Quantitative micro-CT-derived biomarkers elucidate age-related lung fibrosis in elder mice by Davide Buseghin, Andrea Grandi, Erica Ferrini, Gino Villetti, Roberta Ciccimarra, Nicola Sverzellati, Andrea Aliverti, Francesca Pennati, Franco Fabio Stellari

“…After fibrosis induction, animals received Nintedanib once-daily for two weeks and longitudinally monitored by micro-CT, which provided structural and functional biomarkers, followed by post-mortem histological analysis as terminal endpoint. …”
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Drought Amplifies the Suppressive Effect of Afforestation on Net Primary Productivity in Semi-Arid Ecosystems: A Case Study of the Yellow River Basin by Futao Wang, Ziqi Zhang, Mingxuan Du, Jianzhong Lu, Xiaoling Chen

“…However, mixed forest structural optimization in the Three-North Shelterbelt Forest Program core area achieved local carbon-sink gains, demonstrating that vegetation configuration alleviates water competition pressure. …”
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Mitochondrial Genome Instability in <i>W303-SK1</i> Yeast Cytoplasmic Hybrids by Khoren K. Epremyan, Arteom A. Burlaka, Olga V. Markova, Kseniia V. Galkina, Dmitry A. Knorre

“…Additionally, mtDNA replacement reduced respiration rate and growth rate on non-fermentable substrates while increasing the likelihood of functional mtDNA loss. Our data demonstrate that a mutant mtDNA variant’s ability to displace another mitochondrial DNA variant in a heteroplasmic cell depends more on mtDNA sequences than on the biochemical and structural context created by the nuclear genome background.…”
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Gender differences in the relationship between bullying victimization and mobile phone addiction among adolescents: the mediating roles of depression and social anxiety by Yue Li, Erlong Tian, Zainudin Bin Abu Bakar, Zakiah Binti Mohamad Ashari

“…Structural equation modeling (SEM) and bias-corrected bootstrapping were employed to test mediation effects. …”
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Nimisõnafraasi ja hulgafraasi piirimail: "osa", "enamik" ja "enamus" hulgasõnadena by Maarja-Liisa Pilvik, Liina Lindström, Helen Plado, Carl Eric Simmul

“…. *** "On the border of noun phrases and quantifier phrases: osa ‘some’, enamik ‘most’, and enamus ‘most; majority’ as quantifiers" *** In this article, we examine the structural and semantic variation of phrases which are formed with the quantifiers osa ‘some’, enamik ‘most’, or enamus ‘most; majority’, and plural set nouns in contemporary Estonian. …”
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Automated characterisation of cerebral microbleeds using their size and spatial distribution on brain MRI by Vaanathi Sundaresan, Giovanna Zamboni, Robert A. Dineen, Dorothee P. Auer, Stamatios N. Sotiropoulos, Nikola Sprigg, Mark Jenkinson, Ludovica Griffanti

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Guiding Field Measurement of Pine Tree Crowns: A Geometric Shape Comparison Using Drone Imagery by A. Hosingholizade, Y. Erfanifard, S. K. Alavipanah, V. García Millan, S. Pirasteh, S. Pirasteh

“…The geometric shape used for crown area estimation must align with the structural characteristics of the forest and the specific geometry of the tree species under consideration.…”
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Módulo de elasticidade de grãos de milho submetidos a impactos mecânicos Modulus of elasticity of shelled corn submitted to mechanical impacts by Solenir Ruffato, Sandra M. Couto, Daniel M. de Queiroz

“…<br>In this study the viability of obtaining the corn compression modulus through an elastic structural analysis was investigated using force versus time data from grain impact tests. …”
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Investigating the extent and causes of immigration tendency among medical graduates of Jundishapur university of medical sciences, Ahvaz by Mehdi Torabizadeh, Mohadeseh Hatef, Abdolhossein Shakurnia, Nasrin Khajeali

“…Resolving the immigration issue requires serious, comprehensive, and long-term commitment to the issue of elite management, the completion of structural and legislative concepts, meritocracy, and increasing hope in the academic community. …”
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Non-compaction cardiomyopathy. Part I: clinical and genetic heterogeneity and predictors of unfavorable prognosis by T. G. Vaikhanskaya, L. N. Sivitskaya, T. V. Kurushko, T. V. Rusak, O. D. Levdansky, N. G. Danilenko, O. G. Davydenko

“…Non-compaction cardiomyopathy (NCM) is a rare heart disease characterized by a two-layered ventricular wall, comprising a thinner compact epicardial layer and an inner non-compacted layer. However, only structural and morphological data without a thorough clinical assessment does not determine the NCM (regardless of the diagnostic criterion used).Aim. …”
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THE PECULIARITIES OF CARIOTYPIC EVOLUTION OF MAMMALIS IN THE CAUCASUS MOUNTAINS by R. I. Dzuev, A. R. Dzuev

“…Karyological peculiarities conditioned by various distribution of structural heterochromatin prevail in Erinaceus. Karyotype evolution of moles in the Caucasus went by the way of chromosome division. …”
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Investigating sex differences in developmental origins of adolescent depression by Elizabeth C. Braithwaite, Esther Hargreaves, Jonathan Hill, Andrew Pickles, Helen Sharp, Nicky Wright

“…Their children self-reported symptoms of depression in early adolescence at age 13 years. Structural equation modelling (SEM) with maximum-likelihood estimation was conducted using data from N = 695 mother-child dyads.ResultsThere was a three-way interaction between prenatal and postnatal anxiety and maternal stroking in the prediction of early adolescent depression, seen only in girls, consistent with our previous reports. …”
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Are tailored primary care services for social inclusion good value for money? A health economics evaluation with Monte-Carlo probabilistic sensitivity analysis comparing tailored s... by Síle Kelly, Anne Dee, Patrick O’Donnell

“…They often have complex health and social care needs yet face structural and attitudinal barriers accessing mainstream healthcare. …”
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Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Chronic Type 2 Diabetes Patients in China Toward Continuous Glucose Monitoring: An Online Questionnaire Survey by Liu B, Wu X, Zou X, Sun F, Yu J

“…Logistic regression revealed that being male, participating in diabetes education, and possessing higher knowledge and attitude scores were independently associated with positive practices. Structural equation model (SEM) showed knowledge directly influenced attitude (β = 0.538, P = 0.010) and practice (β = 0.433, P = 0.010), while attitude directly influenced practice (β = 0.450, P = 0.010). …”
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ZAS-F: A Zero-Shot Abstract Sub-Goal Framework Empowers Robots for Long Horizontal Inventory Tasks by Yongshuai Wu, Jian Zhang, Shaoen Wu, Shiwen Mao, Ying Wang

“…We evaluated ZAS-F in radio frequency identification (RFID) inventory tasks across various dynamic environments, a typical long-horizon task requiring robots to handle unpredictable conditions, including unseen objects and structural layouts. Our experiments demonstrated that ZAS-F achieves a learning efficiency 30 times higher than previous methods, requiring only <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$8{k}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> demonstrations. …”
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Is a body mass index of less than 18.5 kg/m2 associated with an increased susceptibility to mild cognitive impairment? A cross-sectional study conducted in China by Wei Li, Ling Yue, Shifu Xiao, Lin Sun

“…Cohort 2 comprised an extra 226 older adults, including 54 patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and 174 normal adults, and unlike cohort 1, all of them underwent T1 phase MRI scans.Outcome measures The cognitive abilities, BMI and structural magnetic resonance properties of elderly individuals in the Chinese community.Results In cohort 1, we discovered that having a BMI below 18.5 kg/m2 posed a significant risk for MCI (p=0.005, OR=2.000, 95% CI: 1.228 to 3.255), regardless of age, gender and other significant variables. …”
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‘It's about collaboration’: a whole-systems approach to understanding and promoting movement in Suffolk by A. J. Brinkley, K. M. Cusimano, P. Freeman, R. Southall-Edwards, V. F. Gladwell

“…Results The systems-map is constructed from biological, financial, and psychological individual factors, interpersonal factors, systems partners, built, natural and social environmental factors, and policy and structural factors. Our initial analysis found 13 leverage points to review within our participatory workshop. …”
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Nexus of green human resource management and sustainable corporate performance: the mediating roles of green behavior and green commitment by Thanh Tiep Le, Duc Hieu Tham

“…Analysis is conducted utilizing Smart PLS software version 3.3.7, employing partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) to assess both first-level and second-level variables in a two-step process. …”
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Psychodrama: implementation, study design and effectiveness: a systematic review by Jesús Maya, Miriam Pérez-Berbel, Laura Giraldo-Arroyave, Irene Hurtado

“…However, the methodological design of psychodrama needs improvement: RCTs and quasi-experimental designs, larger sample sizes, follow-up evaluations, and effect size measurement. Additionally, structuring interventions and their manualization in specific populations can help establish evidence-based treatments.…”
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Novel Genetic Variants for Cartilage Thickness and Hip Osteoarthritis. by Martha C Castaño-Betancourt, Dan S Evans, Yolande F M Ramos, Cindy G Boer, Sarah Metrustry, Youfang Liu, Wouter den Hollander, Jeroen van Rooij, Virginia B Kraus, Michelle S Yau, Braxton D Mitchell, Kenneth Muir, Albert Hofman, Michael Doherty, Sally Doherty, Weiya Zhang, Robert Kraaij, Fernando Rivadeneira, Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, Rose A Maciewicz, Nigel Arden, Rob G H H Nelissen, Margreet Kloppenburg, Joanne M Jordan, Michael C Nevitt, Eline P Slagboom, Deborah J Hart, Floris Lafeber, Unnur Styrkarsdottir, Eleftheria Zeggini, Evangelos Evangelou, Tim D Spector, Andre G Uitterlinden, Nancy E Lane, Ingrid Meulenbelt, Ana M Valdes, Joyce B J van Meurs

“…To reduce heterogeneity, we here examined cartilage thickness, one of the structural components of joint health. We conducted a genome-wide association study of minimal joint space width (mJSW), a proxy for cartilage thickness, in a discovery set of 13,013 participants from five different cohorts and replication in 8,227 individuals from seven independent cohorts. …”
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