The Associations of Parenting Factors with Adolescent Body Mass Index in an Underserved Population by Elizabeth M. Schneider, Dawn K. Wilson, Heather Kitzman-Ulrich, Sara M. St. George, Kassandra A. Alia

“…Post hoc analyses revealed a trend towards a significant interaction between nurturance and limit setting, such that high levels of both parental nurturance and limit setting were associated with lower adolescent zBMI. Conclusions. Current findings suggest the importance of authoritative parenting and monitoring of adolescent health behaviors in the treatment of obesity.…”
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A Magnetoelectric Distance Estimation System for Relative Human Motion Tracking by Johannes Hoffmann, Henrik Wolframm, Erik Engelhardt, Moritz Boueke, Tobias Schmidt, Julius Welzel, Michael Höft, Walter Maetzler, Gerhard Schmidt

“…Our results show that the modular system is capable of centimeter-level motion tracking of the lower extremities during treadmill walking and should therefore be investigated for clinical gait parameter assessment.…”
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Trichoscopy in Unveiling the Triad of Netherton Syndrome by H Bangaru, D Ashwini

“…Here, we present a case of a 16-year-old female born to second-degree consanguineous marriage who presented with a history of atopy, generalized xerosis, plaques with serpiginous borders, and double-edged scales over the trunk, upper and lower limbs, lichenification in flexures, sparse eyelashes, and eyebrows predominantly over lateral half was noted. …”
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Infection after Acute Ischemic Stroke: Risk Factors, Biomarkers, and Outcome by Katja E. Wartenberg, Anett Stoll, Andreas Funk, Andreas Meyer, J. Michael Schmidt, Joerg Berrouschot

“…The maximum temperature on days 1 and 3, leukocytes, interleukin-6, lipopolysaccharide-binding protein on days 1, 3, and 5, C-reactive protein on days 3 and 5, and procalcitonin on day 5 were higher and HLA-DR-expression on monocytes on days 1, 3, and 5 lower in patients with infection. Age and NIHSS predicted the development of infections. …”
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The Feasibility of Reducing and Measuring Sedentary Time among Overweight, Non-Exercising Office Workers by Sarah Kozey-Keadle, Amanda Libertine, John Staudenmayer, Patty Freedson

“…The AG measures were more accurate (lower bias) and more precise (smaller confidence intervals) than the questionnaires. …”
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Validation of the New Algorithm for Rain Rate Retrieval from AMSR2 Data Using TMI Rain Rate Product by Elizaveta Zabolotskikh, Bertrand Chapron

“…The algorithm is based on the numerical simulation of brightness temperatures (TB) for AMSR2 lower frequency channels, using a simplified radiation transfer model. …”
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Diabetic Muscle Infarction of the Tibialis Anterior and Extensor Hallucis Longus Muscles Mimicking the Malignant Soft-Tissue Tumor by Yoshikuni Mimata, Kotaro Sato, Karen Tokunaga, Itsuko Tsukimura, Hiroshi Tada, Minoru Doita

“…A 64-year-old man with type 2 diabetes mellitus presented with a 6-month history of a palpable mass in his lower left leg. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed that the mass exhibited heterogeneous signals on T1- and T2-weighted images and slight heterogeneous enhancement within the muscles on fat suppressed T1-weighted images. …”
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Time Effect of Chloride Erosion on Physical and Mechanical Properties of High-Water-Content Materials by Hai-kuan Wu, Chang-wu Liu, Zhao Zhang, Yi-chen Miao

“…The erosion of HWC materials exposed to calcium chloride (CaCl2) solutions was relatively serious, and the erosion of the cuboid specimens was lower than that of the cylindrical specimens. The strength of HWC materials increased during prolonged erosion, and the strength of the cylindrical specimens in water was the highest, followed by the CaCl2 and sodium chloride (NaCl) solutions. …”
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Influence of Body Composition on Gait Kinetics throughout Pregnancy and Postpartum Period by Marco Branco, Rita Santos-Rocha, Filomena Vieira, Maria-Raquel Silva, Liliana Aguiar, António P. Veloso

“…The purpose was to quantify the morphology and body composition of women throughout pregnancy and in the postpartum period and identify the contribution of these parameters on the lower limb joints kinetic during gait. Eleven women were assessed longitudinally, regarding anthropometric, body composition, and kinetic parameters of gait. …”
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Perceptual Analysis of Tone Mapping Operators by Raazia Sosan, M. Hamza Qureshi, M. Zukhruf Bashir, Ahmad Hussain, Naz Islam

“…Tone mapping is a crucial step in rendering, as it maps the High Dynamic Range (HDR) images to a Lower Dynamic Range (LDR) for display on standard devices. …”
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Oral Floor and Gingival Metastasis of Cholangiocarcinoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Yukihiro Nakanishi, Bo Xu, Charles LeVea

“…After undergoing one cycle of gemcitabine chemotherapy, the patient noticed an extremely rapidly growing mass involving her right lower gingiva and the entire right floor of her mouth. …”
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Experimental Investigation on Carbonation Behavior in Lime-Stabilized Expansive Soil by Long Xu, Fusheng Zha, Congmin Liu, Bo Kang, Jingjing Liu, Chuang Yu

“…Higher carbonation depth was obtained at higher temperature and CO2 concentration and lower relative humidity, which was described by an empirical model. …”
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Mesenchymal Stem Cells: A Potential Therapeutic Approach for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis? by Agnese Gugliandolo, Placido Bramanti, Emanuela Mazzon

“…Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by the degeneration of both upper and lower motor neurons. Patients show both motor and extra-motor symptoms. …”
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Highly conductive graphene@phosphotungstic acid nanocomposite for sensitive electrochemical detection of acetaminophen based on analysis induction strategy in foods by Ruiyu He, Jingjie Zhang, Shixin Li, Yuzhen Yang, Yaru Xu, Zhixiang Xu, Yufeng Sun

“…Under the optimal conditions, a good linear relationship with AP concentration ranging from 1 μM to 100 μM and a lower limit of detection (0.305 μM) were obtained. …”
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Native Centric Ethics Constraining Illegal Migration in Nigeria by Osebor Ikechukwu Monday, Alumona Nicholas Onyemechi, Uchena Chukwuka Obed

“…Of course, this would aid in lowering international unlawful migration. …”
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Design and Analysis of Harmonic Reducer Combined Curve Cam Wave Generators by Mu Man, Tao Menglun, Liu Bin, Chen Dingfang, Wu Junfeng, Zhang Huiming, Hu Qunfei

“…The results show that the maximum equivalent stress of the flexspline is lower than that of the standard ellipse cam wave generator, under the action of combined curve cam wave generator, the stress at the front and back ends of the tooth ring in the meshing area of the flexspline is obviously reduced, the stress distribution is more uniform, and the fatigue life is also improved.…”
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Impact of Gasoline and Diesel Subsidy Reforms on Global Biofuel Mandates by Robin Argueyrolles, Tobias Heimann, Ruth Delzeit

“…We find that where they are implemented, Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reforms increase biofuel competitiveness and lower the cost of achieving the mandates. The fiscal benefit is therefore twofold with savings on fossil and bio‐based energy subsidies. …”
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Effect of xanthan gum on the quality of low sodium salted beef and property of myofibril proteins by Zirui Zhao, Shujie Wang, Dayu Li, Yajun Zhou

“…MP of salted beef treated with xanthan gum had higher solubility, lower hydrogen bond than that without it (P < 0.05). …”
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Influence of Tire-Recycled Steel Fibers on Strength and Flexural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete by Yancong Zhang, Lingling Gao

“…The strength and flexural toughness of the tire-recycled steel fiber reinforced concrete are lower than those of industrial steel fibers. To obtain concrete with approximately the same strength or toughness, the content of tire-recycled steel fibers should be about 1%-2% higher than that of industrial steel fibers. …”
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Nonsyndromic Bilateral Multiple Impacted Supernumerary Mandibular Third Molars: A Rare and Unusual Case Report by G. Siva Prasad Reddy, G. V. Reddy, I. Venkata Krishna, Shravan Kumar Regonda

“…The occurrence of supernumerary teeth in the lower molar region is rare. A prevalence of less than 2% of cases occurring in this region has been estimated. …”
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