Reservoir water level decline accelerates ground subsidence: InSAR monitoring and machine learning prediction of surface deformation in the Three Gorges Reservoir area by Jiaer Yang, Jiaer Yang, Pinglang Kou, Pinglang Kou, Xu Dong, Xu Dong, Ying Xia, Qinchuan Gu, Yuxiang Tao, Jiangfan Feng, Qin Ji, Weizao Wang, Ram Avtar

“…Machine learning models—Random Forest (RF), Extremely Randomized Trees (ERT), Gradient Boosting Decision Tree (GBDT), Support Vector Regression (SVR), and Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM)—were evaluated using six metrics, including RMSE, R2, and SMAPE, to assess their predictive performance across diverse geological settings.ResultsDeformation rates for riverside urban ground, road slopes, and ancient landslides were −3.48 ± 2.91 mm/yr, −5.19 ± 3.62 mm/yr, and −6.02 ± 4.55 mm/yr, respectively, with ancient landslides exhibiting the most pronounced deformation. …”
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Mechanism of Electroacupuncture at Baihui and Shenting Alleviating Cerebral Ischemia-reperfusion Injury via Regulating BNIP3L-Mediated Mitophagy by ZHONG Xiaoyong, LI Cheng, WANG Fang, CHEN Bin, LIANG Hui, RUAN Su

“…ObjectiveThe purpose of this study is to explore the mechanism of electroacupuncture at Baihui and Shenting acupoints to alleviate cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury by regulating BNIP3L-mediated mitophagy.MethodsA total of 60 SD rats were randomly divided into sham operation group (<italic>n</italic>=15) and operation group (<italic>n</italic>=45) by using the random number table method. …”
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Impact of healthy lifestyle on diabetes incidence among adults of different socioeconomic status in Guizhou province: a prospective cohort study by Yiying WANG, Min CHEN, Lieqiang ZHANG, Xin WANG, Wei ZHAN, Yunxi PAN, Xiaodeng ZHAO, Tao LIU

“…MethodsA total of 9 280 permanent residents aged ≥ 18 years in Guizhou Province were recruited using multistage cluster random sampling. Face-to-face interviews with a questionnaire developed by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention，physical examinations, and laboratory tests were conducted among the residents from November 2010 to December 2012 to collect baseline data, and follow-up surveys were conducted from December 2016 to June 2021. …”
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Evaluation of naturally occurring IgG anti-Vi antibody titers as predictors and correlates of typhoid fever in Dhaka, Bangladesh by Farhana Khanam, Natasha Y. Rickett, Faisal Ahmmed, Md Taufiqul Islam, Cecilia Kathure Mbae, Justin Im, Asma Binte Aziz, Beatrice Ongadi, Fahima Chowdhury, Ashraful Islam Khan, Afroza Akter, Md Golam Firoj, Sadia Isfat Ara Rahman, Kassa Haile, Se Eun Park, Martin Bundi Mwebia, Moses Mwangi, Benjamin Ngugi, Meseret Gebre Behute, Kelvin Kering, Suneth Agampodi, Suman Kanungo, Xinxue Liu, Andrew J. Pollard, K. Zaman, Deok Ryun Kim, Samuel Kariuki, Firdausi Qadri, John D. Clemens

“…Plasma IgG anti-Vi antibodies were measured using a standard enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in random serosurveys of a population that had not previously received typhoid vaccination. …”
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Effect of Traditional Chinese Medicine fumigation combined with acupoint massage in the prevention of deep venous thrombosis of lower limbs in elderly hospitalized patients in the... by DONG Fangfang (董芳芳), ZHANG Linying (张林英), HE Yan (贺艳), XU Man (许曼), LIU Zijing (刘紫荆), XIONG Qiuwan (熊秋婉)

“…Objective To explore the effect of fumigation with Traditional Chinese Medicine combined with acupoint massage in the prevention of deep venous thrombosis of lower limbs in elderly hospitalized patients in the Internal Medicine Department. Methods A simple random sampling method was used to select 80 elderly inpatients (age ≥65 years old) who met the inclusion criteria in the general medical department of a certain hospital in Wuhan from June 2020 to May 2022 as the subjects of this study, and were randomly divided into control group and study group, with 40 patients in each group. …”
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Application effect of Zhulianhua Gargle in oral care of inpatients with hyperthermia syndrome (竹连花含漱液在实热证住院患者口腔护理中的应用效果) by HAO Tiantian (郝天天), WEI Jinrong (魏金荣), ZHANG Lingyan (张玲燕), QIU Shuang (邱爽), ZHAO Wei (赵伟), GENG Tong (耿桐)

“…Methods From January 2022 to December 2023, 240 hospitalized patients with phlegm-heat stagnation lung syndrome, intestinal damp-heat syndrome, damp-heat obstructing syndrome, and liver-stomach depression heat syndrome were selected and divided into 2 groups, with 120 cases in each group by random number table method. The observation group was treated with Zhulianhua Gargle gargling solution, while the control group was treated with saline gargling solution. …”
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A modified screening protocol for ARDS in patients with respiratory support based on SpO2 and FiO2: A single-center prospective, observational study by Yan Xia, Qiancheng Xu, Zhiyuan Guo, Huijuan Zhang, Yingya Cao, Yupeng Qi, Qun Chen, Weihua Lu

“…The patients were divided into two cohorts by random number table: the establishment cohort and the verification cohort. …”
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Intelligent recognition algorithm and application of coal mine overhead passenger device based on multiscale feature fusion by Beijing XIE, Heng LI, Hang DONG, Zheng LUAN, Ben ZHANG, Xiaoxu LI

“…The YOLOv8n single-stage object detection algorithm was used as the baseline model, and a coal mine cmopd intelligent recognition algorithm based on multi-scale feature fusion was proposed.In the image preprocessing stage, adaptive histogram equalization was employed to enhance image quality, and random rectangle masking was applied to simulate real scenarios where cmopd is occluded by underground objects during operation. …”
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Detection Method of Apple Alternaria Leaf Spot Based on Deep-Semi-NMF by FU Zhuojun, HU Zheng, DENG Yangjun, LONG Chenfeng, ZHU Xinghui

“…Furthermore, the dataset was augmented with geometric transformations and random changes in brightness, contrast, and hue, resulting in 1 145 images under laboratory conditions and 1 419 images under natural conditions. …”
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Indoor, outdoor, and personal exposure to PM2.5 and associated health risk in community-dwelling elderly residents in Fuzhou city, 2021: a cross-sectional study by Shuling KANG, Xin LIN, Kan LIN, Baoying LIU, Chuancheng WU, Jianjun XIANG, Jingwen CHEN, Quan ZHOU

“…MethodsA total of 247 residents (≥ 60 years of age, living at the current residence for at least 3 years, without serious respiratory/circulatory disease and without disability) were recruited from a community in Fuzhou city, Fujian province, using random sampling stratified by residential floor. Three-day continuous sampling of PM2.5 was performed by using a personal particulate sampler, a constant-temperature, constant-flow particulate sampler in the living room, and an automatic outdoor particulate sampler within 2 km of the participants' homes during the winter season for 140 participants and during the summer season for 107 participants in 2021. …”
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Effect of SY009, a novel SGLT1 inhibitor, on the plasma metabolome and bile acids in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus by Haoyi Yang, Yuwen Zhang, Yuxin Hong, Yuan Wei, Yuning Zhu, Lei Huang, Yuanxun Yang, Runbin Sun, Runbin Sun, Runbin Sun, Juan Li, Juan Li, Juan Li

“…However, the effects of SY-009 on human plasma metabolomics are still unknown.ObjectiveThis study aimed to explore the effects of SY-009 on plasma metabolomics in patients with T2DM and the potential metabolic regulatory mechanism involved.Study designIn the phase Ib study, a total of 50 participants with T2DM were enrolled and randomly assigned to the 0.5 mg BID, 1 mg BID, 2 mg BID, 1 mg QD, and 2 mg QD dose groups, with a 4:1 random allocation within each group to receive either the SY-009 capsule or placebo. …”
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Therapeutic Effect of <italic>Self-made Wrist Joint Flexion and Extension Orthoses</italic> Combined with Routine Rehabilitation Training on Wrist Joint Spasm after Brain Infarctio... by Rui JIAO, Shangjie CHEN, Shuqian LI, Xinyan JIA, Heng LIU

“…Objective:To observe the effect of <italic>self-made wrist joint flexion and extension orthoses</italic> combined with conventional rehabilitation treatment on wrist joint spasm in convalescent patients after cerebral infarction.Methods:A total of 60 patients with cerebral infarction were randomly assigned to wrist flexion-extension orthoses group and routine rehabilitation group according to the random number table method, with 30 cases in each group. …”
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Frailty Assessment Tools in Chronic Kidney Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis by Alisha Puri, Anita M. Lloyd, Aminu K. Bello, Marcello Tonelli, Sandra M. Campbell, Karthik Tennankore, Sara N. Davison, Stephanie Thompson

“…We pooled data using random effects models or summarized with narrative synthesis when data were too heterogenous to pool. …”
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Statewide Forest Canopy Cover Mapping of Florida Using Synergistic Integration of Spaceborne LiDAR, SAR, and Optical Imagery by Monique Bohora Schlickmann, Inacio Thomaz Bueno, Denis Valle, William M. Hammond, Susan J. Prichard, Andrew T. Hudak, Carine Klauberg, Mauro Alessandro Karasinski, Kody Melissa Brock, Kleydson Diego Rocha, Jinyi Xia, Rodrigo Vieira Leite, Pedro Higuchi, Ana Carolina da Silva, Gabriel Maximo da Silva, Gina R. Cova, Carlos Alberto Silva

“…To address this, we combined GEDI with Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), and optical imagery (Sentinel-1 GRD and Landsat–Sentinel Harmonized (HLS)) data to create a comprehensive canopy cover map for Florida. Using a random forest algorithm, our model achieved an R² of 0.69, RMSD of 0.17, and MD of 0.001, based on out-of-bag samples for internal validation. …”
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Viral load suppression rate of third-line antiretroviral therapy and its association with gender among HIV patients after second-line treatment failure in Africa: a systematic revi... by Tilahun Degu Tsega, Sintayehu Simie Tsega, Asaye Alamneh Gebeyehu, Getaneh Atikilt Yemata, Rahel Mulatie Anteneh, Almaw Genet Yeshiwas, Getasew Yirdaw, Chalachew Yenew, Anley Shiferaw Enawgaw, Amare Genetu Ejigu, Ahmed Fentaw Ahmed, Zeamanuel Anteneh Yigzaw, Berhanu Abebaw Mekonnen, Meron Asmamaw Alemayehu, Abathun Temesgen, Abebaw Molla, Habitamu Mekonen, Assefa Andargie Kassa, Gashaw Melkie Bayeh

“…Publication bias was checked using a funnel plot, Begg’s and Egger’s test, followed by the DerSimonian and Laird random effects model. Meta-regression, subgroup and sensitivity analyses were also performed. …”
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PREVALENCE OF WORK-RELATED MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS AMONG IRANIAN ORTHOTISTS AND PROSTHETISTS: A STUDY ON WORK-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE by Sarina Azizi, Vahideh Moradi, Behnam Hajiaghaei, Taher Babaee

“…A group of 263 orthotists and prosthetists were invited to complete the questionnaires using a simple random sampling method. The data from 188 respondents were analyzed. …”
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Effect of psychological intervention of sandplay therapy on children without accompanying in Neurosurgery Department under the normalization of epidemic prevention and control (常态化... by XIN Jie (辛杰), ZHANG Hongyang (张宏扬), ZHU Ruifang (朱瑞芳)

“…Methods Totally 170 children who were admitted to the hospital for surgery from February 2021 to May 2022 were enrolled. Random sampling methods were used to divide the children into the control group (n=85) and the intervention group (n=85) according to whether they were treated with sandplay therapy. …”
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Osteopenia Metabolomic Biomarkers for Early Warning of Osteoporosis by Jie Wang, Dandan Yan, Suna Wang, Aihua Zhao, Xuhong Hou, Xiaojiao Zheng, Jingyi Guo, Li Shen, Yuqian Bao, Wei Jia, Xiangtian Yu, Cheng Hu, Zhenlin Zhang

“…We conducted individual edge network analysis (iENA) combined with a random forest to detect metabolomic biomarkers for the early warning of osteoporosis. …”
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Effect of Yanshiqiangxin Decoction on Cardiomyocyte Apoptosis in Heart Failure Rats Based on PI3K/Akt/Caspase-9 Signaling Pathway by ZHU Sixing, YAN Shiyun, XU Yan, QIN Yan, CHEN Liyun, JIA Meijun

“…ObjectiveTo detect the effect of Yanshiqiangxin decoction on apoptosis of cardiomyocytes in rats with heart failure based on PI3K/Akt/Caspase-9 signalling pathway and to explore the possible mechanism of Yanshiqiangxin decoction in the treatment of heart failure.MethodsA total of 60 Wistar male rats were randomly divided into the normal group, the model group, the low dose Yanshiqiangxin decoction group, the medium dose Yanshiqiangxin decoction group,the high dose Yanshiqiangxin decoction group and the Perindopril group according to the random number table method, with 10 cases in each group. …”
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A prospective cohort study on the impact of healthy lifestyles on all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality among adult residents in Guizhou province by Jie ZHOU, Ling LI, Ji ZHANG, Lisha YU, Yujin REN, Wei JI, Yingjiao MU, Tao LIU

“…MethodsA prospective cohort study was conducted using a multi-stage cluster random sampling method to recruit 9 280 permanent residents aged ≥ 18 years in Guizhou province from November 2010 to December 2012 for a baseline survey. …”
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