Digital Cognitive Behavioral Therapy–Based Treatment for Insomnia, Nightmares, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms in Survivors of Wildfires: Pilot Randomized Feasibility Tr... by Fadia Isaac, Britt Klein, Huy Nguyen, Shaun Watson, Gerard A Kennedy

“…ResultsMixed-effects linear regression models and difference-in-differences analyses were used to assess the intervention’s effects. …”
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Estudo exploratório do uso da vinhaça ao longo do tempo: II. Características da cana-de-açúcar Exploratory study of the stillage use along the time: II. Characteristics of the suga... by Janaina Paulino, Cornélio A. Zolin, Altair Bertonha, Paulo S. L. Freitas, Marcos V. Folegatti

“…The results of chemical analysis of soil samples collected between the depths of 0 to 0.20 and 0.20 to 0.40 m were evaluated. …”
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Outcomes of Bilateral Scandinavian Total Ankle Replacement: A Detailed Analysis of Implant Survivability and Patient-Reported Outcomes by Alexandra Hunter Aitchison BS, Albert T. Anastasio MD, Kevin A. Wu BS, Emily Poehlein MB, Cynthia Green PhD, Samuel B. Adams MD, James K. DeOrio MD, Mark E. Easley MD, James A. Nunley MD

“…Poisson regression was used for analyzing implant survivability, and generalized linear mixed models were applied to assess patient-reported outcomes, including the visual analog scale (VAS), Short Musculoskeletal Function Assessment (SMFA), 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36), and American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society (AOFAS) hindfoot, at multiple follow-up time points. …”
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Aging-dependent change in Th17 and cytokine response in multiple sclerosis by Wen Zhu, Shankar Revu, Chenyi Chen, Megan Dahl, Archana Ramkumar, Conor Kelly, Mandy J. McGeachy, Zongqi Xia

“…We assayed cell culture supernatants for interleukin 17 (IL-17) and interferon gamma (IFN-γ) using Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay and a subset of the supernatant samples using a commercial human cytokine/chemokine array. …”
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Influencia de la organización de la práctica en la adquisición del patrón de pateo en escolares de 4º de educación primaria (Influence of practice organization on the acquisition o... by Juan Granda Vera, José Carlos Barbero Alvarez, Adela Cortijo Cantos, José Mariano Montilla Medina, Inmaculada Alemany Arrebola

“…., blocked, variable and combined— on the acquisition of the pattern of ball kicking towards stationary targets using the dominant foot, determined by recording temporal and spatial-temporary variables (linear speed of both knees and foot). A sample of 60 4th graders (30 boys and 30 girls; M age= 9.45, SD= .3) were randomly assigned to three different practice groups (blocked= 20, Variable= 20, Combined= 20). …”
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The Association Between the CALLY Index and All-Cause Mortality in Patients with COPD: Results from the Cohort Study of NHANES 2007–2010 by Ding Y, Liu Y, Yu J, Cai C, Fu L, Zhu J, Yang S, Jiang Y, Wang J

“…The RCS curves demonstrated a non-linear association between the CALLY index and all-cause mortality in COPD patients. …”
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The effect of pegbovigrastim on circulating neutrophil count in dairy cattle: A randomized controlled trial. by Sabrina J Van Schyndel, Jérôme Carrier, Osvaldo Bogado Pascottini, Stephen J LeBlanc

“…Treatment effects were assessed with mixed linear regression models. After the first injection, neutrophil counts (×109/ L) in pegbovigrastim-treated cows increased from 4.3 (95% CI 3.8 to 4.8) at d -7 to 18.2 (CI 16.3 to 20.3) at d -6 (P < 0.0001). …”
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Associations between phthalate metabolites and two novel systemic inflammatory indexes: a cross-sectional analysis of NHANES data by Fangyu Cheng, Yueyuan Li, Kai Deng, Xinyu Zhang, Wenxue Sun, Xin Yang, Xiaofang Zhang, Chunping Wang

“…The study aimed to investigate the relationship between urine samples of nine mPAEs and levels of SII/SIRI in a single, nonlinear, and mixed relationship and explored the robustness of the findings under single and mixed effects using two sensitivity analyses for completeness. …”
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Polygenic and pharmacogenomic contributions to medication dosing: a real-world longitudinal biobank study by Silva Kasela, Laura Birgit Luitva, Kristi Krebs, Estonian Biobank Research Team, Märt Möls, Lili Milani, Maris Alver

“…Associations with polygenic scores (PGSs) for 16 traits were assessed using linear mixed models and multivariable regression with a forward stepwise approach. …”
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Exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, heavy metals, and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and their associations with serum lipid profiles in the general Korean adult pop... by Sanghee Shin, Youlim Kim, Yunsoo Choe, Su Hwan Kim, Jaelim Cho, Changsoo Kim, Kyoung-Nam Kim

“…The associations of PAH metabolites, heavy metals, and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), which are ubiquitous pollutants, with lipid indicators and dyslipidemia types were evaluated using linear and logistic regression models, respectively. …”
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Diversity and seasonality of ectoparasite burden on two species of Madagascar fruit bat, Eidolon dupreanum and Rousettus madagascariensis by Angelo F. Andrianiaina, Santino Andry, Gwenddolen Kettenburg, Hafaliana Christian Ranaivoson, Vincent Lacoste, Philippe Dussart, Jean-Michel Heraud, Theresa M. Laverty, Sarah Guth, Katherine I. Young, Aristide Andrianarimisa, Cara E. Brook

“…Field identification of a subset of samples was confirmed via microscopy and DNA barcoding of the cytochrome C oxidase subunit 1 (COI) and 18S genes. …”
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Influence of reference genes on expression of TYR, MITF and ASIP genes in tissues of Silky Fowl by Zheng Nenzhu, Li Li, Xin Qingwu, Miao Zhongwei, Zhu Zhiming, Liu Fenghui, Wu Jianfei, Lu Lizhi

“…The results from RT-qPCR showed that the melting curve displayed an obvious single peak and standard curves had good linear relationship. Comprehensive evaluation of geNorm and NormFinder indicated that the expression stability of GAPDH was the highest, while ACTB was the lowest among the three reference genes in tissues. …”
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Valgus-related Elbow Pathology Is Not Associated With Decreased Baumann’s Angle: A Case-control Study by Nicolas Pascual-Leone, MD, Olivia C. Tracey, BA, Ruth H. Jones, BS, Nnaoma Oji, MD, Douglas N. Mintz, MD, Peter D. Fabricant, MD, MPH

“…The mean age of the overall sample was 13.8 ​± ​1.9 years, with 79% being male. …”
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Study on Single-event Gate Rupture Mechanism of Asymmetric-trench SiC MOSFET by WANG Lihao1, 2, DONG Tao2, FANG Xingyu2, QI Xiaowei2, WANG Liang2, CHEN Miao2, ZHANG Xing1, ZHAO Yuanfu2

“…The heavy ions used in the experiment were Ta ions, with a linear energy transfer (LET) value of 78.7 MeV/(mg/cm2) and a range of 80.5 μm in SiC material. …”
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Disability-inclusive graduation programme intervention on social participation among ultra-poor people with disability in North Uganda: a cluster randomized trial by Shanquan Chen, Lena Morgon Banks, Mark T. Carew, Elijah Kipchumba, Calum Davey, Munshi Sulaiman, Hannah Kuper

“…Intervention effects were analyzed through linear mixed-effects regression models, reporting minimally adjusted and fully adjusted mean differences (MAMD and FAMD) with 95% confidence intervals. …”
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Associations between hospital structure, infection control and incidence of hospital-acquired viral respiratory infections: a 10-year surveillance study by Costa Salachas, Quentin Le Hingrat, Skerdi Haviari, Audrey Valdes, Vincent Mackiewicz, Isabelle Lolom, Nadhira Fidouh, Benoît Visseaux, Donia Bouzid, Diane Descamps, Jean-Christophe Lucet, Charlotte Charpentier, Solen Kernéis

“…Data were analyzed on ward-year aggregated data, with a linear mixed-effects model. Findings Overall, 183 994 viral PCR tests were performed over the study period. …”
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Health Information Scanning and Seeking in Diverse Language, Cultural and Technological Media Among Latinx Adolescents: Cross-Sectional Study by Melissa J DuPont-Reyes, Alice P Villatoro, Lu Tang

“…Assessments ascertained the frequency of media use and mental and physical health information scanning and seeking across various media technologies (eg, TV, podcasts, and social media) and language and cultural types (ie, Spanish, Latinx-tailored English, and general English). Linear regression models were used to estimate adjusted predicted means of mental and physical health information scanning and seeking across diverse language and cultural media types, net personal and family factors, in the full sample and by subsamples of mental health symptoms (moderate-high vs none-mild). …”
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Effect of CaO Content on the Photoluminescence Excitation and Emission Properties of Bi₂O₃ and ZnO-Co-Doped Ca_2+<i>x</i>Ga₄O<sub>8+<i>x<... by Shu-Han Liao, Xiang-Chen Cheng, Fang-Tzu Hsu, Cheng-Fu Yang, Tung-Lung Wu

“…Most notably, the intensity of both PLE and PL spectra demonstrated a non-linear relationship with CaO content, initially increasing with higher CaO concentration, reaching maximum intensity at <i>x</i> = 0.4, and subsequently decreasing as the <i>x</i> value continued to rise. …”
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Sedimentación de partículas con distribución de tamaño fractal Sedimentation of fractal size distribution particles by Roberto R. Filgueira, Yakov A. Pachepsky, Lidia L. Fournier, Mirta G. García, Guillermo O. Sarli

“…The agreement between the model and the experimental data, using non linear regression, was excellent. Resulting fractal fragmentation dimensions ranged from 2.404 to 2.512, for samples from La Plata, Argentina, and between 2.434 and 2.819 for soils from California, USA. …”
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Caregiver-child interaction and early childhood development among preschool children in rural China: the possible role of blood epigenome-wide DNA methylation by Mengna Wei, Rui Chang, Chunan Li, Yanfen Jiang, Jianduan Zhang

“…The linear regression model in the R package “CpGassoc”was applied to identify CpG sites associated with global NDS and caregiver-child interaction. …”
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