Cadmium exposure, epigenetic modifications, and serum cystatin C: insights into mediated pathways and mortality risks in U.S. adults by Yu-Wei Fang, Ching-Way Chen, Ta-Chen Su, Chien-Yu Lin

“…Compared to the reference group (both blood cadmium and DNAmCystatinC ≤ 50th percentile), those with blood cadmium and DNAmCystatinC > 50th percentile had the highest mean serum cystatin C levels (1.26 mg/L vs. 1.11 mg/L; P for trend = 0.002). Structural equation modeling (SEM) indicated that DNAmCystatinC partially mediated the relationship between cadmium exposure and cystatin C, with a total effect of 0.068, a direct effect of 0.066, and an indirect effect of 0.002. …”
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Retrospective study of the frequency of diagnosing diffuse changes in the liver parenchyma according to the results of radiological studies by N.Yu. Ziuz, V.M. Bogomaz

“…Objective: to evaluate the incidence rate of structural diffuse changes in the liver using radiological methods in different sex-age groups of the adult population. …”
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Automatic melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer diagnosis using advanced adaptive fine-tuned convolution neural networks by Muhammad Amir Khan, Tehseen Mazhar, Muhammad Danish Ali, Umar Farooq Khattak, Tariq Shahzad, Mamoon M. Saeed, Habib Hamam

“…This unsupervised technique enables the mining of discriminative features from the skin cancer images, effectively mitigating overfitting concerns and letting the model adjust structural features of skin cancer images, facilitating effective detection of skin cancer features. …”
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Influence of the nature of organic solvents on the process of separation of antioxidative additive in a transformer oil by a gas-chromatographic method by Duy Hung Nguyen, Yu. V. Snigireva, A. V. Taneeva, V. F. Novikov

“…As a result of this process, peroxide compounds appear in transformer oil, which affect its color, oxidation stability, aging resistance, compatibility with structural parts of equipment, etc. Gas -liquid chromatography was used to determine the "Ionol" antioxidant additive and organic extractants in transformer oil. …”
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Prompt distinction of Alagille syndrome and biliary Atresia in infants: a comparative study by Shu-yan Zhou, Xue Zhan, Shu-yuan Li

“…Results A total of 14 patients with ALGS under 3 months of age were included in this study, and compared with 28 age- and sex-matched patients with BA. (1) Clinical features: Significant differences in cardiac structural abnormalities and distinctive facial features were observed. (2) Biochemical indicators: Both groups showed elevated gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT) levels. …”
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Unraveling personality in mood disorders: the role of big five personality traits in Han Chinese women with bipolar and unipolar depression by Yuchen Lin, Jieying Gan, Zonglin He, Ting Yang, Xiuhua Wu, Qi Zhu, Zhaoyu Gan

“…Multiple regression, multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) and structural equational model (SEM) were used to examine group differences and associations between personality and clinical variables.ResultsBD and MDD patients exhibited higher neuroticism than healthy controls (p<0.001). …”
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Unveiling the linkages between greenwashing, brand hate, and negative consumer behavior: the moderating effect of environmental concern by Nabil Ahmed Mareai Senan, Shaker M. Al-Kahtani, Ibtisam Dhuwayhi Alanazi, Amani AbdAlatti, Mohammed A. Alshadadi, Adeeb Alhebri, Reda Abdelfattah Mohammad

“…To investigate these dynamics, data was gathered from 391 participants in Yemen using a convenience sampling technique and analyzed through structural equation modeling. …”
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Arterial Stiffness and Markers of Atrial Myopathy by Magdalena Okrajni, Pyotr Platonov, Iram Faqir Muhammad, Fredrik Holmqvist, Johan Economou Lundberg, Anders Persson, Cecilia Kennbäck, Jeffrey S. Healey, Gunnar Engström, Linda S. Johnson

“…In this cross‐sectional study, we aimed to investigate whether arterial stiffness is associated with markers of atrial myopathy, which refers to structural and electrical changes in the atria that indicate increased AF risk. …”
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The Global Antimicrobial Resistance Trends of <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> and Influencing Factors by Haitao Yuan, Jie Xu, Ying Wang, Yuan Li, Yuqing Hao, Jinzhao Long, Fang Liu, Jingyuan Zhu, Haiyan Yang

“…The Spearman correlation results indicated that the human development index (HDI), antibiotic consumption, and mobile genetic elements (MGEs) were significantly associated with the AMR of <i>S. aureus</i>, and these factors played a crucial role in the emergence and development of <i>S. aureus</i> AMR. The results of structural equation modeling showed that the HDI significantly promoted an increase in antibiotic consumption, thereby indirectly enhancing the AMR of <i>S. aureus</i>. …”
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Investigation of the role of miRNA variants in neurodegenerative brain diseases by Alexandros Frydas, Alexandros Frydas, Rita Cacace, Rita Cacace, Julie van der Zee, Julie van der Zee, Christine Van Broeckhoven, Christine Van Broeckhoven, Eline Wauters, Eline Wauters

“…Here, we report rare miRNA variants in patients with Alzheimer’s dementia (AD) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD).MethodsWe initially used whole exome sequencing data in a subset of FTD patients (n = 209) from Flanders-Belgium. …”
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Mental Health Literacy and Professional Psychological Help-Seeking Attitudes Among Primary Healthcare Workers: The Mediating Role of Social Support and Mental Illness Stigma by He X, Chen S, Zhang Q, He S, Yang L, Ma J

“…We applied Pearson correlation, multiple linear regression, and structural equation modeling (SEM) for data analysis.Results: Correlation analysis revealed positive associations between mental health literacy and help-seeking attitudes, while stigma negatively impacted these attitudes. …”
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Associations of Individual and Neighborhood Factors with Disparities in COVID-19 Incidence and Outcomes by Margaret E. Samuels-Kalow, Rebecca E. Cash, Kori S. Zachrison, Auriole Corel Rodney Fassinou, Norman Harris II, Carlos A. Camargo Jr.

“…This suggests that using existing neighborhood factors in studies examining health equity may be insufficient, and more work is needed to quantify and address structural factors and social determinants of health to improve equity.…”
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The effect of neuroticism on depressive symptoms in Chinese college students: maternal parenting practices as moderators by Bao Zhao, Xiaoyu Wang, Xinyao Jiang, Ruixue Zhuang, Jiaqi Li, Nian Ji, Dengting Boyanton

“…After eliminating entries with incomplete values, the dataset comprised 2,588 complete responses for analysis. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was performed using SPSS 22.0 and the PROCESS macro for data analysis.ResultsThe results indicated that both neuroticism (r = 0.572, p &lt; 0.001) and maternal control factor (r = 0.253, p &lt; 0.001) displayed strong positive correlation with depression; whereas maternal care factor (r = −0.402, p &lt; 0.001) and maternal encouraging autonomy factor (r = −0.345, p &lt; 0.001) are negatively correlated with depression. …”
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Investigating resting-state functional connectivity changes within procedural memory network across neuropsychiatric disorders using fMRI by Mahdi Mohammadkhanloo, Mohammad Pooyan, Hamid Sharini, Mitra Yousefpour

“…A procedural memory network was defined based on the selection of 34 regions of interest (ROIs) associated with the network in the Harvard-Oxford Cortical Structural Atlas (default atlas). Multivariate region of interest to region of interest connectivity (mRRC) was used to analyze the rs-FC between the defined network regions. …”
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Early life stress induces decreased expression of CB1R and FAAH and epigenetic changes in the medial prefrontal cortex of male rats by Arijana Demaili, Anna Portugalov, Anna Portugalov, Mouna Maroun, Mouna Maroun, Irit Akirav, Irit Akirav, Katharina Braun, Katharina Braun, Jörg Bock, Jörg Bock, Jörg Bock

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Deep Learning-Assisted Microscopic Polarization Inspection of Micro-Nano Damage Precursors: Automatic, Non-Destructive Metrology for Additive Manufacturing Devices by Dingkang Li, Xing Peng, Zhenfeng Ye, Hongbing Cao, Bo Wang, Xinjie Zhao, Feng Shi

“…Additive Manufacturing (AM), as a revolutionary breakthrough in advanced manufacturing paradigms, leverages its unique layer-by-layer construction advantage to exhibit significant technological superiority in the fabrication of complex structural components for aerospace, biomedical, and other fields. …”
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Alterations in ganglion cell and nerve fiber layer in Leber hereditary optic neuropathy across clinical stages by Michael Oeverhaus, Mareile Knetsch, Ying Chen, Leyla Jabbarli, Carmen Nolden, Anja Eckstein, Nikolaos E. Bechrakis, Philipp Rating

“…As the condition progresses, there is a decline in visual function, accompanied by noticeable structural alterations. This study focused on evaluating the clinical characteristics of patients with differing LHON stages, with a specific emphasis on optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging results. …”
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Transitioning to adult care in youth-onset diabetes: a scoping review of socio-ecological factors in youth-onset type 2 diabetes compared to type 1 diabetes by Assumpta O. Ude, Sydney A. Dixon, Sophia B. Glaros, Sue-Ann Arboine, Nancy L. Terry, Tomás Cabeza De Baca, Stephanie T. Chung

“…Abstract Background Multiple socio-cultural and personal factors influence the transition from pediatric to adult-centered diabetes care in youth-onset type 1 diabetes (Y-T1D), but few data exist in youth-onset type 2 diabetes (Y-T2D). …”
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Habituation, Coercion, Education: Labour in the History of Social Welfare by Gisela Hauss

“…Terms like"the new underclass" (Kronauer 2002, 27-71),"the useless," or the"redundant" (Castel 2008, 19) characterise current economic and social structural change. Since the 1980s, the hitherto relatively balanced working society, securely underpinned by the welfare state, has been said to be entering a period of crisis. …”
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Born Too Soon: Progress and priorities for respectful and rights-based preterm birth care by Mary Kinney, Elena Ateva, Olive Cocoman, Marta Schaaf, Phillip Wanduru, Merette Khalil, Emma R. Sacks, Regina Tames, Denise Suguitani, Marcus Stahlhofer, Jaideep Malhotra, Petra Ten Hoope Bender

“…Implementing respectful, rights-based care relating to preterm birth requires structural and social changes, as well as robust data systems for accountability. …”
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