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

“…On the other hand, 24-min DP followed a non-linear progression in males, with a slowdown in performance improvement as they transitioned from the U23 to the senior age category. These results highlight the importance of high initial VO₂max at the junior level and the greater trainability of LT2 and aerobic time-trial performance with the accumulation of specific training as athletes progress in their careers. …”
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Process evaluation of Project Daire: a food environment intervention that impacted food knowledge, wellbeing and dietary habits of primary school children by Naomi Anderson, Sarah F. Brennan, Fiona Lavelle, Sarah E. Moore, Dilara Olgacher, Amy Junkin, Moira Dean, Michelle C. McKinley, Patrick McCole, Ruth F. Hunter, Laura Dunne, Niamh E. O’Connell, Chris T. Elliott, Danielle McCarthy, Jayne V. Woodside

“…Trial registrations The original trial referenced in this process evaluation is registered as follows: National Institute of Health (NIH) U.S. National Library of Medicine Clinical Trials.gov (ID: NCT04277312; retrospectively registered 11th February 2020).…”
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Preparation Methods and Perceived Risk of Foodborne Illness Among Consumers of Prepackaged Frozen Vegetables – United States, September 2022 by Michelle Canning, Michael Ablan, Tamara N. Crawford, Amanda Conrad, Alexandra Busbee, Misha Robyn, Katherine E. Marshall

“…Data were weighted to be representative of the U.S. population. Point estimates and 95% CIs were calculated, and differences between respondents were determined using Wald chi square tests. …”
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Validación facial y de contenido de un instrumento para medir afectaciones por humedad y mohos en contexto latinoamericano hispanohablante by Raquel Rivera-Carvajal, Diana Carolina Tiga Loza, D Jimena Roncancio, Laura Andrea Rodriguez-Villamizar, Miguel José Galván Ramírez, Edgar David Gómez Gómez, Adriana Ximena Sandoval Meza, Beatriz Elena Guerra Sierra

“…Discusión: El presente estudio es uno de los primeros relacionados con validación del instrumento, el tipo de zona puede ser adaptado según el área a evaluar, para este caso se adaptó a viviendas, pero se puede considerar a otras instituciones como hospitales, instituciones educativas, empresas u otras. Conclusión: El proceso de validación facial y de contenido permite obtener un instrumento para usar en el contexto latinoamericano hispanohablante con el objeto de determinar afectaciones por humedad y mohos a nivel locativo que genera un indicador semi-cuantitativo, se invita a considerar su uso en procesos de visitas domiciliarias, en investigaciones que posteriormente favorezcan datos de validez de factores, análisis Rasch y concordancia en el uso del instrumento.…”
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Disparities in dolutegravir utilisation in children, adolescents and young adults (0–24 years) living with HIV. An analysis of the IeDEA Pediatric West African cohort by Valériane Leroy, Anandi Sheth, Julie Jesson, Jean Jacques Koffi, Antoine Jaquet, François Dabis, Didier Koumavi Ekouevi, Karen Malateste, Olivia Keiser, Lehila Bagnan, Simon Boni, Madeleine Amorissani Folquet, Mariam Sylla, Olivier Marcy, Raoul Moh, Gildas Boris Hedible, Sophie Desmonde, Joycelyn Dame, Agatha David, Madeleine Amorissani-Folquet, Sylvie N'Gbeche, Elom Takassi, François Tanoh Eboua, Kouadio Kouakou, Lehila Bagnan Tossa, Caroline Yonaba, Jocelyn Dame, Sylvie Marie N’Gbeche, Fatoumata Dicko Traore, Oliver Ezchechi, Rosemary Audu, Charlotte Bernard, Caroline Couturier, Marie Kerbie Plaisy, Elodie Rabourdin, Thierry Tiendrebeogo, Désiré Dahourou, Emile Sodinyessi, Jean-Claude Azani, Kadidja Diarra, Maika Bengali, Abdoulaye Cissé, Guy Gnepa, Eric Komena, Séverin Lenaud, Eulalie Kangah, Igho Ofotokun, Cecile Delille Lahiri, Noëlle Benzekri, Geoffrey Gottlieb

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Multi-thermal recovery layout for a sustainable power and cooling production by biomass-based multi-generation system: Techno-economic-environmental analysis and ANN-GA optimizatio... by Ma Zihao, Naeim Farouk, Pradeep Kumar Singh, Azher M. Abed, Sarminah Samad, Samah G. Babiker, Iskandar Shernazarov, Ahmed Hendy, Ahmad Almadhor, Belgacem Bouallegue, Abdul Rahman Afzal

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Pre-Hospital Point-of-Care Troponin: Is It Possible to Anticipate the Diagnosis? A Preliminary Report by Cristian Lazzari, Sara Montemerani, Cosimo Fabrizi, Cecilia Sacchi, Antoine Belperio, Marilena Fantacci, Giovanni Sbrana, Agostino Ognibene, Maurizio Zanobetti, Simone Nocentini

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Novel organophosphate esters and their transformation products in offshore sediment from Eastern China: Occurrence, temporal trend, and risk assessment by Meng Gao, Yu Wang, Liman Wei, Siyuan Li, Qiuyue Zhang, Zhongkang Yang, Mohan Bai, Yiming Yao, Lei Wang, Hongwen Sun

“…Notably, ΣRQ values for NOPEs were significantly higher than those of TOPEs (Mann-Whitney U test, p < 0.001), indicating their severe ecological risks in offshore sediment. …”
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Multi-metal mixture exposure and cognitive function in urban older adults: The mediation effects of thyroid hormones by Zhuoqi Zhu, Juanhua Li, Yang Peng, Ning Qin, Jiemei Li, Ying Wei, Biwen Wang, Yunfei Liao, Huaicai Zeng, Lu Cheng, Han Li

“…The General Linear Model (GLM) showed negative correlations between MMSE scores and titanium (Ti), copper (Cu), rubidium (Rb), and molybdenum (Mo), and positive correlations with selenium (Se) and barium (Ba). Nonlinear inverse U-shaped associations between Mo, Rb, and MMSE scores were identified using Restricted Cubic Splines (RCS) and Bayesian Kernel Machine Regression (BKMR). …”
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Psikolojik İyi Oluş, Yaşamda Anlam ve Dindarlık Arasındaki İlişkiler by Mesture Karaçalı, Sezai Korkmaz

“…Örneklem grubunun 215’i (%66,2) kadın, 110’u (%33,8) erkektir. Tüm katılımcıların yaş ortalaması 30,9’dur. …”
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L-glutaminase synthesis by Klebsiella pneumoniae (AS KP 23) isolated from clinical strain, and its efficacy against human hepatocellular and breast cancer cell lines by Lina J. Abdel-Hafez, Eman Y. T. Elariny, Asmaa E. Ibrahim, Mahmoud E. F. Abdel-Haliem

“…L-glutaminase was purified 1.33-fold with a final specific activity of 799.9 U/mg protein using gel filtration chromatography. …”
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High-Throughput Phenotyping for Agronomic Traits in Cassava Using Aerial Imaging by José Henrique Bernardino Nascimento, Diego Fernando Marmolejo Cortes, Luciano Rogerio Braatz de Andrade, Rodrigo Bezerra de Araújo Gallis, Ricardo Luis Barbosa, Eder Jorge de Oliveira

“…The heritability of VIs at different flight heights ranged from moderate to high (0.51 ≤ <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msubsup><mrow><mi>H</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>C</mi><mi>u</mi><mi>l</mi><mi>l</mi><mi>i</mi><mi>s</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow></msubsup></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> ≤ 0.94), regardless of the sensor used. …”
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The Effect of Heat-treated Poultry Pellets and Composted Poultry Litter on E. coli Survival in Southeastern US Soils: Florida and Georgia by Karuna Kharel, Cameron A. Bardsley, Charles Bency Appolon, Laurel L. Dunn, Govindaraj Dev Kumar, Krishna Prabha, Manan Sharma, Michelle D. Danyluk, Keith R. Schneider

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解冻单囊胚形态评分与早期血清β-人绒毛膜促性腺激素浓度和活产的相关性 by 蔡小华, 欧建平, 李涛

“…③ ROC 曲线分析得出，第 12 天血清β-hCG 预测活产的临界值为657.5 mU/mL （<italic>P</italic> &lt; 0.001）。结论囊胚的分级和分期不影响活产率，不同分级的囊胚产生的血清β-hCG 差异有统计学意义；可通过早期血清β-hCG 值预测活产。…”
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Cyanoacrylate glue in breast surgery: the GLUBREAST Trial by Emanuela Esposito, Claudio Siani, Ivana Donzelli, Anna Crispo, Sergio Coluccia, Piergiacomo Di Gennaro, Assunta Luongo, Franca Avino, Alfredo Fucito, Ugo Marone, Maria Teresa Melucci, Ruggero Saponara, Raimondo di Giacomo

“…Older age was associated with a higher volume of seroma drained per day (β 0.30; 95% CI: 0.00–0.60). A 5-U increase in body mass index was associated with higher daily drained seroma volume in patients who underwent breast-conserving surgery (β 5.0; 95% CI: 0.62–9.4), but not in patients who underwent mastectomy (β 2.5; 95% CI: −3.6–8.6). …”
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Inflammatory markers link triglyceride-glucose index and obesity indicators with adverse cardiovascular events in patients with hypertension: insights from three cohorts by Yanqiu Huang, Yi Zhou, Yadan Xu, Xiaoyu Wang, Ziyi Zhou, Kang Wu, Qiqi Meng, Liao Wang, Yang Yang, Hong Gao, Juan Ji, Xu Jiang, Yang Yang, Lipeng Hao, Hui Wang

“…Results Five measures of insulin resistance were linked to CVD and related death in a U-shaped pattern, with the highest group having different risk increases. …”
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Multicenter Evaluation of Morbidity and Predictors of Response to Imiquimod Treatment for Penile Intraepithelial Neoplasia by Ofir Avitan, Laura Elst, Manon Vreeburg, Tynisha Rafael, Katja Jordanova, Niels Graafland, Kees Hendricksen, Bas W.G. van Rhijn, Henk G. van der Poel, Maarten Albersen, Oscar Brouwer

“…Descriptive statistics were generated and statistical tests included the Mann-Whitney U test for age and Fisher’s exact test for categorical variables. …”
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Incidence of unintended pregnancies and pregnancy experience among adolescents living with perinatally-acquired HIV in West Africa: a mixed-method study by Désiré Lucien Dahourou, Clément Tisseron, Caroline Yonaba, Joël Djaha, Marie-Sylvie N’Gbeche, Corinne Moh, Kouakou Kouadio, Patricia Nindjin, François Eboua, Belinda Bouah, Karen Malateste, Jean-Claude Azani, Eulalie Kangah, Elisabeth Thio, Philippe Msellati, Julie Jesson, Valériane Leroy, for the IeDEA West-African Collaboration

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Tools to improve discharge equity: Protocol for the pilot TIDE trial by Kirsten Austad, Cecilia Thai, Alegna Zavatti, Nhi Nguyen, Diana Bautista-Hurtado, Patrick Kenney, Noelia Lugo, Joo H. Lee, Howard Lanney, Ziming Xuan, Erika G. Cordova-Ramos, Mari-Lynn Drainoni, Brian Jack

“…Despite the rising prevalence of patients with non-English language preference (NELP) in the U.S., most hospitals do not routinely provide discharge instructions in their preferred language, thereby placing them at higher risk for medical errors and hospital readmission. …”
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Association of glucose to lymphocyte ratio with the risk of death in patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease by Jinglin Lei, Wentao Duan, Xiaoxi Yao, Zheng Hu, Huihui Fan, Yifan Liu, Wenjian Zhong, Haipeng Li

“…This study aims to evaluate the association between GLR and all-cause as well as cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality in patients with ASCVD within the U.S. population. This retrospective cohort study recruited 1,753 ASCVD patients from the 2003–2018 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) with a median follow-up of 6.25 years. …”
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