Mediating Role of Social Competence in the Relationship between Tendency to Cosmetic Surgery and Psychological Capital in Women Applying for Cosmetic Surgery by Naghmeh MalekMohammadi, Sara Hashemi, Javad Rahmati

“…The statistical population encompassed all women who sought cosmetic surgery at cosmetic surgery centers located in Tehran (specifically regions 1, 2, 3, and 6) during the year 2023, from which a sample of 285 individuals was purposefully selected in accordance with predefined entry and exit criteria. For the purpose of data collection, the questionnaires devised by Etemadifard and Amani (2013) regarding the propensity for cosmetic surgery, Luthans et al. (2007) pertaining to psychological capital, and Felner (1990) concerning social competence were utilized; furthermore, the regression analysis technique was employed for data evaluation utilizing SPSS28 software. …”
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Association of serum homocysteine levels with acute kidney injury in patients with idiopathic membranous nephropathy by XIE Yi-yi, LI Qiu-lin, PAN Ling, LIAO Yun-hua

“…Objective To investigate the association of serum homocysteine levels with acute kidney injury(AKI)in patients with idiopathic membranous nephropathy(IMN).Methods We retrospectively analyzed 120 participants diagnosed as IMN between March 2011 and October 2015 in the Department of Nephrology,the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University.The patients were divided into high Hcy group(Hcy≥10μmol/L)and normal control group(Hcy<10μmol/L)according to serum Hcy levels.The clinical baseline data of the two groups were collected,such as gender,age,blood pressure,height,weight,blood pressure,renal function,blood lipids,complements C3 and C4,CRP,serum ferritin,serum albumin and 24-h urinary protein.The differences in the clinical baseline data and the incidence of AKI between two groups were analyzed.The related factors of Hcy were analyzed.The clinico-pathological factors of AKI in patients with IMN were analyzed by Logistic regression.Results The proportion of high Hcy in IMN patients was 65.5%,and the proportion of AKI in IMN patients was 26.7%.Moreover,the incidence of AKI in the high Hcy group was significantly higher than in the normal control group(32.9% vs.14.6%,P = 0.046).The Hcy level was positively correlated with SCr level,but negatively with eGFR.Binary logistic regression analysis showed that high Hcy(OR:3.455,95% CI:1.052-11.342,P=0.041)and high blood pressure(OR:4.279,95% CI:1.586-11.544,P=0.004)were independent risk factors for AKI.Conclusions High Hcy may increase the risk of AKI in patients with IMN and controlling the level of Hcy may play an important role in the prevention and treatment of AKI in IMN patients.…”
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Mindfulness in the Relationship Between Perceived Stress and Quality of Life in Pediatric Asthma by Ayşe Sena Ayhan, Zekeriya Deniz Aktan, Zeynep Altınel

“…Sociodemographic information forms, Perceived Stress Scale in Children (8-11 years), Child and Adolescent Mindfulness Measure (CAMM), and Pediatric Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (PAQLQ) were used as data collection tools. Linear hierarchical regression analysis was used during the process of analyzing data. …”
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THE NATURAL MOVEMENT AND THE RISK OF POVERTY - A REFLECTION OF THE RURAL POPULATION'S LIVING STANDARD IN ROMANIA AND THE SOUTH MUNTENIA REGION by Ionut Daniel PETRE

“…The paper aimed to analyze the situation of the natural change of the population in close connection with the risk of poverty or social exclusion in the period 2007-2017 both in Romania, rural Romania and in the South Muntenia region and the rural South Muntenia. The data were collected from Tempo Online data base of the National Institute of Statistics and the main methods utilized in the research have been: index method, comparison, analysis and synthesis, correlation and regression. …”
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Deterioration Models and Service Life Prediction of Vertical Assets of Urban Water Systems by M. Cabral, D. Loureiro, C. Amado, D. Covas

“…Results include simple linear regression models of average and maximum deterioration indices as a function of asset age and multiple linear regression models that incorporate other physical, operational and environmental factors. …”
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A Review of Research on Flight Delay Propagation: Current Situation and Prospect by N. Li, H. G. Yao

“…On the contrary, deep learning models and spatiotemporal models have opened up a new path for improving prediction accuracy by their powerful data processing and analysis capabilities. At the same time, researchers also need to constantly explore and optimize algorithms to overcome their current limitations and further improve the reliability of predictions.…”
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Clinical Characterization of Patients with Syncope of Unclear Cause Using Unsupervised Machine-Learning Tools: A Pilot Study by María-José Muñoz-Martínez, Manuel Casal-Guisande, María Torres-Durán, Bernardo Sopeña, Alberto Fernández-Villar

“…Patients were prospectively recruited from the cardiology, neurology, and emergency departments, and clustering was performed using the k-prototypes algorithm, which is suitable for mixed-type data. The number of clusters was determined through cost function analysis and silhouette index, and visual validation was performed using UMAP. …”
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The N-terminus of CD14 acts to bind apoptotic cells and confers rapid-tethering capabilities on non-myeloid cells. by Leanne Thomas, Anne Bielemeier, Peter A Lambert, Richard P Darveau, Lindsay J Marshall, Andrew Devitt

“…Here we sought to further dissect the function of CD14 in apoptotic cell clearance. A novel panel of THP-1 cell-derived phagocytes was employed to demonstrate that CD14 mediates effective apoptotic cell interactions with macrophages in the absence of detectable TLR4 whilst binding and responsiveness to LPS requires TLR4. …”
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Comprehensive Expression Profiling and Molecular Basis of CDC28 Protein Kinase Regulatory Subunit 2 in Cervical Cancer by Li Qin, Xiaoqiong Luo, Xiao Qin, Hongbao Huang, Lianling Zhang, Shengcai Chen, Xiaoqin Wu, Bingsheng Huang, Jian Pan, Jingxi Wei

“…More and more evidence suggests the oncogenic function of overexpressed CDC28 protein kinase regulatory subunit 2 (CKS2) in various human cancers. …”
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Effect of Social Activity on All‐Cause Dementia Among South Korean Elders: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Wonseok Jeong, Wonjeong Jeong, Seungju Kim

“…Despite the importance of health behaviors in maintaining cognitive function and the well‐known association between cognitive decline and dementia, research regarding preventive health behaviors for dementia is limited. …”
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Use of the Vula App to refer patients in the West Coast District: A descriptive exploratory qualitative study by Louwrens Steyn, Robert J. Mash, Gavin Hendricks

“…The highest and lowest users of the Vula App were selected from seven district hospitals. Qualitative data analysis used the framework method and Atlas-ti. …”
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Investigating ultra-low frequency emissions and total electron content anomalies as earthquake precursors in Sumatra (2019–2020) by Muhammad Hamidi, Suaidi Ahadi, Vira Friska, Marzuki Marzuki

“…Precursor ULF emissions are identified through the polarization power ratio calculations involving Z-component and H-component geomagnetic data, meticulously recorded by the Magnetik Acquisition Data System (MAGDAS). …”
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Impact of corner optimization measures on the interference effects between two square section buildings by Te Zhang, Fanghui Li, Jiahong Fan

“…The simulation results were compared with experimental data and previous studies to validate the method’s accuracy. …”
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Prevalence and determinants of restrictive lung disorder among quarry workers at the Umuoghara quarry site, Ebonyi State, Nigeria: a cross-sectional study by Ngozika Substance Ike-Samuel, Osaeloka C. Ekwueme, Susan Chioma Udeh

“…Lung function test was performed using a spirometer- spirovit SPI schiller and data was analyzed with the use of IBM SPSS version 23.0. …”
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Explainable artificial intelligence with temporal convolutional networks for adverse weather condition detection in driverless vehicles by Samah Alzanin

“…Therefore, this paper proposes a Complex Data Analysis for Adverse Weather Detection in Autonomous Vehicles Using Explainable Artificial Intelligence (CDAAWD-AVXAI) approach. …”
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Investigation of Heat and Mass Transfer in the Processes of Heat Treatment and Drying of Thermal Insulation Materials by A. I. Ol’shanskii, S. V. Zhernosek, A. M. Gusarov

“…The dependence of the generalized drying time on the relative moisture content is given. Also, based on the analysis of the experimental data on the thermal conductivity coefficients for wet thermal insulation materials, the dependences of the thermal conductivity coefficients on moisture content and temperature have been established. …”
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Cultural Categorization in Epigraphic Heritage Digitization by Hamest Tamrazyan, Gayane Hovhannisyan

“…Cultural Epistemology helps us to understand how different knowledge systems influence data categorization, while semiotic analysis reveals how inscriptions function within their social and symbolic contexts. …”
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Modulation of Anopheles stephensi gene expression by nitroquine, an antimalarial drug against Plasmodium yoelii infection in the mosquito. by Jian Zhang, Shuguang Zhang, Yanyan Wang, Wenyue Xu, Jingru Zhang, Haobo Jiang, Fusheng Huang

“…<h4>Methodology/principal findings</h4>We extended massively parallel sequencing and data analysis (including gene discovery, expression profiling, and function prediction) to An. stephensi before and after Plasmodium infection with or without nitroquine treatment. …”
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Interphase investigation of modified McLachlan model and the 3D finite element method for electrical conductivity by Muhammad Zulkarnain, Irianto Harny, A.A.M. Damanhuri

“…The model characteristic presents conductivity as a dynamic function influenced by particle content, particle electrical properties, electrical properties transition, and an exponent. …”
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Cancer/testis antigens FBXO39 and CEP55 expression correlates with survival in GBM patients. by Parisa Azimi, Maryam Bazrgar, Taravat Yazdanian, Mehdi Totonchi, Abolhassan Ahmadiani

“…Cancer testis antigens (CTAs) are important cancer diagnostic biomarkers and therapeutic targets. Bioinformatics analysis of GBM clinical and molecular data was undertaken to identify and validate the key CTA genes, whose expression correlates with the survival of GBM patients.…”
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