Dual Use of Auxiliary Information for Estimating the Finite Population Mean under the Stratified Random Sampling Scheme by Sohaib Ahmad, Sardar Hussain, Muhammad Aamir, Uzma Yasmeen, Javid Shabbir, Zubair Ahmad

“…In this paper, we proposed an improved family of estimators for finite population mean under stratified random sampling, which needed a helping variable on the sample mean and rank of the auxiliary variable. …”
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Population Traits and a Female Perspective for Aglae and Exaerete, Tropical Bee Parasites (Hymenoptera, Apinae: Euglossini) by David W. Roubik

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Exposure to specific polyfluoroalkyl chemicals is associated with cardiovascular disease in US adults: a population-based study by Wenwen Xiao, Guojin Jian, Fei Ma, Hong Li, Xiaohong Yang, Hengyang Zhang, Yongping Cao

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Karyotype uniformity in populations of the endemic Hemiancistrus fuliginosus (Loricariidae: Hypostomini) collected in the upper and middle Uruguai River by Jocicléia Thums Konerat, Vanessa Bueno, Ana Luiza de Brito Portela-Castro, Isabel Cristina Martins-Santos, Vladimir Pavan Margarido

“…In this study, cytogenetics analyzes in four populations of H. fuliginosus from tributaries of the Uruguai Riverrevealed 2n = 56 chromosomes (30m + 18sm + 6st + 2a) for all populations. …”
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Prevalence of Diabetes, Prediabetes, and Associated Factors in an Adult Chinese Population: Baseline of a Prediabetes Cohort Study by Xinjie Yu, Fang Duan, Da Lin, Hai Li, Jian Zhang, Qiuyu Wang, Xianglong Wang, Qian Zhao, Jiayu Deng, Guangwei Song, Qingqing Ji, Haihua Zheng, Xiang Chen, Guoyi Zhou

“…The prevalence of DM and PDM is relatively high in this wealthy East China village population. Many modifiable risk factors exist for DM and PDM, which will be closely monitored during our longitudinal observation.…”
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Serology of Viral Infections and Tuberculosis Screening in an IBD Population Referred to a Tertiary Centre of Southern Italy by Marco Ardesia, Giuseppe Costantino, Placido Mondello, Angela Alibrandi, Walter Fries

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...The Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and the awkward population genetics of extreme clonality ... by Stritt, Christoph, Gagneux, Sebastien

“…In this review, we highlight the challenges of extreme clonality by discussing population genetic inference with the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, a group of closely related obligate bacterial pathogens of mammals. …”
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Association between chronic respiratory diseases and frailty in Chinese elderly: a population-based longitudinal study by Ting Yang, Ping He, Dawei Zhu, Dan Guo, Ruoxi Ding, Ke Huang, Yanan Zhao, Xiaolong Guan

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Variation of Fruits Phenotipic and Seeds Germination of Swietenia macrophylla King. Taken from Several Populations in Indonesia by Mashudi -, Hamdan Adma Adinugraha, Dedi Setiadi, Mudji Susanto

“…Fruit phenotipic of S. macrophylla varies between populations with the best seed germination indicated by the populations of Central Lombok, Bantul and Banjar amounted to 86-96%.…”
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FTO rs1121980 polymorphism contributes to coronary artery disease susceptibility in a Chinese Han population by Xue Min, Yu-Lan Zhou, Yun-Fei Qu, Zhao-Fu Liao, Heng Li, Jie Cheng, Li-Li Liang, Hai-Liang Mo, Zhu-Guo Wu, Xing-Dong Xiong

“…Conclusions Our data provides the first evidence that the FTO rs1121980 polymorphism is associated with an increased risk of CAD in the Chinese population. This association is more significant in younger subjects, likely due to the elevated TG levels and reduced HDL-C levels.…”
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Cancer stem cell populations are resistant to 5-aminolevulinic acid-photodynamic therapy (5-ALA-PDT) by Chantel P. J. Rice, Vipin Shankar Chelakkot, Noah T. Conohan, Kensuke Hirasawa

“…In this study, we determined (1) if CSCs are resistant to 5-ALA-PDT and (2) if CSCs play roles in establishing resistant populations of 5-ALA-PDT. When we compared CSC populations before and after 5-ALA-PDT, we found that CSCs were less susceptible to 5-ALA-PDT. …”
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Sub-cellular population imaging tools reveal stable apical dendrites in hippocampal area CA3 by Jason J. Moore, Shannon K. Rashid, Emmett Bicker, Cara D. Johnson, Naomi Codrington, Dmitri B. Chklovskii, Jayeeta Basu

“…To capture compartment-specific population dynamics, we developed computational tools to automatically segment dendrites and extract accurate fluorescence traces from densely labeled neurons. …”
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Screening of native wild Salvia nemorosa populations for chemical compositions, antioxidant activity and UHPLC-HRMS profiling by Raheleh Moshari-Nasirkandi, Abolfazl Alirezalu, Hamid Reza Mohammaddoust Chamanabad, Jussara Amato, Hadi Alipour, Ali Asghari, Atefeh Moshari-Nasirkandi

“…Abstract In this study, screening of the collected 70 Salvia nemorosa L. populations from 54 habitats from West Azerbaijan province, Iran was evaluated by analyzing the content of phytochemical compounds, antioxidant activity, and UHPLC-HRMS profiling in different populations. …”
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Molecular Xenomonitoring (MX) allows real-time surveillance of West Nile and Usutu virus in mosquito populations. by Clément Bigeard, Laura Pezzi, Raphaelle Klitting, Nazli Ayhan, Grégory L'Ambert, Nicolas Gomez, Géraldine Piorkowski, Rayane Amaral, Guillaume André Durand, Agathe M G Colmant, Cynthia Giraud, Katia Ramiara, Camille Migné, Gilda Grard, Thierry Touzet, Stéphan Zientara, Rémi Charrel, Gaëlle Gonzalez, Alexandre Duvignaud, Denis Malvy, Xavier de Lamballerie, Albin Fontaine

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Utility of AD8 for Cognitive Impairment in a Chinese Physical Examination Population: A Preliminary Study by Yue Xie, Ya Gao, Jianjun Jia, Xiaohong Wang, Zhenfu Wang, Hengge Xie

“…AD8 scale is a convenient and effective tool for cognitive screening in routine physical examination population.…”
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Visible Portion of Anterior Teeth at Rest and Analysis of Different Smile Characteristics in the Saudi Population of the Jeddah Region by Mohamed Abdelmageed Awad, Doaa Saleh Alghamdi, Aljawharah Talal Alghamdi

“…This cross-sectional study aimed to determine the degree of visibility of maxillary and mandibular anterior teeth at rest in different age groups and to evaluate the smile line, smile arc, and number of maxillary teeth displayed during smiling among the Saudi population visiting King Abdulaziz University Dental Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. …”
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Population Dynamics of the Crocodile Shark, <i>Pseudocarcharias kamoharai</i>, in the Tropical Equatorial Pacific Ocean, Ecuador by Marcos Douglas Calle-Morán, Eugenio Alberto Aragón-Noriega, Ana Rosa Hernández-Téllez, Emigdio Marín-Enríquez, Javier Tovar-Ávila, Juan Francisco Arzola-González, Jorge Payán-Alejo

“…These values and their life history traits indicated that this shark species cannot tolerate any fishing level without threatening its populations.…”
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Peripheral DNA Methylation of Cortisol- and Serotonin-Related Genes Predicts Hippocampal Volume in a Pediatric Population by Taena Hanson, Sophia Spencer, Samantha A. Harker, Fatoumata Barry, Phoebe Burton, Jennifer Beauchemin, Sarah E. Mennenga, B. Blair Braden, Viren D'Sa, Daphne Koinis-Mitchell, Sean C.L. Deoni, Candace R. Lewis

“…Methods: Bilateral hippocampal volume was computed from T2-weighted images through FreeSurfer, and DNA methylation was measured from saliva using the Illumina MethylationEPIC microarray in a pediatric population (N = 248, females = 112, meanage = 5.13 years, SDage = 3.60 years). …”
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Identification of Potential Type II Diabetes in a Chinese Population with a Sensitive Decision Tree Approach by Dongmei Pei, Chengpu Zhang, Yu Quan, Qiyong Guo

“…The early diagnosis of diabetes remains as one of the major challenges medical providers are facing, and the satisfactory screening tools or methods are still required, especially a population- or community-based tool. Methods. This is a retrospective cross-sectional study involving 15,323 subjects who underwent the annual check-up in the Department of Family Medicine of Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University from January 2017 to June 2017. …”
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Haemoglobin revisited: delineating population structure with the world’s first molecular genetic marker used in fisheries research by Bjørghild Breistein, Geir Dahle, Torild Johansen, Per Erik Jorde, Kevin A. Glover

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