Associations between patient characteristics and five-year trajectories of anticholinergic drug burden in older adults in German primary care: a prospective observational cohort st... by Hans-Helmut König, Claudia Langebrake, Steffi G Riedel-Heller, Martin Scherer, Gerhard Schön, Ingmar Schäfer, Dagmar Lühmann, Birgitt Wiese, Jochen Gensichen, Caroline Krüger, Horst Bickel, Angela Fuchs, Wolfgang Maier, Karola Mergenthal, Siegfried Weyerer, Daniel Tajdar, Juliane Westphal

“…Independent variables included age, sex, education (according to CASMIN), depressiveness (GDS), cognitive function (LDST), quality of life (EQ5D-3L) and the number of diseases weighted by severity. …”
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Assessment of heavy metal exposure risk to aquatic birds in the key wetland habitats of the Yellow River (China), using an integrated model by Jian Ding, Ni Wang, Yaqiao Lian, Qian Li, Xinran Li, Fei Yu

“…Heavy metal pollution poses a growing threat to wetland ecosystems, impacting their structure and function. Chenqiao Wetland and Qinglong Lake (Henan, China), key bird habitats in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, were analyzed for heavy metal contamination. …”
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Moral Development and Wisdom: The Mediating Role of Moral Intelligence and Emotional Intelligence by Heng Zheng, Jing Dong, Yang Lihua

“…Results: The results showed that the conceptual model of the study had an appropriate fit. Examining the coefficients of the effects of the research variables on each other, it seemed that moral development had a direct standardized effect coefficient of 0.53 on intelligence. …”
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Variations in Creatinine Generation Among Patients With Glomerular Disease: Evidence From the NEPTUNE and CureGN Studies by Shalini S. Ramachandra, Melody Chiang, Michael Arbit, Dorey A. Glenn, Laura H. Mariani, Jarcy Zee

“…Analytical Approach: The intraclass correlation coefficient illustrated crG variability within individuals. …”
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Predictive factors of patient length of stay with multiloculated pleural effusion after medical thoracoscopy: single-center retrospective cohort study by Wiwien Heru Wiyono, Mohamad Fahmi Alatas, Andika Chandra Putra, Erlina Burhan, Amirah Nisrina, Elvan Wiyarta, Gita Fajri Gustya, Muhammad Ilham Dhiya Rakasiwi, Adlina Briliani

“…This study aimed to identify factors influencing the length of stay (LoS) after rigid medical thoracoscopy for loculated PE and assess clinical outcomes, including improvements in lung function. Method This was a retrospective cohort study conducted at St. …”
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Protocol refinement and inter- and intra-rater reliability assessment of ultrasound-based measurements of hamstring architecture, and echo intensity, and intra-rater reliability of... by Maria Belinda Cristina C. Fidel, Jan Tyrone Cabrera, Christine Grace V. Ogerio, Johann Querijero, Helen A. Banwell, Consuelo B. Gonzalez-Suarez

“…Inter-rater reliability ranged from moderate to excellent across all variables. Shear wave elastography showed moderate to excellent intra-rater reliability, with higher consistency during contraction than rest. …”
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Effects of curing age and magnesium slag grinding time on mechanical properties and hydration characteristics of magnesium slag-based backfill materials by Xiaobing Yang, Jian Yang, Xi Wang, Shenghua Yin, Zepeng Yan, Xizhi Zhang, Gongcheng Li, Xun Chen, Yaobin Qi, Wei Chen

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Study on a Quantitative Evaluation Method of Goaf Instability Risk of Phosphate Deposits in Layered Rock Mass by Dongfang CHEN, Mengke WANG, Dingping XU, Haiwang YE, Qizhou WANG, Jian LIU, Bin XIANG

“…The Hermite random polynomial coefficients between the input field of c and <italic>ϕ</italic>_j and the output field of the FAI are solved by the probability collocation method, establishing an explicit function expression between the probability collocation point and the FAI. …”
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Allometric equations for estimating biomass and carbon stocks of on-farm bamboo species in the agricultural landscapes of Kenya by John N. Kigomo, Justus Mukovi, Nancy Bor, Betty Leshaye, Titus Cheruiyot, Margaret Kuria

“…We developed species-specific and pooled (multiple species) allometric equations by regressing DBH, height and wood density variables against AGB using five non-linear functions. …”
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Supplier Selection and Order Allocation in A Pharmaceutical Wholesaler by Ryan Hikmah Fadilla, Cucuk Nur Rosyidi, Wakhid Ahmad Jauhari

“…As part of the system modeling, a sensitivity analysis was performed to explore the effects of specific parameters on the objective function and decision variables, assessing variations in inventory costs, shortage costs, and demand. …”
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Calculation and Forecast of Glacial Feeding in River Basins by V. G. Konovalov

“…Index δ for the upper reaches of the Rhone River turned out to be not only a representative characteristic of changes in the vegetation period and annual runoff of the river, but also an efficient argument for the super-long-range prediction of these variables for 2025–2054 years.…”
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Incorporating stand parameters in nonlinear height-diameter mixed-effects model for uneven-aged Larix gmelinii forests by Muhammad Junaid Ismail, Tika Ram Poudel, Akber Ali, Lingbo Dong

“…Fifteen widely recognized nonlinear functions were assessed to model the H-D relationship effectively. …”
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Vibration Analysis of Rotating Tapered Timoshenko Beams by a New Finite Element Model by Bulent Yardimoglu

“…A new finite element model is developed and subsequently used for transverse vibrations of tapered Timoshenko beams with rectangular cross-section. The displacement functions of the finite element are derived from the coupled displacement field (the polynomial coefficients of transverse displacement and cross-sectional rotation are coupled through consideration of the differential equations of equilibrium) approach by considering the tapering functions of breadth and depth of the beam. …”
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Non-Iterative Estimation of Multiscale Geographically and Temporally Weighted Regression Model by Ya-Di Dai, Hui-Guo Zhang

“…The results demonstrate that the non-iterative estimation method for MGTWR significantly enhances computational efficiency while effectively capturing the scale effects of spatiotemporal variation in the regression coefficient functions for each predictor.…”
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Prediction of Expected Fouling Time During Transmembrane Transition in Reverse Osmosis Systems by Jozsef Lakner, Gabor Lakner

“…However, due to the porous structure of membranes, they are prone to fouling, which reduces their efficiency and can eventually render the membranes incapable of functioning. …”
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Coupled Bending-Bending-Torsion Vibration of a Pre-Twisted Beam with Aerofoil Cross-Section by the Finite Element Method by Bulent Yardimoglu, Daniel J. Inman

“…The advantage of the present element is the exclusion of unnecessary derivatives of fundamental nodal variables, which were included to obtain invertable square matrix by other researchers, by choosing proper displacement functions and using relationship between cross-sectional rotation and the shear deformation. …”
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Parametric Study of Fuel Distribution Effects on a Kerosene-Based Scramjet Combustor by Jun Yang, Xian-yu Wu, Zhen-guo Wang

“…The fuel equivalence ratio for each injection port was taken as the design variables. And the combustion efficiency, the total pressure recovery coefficient, and the drag coefficient were chosen as the objective functions. …”
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Two‐dimensional echocardiographic right heart ratios for assessment of right heart size in dogs: Reference intervals and reproducibility by Jacqueline N. Sankisov, Lance C. Visser, Kate E. Davis, June A. Boon, Evan S. Ross, Abigail C. Laws

“…Conclusions and Clinical Importance Reference intervals for simple body weight‐independent right heart ratios are available to help detect abnormalities of right heart size and function. Reproducibility coefficients might be useful to help identify meaningful changes in right heart size during serial evaluations.…”
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行星变速器的模糊可靠性多目标优化设计 by 鲁成瑞, 张进生, 王志

“…An objective function for increasing the transmission efficiency and reliability of the planetary system and trying our best to reduce the weight is set up,through the linear weighted function method,the mathematical model of objective function is established.The weighting factors is determined by using the method of design variables normalization.Based on the fuzzy mathematics theory of reliability constraints and geometric constraint,the optimal design is carried out by using optimization toolbox in Matlab.To ensure the optimal parameter to meet the global optimal solution of objective function,stack calculation of the three local optimal solution are carried out.Through an example show that,by using multi-objective optimization method of fuzzy reliability design,the transfer efficiency and stability of the system are improved,the quality of the planet gear train is also reduced.…”
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Prox-STA-LSTM: A Sparse Representation for the Attention-Based LSTM Networks for Industrial Soft Sensor Development by Yurun Wang, Yi Huang, Dongsheng Chen, Longyan Wang, Lingjian Ye, Feifan Shen

“…For deep learning based soft sensors, the spatiotemporal attention (STA)-LSTM is a newly emerged technique which provides efficient predictions for quality variables of industrial processes. …”
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