A Principal Component Analysis of Metabolome and Cognitive Decline Among Japanese Older Adults: Cross-sectional Analysis Using Tohoku Medical Megabank Cohort Study Data by Sakura Kiuchi, Kumi Nakaya, Upul Cooray, Kenji Takeuchi, Ikuko N. Motoike, Naoki Nakaya, Yasuyuki Taki, Seizo Koshiba, Shunji Mugikura, Ken Osaka, Atsushi Hozawa

“…Methods: This cross-sectional study used data from a cohort survey of community-dwelling older adults aged ≥60 years living in Miyagi, Japan, conducted by Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization between 2013 and 2016. Forty-three metabolite variables quantified using nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy were used as explanatory variables. …”
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Mortality and immunological indicators of men who have sex with men living with HIV on antiretroviral therapy: a 10-year retrospective cohort study in Southern China by Huaxiang Lu, Huanhuan Chen, Shujia Liang, Yuhua Ruan, He Jiang, Jinghua Huang, Guangjie Tan, Xiuling Wu, Jianjun Li, Chen Gong, Qiuying Zhu, Guanghua Lan

“…Except for the first viral load (P = 0.379), the median and last viral loads of the former were significantly lower than those of the latter (P < 0.001). …”
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Centrifuge Experiment on Capture Performance of Open-Type Sabo Dam with Its Numerical Analysis by Gaoyuan Lyu, Akihiko Hirooka, Hajime Kiyokuni

“…Three open-type Sabo dam models reflecting different inclination angles of 0° (vertical form), 20°, and 40° are used to capture the debris flow. …”
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Beyond productivity: The socio-cultural role of fishing among the Baka of southeastern Cameroon by Sandrine Gallois, Romain Duda

“…For long, the importance of fishing for forest societies has been hiding behind the term “hunter-gatherers”. …”
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Effects of Nonsurgical Periodontal Therapy on Clinical Response, Microbiological Profile, and Glycemic Control in Malaysian Subjects with Type 1 Diabetes by Samira Mukhtar Buzinin, Aied Mohammed Alabsi, Alexander Tong Boon Tan, Vui King Vincent-Chong, Dasan Swaminathan

“…However, this study was conducted to investigate the association between type 1 diabetes and chronic periodontal disease in Malaysian subjects. Forty-one Malaysian subjects, of which 20 subjects were type 1 diabetics and with chronic periodontal disease (test group) and 21 subjects with only chronic periodontal disease (control group), were included in the study. …”
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Performance Analysis and Dimensional Optimization of 2RUP_aR-2RRU Parallel Mechanism by Linxian Che, Bing He, Jie Li, Haiyi Jiang

“…The input and output transmission indices are used to evaluate the motion and force transmission performances of the mechanism. …”
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The In Vitro Antioxidant and Antiadipogenic Properties of Pigmented Flower Extracts of Geraniaceae and Lamiaceae Plant Families by Anton Venter, Hennie Fisher, Gary I. Stafford, June C. Serem, Megan J. Bester, Kwaku G. Duodu

“…Similarly, all extracts, except P. zonale hybrid, effectively scavenged nitric oxide (NO) and reduced lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced NO formation in RAW 264.7 macrophages. Inhibition of the formation of advanced glycation end-products (AGE) was significant for P. grandiflorum and P. × hortorum. …”
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The Principal of Dynamic Contrast Enhanced MRI, the Method of Pharmacokinetic Analysis, and Its Application in the Head and Neck Region by Toru Chikui, Makoto Obara, Arjan W. Simonetti, Masahiro Ohga, Shoichi Koga, Shintaro Kawano, Yoshio Matsuo, Takeshi Kamintani, Tomoko Shiraishi, Erina Kitamoto, Katsumasa Nakamura, Kazunori Yoshiura

“…The Toft and Kermode (TK) model is one of the most popular compartment models, which provide information about the influx forward volume transfer constant from plasma into the extravascular-extracellular space (EES) and the fractional volume of EES per unit volume of tissue is used in many clinical studies. …”
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Multi-Scale Mapping of Energy Consumption Carbon Emission Spatiotemporal Characteristics: A Case Study of the Yangtze River Delta Region by Kangjuan Lv, Qiming Wang, Xunpeng Shi, Li Huang, Yatian Liu

“…Nighttime light (NTL) data combined with land use data enable the detailed spatial and temporal disaggregation of carbon emission data at a finer administrative level, facilitating scientifically informed policy formulation by the government. Differentiating carbon emission data by sector will help us further identify the carbon emission efficiency in different sectors and help environmental regulators implement the most cost-effective emission-reduction strategy. …”
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Vilniaus kolegijos psichosocialinės aplinkos vertinimas studentų požiūriu by Rita Liepuonienė, Dovilė Liubinienė, Stasė Ustilaitė

“…Šiame straipsnyje nagrinėjamas Vilniaus kolegijos studentų požiūris į pagrindinius psichosocialinės aplinkos elementus – tarpasmeninius studentų ir dėstytojų, studentų tarpusavio santykius, paramą ir pagalbą studentui, akademinę adaptaciją ir galimybę save realizuoti institucijoje. 2022 m. sausio–vasario mėnesiais „Google Forms“ platformoje buvo paskelbta anoniminė internetinės apklausos anketa. …”
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Lived-in experiences of health care professionals affected with COVID-19 by Radhakrishnan Govindan, Sailaxmi Gandhi, Prasanthi Nattala, Bingi Rajeswari

“…Researchers used a sociodemographic form and an interview guide to collect the data. …”
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EDUCACIÓN Y GOBIERNO ESCOLAR by Piragauta Néstor

“… El objetivo de este artículo es recalcar la importancia del gobierno escolar en la formación de ciudadanos democráticos y activos en la sociedad, así como también destacar la necesidad de fomentar la participación y el liderazgo en los estudiantes para lograr una cultura democrática libre. …”
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Honey bees rely on associative stimulus strength after training on an olfactory transitive inference task by Martin Giurfa, Silvia Lee, Catherine Macri, Catherine Macri

“…We conditioned bees with five odorants, either forward-or backward-paired with a sucrose solution, across four discrimination tasks. …”
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A grounded theory study on medical students’ proxy online health information seeking behavior by Pan Minghao, He Leyun, Yang Jingying, Huang Wanyu, Wang Fan, Wang Linlin, Shen Meiyu

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Real-Time Voltage Stability Assessment With a Novel Bus Index Considering Impact of Connection to Distribution Networks by Sasan Azad, Mohammad Taghi Ameli, Mohammad Mehdi Amiri, Hossein Ameli, Mohammad Reza Shadi, Goran Strbac

“…In formulating the existing indexes that use the concept of voltage sensitivity to active power, the effect of the lines from which the bus receives active power can be seen separately in evaluating bus voltage stability. …”
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Gaps in our understanding of ice-nucleating particle sources exposed by global simulation of the UK Earth System Model by R. J. Herbert, A. Sanchez-Marroquin, A. Sanchez-Marroquin, D. P. Grosvenor, D. P. Grosvenor, K. J. Pringle, S. R. Arnold, B. J. Murray, K. S. Carslaw

“…<span class="inline-formula">−0.35</span> K<span class="inline-formula">⁻¹</span> for the K-feldspar data of <span class="cit" id="xref_altparen.1"><a href="#bib1.bibx47">Harrison et al.…”
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Real-Time Stitching Algorithm of Vehicle Side View Image Based on Multi-Region Fast Phase Correlation by Mubin Xu, Xiaoyong Liu, Chuanhai Wan

“…Firstly, the background subtraction method based on Gaussian mixture model is used to obtain vehicle foreground image sequence, and the image is downsampled by Gaussian pyramid to reduce the running time of the program. …”
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Traditional Chinese Medicine nursing of chronic pelvic inflammatory disease (慢性盆腔炎的中医护理) by YANG Fei (杨菲), GENG Qingwen (耿庆文), WANG Yali (王亚丽), TANG Ling (唐玲), REN Mei (任梅)

“…This paper summarized the etiology and pathogenesis of chronic pelvic inflammatory disease in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), TCM formula, diet and nutrition guidance and oral care. …”
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INFLUENCE OF SEASONAL AND LATITUDE CHANGES IN SOLAR RADIATION ON THE SYNTHESIS OF PLASTID PIGMENTS by USM ADMIN

“…Se încearcă extinderea ariei de predicție a legii seriei omologice a variabilității ereditare: cunoscând severitatea factorului de formare a morfologice pentru seria omologică a unei specii, se poate presupune timpul și locația formelor paralele în alte specii înrudite. …”
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L-theanine promotes angiogenesis in limb ischemic mice by modulating NRP1/VEGFR2 signaling by Jingyi Wang, Yinghui Xu, Yating Ruan, Xinyang Hu

“…L-theanine significantly enhanced angiogenesis in HUVECs, as demonstrated by improved tube formation, migration, sprouting, and proliferation. …”
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