What Can Be Done to Improve the Mental Health of University Students? Identifying Determinants of Psychological Distress at an Australian University by Patrick J. Owen, Shane A. Kavanagh, Anthony D. LaMontagne

“…Psychological distress, measured using the six-item Kessler Psychological Distress Scale, was modelled (as outcome) using multiple linear regression. …”
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Neuregulin1 ameliorates metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease via the ERK/SIRT1 signaling pathways by Chengan Xu, Shouhao Wang, Di Meng, Mingshan Wang, Rong Yan, Yining Dai

“…Results The expressions of NRG1 in MAFLD cell and animal models were significantly lower than that in the control group. …”
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Evidences of +896 A/G TLR4 Polymorphism as an Indicative of Prevalence of Complications in T2DM Patients by Carmela Rita Balistreri, Anna Rita Bonfigli, Massimo Boemi, Fabiola Olivieri, Antonio Ceriello, Stefano Genovese, Claudio Franceschi, Liana Spazzafumo, Paolo Fabietti, Giuseppina Candore, Calogero Caruso, Domenico Lio, Roberto Testa

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Prevalence of Intestinal Parasites and Associated Factors Among Public Primary Second‐Cycle Schoolchildren in Debre Markos Town, Northwest Ethiopia: A Cross‐Sectional Study by Abtie Abebaw, Gebreselassie Demeke, Hylemariam Mihiretie Mengist, Mengistu Endalamaw, Gizew Damtie Demeke

“…Binary logistic regression models were applied to assess the association between independent and outcome variables at a 95% confidence level. …”
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Emission Characteristics of Hazardous Air Pollutants from Construction Equipment by Sungwoon Jung, Sunmoon Kim, Yunsung Lim, Jongtae Lee, Taekho Chung, Heekyoung Hong, Sunhee Mun, Seunghwan Lee, Woojun Jang, Jaehyun Lim

“…Sampling the particle-phase PAHs, we found phenanthrene, fluoranthene, and naphthalene; furthermore, we estimated the concentrations of the gas-phase PAHs with models to obtain the total PAH concentrations. Formaldehyde, which contributed the largest fraction of the aldehydes, was more abundant than the other species. …”
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پهنه‌بندی مخاطره ریزش سنگ در جاده خلخال به شاهرود با استفاده از الگوریتم پرسپترون چند‌‌لایه by فریبا اسفندیاری درآباد, مسعود رحیمی, مهرداد وهاب زاده

“…تمامی لایه‌ها بعد از فرایند پیش‌پردازش‌، وارد نرم‌افزار SPSS Modeler شده و مدل‌سازی با 9 نورون ورودی، 8 نورون میانه و 1 خروجی طراحی‌شده است. …”
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Low dose DNA methyltransferase inhibitors potentiate PARP inhibitors in homologous recombination repair deficient tumors by Romain Pacaud, Scott Thomas, Sibapriya Chaudhuri, Ann Lazar, Luika A. Timmerman, Pamela N. Munster

“…In animal studies, our BRCA-engineered hypomorphs and several independent PDX models with clinically relevant BRCA mutations were acutely more vulnerable to this drug combination. …”
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Intravenous branched-chain amino acid administration for the acute treatment of hepatic encephalopathy: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Shoji Yokobori, Tomoaki Yatabe, Yutaka Kondo, Yasuhiko Ajimi, Manabu Araki, Norio Chihara, Masao Nagayama, Tetsuya Samkamoto, the Japan Resuscitation Council (JRC) Neuroresuscitation Task Force and the Guidelines Editorial Committee

“…Risk ratios (RRs) were calculated using random effects models with inverse variance weighting. Results Among the 2073 screened records, four met the criteria for quantitative analysis. …”
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Prevalence, Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern of Bacterial Isolates, and Associated Factors of Urinary Tract Infections among HIV‐Positive Patients at Hiwot Fana Specialized Uni... by Dadi Marami, Senthilkumar Balakrishnan, Berhanu Seyoum

“…The logistic regression models were used to explore the predictors of the outcome. …”
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Prognostic impact of depth of response and early tumour shrinkage in patients with -mutated metastatic colorectal cancer treated with targeted therapy by Guglielmo Vetere, Marco Maria Germani, Carlotta Antoniotti, Lisa Salvatore, Filippo Pietrantonio, Sara Lonardi, Maria Bensi, Filippo Ghelardi, Maria Alessandra Calegari, Rossana Intini, Alessandro Minelli, Francesco Giulio Sullo, Chiara Boccaccio, Ada Taravella, Alberto Puccini, Daniele Lavacchi, Laura Noto, Massimiliano Salati, Mario Scartozzi, Chiara Cremolini

“…In the multivariable models, DpR significantly correlated with longer PFS as a dichotomous variable, according both to conventional (hazard ratio (HR) DpR   ⩾ 30% : 0.52, 95% CI: 0.30–0.90, p  = 0.02) and median cut-off values (HR DpR⩾15% : 0.55, 95% CI: 0.33–0.92, p  = 0.03), and as a continuous variable (HR per 10% increment: 0.88, 95% CI: 0.78–0.98, p  = 0.02), while correlations with OS were not confirmed. …”
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The Effects of Self-Monitoring Using a Smartwatch and Smartphone App on Stress Awareness, Self-Efficacy, and Well-Being–Related Outcomes in Police Officers: Longitudinal Mixed Desi... by Herman Jaap de Vries, Roos Delahaij, Marianne van Zwieten, Helen Verhoef, Wim Kamphuis

“…At baseline (T0) and after the control (T1) and intervention (T2) periods, questionnaires were administered to measure 15 outcomes relating to stress awareness, stress management self-efficacy, and outcomes related to stress and general well-being. Linear mixed models that accounted for repeated measures within subjects, the control and intervention periods, and between-group differences were used to address both research questions. …”
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ASA Class Is a Stronger Predictor of Early Revision Risk Following Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty than BMI by Christopher J. Wall, MBBS, BMedSc, FRACS, FAOrthA, Richard N. de Steiger, MBBS, PhD, DipBiomech, FRACS, FAOrthA, Christopher J. Vertullo, MBBS, PhD, FRACS, FAOrthA, Dylan Harries, BSc(Hons), MBiostat, PhD, Srinivas Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan, MBBS, MPH, FRSPH

“…Estimated hazard ratios of all-cause revision and revision for PJI, as well as predicted risks of revision within 3 months, 1 year, and 2 years, as a function of patient ASA class and BMI, were calculated with use of multivariable Cox proportional hazards models. Results:. A total of 274,786 primary TKAs (54.5% female; mean age, 68.3 years) were included in the study, of which 5,401 were revised during the study period. …”
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Gastrointestinal absorption and its regulation of hawthorn leaves flavonoids by Junwei Chow, Xiaolei Yang, Jiarong Hu, Qiuxia Yu, Yu Zhong, Xinyi Hu, Jingru Liang, Chenyang Zhu, Shiwei Yan, Longzhou Li, Haiyang Liu, Tiandian Wang, Zihan Wang, Long Gao, Guo Ma

“…In this study, gastrointestinal absorption and its regulation of 4’’-O-glucosylvitexin (GLV), 2’’-O-rhamnosylvitexin (RHV), vitexin (VIT), rutin (RUT) and hyperoside (HP) in HLF were investigated using in vitro, in situ and in vivo models. Apparent permeability coefficient (P app) of five flavonoids were (2.18 ± 0.15) ×10−7~(3.83 ± 0.22) ×10−7 cm·sec−1 across the Caco-2 cells. …”
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The combined effects of cardiometabolic index and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein on the risk of new onset stroke in a Chinese national prospective longitudinal cohort study by Fangfang Li, Yu He, Ali Yang, Mingrong Xia, Weizhou Zang, Jiewen Zhang

“…Cox proportional hazards models and restricted cubic spline (RCS) analyses were conducted to examine the associations between CMI, hs-CRP, and their combined effects on stroke risk. …”
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Soil organic carbon contents and their major influencing factors in mangrove tidal flats: a comparison between estuarine and non-estuarine areas by Ting Wu, Jia Guo, Gang Li, Yu Jin, Wei Zhao, Guangxuan Lin, Fang-Li Luo, Yaojun Zhu, Yifei Jia, Li Wen

“…The direct and indirect effects of the main influencing factors on SOC were studied using partial least squares structural equation modeling. Results SOC, total nitrogen (TN), total phosphorus (TP), available potassium (AK), clay, silt, aluminum (Al), lithium (Li), boron (B), molybdenum (Mo), and cadmium (Cd) contents in the estuarine areas were significantly higher than those in the non-estuarine areas of the mangrove tidal flats. …”
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RCE-IFE: recursive cluster elimination with intra-cluster feature elimination by Cihan Kuzudisli, Burcu Bakir-Gungor, Bahjat Qaqish, Malik Yousef

“…The comparability of RCE-IFE is also verified with other biological domain knowledge-based Grouping-Scoring-Modeling (G-S-M) tools, including mirGediNET, 3Mint, and miRcorrNet. …”
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Hispanic Patients Undergoing Spinal Fusion for Neuromuscular Scoliosis Sustain Health Inequalities by Armando S. Martinez, David Momtaz, Travis Kotzur, Alexandra McLennan, Abdullah Ghali, Farhan Ahmad, Ebubechi Adindu, Alan C. Santiago-Rodriquez, Ali Seifi, Brian Smith

“…In addition to ANOVA, Chi-Squares, and t-tests, multiple-linear and multiple-logistic regression models were designed and run to generate adjusted odds ratios. …”
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Adding salt to foods and risk of incident depression and anxiety by Weiwei Wang, Xiaotian Chang, Feifei Lin, Lei Feng, Mengying Wang, Jie Huang, Tao Wu

“…Cox proportional hazards models were used to investigate the association between the frequency of adding salt to foods and incident depression and anxiety. …”
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What are parents' preferences for Human Papillomavirus vaccination promotion messages and communication? Application of a discrete choice experiment to a French Caribbean setting by Frédérique G. E. Dorleans, Jonathan Sicsic, Valérie Henry, Isabelle Bonmarin, Gwladys Nadia Gbaguidi, Lucie Leon, Jocelyn Raude, Jacques Rosine, Judith E. Mueller

“…We used random effect logit and linear regression models to estimate the effects of attribute levels on vaccine acceptance and vaccine eagerness. …”
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Low apolipoprotein A1 and high apolipoprotein B levels indicate specific lipid changes in treatment naïve early psoriatic arthritis by Kurt de Vlam, Rik Lories, M Van Mechelen, Sofia Pazmino, P Verschueren, Barbara Neerinckx, Lies Storms, Alla Ishchenko

“…ApoA1 was markedly lower in PsA patients compared with both RA and controls (df2, χ2118.9; p<0.001). In regression models, the levels of ApoA1, adjusted for additional factors, were predictive of PsA diagnosis with 90.6% accuracy. …”
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