The Importance of Automatic Counters for Sustainable Management in Rural Areas: The Case of Hiking Trails in Historic Villages of Portugal by Ana Luque, Luiz Alves

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Association of T3/T4 ratio with inflammatory indicators and all-cause mortality in stroke survivors by Sheng Zhang, Zhongzhou Su, Xianqiang Wen

“…Multivariate regression analysis showed that age ≥ 60 years, race of non-Hispanic black, low T3/T4 ratio (p = 0.014, HR = 0.92, 95% CI = 0.87~0.98) and high NPAR (p = 0.009, HR = 2.50, 95% CI = 1.26~4.99) were independent risk factors for all-cause mortality. …”
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Estimating the reproduction number from the initial phase of the Spanish flu pandemic waves in Geneva, Switzerland by Gerardo Chowell, Catherine E. Ammon, Nicolas W. Hengartner, James M. Hyman

“…At the outset of an influenza pandemic, early estimates of the number of secondarycases generated by a primary influenza case (reproduction number, $R$) and its associateduncertainty can help determine the intensity of interventions necessary for control.Using a compartmental model and hospital notification data of the first two waves of theSpanish flu pandemic in Geneva, Switzerland in 1918, we estimate the reproduction numberfrom the early phase of the pandemic waves. For the spring and fall pandemic waves, weestimate reproduction numbers of $1.57$ ($95\%$ CI: $1.45$, $1.70$) and $3.10$ ($2.81$, $3.39$),respectively, from the initial epidemic phase comprising the first $10$ epidemic days of thecorresponding wave. …”
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Association of glucose to lymphocyte ratio with the risk of death in patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease by Jinglin Lei, Wentao Duan, Xiaoxi Yao, Zheng Hu, Huihui Fan, Yifan Liu, Wenjian Zhong, Haipeng Li

“…When the GLR < 3.13, it showed a significant negative association with all-cause mortality (HR 0.65, 95% CI 0.47–0.89). When GLR ≥ 3.13 for all-cause mortality, there was a significant positive correlation with all-cause mortality (HR 1.13, 95% CI 1.09–1.17). …”
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Investigating the role of the metabolic score for visceral Fat in assessing the prevalence of chronic kidney disease from the NHANES 1999–2018 by Xingcheng Zhou, Jiayi Xiang, Shuxian Zhang, Jun Yang, Yi Tang, Yalan Wang

“…Multivariable logistic regression, restricted cubic spline models, and threshold effect analyses were employed to explore the relationship. …”
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Spatial and Temporal Characteristics of Meteorological Drought in Shandong Province, China, from 1961 to 2008 by Xiaoli Wang, Xiyong Hou, Zhi Li, Yuandong Wang

“…Furthermore, the slight drought mainly appeared in the northwest and southwest while the other grades of drought exhibited much significant spatial and temporal variability. Besides, drought in spring was more serious than that in winter. This study is anticipated to support the mitigation of drought hazards and to improve the management practices of environment system in Shandong province.…”
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Integrated Feature Selection of ARIMA with Computational Intelligence Approaches for Food Crop Price Prediction by Yuehjen E. Shao, Jun-Ting Dai

“…Other than the ARIMA, the components of the proposed integrated forecasting models include artificial neural networks (ANNs), support vector regression (SVR), and multivariate adaptive regression splines (MARS). The predictive accuracies of ARIMA, ANN, SVR, MARS, and the proposed integrated model are compared and discussed. …”
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Is Month of Birth a Risk Factor for Colorectal Cancer? by N. K. Francis, N. J. Curtis, E. Noble, M. Cortina-Borja, E. Salib

“…For both men and women there is an excess of colorectal cancer in those born in autumn and a corresponding reduction of risk among those born in spring (p = 0.026). For the identified September peak, the excess risk for colorectal cancer was 14.8% (95% CI 5.6–32.3%) larger than the spring trough. …”
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Preclinical study and parallel phase II trial evaluating antisense STAT3 oligonucleotide and checkpoint blockade for advanced pancreatic, non-small cell lung cancer and mismatch re... by Heather Lin, Vivek Subbiah, Siqing Fu, Aung Naing, Courtney Nicholas, Shubham Pant, Chad Tang, Michael A Curran, David S Hong, Ying Yuan, Sarina A Piha-Paul, Jordi Rodon Ahnert, Timonthy A Yap, Apostolia M Tsimberidou, Daniel D Karp, Anupallavi Srinivasamani, Coline Couillault, Genevieve P Hartley, James Dai, Ecaterina E Ileana Dumbrava, Paola Guerrero, Sarah Dhebat, Theresa Proia

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Association between red blood cell distribution width-to-albumin ratio and prognosis in post-cardiac arrest patients: data from the MIMIC-IV database by Yinhe Cai, Yinhe Cai, Yao Zhang, Yao Zhang, Ningzhi Zhou, Ningzhi Zhou, Yong Tang, Yong Tang, Haixia Zheng, Haixia Zheng, Hong Liu, Hong Liu, Jiahua Liang, Ruixiang Zeng, Shengqing Song, Yu Xia, Yu Xia

“…An elevated RAR index was significantly associated with an increased 30-day [adjusted HR: 1.08, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.01–1.15] and 180-day (adjusted HR: 1.09, 95% CI: 1.03–1.16) mortality risk. …”
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Association between Pan‐Immune Inflammation Value and Sarcopenia in Hypertensive Patients, NHANES 1999–2018 by Lu Long, Bingquan Xiong, Zhidan Luo, Haiyan Yang, Qiang She

“…We used logistic and linear regression models, restricted cubic splines (RCS), and subgroup analyses to evaluate the relationship between pan‐immune‐inflammation value (PIV) and sarcopenia. …”
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The Association between Seasonal Variation in Vitamin D, Postural Sway, and Falls Risk: An Observational Cohort Study by Marie-Louise Bird, Keith D. Hill, Iain Robertson, Madeleine J. Ball, Jane K. Pittaway, Andrew D. Williams

“…Incidence of falls (P=0.01) and injurious falls (P=0.02) were lower in spring, with the highest fall rate at the end of autumn. …”
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Association between cardiometabolic index and hypertension among US adults from NHANES 1999–2020 by Tuo Guo, Yang Zhou, Guifang Yang, Lijuan Sheng, Xiangping Chai

“…Using multivariable logistic regression, we explored the association between CMI and hypertension, employing Restricted Cubic Spline analysis to assess non-linear relationships and two-piecewise linear regression to identify threshold effects. …”
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Muscle quality index is correlated with insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes mellitus: a cross-sectional population-based study by Mengye Zhang, Hao Lin, Xue Xu

“…To explore the correlation between MQI, IR and T2DM, multivariate logistic regression, receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve, subgroup analysis, and restricted cubic spline regression were employed. Results A total of 2816 American adults were enrolled in this study, among whom 1264 (44.9%) had IR, and 300 (10.7%) had T2DM. …”
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The Association of Joint Power Kinetic Variables with Running Injuries: A Case-Control Study by Matt Dewald, Jennifer Dalland, Josie Stockland

“…However, higher hip power absorbed was found to be protective against injuries (odds ratio, .16; 95% CI .025-.88) when considering demographics using a logistic regression model including sex, foot strike, BMI, speed, age, and power variables from the hip, knee, and ankle. …”
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C-reactive protein to serum calcium ratio as a novel biomarker for predicting severity in acute pancreatitis: a retrospective cross-sectional study by Xinqi Chen, Yisen Huang, Qiaoli Xu, Bifeng Zhang, Yubin Wang, Meixue Huang

“…Each unit increase in CCR was associated with a 7% increase in the risk of developing moderate to severe AP (OR: 1.07; 95% CI: 1.06–1.09). In fully adjusted models, this association remained statistically significant. …”
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Positive association of triglyceride glucose index and gestational diabetes mellitus: a retrospective cohort study by Jie Zhang, Xia Fang, Zhan Song, Xue-ke Guo, Dong-mei Lin, Fei-na Jiang, Lin Lin, Zhu-hua Cai

“…Research objectives were validated using logistic regression analysis and Receiver Operating Characteristic curves.ResultsWe found an independent correlation between TyG index and increased risk of GDM, with an odds ratio (OR) of 3.11 (95% confidence interval (CI): 2.09-4.63, P&lt;0.001). The spline model revealed a linear association between TyG index and GDM in early pregnancy (non-linear P=0.748), and the risk of GDM increased with the increase of TyG index. …”
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Red blood cell distribution width to albumin ratio is associated with increased depression: the mediating role of atherogenic index of plasma by Tingting Shangguan, Jing Xu, Xiaochun Weng, Hao Lin

“…Furthermore, a mediation analysis was performed to elucidate the role of atherogenic index of plasma (AIP) in mediating the effect of RAR on depression.ResultsMultivariate logistic regression analyses and restricted cubic splines analysis indicated that RAR can exhibit a linearly correlation with depression (OR = 1.335; 95% CI: 1.222, 1.458). …”
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Association between dietary inflammatory index and osteoporosis in the US population: evidence from NHANES 2003–2010 by Zhiwen Liu, Huanling Jian, Zijing Peng, Sicheng Xiong, Zhihai Zhang

“…After adjusting for covariates, participants in the highest DII quartile had an 88% greater risk of osteoporosis (OR: 1.88, 95% CI: 1.41–2.52, P for trend &lt;0.001). Restricted cubic spline analysis confirmed a linear relationship between DII and osteoporosis risk. …”
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Effects of spinal deformities on lower limb kinematics during walking: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Fateme Khorramroo, Seyed Hamed Mousavi, Reza Rajabi

“…Mean differences and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated with random effects model in RevMan version 5.4. …”
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