Risk factor clusters for non-communicable diseases in adolescents in Eastern Cape, South Africa by Avela Mathe, Maya M. van Gent, Leon R. van Niekerk

“…Data included body mass index (BMI), blood pressure (BP), cholesterol, glucose levels, and perceived stress (via the Perceived Stress Scale). …”
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Effects of combined inoculation of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and plant growth-promoting rhizosphere bacteria on seedling growth and rhizosphere microecology by Wanli Zeng, Dan Xiang, Xuemei Li, Qian Gao, Yudong Chen, Kunmiao Wang, Yingying Qian, Luoping Wang, Jing Li, Qili Mi, Haitao Huang, Li Xu, Mingfang Zhao, Yingzhen Zhang, Haiying Xiang

“…Furthermore, the A_SG29 treatment yielded the highest diversity indexes and largest percentages of significantly enriched bacterial taxa, and significantly promoted the colonization of AMF in tobacco roots and Pseudomonas in rhizosphere soil. …”
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Symptom network analysis of insomnia-depression-anxiety-stigma in tuberculosis patients by Xiangmin Liu, Xue Qiu, Huizhen Lan, LiuYue Diao, Wei Huang, Yan Wen, Mei Feng, Mei Feng, Xiangdong Tang

“…The levels of insomnia, depression, anxiety, and stigma among TB patients were assessed using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7), and the TB-Related Stigma Scale (TRSS). …”
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Cytokines and Metabolic Patterns in Pediatric Patients with Critical Illness by George Briassoulis, Shekhar Venkataraman, Ann Thompson

“…In the presence of SIRS or sepsis, CRP, IL-6, IL-10, Prognostic Inflammatory and Nutritional Index (NI), and triglycerides—but not glucose, VO2, or VCO2 increased significantly. …”
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Psychological Distress among Pharmacists during Second Wave of Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study by Keshav Dhakal, Shobhana Nepal, Pratigya Sapkota

“…The COVID-19 peritraumatic distress index (CPDI) questionnaire adapted from the Shanghai Mental Health Centre was used to measure psychological distress. …”
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LoSI: Large Scale Location Inference Through FM Signal Integration and Estimation by Tathagata Mukherjee, Piyush Kumar, Debdeep Pati, Erik Blasch, Eduardo Pasiliao, Liqin Xu

“…The RSSI thus obtained is used for indexing into an estimated model of expected FM spectrum for the entire United States. …”
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Restoration of Lost Functions in Students after Blast Traumatic Brain Injuries in the Process of Inclusive Physical Education by Oksana Blavt, Oleksandr Herasymenko

“…Testing was realized using the Dynamic Gait Index and the method of stabilization. The experiment, which was realized during the academic year in the academic course of physical education, involved 30 male students after explosive traumatic brain injury, provided there were no complications. …”
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Treated wastewater reuse for recharge in agricultural fields: Retention dynamics and geochemical modeling of macronutrients in soils by Ajit Kumar, Basant Yadav

“…The pseudo-second-order kinetic model best described the retention kinetics observed in the experiments. The saturation index (SI) results revealed that manganese hydrogen phosphate (MnHPO4) fully precipitates and calcium phosphate Ca3(PO4)2 precipitates at pH levels above 8, while other nutrients remained in dissolution. …”
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Noise Source Identification Method for a Carpet Tufting Machine Based on CEEMDAN-AIC by Wang Haohui, Sheng Xiaowei, Xu Yang

“…Next, the number of effective IMFs is estimated based on the AIC criterion, and the effective IMFs are selected by combining the energy characteristic index and the Pearson correlation coefficient method. …”
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NLRP3 is a BMI-independent mediator of stable COPD by Yonca Gungor, Selin Ercan, Saliha Selin Özuygur Ermiş, Yiğit Kozalı, Gizem Kursunluoglu, Ceyda Sahan, Aylin Ozgen Alpaydin, Hulya Ayar Kayali

“…The NLRP3/caspase-1/interleukin (IL)-1β pathway might be involved in the progression of COPD with increasing body mass index. To our knowledge, no previous studies have explored the role of NLRP3 inflammasome markers in linking COPD and obesity. …”
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Geospatial Analysis and Molecular Epidemiologic Study of Emerging Pulmonary Lophomoniasis in Iran: A National Registry-Based Study by Mohammad Amin Ghatee, Maryam Nakhaei, Ali Sharifpour, Mahdi Fakhar, Niloufar Mohamadi, Mostafa Soleymani, Siavash Abedi, Masoud Aliyali, Hossein Mehravaran

“…The study assessed the association of Normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), digital elevation model (DEM), and geographic latitude as environmental factors and sex and age as demographic factors on the prevalence of BPL. …”
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Hybrid peptides inspired by the RWQWRWQWR sequence inhibit cervical cancer cells growth in vitro by Natalia Ardila-Chantré, Claudia Marcela Parra-Giraldo, Yerly Vargas-Casanova, Andrea Carolina Barragán-Cardenas, Ricardo Fierro-Medina, Zuly Jenny Rivera-Monroy, Jhon Erick Rivera-Monroy, Javier Eduardo García-Castañeda

“…The cytotoxic effect exerted by the monomeric and dimeric hybrid peptides depended on the concentration of the peptide, which allowed the determination of the IC50 values and the selectivity index (SI). Conclusions: We obtained hybrid peptides with the core sequence RWQWRWQWR that are active against HeLa and Ca Ski cell lines. …”
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BMI trajectories are associated with NAFLD and advanced fibrosis via aging-inflammation mediation by Haiyang Peng, Zhibo Zhao, Jianping Gong, Kun He

“…Abundant studies revealed the association between high body mass index (BMI) and NAFLD but overlooked the BMI patterns across life stages. …”
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Predictors of Alcohol Use, Alcohol-Related Problems, and Substance Use Following Adolescent Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery by Gretchen E. White, PhD, Richard E. Boles, PhD, Anita P. Courcoulas, MD, MPH, Thomas H. Inge, MD, Susan Z. Yanovski, MD, Todd M. Jenkins, PhD, Meg H. Zeller, PhD

“…Female sex, pre-surgery lower body mass index, and pre-surgery substance use were independently associated with increased risk of incident post-surgery hazardous drinking. …”
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The Influence of Clinically Diagnosed Neuropathy on Respiratory Muscle Strength in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Birgit L. M. Van Eetvelde, Dirk Cambier, Karsten Vanden Wyngaert, Bert Celie, Patrick Calders

“…Univariate analysis of covariance was used with age, level of physical activity, and body mass index as covariates. Results. PImax, PEmax, and PEF were higher in C compared to D− and D+. …”
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Potential links between human bloodstream infection by Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium and international transmission to Colombia. by Yan Li, Caisey V Pulford, Paula Díaz, Blanca M Perez-Sepulveda, Carolina Duarte, Alexander V Predeus, Magdalena Wiesner, Darren Heavens, Ross Low, Christian Schudoma, Angeline Montaño, Neil Hall, Jaime Moreno, Jay C D Hinton

“…These ST313 isolates were related to the Malawian ST313 lineage 3 & UK ST313, and shared a similarly high invasiveness index. To our knowledge, this is the first report of ST313 in Colombia.…”
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Rise of netholicism: A comprehensive review of internet addiction among today’s youth by Yogesh Kumar, Om P. Dhakar

“…Out of the 50 articles, 16 were cited, meeting inclusion criteria, including publication within 2019–2024, rigorous peerreview, and reputable database indexing. As per the findings of the research, it has been observed that netholicism (or internet addiction) represents a complex and multifaceted phenomenon with the underlying factors contributing to internet addiction and its psychological, physical, social, and spiritual impacts. …”
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Cardiac resynchronization therapy via left bundle branch pacing in heart failure with complete left bundle branch block: is the defibrillator needed? by Dandan Yang, Dandan Yang, Qunchao Ma, Qunchao Ma, Hong Zhu, Lihua Wang, Meixiang Xiang, Meixiang Xiang, Jian’an Wang, Jian’an Wang, Jian’an Wang, Jian’an Wang, Xiaohong Pan, Xiaohong Pan

“…Septal-to-posterior wall motion delay (SPWMD) and systolic dyssynchrony index (SDI) were indicators of intraventricular synchrony, SPWMD decreased from 271.4 ± 76.4 ms to 42.2 ± 22.9 ms (P < 0.001), and SDI decreased from 12.5 ± 5.3% to 1.9 ± 1.0% after implantation (P < 0.001).ConclusionsHeart failure patients meeting the following criteria may be considered for dual-chamber pacing as an alternative to CRT-D, potentially avoiding the need for ICD implantation: (1) CLBBB meeting Strauss's criteria, (2) presence of intraventricular dyssynchrony on echocardiogram, (3) exclusion of secondary prevention ICD indications, (4) absence of evident LGE on CMR, and (5) successful correction of CLBBB during LBBP.…”
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Measuring the condition of Tehran Metropolitan based on Ubiquitous city indicators by Haniyeh Asadzadeh, Afshar Hatami, Farzaneh Sasanpour

“…The existence of indicators also showed that 33.76 percent of the index is not available at all85% of the indicators are incomplete, and only 23.37% of the indicators are fully exhaustive — finally, the priority of indicators propose to the development of U-city in Tehran metropolis. the results of this research applicable for furthor transformation of Tehran to ubiquitous city. …”
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Role of cumulative biological risk in mediating socioeconomic disparities in cognitive function in the elderly: a mediation analysis by Jimmy Akrivos, Carolyn Wei Zhu, Vahram Haroutunian

“…Although, AL was significantly negatively associated with cognitive performance (β = −1, 95% CI −1.4 to −0.5, p<0.0001), it mediated at most 4.5% of the SES effect on DSST performance.Conclusions The findings suggest that AL, as measured by a summary index of parameters for cardiovascular function, metabolism and chronic inflammation, is not a significant mediator of SES-related differences in cognitive function in the elderly. …”
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