Micro-Characterization of Indoor Deposited Particles Using FTIR, SEM-EDS, and XRD Techniques: A Case Study of a University Campus, Bangladesh by Mamun Mahmud, Kazi ABM Mohiuddin

“…The morphological analysis by SEM depicted the shape of indoor particles as angular, micro-flake, cubic, and irregular with the major chemical compositions of C, O, Al, Si, Ca, Na, Fe, and Mg of which Si and Fe were dominant in CEC and CEL sites which most likely originated from construction activities and dust from paved and unpaved roads. …”
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Systemic inflammation response index (SIRI)-based risk of pneumonia following successful PCI in STEMI patients by Dan Yan, Saibin Wang

“…The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) was used to assess the predictive accuracy of the SIRI for pneumonia risk following successful PCI. Using a restricted cubic spline (RCS) and multivariate regression analysis, we investigated the relationship between the SIRI and PCI-induced pneumonia.Results Patients in the pneumonia group had a significantly greater SIRI than did those in the nonpneumonia group at admission (7.81 ± 7.53 vs. 3.35 ± 3.08, p < 0.001). …”
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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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PREJUÍZOS COGNITIVOS EM IDOSOS COM DIABETES MELLITUS TIPO 2 by Regina Maria Fernandes Lopes, Irani I. de Lima Argimon

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Correlation between blood pressure control status and cognitive impairment in older adults: A national cross-sectional study. by Junxiu Yao, Shengshu Wang, Meiling Li, Baomei Song, Cong Lan, Jianjun Jia, Yongjian Yang

“…Bivariate Logistic regression analysis and restricted cubic spline (RCS) model were used to analyze the relationship between blood pressure control and cognitive impairment. …”
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Long-range Transport of Air Pollutants to Taiwan during the COVID-19 Lockdown in Hubei Province by I-Chien Lai, Peter Brimblecombe

“…Larger reductions on the coastal islands is not surprising given their proximity to major cities, but on Magong and at Cape Fugui, PM2.5 concentrations are reduced by a few micrograms per cubic metre. Decreases in NOx are smaller and at Cape Fugui, barely amounting to a ppb. …”
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Healthy lifestyle and its change attenuated the risk of hypertension among rural population: evidence from a prospective cohort study by Tingyun Ren, Yinghao Yuchi, Wei Liao, Ning Kang, Ruiying Li, Chongjian Wang

“…Associations of HLS and lifestyle change with systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) were analyzed by generalized linear models, and with hypertension were analyzed by logistic regression model and restricted cubic spline plots.ResultsThe results from the generalized linear models showed SBP and DBP levels decreased with the HLS increasing (Ptrend &lt; 0.01). …”
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Amortissement des phonons dans un superfluide 2D : insuffisance de la règle d’or de Fermi à basse température by Castin, Yvan, Serafin, Alan, Sinatra, Alice

“…Thus, in this limit, we should always be able to calculate the damping rate of thermal phonons by applying Fermi’s golden rule to the Hamiltonian H3 of cubic phonon-phonon coupling taken from quantum hydrodynamics, at least in the case of a convex acoustic branch and in the collisionless regime (where the eigenfrequency of the considered phonons remains much greater than the gas thermalization rate). …”
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Association between magnesium depletion score and prostate cancer by Hongyang Gong, Xiaomei Lin, Shaoqun Huang

“…Subgroup analysis, restricted cubic splines (RCS), and multivariable logistic regression were employed to examine the association between MDS and the prevalence of PCa. …”
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A case–control study based on the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey to evaluate the effects of human papilloma virus on bone health in women by Xiang Li, Guangjun Jiao, Yunzhen Chen

“…Furthermore, linear mixed models were employed for validation purposes. Restricted cubic spline (RCS) analysis and Kendall’s tau-b tests were performed to explore the effect of different types of HPV infection on BMD. …”
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Investigating the Effect of Wood Charcoal Dust as Partial Replacement for Cement in Plain Concrete. by Akankunda, Lindah

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Ingreso y calidad del aire en ciudades: ¿Existe una curva de Kuznets para las emisiones del transporte en la Zona Metropolitana del Valle de México? by Vanessa Pérez-Cirera, Elisa Schmelkes, Oliver López-Corona, Francisco Carrera, Ana Paula García-Teruel, Graciela Teruel

“…Existen muy pocos análisis que esclarezcan la relación entre los niveles de ingreso y contaminación proveniente del transporte a nivel microeconómico, con un gran vacío en ciudades de países en desarrollo.Metodología: Se corrió un modelo de mínimos cuadrados ordinarios (MCO) lineal, cuadrático y cúbico del modelo típico de Kuznets para conocer la relación existente entre el ingreso y las variables de contaminación atmosférica. …”
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The association between life’s essential 8 and gallstones: A cross-sectional study by Yang Zhao, Xuesong Liu, Jingru Han, Bin Feng, Chowtin Yan, Jianfu Zhao

“…Weighted logistic regression, restricted cubic splines (RCS), and stratified analyses were used to assess the association between LE8 and gallstones. …”
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Minimum Description Length and Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis in Predictive Modeling by Petr Silhavy, Katerina Hlavackova-Schindler, Radek Silhavy

“…We conclude that the integration of MDL and MCDA significantly improved model selection across all datasets. The cubic polynomial regression model and the multi-layer perceptron models outperformed other models in terms of AHP score and MDL criterion. …”
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A CsPb0.95Ni0.05Br3 NCs-based fluorescence sensor for rapidly and accurately evaluating trace water in edible oils along with the structure destruction and dissolution by Qin Ye, Penghao Zhu, Xianghe Meng, Jie Li, Yuanchao Lu

“…Metal ions with smaller radii than Pb2+ can stabilize CsPbBr3 NCs' cubic structure by lattice shrinkage, but lacking sensing research. …”
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Level of elderly-supportive infrastructure, fine particulate matter and cardiovascular disease hospitalisations: a time-stratified case-crossover study in Wuhan by Mengxue Qin, Xingyuan Liu, Luyao Wang, Tengchong Huang, Xiuran Zuo, Yuliang Zou

“…Nonlinear relationships among variables were determined using restricted cubic splines. Results 173,486 case days and 589,188 control days were included. …”
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Associations between asthma and Life’s Essential 8: a cross-sectional study by Jiao Xu, Jianlei Tang

“…We hypothesized that LE8 is a protective factor against asthma.Materials and methodsMultiple logistic regression analysis, restricted cubic spline (RCS) analysis, and subgroup analysis were used to analyze the data collected from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) from 2001 to 2018.ResultsA total of 3,360 participants with asthma were included in the analysis. …”
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Seasonal Patterns and Trends of Air Pollution in the Upper Northern Thailand from 2004 to 2018 by Sarawut Sukkhum, Apiradee Lim, Thammasin Ingviya, Rattikan Saelim

“…The hourly air pollutant concentration data including carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), nitrogen oxide (NOx), sulfur dioxide (SO2), ozone (O3), and particulate matter ≤ 10 µm (PM10) recorded from 6 monitoring stations in the UNT were obtained from the Pollution Control Department, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Thailand. Cubic splines were used to assess seasonal patterns and trends of the air pollutants. …”
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Methane hydrate systems off South Makassar Basin, Indonesia by Feisal Dirgantara, Susilohadi Susilohadi, Mohammad Andri Syahrir Iskandar, Yudha Arisandhy Sintuwardhana

“…A first-order estimation of methane resources via petrophysical approach and Monte Carlo simulation suggests approximately 105 trillion cubic feet (TCF) of methane resources.…”
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The weight-adjusted-waist index predicts all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in hypertension by Yu Zheng, Zixing Nie, Yifan Zhang, Tao Sun

“…The relationship between WWI and mortality was assessed using a weighted Cox proportional risk model; the nonlinear relationship was explored using restricted cubic splines. The robustness of the results was verified by subgroup and sensitivity analyses.ResultsA cohort of 11,556 people with a diagnosis of hypertension was included in this study. …”
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