Defining the Need for Causal Inference to Understand the Impact of Social Determinants of Health: A Primer on Behalf of the Consortium for the Holistic Assessment of Risk in Transp... by Nrupen A. Bhavsar, PhD, Rachel E. Patzer, PhD, David J. Taber, PharmD, Katie Ross-Driscoll, PhD, Rhiannon Deierhoi Reed, PhD, Juan C. Caicedo-Ramirez, MD, Elisa J. Gordon, PhD, MPH, Roland A. Matsouaka, PhD, Ursula Rogers, BS, Wendy Webster, MBA, Andrew Adams, MD, PhD, Allan D. Kirk, MD, Lisa M. McElroy, MD

“…This is partially due to the unstandardized and incomplete capture of the complex interactions between patients, their neighborhood environments, the tertiary care system, and structural factors that impact access and outcomes. …”
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A Dual Active Black Hole Candidate with Mass Ratio ~7:1 in a Disk Galaxy by Xiao Cao, Yan-Mei Chen, Yong Shi, Junfeng Wang, Zhijie Zhou, Min Bao, Qiusheng Gu, Alexei Moiseev, Luis C. Ho, Lan Wang, Guangquan Zeng

“…We explore alternative scenarios for explaining the observational features of this system, including the complex gas kinematics triggered by central AGN activity and dust attenuation of the broad-line region of the central BH, finding that they failed to fully account for the kinematics of both the redshifted off-centered broad and narrow emission-line components.…”
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The Implications of Converting a High-Volume Multilane Roundabout into a Turbo Roundabout by Zuhair Elhassy, Hatem Abou-Senna, Khaled Shaaban, Essam Radwan

“…In this study, a traffic simulation program, VISSIM, is used to model the complex traffic operation of both the existing and proposed multilane roundabouts and to replicate the high traffic conditions and aggressive driving behavior prevalent among the Middle East countries. …”
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An In-depth Investigation of the Primordial Cluster Pair ASCC 19 and ASCC 21 by Qingshun Hu, Yuting Li, Mingfeng Qin, Chenglong Lv, Yang Pan, Yangping Luo, Shuo Ma

“…Utilizing Gaia data from the literature, we report a new young (∼8.9 Myr) cluster pair, ASCC 19 and ASCC 21, located near the Orion star-forming complex. The clusters are separated by a 3D distance of 27.00 ± 7.51 pc. …”
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FORMATION OF PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE IN THE COURSE OF PHYSICO-CHEMICAL LABORATORY WORKSHOP IN ECONOMIC UNIVERSITY by Natalia Yu. Stozhko, Boris I. Bortnik, Albina V. Tchernysheva, Ekaterina M. Podshivalova

“…Indirect quality standard of efficiency of educational process was based on the surveys of students, teachers of specialized (professional) departments, and on comparison of student portfolios.Results and scientific novelty. The complex of competences which development is promoted by a laboratory workshop on analytical chemistry and physicalchemical methods of the analysis is emphasized. …”
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Recent Decreasing Trends in Surface PM2.5 over East Asia in the Winter-Spring Season: Different Responses to Emissions and Meteorology between Upwind and Downwind Regions by Young-Hee Ryu, Seung-Ki Min, Alma Hodzic

“…Finally, the downwind regions also showed more complex behaviors for the secondary aerosols, which did not always follow the decreasing trends of their precursors.…”
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Exploring adherence in patients with advanced breast cancer: focus on CDK4/6 inhibitors by Baković Matea, Bago Martina, Benić Lucija, Krajinović Magdalena, Silovski Tajana, Plavetić Natalija Dedić, Turković Lu, Sertić Miranda, Hadžiabdić Maja Ortner

“…Treatment adherence is crucial for optimal outcomes in advanced breast cancer, but can be challenging due to various factors, i.e. patients’ attitudes and behavior upon diagnosis, and complex therapies with high adverse effect rates. …”
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Triple-Parameter Optimization of Linezolid 600mg Tablets: Dissolution, HPLC, and UV Spectrophotometric Evaluation by Syed Akif uddin, Lubna Bashir, Shazia Naz, Humera Naz, Hira Akther, Saima Yasin Baig, Faiza Akhtar

“…However, the UV spectrophotometric method is rather quick and affordable. Complex procedures or treatments (often associated with the chromatographic approach) do not require it. …”
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Integrative assessment of heavy metal risks in mining polluted sediments and soils of Aguascalientes, Mexico by Thanya Crespo-Toledo, Francisco Avelar-González, Alma Guerrero-Barrera, Kerry Mitchell, Laura Yamamoto-Flores, Oscar Flores-Amaro

“…Residual metals from mining activities pose significant risks to both the environment and human health, especially when they exist in bioavailable and mobile forms. In areas where complex physicochemical characteristics make it difficult to estimate metal mobility, assessing these risks requires an integrated approach. …”
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Genetic approaches to the investigation of serotonergic neuron functions in animals by U. S. Drozd, E. V. Shaburova, N. N. Dygalo

“…Since the serotonergic system anatomy and functionality are heterogeneous and complex, the best tools for studying them are based on manipulation of individual types of neurons without affecting neurons of other neurotransmitter systems. …”
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Impact of modulating leptin sensitivity on the transcriptomic profile of adult-derived hypothalamic mouse neurons by Ewa Ocłoń, Artur Gurgul, Tomasz Szmatoła, Igor Jasielczuk, Miroslaw Kucharski, Joanna Zubel-Łojek, Dorota Anna Zieba

“…The surprising downregulation of these pathways suggests a complex interplay between leptin signaling and the cellular stress response in hypothalamic neurons. …”
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TOPSIS prefabricated building construction evaluation based on interval-valued Pythagorean fuzzy numbers based on prospect theory by Lixin Chang, Norhaiza Nordin, Shiwei Zhao, Xinhua Gu, Ye Zhao

“…However, due to the late start of prefabricated buildings in China, the installation process of prefabricated components is relatively complex, leading to difficulties in quality and safety control. …”
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Unravelling the nonlinear generation of designer vortices with dielectric metasurfaces by Laure Coudrat, Guillaume Boulliard, Jean-Michel Gérard, Aristide Lemaître, Aloyse Degiron, Giuseppe Leo

“…While their generation in bulky optical devices limits their use in integrated complex systems, metasurfaces have recently proven successful in creating optical vortices, especially in the linear regime. …”
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Experimental inconsistencies undermine accurate characterization of microplastics and identification of environmental drivers:a metadata analysis in Chinese aquatic environment by Qinwei Chen, Peng Wang, Ru Liu, Mingjun Ding, Hua Zhang, Gaoxiang Huang, Minghua Nie

“…However, the impact of human activities proved to be more complex, with the correlation increasing in water but decreasing by 47.9% in sediment. …”
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Method for assessing the theoretical characteristics of small axial hydraulic turbines by D. V. Mylkin, A. V. Volkov, B. M. Orakhelashvili, A. A. Druzhinin, V. Yu. Lyapin

“…Designing hydraulic turbines is a complex task that requires solving the inverse problem of hydrodynamics and finding the optimal shape of the flow path. …”
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Carbon nanotube manipulates crystallization kinetics and viscoelastic behavior of PP/EBC blends by Nariman Rajabifar, Payam Yazdandoost, Parnian Gholami Dastnaei, Amir Rostami

“…The formation of a semisolid microstructure is also reported using the rheological measurements. An upturn in complex viscosity, along with a frequency‐independent storage modulus, indicates strong interactions between MWCNTs and polymer chains. …”
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WDRIV-Net: a weighted ensemble transfer learning to improve automatic type stratification of lumbar intervertebral disc bulge, prolapse, and herniation by Ichiro Nakamoto, Hua Chen, Rui Wang, Yan Guo, Wei Chen, Jie Feng, Jianfeng Wu

“…WDRIV-Net can serve as a guide in the initial and efficient type screening of complex degeneration of lumbar intervertebral discs (LID) and assist in the early-stage selection of clinically differentiated treatment options.…”
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Does Urbanization Exacerbate Asymmetrical Changes in Precipitation at Divergent Time Scales in China? by Fanggang Li, Xin Pan, Nan Xu, Xiangjin Meng, Zhiqing Li, Rufat Guluzade, Yang Dai, Yingbao Yang

“…This is related to the intensity of urbanization, background climate and complex topography. This finding implies that urban managers should consider the impact of urbanization on precipitation patterns in different contexts to provide scientific guidance for urban planning.…”
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Rice straw degradation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa AMB-CD-1, isolated from fresh cow dung and its impact on rice plants by Kishan Raj, Anup Singh, Tapas Chowdhury, S Gupta, Ravindra Soni

“…Purpose Rice straw degradation in the soil is slow because of the high percentage of complex carbohydrates. Hence, farmers prefer to burn it in the agricultural field as a quicker alternative to the open burning of rice straw. …”
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Treatment of patients with tumor/treatment-related hypothalamic obesity in the first two years following surgical treatment or radiotherapy by Hermann L. Müller, Julian Witte, Bastian Surmann, Manuel Batram, Kylie Braegelmann, Mathias Flume, Julia Beckhaus, Nicolas Touchot, Carsten Friedrich

“…On average, patients see a general practitioner 12.27 times and various specialists 20.45 times. The need for complex neuroendocrine therapy develops quickly, with most patients having 2–3 neuroendocrine prescriptions in any given quarter. …”
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