Development of a psychological frailty index: results from the China health and retirement longitudinal study by Jinlong Zhao, Justina Yat Wa Liu, Justina Yat Wa Liu, Daniel Fernández, Stefanos Tyrovolas, Stefanos Tyrovolas, Stefanos Tyrovolas, Stefanos Tyrovolas

Get full text

Factors Associated with Polypharmacy in Older Adults from 12 High-Andean Communities in Peru, 2013-2017 by Marquina-Torres, Pierina E, Marquez-Yataco, Juan E., Ñaña-Cordova, Alvaro Micael, Jordan-Beisaga, Itala, Parodi, José F., Apolaya, Moisés, Runzer-Colmenares, Fernando M.

“…Multivariate analysis was conducted using Chi-square test, Student's t-test, Mann-Whitney U test, and regression analysis for independent groups. …”
Get full text

The Impact of DNA Methylation on IL6 mRNA Levels in Hematinic Deficiency and Atopy-Associated Recurrent Aphthous Stomatitis Patients by Nanan Nur’aeny, Dida Akhmad Gurnida, Oki Suwarsa, Irna Sufiawati

“…The statistical analysis using the Mann–Whitney U test was conducted to evaluate IL6 mRNA levels and DNA methylation with p value <0.05 considered to be statistically significant. …”
Get full text

Comparison of upper eyelid skin thickness at 5 mm and 12 mm from the eyelid margin in Asian by Hirohiko Kakizaki, Chrisha Habaluyas, Osama AlSheikh, Munekazu Naito, Yasuhiro Takahashi

“…Statistical analyses were conducted using the Mann-Whitney U-test, with a significance level set at 0.05. …”
Get full text

Effectiveness of Retail Promotions in the Green Industry by Age Group: A Case Study by Hayk Khachatryan, Alicia Rihn

“…For instance, consumers over the age of 55 account for the majority of U.S. household lawn and garden retail sales and the number of gardeners in this group is increasing (National Gardening Association, 2013).  …”
Get full text

Association between social determinants of health and premature atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and sex differences in US adults: A cross-sectional study by Chun Yang, Na Zhang, Tiankuo Gao, Yingxin Zhu, Chen Gong, Mingyue Xu, Cuicui Feng

“…Method: Data on self-reported SDoH based on Healthy People 2030 criteria were obtained from U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (2003–2018). …”
Get full text

Urban landscape patterns and residents’ perceptions of safety under extreme city flood disasters by Wei Ma, Yingjie Du, Yuxiao Wang, Quanxiu Chen, Huaxiong Jiang, Runting Cai, Tianshun Gu, Wenxin Zhang

“…Results: Results indicate: (1) ULP significantly impacts RPS, with a relative importance of 44.8%, particularly influenced by the Largest Patch Index (LPI), Landscape Connectivity Index (CONTAG), and Patch Density (PD); (2) The effect of landscape pattern indices on RPS reveals a complex nonlinear relationship, exhibiting various patterns such as ’stage-wise negative correlation,’ ’U-shaped,’ and ’inverted V-shaped’ with noticeable threshold effects. …”
Get full text

Üst hava yolu hacmi, maksiller morfoloji ve osteomeatal kompleks ilişkilerinin konik ışınlı bilgisayarlı tomografi ile değerlendirilmesi by Nursel Arpay Gümüş , Zühre Zafersoy Akarslan

“…Gereç ve Yöntem: 18-35 yaşlar arasında bulunan 83’ü erkek ve 117’si kadın toplam 200 genç erişkin hastadan alınan Konik Işınlı Bilgisayarlı Tomografi (KIBT) görüntüleri retrospektif olarak değerlendirildi. …”
Get full text

Interaction of norsecurinine-type monomeric and dimeric alkaloids with α-tubulin: a molecular docking study by Gérard Vergoten, Christian Bailly

Get full text

Ethical leadership and nurses’ job performance: the mediating role of self-compassion by Xingxing Liu, Fang He, Tian Tian, Fangli Guo, Jun Zhang, Yuexia Zhong

“…Data analysis was performed using descriptive statistics, the Mann–Whitney U test, the Kruskal-Wallis H rank sum test, Spearman correlation analysis, and the PROCESS tool within SPSS.ResultsThe analysis revealed a significant positive correlation between ethical leadership and self-compassion (r = 0.631, p &lt; 0.01), as well as between ethical leadership and job performance (r = 0.688, p &lt; 0.01). …”
Get full text

Lohusalarda Yalnızlık Hissinin Sosyal Destek, Emzirme ve Maternal Bağlanma ile İlişkisi by Ezgi Can Kantar, Tuba Uçar, Zeynep Bal

“…Verilerin toplanmasında Kişisel BilgiFormu, UCLA Yalnızlık Ölçeği, Çok Boyutlu Algılanan Sosyal Destek Ölçeği, Emzirme Öz-YeterlilikÖlçeği ve Maternal Bağlanma Ölçeği kullanıldı.Bulgular: Araştırmaya katılan lohusaların yaş ortalaması 27,91 ± 5,74 olup, %27,9’u ortaokulmezunu ve %72,1’i multipardır. Lohusaların %93,9’unun orta düzeyde yalnızlık yaşadığı belirlendi.Lohusaların UCLA Yalnızlık Ölçeği puan ortalaması 49,77 ± 5,28, Çok Boyutlu Algılanan SosyalDestek Ölçeği puan ortalaması 70,86 ± 14,26, Emzirme Öz-Yeterlilik Ölçeği puan ortalaması 59,81± 10,14 ve Maternal Bağlanma Ölçeği puan ortalaması 100,42 ± 7,09’dur. …”
Get full text

HALKLA İLİŞKİLER EĞİTİMİ ÜZERİNE BİR DEĞERLENDİRME: SELÇUK ÜNİVERSİTESİ ÖĞRENCİLERİNİN GÖZÜNDEN HALKLA İLİŞKİLER EĞİTİMİ by Başak Solmaz, Bahar Urhan Torun, Havva Nur Tarakcı, Öznur Yüksek

“…Öğrencilerin okudukları bölümle ilgili genel olarak düşünceleri olumludur %51,8 ve %40,3’ü bölümün, olumlu bir imajı olduğunu düşünmektedir. …”
Get full text

Grooming y sexting en la red, amenazas a los escolares de la EBR y falta de supervisión (Grooming and sexting on the internet, threats to EBR schoolchildren and lack of supervision... by Pablo César Mamani Quispe, Emilia María Rengifo Pezo de Catorín, Edwin César Delgado Asto, Edwin Martín Cordero Tataje

“…Se concluye que, con la prueba Rho de Spearman, existe correlación significativa positiva débil 0.118 (valor ρ=0,021<0,05=α) entre las amenazas en la red con la falta de supervisión. Con la prueba U de Mann-Whitney se observa diferencia de medias en género (valor ρ=0,004) en cuanto a grooming y respecto al nivel de estudio, la diferencia de medias está en el sexting (valor ρ=0,000). …”
Get full text

lncRNA NEAT1 Downregulation Ameliorates the Myocardial Infarction of Mice by Regulating the miR-582-5p/F2RL2 Axis by Zhenhua Wu, Yunpeng Bai, Yujuan Qi, Chao Chang, Yan Jiao, Yaobang Bai, Zhigang Guo

“…The cell viability, proliferation, and apoptosis were determined by CCK-8, EdU staining, and flow cytometry assays. The expressions of F2RL2, miR-582-5p, and nuclear paraspeckle assembly transcript 1 (NEAT1) in myocardial tissues and HCMs were quantified by qRT-PCR or Western blot. …”
Get full text

Potentials of transanal endoscopic surgery at early rectal cancer by Yu. A. Shelygin, S. V. Chernyshov, L. P. Orlova, E. G. Rybakov

“…Overall 14 patients with adenocarcinomas (uT1N0) of high or moderate degree of differentiation were selected for transanal endoscopic operation (TEO), as a basic treatment method of villous rectal tumors. …”
Get full text

Integrating attention mechanism and boundary detection for building segmentation from remote sensing images by Ping Liu, Yu Gao, Xiangtian Zheng, Hesong Wang, Yimeng Zhao, Xinru Wu, Zehao Lu, Zhichuan Yue, Yuting Xie, Shufeng Hao

“…Experimental results show that the proposed model AMBDNet achieves high-performance metrics, including a recall rate of 0.9046, an IoU of 0.7797, and a pixel accuracy of 0.9140 on high-resolution remote sensing images, demonstrating its robustness and effectiveness in precise building segmentation. …”
Get full text

شناسایی عوامل مؤثر بر کیفیت محیط‌زیست در کشورهای خاورمیانه by محمد جمور, محسن جودکی, سعید شوال پور

“…نتایج تحقیق نشان می­دهد که تأثیر عوامل تولید سرانه، تراکم جمعیت و میزان مصرف انرژی سرانه بر انتشار دی‌اکسید کربن سرانه معنی‌دار است، درحالی‌که تأثیر صادرات سرانه کشورها بر انتشار دی‌اکسید کربن سرانه معنی‌داری نیست، همچنین نتایج این مطالعه، فرضیه محیط‌زیستی کوزنتس مبنی بر وجود رابطه U شکل معکوس بین رشد اقتصادی و میزان انتشار گاز دی‌اکسید کربن را برای کشورهای مورد نظر تأیید می­کند.…”
Get full text

Effects of an intervention combining physical activity and components of Amygdala and Insula Retraining (AIR) on sleep and working memory among older male adults by Monireh Asadi Ghaleni, Forouzan Fattahi Masrour, Narjes Saryar, Alexandra J. Bratty, Ebrahim Norouzi, Matheus Santos de Sousa Fernandes, Georgian Badicu

Get full text

Autistic, Aberrant, and Food-Related Behaviors in Adolescents and Young Adults with Prader-Willi Syndrome: The Effects of Age and Genotype by Atsushi Ishii, Hiroshi Ihara, Hiroyuki Ogata, Masayuki Sayama, Masao Gito, Nobuyuki Murakami, Tadayuki Ayabe, Yuji Oto, Asami Takahashi, Toshiro Nagai

“…Significant differences (Mann–Whitney U tests) were found in ABC-J (p=0.004) and PARS (p=0.021), with lower scores in adolescents than in young adults. …”
Get full text

Relationship between Serum Cytokeratin-18, Control Attenuation Parameter, NAFLD Fibrosis Score, and Liver Steatosis in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease by Sumitro Kosasih, Wong Zhi Qin, Rafiz Abdul Rani, Nazefah Abd Hamid, Ngiu Chai Soon, Shamsul Azhar Shah, Yazmin Yaakob, Raja Affendi Raja Ali

“…We also proposed cut-off value of CAP to detect S≥2 and S≥3 to be 263 and 319db/m, respectively, and fragmented CK-18 level to detect S≥2 and S≥3 (194 and 294 U/L, respectively). Conclusions. Both the fragmented CK-18 level and the CAP, but not NAFLD Fibrosis Score, were well correlated with hepatic steatosis grade as assessed by US.…”
Get full text