Revealing the Immune Response of <i>Sitona callosus</i> Gyllenhal to Entomopathogenic Fungi <i>Beauveria bassiana</i> Infection Through Integrative Analyses of Transcriptomics and... by Nan Li, Xin Gu, Ming Xin, Xinpu Wang

“…Additionally, we utilized the Pearson correlation coefficient method to examine the relationships between differentially expressed immune-related genes and metabolites, revealing notably strong correlations between these two sets of variables. …”
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Network Analysis of Key Instrumental Activities of Daily Living and Cognitive Domains for Targeted Intervention in US Older Adults Without Dementia: Cross-Sectional Study by Jiaying Li, Rendong He, Erh-Chi Hsu, Junxin Li

“…Network analysis identified central and bridge variables. Nonparametric and case-dropping bootstrap methods checked network stability. …”
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Comparative study between the Patient Participation Culture Tool and the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture using retrospective data from 2014 to 2021 by Ward Schrooten, Ann Van Hecke, Marlies Claesen, Evelyne Punnewaert, Simon Malfait, Kristof Eeckloo

“…Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient was employed to evaluate relationships between continuous variables represented by PACT domain and HSPSC dimensional scores among study participants.Results Data from 17 hospitals were analysed. …”
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The Effect of Season and Breed on Hypothalamic–Pituitary–Adrenal Axis Hormones, Metabolic Hormones, and Oxidative Markers in Ponies and Horses by Sarah Alison Vaughn, Margaret B. Lemons, Kelsey A. Hart

“…Linear mixed effects modeling with a random effect for animal was used to determine the effects of season and breed. Correlation coefficients were calculated for relevant variables. …”
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Identification of an additive interaction using parameter regularization and model selection in epidemiology by Chanchan Hu, Zhifeng Lin, Zhijian Hu, Shaowei Lin

“…We present two pathways to achieve this end: one is to complete the constraint by adding a regular penalty term to the model likelihood function; the other is to use model selection. Result Using simulated and real data, our proposed methods effectively identified additive interactions and proved to be applicable to real-world data. …”
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Relationship between Communication Skills and General Health in Nursing Students of Hamadan University of Medical Sciences by Roya Amini, Fariba Soleimani, Nahid Mohammadi, Tapak Leili

“…Communication skills had a significant relationship with most aspects of general health, except social function (p<0.001). There was no correlation between demographic variables and communication skills (p<0.05). …”
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Multivariate predictive modeling of compressive strength in ground granulated blast furnace slag/fly ash-based alkali-activated concrete by Dina A. Emarah

“…Using a comprehensive dataset of 1590 samples with 14 input variables, it captures the complex, multi-variable dependencies affecting AAC's mechanical behavior. …”
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Objective Measures of Spatial Effects in Spanish Concert Halls by Sara GIRÓN, Teófilo ZAMARRENO, Pedro BUSTAMANTE

“…The paper concludes with a discussion on the relationships of hall-average data of the five parameters with eight geometric and acoustic variables.…”
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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRIVATE DOMESTIC INVESTMENT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA (1986-2018): AUTO-REGRESSIVE DISTRIBUTED LAG APPROACH by Isiaka Kareem JIMBA, Rosemary Bukola AJALA

“…The study incorporated other investment measures like foreign direct investment and public investment into the model, while inflation and exchange rate were taken as control variables. Secondary data was sourced from CBN statistical bulletin of various editions and was estimated using autoregressive distributed lag bound test and its coefficients. …”
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Organic Dye Photodegradation Using Niobium-Alkali Perovskite Photocatalysts: The Effect of the Alkali by Mirtha Z. L. L. Ribeiro, Igor F. Gomes, Edher Z. Herrera, Alexandre Mello, Marília O. Guimarães, Patrícia A. Carneiro, Débora C. M. Rodrigues, Wanderlã L. Scopel, Rodrigo G. Amorim, Mauro C. Ribeiro

“…This study combines experimental and density functional theory (DFT) to evaluate the influence of alkaline cation characteristics on the electronic structure and photodegradation efficacy of organic dyes in MNbO₃ (M = Na, K) perovskites. …”
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Reliability of the Cutting Alignment Scoring Tool (CAST) to Assess Trunk and Limb Alignment During a 45-Degree Side-Step Cut by Lauren S Butler, Eryn K Milian, Amie DeVerna, Kevin Latz, Henry B Ellis, Alexa R Martinez, Kristin Hayden, Christian Gerstenkorn, Sara C Carpenito, Charles W Wyatt, Dai Sugimoto

“…Moderate kappa coefficients were found for trunk lean (k= 0.632) and fair kappa coefficients were noted for dynamic and static valgus (k=0.462 and k= 0.533 respectively)…”
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Gender-specific assessment of lipid profiles correlation with serum uric acid in non-dialysis chronic kidney disease patients: Prospective observational cross-sectional study by Yousuf Abdulkarim Waheed, Yousuf Abdulkarim Waheed, Huanhuan Yin, Jie Liu, Shifaa Almayahe, Maryam Bishdary, Karthick Kumaran Munisamy Selvam, Syed Muhammad Farrukh, Shulin Li, Shulin Li, Yanping Wang, Yanping Wang, Disheng Wang, Disheng Wang, Disheng Wang, Xinglei Zhou, Dong Sun, Dong Sun, Dong Sun

“…Using a multistage stratified sampling method based on age and SUA to examine the differences among groups, Spearman’s correlation and linear regression analysis were utilized to study the association between SUA and lipid profiles, and multivariate analysis to determine the effect of SUA quartiles on multiple dependent variables collectively.ResultsLDL-c was positively correlated with SUA levels, with Spearman’s correlation coefficients of R=0.3553 in males and 0.5137 in females (both with P&lt;0.0001). …”
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fNIRS neurofeedback facilitates emotion regulation: Exploring individual differences over the ventrolateral prefrontal cortex by Yiwei Li, Sijin Li, Hua Li, Yuyao Tang, Dandan Zhang

“…Participants in the experimental group underwent VLPFCNF training over eight sessions across two consecutive days, while those in the sham group received random signals from functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS). To investigate individual variability, participants in the experimental group were further categorized as high or low-efficacy groups based on their training efficiency, determined by the regression slope of VLPFC activity over the sessions. …”
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Estimation of Above-Ground Biomass for <italic>Dendrocalamus Giganteus</italic> Utilizing Spaceborne LiDAR GEDI Data by Huanfen Yang, Zhen Qin, Qingtai Shu, Li Xu, Jinge Yu, Shaolong Luo, Zaikun Wu, Cuifen Xia, Zhengdao Yang

“…The outcomes reveal that 1) the results showed that the power function emerged as the most efficacious model, with coefficient of determination (<italic>R</italic>²) &#x003D; 0.87 and root mean square error (RMSE) &#x003D; 0.00051 Mg, in estimating the AGB of <italic>Dendrocalamus giganteus</italic>. 2) Based on the feature importance ranking of Random Forest, five variables were selected from the 40 extracted from GEDI, achieving RMSE &#x003D; 8.21 Mg&#x002F;ha and mean absolute error (MAE) &#x003D; 6.12 Mg&#x002F;ha. …”
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Serum Glycated Albumin Levels Are Affected by Alcohol in Men of the Jinuo Ethnic Group in China by Chaoyu Zhu, Xuhong Hou, Ming Li, Qingyi Sun, Huijuan Lu, Yuqian Bao, Li Wei, Weiping Jia, Fusong Jiang

“…Lifestyle information was gathered by using a questionnaire, and measurements of blood pressure, body mass index, blood glucose level, liver function, and kidney function were collected. GA was measured by using an enzymatic method. …”
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A Gradient Grating Period Guided-Mode Resonance Spectrometer by Hsin-Yun Hsu, Yi-Hsuan Lan, Cheng-Sheng Huang

“…The GMR is specially designed to exhibit gradient grating periods (GPPs) laterally to ensure that the GMR functions as a linear-variable bandstop filter. Each period corresponds to a resonant wavelength such that this wavelength is reflected back at its corresponding resonant period and transmitted to all other periods. …”
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PGTransNet: a physics-guided transformer network for 3D ocean temperature and salinity predicting in tropical Pacific by Song Wu, Senliang Bao, Wei Dong, Senzhang Wang, Xiaojiang Zhang, Chengcheng Shao, Junxing Zhu, Xiaoyong Li

“…Firstly, we design a loss function that deliveries the physical relationship among temperature, salinity and density by fusing the Thermodynamic Equation. …”
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Adult education and training for the development of problem-solving skills by I. A. Korshunov, S. V. Lubnikov, N. N. Shirkova

“…Currently, the presence of employees with developed basic skills of working with textual and numerical information can no longer explain how effectively a person functions in society and the professional sphere. This is due to the rapid transformation of the innovative economy and the renewal of production technologies and business processes. …”
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Predicting and Mapping of Soil Organic Matter with Machine Learning in the Black Soil Region of the Southern Northeast Plain of China by Yiyang Li, Gang Yao, Shuangyi Li, Xiuru Dong

“…The estimation of soil organic matter (SOM) content is essential for understanding the chemical, physical, and biological functions of soil. It is also an important attribute reflecting the quality of black soil. …”
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A Mixture of Clayton, Gumbel, and Frank Copulas: A Complete Dependence Model by M. A. Boateng, A. Y. Omari-Sasu, R. K. Avuglah, N. K. Frempong

“…The corresponding density and conditional distribution functions of the derived models for two random variables, as well as an estimator for the proportion parameter associated with the proposed model, are also derived. …”
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