Roof Water Damage Prediction and Evaluation of Sand-Mud Sedimentary Tectonic Strata by Pengfei Jiang, Fumin Zhuge, Suolin Jing, Zongkai Li, Peng Xiao, Yuguang Lv

“…Finally, according to the geological drilling histogram and the field conditions of #111084 working face of the no. 1 mine in Shanghaimiao mine area, the water-rich index and water inrush risk coefficient of overlying water-bearing strata were obtained by means of discriminant analysis, and the water inrush risk of #111084 working face was evaluated and predicted quantitatively. …”
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Prevalence of Obesity and Its Association with Socioeconomic Factors in Elderly Iranians from Razavi-Khorasan Province by Mohsen Nematy, Ali Sakhdari, Parnian Ahmadi-Moghaddam, Maliheh Aliabadi, M. Kimiagar, A. A. Ilaty, M. Azimi-Nezhad, M. T. Shakeri, M. Ghayour-Mobarhan, A. Sahebkar, G. Ferns

“…Overweight and obesity were evaluated using body mass index (BMI) and subjects were categorized as thin (BMI <18.5 kg/m2), normal (18.5–24.9 kg/m2), overweight (25–29.9 kg/m2), and obese (?…”
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Decreased nitric oxide production is a novel therapeutic target for salt-induced nocturnal polyuria in aging by Takahiro Imanaka, Kentaro Takezawa, Yuma Kujime, Hiroaki Kitakaze, Go Tsujimura, Sohei Kuribayashi, Yosuke Sekii, Norichika Ueda, Shinichiro Fukuhara, Hiroshi Kiuchi, Hiromitsu Negoro, Norio Nonomura

“…This exercise also alleviated salt-induced polyuria during inactive periods (diurnal polyuria index: Sed vs. Mod-Ex, 0.292 ± 0.027 vs. 0.193 ± 0.023, P = 0.018). …”
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Advances in Surface Plasmon Resonance-Based Biosensor Technologies for Cancer Cell Detection by Bhishma Karki, Arun Uniyal, Amrindra Pal, Vivek Srivastava

“…This biosensor executes better over a wide range of refractive index variations, including biological cell distribution in individual blood. …”
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The effect of resizing on the natural appearance of scintigraphic images: an image similarity analysis by Siraj Ghassel, Amir Jabbarpour, Jochen Lang, Eric Moulton, Eric Moulton, Ran Klein, Ran Klein, Ran Klein, Ran Klein

“…For each resizing method, we computed the similarity of resized images to count-matched images acquired at the target grid size with the structural similarity index measure and the logarithm of the mean squared error. …”
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APACHE IV Is Superior to MELD Scoring System in Predicting Prognosis in Patients after Orthotopic Liver Transplantation by Yueyun Hu, Xianling Zhang, Yuan Liu, Jun Yan, Tiehua Li, Ailing Hu

“…The respective Youden indexes of APACHE IV, MELD, and combination of APACHE IV with MELD were 0.763, 0.430, and 0.545. …”
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Association Study between Folate Pathway Gene Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms and Gastric Cancer in Koreans by Jae-Young Yoo, Sook-Young Kim, Jung-Ah Hwang, Seung-Hyun Hong, Aesun Shin, Il Ju Choi, Yeon-Su Lee

“…Especially, in the obese group (body mass index ≥ 25 kg/m2), the codominant (OR, 9.08; 95% CI, 1.01 to 94.59) and recessive model (OR, 3.72; 95% CI, 0.92 to 16.59) showed dramatically increased risk (p < 0.05). …”
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Analysis of Regional Economic Development Differences Based on Intelligent Hybrid Algorithm by Yanyan Li

“…On the basis of summarizing and analyzing previous research works, this paper expounded the research status and significance of regional economic development differences analysis, elaborated the development background, current status, and future challenges of intelligent hybrid algorithms, introduced the methods and principles of principal component distance weighting algorithm and sequential quadratic programming algorithm, constructed a basic model for regional economic development differences based on intelligent hybrid algorithm, conducted the construction of analysis index system and the hybrid of intelligence algorithm, analyzed the regional economic development differences based on intelligent hybrid algorithm, performed the principal component analysis and time-space change analysis of regional economic development, and finally carried out a simulation experiment and its result analysis. …”
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Risk Factors Analysis of Cutaneous Adverse Drug Reactions Caused by Targeted Therapy and Immunotherapy Drugs for Oncology and Establishment of a Prediction Model by Zimin Zhang, Mingyang Zhu, Weiwei Jiang

“…Nine risk factors were eventually identified: age, treatment modality, cancer types, history of allergies, age‐corrected Charlson comorbidity index, percentage of eosinophils, absolute number of monocytes, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status, and C‐reactive protein. …”
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Risk Factors for Tube Shunt Exposure: A Matched Case-Control Study by Michael S. Koval, Fouad F. El Sayyad, Nicholas P. Bell, Alice Z. Chuang, David A. Lee, Stephen M. Hypes, Davinder S. Grover, Laura A. Baker, Stephen M. Huddleston, Donald L. Budenz, Robert M. Feldman

“…Each case was matched with 2 controls of the same gender and with tube shunts implanted within 6 months of the index case. Conditional logistic regression was used to determine risk factors. …”
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A Higher Serum Anion Gap Is Associated with the Risk of Progressing to Impaired Fasting Glucose and Diabetes by Yingchao Zhang, Fengran Xiong, Ruxuan Zhao, Tingting Shi, Jing Lu, Jinkui Yang

“…After adjusting for age, sex, body mass index (BMI), high-density lipoprotein (HDL), low-density lipoprotein (LDL), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), potassium, and albumin at baseline, the participants in the upper tertiles of serum anion gap (SAG) had higher odds of progressing to IFG or diabetes than those in the lower tertiles. …”
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Fatty Acid Composition and Anticancer Activity of Neutral and Polar Lipids of Pacific Oyster ( Crassostrea gigas ) Cultured in Khanh Hoa Coast in Vietnam by Minh Van Nguyen, Derrick Kakooza, Thi Hong Tuoi Do, Anh Phuong Thi Tran, Han The Nguyen, Ngoc Quang Tran

“…Notably, the combined content of EPA and DHA in the polar lipid fraction consistently exceeded 30% throughout all five months of analysis. Thrombogenicity index (TI) values ranged from 0.13 to 0.29 for the polar lipid fraction and from 0.6 to 1.1 for the neutral lipid fraction. …”
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Epidemiology of urinary tract infections in the Middle East and North Africa, 1990–2021 by Fatemeh Amiri, Saeid Safiri, Reza Aletaha, Mark J. M. Sullman, Kamaleddin Hassanzadeh, Ali-Asghar Kolahi, Shahnam Arshi

“…Abstract Objective This research reports the incidence, mortality, and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) associated with urinary tract infections (UTIs) in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, stratified by sex, age, and Socio-demographic Index (SDI) from 1990 to 2021. Methods Data were sourced from the Global Burden of Disease 2021 study, encompassing all 21 countries in the region. …”
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Greater residential greenness is associated with reduced epigenetic aging in adults by Andrey I. Egorov, Shannon M. Griffin, Jo Klein, Wei Guo, Jennifer N. Styles, Jason Kobylanski, Mark S. Murphy, Elizabeth Sams, Edward E. Hudgens, Timothy J. Wade

“…Residential greenness was characterized using tree cover, total vegetated land cover, and normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) data. An interquartile range (IQR) increase in distance-to-residence weighted average greenness within 500 m of residence was consistently associated with a reduced EAA adjusted for sociodemographic covariates, smoking status, white blood cell fractions, and the two-dimensional spline function of geographic coordinates. …”
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Tetrastigma hemsleyanum as a feed additive: modulating gut microbiota for enhancing nutritional transport and growth performance in Jinhua yellow chickens by Chao Lu, Yun Xiang, Kewei Xu, Fengrui Gao, Shaofeng Zhu, Fangfang Lou, Lu Liu, Xin Peng

“…Meanwhile, dietary TH improved the development of duodenum and notably increased the contents of essential amino acids and flavor amino acids, while the serum oxidation stress index as well as abdominal fat deposition were not affected in Jinhua yellow chickens. …”
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In Vitro Antioxidant, Anti-inflammatory, and In Vivo Anticolitis Effects of Combretin A and Combretin B on Dextran Sodium Sulfate-Induced Ulcerative Colitis in Mice by Mbiantcha Marius, Dawe Amadou, Atsamo Albert Donatien, Ateufack Gilbert, Yousseu Nana William, Khalid Rauf, Mehreen Arif, Fanta Yadang Sabine Adeline, Njoku Isaac Saint, Hamza Dar, Naeem Ur Rehman, Izhar Ahmad

“…These compounds significantly reduced the signs of DSS-induced colitis in the treated animals by preventing the weight loss of the animals, by significantly reducing the disease activity index, improving the condition of the stool, preventing the reduction of the length of the colon, and preventing the degradation of the colon. …”
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The Influence of Depression and Anxiety on Neurological Disability in Multiple Sclerosis Patients by Vitalie Văcăraș, Veronica Văcăraș, Cristina Nistor, Daniela Văcăraș, Adrian Nicolae Opre, Petronela Blaga, Dafin F. Mureșanu

“…After analysing the correlation index between each variable, we found that there is a mild positive correlation between depression and the EDSS score and between anxiety and the EDSS score. …”
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Audit of Antibiotic Prescribing Practices for Neonatal Sepsis and Measurement of Outcome in New Born Unit at Kenyatta National Hospital by Priti Jagdishbhai Tank, Anjumanara Omar, Rachel Musoke

“…Neonatal sepsis is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality globally. A high index of suspicion is required since features of sepsis are nonspecific. …”
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Poor school attendance and exclusion: a systematic review protocol on educational risk factors for self-harm and suicidal behaviours by Sophie Epstein, Emmert Roberts, Rosemary Sedgwick, Katie Finning, Tamsin Ford, Rina Dutta, Johnny Downs

“…Knowledge of this association could help inform suicide prevention strategies at clinical, school and population levels.Methods and analysis We will conduct a systematic search of Medline, EMBASE, PsycINFO, British Education Index and Education Resources Information Centre (ERIC) from 1 January 1990, and conduct a manual search for additional references. …”
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Efficacy of green tea mouth wash as an adjunct to non-surgical periodontal treatment in patients with chronic periodontitis by Sarwar Qasim Mustafa, Dilyar Ahmed Baban

“…A significant difference was seen between group A and group B in relation to clinical periodontal parameters and inflammatory markers after periodontal therapy P<0.05, while the difference between group B and group C was non-significant in relation to gingival index, clinical attachment level, C-reactive protein, alkaline phosphatase, and Malondialdehyde. …”
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