Estimation of the Monthly Mean Temperature Values of the Eastern Black Sea Basin with Statistical Downscaling Method Using EraInterim Re-analysis Data by Sinan Nacar, Murat Kankal, Umut Okkan

“…Multivariate adaptive regression splines (MARS) method selected as downscaling method. …”
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ESTABLISHED MODES AND STATIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THREE-PHASE ASYNCHRONOUS MOTOR POWERED WITH SINGLE PHASE NETWORK by V. S. Malyar, V. V. Malyar

“…In order to perform it, the original nonlinear differential equations are algebraized by approximating the variables with the use of cubic splines. The resulting nonlinear system of algebraic equations is a discrete analogue of the initial system of differential equations. …”
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Next generation sequencing uncovers multiple miRNAs associated molecular targets in gallbladder cancer patients by Rahul Saxena, Baskar Chakrapani, M. P. Sarath Krishnan, Amit Gupta, Sweety Gupta, Jayanta Das, Subash C. Gupta, Anissa A. Mirza, Shalinee Rao, Bela Goyal

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Association between the exposure to brominated flame retardants and psoriasis risk among U.S. adults: A population-based study by Jingbo Zhang, Xiangyun Shi, Genlong Bai, Jin Chen, Yidian Fu, Aijun Chen

“…Multivariable logistic regression, restricted cubic splines (RCS), weighted quantile sum (WQS) regression, quantile-based g computation (Qgcomp) regression, and Bayesian kernel machine regression (BKMR) models were performed to estimate the associations. …”
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Association between atherogenic index of plasma and type 2 diabetic complications: a cross-sectional study by Yue-Yang Zhang, Yue-Yang Zhang, Yue-Yang Zhang, Yue-Yang Zhang, Yue-Yang Zhang, Xiao-Yu Yang, Xiao-Yu Yang, Xiao-Yu Yang, Xiao-Yu Yang, Xiao-Yu Yang, Qin Wan, Qin Wan, Qin Wan, Qin Wan, Qin Wan

“…In this study, logistic regression, restricted cubic splines, and subgroup analyses were employed to evaluate the association between the AIP and four major complications of type 2 diabetes, namely, type 2 diabetes with carotid atherosclerosis (DA), diabetic kidney disease (DKD), diabetic retinopathy (DR), and diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN).ResultsThe logistic regression results demonstrate that in the fully adjusted model, each SD increase in AIP correlates with an elevated risk of type 2 diabetic kidney disease (DKD), with the risk of kidney damage intensifying alongside higher AIP groupings. …”
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Association of dietary niacin intake with osteoporosis in the postmenopausal women in the US: NHANES 2007–2018 by Li Li, Wankun Liang, Bing Deng, Yue Jiang, Xiaomin Huang, Yanlin Zhang, Tianrui Lu, Lu Wang, Yunxiang Xu, Guizhen Chen

“…Multivariate logistic regression models were constructed to determine the association between dietary niacin intake and the incidence of osteoporosis. Restricted cubic splines were employed to further assess the linearity and explore the shape of the dose-response associations. …”
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Triglycerides mediate the relationships of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) exposure with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) risk in US participants by Wenying Qiao, Jiashuo Li, Lijia Luo, Wenjuan Peng, Xi Wang, Ronghua Jin, Junnan Li

“…Firstly, the results of generalized linear models (GLM) and restricted cubic splines (RCS) revealed positive associations of PFAS compounds with NAFLD risk score and liver function, and nearly linear E-R curves indicated no safe threshold. …”
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The association between life’s essential 8 and gallstones: A cross-sectional study by Yang Zhao, Xuesong Liu, Jingru Han, Bin Feng, Chowtin Yan, Jianfu Zhao

“…Weighted logistic regression, restricted cubic splines (RCS), and stratified analyses were used to assess the association between LE8 and gallstones. …”
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The U-shaped association of fasting plasma glucose to HbA1c ratio with mortality in diabetic and prediabetic populations: the mediating role of systemic immune-inflammation index by Ming Yang, Qing Shangguan, Guobo Xie, Guotai Sheng, Jingqi Yang

“…The association between the FPG/HbA1c ratio and all-cause and cardiovascular(CVD) mortality was assessed using multivariate Cox proportional hazards models, restricted cubic splines(RCS), two-piecewise Cox proportional hazards models and sensitivity analysis. …”
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Level of elderly-supportive infrastructure, fine particulate matter and cardiovascular disease hospitalisations: a time-stratified case-crossover study in Wuhan by Mengxue Qin, Xingyuan Liu, Luyao Wang, Tengchong Huang, Xiuran Zuo, Yuliang Zou

“…Nonlinear relationships among variables were determined using restricted cubic splines. Results 173,486 case days and 589,188 control days were included. …”
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Integrating piecewise and symbolic regression with remote sensing data for spatiotemporal analysis of surface water total dissolved solids in the Karun River, Iran by Javad Zahiri, Mohammad Reza Nikoo, Adell Moradi-Sabzkouhi, Mitra Cheraghi, Nazmi Mat Nawi

“…The Composite Uncertainty Index (CUI) approach revealed that the Multivariate Adaptive Regression Splines (MARS) and M5 models performed better than other models, with CUI values of 0.83 and 0.72, respectively. …”
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Seasonal Patterns and Trends of Air Pollution in the Upper Northern Thailand from 2004 to 2018 by Sarawut Sukkhum, Apiradee Lim, Thammasin Ingviya, Rattikan Saelim

“…The hourly air pollutant concentration data including carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), nitrogen oxide (NOx), sulfur dioxide (SO2), ozone (O3), and particulate matter ≤ 10 µm (PM10) recorded from 6 monitoring stations in the UNT were obtained from the Pollution Control Department, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Thailand. Cubic splines were used to assess seasonal patterns and trends of the air pollutants. …”
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Inflammatory lipid biomarkers and transplant-free mortality risk in hepatitis B-related cirrhosis and hepatic encephalopathy by Ke Shi, Xiaojing Wang, Zhang Yi, Yanqiu Li, Ying Feng, Xianbo Wang

“…The prognostic significance of the neutrophil-to-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) ratio (NHR), lymphocyte-to-HDL-C ratio (LHR), and monocyte-to-HDL-C ratio (MHR) was evaluated using the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC). Restrictive cubic splines (RCS) were employed to explore the relationship between NHR and 12-month transplant-free (TF) mortality. …”
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The weight-adjusted-waist index predicts all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in hypertension by Yu Zheng, Zixing Nie, Yifan Zhang, Tao Sun

“…The relationship between WWI and mortality was assessed using a weighted Cox proportional risk model; the nonlinear relationship was explored using restricted cubic splines. The robustness of the results was verified by subgroup and sensitivity analyses.ResultsA cohort of 11,556 people with a diagnosis of hypertension was included in this study. …”
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Prediction of Current and Future Distributions of Chalcophora detrita (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) Under Climate Change Scenarios by Arif Duyar, Muhammed Arif Demir, Mahmut Kabalak

“…An ensemble model was created by using 11 different algorithms (Artificial Neural Network, Classification Tree Analysis, eXtreme Gradient Boosting, Flexible Discriminant Analysis, Generalised Additive Model, Generalised Boosting Model, Generalised Linear Model, Multivariate Adaptive Regression Splines, Maximum Entropy, Random Forest, Surface Range Envelope) to predict the potential suitable habitats of C. detrita. …”
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The relationship between the atherogenic index of plasma and postoperative myocardial injury following non-cardiac surgery under general anaesthesia: a retrospective cohort study by Yuanjun Zhou, Liping Zhong, Yilin Liao, Yuting Zhong

“…The predictive accuracy of AIP for MINS was assessed using the area under the curve (AUC). Restricted cubic splines (RCS) were used to explore the potential nonlinear relationship between AIP and MINS. …”
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Impact of maternal age on birth weight-related adverse outcomes in newborns: a retrospective study in south-central China by Zhi Huang, Yan Zhang, Jinlian Wang, Xia Tan, Aiping Zhang

“…Multivariable regression models and the restricted cubic splines (RCS) analysis were used to identify the associations between maternal age and birth weight and its related adverse outcomes. …”
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Association of relative fat mass with asthma: inflammatory markers as potential mediators by Meicen Zhou, Ting Zhang, Ziyi Zeng, Shuqin Zeng, Shaopu Wang, Hua Wang

“…Associations between RFM and asthma were tested using multivariable logistic regressions, restricted cubic splines, subgroup analyses, and interaction tests, with mediation analysis for SII and SIRI. …”
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Does the transfer of knowledge from the pioneer generation to the second‐generation speed‐up the learning curve of robot‐assisted partial nephrectomies? TRANSFER trial (UroCCR n°83... by Louis Vignot, Zine‐Eddine Khene, Adil Mellouki, Arnoult Morrone, Jean‐Christophe Bernhard, Karim Bensalah, Daniel Chevallier, Nicolas Doumerc, Morgan Roupret, Francois‐Xavier Nouhaud, Cédric Lebacle, Jean‐Alexandre Long, Pierre Pillot, Xavier Tillou, Brannwel Tibi, Matthieu Durand, Younes Ahallal, Imad Bentellis

“…The learning speed for WIT was explored graphically by polynomial regression after cubic splines. Finally, CUSUM charts were obtained. Results There were 1203 RAPN in the pioneer group and 119 performed by second‐generation surgeons. …”
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Automatic Segmentation of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm From Computed Tomography Angiography Using a Patch-Based Dilated UNet Model by Merjulah Roby, Juan C. Restrepo, Haehwan Park, Satish C. Muluk, Mark K. Eskandari, Seungik Baek, Ender A. Finol

“…Building upon this work, we included the application of Non-Uniform Rational B-Splines (NURBS) to enhance the segmentation process. …”
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