Maternal metabolomics linking prenatal exposure to fine particulate matter and birth weight: a cross-sectional analysis of the MADRES cohort by Wu Chen, Chenyu Qiu, Jiayuan Hao, Jiawen Liao, Fred Lurmann, Nathan Pavlovic, Rima Habre, Dean P. Jones, Theresa M. Bastain, Carrie V. Breton, Zhanghua Chen

“…Birth weight was retrieved from medical records. Linear regression identified metabolomic features associated with air pollution exposure or birth weight, followed by Mummichog pathway enrichment and mediation analyses for the selected features. …”
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Serum vitamin C levels and risk of osteoporosis: results from a cross-sectional study and Mendelian randomization analysis by Zhiwen Liu, Zijing Peng, Yelin Zhong, Jianjun Wu, Sicheng Xiong, Wei Zhong, Jiehua Luo, Zhihai Zhang, Hongxing Huang

“…The RCS analysis particularly highlighted a lack of significant non-linear relationships between serum vitamin C concentration and the odds of osteoporosis (P for nonlinear = 0.840). …”
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Maternal Mental Health and Child Dietary Diversity in Rural Kenya: Findings From a Pooled Analysis of 2 Baseline Studies by Md Abul Kalam, Juliet K. McCann, Zarmeen Shakil, Aishat Gambari, Michael Ochieng, Joshua Jeong

“…Results: The analytic sample was 690 mother–child dyads. The mean maternal age was ∼28 y (range: 17–49 y), whereas the mean child age was ∼14 mo (range: 6–25 mo). …”
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Changes in health related quality of life in mothers with inflammatory joint disease from year 2000 to 2020 – a comparative cross-sectional study by Hege Svean Koksvik, Ingrid Nilssen, Bente Jakobsen, Hilde Bjørngaard, Marianne Wallenius, Marianne Wallenius, Kjersti Grønning, Kjersti Grønning

“…Descriptive statistics were performed using the Mann-Whitney U-test, the Pearson chi-squared test and independent samples t-test. Multivariable linear regression were used to investigate changes and association between the RAND36 (SF-36) scores and the two study groups and possible confouders.ResultsThe 2020 cohort had significantly higher scores on bodily pain (p < 0.001), physical function (p < 0.001), and role physical (p = 0.01) scales compared to the 2000 cohort, indicating better health. …”
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Maternal Anemia during Pregnancy and Infant Birth Outcomes: A Prospective Cohort Study in Eastern Maharashtra, India by Jacqueline M Lauer, Shilpa Bhaise, Varsha Dhurde, Abigail Gugel, Miloni Shah, Patricia L Hibberd, Archana Patel, Lindsey M Locks

“…Associations were assessed using generalized linear models controlling for background characteristics. …”
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Association of Serum Uric Acid With Relative Muscle Loss: A US Population–Based Cross‐Sectional Study by Fuquan Wang, Lin Wen, Xiaopeng Guo, Weiwei Wang, Yanyan Cao, Guofeng Zhou, Jun Wang, Chuansheng Zheng

“…Multivariate logistic regression models were performed, and sample weights were accounted to reflect the nationally representative estimates. …”
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Prediction of insulin resistance using multiple adaptive regression spline in Chinese women by Shih-Peng Mao, Chen-Yu Wang, Chi-Hao Liu, Chung-Bao Hsieh, Dee Pei, Ta-Wei Chu, Yao-Jen Liang

“…MARS results in smaller prediction errors than traditional multiple linear regression (MLR) methods, and is thus more accurate. …”
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The Impact of Race, Education, Economic Vulnerability, and Stigma on Viral Load Detectability Among People Living with HIV in Brazil by Brandelli Costa A, Graeff Bins-Ely I, Penzato V, Vaitses Fontanari AM, Alckmin-Carvalho F, Pereira H, Welter Wendt G

“…Data was analyzed with both descriptive and inferential statistics using SPSS.Results: Our generalized linear model showed that participants who were non-white, with low education and of lower economic status had a lower likelihood of reporting undetectable viral load (UVL) compared compared to their respective counterparts (white participants, those with higher education, and those of higher economic status). …”
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Results from AD-HEARING (ADherence to and adjustment of HEARING aids in clinical routine care as preventive dementia strategy): a prospective 6-month follow-up study on cognition a... by Michael Belz, Sebastian Gmeinwieser, Mona Abdel-Hamid, Mona Abdel-Hamid, Robert Kühler, Jenny Blum, Philipp Hessmann, Nicola Strenzke, Claudia Bartels

“…Hearing aid use might reduce this risk by preserving cognitive and psychological functions.ObjectiveThis study aims to investigate the influence of ARHL and hearing aid use on cognition and different aspects of psychological well-being.MethodsDuring 05/2021 and 05/2023, 31 subjects with audiometrically confirmed ARHL were included and 28 underwent follow-up 6 months later (final analysis sample). Successful hearing aid adjustment was controlled by fitting protocols, and hearing aid use was self-reported (IOI-SH). …”
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Simultaneous Determination of Unbound Plasma Concentration of Methotrexate and 7-Hydroxymethotrexate in Children Patients Receiving High-Dose Methotrexate Therapy by Dong WC, Gao SS, Shi B, Li HR, Jiang Y, Guo JL, Zhang ZQ, Zhang YZ

“…In total, 234 plasma samples from 58 children diagnosed with ALL who were administered HD-MTX were used in our study. …”
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The effects of small geographical resolution and age on the phyllosphere microbial diversity of Castanopsis eyrei in subtropical forest by Lei Xie, XuXu Bao, Shuifei Chen, Hui Ding, Yanming Fang

“…Here, we tested leaves from Castanopsis eyrei, a widespread subtropical Fagaceae species in south-eastern China, sampled across multiple ages within a forest dynamics plot on Mt. …”
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Correlation of serum cotinine with fatty liver index in adults: data from the NHANES March 2017 and 2018 by Guangwen Chen, Nan Chen, Lijian Liu, Xiaoyan Huang, Jianfeng Li, Jinxiu Wei, Yuqing Wang, Chengning Yang, Sheng Xie

“…Smooth curve fittings and generalized additive models were used to explore the non-linear relationship between serum cotinine and FLI. …”
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Preseason neuromuscular versus endurance training leads to greater improvements in isokinetic strength, muscle damage, and inflammation parameters in highly trained female soccer p... by Ali Belamjahad, Claire Tourny, Anthony C. Hackney, Nidhal Jebabli, Naoual Chariba, Fatiha Laziri, Ayoub Saeidi, Ismail Laher, Urs Granacher, Hassane Zouhal

“…NMT included strength, power, linear sprint and change-of-direction speed, and dynamic stability exercises. …”
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Observational study: effect of varying transport durations and feed withdrawal on the physiological status and health of dairy calves by Luca L. van Dijk, Susanne Siegmann, Niamh L. Field, Katie Sugrue, Cornelis G. van Reenen, Eddie A. M. Bokkers, Muireann Conneely, Gearoid Sayers

“…(Generalised) linear mixed models were used to analyse differences in blood variables, weight, and health scores on arrival and during recovery (all other timepoints). …”
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Treatment of cystic ovaries with controlled vaginal drug release in combination with gonadotropins and prostaglandins in dairy cows under Egyptian conditions by H.A. Amer, A.B. Mahdi

“…The ovarian cysts were typed based on the rectal and ultrasonic examination (B-mode System; Pie-Medical Scanner-240 with 6-8 MHz linear probe) into follicular, luteinized and persistent cysts. …”
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Mechanisms of the Effect of Starvation Duration on the Regulation of Feeding Rhythm and Metabolic Physiology of Cultured Large Yellow Croaker (<i>Larimichthys crocea</i>) by Xiaomeng Wang, Huang Liu, Chenglin Zhang, Chen Zhu, Huiyi Liu

“…With an initial body mass of 122.62 ± 11.08 g and a body length of (17.9 ± 1.04) cm as the samples, the experiment was divided into five groups, which were starved for 0 d (S0), 2 d (S2), 4 d (S4), 8 d (S8), and 16 d (S16) before resumption of feeding. …”
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Artificial intelligence in community pharmacy practice: Pharmacists' perceptions, willingness to utilize, and barriers to implementation by Ashenafi Kibret Sendekie, Liknaw Workie Limenh, Biruk Beletew Abate, Gashaw Sisay Chanie, Abebe Tarekegn Kassaw, Fasil Bayafers Tamene, Kalab Yigermal Gete, Ephrem Mebratu Dagnew

“…A linear regression analysis examined the association of independent variables with pharmacists' perception of AI and willingness to utilize AI. …”
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In vivo 3D myocardial membrane potential mapping in humans using PET/MRI by Felicitas J. Bijari, Paul Kyu Han, Thibault Marin, Wonil Lee, Yanis Chemli, Inna Gertsenshteyn, Ismaël B. G. Mounime, Yanis Djebra, Didi Chi, Marc D. Normandin, Chao Ma, Georges El Fakhri

“…The extracellular volume fraction mapping was performed via cardiac MR with a free-breathing, 3D cardiac T 1 mapping sequence before and after the contrast agent injection (gadoterate meglumine, 0.1 mmol/kg). A linear tangent space alignment (LTSA) model-based method was used to reconstruct high-frame-rate dynamic images from sparsely sampled (k,t)-space data for T 1 . …”
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Spatial distribution and health risk assessment of potentially toxic elements along GT road from Sialkot to Rawalpindi by Ufra Naseer, Atif Ahmad, Muhammad Adnan, Muhammad Yousaf, Zhengping Du, Chuntian Qiu, Tianxiang Yue

“…A non-linear fitting model is applied to analyze the correlation between PTEs and roadside distance and shows PTEs concentration decrease with an increase in the road proximity. …”
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Effects of an elimination diet and a healthy diet in children with Attention‐Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: 1‐Year prospective follow‐up of a two‐arm randomized, controlled study... by Annick Huberts‐Bosch, Margreet Bierens, Julia J. Rucklidge, Verena Ly, Rogier Donders, Gigi H. H. van deLoo‐Neus, Alejandro Arias‐Vasquez, Helen Klip, Jan K. Buitelaar, Saskia W. van denBerg, Nanda N. Rommelse

“…Ordinal regression analyses and linear mixed models analyses were conducted on an intention to treat basis. …”
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