Genetic parameters and parental and early-life effects of boar semen traits by Pedro Sá, Rodrigo M. Godinho, Marta Gòdia, Claudia A. Sevillano, Barbara Harlizius, Ole Madsen, Henk Bovenhuis

“…A repeatability model accounting for effects at collection was used to (1) estimate heritabilities and repeatabilities for semen traits and genetic and phenotypic correlations between traits, (2) test the significance of early-life effects, (3) quantify the contribution of exclusive dam and sire inheritances to the phenotypic variation, i.e., mitochondrial DNA and the Y chromosome, identified using a pedigree-based approach, and (4) quantify the contribution of maternal and paternal environment effects to the phenotypic variation of semen traits. …”
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Mortality trends of traumatic brain injuries in the adult population of the United States: a CDC WONDER analysis from 1999 to 2020 by Muhammad Hamza Dawood, Yusra Fazli, Sejal Lund, Shurjeel Uddin Qazi, Rija Tahir, Areehah Zafar Masood, Aiman Azam Qureshi, Saleha Safdar, Heraa Zaheer, Muhammad TayyabMuzaffar Chaychi

“…Abstract Background Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is a critical public health issue in the United States, contributing significantly to morbidity, mortality, and healthcare costs. Accounting for a substantial proportion of injury-related deaths and disabilities, TBI impacts a wide demographic, with particularly high incidence rates among young and elderly populations. …”
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AMPK: An energy sensor for non-small cell lung cancer progression and treatment by Zhi-Ting Zhong, Xu-Yan Wang, Ying Pan, Ke Zhou, Jing-Hui Chen, Yu-Qi Gao, Bo Dai, Zhi-Ling Zhou, Rui-Qi Wang

“…Lung cancer (LC) is the leading cause of cancer-related morbidity and mortality in China, with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) accounting for 85 % of the overall lung cancer cases. …”
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A Framework for Analyzing Absorptive Capacity Using Social Network Analysis (Case Study: Sharif University Innovation Ecosystem) by Mahdi Mohammadi, Mahdi Elyasi, Azadeh Savehshemshaki

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Super-twisting sliding mode control of grid-side inverters for wind power generation systems with parameter perturbation by Weiqi Zhang, Yanmin Wang, Muhammad Zeeshan, Fengling Han, Kai Song

“…First, the GSI model is constructed by integrating the DC voltage outer loop, AC current outer loop, and AC voltage inner loop, accounting for instantaneous power fluctuations at the DC connection and perturbations in internal component parameters. …”
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Geological characteristics of deep coal rock and main geological factors controlling coalbed methane enrichment: a case study of the M area in the eastern Ordos Basin by Xiaojiao GUO, Lei WANG, Xianzhou YAO, Xu LI, Linke ZHANG, Xiaoshuang WANG

“…Organic components are mainly vitrinite, accounting for 79.8%. Industrial components exhibit medium to high levels of volatile matter and ash, abundant fixed carbon, and low moisture content. …”
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Looking at Infrared Background Radiation Anisotropies with Spitzer: Large-scale Anisotropies and Their Implications by A. Kashlinsky, Richard G. Arendt, M. L. N. Ashby, J. Kruk, N. Odegard

“…Out of these, the model where the CIB fluctuation excess originates from the granulation power due to LIGO-observed primordial black holes as dark matter appears most successful in accounting for all observations related to the measured CIB power amplitude and spatial structure, including the measured coherence between the CIB and unresolved cosmic X-ray background (CXB). …”
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Nonimmune Hydrops Fetalis and Early Skeletal Changes in Congenital Syphilis: Case Series and Review of Literature by Kruti N Shah, Shwetal Bhatt, Vaishali Chanpura

“…The other case was also an antenatally undiagnosed case of congenital syphilis with fetal anemia, thrombocytopenia, and hydrops fetalis, along with facial deformity and bony changes of sclerosis, addressing early syphilis but succumbed to death within 24 hours, accounting for hemodynamic instability and pulmonary hemorrhage. …”
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Balancing on carbon storage and ecological security in urban areas: The case of Dongguan city, China by Xinyi Wang, Fenzhen Su, Fengqin Yan, Vincent Lyne, Yikun Cui, Bin He, Rong Fan

“…Here, we assessed current policies against future scenarios using systems thinking and land-use change simulation coupled to carbon-storage accounting. Three future scenarios for Dongguan City across ecological Natural Evolution Scenario, economic Economic Priority Scenario and balanced Harmonious Development Scenario show latter partly controls carbon loss through more robust ecological networks. …”
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Comprehensive Analysis of VOCs in an Industrial Harbor City: Spatiotemporal Distribution, Health Risk, and Potential Sources by Thi-Hieu Le, Chung-Shin Yuan, Chitsan Lin, Zhi-Ping Hsu, I-Hsin Hsu, Lin-Chi Wang

“…OFP results indicated that toluene was primary OFP contributor, accounting for an average of 30.4%, followed by C2-VOCs at 16.2% and m/p-xylenes at 12.5%, collectively contributing nearly 60% to OFP. …”
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Association of reported sleep disturbances with objectively assessed mild cognitive impairment among adults in the United States by Chan Shen, Hao Wang, Arthur Nguimatsa Djiotsop, R. Constance Wiener, Mona Pathak, Sophie Mitra, Patricia A Findley, Usha Sambamoorthi

“…Logistic regression models estimated unadjusted (Model 1) and adjusted associations accounting for sex, race/ethnicity, age, social determinants of health (Model 2), general health (Model 3), depression (Model 4), and pain and physical activity (Model 5). …”
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Community disaster exposure and first onset of depression: A panel analysis of nationally representative South African data, 2008-2017. by Andrew Tomita, Busisiwe P Ncama, Yoshan Moodley, Rashieda Davids, Jonathan K Burns, Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi, Albert T Modi, Rob Slotow

“…Risk of first depression onset between individuals exposed and unexposed to community disaster was measured, accounting for multiple disaster exposure over time by fitting generalized estimating equation (GEE) regression models. …”
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Predicting dengue incidence in high-risk areas of China through the integration of Southeast Asian and local meteorological factors by Shaowei Sang, Yiguan Wang, Qiyong Liu, Peng Chen, Chuanxi Li, Anran Zhang

“…From 2005–2023, a total of 117,839 dengue cases were reported, with Guangdong and Yunnan provinces accounting for 57.8 % and 26.2 % of cases, respectively. …”
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Black Carbon Exposure Characteristics in Diesel Engine Vehicle-related Jobs by Sangjun Choi, Ju-Hyun Park, Won Kim, Seung Won Kim, Kyong-Hui Lee, Taejin Chung, Jihoon Park, Seung-Hun Ryu, Jungah Shin, Dong-Hee Koh, Dong-Uk Park

“…Among the participants, the geometric mean (GM) exposure was highest for forklift operators in indoor environments (9.5 µg m−3), followed by toll operators (GM = 7.4 µg m−3), machinery operators (GM = 7.4 µg m−3), and garbage collectors (GM = 5.5 µg m−3). After accounting for the random effects of the individual workers and working dates (evaluated per occupation) as well as the fixed effects of the determinants and their pairwise interaction terms (p < 0.001), we found that all four of the determinants significantly differed in their associated levels of BC exposure. …”
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Impact of Pre-existing Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Cardiovascular Disease on Healthcare Resource Utilization and Costs in Patients With COVID-19 by Chi Nguyen, Christopher L. Crowe, Effie Kuti, Bonnie Donato, Rachel Djaraher, Leo Seman, Nancy Graeter, Thomas P. Power, Rinku Mehra, Vincent J. Willey

“…**Conclusion:** HCRU and costs in patients were incrementally higher with COVID-19 and pre-existing T2DM + CVD compared with those with T2DM-only and neither T2DM/CVD, even after accounting for baseline differences between groups, confirming that pre-existing T2DM + CVD is associated with increased HCRU and costs in COVID-19 patients, highlighting the importance of proactive management.…”
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Epidemiologic characteristics of infectious disease-related public health emergencies in Guangdong province, 2014 – 2023: a surveillance data analysis by Weiyi CHEN, Runing GUO, Yun HUANG, Jianhua HUANG, Meiling YANG, Jiya DAI, Fengxiang SHI, Wenjia LIANG

“…The top five infectious diseases causing these public health emergencies were influenza (accounting for 18.82% of all reported emergencies), other infectious diarrheal diseases (17.42%), dengue fever (17.23%), varicella (17.00%), and hand, foot, and mouth disease (6.93%). …”
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Eukaryotic plankton community and assembly processes in a large-scale water diversion project in China by Liming Zhu, Lihui Feng, Daoxi Zhang, Fang Shi, Xi Zou, Qing Yang, Shan He, Wen Zhu

“…However, in comparison to DJK, deterministic processes have a more pronounced impact on MRP, accounting for 39.29% and 1.82%, respectively. The variations in total nitrogen (TN), chlorophy IIa (Chl.a), and conductivity (Spc) have led to a transition in the assembly of eukaryotic phytoplankton communities in MRP from a stochastic process to a deterministic process. …”
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Effectiveness of mobile health for exercise promotion on cardiorespiratory fitness after a cancer diagnosis: A systematic review and meta‐analysis by Megan E. Gregory, Weidan Cao, Saurabh Rahurkar, Fadi Haroun, James C. Stock, Sanam M. Ghazi, Daniel Addison

“…Relationships remained after accounting for lipid‐based outcomes (d = 0.30; 95% CI = 0.03–0.56). …”
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Protocol of the Nurses’ Mental Health Study (NMHS): a nationwide hospital multicentre prospective cohort study by Jiaxin Yang, Chongmei Huang, Shuiyuan Xiao, Xuting Li, Meng Ning, Zengyu Chen, Yusheng Tian, Qiang Yu, Yamin Chen, Ya-Min Li

“…The long-term monitoring of nurses’ mental health and identifying its risk factors are necessary. Accounting for more than one-fifth of global nurses, Chinese nurses have a demanding healthcare workload, especially in tertiary hospitals, yet there is no national cohort concerning their mental health and associated factors. …”
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Assessing national exposure to and impact of glacial lake outburst floods considering uncertainty under data sparsity by H. Chen, Q. Liang, J. Zhao, S. B. Maharjan

“…Bayesian models are employed to estimate a plausible range of glacial lake water volumes and the associated GLOF peak discharges while accounting for the uncertainty stemming from the limited sizes of the available data and outliers within the data. …”
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