Numerical simulation of optimal jet angle of water jet assisted disc cutter rock breaking by Anxin WANG, Yiqiang LU, Sheng ZHANG, Jianhong MA, Zhanbiao YANG, Hongyun FAN

“…The increase of pre-cut slit length can reduce the hob load, but the effect is gradually weakened with increase length of the pre-cut slit. There is a threshold value of 20 mm for the influence of the pre-cut slit length on the specific energy of rock breaking, beyond this threshold value, the influence ability of pre-cut slit length on the failure of the rock sample is weakened. …”
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Independent effects of the hemoglobin-to-red blood cell distribution width ratio on 180-day mortality in critically ill patients with Gastrointestinal bleeding: analysis from the M... by Yanling Xiao, Lixia Liu, Xiaoying Peng, Yan Wang, Zhengwen Xu

“…Additionally, a segmented regression model was constructed to determine the threshold effect in nonlinearity. Subgroup analyses were performed to assess the consistency of the relationship between HRR and 180-day mortality across different patient populations. …”
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Association between platelet/high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio and blood eosinophil counts in American adults with asthma: a population-based study by Qian Zhao, Peng Yang, Jing-Pan Li, Lei Du, Wei Wang, Si-Xuan Zhu, Shan Wu, Yun-Feng Chen

“…To assess this relationship, multivariable linear models were employed, alongside subgroup and interaction analyses to identify any potential variations across different groups. Additionally, generalized additive models, smooth curve fitting, and threshold effect analysis were employed to explore the relationships in greater detail. …”
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Occupational Exposure to Airborne Bacteria During Handling Refuse-Derived Fuel from Municipal Solid Waste Used for Clinker Burning by Marcin Cyprowski, Agata Stobnicka-Kupiec, Anna Ławniczek-Wałczyk, Małgorzata Gołofit-Szymczak, Rafał L. Górny

“…Bioaerosol sampling covered different stages of technological process of fuel combustion. …”
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Does app-based unguided self-management improve mental health literacy, patient empowerment and access to care for people with mental health impairments? Study protocol for a rando... by Christine Knaevelsrud, André Kerber, Ina Beintner, Sebastian Burchert

“…Digital self-management solutions may also reduce inequalities in access to care due to external factors such as regional unavailability of services.Methods and analysis Approximately 1100 patients suffering from mild to moderate depressive, anxiety, sleep, eating or somatisation-related mental disorders will be randomised to receive either a low-threshold unguided digital self-management tool in the form of a transdiagnostic mental health app or care as usual. …”
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Relationships of sensory processing sensitivity with creativity and empathy in an adult sample by Britta A. P. Laros-van Gorkom, Britta A. P. Laros-van Gorkom, Christienne G. Damatac, Christienne G. Damatac, Inez Stevelmans, Corina U. Greven, Corina U. Greven, Corina U. Greven

“…Hereby we investigate whether SPS and its Aesthetic Sensitivity (AES) component are associated with different facets of creativity and empathy.MethodsQuestionnaires on SPS, creativity and empathy were administered to 296 participants and data were analyzed using hierarchical multiple regression.ResultsHigher SPS total and AES scores were associated with more creative ideas (SPS: β = 0.294, pfdr < 0.001; AES: β = 0.484, pfdr < 0.001). …”
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Impact of Lipoprotein(a) on Macrovascular Complications of Diabetes in a Multiethnic Population in the French Amazon by Sabrina Dordonne, Mayka Mergeayfabre, Nezha Hafsi, Andre Ntoutoum, Clara Salazar-Cardozo, Olivier Casse, Marianne Hounnou, Antoine Adenis, Jean-Markens Aurelus, Caroline Misslin-Tristch, Jean-François Carod, Bertrand De Toffol, Jean François Lienne, Magalie Demar, Mathieu Nacher, Nadia Sabbah

“…These results do not replicate findings in mostly Caucasian populations suggesting that the Lp(a) threshold for, or the link with, cardiovascular risk may be different given the predominantly African origin of the French Guianese population. …”
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Investigation of the impact of commonly used medications on the oral microbiome of individuals living without major chronic conditions. by Vanessa DeClercq, Jacob T Nearing, Morgan G I Langille

“…Alpha diversity indices of Shannon diversity, Evenness, Richness, and Faith's phylogenetic diversity were similar among groups, likewise beta diversity as measured by Bray-Curtis dissimilarity (R2 = 0.0029, P = 0.053) and weighted UniFrac distances (R2 = 0.0028, P = 0.161) were non-significant although close to our alpha value threshold (P = 0.05). After controlling for covariates (sex, age, BMI), six genera (Saprospiraceae uncultured, Bacillus, Johnsonella, Actinobacillus, Stenotrophomonas, and Mycoplasma) were significantly different from non-medication users. …”
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Can weekend warriors and other leisure-time physical activity patterns reduce the atherogenic index of plasma (AIP)? A cross-sectional analysis based on NHANES 2007-2018 by Yueyue Niu, Xingjuan Chen, Ling Feng

“…Multivariate regression analysis served as the primary analytical method.ResultsThis study included a total of 24,504 participants. …”
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Glycaemic control, low levels of high-density lipoprotein, and high cardiovascular risk are associated with cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy by Tina Okdahl, Anne-Marie Wegeberg, Marie Møller Jensen, Jonas Salling Quist, Christina Brock

“…The purpose of this study was to compare CAN status in people with and without diabetes and to investigate which factors contributed the most to the presence and severity of CAN. Methods We included 240 participants from three different cohorts: non-diabetic people (n = 40), people with overweight or obesity with or without prediabetes (n = 100), and people with type 2 diabetes (n = 100). …”
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Changes in left ventricular systolic and diastolic function after chemotherapy for breast cancer with doxorubicin by I. A. Karput, V. A. Snezhitskii, M. N. Kurbat, V. A. Gorustovich, Yu. I. Karpovich, A. Yu. Rubinskii, T. A. Smirnova, A. S. Babenka

“…Depending on the choice of the threshold level of relative reduction in global longitudinal strain (GLS) in %, different median values were recorded in the subgroups with and without CT (before and after chemotherapy). …”
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Age-related trajectories of quality of life in community dwelling older adults: findings from the Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) by Sarah Mendorf, Sarah Mendorf, Konstantin G. Heimrich, Hannah M. Mühlhammer, Hannah M. Mühlhammer, Tino Prell, Tino Prell, Aline Schönenberg

“…Clinically relevant changes were defined via the minimal clinically important difference (MCID). We applied linear regression and linear mixed models (LMM) to explore predictors of QoL trajectories.ResultsDescriptive analyses showed that 2481 PoA (19.7%) experienced stable QoL between waves, based on changes below the MCID threshold of 3.18 points. …”
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Less Is More? The Impact of Trauma Volume on the Positive Rate of Head Computed Tomography Scans in Head Trauma Patients by Chao-Wen Chen, Yun-Ting Lou, Chi-Ming Chu, Hsing-Lin Lin, Wei-Che Lee, Ke-Zong Ma, Yuan-Chia Cheng, Liang-Chi Kuo

“…The monthly data were analyzed and a statistically significant correlation between monthly trauma volume and decrease in positive rate of head CT scan was identified (Pearson r=−0.51, P=0.02). With introducing different cut-point values of trauma volume, we identified the threshold of trauma census as approximately 4.9 and 8.8% higher than mean monthly trauma volume in discriminating significant decrease of positive rate of head CT scans.…”
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Mitochondrial DNA in day 3 culture medium as a molecular biomarker of human embryo fragmentation, aneuploidy, and implantation competency by Shymaa F. A. Abdellatif, Asmaa A. A. Hussein, Ahmed A. Youssef

“…The relationship between mtDNA fold change and different parameters of treatment outcomes was examined to find out if mtDNA in D3CM can be used as a predictive marker of embryo competency. …”
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Successful delivery of type 1 diabetic nephropathic pregnancy on hemodialysis： one case report by Zhou Ling-hui, Bai Pei-jin, Cheng Ao, Zhang Heng-yuan, Sun Xue-juan, Yang Xia-li, Huang Ji-yi

“…Patients with end-stage renal disease or dying from renal causes within 1 year were defined as renal endpoint events. The differences in renal prognosis between patients with different levels of urinary RBC count were compared by Kaplan-Meier method and log-rank test. …”
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Investigating the Anticancer Properties of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles Conjugated with Thiosemicarbazide on Gastric Cancer Cells and Evaluation the Expression Level of CASP8 and HULC... by Sadaf Beigi, Ali Salehzadeh, Hadi Habibollahi, Seyed Ataollah Sadat Shandiz, Fariba Safa

“…The cytotoxicity of nanoparticles on AGS cells was investigated by MTT test under different concentrations. The expression level of CASP8 and HULC genes under the influence of IC50 concentration of nanoparticles were investigated by the real-time PCR method. …”
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The questions on violence (FOV) tool for interpersonal violence inquiry in Swedish healthcare settings – evaluation of content validity, face validity and test-retest reliability by Solveig Lövestad, Karin Sjöström, Josefin Björk, Karin Örmon

“…The average content validity index of included items was 0.88, which is slightly below the recommended threshold for excellent content validity. The results based on the cognitive interviews revealed that participants found the seven items to be relevant and easy to understand. …”
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Comparison of Ultrasound-Based Techniques and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Proton Density Fat Fraction in Measuring the Amount of Hepatic Fat in Children with Hepatosteatosis by Sabriye Gulcin BOZBEYOGLU, Murat ASIK

“…Methods: The study group consisted of pediatric patients under 18 years of age without known liver disease who volunteered to participate. …”
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Common obesity-related anthropometric indices and the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus in a Chinese population: a prospective cohort study by Hong Wang, Lun Sui, Qian Xu, Minyu Li, Yuhan Xing, Guoju Li

“…Pregnant women with VAT above the optimal threshold (27.05 mm) might benefit from targeted GDM monitoring.…”
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The association between dietary mineral intake and bone mineral density: a cross-sectional study by Muyou Wei, Junjiang Wei, Shengsheng Huang

“…Smooth curve fitting and threshold effect analyses further demonstrated nonlinear relationships between mineral intakes and BMD. …”
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