Identification of potentially effective antiarrhythmic drugs to individualize premature ventricular contraction therapy in patients without structural cardiac changes by A. I. Olesin, I. V. Konstantinova, Yu. S. Zueva, A. V. Koziy

“…To individualize premature ventricular contraction (PVC) therapy in patients without structural cardiac changes by identifying potentially effective antiarrhythmic agents.Material and methods. …”
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Assessment of the factor structure of the EPDS in Chinese perinatal women: a longitudinal study using multigroup confirmatory factor analysis by Huimin Guan, Bowen Sun, Li Yang, Ye Zhang, Ye Zhang

“…This study investigates the factor structure and reliability of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) across multiple time points in perinatal women in China.MethodsA total of 849 perinatal women participated in this study, with data collected at six time points: early, mid, and late pregnancy, as well as 1, 3, and 6 months postpartum. …”
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Severity, uncertainty, social support and coping style of parents who have children with epilepsy: a structural equation model by Miao Zhang, Liyun Lei, Dan Yao, Yongai Zhang

“…Eligible participants completed questionnaires via an online platform (https://www.wjx.cn/) by scanning the QR code. Structural equation modeling and mediated effects serve as the methods for data analysis.ResultThis study surveyed 492 parents, including 192 males (39.0%) and 300 females (61.0%). …”
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Structural characteristics of faults in Wangfu fault depression and their control on coal-rock gas enrichment, Songliao Basin, NE China by Yonghe SUN, Yumin LIU, Wenguang TIAN

“…The filling effect induced by igneous intrusion accelerates the sediment filling process in the rift lacustrine area. The structural transfer zone and igneous intrusion together determine the preferential accumulation location of coal seams in the plane. …”
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The first complete mitochondrial genome of Curcuma amarissima (Zingiberaceae): insights into multi-branch structure, codon usage, and phylogenetic evolution by Heng Liang, Jiabin Deng, Yidan Wang, Gang Gao, Ruiwu Yang

“…The C. amarissima mitogenome features a unique multi-branched structure, spanning 6,505,655 bp and consisting of 39 distinct segments. …”
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Determinants associated with anemia level among children under 5 years in Gambia: a structural equation modelling approach by Opeyemi Roselyn Akindutire, Shaun Ramroop, Faustin Habyarimana

“…Researchers have unraveled the intricate relationships between components using Structural Equation Modelling (SEM).ObjectiveTherefore, using anemia as the main variable, this study intends to use SEM to investigate the association between socioeconomic and household resources and the anemic health status of under-five children in Gambia. …”
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The influence of socioenvironmental risk factors on risk-taking behaviors among Bahamian adolescents: a structural equation modeling analysis by Elizabeth Schieber, Ava Wang, Grace Ou, Carly Herbert, Hoa T. Nguyen, Lynette Deveaux, Xiaoming Li

“…Few studies have established a relationship between multiple social environmental factors and adolescent risk behaviors. We used structural equation modeling to examine the role of parental monitoring and environmental risks on adolescents’ behavioral intentions and risk behaviors.Methods Data were collected through the baseline survey of a national implementation project among 2205 Grade 6 students in 24 government schools in The Bahamas in 2019. …”
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Dietary risk factors for non-communicable diseases among Omani adults by latent class analysis and structural equation modelling by Adhra Al-Mawali, Ayaman Al-Harrasi, Avinash Daniel Pinto, Magdi Morsi, Abbas Balouchi, Francesco P. Cappuccio

“…The objective was to investigate the dietary risk factors and its associations based on a first-of-its-kind analysis employing both Latent Class Analysis (LCA) and Structural equation modelling (SEM) to explore the hidden heterogeneity and subgroups with shared dietary pattern and to demonstrate the complex interaction of dietary factors with other risk factors in the development of NCDs. …”
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Influence of Elevation and Anthropogenic Disturbance on Woody Species Composition, Diversity, and Stand Structure in Harego Mountain Forest, Northeastern Ethiopia by Belachew Bogale Worku, Melese Genete Muluneh, Tesfaye Molla

“…Therefore, the purpose of this research was to examine the species’ horizontal and vertical structural diversity along the Harego Mountain Forest’s elevational gradient. …”
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NMR and SEM fractal dimensions explore shale pore structure taking the Upper Paleozoic shale in Ordos Basin as an example. by Keying Zhao, Zhanghua Zhang

“…In this paper, the fractal dimension is calculated by extracting pore parameters from SEM images and NMR experimental data, the pore structure heterogeneity in plane and space is comprehensively discussed, and the relationship between the fractal dimension and shale composition and physical parameters is discussed, providing new ideas for the study of shale reservoirs heterogeneity. …”
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EMPIRICAL VERIFICATION OF THE STRUCTURAL MODEL RELATING EQUILIBRIUM VALUES OF COSTS, QUALITY, AND COMFORT OF MEDICAL SERVICES WITH INDIVIDUALIZED ELASTICITIES OF DEMAND by Oleg Klymenyuk, Oleksandr Ocheredko, Volodymyr Klymenyuk, Anastasiia Rudenko

“…The research aims at performing empirical verification of the structural model relating equilibrium values of costs, quality, and comfort of medical services with individualized elasticities of demand. …”
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Assessing the multi-dimensional effects of air pollution on maternal complications and birth outcomes: A structural equation modeling approach by Boubakari Ibrahimou, Ning Sun, Sophie Dabo-Niang

“…Methods: With 46,829 births in 2021 in two Florida counties and Air Quality System data, structural equation modeling was used to construct latent metal mixtures in PM2.5 and unravel their effects on pregnancy complications (preeclampsia and gestational diabetes) and birth outcomes (low birth weight and preterm birth risks). …”
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Hydrogeological structure of shallow-buried coal seam in wind erosion landform area and water-retaining coal mining method by MENG Fanlin, LI Jiashan, SUN Zhihao, CAI Jin, QIAO Wei, WANG Qiqing, WU Huijie

“…Taking the Yushuquan Coal Mine in Xinjiang as the study area, this study investigated the hydrogeological structure and water circulation patterns of the wind-eroded landform area and proposed the water-retaining coal mining method for the mine. …”
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Demographic and genetic structure of the quagga mussel, Dreissena rostriformis bugensis, in the Moselle River ten years after first observation by Nicolas Trunfio, Thibaut Bournonville, Nicolas Debortoli, Jonathan Marescaux, Géraldine Nogaro, Jean-Nicolas Beisel

“…The objective of this study was to obtain a better understanding of the species’ demographic and genetic structure ten years after its first observation. To do this, we examined quagga mussel (i) relative abundance/biomass (compared with the zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha), (ii) population structure, and (iii) genetic structure along the navigable stretch of the Moselle during four sampling events conducted between May 2021 and May 2022. …”
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Structure and Crystallization of Even–Odd Nylons Derived from Pimelic Acid: Influence of the Number of Methylene Groups in the Diamine Unit by Matteo Arioli, Lourdes Franco, Jordi Puiggalí

“…Thermal properties and thermally induced structural transitions have been evaluated to complement the reported data on nylon 4,7. …”
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Decoding the chloroplast genomes of five Iranian Salvia species: insights into genomic structure, phylogenetic relationships, and molecular marker development by Amir Mohammad Akrami, Sepehr Meratian Esfahani, Aboozar Soorni

“…Results The cp. genomes of the five Salvia species exhibited a conserved quadripartite structure, with sizes ranging from 151,163 to 151,662 bp, and a GC content of 38%. …”
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Structure–function relationships in unspecific peroxygenases revealed by a comparative study of their action on the phenolic lignin monomer 4-propylguaiacol by Marta Barros-Reguera, Esteban Lopez-Tavera, Gabriela C. Schröder, Greta Nardini, Kenneth A. Kristoffersen, Iván Ayuso-Fernández, Vincent G. H. Eijsink, Morten Sørlie

“…Comparative analysis—supported by experimental activity profiles and structural data—suggest that a more constrained active-site topology contributes to the peroxygenase activity. …”
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Retrospective study of factors associated with the clinical severity of covid-19 in older adults in Minas Gerais: structural equation modeling by Flavia Aparecida Dias Marmo, Nayara Gomes Nunes Oliveira, Érica Midori Ikegami, Neilzo Nunes Oliveira, Joilson Meneguci, Darlene Mara dos Santos Tavares

“…However, few studies have described the explanatory factors of the relationship between these variables and the clinical severity of COVID-19 using structural equation modeling. OBJECTIVE: To analyze the factors directly and indirectly associated with the clinical severity of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) among older adults in Minas Gerais, Brazil. …”
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Crop field extraction from high resolution remote sensing images based on semantic edges and spatial structure map by Liegang Xia, Ruiyan Liu, Yishao Su, Shulin Mi, Dezhi Yang, Jun Chen, Zhanfeng Shen

“…We proposed a novel structure that combines full edge extraction with CNNs and enhances connectivity with transformers, consisting of three stages: a) preprocessing the training data; b) training the semantic edge and spatial structure graph models; and c) vectorizing the fusion of semantic edge and spatial structure graph outputs. …”
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SPECIES COMPOSITION, STRUCTURE AND CARBON STOCKS OF DEADWOOD OF THE «KOLOGRIVSKY LES» NATURE RESERVE FORESTS AFTER THE CATASTROPHIC WINDTHROW OF 2021 by A. V. Lebedev, N. V. Ivanova, D. Yu. Gosteva, V. V. Gostev, I. G. Krinitsyn, M. P. Shashkov

“…The aim of the study was to assess changes in carbon stocks of deadwood and the structure of even-aged and uneven-aged old-growth forest stands in the Kologrivsky Forest Nature Reserve after the storm of 2021 using ground-based data. …”
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