Association between drinking patterns and diabetic kidney disease in United States adults: a cross-sectional study based on data from NHANES 1999–2016 by Xusheng Yang

“…Subgroup analyses were performed to assess the effects of modification by age, sex, race, BMI.Results Drinking patterns and DKD were analyzed among 26,473 US adults (mean age, 46.6 years; 53.7% male). After adjusting for multiple confounders, heavy alcohol consumption was associated with a higher risk of DKD than light drinking (OR = 1.23, 95% CI, 1.04–1.46; p = 0.016). …”
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On the 5G Communications: Fractal-Shaped Antennas for PPDR Applications by Mihai-Virgil Nichita, Maria-Alexandra Paun, Vladimir-Alexandru Paun, Viorel-Puiu Paun

“…Employing fractal-shaped antennas have allowed us to accomplish all these actions, which request compact, conformal, and broadband high performance devices. …”
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PHILOSOPHICAL AND SOCIOCULTURAL DIMENSIONS OF PERSONALITY PSYCHOLOGICAL SECURITY by O. Y. Blynova, L. S. Holovkova, O. V. Sheviakov

“…These moments encourage us to rethink the understanding of "security" essence, in particular, psychological, which emphasizes the urgency of its study in the philosophical and sociocultural coordinates. …”
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Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) for a Landfill Site Selection in Chachapoyas and Huancas (NW Peru): Modeling in a GIS-RS Environment by Jhonsy O. Silva López, Rolando Salas López, Nilton B. Rojas Briceño, Darwin Gómez Fernández, Renzo E. Terrones Murga, Daniel Iliquín Trigoso, Elgar Barboza Castillo, Manuel Oliva Cruz, Miguel Ángel Barrena Gurbillón

“…The weighted linear combination (WLC) approach of maps allowed us to generate models and submodels of land suitability. …”
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How do consumers evaluate buffalo meat? by Ricardo Alexandre Silva Pessoa, Marilia Celeste Tavares Fernandes, María Luciana Menezes Wanderley Neves, Thales Freire Arival, Fabiana Carvalho Vasconcelos Pessoa

“…The evaluated consumers have an average family income of more than US$ 550,00. The most consumed meat cuts are those considered “day-to-day”, emphasizing the topside, knuckle, eye round, flat, minced meat, and sun-dried meat, making up 67.8% of the choices. …”
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A quantitative module of avalanche hazard – comparing forecaster assessments of storm and persistent slab avalanche problems with information derived from distributed snowpack simu... by F. Herla, P. Haegeli, S. Horton, P. Mair

“…The grouping of simulated layers based on regional burial dates allows us to track them across space and time and calculate insightful spatial distributions of avalanche problem characteristics.…”
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Thresholds for clinical practice that directly link handgrip strength to remaining years of life: estimates based on longitudinal observational data by Sergei Scherbov, Sonja Spitzer, Nadia Steiber

“…We defined six HGS groups based on cut-off points in SD; we use these as predictors in survival analyses with a 9-year follow-up and provide RLE by gender based on a Gompertz model for each HGS group.Participants 8156 US American women and men aged 50–80 years.Main outcome measures Z-standardised HGS and all-cause mortality.Results Even slight negative deviations in HGS from the reference group with [0.0 SD, 0.5 SD) have substantial effects on survival. …”
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El papel de la gramática en la enseñanza de lengua extranjera: representaciones y prácticas docentes en México by Sara Quintero Ramírez, México, Sonny A. Castro Yáñez

“…A comparison of the results of both instruments allowed us to determine correspondences and inconsistencies between teachers’ representations and their teaching practice in actual terms. …”
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Assessment of Knowledge and Practice of Various Eye Diseases in Sulaimani: A Descriptive Study by Abdulrahman M. Ibrahem, Salah Q. Mahmood, Muhammed Babakir-Mina, Salar Ibrahim Ali, Bakhtyar Kamal Talabany

“…Vision and sight are very essential because they allow us to connect to each other’s. In accordance to the recently published data; the estimation of 253 million people lives with vision impairment, 36 million are blind and 217 million suffer from moderate to severe vision impairment. …”
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Eco-anthropologie et primatologie pour la conservation de la biodiversité : un projet collaboratif dans le Parc National de Moukalaba-Doudou, Gabon by Naoki Matsuura, Yuji Takenoshita, Juichi Yamagiwa

“…The synthesis of the scientific knowledge and close relationships that primatologists established with local people with the deep understanding of local culture acquired by ecological anthropologists, leads us to suggest implementing an ecotourism based on various narratives created through collaborative research activities.…”
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Management of Multiple Arteriovenous Malformations of the Small Bowel by Masahiro Hirakawa, Rie Ishizuka, Masanori Sato, Naotaka Hayasaka, Hiroyuki Ohnuma, Kazuyuki Murase, Kohichi Takada, Tatsuya Ito, Takayuki Nobuoka, Koji Miyanishi, Masayoshi Kobune, Ichiro Takemasa, Junji Kato

“…This technique allowed us to clearly observe the region and perform segmental small-bowel resection with minimal surgical margin. …”
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Assessment of the stocks and forecast of the catches of bream (Abramis brama Linnaeus, 1758), common carp (Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758), roach (Rutilus rutilus Linnaeus, 1758),... by O. Marenkov, O. Nesterenko, I. Borovyk, M. Shmahailo, A. Hamolin

“…The study showed changes in the structure of populations and fish productivity of the reservoir, which allowed us to offer recommendations for the rational use of aquatic biological resources and ensuring the stability of the exploitation of ichthyofauna. …”
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Increasing the Wear Resistance of Stamping Tools for Coordinate Punching of Sheet Steel Using CrAlSiN and DLC:Si Coatings by Sergey N. Grigoriev, Marina A. Volosova, Ilya A. Korotkov, Vladimir D. Gurin, Artem P. Mitrofanov, Sergey V. Fedorov, Anna A. Okunkova

“…The tribological tests allow us to consider the CrAlSiN/DLC:Si coatings as effective in increasing the wear resistance of stamping tools (21,000 strokes for the uncoated tool and 48,000 strokes for the coated one) when solving a wide range of technological problems in sheet stamping of structural steels.…”
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Hypochloraemia and 30 day readmission rate in patients with acute decompensated heart failure by Roman Marchenko, Adam Sigal, Thomas E. Wasser, Jessica Reyer, Jared Green, Christopher Mercogliano, Muhammad Sohail Khan, Anthony A. Donato

“…Methods and results We retrospectively reviewed electronic medical records of 1504 patients who were admitted to one 700 bed US tertiary care centre with the diagnosis of ADHF between June 2013 and December 2014. …”
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Comparison of the extraction efficiencies of four different solvents used in trace metal digestion of selected soils within Abakaliki, Nigeria by NO Omaka, IF Offor, ER Chukwu, U Ewuzie

“…Soil pollution by trace metals is one of the major global environmental challenges facing us today. Extraction methods are key to predicting plant uptake of trace metals from soil. …”
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CRISPR/cas9 Allows for the Quick Improvement of Tomato Firmness Breeding by Qihong Yang, Liangyu Cai, Mila Wang, Guiyun Gan, Weiliu Li, Wenjia Li, Yaqin Jiang, Qi Yuan, Chunchun Qin, Chuying Yu, Yikui Wang

“…Furthermore, we assessed other quality-related traits of the mutants; our results indicated that the fruit quality characteristics of the gene-edited lines remained statistically comparable to those of the wild type. This approach enabled us to create transgenic-free mutants with diverse genotypes across fewer generations, facilitating rapid improvements in tomato firmness. …”
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Subscapular skinfold thickness, not other anthropometric and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry-measured adiposity, is positively associated with the presence of age-related macular... by Jayne Woodside, David Wright, Margaret Rayman, Miguel Gedtal, Ruth Esther Hogg

“…This study aimed to explore the relationship between AMD status and dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry measures (DEXAMs) among a representative sample of the US population, and compare the association with AnthM.Method Using a representative sample in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Study 2005–2006 (n=1632), DEXAMs across the whole body and waist (ie, android), and relative fat distributions (eg, percentage fat, android-to-total body ratio) were analysed between no AMD (baseline) and any AMD. …”
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Health Risk Assessment of Potentially Toxic Elements Contamination of Commonly Consumed Fruits in Bahir Dar Town, Northwest Ethiopia by Biset Asrade Mekonnen, Muluabay Getie Yizengaw, Haile Kassahun, Gebremariam Ketema

“…However, the TCR value in all the studied fruits was above the recommended safe limit (ILCR<1×10−6) set by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US-EPA). Conclusion. The study revealed that the consumption of mango fruit in the studied areas may pose noncarcinogenic and carcinogenic adverse health effects.…”
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Geodetic Evidence of the Interannual Fluctuations and Long-Term Trends Over the Antarctic Ice Sheet Mass Change by Yuanjin Pan, Xiaohong Zhang, Jiashuang Jiao, Hao Ding, C. K. Shum

“…The spatiotemporal characteristics of the Antarctic ice sheet (AIS), as constrained by geodetic observations, provide us with a deeper understanding of the current evolution of ice mass balance. …”
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A systematic review on the impact of breastfeeding on cancer risk, weight loss, cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes mellitus in mothers, and the role of fathers, medical person... by Olga Krupa, Daria Rybak, Katarzyna Kamińska-Omasta, Bartosz Omasta, Kuba Borys Romańczuk, Magdalena Agata Czerska, Paulina Dorota Pietrukaniec, Szymon Przemysław Stolarczyk, Zofia Martyna Wójcik, Kinga Furtak

“…The available data allow us to conclude that breastfeeding is an effective preventive health strategy, but further research is needed to understand the biological mechanisms and identify optimal supportive interventions. …”
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