Impact of handgrip strength on cardiovascular, cancer and all-cause mortality in the Korean longitudinal study of ageing by Gyu Ri Kim, Jiyu Sun, Minkyung Han, Sohee Park, Chung Mo Nam

“…Cox proportional hazard models with time-varying covariates were used to estimate HRs and their 95% CIs for all-cause mortality. …”
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Learning curve and complications of unilateral biportal endoscopy–unilateral laminectomy bilateral decompression for lumbar spinal stenosis by Jiashen Shao, Zihan Fan, Hai Meng, Qi Fei

“…Univariate analysis showed that age, body mass index, alcohol consumption, and estimated blood loss were significantly associated with complication rate. …”
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Genetic aspects of major blood metabolites in the Italian Simmental cattle population by S. Magro, A. Costa, A. Cesarani, L. Degano, M. De Marchi

“…In early lactation, h2 estimates were 0.06 for blood BHB as-is, 0.06 for log-transformed BHB, 0.18 for NEFA, 0.14 for log-transformed NEFA, and 0.05 for blood urea. …”
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Highlighting of Urinary Sodium and Potassium among Indonesian Schoolchildren Aged 9–12 Years: The Contribution of School Food by Farapti Farapti, Muji Sulistyowati, Kurnia Dwi Artanti, Stefania Widya Setyaningtyas, Sri Sumarmi, Bibit Mulyana

“…A total of 80 boys and 75 girls recruited as samples in this study demonstrated that their estimated urinary Na and K were 105.42 ± 66.05 mmol/day and 16.39 ± 12.57 mmol/day, respectively. …”
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Effects of dietary digestible lysine levels in breeding Japanese quails on productive and reproductive performance, egg quality, blood metabolites and immune responses by Mohammad Amin Omary, Heydar Zarghi, Ahmad Hassanabadi

“…Conclusions The dLys requirements vary depending on the EP phase and the trait being optimized. The estimated dLys requirement for FE was higher than those for EP and EM. …”
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Evaluation of the Crossbreeding Scheme and Farmers’ Perception of Awassi and Dorper Crossbred Sheep by Zeleke Tesema, Alemu Kefale, Belay Deribe, Getasew Esayas, Demlie Chanie, Getachew Worku Alebachew, Solomon Tiruneh, Mekonen Shibeshi

“…Continuous type of data were analyzed using different procedures of SAS, while the estimated breeding value (EBV) for distributed rams was estimated by the WOMBAT software fitting animal model. …”
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Enhanced STag Marker System: Materials and Methods for Flexible Robot Localisation by James R. Heselden, Dimitris Paparas, Robert L. Stevenson, Gautham P. Das

“…Fiducial localisation utilises relative positions of markers physically deployed across an environment to determine a localisation estimate for a robot. Fiducial markers are strictly designed, with very limited flexibility in appearance. …”
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Evaluation of a new biomarker 14-3-3 Eta protein in diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis by Lakshmi Deepika Yarlagadda, Rachel Jacob, D Liza Rajasekhar, Krishna Mohan Iyyapu, Sai Baba S S. Kompella, Vijaya Bhaskar Madrol, N N Sreedevi, Siraj Ahmed Khan, Noorjahan Mohammed

“…Erythrocyte sedimentation rate, high sensitivity C reactive protein, RF, anti-citrullinated peptide antibodies (CCP) and 14-3-3 η protein were estimated. RA cases were further classified as seropositive (n = 23) and seronegative (n = 38) based on the positivity of either RF or anti-CCP result. …”
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The impact of demographics and positioning on the imaging features of the optic nerve sheath and ophthalmic vessels by David Berhanu, Luís Abegão Pinto, Inês Carneiro, Isabel Fragata, Joana Tavares Ferreira, Lia Lucas Neto

“…We aimed to determine the ultrasonographic imaging features of ONSD and ophthalmic vessels in a healthy population, using a standardized protocol, and to estimate the effect of demographics and positioning changes on imaging measurements. …”
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Effect and prediction of long-term weather and pollutant exposure on hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome: based on statistical models by Weiming Hou

“…First, we applied the moving epidemic method (MEM) to estimate the epidemic threshold and intensity level. …”
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Assessment of genetic diversity of some Siberian and Far Eastern species of the genus Spiraea (Rosaceae) by newly developed multiplex panels of nuclear SSR loci by T. A. Poliakova, A. V. Shatokhina, G. N. Bondarenko, D. V. Politov

“…Three multiplex sets of 3, 3 and 2 loci, respectively, were developed and tested for ability to estimate the parameters of genetic variability and  population  structure in closely related species Spiraea ussuriensis, S. f lexuosa, S. chamaedryfolia representing seven natural populations of the Russian Far East and Siberia. …”
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Cost-effectiveness of Chloride-liberal versus Chloriderestrictive Intravenous Fluids among Patients Hospitalized in the United States by Louise Perrault, Dilip Makhija, Idal Beer, Suzanne Laplante, Sergio Iannazzo, Karthik Raghunathan

“…Health states included in the Markov model were dialysis free without prior AKI, dialysis-free following AKI, CD, and death. Estimates of clinical parameters were taken from a recent meta-analysis, other published studies, and the US Renal Data System. …”
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Computational analysis of spliced leader trans-splicing in the regenerative flatworm <i>Macrostomum lignano</i> reveals its prevalence in conserved and stem cell related genes by K. V. Ustyantsev, E. V. Berezikov

“…Although a large fraction of genes in M. lignano were estimated to be SL trans-spliced, SL trans-splicing was not studied in detail in M. lignano before. …”
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Bacterial Profile among Patients with Suspected Bloodstream Infections in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Birhan Alemnew, Habtamu Biazin, Asmamaw Demis, Melese Abate Reta

“…The meta-analysis derived a pooled culture-positive bacterial prevalence which was 25.78% (95% CI: 21.55–30.01%). The estimated pooled prevalence of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacterial isolates was 15.50% (95% CI: 12.84–18.15%) and 10.48 % (95% CI: 8.32–12.63%), respectively. …”
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Diabetes and tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analyis of mendelian randomization evidence by Ivaan Pitua, Raafidha Raizudheen, Mark Muyanja, Joseph Nyero, Morrish Okello Obol

“…Data extraction focused on study characteristics, MR methodology, and causal effect estimates. A meta-analysis was conducted estimate the pooled odds ratios for association between T2DM and TB. …”
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A Spectral Transfer Function to Harmonize Existing Soil Spectral Libraries Generated by Different Protocols by Nicolas Francos, Daniela Heller-Pearlshtien, José A. M. Demattê, Bas Van Wesemael, Robert Milewski, Sabine Chabrillat, Nikolaos Tziolas, Adrian Sanz Diaz, María Julia Yagüe Ballester, Asa Gholizadeh, Eyal Ben-Dor

“…To verify the TF’s ability to improve the spectral assessment of soil attributes after harmonizing the different SSLs’ protocols, RF spectral-based models for estimating organic carbon (OC) in soil were developed. …”
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TAXATION OF AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITY IN POLAND: THE CURRENT STATE AND FUTURE PROSPECTS by Marian Podstawka, Łukasz Podstawka

“…On the other hand, having recognized the income situation of farms, one could resign from estimating losses caused by drought or other unfortunate events. …”
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The development of a kinetic biotic ligand model to predict acute toxicity of Gadolinium for Daphnia magna by Marion Revel, Qiao-Guo Tan, Andrew Hursthouse, Susanne Heise

“…A series of 48-hour toxicity tests were conducted using different major cation concentrations, in order to estimate their affinity constants for the biotic ligand (BL). …”
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APLIKASI METODE GEOLISTRIK DALAM PENDUGAAN KETEBALAN LAPISAN TANAH GAMBUT (STUDI KASUS: DAERAH DI SEKITAR JL. PERDANA, KOTA PONTIANAK) by Zulfian Zulfian

“…Kata  kunci— geolistrik, resisitivitas, tanah gambut   ABSTRACT   Peat soil is a type of soil that has a weak soil bearing capacity. The estimation of the thickness of the peat soil can be done by applying the geoelectric resistivity method. …”
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The effect of β-carotene supplementation above requirement on the production and reproduction performance of female sheep and goats - A mini review by Osman Ahmed, Abubeker Hassen, Khoboso Lehloenya

“…These estimations were made to indicate whether the diet fulfilled the animal's requirement for β-carotene or not. …”
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