The atherogenic index of plasma is associated with an increased risk of diabetes in non-obese adults: a cohort study by Jun Cao, Zhaohai Su, Jiangyong Yang, Bilong Zhang, Rengui Jiang, Weiling Lu, Zhenhua Huang, Zhenhua Huang, Zheng Xie

“…Furthermore, E-value analysis indicated that the results were robust against unmeasured confounding variables.ConclusionOur findings highlight a positive, nonlinear association between AIP and diabetes risk in Chinese non-obese adults. Lowering triglycerides (TG) or increasing high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) levels may help reduce this risk.…”
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Surgical site infections prevalence among caesarean section patients by Tasneem Alkout, Abdulhamid M. Alkout, Esraa Rasheed, Osama Etekbali, Fathi Abousnina, Alhadi Araibi

“…The main bacteria isolates were Staphylococcus aureus (37.8%), Staphylococcus epidermidis (23.6%), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (11.4%), Klebsiella pneumonia (8.3%), Escherichia coli (5.3%) and Alpha hemolytic Streptococcus (3.8%) Conclusions: The SSI rate in this study was at the lower limit of the WHO predicted infection rate and the bacterial isolates were sensitive to many antibiotics. …”
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The head position and cervical alignment in patients with Chiari malformation: A retrospective case–control study by Resul Karadeniz, Zeynep Dağlar, Emin Çağıl, Göksal Günerhan, Buse Sarıgül, Yılmaz Aslan, Ahmet Deniz Belen, Ali Dalgıç

“…Results: CM patients had significantly higher CI, CT, STT, and SCA angles compared to controls (P < 0.05), indicating an anterior displacement of the head’s COG. The CS angle was lower in CM patients (P < 0.05), reflecting a more flexed head position. …”
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Performance Responses and Fillet Quality of Rainbow Trout (<i>Oncorhynchus mykiss</i>) to Increasing Addition Levels of Dietary Supplementation of Guanidinoacetic Acid by Pedro Henrique Sessegolo Ferzola, Judith Ringel, Elena Beneder, Carsten Schulz, Martin Gierus

“…Moreover, trout fed 0.12 and 0.18% GAA had lower (<i>p</i> < 0.05) pH values than trout fed the control diet and 0.06% GAA. …”
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Reversible data hiding algorithm in encrypted images based on prediction error and bitplane coding by Haiyong WANG, Mengning JI

“…With the increasing use of cloud backup methods for storing important files, the demand for privacy protection has also grown.Reversible data hiding in encrypted images (RDHEI) is an important technology in the field of information security that allows embedding secret information in encrypted images while ensuring error-free extraction of the secret information and lossless recovery of the original plaintext image.This technology not only enhances image security but also enables efficient transmission of sensitive information over networks.Its application in cloud environments for user privacy protection has attracted significant attention from researchers.A reversible data hiding method in encrypted images based on prediction error and bitplane coding was proposed to improve the embedding rate of existing RDHEI algorithms.Different encoding methods were employed by the algorithm depending on the distribution of the bitplanes, resulting in the creation of additional space in the image.The image was rearranged to allocate the freed-up space to the lower-order planes.Following this, a random matrix was generated using a key to encrypt the image, ensuring image security.Finally, the information was embedded into the reserved space.The information can be extracted and the image recovered by the receiver using different keys.The proposed algorithm achieves a higher embedding rate compared to five state-of-the-art RDHEI algorithms.The average embedding rates on BOWS-2, BOSSBase, and UCID datasets are 3.769 bit/pixel, 3.874 bit/pixel, and 3.148 bit/pixel respectively, which represent an improvement of 12.5%, 6.9% and 8.6% compared to the best-performing algorithms in the same category.Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed algorithm effectively utilizes the redundancy of images and significantly improves the embedding rate.…”
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Factors influencing the utilization of traditional birth attendants among childbearing women in Nigeria by Samson Olusegun Aturaka, Yila Eric, Olaniyi Felix Sanni, Adesanmi Aremu Olatunde, Peter Theresa Aniekan, Adeforiti Ebiyemi Christiana, Ozor Nneka Augusta, Abiola Agatha Modupe, Popoola Temitope Olubukola, Saidi Ireti Modupe

“…Younger women and those influenced by family traditions, spiritual beliefs, and lower socioeconomic status are more likely to choose TBAs. …”
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A Study of Teak Wood Quality from Community Forests in Gunungkidul. V.Wood Chemical Properties by Ganis Lukmandaru, Arsyi Rahman Mohammad, Pito Wargono, Vendy Eko Prasetyo

“…The amounts of ethanol-toluene extractive and ash contents of Gunungkidul teak wood showed the lower values than those of teak from Randublatung. …”
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Resting-State fMRI Whole Brain Network Function Plasticity Analysis in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder by Yi Tang, Shuxing Zheng, Yin Tian

“…The results found that the ADHD group showed stronger economic small-world network property, while the clustering coefficient was significantly lower than the normal group; the frontal and occipital lobes showed smaller node degree and global efficiency between disease statuses. …”
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Effects of Macleaya cordata extract supplementation in low-protein, low-fishmeal diets on growth, hematology, intestinal histology, and microbiota in largemouth bass (Micropterus s... by Wenyuan Xu, Ruijun Zhu, Dianyu Huan, Xiaoqin Li, Xiangjun Leng

“…In Aeromonashydrophila challenge test, the LP-500 group showed higher survival than the LP-0 group.In serum indices, LP-500 group presented significantly lower activity of diamine oxidase than the LP-0 group(P < 0.05). …”
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Sarcoidosis and Non-small Cell Lung Cancer: Expression of miR-145, miR-301, and miR-449 by Negin Khosravi, Abdolreza Mohamadnia, Changiz Ahmadi Zadeh, Naghmeh Bahram, Saeid Ghorbian

“…In addition, miR-449 expression was higher in lymph node samples from sarcoidosis patients than in healthy individuals and it was lower in cancer tissue samples. Furthermore, there were variations in the expression levels of miR-145, between lymph node tissue of sarcoidosis patients and cancer tissue. …”
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Speckled-egg staining appearance of cryptococcal osteomyelitis in an immunocompetent patient by Matthew Alexander Stack, John-Paul Lavik, Jack G. Schneider, Brynne E. Cross

“…Despite prompt initiation of liposomal amphotericin B as soon as the organism was suspected, the patient’s mentation declined with associated progression of weakness in his upper and lower extremities. The patient was ultimately transitioned to comfort care. …”
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Hypoglycaemia and monitoring practices following insulin-dextrose therapy for hyperkalaemia by Samuel Ford, Julian Williams, Ian Coombes, Adam La Caze

“…Risk factors for hypoglycaemia were lower pre-treatment blood glucose (p=<0.001), absence of diabetes (p=<0.001) and not being prescribed insulin prior to presentation (p = 0.0026). …”
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Simulation Analysis of Inverting Marine Vertical Deflection Using Spaceborne GNSS-R Interferometric Altimetry by Lichang Duan, Junming Xia, Weihua Bai, Zhenhe Zhai, Feixiong Huang, Cong Yin, Yueqiang Sun, Qifei Du, Dongwei Wang, Xianyi Wang, Yixuan Sun, Shengyu Kang, Guanyi Wang, Xiaofeng Meng, Yunlong Du

“…As the GNSS-R detection on the FY-3E satellite covers 90&#x0025; of the global sea area in 20&#x2032; grids within 23 days, with an average revisit time of 7.3, spaceborne GNSS-R interferometric altimetry has the potential to invert the high-precision time-variable gravity field with a 20&#x2032; resolution, thus compensating for the lower resolution provided by satellite gravimetry.…”
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Fermented Ophiocordyceps sinensis mycelium products for preventing contrast-associated acute kidney injury: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials by Fenglan Pu, Tianli Li, Chen Shen, Yingqiao Wang, Chunmei Tang, Xiaowen Zhang, Lijiao Yan, Qihe Xu, Jianping Liu

“…Subgroup analysis showed that Bailing/Jinshuibao plus RPP demonstrated lower incidence of CA-AKI compared to RPP. However, there was no statistically significant difference between Zhiling with RPP and RPP in the incidence of CA-AKI. …”
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Mechanical Analysis of Preventing Reflection Cracks Based on Stress Absorbing Layer by Lingjie Han, Shihao Zhang, Zhengqi Zhang, Taotao Gao

“…When the thickness of the stress absorption layer is 2.5 cm, the values of tensile stress σX, equivalent stress σMises and maximum shear stress τMax are 31.7%, 29.2%, and 25.7% lower than those of the layer without addition, respectively. …”
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Stability evaluation of karst roof of pile foundation based on variable weight fuzzy comprehensive theory by Xuewen HU, Yun’an LI, Zhigao FAN

“…Regarding the lower accuracy of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) in assessing the stability of karst cave roof under pile foundations, an improved structural model of evaluation indicators based on variable weight theory was developed to establish an effective mathematical assessment method for stability determination. …”
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Thromboelastography parameters in chronic viral liver disease and liver resection: a retrospective study by Ying Di, Jialu Li, Chunjuan Ye, Zheng Wang, Qianqian Zhu

“…Results showed significantly longer K-time, smaller α-angle and lower maximum amplitude (MA) with increasing liver disease severity as measured by the CTP and MELD scores (P < 0.05 for all). …”
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Association between blood hemoglobin levels, anemia, and body mass index in children and women of Myanmar: findings from a nationally representative health study by Shiva Raj Acharya, Diwash Timilsina, Sabitri Acharya

“…This study demonstrates a positive association between BMI and blood hemoglobin levels, with a lower risk of anemia in overweight and obese women. …”
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Aperture-Fed Quad-Port Dual-Band Dielectric Resonator-MIMO Antenna for Sub-6 GHz 5G and WLAN Application by Trushit Upadhyaya, Ikmo Park, Rajat Pandey, Upesh Patel, Killol Pandya, Arpan Desai, Jayesh Pabari, Gangil Byun, Yogeshwar Kosta

“…It presents a 2 : 1 VSWR bandwidth of 2.64% (4.48 GHz–4.60 GHz) and 1.2% (4.96 GHz–5.04 GHz) in the lower and upper bands, respectively. The edge-to-edge distance between array elements is around 7.5 mm. …”
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Al–Si alloyed uncoated hot stamping steels for enhanced oxidation resistance by Zhaoqi Song, Kaixun Wang, Haitao Zhao, Long Ma, Junheng Gao, Honghui Wu, Yuhe Huang, Chaolei Zhang, Jun Lu, Shuize Wang, Xinping Mao

“…Notably, the scale thickness decreases with increasing Al content, reaching just 3.5 μm at 0.48% Al, which is substantially lower than the 46 μm observed in 22MnB5 steel. However, due to compressive stress in the scale during its growth process, oxide ridges form when the Al content exceeds approximately 0.1%. …”
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