Association between dietary intake of live microbes and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a cross-sectional study of NHANES 2007–2012 by Yifeng Xu, Zhaoqi Yan, Liangji Liu

“…Results In the fully adjusted multiple logistic regression model, participants with moderate and high dietary intake of live microbes showed a negative association with the prevalence of COPD compared to those with low estimated intake, with reductions of 38% (OR, 0.62; 95% CI: 0.39–0.99, P < 0.05) and 44% (OR, 0.56; 95% CI: 0.34–0.92, P < 0.05) respectively. …”
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Climate Change Indicators and Spatiotemporal Shift in Monsoon Patterns in Pakistan by Fasiha Safdar, Muhammad Fahim Khokhar, Muhammad Arshad, Iftikhar Hussain Adil

“…A southward spatial shift in monsoon rainfall occurrence (rainfall ≥2.5 mm/day) is observed while an eastward shift in moderate to heavy monsoon rainfall is identified. This study may be helpful for an agricultural country like Pakistan which is heavily dependent on monsoon rainfalls for assessing the impacts of changing monsoon season and to adapt towards changing climate.…”
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The Use of Statistical Parametric Mapping (SPM96) as a Decision Aid in the Differential Diagnosis of Dementia Using 99mTc-HMPAO SPECT by A. Barnes, D. Lusman, J. Patterson, D. Brown, D. Wyper

“…The results showed that there was a slight decrease in agreement between the imaging specialists after the introduction of additional information from SPM (K = 0.57 to K = 0.5) and that agreement between imaging reporting (including information from SPM) and clinical diagnosis was moderate (K = 0.28). This study was able to confirm that SPM is capable of producing meaningful significance maps of individual patients in a routine clinical environment. …”
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Blending Influence on the Conversion Efficiency of the Cogasification Process of Corn Stover and Coal by Anthony Ike Anukam, Sampson Ntshengedzeni Mamphweli, Polycarp Sbusiso Mabizela, Edson Leroy Meyer

“…Proximate and ultimate analyses as well as energy value of both samples including their blends were undertaken and results showed that corn stover is a biomass material well suited for blending with coal for the purpose of cogasification, given its high volatile matter content which was measured and found to be 75.3% and its low ash content of 3.3% including its moderate calorific value of 16.1%. The results of the compositional analyses of both pure and blended samples of corn stover and coal were used to conduct computer simulation of the cogasification processes in order to establish the best blend that would result in optimum cogasification efficiency under standard gasifier operating conditions. …”
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Activins and Follistatin in Chronic Hepatitis C and Its Treatment with Pegylated-Interferon-α Based Therapy by Bassem Refaat, Ahmed Mohamed Ashshi, Adel Galal El-Shemi, Esam Azhar

“…The currently used markers to monitor the response to treatment are based on viral kinetics and their performance in the prediction of treatment outcome is moderate and does not combine accuracy and their values have several limitations. …”
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Vergence and Accommodative Dysfunctions in Emmetropic and Myopic Chinese Young Adults by Martin Ming-Leung Ma, Anna Chwee Hong Yeo, Mitchell Scheiman, Xiang Chen

“…A total of 415 Chinese participants aged between 21 and 38 years were grouped into 4 refractive error groups (emmetropia, low, moderate, and high myopia) based on the spherical equivalent power of noncycloplegic refraction. …”
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SIMULATION OF COOLING TOWER AND INFLUENCE OF AERODYNAMIC ELEMENTS ON ITS WORK UNDER CONDITIONS OF WIND by K. V. Dobrego, M. M. Hemmasian Kashani, E. E. Lasko

“…Application of windbreak walls does not change the value of the critical wind velocity, but may improves performance of cooling unit at moderate and strong wind conditions. Simultaneous usage of windbreak walls and overshower deflectors may increase efficiency up to 20–30 % for the deflectors angle a = 60o. …”
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Strategies for Overcoming University Researchers’ Writer’s Block by V. M. Evdash, N. N. Zhuravleva

“…Thus, they face writer’s block which can be referred to moderate blockage. To overcome the block, we offer the researchers a variety of activities during courses and special projects. …”
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The TIR Domain Containing Locus of Enterococcus faecalis Is Predominant among Urinary Tract Infection Isolates and Downregulates Host Inflammatory Response by Thomas Daniel Kraemer, Orlando Daniel Quintanar Haro, Eugen Domann, Trinad Chakraborty, Svetlin Tchatalbachev

“…Screening of E. faecalis samples revealed that tcpF is more common in isolates from urinary tract infections (UTIs) than in human faecal flora. tcpF alleles showed moderate single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) among UTI isolates. …”
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Functional Balance and Motor Impairment Correlations with Gait Parameters during Timed Up and Go Test across Three Attentional Loading Conditions in Stroke Survivors by Haidzir Manaf, Maria Justine, Mazlifah Omar

“…The Spearmen’s rank correlation coefficient was used to evaluate the relationship between these variables. There was moderate to strong negative correlation between functional balance and gait parameters (range −0.53 to −0.73, P<0.05). …”
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Impaired Economy of Gait and Decreased Six-Minute Walk Distance in Parkinson's Disease by Leslie I. Katzel, Frederick M. Ivey, John D. Sorkin, Richard F. Macko, Barbara Smith, Lisa M. Shulman

“…This study investigated economy of gait during submaximal treadmill walking in 79 subjects with mild to moderate PD and the relationship between gait economy and 6-minute walk distance (6 MW). …”
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The multiple self and psychological openness by Hubert Suszek, Maciej Kopera, Andrzej Jakubczyk

“…Results consistently showed moderate effect sizes (d = 0.31–0.44) across different operationalizations of both the multiple self-induction and openness measures.DiscussionThese findings indicate that the way in which individuals organize their self-knowledge has important implications for their cognitive and experiential flexibility, contributing to our understanding of personality plasticity and development.…”
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An Evaluation of River Health for the Weihe River in Shaanxi Province, China by Jinxi Song, Dandong Cheng, Qi Li, Xingjun He, Yongqing Long, Bo Zhang

“…The results show that Linjiancun-Weijiabao reach and Weijiabao-Xianyang reach are in the “moderate” level of health and Lintong-Huaxian reach and downstream of Huaxian reach are in the “poor” health rating, whereas Xianyang-Lintong reach is in the “sick” rating. …”
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Genetic parameters for birth and weaning weight in a herd of Mediterranean buffaloes under tropical conditions by Iván A. Cárdenas, Miguel A. Chacón

“…The results indicated moderate total heritability value for BW and WW; further analysis is needed to estimate the genetic parameters, perhaps including other breed herds. …”
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Academic stress and resilience in relation to academic performance in stomatology students by Kenia Betancourt Gamboa, Miriela Betancourt Valladares, Dianelys Busquets Carballo, Julio Antonio Guerra Menéndez, Mayelin Hernández Rodríguez, José Luis Cadenas Freixas

“…Results: it was found that there is a high number of students showing moderate stress levels and high resilience capacity; in general, academic performance was good. …”
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Spatial zoning and spatial analysis of urban poverty using spatial analysis (Case study: Mashhad city) by Hadi Soleimani moghadam, rahman zandi, ebrahim akbari

“…The third rank (covering 19.28% of the city’s area) is in moderate conditions, including different areas of the city including Railway, Northern Tabarsi, Vahdat, Amir Abad, Keshavarz and Mo’oud areas. …”
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Effects of exogenous nitric oxide on the growth and quality of Leonurus japonicus under drought stress by LU Xing, YAO Wenrong, GENG Zhuoqing, SHANG Shuqi, ZHANG Yihua

“…[Conclusion] Exogenous application of NO could alleviate seed germination and seedling growth of L. japonicus under mild and moderate drought stress, and promote the accumulation of medicinal components under stress.…”
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Specific Features of Mental Health of Law Enforcement Officers – Participants of the Anti-Terrorist Operation by O. I. Kudermina

“…Law enforcement officers with moderate degree of post-traumatic disorder have increased affective instability, flatness and conservatism; psychosomatic and vegetative disorders have emerged, indicating the need for psychological assistance to these individuals, despite the absence of clear PTSD clinical criteria. …”
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A Step Towards Neuroplasticity: Capsule Networks with Self-Building Skip Connections by Nikolai A. K. Steur, Friedhelm Schwenker

“…This claim seems to be true for moderate-sized networks, i.e., with a lower double-digit number of layers. …”
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Prevalence of suicidal ideation and its associated factors among the geriatric population in Vyas Municipality, Tanahun District, Nepal: a cross-sectional study by Durga Shrestha, Hari Prasad Kaphle

“…After adjustment for covariates in multivariate logistic regression analysis, living in a nuclear family (OR: 3.033, C.I. 95%:1.007–9.136), and experiencing depressive symptoms [(Mild depression:- OR: 5.358, C.I. 95%:1.548–18.539), (Moderate depression:- OR: 15.739, C.I. 95%:2.536–97.687), and (Severe depression:- OR: 17.423, C.I. 95%:2.218-136.878)] were found to be significant influencing factors for suicidal ideation. …”
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