Mapping expanded prostate cancer index composite to EQ5D utilities to inform economic evaluations in prostate cancer: Secondary analysis of NRG/RTOG 0415. by Rahul Khairnar, Stephanie L Pugh, Howard M Sandler, W Robert Lee, Ester Villalonga Olives, C Daniel Mullins, Francis B Palumbo, Deborah W Bruner, Fadia T Shaya, Soren M Bentzen, Amit B Shah, Shawn C Malone, Jeff M Michalski, Ian S Dayes, Samantha A Seaward, Michele Albert, Adam D Currey, Thomas M Pisansky, Yuhchyau Chen, Eric M Horwitz, Albert S DeNittis, Felix Y Feng, Mark V Mishra

“…<h4>Purpose</h4>The Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Composite (EPIC) is the most commonly used patient reported outcome (PRO) tool in prostate cancer (PC) clinical trials, but health utilities associated with the different health states assessed with this tool are unknown, limiting our ability to perform cost-utility analyses. …”
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Size and Composition of Caregiver Networks Who Manage Medications for Persons Living With Dementia: Cross-Sectional Analysis of the 2011-2022 National Health and Aging Trends Study by Reed WR Bratches, Frank Puga, Paul J Barr, Amanda N Leggett, Meredith Masel, James Nicholas Odom, Rita Jablonski

“…MethodsThis cross-sectional secondary analysis used data from the National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS) “other person” files from 2011 to 2022. …”
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Analysis of Solid Waste Management Scenarios in India: A Comparative Case Study of Indore and Varanasi with Special Emphasis on Policy Gaps and Interventions by Deepak Rathore, Ravikant Dubey, Ram Sharan Singh, Amrita Dwivedi

“…A comparison between Indore and Varanasi will reveal the gaps in solid waste management in India's two-tier towns. Comparative data analysis of the solid waste composition, chemical composition, cleaning, collection, transportation, treatment, and disposal facilities will provide insight into waste management shortcomings. …”
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Hydrology Modulates the Microplastics Composition and Transport Flux Across the River–Sea Interface in Zhanjiang Bay, China by Xiaoqing Chen, Peng Zhang, Jing Lu, Yuanting Chen, Jibiao Zhang

“…Additionally, hydrological regimes, tidal forces, and human activities were identified to influence MPs abundance and flux. This quantitative analysis establishes a mechanistic framework for understanding hydrological impacts on estuarine MPs transport, providing critical baseline data for developing targeted pollution management strategies in coastal ecosystems.…”
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Gender differences in dietary patterns and physical activity: an insight with principal component analysis (PCA) by Alessandra Feraco, Stefania Gorini, Elisabetta Camajani, Tiziana Filardi, Sercan Karav, Edda Cava, Rocky Strollo, Elvira Padua, Massimiliano Caprio, Andrea Armani, Mauro Lombardo

“…Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted on 2,509 adults attending a metabolic health centre. Data on eating habits, physical activity and body composition were collected by means of questionnaires and bioimpedance analysis. …”
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The Palaeoenvironment Of the Central Russian Plain During the End Of the Valdai Glaciation Based on Small Mammal Data From the Late Palaeolithic Site Byki 7 (Seim R. Basin) by Anastasia K. Markova, Andrey Yu. Puzachenko

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Deep learning-based body composition analysis from whole-body magnetic resonance imaging to predict all-cause mortality in a large western populationResearch in context by Matthias Jung, Vineet K. Raghu, Marco Reisert, Hanna Rieder, Susanne Rospleszcz, Tobias Pischon, Thoralf Niendorf, Hans-Ulrich Kauczor, Henry Völzke, Robin Bülow, Maximilian F. Russe, Christopher L. Schlett, Michael T. Lu, Fabian Bamberg, Jakob Weiss

“…The prognostic value of the body composition measures was assessed in the UKBB using Cox regression analysis. …”
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Expanding automated multiconformer ligand modeling to macrocycles and fragments by Jessica Flowers, Nathaniel Echols, Galen J Correy, Priyadarshini Jaishankar, Takaya Togo, Adam R Renslo, Henry van den Bedem, James S Fraser, Stephanie A Wankowicz

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Experimental and numerical cure kinetics analysis of unsaturated polyester resin system using compression molding process by Abdallah Barakat, Georges Chahine, Marc Al Ghazal, Romeo Fono Tamo, John Unser, Joshua Hagan, Uday Vaidya

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Sex-specific associations between body composition and depression among U.S. adults: a cross-sectional study by Yijing Li, Juan Li, Tianning Sun, Zhigang He, Cheng Liu, Zhixiao Li, Yanqiong Wu, Hongbing Xiang

“…Implementation of dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) investigated sex-specific associations between body composition (fat mass, appendicular lean mass) and depression. …”
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Microbiological and Physicochemical Profile of Traditionally Produced <i>Chouriça de Carne</i> Dry-Fermented Sausages: Towards Benchmarking of Products Against Established Quality... by Ana Sofia Faria, Olga María Bonilla-Luque, Laís Carvalho, Nathália Fernandes, Miguel Angel Prieto, Vasco Cadavez, Ursula Gonzales-Barron

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Nutritional Characterization of Fruits from Three African Plant Species: <i>Dialium guineense</i> Willd, <i>Parkia biglobosa</i> Jacq. and <i>Andansonia digitata</i> L. by Manuela Lageiro, Jaime Fernandes, Ana C. Marques, Manuela Simões, Ana Rita F. Coelho

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Unsupervised clustering of biochemical markers reveals health profiles associated with function and survival in active aging by Raquel González-Martos, Javier Galeano, Carmen Ramirez-Castillejo, Narcis Gusi, Eva Gesteiro, German Vicente-Rodriguez, Ignacio Ara, Amelia Guadalupe-Grau

“…Abstract This study explores the relationships between biochemical phenotypes identified using machine learning, and key health outcomes, including body composition, physical function, and mortality risk. …”
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Chromatography-mass spectrometric study of Arceuthobium oxicedri raw material by O. I. Panasenko, V. M. Odyntsova, O. M. Denysenko, V. I. Mozul, V. V. Holovkin

“…The study aimed to investigate the qualitative and quantitative composition of biologically active substances and the biological activity of the methanol extract of juniper dwarf mistletoe (Arceuthobium oxicedri, M. …”
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Composite Fault Prediction of Bearing Based on Cascaded Long Short Term Memory Neural Network by JIANG Xuyao, LIN Qunxu, HOU Zhicheng, ZHANG Gong, ZHANG Jinyue, YANG Gen

“…At present, resonance demodulation and data envelopment analysis, etc are usually used for health evaluation and remaining life prediction of bearings, but there are some problems such as difficulty in extracting health degree, single fault prediction type, and lack of reliable models. …”
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Diversity and community composition of methanogenic archaea in the rumen of Scottish upland sheep assessed by different methods. by Timothy J Snelling, Buğra Genç, Nest McKain, Mick Watson, Sinéad M Waters, Christopher J Creevey, R John Wallace

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Potential emissions savings of lightweight composite aircraft components evaluated through life cycle assessment

“…A structural steel tube was replaced with a composite tubular component. The analysis has shown that once the composite material is used as a component in the aircraft, there is a cumulative saving of aircraft fuel and emissions, in particular from CFRP structures. …”
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Maternal dietary patterns as predictors of neonatal body composition in Ethiopia: the IABC birth cohort study by Daniela Viktoria Nickel, Rasmus Wibaek, Henrik Friis, Jonathan C. K. Wells, Tsinuel Girma, Pernille Kaestel, Kim F. Michaelsen, Bitiya Admassu, Mubarek Abera, Matthias B. Schulze, Ina Danquah, Gregers S. Andersen

“…Multiple imputation was used to handle missing data. Twin births and implausible values were excluded from analysis (n = 92). …”
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Survival Rate of Direct Posterior Composite Resin Restorations at a Southern California Dental School by Anand Shah, Himani Radadiya, Shreya Manocha, Holli Riter, Udochukwu Oyoyo, So Ran Kwon

“…Background The study’s purpose was to assess the survival rates and associated factors affecting posterior composite resin restorations placed by dental students at a Southern California Dental School (SCDS).Methods Retrospective data from patient records were reviewed, including direct composite resin restorations placed on posterior permanent teeth from January 2018 to April 2018. …”
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Development and validation of the sarcopenia composite index: A comprehensive approach for assessing sarcopenia in the ageing population by Hsiu-Wen Kuo, Chih-Dao Chen, Amy Ming-Fang Yen, Chenyi Chen, Yang-Teng Fan

“…ZoSCI was developed by standardising handgrip strength, walking speed and muscle mass into z scores and integrating them into a composite index. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis was used to determine optimal cut-off values, and multiple regression analysis identified factors influencing ZoSCI. …”
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