Spatiotemporal Assessment of PM2.5 Exposure of a High-risk Occupational Group in a Southeast Asian Megacity by Jarl Tynan Collado, Jose Gabriel Abalos, Imee de los Reyes, Melliza T. Cruz, Gabrielle Frances Leung, Katrina Abenojar, Carlos Rosauro Manalo, Bernell Go, Christine L. Chan, Charlotte Kendra Gotangco Gonzales, James Bernard B. Simpas, Emma E. Porio, John Q. Wong, Shih-Chun Candice Lung, Maria Obiminda L. Cambaliza

“…These results reveal information that is normally undetected by fixed site monitoring (FSM), underscoring the importance of mobile measurements as a complement to FSM in assessing the exposure of urban populations to air pollution more extensively. …”
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Early release of circulating tumor cells after transarterial chemoembolization hinders therapeutic response in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma by María L. Espejo-Cruz, Sandra González-Rubio, Juan J. Espejo, Javier M. Zamora-Olaya, María Prieto-Torre, Clara I. Linares, Álvaro Ruiz-Ramas, Álvaro Jiménez-Arranz, Marta Guerrero-Misas, Pilar Barrera-Baena, Antonio Poyato-González, José L. Montero, Marina Sánchez-Frías, María D. Ayllón, Manuel L. Rodríguez-Perálvarez, Manuel de la Mata, Gustavo Ferrín

“…CTC levels increased at D1 (114.0% [IQR 76.5%-178.0%], p = 0.019) and normalized to baseline levels in the first month after TACE (76.5% [IQR 41.3%-131.8%], p = 0.263). …”
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Potential Strategies Applied by <i>Metschnikowia bicuspidata</i> to Survive the Immunity of Its Crustacean Hosts by Ji Zhang, Bingyu Li, Bingnan Zuo, Xiaodong Li

“…In addition, we applied multiple means to evaluate a series of candidate reference genes and found that <i>PMA1</i> in combination with <i>ACT1</i> is the most suitable choice for accurate normalization in quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) assays. …”
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Surgical Outcomes and Sociodemographic Disparities Across All Races: An ACS-NSQIP and NHIS Multi-Institutional Analysis of Over 7.5 Million Patients by Dany Y. Matar, BA, Samuel Knoedler, Anthony Y. Matar, BS, Sarah Friedrich, PhD, Harriet Kiwanuka, MD, Ryoko Hamaguchi, MD, Carla M. Hamwi, BS, Gabriel Hundeshagen, MD, MMS, Valentin Haug, MD, Ulrich Kneser, MD, PhD, Keisha Ray, PhD, Dennis P. Orgill, MD, PhD, Adriana C. Panayi, MD, PhD

“…In a separate, independent analysis of the 2019 to 2020 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) database, we examined sociodemographic racial/ethnic normative data. Results:. Among 7,504,734 American College of Surgeons National Surgical Improvement Database patients specifying race, 83.8% were White (WT), 11.8% Black or African American (B/AA), 3.3% Asian (AS), 0.7% American Indian or Alaska Native (AI/AN), 0.4% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander (NH/PI), 7.3% Hispanic. …”
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AnaDetect: An extensive dataset for advancing anemia detection, diagnostic methods, and predictive analytics in healthcareMendeley Data by Mayen Uddin Mojumdar, Dhiman Sarker, Md Assaduzzaman, Md. Anisul Haque Sajeeb, Md. Mohaimenur Rahman, Md Shadikul Bari, Shah Md Tanvir Siddiquee, Narayan Ranjan Chakraborty

“…For statistical analysis, the data is cleaning the noise (null and duplicate values), normalized, and encoded. The Chi-square test results indicate a p-value of 4.1929×10−29, showing no significant association between gender and diagnostic outcomes. …”
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Prevalence and Characterization of Salmonella Species on U.S. Swine Sites as Part of the NAHMS 2021 Swine Enteric Study by Stephanie C. Hempstead, Catherine A. Gensler, Charles A. Haley, Alyson M. Wiedenheft, James B. Robertson, Paula J. Fedorka-Cray, Megan E. Jacob

“…Biofilm potential was assessed using a crystal violet assay and normalized to a positive control strain. Overall, the prevalence of Salmonella in swine feces was low (3.9%; 41 of 1,043) and comprised of a broad range of serotypes including S. …”
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Implementation of international experience in reforming the institute of public administration by Zagurskyy O., Hubska O., Slobodian I.

“…Such methods of scientific knowledge were used: terminological, logical-semantic, functional, systemic-structural, logical-normative. Results. The study recognized that the comparative analysis of the institute of public administration shows that European countries have different historical and institutional foundations, which is reflected in the form and content of their administrative reforms. …”
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FEASTS: Radial Distribution of H i Surface Densities Down to 0.01 M⊙ pc−2 of 35 Nearby Galaxies by Jing Wang, Dong Yang, Xuchen Lin, Qifeng Huang, Zhijie Qu, Hsiao-wen Chen, Hong Guo, Luis C. Ho, Peng Jiang, Zezhong Liang, Céline Péroux, Lister Staveley-Smith, Simon Weng

“…The profile shapes show a large diversity at a given radius in units of kpc, group virial radius, and R _1 , but they align more tightly with the radius normalized by R _001 . The universal H i profile has a scatter of ~0.2 dex and a scale length of ~0.11 R _001 in the outer region. …”
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Epicardial Fat Tissue: A Potential Marker for Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction by Waiel Abusnina, Ilan Merdler, Matteo Cellamare, Kalyan R. Chitturi, Abhishek Chaturvedi, Irwin M. Feuerstein, Cheng Zhang, Sevket Tolga Ozturk, Teshome Deksissa, Vaishnavi Sawant, Kassandra Lopez, Lior Lupu, Dan Haberman, Itsik Ben‐Dor, Lowell F. Satler, Ron Waksman, Hayder D. Hashim, Brian C. Case

“…While epicardial adipose tissue normally has a protective role, increased epicardial adipose tissue is associated with inflammation and may contribute to CMD. …”
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Moderate-Intensity Exercise and Musical Co-Treatment Decreased the Circulating Level of Betatrophin by Hendra Susanto, Ahmad Taufiq, Sugiharto, Desiana Merawati, Khumaira Marsyidah Badu, Jerry Dwi Trijoyo Purnomo, Adeodatus Yuda Handaya

“…The statistical analysis was performed by applying the Kolmogorov–Smirnov normality test, one-way ANOVA, and parametric linear correlation and regression. …”
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Advancing GIS-based suitability analysis of BtX, PtX, PBtX, and eBtX facilities using the fuzzy analytic hierarchy process by Marcel Dossow, Mengxi Chen, Hartmut Spliethoff, Sebastian Fendt

“…These data are then subjected to a Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (FAHP), which involves the use of pairwise comparisons and Fuzzy normalization to assign weights to the criteria, ultimately resulting in the generation of weighted overlay maps. …”
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Modeling and Analysis of Rice Root Water Uptake under the Dual Stresses of Drought and Waterlogging by Jie Huang, Wei Dong, Luguang Liu, Tiesong Hu, Shaobin Pan, Xiaowei Yang, Jianan Qin

“…Then, we incorporated a water stress lag effect coefficient, <inline-formula><math display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>φ</mi><mfenced separators="|"><mrow><msub><mrow><mi>W</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>s</mi></mrow></msub></mrow></mfenced></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>, that investigated the combined effect of historical drought and waterlogging stress events based on the assumption that the normalized influence weight of each past stress event decreases with an increase in the time interval before simulation as an exponential function of the decay rate. …”
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Efficacy and Safety of Sofosbuvir-Based Direct-Acting Antiviral Agents Treatment for Patients with Genotype 3/6 Hepatitis C Virus Infection by Yong-yu Mei, You-ming Chen, Yuan-kai Wu, Xiao-hong Zhang, Wen-xiong Xu

“…SVR12 of GT3a, GT3b, and GT6a was 100%, 83.3%, and 97%, respectively. ALT normality rate in chronic hepatitis group is higher than that in cirrhosis group at 4 weeks of treatment (89.7% versus 60.0%, p = 0.033) and at 12 weeks after EOT (94.9% versus 66.7%, p = 0.021). …”
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Relationships between muscle strength, lung function, and cognitive function in Chinese middle-aged and older adults: A study based on the China health and retirement longitudinal... by Yixuan Ma, Xinze Wu, Yinjiao Zhao, Weihao Hong, Yisheng Luan, Peiyu Song, Bing Zhang

“…Muscle strength was measured using normalized grip strength and chair-standing time, while lung function was evaluated using peak expiratory flow (PEF). …”
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Performance and carcass characteristics of cattle with different castration practices by M. M. Anjos, V. S. Miler, B. N. Barboza, E. O. Queiroz, B. R. C. N. Pazdiora, G. A. Viana, R. D. Pazdiora

“…Data were hidden from the normality test, analysis of variance and mean comparisons were performed using the Tukey test, except for the variable degree of finishing, which was maintained at the chi-square test, at 5%. …”
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Addressing unmet mental health needs of older adults in Turbo, Colombia: a multi-component psychosocial intervention feasibility study by Clarissa Giebel, Erika Montoya, Gabriel Saldarriaga, Thais Caprioli, Mark Gabbay, Danicza Martinez, Jessica Rua, Maria Isabel Zuluaga

“…Conclusions This co-produced and evidence-based intervention for older victims of ‘La Violencia’ in Colombia has the potential to provide affordable, acceptable and relevant community-based resources supporting mental health and wellbeing within the community; providing care and support with trained facilitation. Normally, this group would not be able to access services to address their social and psychological isolation and distress. …”
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Approaches to the usage of machine translation systems for the organization of independent work of students of a pedagogical university with English-language scientific texts by Tatiana N. Suvorova, Lyubov A. Shunina, Ivan V. Shunin

“…The method of analyzing scientific and methodological sources and normative documents related to the problem of organizing independent work of students of a pedagogical university with English-language scientific texts is applied. …”
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Expression of CSTF2 in oral squamous cell carcinoma and its relationship with immune infiltration and poor prognosis by Zumulaiti Aierken, Muertiza Muhetaer, Zhang Lei, Ainiwaerjiang Abudourousuli, Ainiwaerjiang Abudourousuli

“…However, its specific association with patient prognosis and immune cell infiltration in OSCC remains insufficiently understood.MethodsTo assess the expression levels and prognostic implications of CSTF2 in OSCC, comprehensive data were acquired from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) and subsequently normalized. Immunohistochemical staining of tissue microarrays was performed to analyze CSTF2 expression in the OSCC samples. …”
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Exploring Machine Learning Classification of Movement Phases in Hemiparetic Stroke Patients: A Controlled EEG-tDCS Study by Rishishankar E. Suresh, M S Zobaer, Matthew J. Triano, Brian F. Saway, Parneet Grewal, Nathan C. Rowland

“…Data preprocessing included z-score normalization and frequency band power binning. Results: In chronic stroke participants who received active tDCS, the classification accuracy for hold vs. reach phases increased from pre-stimulation to the late intra-stimulation period (72.2% to 75.2%, <i>p</i> < 0.0001). …”
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A Novel Rubber Composite Sleeper-Deformation-Prediction Model Based on Response Surface Method (RSM) and Machine Learning (ML) Techniques by Abdulmumin Ahmed Shuaibu, Zhiping Zeng, Ibrahim Hayatu Hassan, Wang Weidong, Hassan Suleiman Otuoze, Suleiman Abdulhakeem, Bushrah Baba Abdulrahman

“…The temperature data were filtered to remove noise and normalized based on the Log-Pearson Type III outlier detection method and Box-Cox transformation, respectively, before being used to develop temperature-dependent models for sleeper deformation. …”
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