Exposure to Volatile Organic Compounds in Relation to Visceral Adiposity Index and Lipid Accumulation Product Among U.S. Adults: NHANES 2011–2018 by Ziyi Qian, Chenxu Dai, Siyan Chen, Linjie Yang, Xia Huo

“…The associations of mVOCs with VAI and LAP were more significant in <60-year-old and non-obese individuals, with interactions of CEMA with age and AMCC with obesity status. …”
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Hypocalcaemic cardiomyopathy: a description of two cases and a literature review by Martin Válek, Lenka Roblová, Ivan Raška Jr., Dita Schaffelhoferová, Tomáš Paleček

“…Once calcium supplementation is administered, the disease has a good prognosis and, in most individuals, a significant improvement (21%) or even normalization (74%) of the left ventricular systolic function occurs.…”
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Relationship between parent-adolescent discrepancies in educational expectations and academic burnout: A response surface analysis by Xuanye Bai, Youzhi Song, Minlian Liang, Jia Peng, Tingting Ruan, Heping Xie

“…The primary focus was on the mediating effect of students' academic self-efficacy, which reflects an individual's confidence in their ability to manage academic tasks. …”
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Betatrophin Acts as a Diagnostic Biomarker in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Is Negatively Associated with HDL-Cholesterol by Min Yi, Rong-ping Chen, Rui Yang, Xian-feng Guo, Jia-chun Zhang, Hong Chen

“…Circulating betatrophin levels were approximately 1.8 times higher in T2DM patients than in NDM individuals (median 747.12 versus 407.41 pg/mL, P<0.001). …”
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Differences in Transcriptional Activation by the Two Allelic (L162V Polymorphic) Variants of PPARα after Omega-3 Fatty Acids Treatment by Iwona Rudkowska, Mélanie Verreault, Olivier Barbier, Marie-Claude Vohl

“…Yet, the EPA:DHA mixtures enhanced the transcriptional activity to a greater extent than individual FAs indicating possible additive effects of EPA and DHA. …”
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Integrating Multilayer Perceptron and Support Vector Regression for Enhanced State of Health Estimation in Lithium-Ion Batteries by Sadiqa Jafari, Jisoo Kim, Wonil Choi, Yung-Cheol Byun

“…The results indicate that the ensemble outperforms individual models in predicting SOH. This research highlights the capacity of ensemble learning in predictive maintenance and battery management.…”
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Evaluation of a biomarker for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis derived from a hypomethylated DNA signature of human motor neurons by Calum Harvey, Alicja Nowak, Sai Zhang, Tobias Moll, Annika K Weimer, Aina Mogas Barcons, Cleide Dos Santos Souza, Laura Ferraiuolo, Kevin Kenna, Noah Zaitlen, Christa Caggiano, Pamela J Shaw, Michael P Snyder, Jonathan Mill, Eilis Hannon, Johnathan Cooper-Knock

“…Here we have performed whole genome bisulfite sequencing (WGBS) of iPSC-derived MN from neurologically normal individuals. By comparing MN methylation with an atlas of tissue methylation we have derived a MN-specific signature of hypomethylated genomic regions, which accords with genes important for MN function. …”
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Coexisting arsenate and arsenite adsorption from water using porous pellet adsorbent: Optimization by response surface methodology by B. Te, B. Wichitsathian, C. Yossapol, W. Wonglertarak

“…Central composite design under response surface methodology was applied for optimizing and observing both individual and interactive effects of four main influential adsorption factors such as contact time (24-72 h), initial solution pH (3-11), adsorbent dosage (0-20 g/L) and initial adsorbate concentration (0.25-4.25 mg/L). …”
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Exploring influencing factors of healthy lifestyles in rural area among older adults with diabetes based on socioecological model by Yudong Miao, Xinran Li, Zhanlei Shen, Dongfang Zhu, Junwen Bai, Jingbao Zhang, Ruizhe Ren, Dan Guo, Clifford Silver Tarimo, Jinxin Cui, Mingyue Zhen, Jiajia Zhang, Yalin Song

“…Abstract Previous research on lifestyle has primarily focused on individual lifestyle factors, often overlooking the broader influence of social determinants. …”
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Advanced surgical techniques and considerations in carotid body tumor management: insights from a cohort study by Farooq Ahmad Ganie, Masarat-ul Gani, Hakeem Zubair Ashraf, Shahbaz Bashir, Iqra Nazir Naqash, Mudasir Hamid Bhat, Shadab Maqsood, Altaf Hussain Mir, Mohd Iqbal Dar

“…Materials and methods Surgical intervention was administered to a cohort of 40 patients. Among them, 7 individuals were classified as Shamblin Type 1, 20 as Type 2, and 13 as Type 3. …”
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Cross-cultural adaptation of the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture questionnaire to the Cuban context by Rosa María Blanco Quintana, Yuliett Mora Pérez, Tania Solange Bosi de Souza Magnago, Liuva Miriela Navarro Martiatu, Yoslaidy Guerra Insua, Zenia Tamara Sánchez García

“…<p><strong>Foundation:</strong> patient safety culture is the product of values, beliefs, attitudes, perceptions, norms, procedures, competencies and patterns of individual and group behavior, which determines the commitment of a health organization to the management of patient safety.…”
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Biallelic SLC13A1 loss-of-function variants result in impaired sulfate transport and skeletal phenotypes, including short stature, scoliosis, and skeletal dysplasia by Christina G. Tise, Katie Ashton, Lachlan de Hayr, Kun-Di Lee, Omkar L. Patkar, Emma Krzesinski, Jennifer A. Bassetti, Erin M. Carter, Cathleen Raggio, Andreas Zankl, Anas M. Khanshour, Kristhen N. Atala, Jonathan J. Rios, Carol A. Wise, Ying Zhu, Futao Zhang, Tony Roscioli, Michael Buckley, Robert J. Harvey, Paul A. Dawson

“…In this study, we characterized the clinical, biochemical, and functional impact of biallelic SLC13A1 nonsense and/or missense variants in individuals presenting with a skeletal phenotype. Methods: Probands were identified by exome or genome sequencing and GeneMatcher. …”
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Deoxycholic Acid-Mediated Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Receptor 2 Signaling Exacerbates DSS-Induced Colitis through Promoting Cathepsin B Release by Shengnan Zhao, Zizhen Gong, Xixi Du, Chunyan Tian, Lingyu Wang, Jiefei Zhou, Congfeng Xu, Yingwei Chen, Wei Cai, Jin Wu

“…Therefore, our findings suggest that S1PR2/ERK1/2/cathepsin B signaling plays a critical role in triggering inflammasome activation by DCA and S1PR2 may represent a new potential therapeutic target for the management of intestinal inflammation in individuals on a high-fat diet.…”
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Is acupuncture effective for knee osteoarthritis? A protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis by Jing-Wen Yang, Jian-Feng Tu, Myeong Soo Lee, Chuan-Yang Liu, Ling-Yu Qi, Fang-Ting Yu, Shi-Yan Yan, Jin-Ling Li, Lu-Lu Lin, Xiao-Wan Hao, Xin-Tong Su, Li-Qiong Wang

“…The strength of recommendations and quality of evidence will be assessed using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment Development and Evaluation working group methodology.Ethics and dissemination Ethics approval is not required because individual patient data are not included. This protocol was registered in the international Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews on 25 February 2021. …”
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Telomere length varies with sex, hatching rank and year of birth in the Little Owl, Athene noctua by Criscuolo, François, Fache, Inès, Scaar, Bertrand, Zahn, Sandrine, Bleu, Josefa

“…Thus, TL has been used as a physiological marker of individual quality and also as an indicator of population trend in conservation physiology. …”
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The assessment of dairy goats’ welfare in alpine summer ranges by Manuela Renna, Benedetta Torsiello, Silvana Mattiello, Luca Battaglini, Monica Battini

“…Three assessors applied the protocol in nine farms exploiting six alpine pastures (APs) in NW Italy. IOR of individual-level indicators was excellent or good, but unacceptable for hair coat condition, probably due to insufficient light conditions that sometimes the assessors faced inside the milking pens. …”
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Huellas tempranas del género en la adquisición y transmisión cultural: concepciones de niños y niñas sobre el aprendizaje de la escritura by Montserrat de la Cruz, María F. Huarte, Nora Scheuer

“…Para indagar sus concepciones acerca del aprendizaje de la escritura, se diseñó y empleó una entrevista individual estructurada que incluye preguntas abiertas acerca de: la práctica familiar y personal de la escritura, el proceso de aprendizaje de la escritura, la historia personal del aprendizaje, las dificultades al escribir, la enseñanza de la escritura, las ayudas para aprender y la permanencia del aprendizaje. …”
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Capturing Requirements for a Data Annotation Tool for Intensive Care: Experimental User-Centered Design Study by Marceli Wac, Raul Santos-Rodriguez, Chris McWilliams, Christopher Bourdeaux

“…We identified 11 requirements for the digital tool across 4 domains: annotation of individual admissions (n=5), semiautomated annotation (n=3), operational constraints (n=2), and use of labels in machine learning (n=1). …”
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Drug administration errors among anaesthesia providers in South Africa: a cross-sectional descriptive study by René van Wyk, Ryan Alroy Davids

“…Results Our cohort had a response rate was 18.9%, with 420 individuals populating the questionnaire. 92.5% of surveyed participants have made a DAE and 89.2% a near-miss. …”
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Sex Differences in the Allele Distribution of PGLYRP2 Variant rs892145 in Parkinson’s Disease by Caroline Ran, Karin Wirdefeldt, Olof Sydow, Per Svenningsson, Rochellys Diaz Heijtz

“…Using quantitative real-time PCR, we genotyped three PGLYRP variants (rs892145, rs959117, and rs10888557) and performed an association analysis in 508 PD patients and 585 control individuals. We further conducted a meta-analysis of rs892145 and analyzed PGLYRP2 gene expression in lymphocytes from patients with PD and controls. …”
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