Application effect of Zhulianhua Gargle in oral care of inpatients with hyperthermia syndrome (竹连花含漱液在实热证住院患者口腔护理中的应用效果) by HAO Tiantian (郝天天), WEI Jinrong (魏金荣), ZHANG Lingyan (张玲燕), QIU Shuang (邱爽), ZHAO Wei (赵伟), GENG Tong (耿桐)

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Inter-pregnancy interval and uterine rupture during a trial of labour after one previous caesarean delivery and no previous vaginal births: a retrospective population-based cohort... by Pejman Adily, Travis Bettison, Mark Lauer, Rajit Narayan, Adam Mackie, Hala Phipps, Vincenzo Berghella, Marjan M. Haghighi, Katelyn Perren, George Johnson, Bradley de Vries

“…Multiple pregnancies and births of infants with congenital abnormalities were excluded. A linear spline logistic regression with one knot was used to assess the relationship between uterine rupture and interpregnancy interval for spontaneous and for induced/augmented labours. …”
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Metazoan diversity in Chilean hypersaline lakes unveiled by environmental DNA by Mattia Saccò, Mattia Saccò, Mattia Saccò, Matthew A. Campbell, Pablo Aguilar, Pablo Aguilar, Pablo Aguilar, Gonzalo Salazar, Gonzalo Salazar, Gonzalo Salazar, Tina E. Berry, Tina E. Berry, Matthew J. Heydenrych, Angus Lawrie, Nicole E. White, Chris Harrod, Chris Harrod, Chris Harrod, Morten E. Allentoft, Morten E. Allentoft

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Association between PM2.5 components and poor ovarian response in assisted reproductive technology patients: A retrospective cohort study identifying sensitive exposure windows in... by Rui-Ling Liu, Zhi-Lei Xu, Yu-Ling Hu, Xing-Yu Lv, Quan-Zi Yao, Jia-Liang He, Li-Juan Fu, Li-Hong Geng, Tong Wang, Zhao-Hui Zhong, Yi-Jian Zhu, Yu-Bin Ding

“…Meanwhile, the restricted cubic spline (RCS) analysis indicated that the odds of POR gradually increased with higher pollutant concentrations. …”
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γ-亚麻酸对α-亚麻酸转化为DHA的影响 Effect of γ-linolenic acid on the conversion of α-linolenic acid to DHA by 谢婉菲1，姜珊1，王成成1，王玉明1,2，薛长湖1,2，张恬恬1 " XIE Wanfei1, JIANG Shan1, WANG Chengcheng1, WANG Yuming1,2, XUE Changhu1,2, ZHANG Tiantian1"

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Safety and efficacy of low-dose esketamine weakly opioidized anesthesia in elderly patients with lumbar spinal stenosis undergoing surgery: a prospective, double-blind randomized c... by Ni-Na Hou, Meng-Yun Zhang, Yu-Wei Zhang, Hong-Jing Wu, Hong Luo, Heng Yang

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Interaction between walkability and fine particulate matter on ischemic heart disease: A prospective cohort study in China by Jiayun Zhang, Peng Shen, Yixing Wang, Zihan Li, Lisha Xu, Jie Qiu, Jingjing Hu, Zongming Yang, Yonghao Wu, Zhanghang Zhu, Hongbo Lin, Zhiqin Jiang, Liming Shui, Mengling Tang, Mingjuan Jin, Feng Tong, Kun Chen, Jianbing Wang

“…Dose-response relationships were explored using restricted cubic spline (RCS) functions. Interactions on both additive and multiplicative scales were assessed via relative excess risk due to interaction (RERI) and likelihood-ratio tests. …”
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Spatial and temporal changes of breast-conserving surgery rates and its influential factors among Chinese patients with breast cancer from 2013 to 2019: a registry-based study by Pengpeng Ye, Yuan Yang, Wei Hu, Lingyan Dai, Erwei Song, Shunrong Li, Liling Zhu, Kai Chen, Yanjie Xu, Xiaoyu Wang, Jianli Zhao, Jianrong He, Queran Lin, Tongrui Shang, Xiujuan Gui, Ziliang Zhong, Qianru Chen, Qing Yan, Xiaoliang Huang, Zijian Liang

“…We used restricted cubic spline regression to model the non-linear association between hospital volume rank with BCS rate. …”
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Global burden of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, 2010 to 2021 by Gong Feng, Giovanni Targher, Christopher D. Byrne, Yusuf Yilmaz, Vincent Wai-Sun Wong, Cosmas Rinaldi Adithya Lesmana, Leon A. Adams, Jerome Boursier, George Papatheodoridis, Mohamed El-Kassas, Nahum Méndez-Sánchez, Silvia Sookoian, Laurent Castera, Wah-Kheong Chan, Feng Ye, Sombat Treeprasertsuk, Helena Cortez-Pinto, Hon Ho Yu, Won Kim, Manuel Romero-Gómez, Atsushi Nakajima, Khin Maung Win, Seung Up Kim, Adriaan G. Holleboom, Giada Sebastiani, Ponsiano Ocama, John D. Ryan, Monica Lupșor-Platon, Hasmik Ghazinyan, Mamun Al-Mahtab, Saeed Hamid, Nilanka Perera, Khalid A. Alswat, Qiuwei Pan, Michelle T. Long, Vasily Isakov, Man Mi, Marco Arrese, Arun J. Sanyal, Shiv Kumar Sarin, Nathalie Carvalho Leite, Luca Valenti, Philip N. Newsome, Hannes Hagström, Salvatore Petta, Hannele Yki-Järvinen, Jörn M. Schattenberg, Marlen I. Castellanos Fernández, Isabelle A. Leclercq, Gulnara Aghayeva, Abdel-Naser Elzouki, Ali Tumi, Ala I. Sharara, Asma Labidi, Faisal M. Sanai, Khaled Matar, Maen Al-Mattooq, Maisam Waid Akroush, Mustapha Benazzouz, Nabil Debzi, Maryam Alkhatry, Salma Barakat, Said A. Al-Busafi, John Rwegasha, Wah Yang, Agyei Adwoa, Christopher Kenneth Opio, Mohammadjavad Sotoudeheian, Yu Jun Wong, Jacob George, Ming-Hua Zheng

“…Methods: Total numbers and age-standardized rates per 100,000 population for MASLD prevalence, annual incidence, and YLDs were compared across regions and countries by age, sex, and sociodemographic index (SDI). Smoothing spline models were used to evaluate the relationship between the burden of MASLD and SDI. …”
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Hybrid multiscale landmark and deformable image registration by Dana Paquin, Doron Levy, Lei Xing

“…An image registration technique is presented for the registration ofmedical images using a hybrid combination of coarse-scale landmark andB-splines deformable registration techniques. The technique isparticularly effective for registration problems in which the imagesto be registered contain large localized deformations. …”
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Characterizing completely multiplicative functions by generalized Möbius functions by Vichian Laohakosol, Nittiya Pabhapote, Nalinee Wechwiriyakul

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Optimal Trajectory Planning for Glass-Handing Robot Based on Execution Time Acceleration and Jerk by Honggang Duan, Rongmin Zhang, Fei Yu, Jun Gao, Yuan Chen

“…A three-dimensional kinematics model of the glass-handing robot is then established and nonuniform fifth-order B-splines are used to interpolate its path points. The acceleration and jerk are expressed as functions of time through mathematical simulation. …”
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Solving the Linear Integral Equations Based on Radial Basis Function Interpolation by Huaiqing Zhang, Yu Chen, Xin Nie

“…Because of the superior interpolation performance of MQ, the method can acquire higher precision with fewer nodes and low computations which takes obvious advantages over thin plate splines (TPS) method. In implementation, two types of integration schemes as the Gauss quadrature formula and regional split technique were put forward. …”
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A Hybrid Technique Based on the Combination of Multilevel Fast Multipole Algorithm and the Geometrical Theory of Diffraction by María-Jesús Algar, Javier Moreno, Iván González, Lorena Lozano, Felipe Cátedra

“…In this analysis, objects with complex shapes are described by using nonuniform rational B-splines (NURBS) which is a very common way to model geometrical bodies. …”
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Creeping Ray Tracing Algorithm for Arbitrary NURBS Surfaces Based on Adaptive Variable Step Euler Method by Song Fu, Yun-Hua Zhang, Si-Yuan He, Xi Chen, Guo-Qiang Zhu

“…Although the uniform theory of diffraction (UTD) could be theoretically applied to arbitrarilyshaped convex objects modeled by nonuniform rational B-splines (NURBS), one of the great challenges in calculation of the UTD surface diffracted fields is the difficulty in determining the geodesic paths along which the creeping waves propagate on arbitrarilyshaped NURBS surfaces. …”
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Reliable Shape Optimization of Structures Subjected to Transient Dynamic Loading Using Genetic Algorithms by Sabyasachi Chand, Anjan Dutta

“…Boundary curves undergoing shape changes have been represented by B-splines. Automatic mesh generation and adaptive finite element analysis modules are integrated with Genetic algorithm code to carry out the shape optimization. …”
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Extending Satellite Predictions of Coral Disease Outbreak Risk to Non-Seasonal Coral Reef Regions by Momoe Yoshida, Scott F. Heron

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Predicting dry matter intake in Pelibuey sheep using machine learning methods by Enrique Camacho-Perez, Cem Tirink, Ricardo Garcia-Herrera, Ángel T. Piñeiro-Vazquez, Fernando Casanova-Lugo, Jorge R. Canul-Solis, Antonio Leandro Chaves-Gurgel, Ceyhun Yücel, Einar Vargas-Bello-Pérez, Alfonso J. Chay-Canul

“…Multivariate Adaptive Regression Splines (MARS), Classification and Regression Tree (CART), and Support Vector Regression (SVR) were used for the development of a predictive algorithm. …”
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Association between weight-adjusted waist index and obstructive sleep apnea among adults in the United States: data from NHANES (2005–2008 and 2015–2018) by Qi Zhang, Yong Zhai, Jing Wang, Xu Han, Wurong Si, Yizhong Zhou

“…The study included 8278 participants; we used multivariate logistic regression, restricted cubic splines, and subgroup analyses to explore the relationship between WWI and OSA. …”
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Generalized functional varying-index coefficient model for dynamic synergistic gene-environment interactions with binary longitudinal traits. by Jingyi Zhang, Honglang Wang, Yuehua Cui

“…We derive an estimation procedure for the varying-index coefficient functions using quadratic inference functions combined with penalized splines. A hypothesis testing procedure is proposed to evaluate the significance of the nonparametric index functions. …”
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