Genetic markers associated with bone strength and density in Rhode Island Red laying hens by Qiaoxian Yue, Martin Johnsson, Peter W Wilson, Björn Andersson, Matthias Schmutz, Cristina Benavides, Nazaret Dominguez-Gasca, Estefania Sanchez-Rodriguez, Alejandro B Rodriguez-Navarro, Ian C Dunn, Dirk-Jan de Koning

“…With a univariate linear mixed model, we identified 52 suggestive genetic markers located within 28 candidate genes that are associated with the humerus, keel, and tibia strength and density. …”
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Factors Affecting Financial Losses Caused by Wild Boars in Ningxia, China by Yan Qing, Yaxin Dong, Zhirong Zhang, Yi Zhang, Dehuai Meng, Meiling Zhan, Zongzhi Li, Xu Zhang, Tianhua Hu, Fubin Liu, Kai Sun, Zhensheng Liu, Liwei Teng

“…A questionnaire investigation (n = 135) and a field test were conducted, which included 108 sample lines and 97 infrared cameras. A principal component analysis and generalised linear model was used to analyse the importance of the effect of the factors on wild boar damage. …”
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Fecal metabolites as early-phase biomarkers and prediction panel for ischemic stroke by Ke Xu, Zhe Ren, Shuang Zhao, Yi Ren, Jiaolin Wang, Wentao Wu, Zicheng Hu, Fei He, Dianji Tu, Qi Zhong, Jianjun Chen, Peng Xie

“…The generalized boosted linear model was utilized for co-occurrence analysis to ascertain the noteworthy variation in fecal metabolites. …”
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Characteristics and function of the gut microbiota in patients with IgA nephropathy via metagenomic sequencing technology by Yang Deng, Zhiqiang Nong, Meiju Wei, Yuanshan Xu, Yuzhen Luo, Xiaohua Li, Ruobei Zhao, Zhenhua Yang, Ling Pan

“…We employed linear discriminant analysis effect size (LEfSe) analysis to identify significantly different bacterial microbiota and functional pathways. …”
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Temporal changes in per and polyfluoroalkyl substances and their associations with type 2 diabetes by Vivian Berg, Dolley D. Charles, Sandra Huber, Therese H. Nøst, Torkjel M. Sandanger, Maria Averina, Ingvar A. Bergdahl, Mia M. Nilsen, Tom Wilsgaard, Charlotta Rylander

“…Logistic regression was used to assess associations between 11 PFAS and T2DM at five time-points in 116 cases and 139 controls (3 pre- and 2 post-diagnostic time-points in cases). Mixed linear models were applied to assess if changes in PFAS were related to T2DM status. …”
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Associations of selenium status with all-cause and cause-specific mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies by Zhixin Cui, Ruijie Xie, Xiaoting Lu, Lutz Schomburg, Hermann Brenner, Ben Schöttker

“…Risk ratios (RRs) reported across categories of selenium biomarkers were recalculated as continuous RR estimations per standard deviation (SD) using generalized least squares for linear trend estimation and pooled in random effects meta-analyses. …”
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Comparative Effectiveness of After-School Programs to Increase Physical Activity by Sabina B. Gesell, Evan C. Sommer, E. Warren Lambert, Ana Regina Vides de Andrade, Lauren Whitaker, Lauren Davis, Bettina M. Beech, Stephanie J. Mitchell, Nkiruka Arinze, Stevon Neloms, Colleen K. Ryan, Shari L. Barkin

“…At baseline, 43% of the multiethnic sample was overweight/obese, and the mean age was 7.9 years (SD = 1.7). …”
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A Generalized and Robust Nonlinear Approach based on Machine Learning for Intrusion Detection by Jakiur Rahman, Jaskaran Singh, Soumen Nayak, Biswajit Jena, Lopamudra Mohanty, Narpinder Singh, John R. Laird, Rajesh Singh, Deepak Garg, Narendra N. Khanna, Mostafa M. Fouda, Luca Saba, Jasjit S. Suri

“…In this study, we aim to evaluate the benefits of linear classifiers (LC) and nonlinear classifiers (NLC) in IDS. …”
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Evaluation of Conventional Treatment Planning Techniques for Radiotherapy of Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer: A Dosimetric Comparison between Male and Female Patients by Mohamad Pursamimi, Mahdi Ghorbani, Mehdi Khosravi, Ghazal Mehri-Kakavand, Wrya Parwaie, Seyed Mohammad Hosseini, Ali Mohammad Sharifi, Meysam Tavakoli

“…Materials and Methods: Here, thirty patients who underwent radiotherapy using a 6-MV photon beam from a linear accelerator (Shinva Medical, Shandong, China) were selected. …”
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Differential MicroRNA Analyses of Burkholderia pseudomallei- and Francisella tularensis-Exposed hPBMCs Reveal Potential Biomarkers by Regina Z. Cer, J. Enrique Herrera-Galeano, Kenneth G. Frey, Kevin L. Schully, Truong V. Luu, John Pesce, Vishwesh P. Mokashi, Andrea M. Keane-Myers, Kimberly A. Bishop-Lilly

“…RNAseq analyses identified 87 miRNAs to be differentially expressed (DE) in a linear fashion. Of these, 31 miRNAs were tested using the miScript miRNA qPCR assay. …”
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Longitudinal associations between fruit and vegetable intakes and depressive symptoms in middle-aged and older adults from four international twin cohorts by Annabel P. Matison, Anbupalam Thalamuthu, Victoria M. Flood, Vibeke S. Catts, Kaare Christensen, Marianne Nygaard, Nancy L. Pedersen, Perminder S. Sachdev, Simone Reppermund, Karen A. Mather, The Interplay of Genes and Environment across Multiple Studies (IGEMS) consortium

“…This longitudinal study of twins (n = 3483, age 45–90 years) from Australia, Denmark, Sweden and USA, assessed the associations between baseline fruit/vegetable intake and depressive symptoms over 5–11 years using linear mixed effects models. Intakes from food frequency questionnaires were trichotomized. …”
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A Novel Approach of Semi‐Quantifying Gypsum in Sedimentary Rocks by Visible and Near‐Infrared Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy by Jingyu Zhang, Wei Cao, Yang Lu, Fernando Gázquez, Wout Krijgsman, Xiandi Zeng, Yi Zhong, Wei Liu, Qingsong Liu

“…We report a linear correlation between gypsum content and the intensity of negative peaks in the DRS spectra at 1,540 nm (I1540) and 1,942 nm (I1942), converted by the second derivative of the Kubelka‐Munk (K‐M) remission functions. …”
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SERS-Based Immunochromatographic Assay for Sensitive Detection of <i>Escherichia coli</i> O157:H7 Using a Novel WS₂-Au^DTNB Nanotag by Deying Wang, Yan Chen, Qi Zhang, Junfei Chen, Changhao Li, Yunjing Luo, Yong Jin, Xiaohua Qi

“…Under optimized conditions, this ICA achieves the quantitative detection of <i>E. coli</i> O157:H7 in a broad linear range of 8 × 10²–8 × 10⁷ CFU/mL and at a low detection limit of 175 CFU/mL. …”
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Variations in casting temperatures effect of re-melted 6061 aluminum alloy on tensile strength by Zulfadhli, Akhyar Akhyar, Nurdin Ali, Arhami, Muhammad Reza Pahlevi

“…The relationship between casting temperature and cooling rate is non-linear, with the cooling rate decreasing to a minimum at 800 °C before rising again. …”
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The association between the serum fat-soluble vitamins (A, D and E) and the intake of live microbes: a national population based cross-sectional study by Huiling Zheng, Chan Liu, Dan Xu, Dan Xu, Dan Xu, Mei Li, Hua Hong

“…Weighted generalized linear regression and logistic regression models were used to evaluate the associations, adjusting for demographic, lifestyle, laboratory, and dietary covariates.ResultsAfter multivariate adjustment, each one-unit increase in the natural log-transformed MedHi food intake corresponds to an increase of 0.17 μg/dL in vitamin A (95% CI: 0.04, 0.30), 0.36 nmol/L in vitamin D (95% CI: 0.22, 0.51), and 4.65 μg/dL in vitamin E (95% CI: 1.91, 7.39). …”
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Relation of Serum Leptin and Adiponectin Level to Serum C-Reactive Protein: The INTERLIPID Study by Yasuyuki Nakamura, Hirotsugu Ueshima, Nagako Okuda, Katsuyuki Miura, Yoshikuni Kita, Tomonori Okamura, Akira Okayama, Sohel R. Choudhury, Beatriz Rodriguez, Kamal H. Masaki, Jeremiah Stamler

“…Serum leptin, adiponectin, and CRP were measured by standardized methods in men and women of ages 40 to 59 years from two population samples, one Japanese-American in Hawaii (83 men, 89 women) and the other Japanese in central Japan (111 men, 104 women). …”
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The effects of alcohol use severity and polygenic risk on gray matter volumes in young adults by Yu Chen, Huey-Ting Li, Xingguang Luo, Guangfei Li, Guangfei Li, Jaime S. Ide, Chiang-Shan R. Li, Chiang-Shan R. Li, Chiang-Shan R. Li, Chiang-Shan R. Li

“…Polygenic risk scores (PRS) for alcohol dependence were computed for all subjects using the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium study of alcohol dependence as the base sample. With age, sex, race, and total intracranial volume as covariates, we evaluated the relationships of regional GMVs with PC1 and PRS together in a linear regression. …”
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Early weaning and anemia in children under 2 years old from indigenous peoples in Alagoas state, Brazil by Valéria Clarisse de Oliveira, Paola Soledad Mosquera, Tamara Rodrigues dos Santos, Haroldo S. Ferreira, Bárbara H. Lourenço, Marly A. Cardoso

“…Multiple Cox, linear, and Poisson regression models were employed to examine the factors associated with weaning and anemia (Hb < 110 g/L in children aged 6 months and older). …”
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A Novel Chiral Molecularly Imprinted Electrochemical Sensor Based on β-CD Functionalized Graphene Quantum Dots for Enantioselective Detection of D-Carnitine by Feng Yang, Xin Qi, Yan Chen, Kai Tang, Mengyang Fang, Yanwei Song, Jiufen Liu, Lianming Zhang

“…Moreover, the sensor presented commendable efficacy in real-world scenarios, yielding recovery rates ranging from 98.5% to 103.0% during the determination of D-carnitine content in real samples.…”
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Brewers’ Spent Grain from Different Types of Malt: A Comprehensive Evaluation of Appearance, Structure, Chemical Composition, Antimicrobial Activity, and Volatile Emissions by Aleksander Hejna, Joanna Aniśko-Michalak, Katarzyna Skórczewska, Mateusz Barczewski, Paweł Sulima, Jerzy Andrzej Przyborowski, Hubert Cieśliński, Mariusz Marć

“…All the analyzed BSG samples were characterized by low volatile emissions and very limited antimicrobial activity. …”
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