Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, genetic factors, and sleep health in reproductive-aged women: a cross-sectional study of the Shanghai Birth Cohort by Ruisi Wu, Xiaoqing He, Wen Jiang, Azhu Han, Ying Tian, Jun Zhang, Yun Huang

“…Modified Poisson regression and quantile g-computation models estimated the effects of individual PFAS and PFAS mixtures on sleep disturbances. …”
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Role of CT Coronary Angiography at Initial Presentation in Kawasaki Disease—Insights from a Tertiary Care Center in North India by Manphool Singhal, Rakesh Kumar Pilania, Suprit Basu, Dev Desai, Abarna Thangaraj, Ripudaman Singh, Radhika Semwal, Taranpreet Kaur, Gopika Sri, Murugan Sudhakar, Arun Sharma, Pandiarajan Vignesh, Deepti Suri, Surjit Singh

“…<b>Conclusions</b>: CTCA is a valuable adjunct to TTE in evaluating coronary artery involvement at the time of initial presentation of children with KD. …”
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Genetic structure of the endangered milky stork (Mycteria cinerea) in Thailand with implications for captive breeding and reintroduction by Amporn Wiwegweaw, Damisa Kaminsin, Chitchai Chantangsi, Natapot Warrit, Nutthanun Khantasup, Saowaphang Sanannu, Wirongrong Changphet

“…Moreover, STRUCTURE computation revealed two distinct genetic clusters among all studied individuals. …”
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Development and validation of a nomogram model for predicting postoperative delirium in elderly patients with oral cancer: a retrospective study by Chen Ying, Liu Xiaona, Zhang Aili, Wang Zengxiang, Wu Ying, Pu Yu, Zhang Hongbo, Wang Danni, Jiang Meiping, Dai Hongyuan

“…The performance of the model was evaluated by area under the curve (AUC), calibration curve and decision curve analysis (DCA). …”
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Alpine pasture herbs redirected hydrogen towards alternative sinks, inhibiting methane production: in vitro study by Selene Massaro, Nicolò Amalfitano, Jonas Bylov Hedegaard Andersen, Giulia Dallavalle, Andrea Angeli, Nebojša Nikolić, Lucia Bailoni, Sarah Currò, Urska Vrhovsek, Elena Franciosi, Franco Tagliapietra

“…Gas and methane productions were also computed from VFA using specific stoichiometric relationships. …”
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Heat Pipe Integrated Cooling System of 4680 Lithium–Ion Battery for Electric Vehicles by Yong-Jun Lee, Tae-Gue Park, Chan-Ho Park, Su-Jong Kim, Ji-Su Lee, Seok-Ho Rhi

“…Through a comprehensive approach combining experimental analysis, 1-D AMESim simulations, and 3-D Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modeling, the thermal performance of various wick structures and working fluid filling ratios was evaluated. …”
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Revolutionizing diagnosis of pulmonary Mycobacterium tuberculosis based on CT: a systematic review of imaging analysis through deep learning by Fei Zhang, Hui Han, Minglin Li, Tian Tian, Guilei Zhang, Zhenrong Yang, Feng Guo, Maomao Li, Yuting Wang, Jiahe Wang, Ying Liu

“…Therefore, there is a need for automatic segmentation and classification technologies based on lung computed tomography (CT) scans to expedite and enhance the diagnosis of TB, enabling the rapid and secure identification of the condition. …”
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Cost-Effectiveness of Lung Cancer Screening in a High-Risk Population in Brazil by Clarissa Baldotto, Wolfgang W. Schmidt Aguiar, Francisco Martins Neto, Vladmir Cordeiro de Lima, Eldsamira Mascarenhas, Thiago Lins Fagundes Sousa, Tamiê de Camargo Martins, Mauricio Cristiano Rocha-Junior, Cintia Kurokawa La Scala de Oliveira, Nelson Francisco Correa-Netto, Gustavo Faibischew Prado

“…We used Markov models for economic evaluations that considered treatment costs (in Brazilian currency, R$) and outcomes.RESULTSAdopting an LC screening strategy with LDCT in this high-risk population would be associated with an incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) of R$ 133,327 per quality-adjusted life year. …”
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Precise engineering of gene expression by editing plasticity by Yang Qiu, Lifen Liu, Jiali Yan, Xianglei Xiang, Shouzhe Wang, Yun Luo, Kaixuan Deng, Jieting Xu, Minliang Jin, Xiaoyu Wu, Liwei Cheng, Ying Zhou, Weibo Xie, Hai-Jun Liu, Alisdair R. Fernie, Xuehai Hu, Jianbing Yan

“…We introduce a novel concept of “editingplasticity” to evaluate the potential of promoter editing to alter expression of each gene. …”
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MSBiLSTM-Attention: EEG Emotion Recognition Model Based on Spatiotemporal Feature Fusion by Yahong Ma, Zhentao Huang, Yuyao Yang, Zuowen Chen, Qi Dong, Shanwen Zhang, Yuan Li

“…The proposed model was evaluated on the SEED dataset for emotion classification. …”
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Role of nonpharmacological concussion management in children: systematic review of randomized controlled trials by Andre Marolop Pangihutan Siahaan, Alvin Ivander, Rr. Suzy Indharty, Steven Tandean, Anastasia Grace Milenia Ginting, Masrini Ginting, Felix Khosasi, Elbert

“…This systematic review aimed to evaluate the role of nonpharmacological interventions in managing concussion based on randomized controlled trials. …”
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A Comparative Study of Mathematical Methods for Determining Colding’s Constants for Milling of Steels and Experimental Validation by Sujan Khadka, Rizwan Abdul Rahman Rashid, John H. Navarro-Devia, Angelo Papageorgiou, Guy Stephens, Sören Hägglund, Suresh Palanisamy

“…However, the equation is complex and is often challenging to solve to evaluate its mathematical constants. This study investigates three distinct approaches for calculating the five constants (‘K’, ‘H’, ‘M’, ‘N0’, and ‘L’) in Colding’s equation. …”
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Irisin and betatrophin responses to 9 h of passive heat exposure: Influence of age, hypertension, and type 2 diabetes by Joel M. Garrett, James J. McCormick, Kelli E. King, Robert D. Meade, Pierre Boulay, Ronald J. Sigal, Fergus K. O'Connor, Glen P. Kenny

“…Abstract Age‐ and disease‐related metabolic responses to prolonged passive heat exposure are poorly understood. We evaluated serum irisin and betatrophin responses to 9 h of passive heat exposure (40°C, 9% relative humidity) in 19 young adults (19–31 years) and 37 older adults (61–78 years), including those with hypertension (HTN) and type 2 diabetes (T2D). …”
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Numerical study on the distance between the propeller with pre-swirl duct and rudder considering fatigue characteristics by Won-Seok Jang, Suk-Yoon Hong, Jee-Hun Song

“…In addition, the potential for fatigue failures in ship rudders was evaluated by employing damage factors. A comparative analysis of rudder fatigue characteristics considering the presence of PSDs revealed that attaching them increased the stresses in the rudder. …”
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The Validation of the Nomophobia Questionnaire Using a Modern Psychometric Approach: An Item Response Theory Analysis of 5087 Participants by Haitham Jahrami, Khaled Trabelsi, Achraf Ammar, Nicola Luigi Bragazzi, Hadeel Ghazzawi, Waqar Husain, Maha M. AlRasheed, Seithikurippu R. Pandi‐Perumal, Amir Pakpour, Zahra Saif, Michael V. Vitiello

“…This study utilized item response theory (IRT) and classical test theory (CTT) methods to evaluate the NMP‐Q's psychometric properties. Data were collected from 5087 adults who completed the NMP‐Q. …”
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Fragment optimized chalcone derivatives targeting OmpA protein as a therapeutic approach against multidrug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii by Muhammad Naveed, Amina Abid, Tariq Aziz, Ayesha Saleem, Arooj Arshad, Khushbakht Javed, Hafiz Muzzammel Rehman, Ghulam Nabi, Mitub Al-harbi, Abdullah F. Alasmari

“…We performed molecular docking to evaluate the binding interactions, revealing that isobavachalcone exhibited the highest binding affinity. …”
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Adapting a global plant identification model to detect invasive alien plant species in high-resolution road side images by Vincent Espitalier, Jean-Christophe Lombardo, Hervé Goëau, Christophe Botella, Toke Thomas Høye, Mads Dyrmann, Pierre Bonnet, Alexis Joly

“…Deep learning technologies show promise for processing this data efficiently, but the choice of approach significantly affects both computational and human resource costs. Object detection and segmentation methods require costly annotations, making them impractical for scaling to the thousands of invasive species worldwide. …”
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Echocardiographic Left Ventricular Function in the Third Year After COVID-19 Hospitalization: A Follow-Up Pilot Study in South-East of Romania by Constantin-Marinel Vlase, Cristian Gutu, Roxana Elena Bogdan Goroftei, Andreea Boghean, Traian Florin Daniel Iordachi, Anca-Adriana Arbune, Manuela Arbune

“…The objective of our study was to evaluate the frequency of echocardiographic changes 2 years after hospitalization for moderate and severe COVID-19 in patients with no previously known cardiac pathology. …”
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A low-cost mitigation system for ammonia removal from broiler house exhaust air by Jingjing Luo, Jinsheng Rong, Shizhen Zhou, Haoliang Wang, Miao Li, Xiliang Yan, Yingbao Wu, Yan Wang

“…In this study, we utilized computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations to model a broiler house and analyzed airflow patterns at varying screen distances to assess their effect on indoor ventilation. …”
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Carreau’s Rheological Model and A.N. Tikhonov’s Regularization Method: Parametric Identification Based on a CFD model by Anatoly A. Khvostov, Gazibeg O. Magomedov, Victor I. Ryazhskih, Aleksey V. Kovalev, Aleksey A. Zhuravlev, Magomed G. Magomedov

“…The algorithm eliminated the computational problems typical of Ostwald and de Ville’s rheological model, which usually arise when solving practical problems of three-dimensional flows of non-Newtonian media with limiting viscosity values.…”
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