The Association between Myopia and Anxiety: A Bidirectional 2-Sample Mendelian Randomization Study by Waihang Wong, MD, Yimin Qin, MD, Chi Liu, PhD, Shiran Zhang, PhD, Yu Jiang, PhD, Yangfa Zeng, MD, Decai Wang, PhD, Lingyi Liang, PhD, Xiaotong Han, PhD

“…Conclusions: Our study demonstrates a significant causal relationship between GAD and a more myopic MSE, though the effect size was relatively small. …”
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Enhancing the discriminatory power of polygenic scores for ADHD and autism in clinical and non-clinical samples by James J. Li, Quanfa He, Stephen Dorn, Zihang Wang, Qiongshi Lu

“…Conclusions Psychiatric PGS associations are likely inflated by the high degree of genetic overlap between the psychiatric disorders. Methods such as GenomicSEM can be used to refine PGS signals to be more disorder-specific, thereby enhancing their discriminatory power for future diagnostic applications.…”
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Personality Traits as Predictors of Academic and Work Engagement in a Sample of Nursing Students and Professionals by Maja Kućar, Andreja Brajša-Žganec, Marijana Neuberg

“…Understanding how personality traits influence both AE and WE in this dual-role group may offer insights relevant for academic success and well-being in healthcare settings. <b>Methods</b>: The sample consisted of 230 nursing students from a public university in Croatia who were also working as nurses. …”
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Public awareness about common ocular diseases among a sample of Egyptian population by Esraa El-Mayah, Marwa M Zein, Ahmed S Hegazi, Eman O Abdelghany

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Soil lipid analysis by chromatography: A critical review of the current state in sample preparation by Gladys Arteaga-Clemente, María Araceli García-González, Mónica González-González

“…This paper reviews current sample preparation strategies for the analysis of soil lipids and presents some alternatives to the traditional methods used for soil lipid extraction, fractionation, and derivatization.…”
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Development and validation of the Pain-Induced Comfort Eating Scale in a chronic pain sample by Amy L. Burton, Imogen O’Loughlin, Kris Rogers, Toby R. O. Newton-John

“…Valid and reliable assessment tools are needed to inform the development of effective treatments.Aims This study aimed to assess the psychometric properties of a new brief measure of pain-induced comfort eating in chronic pain, the Pain-Induced Comfort Eating Scale (PICES).Methods A sample of 166 patients with chronic pain completed an online test battery including the PICES along with measures of chronic pain and pain-related symptoms, disordered eating, and related psychological factors.Results Results of exploratory factor analysis revealed a single-factor model for the four-item PICES. …”
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Relationship between Receipt of the Samples of Breast Milk Substitutes in Hospitals and Breastfeeding Practice in Japan by Kaho Hisamatsu, Keiko Nanishi, Midori Matsushima, Sumiyo Okawa, Takahiro Tabuchi

“…Conclusions: This study showed that more than 80% of mothers had received the samples of breast milk substitutes, and that receipt of the samples decreased the probability of their practicing exclusive breastfeeding. …”
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Depression in older adults: prevalence and risk factors in a primary health care sample by Uschenka Padayachey, S Ramlall, J Chipps

“…Participants with a poor subjective health rating were 21 times more likely to be depressed and widowhood conferred an almost fourfold increased risk of being depressed, with widows at greater risk than widowers. …”
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Determination of Chlorogenic Acid, Caffeine and Antioxidant Capacities in Turkish-Style Coffee Bean Samples by Haydar Özpınar, Johanna Rebekka Morche, Harshadrai M. Rawel

“…Different targeted mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) methods were developed to encompass the above-mentioned ingredients. …”
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Treatment of Spontaneous Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A 20‐Year National Inpatient Sample Review by Joshua Feler, Dylan Wolman, Radmehr Torabi, Jia‐Shu Chen, Abigail Teshome, Rahul Sastry, Curtis Doberstein, Mahesh Jayaraman, Krisztina Moldovan, Ali Mahta

“…Methods A retrospective cohort of admissions for spontaneous SAH in the National Inpatient Sample from 2001 to 2020 was reviewed, including those who underwent microsurgical or endovascular surgery to secure a ruptured aneurysm. …”
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PERFORMANCE OF CYTOGENETIC TESTS IN AML AND MDS SAMPLES PROCESSED IN A REMOTE LABORATORY IN BRAZIL by A Amaro, L Fazan, S Ciota, MF Oliveira, N Santos, C Scarin, MF Ferreira, A Marinato, R Proto-Siqueira

“…Additionally, to assess the cell growth index and sensitivity for clone identification in AML and MDS. Materials and methods: Bone marrow samples from 203 patients at diagnosis, collected between January and June 2024, were analyzed. …”
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Allelic composition of puroindolinium genes and confectionery properties of flour of soft winter wheat samples by О. Ю. Леонов, Я. Ю. Шарипіна, З. В. Усова, К. Ю. Суворова, Т. В. Сахно

“…The flour of these samples had typical for hard wheat quality indicators: WAC 68% and more, cookie diameter of 60–72 mm, cookie height of 13–15 mm, the surface evaluation of 1–4 points. …”
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Oral Health in a Sample of Pregnant Women from Northern Appalachia (2011–2015) by Katherine Neiswanger, Daniel W. McNeil, Betsy Foxman, Manika Govil, Margaret E. Cooper, Robert J. Weyant, John R. Shaffer, Richard J. Crout, Hyagriv N. Simhan, Scott R. Beach, Stella Chapman, Jayme G. Zovko, Linda J. Brown, Stephen J. Strotmeyer, Jennifer L. Maurer, Mary L. Marazita

“…Despite similar tooth brushing and flossing habits, COHRA2 women in West Virginia have significantly worse oral health than the Pittsburgh sample. Women from Pittsburgh are older and more educated and have less unemployment than the West Virginia sample. …”
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Cross‐Cultural Validation of the COmprehensive Score for Financial Toxicity (COST) Measure in an Australian Sample by Bora Kim, Claudia Rutherford, Lucy Lehane, Judith Fethney, Louise Acret, Tracy King, Patsy Kenny, Richard De Abreu Lourenco, Kate White

“…This paper reports on an Australian cross‐cultural validation of the COST measure. Methods Participant eligibility criteria included individuals aged ≥ 18, undergoing or completed primary treatment for cancer. …”
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WHO BENEFITS MORE FROM DIRECT MARKETING SCHEMES? THE CASE OF ARABICA COFFEE COOPERATIVE AND ITS FARMERS MEMBER IN RURAL INDONESIA by Boris KAIDO, Katsuhito FUYUKI

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THE ORDINAL LOGISTIC REGRESSION MODEL WITH SAMPLING WEIGHTS ON DATA FROM THE NATIONAL SOCIO-ECONOMIC SURVEY by Reni Amelia, Indahwati Indahwati, Erfiani Erfiani

“…Ordinal logistic regression is a method describing the relationship between an ordered categorical response variable and one or more explanatory variables. …”
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Adaptive sampling-based optimization of quantics tensor trains for noisy functions: Applications to quantum simulations by Kohtaroh Sakaue, Hiroshi Shinaoka, Rihito Sakurai

“…However, when the tensor evaluations contain random noise, optimizing the TT is more advantageous than interpolating the noise. Here, we propose a new method that starts with an initial guess of TT and optimizes it using non-linear least-squares by fitting it to measured points obtained from TCI. …”
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Negative sampling strategies impact the prediction of scale-free biomolecular network interactions with machine learning by Pengpai Li, Bowen Shao, Guoqing Zhao, Zhi-Ping Liu

“…By addressing biases introduced by network properties, the DDB sampling approach provides a more balanced and precise assessment of model capabilities. …”
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Simulation-Based Evaluation of Robust Transformation Techniques for Median Estimation Under Simple Random Sampling by Fatimah A. Almulhim, Abdulaziz S. Alghamdi

“…In this paper, an enhanced class of ratio–product types of estimators is introduced, which employs the transformation technique by linearly combining two robust measures, the trimean and decile mean, and five non-conventional measures, the range, inter-quartile range, mid-range, quartile average, and quartile deviation, on auxiliary variables with a simple random sampling method to estimate the finite population median. …”
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Unmanned aerial vehicle field sampling and antenna pattern reconstruction using Bayesian compressed sensing by Sayeh Mirzaei, Alireza Gholipour

“…Then, using compressed sensing (CS) method, the antenna pattern is reconstructed. It is shown that applying Bayesian CS algorithm to the samples of field intensity gathered by UAV can efficiently reconstruct the pattern. …”
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