Health risk assessment through probabilistic sensitivity analysis of carbon monoxide and fine particulate transportation exposure by E. Ernyasih, A. Mallongi, A. Daud, S. Palutturi, S. Stang, R. Thaha, E. Ibrahim, W. Al Madhoun

“…Hazard quotient and target hazard quotient calculations were used to estimate the non-carcinogenic health risks associated with exposure to these substances for both community adults and school children. Finally, Monte Carlo simulations were applied to analyze the sensitivity and uncertainty risks.   …”
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Human Capital, Economic Growth and Environmental Quality with Special Emphasis on Public Education Expenditures: An Application of DSGE Models by Yahya Mohaghegh, hashem zare, Mehrzad Ebrahimi

“…The decrease in inflation led to an increase in the real wages of the workforce and finally the desire of the household to increase the supply of labor. …”
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Evaluation de la qualité de vie des femmes souffrant d’une fistule obstétricale à Kinshasa [Evaluation of the quality of life of women with obstetric fistula in Kinshasa] by Jonathan Enguta Mwenzi, Ruth Bukabau Babuya, Francine Manyonga Sabowa

“…In terms of marital status, there are 30 married women, 16 divorced women and 10 single women. Finally, there are 7 women who have not had a caesarean section, 40 who have had a caesarean section and 9 who have had two caesareans. …”
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Construction of Multi-level Ecological Corridor System for National Parks: A Case Study of the Proposed Nanling National Park by Yi DENG, Zeyu HUANG, Ziyi MAO, Jinling HUANG

“…Then, ecological stepping-stones are used to connect the ecological corridors at different levels. Finally, based on the ecological background characteristics, the landscape heterogeneity between the ecological corridors and the ecological source areas is analyzed, and based on the principle of reducing the difference between the ecological corridors and the ecological source areas, zoning is implemented for construction management and control of ecological corridors, and the specific contents of construction management and control are formulated.ResultsIn the ecological corridor system of Nanling National Park, 392 ecological source areas and 990 ecological corridors are identified at the regional level; 85 ecological source areas and 154 ecological corridors are identified at the park level. …”
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FTO rs17817449 Variant Increases the Risk of Severe Obesity in a Brazilian Cohort: A Case-Control Study by Salum KCR, Assis ISS, Kopke ÚA, Palhinha L, Abreu GM, Gouvêa LW, Teixeira MR, Mattos FCC, Nogueira Neto JF, Felício RFM, Rosado EL, Zembrzuski VM, Campos Junior M, Maya-Monteiro CM, Cabello PH, Carneiro JRI, Bozza PT, Kohlrausch FB, da Fonseca ACP

“…The BDNF rs6265 dominant-model and NPY rs16147 CC genotypes were associated with triglyceride levels and childhood obesity, respectively. Finally, individuals with obesity were more likely to carry a greater number of risk alleles than those without obesity.Conclusion: Our study observed an important association between FTO rs17817449 polymorphism with obesity and obesity-related traits. …”
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Myocarditis and neutrophil-mediated vascular leakage but not cytokine storm associated with fatal murine leptospirosisResearch in context by Stylianos Papadopoulos, David Hardy, Frédérique Vernel-Pauillac, Magali Tichit, Ivo G. Boneca, Catherine Werts

“…Our findings confirm the ineffective control of infection by neutrophils and highlight their deleterious role in vascular permeability, previously only attributed to the ability of leptospires to damage and cross endothelial junctions.Finally, the identification of death due to myocarditis rather than kidney, liver or liver failure may reflect an overlooked but common symptom associated with poor prognosis in human leptospirosis.These features of neutrophilia and myocarditis are also seen in patients, making this mouse model a paradigm for better understanding human leptospirosis and designing new therapeutic strategies. …”
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Spare Parts Inventory Optimization for Military Vehicles Using a Mixed Probability Distribution by Mojtaba Salehi, Mojtaba Omidvar, Shohreh Shariati

“…The meta-heuristic method based on the genetic algorithm has been applied to save the total costs. Finally, to prove the effectiveness of the model, the proposed model has been implemented in a case study on the parts of military vehicles in the 177th Brigade of Torbet Heydarieh. …”
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Intimate partner violence among women of reproductive age during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Gizachew Yilak, Alemayehu Sayih Belay, Aychew Kassie, Befkad Derese Tilahun, Ambaw Abebaw Emrie, Mulat Ayele, Eyob Shitie Lake, Legese Fekede Abza

“…Publication bias was assessed using funnel plots, and Egger’s and Begg’s tests.Result In this study, a total of 802 articles were identified using different electronic databases. Finally, 12 studies that fulfilled the eligibility criteria were included for systematic review and meta-analysis. …”
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Project-based management to reduce skin damage associated with acupressure medical adhesives in patients undergoing acupoint application for chronic gastritis (基于项目化管理降低慢性胃炎患者穴位贴敷医... by WANG Qian (王倩), WANG Jiehong (王捷虹), SHA Zhihui (沙志惠)

“…Methods Take the tendency score matching method, 1: 1 matching to find control. Finally, 235 cases of chronic gastritis were selected from the Department of Gastroenterology from October 2021 to March 2022 as the intervention group (2215 times of application) for project management; From October 2020 to March 2021, 235 patients with chronic gastritis were used as the control group (2215 times of application) and were managed by traditional mode, comparing the quality management results of the specific work, associated skin damage, and pain scores at removal of the acupressure applied in both groups. …”
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Diverse fox circovirus (Circovirus canine) variants circulate at high prevalence in grey wolves (Canis lupus) from the Northwest Territories, Canada by Canuti, Marta, King, Abigail V.L., Franzo, Giovanni, Cluff, H. Dean, Larsen, Lars E., Fenton, Heather, Dufour, Suzanne C., Lang, Andrew S.

“…This implies that, although multiple lineages co-exist, viruses do not frequently move between locations. Finally, viruses from Europe and North America were mixed, indicating that the origin of the four lineages might predate the segregation of European and American wolf and fox populations. …”
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Social Progress and Economic Growth based on Simultaneous Equations of Panel Data by Seyed Ehsan Hosseinidoust, Akbar Khodabakhshi, Saeedeh Ahmadi

“…In other words, manpower training improves welfare infrastructure as well as opportunities, which are two dimensions of the social progress index. Finally, according to the results obtained from both models, which confirm the existence of a positive and significant relationship between the social progress index and GDP per capita, it can be concluded that there is a complementary relationship between these two variables…”
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Des vestiges d’un possible aqueduc à Lyon, à l’angle des rues Appian et des Fossés-de-Trion by Tony Silvino

“…At the same time, these structures do not appear to be roads, for example connecting the Trion valley in the north-west to Point-du-Jour plateau in the south-east, since there are no signs of hardtop preparation at the bottom of the structures. Finally, both of them appear to have been closed very quickly.The remnants that have provided the most information for the interpretation of the structures are the ones found within them, more specifically the fragments of earthenware pipe. …”
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Width evolution of channel belts as a random walk by J. M. Turowski, J. M. Turowski, F. McNab, A. Bufe, A. Bufe, S. Tofelde

“…Second, as long as the current width is smaller than the steady-state width, growth follows an exponential curve on average. Finally, there is a drift phase, in which the channel-belt width grows with the square root of time. …”
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Prognostic value of intraductal carcinoma subtypes and postoperative radiotherapy for localized prostate cancer by Fang Cao, Qing Li, Tianyu Xiong, Yingjie Zheng, Tian Zhang, Mulan Jin, Liming Song, Nianzeng Xing, Yinong Niu

“…Screening cases with pathological results of intraductal carcinoma, subtyping was completed by a pathologist, grouped by intraductal carcinoma (+/-; pattern 1/ 2) and treatment regimen (RP + PORT / RP only), Kaplan-Meier curves were plotted based on the time to biochemical recurrence-free and overall survival of the patients, and Cox regression analyses were performed. Finally, based on the results of Cox regression analysis, we initially predicted the probability of biochemical recurrence and death of the patients by plotting the nomogram. …”
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Editorial by Daniel Halliday

“…The authors argue, however, that the continued existence of transferred enterprises could be secured with a lower level of preferential treatment than is currently the case. Finally, the third article, from Lukas Brenner and Oscar Stolper, studies the relationship between the receipt of intergenerational transfers (bequests or gifts) and the recipient’s private pension savings. …”
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Identification of positive selection signatures associated with milk and composition traits in Murciano-Granadina and Barki by Hossein Mohammadi, amir hossien khaltabadi farahani, Mohammad Hossein Moradi

“…After quality control of the initial data using Plink software (v1.90; http://pngu.mgh.harvard.edu/purcell/plink), 43,170 SNP markers were finally entered for further analysis. To identify the signatures of selection, the statistical method FST was used under R software packages. …”
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Longitudinal association between DNA methylation and type 2 diabetes: findings from the KORA F4/FF4 study by Liye Lai, Dave Laurence Juntilla, Monica Del, Monica Del C Gomez-Alonso, Harald Grallert, Barbara Thorand, Aiman Farzeen, Wolfgang Rathmann, Juliane Winkelmann, Holger Prokisch, Christian Gieger, Christian Herder, Annette Peters, Melanie Waldenberger

“…Additionally, we explored CpG sites associated with persistent prediabetes or T2D, as well as the progression from normal glucose tolerance (NGT) to prediabetes or T2D. Finally, we assessed the associations between the identified CpG sites and their corresponding gene expression levels. …”
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A Model for Bank Management Performance Appraisal with the Advanced Technologies Approach (Meta-Synthesis Method) by Ehsan Kiani Ghalehno, Habibollah Salarzehi, Bahareh Naseri, Abdolali Keshtegar

“…The models were studied, and finally, a comprehensive model was provided for the management performance appraisal with the advanced technology approach. …”
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Annexin A8 deficiency delays atherosclerosis progression by Carmen Gutiérrez‐Muñoz, Rafael Blázquez‐Serra, Irene San Sebastian‐Jaraba, Sandra Sanz‐Andrea, Maria J. Fernández‐Gómez, Gonzalo Nuñez‐Moreno, Pablo Mínguez, Joan Carles Escolá‐Gil, Paula Nogales, Veronique Ollivier, Jose L. Martín‐Ventura, Benoit Ho‐Tin Noe, Ursula Rescher, Nerea Méndez‐Barbero, Luis M. Blanco‐Colio

“…Intravital microscopy confirmed the reduction in leukocyte and platelet adhesion in ApoE−/−AnxA8−/− mice. Finally, endothelial‐specific silencing of AnxA8 decreased atherosclerosis progression. …”
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Construction of feature selection and efficacy prediction model for transformation therapy of locally advanced pancreatic cancer based on CT, 18F-FDG PET/CT, DNA mutation, and CA19... by Liang Qi, Xiang Li, Jiayao Ni, Yali Du, Qing Gu, Baorui Liu, Jian He, Juan Du

“…Subsequently, we separately or in combination modeled the CT features, PET features, baseline CA199, and gene mutation data to construct efficacy prediction models. Finally, we investigated the mixed effects model of the dynamic changes in CT features at baseline, after 2 treatment cycles, and after 4 treatment cycles on the prediction of short-term treatment efficacy. …”
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