Association of LPCAT1-rs8352 genetic variant with susceptibility and severity of pediatric bronchial asthma: a case-control study by Khalid M. Mohany, Yasser Gamal, Yaser F. Abdel Raheem

“…Abstract Background This study aimed to investigate the possible association of LPCAT1-rs8352 genetic variant (single nucleotide change C to G) with the onset and severity of pediatric asthma. Additionally, the study examined the influence of LPCAT1-rs8352 genotypes on asthma-related biomarkers including blood eosinophils count (BEC), eosinophil cationic protein (ECP), high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), and immunoglobulin E (IgE) and on lung function [forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) and the forced vital capacity (FVC)]. …”
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Experimental Study on the Shear Behavior of Bolted Concrete Blocks with Oblique Shear Test by Bo Meng, Hongwen Jing, Shengqi Yang, Yingchao Wang, Biao Li

“…The bolt with a larger diameter inflected in the vicinity of the shear failure plane of concrete block at the postpeak shear strength stage; additional normal force and direct shear resistance could still be persistently provided. …”
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Informal caregiving and mental health: results from the Belgian health interview survey 2013 and 2018 by Filip Van Droogenbroeck, Bram Spruyt, Pierre Gérain, Laura Van den Borre, Pierre Smith, Robby De Pauw, Sarah Dury

“…High-intensity caregivers (over 20 h/week) experienced significantly higher psychological distress compared to non-caregivers, whereas lower-intensity caregivers did not. Additionally, while gender, age, and education were significant predictors of who becomes a caregiver, they did not moderate the relationship between caregiving and mental health. …”
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Knowledge and Attitudes of Ecuadorian Women on Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention by María Teresa Peñaherrera Ron, Patricio Jaramillo Guerrero, José Sixto Calvopiña del Castillo

“…It was found that many women performed breast self-examinations, while a considerable number underwent mammography and breast ultrasound, with variable frequency, in addition, the majority had performed a cytological examination at least once in the last period, however, a small group of women did not remember when their last visit to the gynecologist had been. …”
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Trends in age‐specific incidence, mortality, and DALYs of female breast cancer from 1990 to 2021 by Subhadra Priyadarshini, Kunja Bihari Panda

“…Age‐specific annual percent changes (APC) and average annual percent changes (AAPC) were calculated to identify trends over time. Additionally, an autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) model was employed to forecast future mortality rates. …”
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A survey of educator perspectives toward teaching harm reduction cannabis education. by Molly K Downey, Lisa D Bishop, Jennifer R Donnan, Emily C Rowe, Nick Harris

“…Despite the legalization of cannabis in Canada and much of the United States, there is a lack of harm reduction cannabis education in schools. In addition, educators may not feel prepared to teach students about cannabis.…”
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Reduced Effective Oxygen Delivery and Ventilation with a Surgical Facemask Placed under Compared to over an Oxygen Mask: A Comparative Study by Marvin G. Chang, Takashi Sakano, Benjamin S. Levin, David Convissar, Edward A. Bittner

“…Consensus guidelines for perioperative anesthesia management during the COVID-19 pandemic recommend that patients wear a facemask in addition to their oxygen mask or nasal cannulae following tracheal extubation, where this is practical. …”
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A rapid method for the preparation of an in vitro osteoporosis model of calf vertebrae: histological and biomechanical study by Anli Shi, Anli Shi, Yijie Liu, Qiang Ma, Jiaxin Li, Jiawang Fan, Zhaohui Ge, Zhaohui Ge

“…The bone microstructure was significantly altered, characterized by a decrease in trabecular thickness and number and an increase in trabecular separation. Additionally, the trabecular bone pattern factor (TBPf) and Structure Model Index (SMI) increased. …”
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Socioeconomic disparities in depression risk: Limitations of the moderate effect of physical activity changes in Korea. by Su Kyoung Lee, Yong Jin Kwon

“…Those who increased PA from inactivity to moderate-to-vigorous activity 3-4 times per week had a 3.33 times higher risk (aOR, 3.33; 95% CI, 1.72-6.43). Additionally, the risk was 2.64 times higher for those increasing from 1-2 times to ≥5 times per week (aOR, 2.64; 95% CI, 1.35-5.15), and 2.83 times higher for those consistently engaging in PA 3-4 times per week (aOR, 2.83; 95% CI, 1.35-5.94). …”
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The Ability of Large Language Models to Generate Patient Information Materials for Retinopathy of Prematurity: Evaluation of Readability, Accuracy, and Comprehensiveness by Sevinç Arzu Postacı, Ali Dal

“…The readability of the TOA ROP guidelines and the LLM-generated responses was analyzed using the Ateşman and Bezirci-Yılmaz formulas. Additionally, ROP specialists evaluated the comprehensiveness and accuracy of the responses. …”
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Deterministic genetic barcoding for multiplexed behavioral and single-cell transcriptomic studies by Jorge Blanco Mendana, Margaret Donovan, Lindsey Gengelbach O'Brien, Benjamin Auch, John Garbe, Daryl M Gohl

“…Thus, TaG-EM has the potential to enable large-scale behavioral screens in addition to improving the ability to multiplex and reliably annotate single-cell transcriptomic experiments.…”
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Potential of Microbial Diversity of Coastal Sand Dunes: Need for Exploration in Odisha Coast of India by Shubhransu Nayak, Satyaranjan Behera, Prasad Kumar Dash

“…Many species of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and Rhizobia associated with the roots of dune flora are prolific producers of plant growth promoting biochemicals like indole acetic acid. In addition to that bacteria belonging to Pseudomonas sp., Gammaproteobacteria have been found to have antagonistic activity towards plant pathogens like Rhizoctonia solani, Pythium ultimum, Fusarium oxysporum, and Botrytis cinerea. …”
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TVD‐PB logic circuit based on camouflaging circuit for IoT security by Yuejun Zhang, Qiufeng Wu, Pengjun Wang, Liang Wen, Zhicun Luan, Chongyan Gu

“…The measured results show that the average similarity of the TVD‐PB universal gate is 99.68%. In addition, the current margin is higher than 55 μA and power consumption of 0.455 mW during each clock cycle at 1.2 V derives 0.1072% of the normalized energy deviation and 0.0453% of the normalized standard deviation. …”
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Optimizing the Benefits of Mental Practice on Motor Acquisition and Consolidation with Moderate-Intensity Exercise by Rannaud Monany, Dylan, Lebon, Florent, Papaxanthis, Charalambos

“…Results suggest that exercise before MP did not additionally improve motor acquisition in comparison to the MP-Rest group (both for accuracy and speed, p’s>0.05). …”
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Specifying Satellite Drag Through Coupled Thermosphere‐Ionosphere Data Assimilation of Radio Occultation Electron Density Profiles by Nicholas Dietrich, Tomoko Matsuo, Chih‐Ting Hsu

“…Updated neutral temperature and neutral winds additionally improve helium composition errors by 60% and 40%, respectively. …”
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Mechanical and Durability Performance of High-Strength Concrete with Waste Tyre Steel Fibres by Daudi Salezi Augustino, Richard Ocharo Onchiri, Charles Kabubo, Christopher Kanali

“…The mechanical performance variables assessed were compressive strength, splitting tensile strength, flexural strength, flexural toughness, residual strength, static modulus, and Poisson’s ratio. In addition, durability tests such as chloride ion penetration and absorption rate of water were investigated. …”
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A novel myocarditis detection combining deep reinforcement learning and an improved differential evolution algorithm by Jing Yang, Touseef Sadiq, Jiale Xiong, Muhammad Awais, Uzair Aslam Bhatti, Roohallah Alizadehsani, Juan Manuel Gorriz

“…To address this, the training process is framed as a sequential decision‐making process, where the agent receives higher rewards/penalties for correctly/incorrectly classifying the minority/majority class. Additionally, the authors suggest an enhanced DE algorithm to initiate the backpropagation (BP) process, overcoming the initialisation sensitivity issue of gradient‐based methods like back‐propagation during the training phase. …”
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The Mathematical Model of Coupling Calculation the Electromagnetic Field and Heats of End Zone Powerful Turbogenerator by O. H. Kensytskyi, D. I. Hvalin, K. O. Kobzar

“…This is explained by the combined effect of the main radial field, the axial leakage flux of the frontal portions of the stator and rotor windings, as well as by the “buckling” of a portion of the main flux out of the air gap. In addition, the pressure plate shielding effect is the cause of local field concentration in the toothed zone of the end package. …”
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Cerebrospinal fluid metabolites as potential biomarkers for epilepsy: Insights from genome‐wide association studies by Zhenxiang Zhao, Na Xing, Lin Hou

“…Causality was primarily estimated through inverse variance weighted (IVW) analysis, complemented by a range of sensitivity analyses to ensure result stability. Additionally, reverse MR analysis was performed to explore the possibility of bidirectional causality. …”
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Poor school attendance and exclusion: a systematic review protocol on educational risk factors for self-harm and suicidal behaviours by Sophie Epstein, Emmert Roberts, Rosemary Sedgwick, Katie Finning, Tamsin Ford, Rina Dutta, Johnny Downs

“…Knowledge of this association could help inform suicide prevention strategies at clinical, school and population levels.Methods and analysis We will conduct a systematic search of Medline, EMBASE, PsycINFO, British Education Index and Education Resources Information Centre (ERIC) from 1 January 1990, and conduct a manual search for additional references. We aim to identify studies that explore the association between poor school attendance or exclusion and self-harm or suicidal behaviours in school-age children and adolescents. …”
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