The association between obesity indicators and mortality among individuals with hyperlipidemia: evidence from the NHANES 2003–2018 by Yiheng Zhang, Yajun Yao

“…Weighted Cox regression models and restricted cubic splines (RCS) were employed to assess the potential links between obesity indicators and mortality outcomes. …”
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Physical Activity and Quality of Life in Retinitis Pigmentosa by Joshua D. Levinson, Ethan Joseph, Laura A. Ward, Joe R. Nocera, Machelle T. Pardue, Beau B. Bruce, Jiong Yan

“…Aerobic exercise has been found to be neuroprotective in animal models of retinal degeneration. This study aims to report physical activity levels in patients with RP and investigate the relationship between physical activity and vision-related quality-of-life (QOL). …”
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The Effects of Low-Impact Development Best Management Practices on Reducing Stormwater Caused by Land Use Changes in Urban Areas: A Case Study of Tehran City, Iran by Sajedeh Rostamzadeh, Bahram Malekmohammadi, Fatemeh Mashhadimohammadzadehvazifeh, Jamal Jokar Arsanjani

“…Next, rainfall–runoff modeling was applied to calculate the changes in the mentioned criteria due to land use changes and the application of LID-BMPs in the area using soil conservation service curve number (SCS-CN) method. …”
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Association of overweight and obesity with hypertension, diabetes and comorbidity among adults in Bangladesh: evidence from nationwide Demographic and Health Survey 2017–2018 data... by Sukanta Das, Manabika Debnath, Sunanda Das, Snigdha Sarkar, Afrin Sadia Rumana

“…The strength of the association was determined using the adjusted multiple logistic regression models.Setting Rural and urban areas in Bangladesh.Participants The study included a total of 11 881 adults (5241 men and 6640 women) aged 18 years or older.Results The prevalence of hypertension, diabetes and comorbidity among the sample population were 28.5%, 9.9% and 4.5%, respectively. …”
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Relationship between mental health and substance abuse on COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in youth: A mixed methods longitudinal cohort study. by Louis Everest, Joanna Henderson, Clement Ma, Matthew Prebeg, Jacqueline Relihan, Lisa D Hawke

“…Generalized estimating equation logistic regression models were used to analyze the effect of mental health and substance use on vaccine hesitancy over time. …”
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Association between weight-adjusted-waist index and serum anti-aging protein α-Klotho in U.S. adults: Evidence from NHANES 2007–2016 by Zujun Wen, Xiang Liu, Tingting Zhang, Junhai Zhang, Zhicong Zou, Shuncheng Jiang, Shusi Li

“…Using multivariable linear regression models, the association between serum Klotho concentrations and WWI was analyzed. …”
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Evaluating body roundness index and systemic immune inflammation index for mortality prediction in MAFLD patients by Di Zeng, Qingyue Zeng, Shuangqing Li, Jiong Lu, Nansheng Cheng

“…Cox proportional hazards models assessed the association between these indices and all-cause, cardiovascular, and non-cardiovascular mortality, adjusting for confounders. …”
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Mediterranean diet improves liver health but does not protect against azoxymethane-induced colon tumorigenesis compared to Western diet in A/J mice by Weimin Guo, Nicholas Crossland, Jimmy W. Crott

“…To date, preclinical models have only evaluated specific MED diet components and therefore, although supportive, fall short of confirming the chemoprotective capacity of this complex dietary pattern. …”
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Qatar residents' satisfaction for using the Doha Metro Rail System: An analysis for sustainable transportation by Larry C. Flores, Ardvin Kester S. Ong, Maela Madel L. Cahigas, Ma. Janice J. Gumasing, Crisha Mae M. Cedron

“…The causal relationship between SERVQUAL dimensions, SET, and satisfaction was determined holistically by the application of structural equation modeling (SEM). The study's SEM output revealed that nine variables had significant effects on passengers' trust and satisfaction. …”
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Impact of Soft Drink Intake on Bone Development and Risk of Fractures in a Danish Cohort of Schoolchildren by Helene Hermansen, Mina Nicole Händel, Malene Søborg Heidemann, Niels Wedderkopp

“…Multilevel mixed-effects linear regression and Weibull survival models were used to analyze associations. Results: Soft drink intake of more than twice per month did not significantly affect BMC, BA, or BMD over two years (Total body BMD: <i>β</i> = 0.004; 95% CI: (−0.007; 0.016). …”
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Magnitude and determinants of intimate partner violence against women in Somalia: evidence from the SDHS survey 2020 dataset by Abdirizak Hassan Abokor, Omer Adam Farih, Mustafe Abdillahi Ali, Christophe Chesneau, Abdisalam Hassan Muse

“…Univariate analysis, bivariate analysis and multivariable logistic regression models were used to assess the associations between the identified determinants and IPV. …”
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Une esthétique post-média by Lev Manovich

“…En intégrant le logiciel au modèle théorique de {l’émetteur, message, récepteur via un canal et un code}, on peut mettre en avant son poids majeur dans les opérations de création et de réception.Ces bases d’une esthétique post-média sont plus en phase avec nos vies et nos technologies actuelles, mais bien sûr elles présentent un biais : elles sont incapables de rendre compte de la dimension affective de la réception esthétique.…”
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Mechanism of TGIF1 on glycolipid metabolism disorders in mice with type 2 diabetes by Yuchen Li, Li Tao, Shikai Wang, Fuyan Bai, Liping Zheng, Lijun Hou

“…Palmitic acid (PA)-induced primary hepatocytes were used to establish cell models. After TGIF1 was overexpressed in the cells, cell viability, cellular glucose uptake and consumption, and intracellular glycogen content were detected. …”
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Sustainable Building Standards in the Galapagos Islands: Definition, Simulation, and Implementation in Representative Living Labs by Jorge Torres-Barriuso, Iñigo Lopez-Villamor, Aitziber Egusquiza, Antonio Garrido-Marijuan, Ander Romero-Amorrortu, Ziortza Egiluz

“…For each of these typologies, various energy models are developed to establish the baseline and to analyse the demand and comfort of the buildings under different renovation scenarios in order to validate the sustainable construction strategies to be implemented. …”
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The functional insight into the genetics of cardiovascular disease: results from the post-GWAS study by L. O. Bryzgalov, E. E. Korbolina, I. S. Damarov, T. I. Merkulova

“…The effects on the transcription factor (TF) binding sites were explored by DeFine models. Functional pathway enrichment and protein– protein interaction (PPI) network analyses were performed on the targets and the extended genes by STRING and DAVID. …”
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Intra-tumoral sphingobacterium multivorum promotes triple-negative breast cancer progression by suppressing tumor immunosurveillance by Zhikai Mai, Liwu Fu, Jiyan Su, Kenneth K.W. To, Chuansheng Yang, Chenglai Xia

“…Methods 16S rDNA gene sequencing was used to analyze the cancerous and paracancerous tissues from breast cancer patients. The mouse models of bearing 4T1 cell tumors were employed to assess the influence of bacterial colonization on tumor growth. …”
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THE DIGITAL FRONTIER: STRATEGIES AND TOOLS FOR CULTIVATING EDUCATIONAL-STRATEGIC COMPETENCE  FOR PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS by Vira Svyrydiuk, Ostap Bodyk, Larysa Kalinina, Nataliya Prokopchuk, Nina Khrystych

“…Attention is drawn to the potential for modeling foreign language socio-communicative situations through the use of digital tools. …”
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Understanding the Influence of Image Enhancement on Underwater Object Detection: A Quantitative and Qualitative Study by Ashraf Saleem, Ali Awad, Sidike Paheding, Evan Lucas, Timothy C. Havens, Peter C. Esselman

“…To accomplish this, we first produce enhanced image sets of the original images using recent image enhancement models. Each enhanced set is then divided into two groups: (1) images that outperform or match the performance of the original images and (2) images that underperform. …”
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Diagnosis of Coronary Heart Disease Through Deep Learning-Based Segmentation and Localization in Computed Tomography Angiography by Bo Zhao, Jianjun Peng, Ce Chen, Yongyan Fan, Kai Zhang, Yang Zhang

“…Trained and evaluated on the CorArtTS2020 dataset, TransCHD achieved superior performance compared to state-of-the-art CNN- and transformer-based models, with a Dice score of 0.81 and an Intersection over Union (IoU) of 0.65. …”
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Association of COVID-19-related perceptions and experiences with depression and anxiety in Ugandan caregivers of young children with malaria and iron deficiency: A cross-sectional... by Saeun Park, Paul Bangirana, Ezekiel Mupere, Reagan I Baluku, Erika S Helgeson, Sarah E Cusick

“…Multiple linear regression models were used to assess the associations between COVID-19 survey scores with HSCL-25 or CESD-20 scores.…”
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