Looking for the origins of the human brain: The role of South Africa in the history of palaeoneurology by Amélie Beaudet, Edwin de Jager, Mirriam Tawane, Brendon Billings

“…In particular, we detail the impact of the study of the well-preserved crania and natural endocasts from the southern African hominin-bearing sites on our understanding of brain evolution and the integration of newly developed analytical tools into research in palaeoneurology (e.g. imaging techniques, 3D modelling). Additionally, we examine how the use of digital replicas of fossil hominin endocasts and the need to study extant human brains to form a comparative platform might raise questions about research practices (e.g. study and exhibition of fossil and extant human brains) and management of such invaluable heritage resources (e.g. data sharing). …”
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Effects of Climate Change on the Potential of Water Harvesting from Air Humidity Under RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 Scenarios by Hadi Ramezani Etedali, Sakine Koohi, Zahra Partovi

“…The results in the base period showed that the climate models have a suitable efficiency for investigating the potential of water extraction from air humidity, so that the average correlation index at the level of study stations is more than 0.67 and the value of the RMSE error index is 1.83 liters per square meter in The day is limited to In addition, the monitoring of water extraction conditions from air humidity under climate scenarios in the coming periods indicates the existence of an increasing trend at the 95% confidence level in the amount of water that can be extracted from air humidity, such as the value of Menkendall's non-parametric test under RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 scenarios. …”
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Understanding the Mechanism and Selectivities of the Reaction of Meta-Chloroperbenzoic Acid and Dibromocarbene with β-Himachalene: A DFT Study by Sana El Hamidi, Malika Khnifira, El Mokhtar Lemdek, Redouan Hammal, Noureddine Barka, M’hamed Sadiq, Ahmed Benharref, Ahmed Chekroun, Hssaine Zgou, Mohamed Abdennouri

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Unresectable Hepatic Metastasis of Uveal Melanoma: Hepatic Chemosaturation with High-Dose Melphalan—Long-Term Overall Survival Negatively Correlates with Tumor Burden by R. Brüning, M. Tiede, M. Schneider, P. Wohlmuth, H. Weilert, K. Oldhafer, A. Stang

“…Kaplan–Meier methods and Cox regression hazard proportional models were used. Results. Of 19 patients, 10 (53%) achieved a partial response (PR) and 9 (47%) had stable disease (SD). …”
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Optimal Thermal Output of an Absorption Heat Pump with Steam Heating Integrated in a PT-60/70-130/13 Steam Turbine by Oleksandr L. Shubenko, Viktoriia O. Tarasova, Mykola Yu. Babak, Oleksii Yu. Boiarshynov

“…The characteristics of AHP were modeled using approximate dependencies based on the characteristics of thermotransformer manufacturers. …”

Additive manufacturing of ceramic composite cellular structures by spontaneous infiltration of copper oxide in alumina by Ameer Hamza, Muhammad Umar Azam, Aikifa Raza, Samuel Mao, Khalid Askar, TieJun Zhang

“…Various triply periodic minimal surface (TPMS)-based Al2O3 structures are fabricated with both vat photopolymerization and material extrusion techniques, specifically high-resolution projection stereolithography and cost-effective fused deposition modeling. Molten CuO spreads over the surface of Al2O3 preform volumetrically along with sintering and penetrates through the intergranular pores of Al2O3 driven by capillary force, which eventually results in a uniform distribution of CuO crystals within 3D porous Al2O3 structures. …”
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Differential Chaos Shift Keying for FSO Systems: A Novel Approach Under Turbulence and Boresight Pointing Errors by Gyan Deep Verma, Aashish Mathur, Manav R. Bhatnagar

“…We employ the generalized Malaga distribution for modeling the channel gain under all turbulence regimes from weak to strong. …”
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Dietary Diversity among Children Aged 6–23 Months in Aleta Wondo District, Southern Ethiopia by Karisa Dafursa, Samson Gebremedhin

“…Ultimately, the dietary diversity score (DDS) was rated on a 7-point scale, and it was modeled using linear regression analysis. The outputs are presented using adjusted regression coefficients (β). …”
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Proposed framework for the integration of refractive error services into the eye health ecosystem in Kenya via social enterprise by Shadrack Muma, Kovin Shunmugam Naidoo, Rekha Hansraj

“…This was an exploratory study which entailed a scoping review of current models used by social enterprises and development of a framework for the integration of refractive error services into the eye health ecosystem via social enterprises, through expert opinion. …”
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Intertwined depressive and cognitive trajectories and the risk of dementia and death in older adults: a competing risk analysis by Jufen Liu, Ziyang Ren, Yushan Du, Lirong Nie

“…The restricted cubic spline, group-based trajectory modelling and subdistribution hazard regression were used.Results Significant interactions between depressive symptoms and cognitive function in 2010 in their association with new-onset all-cause dementia and AD from 2010 to 2020 were found, especially in women (p for interaction <0.05). …”
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Risk reduction in SARS-CoV-2 infection and reinfection conferred by humoral antibody levels among essential workers during Omicron predominance. by James Hollister, Cynthia Porter, Ryan Sprissler, Shawn C Beitel, James K Romine, Jennifer L Uhrlaub, Lauren Grant, Young M Yoo, Ashley Fowlkes, Amadea Britton, Lauren E W Olsho, Gabriella Newes-Adeyi, Sammantha Fuller, Pearl Q Zheng, Manjusha Gaglani, Spencer Rose, Kayan Dunnigan, Allison L Naleway, Lisa Gwynn, Alberto Caban-Martinez, Natasha Schaefer Solle, Harmony L Tyner, Andrew L Philips, Kurt T Hegmann, Sarang Yoon, Karen Lutrick, Jefferey L Burgess, Katherine D Ellingson

“…Conditional logistic regression models were fit to estimate infection risk reductions associated with 3-fold increases in end titers for receptor binding domain (RBD). …”
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Does Anemia Have a Potential Effect on Type 2 Hepatorenal Syndrome? by Sondes Bizid, Haythem Yacoub, Ghanem Mohamed, Bahaa Ben Slimane, Khouloud Boughoula, Hatem Ben Abdallah, Riadh Bouali, Nabil Abedelli

“…Demographic data, routine hemograms, biochemical, and urinary test results were collected. Models of end-stage liver disease (MELD) and Child–Turcotte–Pugh (CTP) scores were calculated. …”
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Association of Body Fat Percentage with Time in Range Generated by Continuous Glucose Monitoring during Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion Therapy in Type 2 Diabetes by Yuting Ruan, Jiana Zhong, Rongping Chen, Zhen Zhang, Dixing Liu, Jia Sun, Hong Chen

“…Multiple linear regression models were used to evaluate the independent association of body fat percentage with TIR after adjusting for confounding factors. …”
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A mixed method exploration of job morale of physicians working in public healthcare settings in Kazakhstan during the COVID-19 pandemic by Alina Kuandyk, Mariya Dmitriyeva, Nazerke Toleukhanova, Maev Conneely, Timur Suleimenov, Dauren Sarssenov, Raimzhan Mamytkhan, Madiyar Sakhayev, Arman Tleubergenov, Medet Toleubayev

“…Descriptive statistics and regression models were utilised to analyse the quantitative data, while thematic analysis was employed for the qualitative data. …”
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Safety profile of EZH2 inhibitors for cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Zhou Zhao, Xiufeng Chen, Huayang Pang, Yan Shi, Hao Sun

“…Data on all-grade TRAEs, grade 3 or higher TRAEs, and severe TRAEs were extracted and analyzed using random-effects models. Results Our systematic review and meta-analysis included 22 studies encompassing 1,002 patients who met the inclusion criteria. …”
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Nonlinear Association Between Serum Uric Acid and Femoral Neck Bone Mineral Density in Male Patients with Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Fatty Liver Disease by Tan J, Wang L, Li H, Wang H, Yang X

“…Nonlinear associations were explored using generalized additive models and two-piece linear regression.Results: No significant linear association was observed between SUA and femoral neck BMD in either gender (all P > 0.05). …”
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Assessing the Experiences of Sexual and Gender Minority Applicants to Orthopaedic Surgery Residency by Douglas J. Weaver, MD, Tanios Dagher, BS, Ngoc Duong, MS, Sara Winfrey, MD, Alexander Koo, MD, Tessa Balach, MD, FAOA

“…In adjusted logistic regression models, LGBTQ respondents were 3.8 times more likely to report experiencing a hostile environment during training (p = 0.04) and 4.9 times more likely to have reported facing discrimination (p = 0.04) compared with heterosexual participants. …”
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Impact of non-participation bias due to psychiatric illness on mortality and cardiovascular event estimates: a Danish longitudinal population study by Christian Torp-Pedersen, Mads Rasmussen, Christina Ellervik, Anders Jorgensen, Henrik E Poulsen, Zerlina Rygner

“…Here, we investigate the mental health bias in a population study and the potential impact on estimates of cardiovascular morbidity and overall survival.Design Data were retrieved from nationwide registries.Setting The Danish General Suburban Population Study (GESUS), a cross-sectional community study conducted in Naestved Municipality, Denmark, from 2010 to 2013.Participants 49 707 subjects invited to participate in GESUS.Main outcome measures Factors related to non-participation were examined using multivariable logistic regression and time-to-event data using Cox proportional hazards models.Results Of 21 203 (43%) participants, 823 (3.9%) had a psychiatric diagnosis. …”
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Association between Healthy Eating Index-2020, alternative Mediterranean Diet scores, and gastrointestinal cancer risk in NHANES 2005–2018 by Weijie Wang, Yu Chang, Geng Chen

“…Diagnoses of GI cancers were based on self-reported medical history confirmed through physician interviews or linked cancer registry data, ensuring diagnostic reliability. Logistic regression models, restricted cubic splines (RCS), subgroup analysis, and interaction methods were employed to fully evaluate the associations between HEI-2020, aMED scores, and GI cancers. …”
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Grid-Forming Inverters: A Comparative Study of Different Control Strategies in Frequency and Time Domains by Nabil Mohammed, Harith Udawatte, Weihua Zhou, David J. Hill, Behrooz Bahrani

“…Subsequently, time-domain verification using the electromagnetic transient models is conducted for these case studies as well as to assess the power tracking capability of these control strategies in response to changes in power references. …”
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