Loneliness and Social Isolation with Risk of Incident Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, UK Biobank 2006 to 2022 by Ya Miao, Xiaoke Kong, Bin Zhao, Fang Fang, Jin Chai, Jiaqi Huang

“…Background: Although loneliness and social isolation are proposed as important risk factors for metabolic diseases, their associations with the risk of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) have not been elucidated. The aims of this study were to determine whether loneliness and social isolation are independently associated with the risk of NAFLD and to explore potential mediators for the observed associations. …”
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Chitooligosaccharides suppress airway inflammation, fibrosis, and mucus hypersecretion in a house dust mite-induced allergy model by Yun-Ho Kim, Chan-Ho Park, Ju Myung Kim, Yeo Cho Yoon

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Retrograde thoracic duct embolization in an idiopathic case of chylopericardium by Renata Kiri Mak, Hon Shing Fung, Tak Kwong Chan, Hoi Leong Chum

“…Abstract This is a novel case of idiopathic chylopericardium and chylothorax in a young male who had no significant medical history. He first presented with dyspnea due to idiopathic chylopericardium, which was refractory to medical and surgical treatments, including a medium-chain triglyceride diet, octreotide, and video-assisted pericardial window. …”
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Getting Real: A Naturalistic Methodology for Using Smartphones to Collect Mediated Communications by Chad C. Tossell, Philip Kortum, Clayton W. Shepard, Ahmad Rahmati, Lin Zhong

“…The methodology was designed to intentionally decrease reactivity and resulted in data that were more accurate than self-reports. Example analyses are also provided to show how data collected can be analyzed to establish empirical patterns and identify user differences. …”
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Rising Incidence and Comorbidities of Endogenous Hypothyroidism in Republic of Korea from 2004 to 2018: A Nationwide Population Study by Chae Won Chung, Hwa Young Ahn, Sun Wook Cho, Ka Hee Yi

“…Conclusion In Republic of Korea, endogenous hypothyroidism incidence has been increased in recent years. The incidence of endogenous hypothyroidism is increasing more rapidly in men than in women, especially in the elderly. …”
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Optimization of Development Strategies and Injection-Production Parameters in a Fractured-Vuggy Carbonate Reservoir by Considering the Effect of Karst Patterns: Taking C Oilfield i... by Mengqin Li, Qi Wang, Chao Yao, Fangfang Chen, Qinghong Wang, Jing Zhang

“…However, few numerical simulation studies have focused on improving water and gas injection in fractured-vuggy reservoirs by considering the effect of karst patterns. …”
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DLiGRU-X: Efficient X-Vector-Based Embeddings for Small-Footprint Keyword Spotting System by Zong-En Wu, Shao-Jung Chan, Yeshanew Ale Wubet, Kuang-Yow Lian

“…The proposed model efficiently learns speech signal characteristics, making it suitable for scenarios with limited hardware resources and can handle an expanded vocabulary size of keyword identification. …”
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The accumulation of harmful genes within the ROH hotspot regions of the Tibetan sheep genome does not lead to genetic load by Lixia Sun, Chao Yuan, Tingting Guo, Yaqin Bai, Zengkui Lu, Jianbin Liu

“…This process has led to a loss of heterozygosity in specific genomic regions and the formation of Runs of Homozygosity (ROH). …”
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Acoustic emission characteristics and damage constitutive model of fractured sandstone under uniaxial compression by Qiang Liu, Chao Pan, Lin Yan, Xuguang Wang, Shujian Li, Juncai Cao

“…The proposed statistical damage constitutive model aligned more closely with the experimental curves compared to previous models that normalizes AEE.…”
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EM Database v1.0: A benchmark informatics platform for data-driven discovery of energetic materials by Xin Huang, Wen Qian, Jian Liu, Jun-hong Zhou, Chao-yang Zhang

“…In pursuit of high-performance EMs before synthetic attempts in the laboratory, the theoretically predicted properties and experimental results that can be easily accessed are desired. Herein, a benchmark informatics platform of EMs, namely EM Database, has been developed for the purpose of data storage and sharing. …”
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Characterizing Software Stability via Change Propagation Simulation by Weifeng Pan, Haibo Jiang, Hua Ming, Chunlai Chai, Bi Chen, Hao Li

“…Software stability means the resistance to the amplification of changes in software. It has become one of the most important attributes that affect maintenance cost. …”
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Analysis Method of Gear Profile Deformation,Transmission Error and Contact Pattern by Wang Ruixin, Yang Chao, Gong Yu, Liu Hongqi, Zhang Jingcai, Li Jinfeng

“…A convenient method of analyzing and calculating gear deformation curve is proposed,and to be used for obtaining the gear transmission error curve and contact pattern analysis for gear with profile modification and width modification. …”
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Joint Operating Revenue and Passenger Travel Cost Optimization in Urban Rail Transit by Wenxin Li, Qiyuan Peng, Qinlin Li, Chao Wen, Yongxiang Zhang, Javad Lessan

“…Urban rail transit (URT) scheduling requires designing efficient timetables that can meet passengers’ expectations about the lower travel cost while attaining revenue management objectives of the train operators. …”
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New Approach to Improving the Prognosis of Ischemic Stroke by Regulating SCFAs with Acupuncture-Rehabilitation Therapy Based on Gut-Brain Axis by TANG Qiang, LIU Chong, CHAI Fanglei, ZHANG Jinpeng, LI Hongyu, ZHU Luwen

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Cooperative Preparation of Glass-ceramics by Blast Furnace Slag and Low-carbon Chromium Iron Alloy Slag by Yifan WANG, Yici WANG, Ruixin WANG, Fengguang ZHAO, Yifan CHAI, Guoping LUO

“…In order to make high-value utilization and harmless treatment of bulk industrial solid waste, CaO-MgO-Al2O3-SiO2-Cr2O3 system glass-ceramics were prepared by melting method with Baotou Steel blast furnace slag, low-carbon chromium iron alloy slag and quartz sand as the raw materials. …”
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Preliminary Study on Risk Identification and Assessment Framework for Fusion Radioactive Waste Management by Dingqing Guo, Jinkai Wang, Chao Chen, Dongqin Xia, Nuo Yong, Daochuan Ge

“…Fusion reactors are expected to be safer, more environmentally friendly, and to have a lower nuclear proliferation risk, compared with other nuclear energy systems. …”
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First Pediatric Case of Tularemia after a Coyote Bite by Bruno B. Chomel, Jane A. Morton, Rickie W. Kasten, Chao-chin Chang

“…Bite-transmitted tularemia is a rare event in humans and most of the cases have been associated with cat bites. We report the first pediatric case of tularemia caused by a coyote (Canis latrans) bite. …”
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Improvement of bonding behavior of cold-rolled stainless steel/copper composite plates via surface spinel structure treatment by Bowei Wang, Baojun You, Yuting Hu, Lun Fu, Chao Yu, Hong Xiao

“…Additionally, the shear strength of the composite plates can achieve 94.82 MPa at a 60% reduction rate. The mechanism analysis shows that there are defects between the work-hardening layer and stainless-steel matrix. …”
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Prediction of suitable habitat for tundra swans in the Nanji wetland Nature Reserve of Poyang Lake under different water level conditions by Tianwei Fang, Jin Jin, Chao Chen, Li Zhang, Yankuo Li, Chaoyang Li

“…The eastern area of the study area was more affected by water level changes than the western area. (3) There was a significant correlation between habitat area and water level change.…”
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Integrated Optimization on Energy Saving and Quality of Service of Urban Rail Transit System by Wenxin Li, Qiyuan Peng, Chao Wen, Shengdong Li, Xu Yan, Xinyue Xu

“…Optimizing to increase the utilization ratio of regenerative braking energy reduces energy consumption, and can be done without increasing the deviation of train running time in one circle. …”
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