Joint effects of temperature and humidity with PM2.5 on COPD by Huan Minh Tran, Feng-Jen Tsai, Yuan-Hung Wang, Kang-Yun Lee, Jer-Hwa Chang, Chi-Li Chung, Chien-Hua Tseng, Chien-Ling Su, Yuan-Chien Lin, Tzu-Tao Chen, Kuan-Yuan Chen, Shu-Chuan Ho, Feng-Ming Yang, Sheng-Ming Wu, Kian Fan Chung, Kin-Fai Ho, Kai-Jen Chuang, Hsiao-Chi Chuang

“…The radial basis function interpolation was utilized to estimate participants' individual mean and differences in PM2.5, temperature, and RH in 1-day, 7-day, and 1-month periods. …”
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Robotic-assisted surgery and kinematic alignment in total knee arthroplasty (RASKAL study): a protocol of a national registry-nested, multicentre, 2×2 factorial randomised trial as... by Ian A Harris, Samuel J MacDessi, Aziz Bhimani, Darren B Chen, Ian Harris, Michelle Lorimer, David Parker, Tamara Hooper, Richard Boyle, Jonathan Mulford, Daniel Franks, Gregory C Wernecke, Durga Bastiras, Emma Heath, Anthony Leong, Brett Fristch, David Penn, George Kirsh, John Limbers, Julian Yu, Maurice Guzman, Peter McEwen

“…Statistical analysis will include a generalised linear mixed model for repeated measures for continuous KOOS-12 scores. Kaplan-Meier estimates with adjusted HRs of implant survivorship will be calculated.Ethics and dissemination Ethics approval was obtained from Sydney Local Health District-Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (Approval X20-0494 and 2020/ETH02896 10.24/DEC20). …”
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Effects of Semaglutide Treatment on Psoriatic Lesions in Obese Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: An Open-Label, Randomized Clinical Trial by Jelena Petković-Dabić, Ivana Binić, Bojana Carić, Ljiljana Božić, Sanja Umičević-Šipka, Nataša Bednarčuk, Saša Dabić, Mirna Šitum, Snježana Popović-Pejičić, Miloš P. Stojiljković, Ranko Škrbić

“…Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease with relapsing nature. Estimates are that approximately 2–3% of the world’s population suffers from this disease. …”
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Salivary Cortisol Determination in ACTH Stimulation Test to Diagnose Adrenal Insufficiency in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis by Lara Albert, Joaquím Profitós, Jordi Sánchez-Delgado, Ismael Capel, José Miguel González-Clemente, David Subías, Albert Cano, Eugenio Berlanga, Anna Espinal, Marta Hurtado, Rocío Pareja, Mercedes Rigla, Blai Dalmau, Mercedes Vergara, Mireia Miquel, Meritxell Casas, Olga Giménez-Palop

“…We aimed to establish SaC thresholds for AI for the 250 μg intravenous ACTH test and to estimate the prevalence of AI in noncritically ill cirrhotic patients. …”
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Rapid and noninvasive assessment of adductor muscle performance through shell-closing strength of Zhikong scallop Chlamys farreri by Xiangyi Zeng, Zujing Yang, Mingyi Sui, Zhi Liu, Qiang Xing, Liping Hu, Liming Jiang, Zhenmin Bao, Xiaoting Huang

“…The SCS indicators were then used in a ridge regression multivariate linear model to estimate the contents of AMW and AMG in scallops, yielding coefficients of determination (R2) of 0.81 and 0.87, respectively. …”
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Factors associated with decreased anal sphincter tone and the accuracy of forced anal examinations to detect individuals having receptive anal intercourse: an observational study by John A Schneider, Alan G Nyitray, Derek Smith, Michael W Ross, Elizabeth Y Chiao, Timothy J Ridolfi, Bridgett Brzezinski, B R Simon Rosser, Aniruddha Hazra, Jenna Nitkowski, Sandrine Sanos, Ever Mkonyi, Lucy Mgopa

“…Multivariable regression assessed factors associated with decreased sphincter tone while the area under the receiver operating characteristic curves (AUC) estimated the accuracy of sphincter tonality to detect receptive anal intercourse.Results Of 838 participants, 94.0% of whom were cisgendered males, 11.3% had decreased RT (95/838) and 6.3% had decreased ST (53/838). …”
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Monitoring poultry social dynamics using colored tags: Avian visual perception, behavioral effects, and artificial intelligence precision by Florencia B. Rossi, Nicola Rossi, Gabriel Orso, Lucas Barberis, Raul H. Marin, Jackelyn M. Kembro

“…Lastly using the YOLO output, we estimated each bird's average social distance, locomotion speed, and the percentage of time spent moving. …”
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Exploring the impact and mechanisms of behavioral activation on sleep disorders in colorectal cancer: a randomized controlled trial by Anlong Li, Runze Huang, Han Ge, Dajie Liu, Shaochun Liu, Yingxue Jia, Jiaying Chai, Xinyi Zheng, Lijun Liu, Chen Gan, Jian Xu, Ling Cheng, Mingjun Zhang, Huaidong Cheng

“…Assessments of quality of life, sleep disturbances, psychological distress, activation, avoidance, and physical activity levels were conducted at baseline (T0), four weeks later (T1), and post-intervention (T2). Generalized estimating equation (GEE) analysis was used to evaluate the intervention’s impact and potential mediating effects. …”
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Antecedents and consequences of professional competence of school administrators with emphasis on environmental sustainability and sustainable development by mohamadreza rasouli, ghafar tari, hossein Baghaei

“…In order to validate the professional competence of school principals as an effective and key driver of sustainable development, the proposed conceptual model was investigated through structural equation modelling, and the partial least squares method was used to estimate the model. The obtained results show that each of the research constructs have acceptable fit indices. …”
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Leave no child behind: Using data from 1.7 million children from 67 developing countries to measure inequality within and between groups of births and to identify left behind popul... by Antonio P Ramos, Martin J Flores, Robert E Weiss

“…<h4>Methods</h4>We use Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) data on 1,691,039 births from 182 different surveys from 67 low and middle income countries, 51 of which had at least two surveys. We estimate mortality risk for each child in the data using a Bayesian hierarchical logistic regression model. …”
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Rainwater and fog harvesting from solar panels by I. Alazzam, K. Shatanawi, R. Al-Weshah

“…These relationships can be generalized to provide an estimation for the quantity of rainwater and fog harvesting in other locations. …”
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Therapeutic effectiveness of three commercial anthelmintics against strongylids in buffalo calves (Bubalus bubalis) by David Uzcátegui, Víctor Gutiérrez, María Rodríguez, Andrea González, Alfredo Sánchez

“…The effectiveness of the anthelmintics was estimated through faecal egg count (FEC) reduction percentage. …”
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CO2 geological storage in sedimentary basins: An update on the potential and suitability evaluation and a field test by Yujie Diao, Xin Ma, Chenglong Zhang, Xiaolin Jin, Xufeng Li, Chao Zhang

“…The CGS implemented a kiloton-scale pilot test on CO2-enhanced water recovery (CO2-EWR) in eastern Junggar, revealing that CO2 flooding can improve the pressure for fluid production, with the highest ratio of CO2 to produced fluids estimated at approximately 1.2. Besides, an observation field for natural CO2 leakage, covering about 930 m2, was built in Qinghai Province. …”
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Anatomical and Functional Outcomes of Vitrectomy with/without Intravitreal Methotrexate Infusion for Management of Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy Secondary to Rhegmatogenous Retin... by Samir El Baha, Mahmoud Leila, Ahmed Amr, Mohamed M. A. Lolah

“…The Kaplan–Meier method was used for survival analysis and the log-rank test estimated differences in event-free survival across the groups. …”
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Exploring under-five child malnutrition in Bangladesh: Analysis using the Extended Composite Index of Anthropometric Failure (ECIEF) by Farzana Akhter Bornee, Mohammad Rocky Khan Chowdhury, Badrun Naher Siddique, Baki Billah, Farjana Akter, Md Nazmul Karim

“…Malnutrition using ECIAF was estimated using stunting, wasting underweight and overweight. …”
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Physical behaviours during pregnancy may alter the association of maternal insulin sensitivity with neonatal adiposity: a prospective pre-birth cohort of mother-child pairs by Piraveena Satkunanathan, Catherine Allard, Myriam Doyon, Patrice Perron, Luigi Bouchard, Marie-France Hivert, Tricia M. Peters

“…Among a subset of neonates (n = 265), trained research staff measured skinfold thickness using a calibrated skinfold caliper following standardized protocols to estimate neonatal adiposity. Linear regression analyses assessed the association of insulin sensitivity with birthweight z-score and sum of neonatal skinfold thickness, adjusting for maternal age, race/ethnicity, gravidity, smoking, with and without adjustment for maternal body mass index at V1. …”
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Impact of scaling up of kangaroo mother care on neonatal mortality among babies born with birth weight by Tinku Thomas, Arin Kar, Krishnamurthy Jayanna, Prem Mony, Suman P N Rao, Maryann Washington, Prabhu Deva Gowda, Swaroop Narayana, Shashidhar Rao, Mohan Harnahalli Lakkappa

“…Objective To assess the impact of scaling up of kangaroo mother care (KMC) on neonatal mortality among babies born with birth weight &lt;2000 g across an entire district in southern India.Design, setting and participants Within an implementation research setting, analysis of a prospective birth cohort of babies with birth weight &lt;2000 g born during March–December 2018 in Koppal district of Karnataka state, India, to estimate the incidence, risk and HRs of neonatal mortality associated with KMC.Intervention Initiation and maintenance of KMC.Outcome measures Neonatal mortality.Results Among 23 667 live births, 1152 (4.9%) had birth weight &lt;2000 g; the birth weight was &lt;1500 g in 24% and &lt;1000 g in 4%. …”
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To construct and validate a risk score model of angiogenesis-related genes to predict the prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma by Duangui Gao, Yuan Lu, Tianpeng Jiang, Qinghong Duan, Zhi Huang

“…GSVA analysis was used to assess the variation of gene sets between groups, and ClBERSOFT, ESTIMATE, and TIMER databases were used to analyze the immune infiltration in the single-cell level analysis of gene expression differences between cells. …”
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Dietary protein requirement of Chinese hook snout carp (Opsariichthys bidens) and transcriptomic analysis of the liver in response to different protein diets by Yijiang Bei, Linqiang He, Jin Jing, Xiaoming Chen, Fan Yuan, Gaohua Yao, XueYan Ding, Lei Wang, Fan Zhou

“…On the basis of the second regression analysis, the dietary protein requirement of Chinese hook snout carp was estimated to be 42.97 %. Different dietary protein levels did not significantly influence the muscle crude protein or amino acid profile (P > 0.05) but significantly affected the contents of some fatty acids (P < 0.05). …”
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Genotyping of potato samples from the GenAgro ICG SB RAS collection using DNA markers of genes conferring resistance to phytopathogens by I. V. Totsky, I. V. Rozanova, A. D. Safonova, A. S. Batov, Yu. A. Gureeva, E. K. Khlestkina, A. V. Kochetov

“…An important step in this process is the selection of resistant genotypes from the population and the estimation of the resistance of hybrids obtained by crosses during the breeding process. …”
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