Association of body roundness index with cardiovascular disease in patients with cardiometabolic syndrome: a cross-sectional study based on NHANES 2009-2018 by Xiaohua He, Jingling Zhu, Wenfei Liang, Xiuling Yang, Weimin Ning, Zhan Zhao, Jingyi Chen, Qiuxing He

“…In addition, receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were used to assess the ability of BRI to predict CVD.ResultsThe logistic regression model showed a positive association between the BRI and CVD. …”
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Optimizing chitosan derived from Metapenaeus affinis: a novel anti-biofilm agent against Pseudomonas aeruginosa by Anali Riahi, Hadideh Mabudi, Elahe Tajbakhsh, Laleh Roomiani, Hasan Momtaz

“…Abstract Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a commonly found Gram-negative bacterium in healthcare facilities and is renowned for its ability to form biofilms and its virulence factors that are controlled by quorum sensing (QS) systems. …”
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An Experimental Study on the Adsorption and Desorption of Cu(II) in Silty Clay by Shuang Xie, Zhang Wen, Hongbin Zhan, Menggui Jin

“…Heavy metals such as Cu(II) are widespread in the environment, and the impact of heavy metals on the environment of soils depends on the ability of soils to immobilize these pollutants. It is necessary to investigate the mechanism of interaction between heavy metal and soil from a soil remediation perspective. …”
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Deep learning powered single-cell clustering framework with enhanced accuracy and stability by Yi Zhang, Xi Feng, Yin Wang, Kai Shi

“…Additionally, conventional graph convolutional networks (GCNs) can suffer from oversmoothing, a phenomenon where the network loses the ability to differentiate between samples with similar expression profiles. …”
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CONTENT OF MODERN EDUCATION: CHOICE OF THE PATH by V. A. Testov

“…The first is the disclosure of the abilities of each student, the development of analytical abilities and critical thinking, the education of a person ready for life in a high-tech, competitive world. …”
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PSYCHOLOGICAL GUIDING OF STUDENTS’ INDIVIDUAL EDUCATIONAL TRAJECTORIES IN VOCATIONAL SCHOOL by Evald F. Zeer, Oksana S. Popova

“…Morosanova for estimation of abilities to plan achievement of the vital purposes, abilities to self-organising; the method «Personal differential» by Ch. …”
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Protective Effect of Bergapten against Human Erythrocyte Hemolysis and Protein Denaturation In Vitro by Douglas Bosco Aidoo, Daniels Konja, Isaac Tabiri Henneh, Martins Ekor

“…The present in vitro study evaluated the ability of bergapten to prevent human erythrocyte hemolysis and protein denaturation. …”
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Economic security of the enterprise: The essence, structure and mechanism of ensuring by Liubov Kovalska, Оleksandr Holii, Valentyn Holii

“…The following characteristics of economic security of the enterprise are highlighted: protection from the negative impact of factors, security of economic development and stability, the state of efficient use of resources, the ability to prevent the negative impact of environmental factors. …”
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Improving the Military Vocational Training of Cadets at Military Institute by Yu. G. Bychenko, T. M. Balandina

“…In modern conditions, a transition is taking place to a broad system of professional development that determines the formation of a wide range of professional potential of future officers, the development of not only narrow professional knowledge and skills, but also potential abilities for active creativity, motivation for systematic collection, processing and use of new informational data. …”
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International development cooperation and political risks for transnational business: Linking research topics by V. I. Bartenev

“…The first presumption is an acknowledgement of an engrained commercial motivation in any modality of development cooperation and the latter’s ability to serve as a tool to promote foreign economic interests. …”
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Application of simulated annealing algorithm in multi-objective cooperative scheduling of load and storage of source network for load side of new power system by Xinming Wang, Huayang Liang, Xiaobo Jia, Shihui Li, Shengyang Kang, Yan Gao

“…The experimental results show that after 400 iterations, the control convergence accuracy of the proposed method reaches 0.980, which is significantly better than that of the comparison method, and performs well in terms of scheduling efficiency improvement, load scheduling stability, scheduling time and energy waste ratio, proving that the method has good multi-objective integration and strong optimization ability in the scheduling process, and improves the load balanced scheduling and adaptive control ability of the power system.…”
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Triggering the 2022 eruption of Mauna Loa by Kendra J. Lynn, Drew T. Downs, Frank A. Trusdell, Penny E. Wieser, Berenise Rangel, Baylee McDade, Alicia J. Hotovec-Ellis, Ninfa Bennington, Kyle R. Anderson, Dawn C. S. Ruth, Charlotte L. DeVitre, Andria P. Ellis, Patricia A. Nadeau, Laura Clor, Peter Kelly, Peter J. Dotray, Jefferson C. Chang

“…Comparing multidisciplinary monitoring data with mineral chemistry that records the physical and spatio-temporal evolution of magmas fundamentally advances our ability to forecast eruptions. The recent eruption of Mauna Loa, Earth’s largest active volcano, provides a unique opportunity to differentiate unrest from run-up and improve forecasting of future eruptions. …”
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Unveiling emerging polycyclic aromatic compounds in the urban atmospheric particulate matter by Jia-Yong Lao, Tingyu Li, Le Jing, Xian Qin, Wenyuan Su, Huiju Lin, Yuefei Ruan, Ting Ruan, Eddy Y. Zeng, Kenneth M.Y. Leung, Paul K.S. Lam

“…However, PAHs and oxygenated PAHs exhibited stronger overall abilities to induce non-carcinogenic adverse outcomes in human body when compared to the other PACs. …”
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Cultivar Evaluation and Essential Test Locations Identification for Sugarcane Breeding in China by Jun Luo, Yong-Bao Pan, Liping Xu, Hua Zhang, Zhaonian Yuan, Zuhu Deng, Rukai Chen, Youxiong Que

“…On the other hand, the areas Guangxi Chongzuo, Yunnan Lincang, and Yunnan Baoshan showed strong discrimination ability, while the areas Guangxi Hechi and Guangxi Liuzhou showed poor discrimination ability. …”
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The Hydroalcoholic Extract Obtained from Mentha piperita L. Leaves Attenuates Oxidative Stress and Improves Survival in Lipopolysaccharide-Treated Macrophages by Mariana Oliveira Arruda, Saulo José Figueiredo Mendes, Simone Aparecida Teixeira, Ludmilla Santos Silva de Mesquita, Maria Nilce de Sousa Ribeiro, Stanley de Sousa Lima Galvão, Marcelo Nicolás Muscará, Elizabeth Soares Fernandes, Valério Monteiro-Neto

“…(peppermint) possesses antimicrobial properties, but little is known of its ability to modulate macrophages. Macrophages are essential in bacterial infection control due to their antimicrobial functions and ability to link the innate and adaptive immune responses. …”
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Discussion on Optimization of Public Transportation Network Setting considering Three-State Reliability by Zhang Xiaoliang, Jia Limin

“…More reliable bus networks and other modes of transportation, such as walking, bike-sharing, and rail, will become more suitable for people to get around.…”
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Snap diagnosis of fulminant type 1 diabetes by the normalized glucose/HbA1c ratio by Jun-Ichiro Mori, Takahiro Miyakoshi, Hanae Yuzuriha, Teruki Kondo, Eita Nishimori, Motoji Naka, Ai Sato, Mitsuhisa Komatsu, Koh Yamashita, Toru Aizawa

“…Rounding of the figure into [PG (mmol/L) – 5.0]/[HbA1c (%) – 5.0] did not significantly sacrifice the discriminating ability of the index. Namely, the optimal cut point of rounded and normalized GAR, 10.0, showed 89.8% sensitivity. …”
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Expression‐based machine learning models for predicting plant tissue identity by Sourabh Palande, Jeremy Arsenault, Patricia Basurto‐Lozada, Andrew Bleich, Brianna N. I. Brown, Sophia F. Buysse, Noelle A. Connors, Sikta Das Adhikari, Kara C. Dobson, Francisco Xavier Guerra‐Castillo, Maria F. Guerrero‐Carrillo, Sophia Harlow, Héctor Herrera‐Orozco, Asia T. Hightower, Paulo Izquierdo, MacKenzie Jacobs, Nicholas A. Johnson, Wendy Leuenberger, Alessandro Lopez‐Hernandez, Alicia Luckie‐Duque, Camila Martínez‐Avila, Eddy J. Mendoza‐Galindo, David Cruz Plancarte, Jenny M. Schuster, Harry Shomer, Sidney C. Sitar, Anne K. Steensma, Joanne Elise Thomson, Damián Villaseñor‐Amador, Robin Waterman, Brandon M. Webster, Madison Whyte, Sofía Zorilla‐Azcué, Beronda L. Montgomery, Aman Y. Husbands, Arjun Krishnan, Sarah Percival, Elizabeth Munch, Robert VanBuren, Daniel H. Chitwood, Alejandra Rougon‐Cardoso

“…Methods Here, we examine the ability of models based on Arabidopsis gene expression data to predict tissue identity in other flowering plants. …”
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Nonacademic predictors of China medical licensing examination by Jie Sun, Yingying Xie, Ningnannan Zhang, Jingliang Cheng, Meiyun Wang, Bing Zhang, Wenzhen Zhu, Hui Zhang, Shijun Qiu, Xiaojun Xu, Yongqiang Yu, Tong Han, Zuojun Geng, Weihua Liao, Bo Gao, Wen Qin, Feng Liu, Meng Liang, Qiang Xu, Jilian Fu, Jiayuan Xu, Mengge Liu, Peng Zhang, Wei Li, Dapeng Shi, Caihong Wang, Xi-Nian Zuo, Quan Zhang, Feng Chen, Jiance Li, Zhihan Yan, Wen Shen, Yanwei Miao, Junfang Xian, Longjiang Zhang, Kai Xu, Zhaoxiang Ye, Jing Zhang, Guangbin Cui, Chunshui Yu, for the CHIMGEN Consortium

“…Abstract Background National Medical Licensing Examination (NMLE) is the entrance exam for medical practice in China, and its general medical knowledge test (GMKT) evaluates abilities of medical students to comprehensively apply medical knowledge to clinical practice. …”
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Highly Proliferative Immortalized Human Dental Pulp Cells Retain the Odontogenic Phenotype when Combined with a Beta-Tricalcium Phosphate Scaffold and BMP2 by Xiangfen Li, Liu Wang, Qin Su, Ling Ye, Xuedong Zhou, Dongzhe Song, Dingming Huang

“…We also proved that the iHDPCs gained a stronger ability to migrate than the primary cells, while apoptosis was inhibited. …”
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