Is avoidable diabetes-related hospitalization in older patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus associated with increased health expenditure?: A nationwide retrospective cohort study... by Woo-Ri Lee, Gyeong-Min Lee, Noorhee Son, Kyu-Tae Han, Sungyoun Chun, Yehrhee Son, Ki-Bong Yoo

“…The outcome measures included one- and five-year health expenditures. Regression analysis was performed using the generalized estimating equation (GEE) with a gamma distribution and log-link function. …”
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From East to West: Regional Disparities in Depressive and Anxious Symptoms Among Chinese Adolescents by Yang R, Yang XJ, Wan JL, Wang LL, Deng H, Chen JX, Zhou SJ

“…Depressive symptoms were positively correlated with cognitive function (r = 0.577, P < 0.05), as were anxious symptoms (r = 0.533, P < 0.05). …”
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Mixed problem with integral conditions for a certain class of hyperbolic equations

“…We prove the existence, uniqueness, and the continuous dependence upon the data of a generalized solution. We use a functional analysis method based on a priori estimate and on the density of the range of the operator generated by the considered problem.…”
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In silico screening of naturally derived dietary compounds as potential butyrylcholinesterase inhibitors for Alzheimer’s disease treatment by Md. Tarikul Islam, Md. Aktaruzzaman, Chandan Barai, Farhan Ishrak Rafi, Al Riyad Hasan, Tasfiah Tasnim, Parvej Sarder, Ghadeer M. Albadrani, Muath Q. Al-Ghadi, Amany A. Sayed, Mohamed M. Abdel-Daim, Humayra Afroz Dona, Kishore Kumar Sarkar, Md. Obayed Raihan

“…A small library of 44 natural dietary chemicals from a variety of dietary plants was subjected to comprehensive in silico studies, including molecular docking, molecular mechanics generalized born surface area (MM-GBSA) calculations, pharmacokinetics assessments, toxicity profiles, molecular dynamics (MD) simulation, and density functional theory (DFT) analysis. …”
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Contribution of cognitive performance and cognitive decline to associations between socioeconomic factors and dementia: A cohort study. by Jennifer Rusmaully, Aline Dugravot, Jean-Paul Moatti, Michael G Marmot, Alexis Elbaz, Mika Kivimaki, Séverine Sabia, Archana Singh-Manoux

“…<h4>Methods and findings</h4>Data are drawn from the Whitehall II study (N = 10,308 at study recruitment in 1985), with cognitive function assessed at 4 waves (1997, 2002, 2007, and 2012). …”
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MurG as a potential target of quercetin in Staphylococcus aureus supported by evidence from subtractive proteomics and molecular dynamics by Dweipayan Goswami, Jignesh Prajapati, Milan Dabhi, Liam K. R. Sharkey, Sacha J. Pidot

“…Principal Component Analysis (PCA) further validated the reduction in MurG’s structural flexibility upon quercetin binding, reinforcing the hypothesis that this interaction could effectively inhibit its biological function. …”
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Benchmarking pangenome dynamics and horizontal gene transfer in Mycobacterium marinum evolution by Khandker Shahed, Sk Injamamul Islam, Papungkorn Sangsawad, Won-Kyo Jung, Patima Permpoonpattana, Nguyen Vu Linh

“…Additionally, a comparative benchmarking analysis of gene ontology (GO) annotations were conducted using eggNOG and InterProScan to evaluate their functional annotation accuracy. …”
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MATHEMATICAL MODELING OF OAT BISCUITS FORMULA ENRICHED WITH PRODUCTS OF TOPINAMBUR PROCESSING by N. T. Shamkova, M. Y. Tamova, A. A. Varivoda, N. S. Shelest

“…Jerusalem artichoke is a valuable source of complex carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals; it is widely used in the nutrition of patients with diabetes mellitus, for the correction of metabolic disorders, in the production of functional and specialized food products. The optimization of the recipe for oat biscuits has been carried out using the generalized desirability function. …”
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Classification of Fungal Pigments by Simulating Their Optical Properties Using Evolutionary Optimization by Roman Y. Pishchalnikov, Denis D. Chesalin, Vasiliy A. Kurkov, Andrei P. Razjivin, Sergey V. Gudkov, Andrey A. Grishin, Alexey S. Dorokhov, Andrey Yu. Izmailov

“…We calculated the absorption spectra for each pigment using the multimode Brownian oscillator theory, which allows us to evaluate the influence of molecular vibrations on the electronic transitions in the pigment. We applied a generalized spectral density function method to our modeling, taking into account the contributions of 13 vibrational modes with frequencies varying between 100 cm⁻¹ and 3000 cm⁻¹. …”
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Association of Body Mass Index with Echocardiographic Parameters and Incidence of Left Atrial Thrombus or Spontaneous Echo Contrast in Patients with Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation... by Yi Qiu, Shu Jiang

“…Background: This article focuses on the effect of body mass index (BMI) on cardiac structure and function in cases with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF). …”
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Fractional photo-thermoelastic waves of hydrodynamic semiconductors with Hall currents and variable thermal conductivity by Khaled Lotfy, Ibrahim S. Elshazly, Imed Bachar, Saurav Sharma, Alaa A. El-Bary, Nesreen A. Yaseen

“…By introducing a temperature-dependent thermal conductivity function, the heat transfer equation reflects realistic diffusion patterns found in poro-semiconductor materials under dynamic thermal loading. …”
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PEBP1 and 15-LO-1 in Asthma: Biomarker Potential for Diagnosis and Severity Stratification by Vijayalakshmi Vadde, Mohammed Kaleem Ullah, Mandya Venkateshmurthy Greeshma, Muhlisa Muhammed Ali Laila, Athira Nair, Sivasubramaniam Karunakaran, SubbaRao V. Madhunapantula, Sindaghatta Krishnarao Chaya, Komarla Sundararaja Lokesh, Jayaraj Biligere Siddaiah, Padukudru Anand Mahesh

“…A multivariate regression assessed associations between ferroptosis markers and asthma severity. A generalized linear model (GLM) analyzed the relationship between biomarkers (PEBP1 and 15-LO-1) and lung function parameters. …”
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Age-related changes in factors associated with self-rated health in Swedish older adults– findings from the Gothenburg H70 study cohort born 1930 by Karolina Thörnqvist, Lena Johansson, Maria Solevid, Anne Ingeborg Berg, Ingmar Skoog, Hanna Falk Erhag

“…Descriptive statistics and binary regression were used to explore cohort characteristics, associated factors, and SRH. GLMM (Generalized linear mixed model) was used to perform a sensitivity analysis and test the robustness of our results. …”
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Spatiotemporal dynamics reveal high turnover and contrasting assembly processes in fungal communities across contiguous habitats of tropical forests by Chieh-Ping Lin, Yu-Fei Lin, Yu-Ching Liu, Mei-Yeh Jade Lu, Huei-Mien Ke, Isheng Jason Tsai

“…These findings highlight the importance of studying coexisting habitats to gain a deeper understanding of fungal biogeography and ecosystem function.…”
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Study of Corrosion Resistance of Hybrid Structure of DP980 Two-Phase Steel and Laser-Welded 6013-T4 Aluminum Alloy by Antonio Faria Neto, Erica Ximenes Dias, Francisco Henrique Cappi Freitas, Cristina Sayuri Fukugauchi, Erick Siqueira Guidi, Marcelo Sampaio Martins, Antonio Jorge Abdalla, Marcelo dos Santos Pereira

“…The energy diagrams showed that localized pitting corrosion was the predominant form of corrosion. However, generalized and mixed corrosion were also observed, which corroborated the macroscopic analysis of the electrodes.…”
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Prevalence of daily family meals among children and adolescents from 43 countries by José Francisco López‐Gil, Lee Smith, Mark A. Tully, Julio Álvarez‐Pitti, Santiago F. Gómez, Helmut Schröder

“…The meta package was utilized for conducting a meta‐analysis of single proportions, specifically applying the metaprop function. …”
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Identifying unimodal finite mixture models in data sets using distribution shifting – A novel approach by Paul Allen Williams, Emily K. Roberts, Quynh-Anh Nguyen, Kamal Rahmouni

“…We derived and generalized a mathematical relationship between the number and volume distribution. …”
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Investigating the Variation and Periodicity of TXS 0506+056 by Xianglin Miao, Yunguo Jiang

“…The local cross-correlation function (LCCF) analysis presents a 3<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mi>σ</mi></semantics></math></inline-formula> correlation in both the <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mi>γ</mi></semantics></math></inline-formula>-ray versus optical and optical versus radio light curves. …”
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Longitudinal efficacy of risdiplam treatment in Chinese children with spinal muscular atrophy by Yue Yan, Danhui Zhu, Kai Ma, Xufeng Luo, Xiaoli Zhang, Xiaolong Deng, Mei Lu, Yang Li, Jianwei Li, Feng Gao, Shanshan Mao

“…Improvements in motor function were monthly quantified by generalized estimating equation analysis. …”
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FOXK2 in skeletal muscle development: a new pathogenic gene for congenital myopathy with ptosis by Peixuan Wu, Nan Song, Yang Xiang, Zhe Tao, Bing Mao, Ruochen Guo, Xin Wang, Dan Wu, Zhenzhen Zhang, Xin Chen, Duan Ma, Tianyu Zhang, Bingtao Hao, Jing Ma

“…Preliminary omics analysis suggested FOXK2 directly regulates the expression of mitochondrial function-related genes by modulating chromatin accessibility at its binding sites. …”
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