sadovnikova, F. Zannoni

“…Data processing was conducted by means of descriptive statistics, comparative analysis with the involvement of the Mann-Whitney U test and correlation analysis having applied the Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient. …”
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Automatic Segmentation of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm From Computed Tomography Angiography Using a Patch-Based Dilated UNet Model by Merjulah Roby, Juan C. Restrepo, Haehwan Park, Satish C. Muluk, Mark K. Eskandari, Seungik Baek, Ender A. Finol

“…The framework adapted a fully developed patch-based dilated modified U-Net model, which shows remarkable efficiency in accurately delineating AAA regions within the CTA scans. …”
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Assessment of Confidence Levels of Undergraduate Senior Dental Students and Interns&rsquo; During Endodontic Treatment Procedures in a Sample From Saudi Arabia by Madfa AA, Almansour MI, Al‑Zubaidi SM, Almohefer SA, Alajlan SS, Alsaleh MK, Alanazi YA, Alajlan AS

“…The statistical significance between the analysed groups was assessed using the Mann–Whitney U-test and the chi-squared test.Results: 63.9% of participants indicated their satisfaction with the quantity of teeth that were determined to require treatment. …”
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Clinicopathological Features of Advanced Gastric Cancers which Were Misjudged and Subjected to Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection by Yorinari Ochiai, Daisuke Kikuchi, Naoko Inoshita, Junnosuke Hayasaka, Yugo Suzuki, Masami Tanaka, Kosuke Nomura, Hiroyuki Odagiri, Satoshi Yamashita, Akira Matsui, Toshiro Iizuka, Masanobu Kitagawa, Shu Hoteya

“…The 7 lesions diagnosed as advanced cancer were 0.32% of 2,194 lesions and were all located in the U region (fundus). On retrospective review of endoscopic findings, 2 of 7 lesions on WBI, 3 of 6 lesions on NBI-ME, and 2 of 5 lesions on EUS met the criteria for indicating submucosal invasion of EGC. …”
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Diagnostic Potential of Multidetector Computed Tomography for Characterizing Small Renal Masses by Maria Elisabetta Mancini, Annamaria Albergo, Marco Moschetta, Mariacristina Angelelli, Arnaldo Scardapane, Giuseppe Angelelli

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Evaluation of polymorphisms at the 3´ UTR SLC11A1 gene microsatellites and their associations with the outcome of Brucella abortus infection in Bos taurus cattle by F.C. Hasenauer, M.E. Caffaro, M.A. Poli, Carlos A. Rossetti

“…Independientemente de esto, no se detectó asociación entre estos u otros polimorfismos con la ausencia o presencia de respuesta inmune humoral a Brucella. …”
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Spatiotemporal Variability of Channel Roughness and its Substantial Impacts on Flood Modeling Errors by Md Abdullah Al Mehedi, Shah Saki, Krutikkumar Patel, Chaopeng Shen, Sagy Cohen, Virginia Smith, Adnan Rajib, Emmanouil Anagnostou, Tadd Bindas, Kathryn Lawson

“…Here, we developed and analyzed a continental‐scale n dataset (along with alternative formulations) calculated from observed velocity, slope, and hydraulic radius in 200,000 surveys conducted over 5,000 U.S. sites. These large, diverse observations allowed training of a Random Forest (RF) model capable of predicting n (or alternative parameters) at high accuracy (Nash Sutcliffe model efficiency >0.7) in space and time. …”
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Sources and Trends of CO, O₃, and Aerosols at the Mount Bachelor Observatory (2004–2022) by Noah Bernays, Jakob Johnson, Daniel Jaffe

“…For CO, we found a significant positive trend in the summer 95th percentiles, associated with increasing fires in the Western U.S., and a strong negative trend in the springtime values at all percentiles (1.6% yr⁻¹ for 50th percentile). …”
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Enhancing accuracy and efficiency in upper extremity disability assessments: development and testing of a desktop application by Emre Ozmen, Gamze Gül Güleç, Hazal İzol Özmen, Melih Civan, Esra Circi, Serdar Yuksel, Alican Baris

“…Statistical analysis, including the Shapiro–Wilk and Independent t-test/Mann–Whitney U-tests, was conducted using IBM SPSS Statistics to compare the app-assisted and manual assessment methods regarding time and rating’. …”
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Eficacia de inhibidores de nitrito de calcio (CNI) en concreto agrietado by Pedro Montes-Garcia, H. Z. López-Calv, T. W Bremner

“…The slabs were exposed to a natural marine environment during five years with two cycles of wetting and drying per day at the Fundy Bay Maine, U. S. A. The specimens were also visually inspected on regular basis and the surface damage was recorded. …”
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Use of Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA) in Trauma Patients in French Level-1 Trauma Centers: A National Survey by Pauline Glasman, Thomas Clavier, Hervé Quintard, Jonathan Charbit

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Performance enhancement of organic single-flash cycles by eliminating the throttle valves: A comparative exergy-economic assessment by Aboulbaba Eladeb, Ali B.M. Ali, Pooya Ghodratallah, Kuwar Mausam, Rahul Thakur, Praney Madan, Lotfi Ben Said, Lioua Kolsi

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Neglected Questions on the “Forgotten War”: South Korea and the United States on the Eve of the Korean War by Mark Caprio

“…And, did such strategy enter into discussions between Syngman Rhee and high-level U.S. officials?…”
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Is It Possible to Achieve Favorable Accelerated Dental Changes with No Periodontal Complications When Retracting Upper Anterior Teeth Assisted by Flapless Corticotomy Compared to T... by Hanin Nizar Khlef, Mohammad Younis Hajeer

“…Secondary outcomes were the periodontal health and pulp vitality of the maxillary teeth. Mann–Whitney U test and two-sample t-test with Bonferroni correction were used to analyze the data. …”
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