DNA methylation of leptin before and after weight loss intervention program among sample of Egyptian obese females: Epigenetic approach in obesity by Nayera E. Hassan, Sahar A. El-Masry, Waheba A. Zarouk, Nayra S. Mehanna, Rehab M. Mosaad, Maha M Kobesiy, Mohamed S. Kishta, Mohamed Selim, Mahmoud A.S. Afify, Khadija Alian, Aya Khalil, Heba T. Aboud

“…Among the obese females with BMI equal to or more than 40 kg/m2the most increased variable was LEP promoter methylation (↑10.2%), while among the obese females with BMI less than 40 kg/m2, it increased by ↑1.7%. …”
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Correlation between maternal copper deficiency and premature rupture of membranes: A case–Control study by Hamdi Nawfal, Ahmad Alhamid, Abd Al-Hamid Abd Al-Jawad, Abdurrahman Waez, Razan Hallak, Sherine Shammou, Somayya Tabsho, Muhammad Mazketly, Muhammad Saadi, Amir Sakur

“…The relationship presents when copper level is considered as a categorical variable, as mothers with copper deficiency were significantly more vulnerable for PROM (Odds ratios = 0.15, confidence intervals: 0.04–0.61, P = 0.002). …”
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Factors affecting non-performing finance in Islamic banking in Indonesia’s agricultural sector by Niswatin, Ivan Rahmat Santoso

“…The financing-to-deposit ratio is a mediation variable that helps understand indirect influence. …”
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Efficiency optimization of a hybrid Savonius-Darrieus hydrokinetic turbine via regression modeling and CFD-based design of experiments by Mateo Arrieta-Gomez, Sebastián Vélez-García, Diego Hincapié Zuluaga, Juan C. Tejada, Daniel Sanin-Villa

“…A total of 36 experiments were designed, with factors set at more than three levels to account for quadratic behaviors. …”
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Real-time laser spot modulation in Laser Powder-Directed Energy Deposition via wobbling: A path to superior 316L stainless steel components by Stefano Felicioni, Alberta Aversa, Erica Librera, Mariangela Lombardi, Federica Bondioli

“…These findings lay the groundwork for enhancing the LP-DED process efficiency in a more viable manner taking advantage of the different solidification conditions.…”
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The influence of physical exercise on loneliness of college students: mediating and moderating roles by Yadong Liang, Lijun Wang, Xingbin Du

“…ObjectiveTo explore the relationship between physical exercise and loneliness of college students and its mechanism, and to analyze emotional self-efficacy as a mediating variable and psychological elasticity as a moderating variable.MethodsIn this study, the Physical Exercise Scale, the UCLA Loneliness Scale, the Emotion Regulation Self-Efficacy Scale (RES) and the psychological elasticity Scale were selected and used in a cross-sectional design to conduct a comprehensive survey of 850 college students from five different schools, for variables such as gender, grade, major, and place of origin. …”
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The impact of physical exercise on mobile phone addiction among college students: a study based on Chinese universities by Bo Shi, Di Wang, Mengfan Liu

“…Furthermore, self-acceptance as a moderating variable plays an important protective role within the nexus between physical exercise and MPA. …”
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Multiscale spatial dependency of small mammal diversity patterns and their determinants by Kenneth Otieno Onditi, Wenyu Song, Zhongzheng Chen, Xueyou Li, Quan Li, Noé U. de laSancha, Simon Musila, Xuelong Jiang

“…The associations between diversity patterns and environmental and human covariates increased with scale but were more variable and complex across regions. These findings highlight a negative correlation between spatial scale and phylogenetic and functional divergence while reinforcing the species‐area hypotheses for richness‐dependent diversity indices. …”
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The Effect of Secondary Traumatic Stress and Cognitive Flexibility on Psychological Well-Being in Health Education Students by Yakup Sarpdağı, Ebubekir Kaplan, Özkan Sir, Metin Yıldız, Devlet Kaymaz, Necmettin Çiftci, Sevgi SARPDAĞI

“…Shapley Additive Explanations (SHAP) were used to understand the importance and contribution of each variable in the model. Cognitive Flexibility was found to be the most important variable in the prediction of Psychological Well-Being. …”
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The pervasive effects of an antibiotic on the human gut microbiota, as revealed by deep 16S rRNA sequencing. by Les Dethlefsen, Sue Huse, Mitchell L Sogin, David A Relman

“…Pyrosequencing of the V6 and V3 variable regions identified 3,300-5,700 taxa that collectively accounted for over 99% of the variable region sequence tags that could be obtained from these samples. …”
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From UV-bright Galaxies to Early Disks: The Importance of Turbulent Star Formation in the Early Universe by Vadim A. Semenov, Charlie Conroy, Lars Hernquist

“…These trends are missing in more commonly used star formation prescriptions with fixed SFE; in particular, the prescriptions tying star formation to molecular gas should be interpreted with caution because the two are decoupled at early times, as we also show in this paper.…”
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A longitudinal neuroimaging study of adolescent girls’ mentalizing and perspective-taking tendencies by Victoria Guazzelli Williamson, Marjolein E.A. Barendse, Samantha J. Chavez, John C. Flournoy, Theresa W. Cheng, Danielle Cosme, Michelle L. Byrne, Nicholas B. Allen, Jennifer H. Pfeifer

“…Greater perspective-taking tendencies were also associated with a more prosocial, and less antisocial, self-concept. …”
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Estudios previos cursados y género de los maestros de primaria en formación: efectos sobre la resolución de problemas / Pre-service primary teachers' gender and studies previousl... by Alexandre Caballer Alonso, Joan Josep Solaz Portolés

“…Se utilizó un diseño experimental con dos variables independientes (género y estudios previos) y una variable dependiente (puntuación en los problemas). …”
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Detection of child depression using machine learning methods. by Umme Marzia Haque, Enamul Kabir, Rasheda Khanam

“…<h4>Methods</h4>The YMM, the second Australian Child and Adolescent Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing 2013-14 has been used as data source in this research. The variables of yes/no value of low correlation with the target variable (depression status) have been eliminated. …”
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MODELING LONGITUDINAL FLOOD DATA IN WEST SUMATRA USING THE GENERALIZED ESTIMATING EQUATION (GEE) APPROACH by Alfi Nur Nitasari, Andini Sa'idah, Nurin Faizun, Kezia Eunike Darmawan, Marfa Audilla Fitri, Nur Chamidah

“…The predictor variables used are regional topography , the number of water channels such as rivers, reservoirs, etc…”
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Cataract surgery has minimal effect on corneal shape by Vito Romano, Stephen B Kaye, Keri McLean, Luca Pagano, Esmaeil M Arbabi, Fadi Alfaqawi, Ahmed Al-Maskari, Gabriella Czanner

“…The flattening effect of the surgical incision was greater and more variable than the steepening effect (p&lt;0.01), particularly if the incision was in the flat meridian. …”
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Does oil dependence cause energy risk? by Bekhzod Kuziboev, Elbek Khodjaniyazov, Ilhan Ozturk, Khamid Sabirov, Samariddin Makhmudov, Sarbinaz Utegenova

“…These days, the issue of energy risk is becoming more prevalent worldwide. Particularly, the issue of oil dependence raises awareness. …”
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The impact of policies on the digital transformation capability of Vietnamese agricultural enterprises: the moderating role of policy accessibility by Man Do Thi, Trang Le Huyen, Lan Le Thi

“…Additionally, by introducing policy accessibility as a moderating variable, the study underscores its role in shaping the relationship between policy support and digital transformation, leading to more targeted recommendations for improving the digital transformation of businesses. …”
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Optimising Farm Area Allocations Based on Soil Moisture Thresholds: A Comparative Study of Two Dairy Farms with Distinct Soil and Topographic Features by Rumia Basu, Owen Fenton, Gourav Misra, Patrick Tuohy

“…The results showed that Farm 2 was more resilient towards extreme conditions and that the variable topography and soil heterogeneity act as a buffer in regulating moisture regimes on the farm, preventing movement towards the extremes. …”
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Emotional Eating on Sedentary Workers: Is It Caused by Individual Characteristics, Exercise Habits, and Work Stress? by Pindi Dwi Irwansyah, Shintia Yunita Arini, Endang Dwiyanti, Dominikus Raditya Atmaka, Bian Shabri Putri Irwanto, Farahul Jannah

“…Introduction:Emotional eating is a person's response to stress or inadequate and ineffective stress coping and is shown by the behavior of eating more than needed and is associated with increased body weight. …”
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