Causal relationship between educational attainment and the occurrence of venous thromboembolism by Sitong Guo, Sitao Tan, Shiran Qin, Dandan Xu, Henghai Su, Xiaoyu Chen

“…We aimed to assess the causal effect of EA on VTE using the two-sample mendelian randomization (MR) method. Methods Data mining was conducted on the genome wide association studies (GWAS), with exposure factor EA and outcome factor VTE. …”
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Causal Effects of PM2.5, NOx, and NO2 on Cognitive Function: A Two-sample Mendelian Randomization Study by Yilin Tang, Zhenyu Li, Yicheng Fu, Mingyi Zhao

“…We conducted a two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) study using pooled statistics from publicly available genome-wide association study (GWAS) data to show the association between air pollutants and cognitive decline in the European population. …”
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Causal Effects of Sleep Traits on Angina Pectoris: Mediation by Cardiovascular Risk Factors by Zeng C, Ke Y, Li H, Zhang C, Chen J, Chen M

“…The GWAS data of cardiovascular risk factors (hypertension, smoking, hyperlipidemia, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM)) came from the FinnGen. Two-sample MR analyses were carried out to gain a general map of sleep traits, risk factors and AP, then a multivariable MR was performed and the effect of each factor was calculated.Results: We discovered a positive association between nap, narcolepsy, insomnia and stable angina pectoris (SAP), while getting up in morning associated with SAP negatively. …”
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Relationship between personality traits and spontaneous coronary artery dissection risk: evidence from Mendelian randomization by Kun Zheng, Kun Zheng, Mengdi Wu, Junhua Wang, Junhua Wang, Jinjin Sun, Yuqian Li, Peng Wang, Zhiyue Zhang, Xiuming Pan, Yifeng Yang, Tianqi Li, Yujie Guo

“…These findings were further substantiated by multivariate MR analyses.ConclusionsIn summary, this study identified a significant association between genetically predicted neuroticism scores and an elevated risk of SCAD. …”
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Evaluation of Pavement Structural Number and Resilient Modulus in a Schistose Quartzite/Quartzite Environment using Dynamic Cone Penetration Test Data: Consequence for flexible pav... by Olumuyiwa Falowo, A.S. Daramola, W.K. Olabisi

“…Regression model showed weak positive correlation coefficients for MR and ES of quartzite and schistose quartzite for different trend lines. …”
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DICTIONARY OF DAILY LIFE IN BIBLICAL AND POST-BIBLICAL ANTIQUITY, VOLUME I: A–DA by C Stenschke

“… Christoff Stenschke reviews a book from YAMAUCHI, E.M. & WILSON, M.R. (eds.). (Peabody: Hendrickson, 2014). Xxxvi + 400 pp., ISBN 978-1-61970-460-2. …”
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Influence of immune cells and inflammatory factors on Alzheimer’s disease axis: evidence from mediation Mendelian randomization study by Linzhu, Jianxin Zhang, Wenhui Fan, Chen Su, Zhi Jin

“…Methods This study utilized a two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) approach to assess the causal relationship between different types of immune cells and AD, while considering inflammatory factors as intermediate variables. …”
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A generative whole-brain segmentation model for positron emission tomography images by Wenbo Li, Zhenxing Huang, Hongyan Tang, Yaping Wu, Yunlong Gao, Jing Qin, Jianmin Yuan, Yang Yang, Yan Zhang, Na Zhang, Hairong Zheng, Dong Liang, Meiyun Wang, Zhanli Hu

“…First, we pretrained a latent mapping model to learn the mapping relationship between PET and MR images so that we could extract anatomical information of the brain. …”
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Investigation of the association between circulating inflammatory proteins and encephalitis risk in Europeans by two-sample Mendelian randomization analysis by Yanwei Liu, Xilong Wang, Qiang Zhao, Jun Wei, Shiqiang Yang

“…The study investigated causal effects mainly using Steiger, MR-Egger, weighted median and inverse variance weighting (IVW) methods. …”
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Solvothermal synthesis of polyvinyl pyrrolidone encapsulated, amine-functionalized copper ferrite and its use as a magnetic resonance imaging contrast agent. by Fatemeh Heydari, Ágnes M Ilosvai, Noémi Kovács, Domokos Máthé, Ferenc Kristály, Lajos Daróczi, Zoltán Kaleta, Béla Viskolcz, Miklós Nagy, László Vanyorek, László Forgách, Krisztián Szigeti

“…The CuFe2O4-NH2 MW sample displayed superparamagnetic behavior (Ms: 15 emu/g, Mr: 0 emu/g, Hc: 0 Oe), while the CuFe2O4-NH2 Refl. sample exhibited ferromagnetic characteristics (Ms: 40 emu/g, Mr: 1.35 emu/g, Hc: 30 Oe). …”
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Brain local structural connectomes and the subtypes of the medial temporal lobe parcellations by Zhensheng Li, Jie Ma, Hongmin Bai, Bingmei Deng, Jian Lin, Weimin Wang

“…ObjectiveTo investigate the quantitative characteristics and major subtypes of local structural connectomes for medial temporal lobe (MTL) parcellations.MethodsThe Q-Space Diffeomorphic Reconstruction (QSDR) method was used to track white matter fibers for the ROIs within MTL based on the integrating high-resolution T1 structural MR imaging and diffusion MR imaging of 100 adult Chinese individuals. …”
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Trouble in the Colonies: Review of D.W.A. Baker, Preacher Politician, Patriot: A life of John Dunmore Lang by B. Zuiddam

“… From text: Some people write biographies of great men they admire for their particular virtues or achievements. Mr. Don Baker has a refreshing approach. He wrote a biography on the life of John Dunmore Lang not because he liked him, but because he did not. …”
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DeepCERES: A deep learning method for cerebellar lobule segmentation using ultra-high resolution multimodal MRI by Sergio Morell-Ortega, Marina Ruiz-Perez, Marien Gadea, Roberto Vivo-Hernando, Gregorio Rubio, Fernando Aparici, Maria de la Iglesia-Vaya, Gwenaelle Catheline, Boris Mansencal, Pierrick Coupé, José V. Manjón

“…Finally, a new online pipeline, named DeepCERES, has been developed to make available the proposed method to the scientific community requiring as input only a single T1 MR image at standard resolution.…”
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Genetic evidence for the causal effects of air pollution on the risk of respiratory diseases by Yanjuan Wu, Yuting Zhang, Jingcun Wang, Qiming Gan, Xiaofen Su, Sun Zhang, Yutong Ding, Xinyan Yang, Nuofu Zhang, Kang Wu

“…Sensitivity analyses, including MR-Egger regression and leave-one-out analyses, were employed to ensure result consistency. …”
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A Study of Social Class Conflict in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. by Atukunda, Atubangiire

“…Key characters, such as Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy, challenge and subvert class norms, illustrating Austen’s critique of superficial social distinctions and her advocacy for personal merit over inherited status. …”
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Brain atrophy in heart failure patients following left ventricular assist device implantation or heart transplantation by D.Alan Herbst, MD, Banafsheh Shakibajahromi, MD, Michael V. Genuardi, MD, Amit Iyengar, MD, Dawn Mechanic-Hamilton, PhD, H. Branch Coslett, MD, Pavan Atluri, MD, Christopher G. Favilla, MD

“…Both heart transplantation (HT) and left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation improve vital organ perfusion, but the comparative effect on brain atrophy remains unclear. Given the MR incompatibility of LVADs, we leveraged serial CT imaging in patients who underwent either HT or LVAD implantation. 58 patients were included in this single-center retrospective cohort (23 LVAD; 35 HT). …”
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Automated orthodontic diagnosis via self-supervised learning and multi-attribute classification using lateral cephalograms by Qiao Chang, Yuxing Bai, Shaofeng Wang, Fan Wang, Shuang Liang, Xianju Xie

“…The developed Self-supervised Pre-training and Multi-Attribute (SPMA) network achieves a best match ratio (MR) score of 71.38% and a low Hamming loss (HL) of 0.0425%, demonstrating its efficacy in orthodontic diagnosis from lateral cephalograms. …”
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Spastic Paraparesis in Young Men With Spinal Meningioma and Spinal Arteriovenous Malformation: A Case Report by Leonard Christianto Singjie, Ivan Jeremia, Esdras Ardi Pramudita

“…Discussion: According to history taking, physical examination, and MR Imaging, the spastic paraparesis symptom in this patient is likely due to a spinal cord tumor, which is meningioma (according to histopathological examination). …”
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