Association of Escherichia coli pathotypes with fecal markers of enteropathy and nutritional status among underweight adults in Bangladesh by Rahvia Alam Sthity, Md. Zahidul Islam, Md. Ehsanul Kabir Sagar, Md. Amran Gazi, Md. Amran Gazi, Jafrin Ferdous, Md. Mamun Kabir, Mustafa Mahfuz, Tahmeed Ahmed, Tahmeed Ahmed, Ishita Mostafa, Ishita Mostafa

“…The multivariable linear regression model was used to assess the association.ResultsIn these malnourished adults, the most prevalent pathotype of E. coli was EAEC (61.7%) and the least prevalent was STEC (6.7%). …”
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Low Bone Turnover Markers in Young and Middle-Aged Male Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by X. X. Liu, L. Jiang, Q. Liu, J. Zhang, W. Niu, J. Liu, Q. Zhang

“…Furthermore, multiple linear regression revealed a positive correlation between HbA1c and PINP levels. …”
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SYBR GreenⅠReal-Time Fluorescence Quantitative PCR for Parasitic Boveria labialis Identification from the Sea Cucumber Apostichopus japonicus by Wenyue HAO, Jinjin WANG, Jianlong GE, Bin LI, Yingeng WANG, Meijie LIAO, Xiaojun RONG, Hongjing ZHAO, Minqi JIANG, Wenguang ZHAO, Licheng NIU, Jiao PAN

“…The standard curve established by the designed primers had a good linear relationship in the range of the plasmid standard of 4.05×101–4.05×109 copies/µL, with a reliability (R2) of 0.997. …”
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Evaluation of whole blood CD64 for identifying infection in neonates receiving hospital care by Naomi E. Spotswood, Naomi E. Spotswood, Naomi E. Spotswood, Peter A. Dargaville, Peter A. Dargaville, Leah Hickey, Leah Hickey, Leah Hickey, Michelle J. L. Scoullar, Michelle J. L. Scoullar, Riya Palchaudhuri, Riya Palchaudhuri, Shuning Zheng, Timothy Spelman, Suzanne M. Crowe, Suzanne M. Crowe, Hanumesh Kenchapla, James G. Beeson, James G. Beeson, David A. Anderson, David A. Anderson

“…Whole blood CD64 and NE had a positive, non-linear correlation. Infection was diagnosed in 45% (80/178) of episodes, and 31% (55/178) had infection that was microbiologically confirmed. …”
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Development of a novel sustainable, portable, fast, and non-invasive platform based on ATR-FTIR technology coupled with machine learning algorithms for Helicobacter pylori detectio... by Ghabriel Honório-Silva, Marco Guevara-Vega, Nagela Bernadelli Sousa Silva, Marcelo Augusto Garcia-Júnior, Deborah Cristina Teixeira Alves, Luiz Ricardo Goulart, Mario Machado Martins, André Luiz Oliveira, Rui Miguel Pinheiro Vitorino, Thulio Marquez Cunha, Carlos Henrique Gomes Martins, Murillo Guimarães Carneiro, Robinson Sabino-Silva

“…The obtained spectra were applied to Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA) and Support Vector Machine (SVM) algorithms to perform the H. pylori detection. …”
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Progress towards the UNAIDS 2030 HIV prevention target in New South Wales, Australia: a population-based studyResearch in context by Phillip Keen, Steven J. Nigro, Curtis Chan, Benjamin R. Bavinton, Htein Linn Aung, Martin Holt, Rebecca Guy, Janaki Amin, Timothy R. Broady, Jane Costello, Anthony D. Kelleher, Carla Treloar, Rick Varma, Matthew Vaughan, Valerie Delpech, Andrew E. Grulich

“…In both samples, among GBM living with HIV, the percentages on HIV treatment and with undetectable viral load increased over time, and by 2022 were greater than 95%. …”
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Analysis of HBV infection characteristics and OBI prevalence in pregnant women: a focus on HBcAb + alone or in combination with HBeAb + subgroups in Northwest China by Yun Xie, Ru Kang, Xiaoyue Cheng, Dan Li, Qi Wang, Jiao Li, Xuan Guo, Wenhui Gao, Xin He, Liutong Jiang, Gaili Meng

“…Active infection showed a linear decrease from 3.80% in 2016 to 2.82% in 2022 (p < 0.001), while history of HBV infection or OBI declined from 22.33 to 16.06% (p < 0.001). …”
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GNSS Precipitable Water Vapor Prediction for Hong Kong Based on ICEEMDAN-SE-LSTM-ARIMA Hybrid Model by Jie Zhao, Xu Lin, Zhengdao Yuan, Nage Du, Xiaolong Cai, Cong Yang, Jun Zhao, Yashi Xu, Lunwei Zhao

“…Finally, the prediction results of the three components are linearly combined to obtain the final prediction value. …”
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SinoMAKS—protocol of a randomised controlled trial to evaluate the Chinese version of the non-pharmacological, multimodal MAKS intervention for people with mild to moderate dementi... by Yu Liu, Olaf Gefeller, Jian Su, Ming Zhong, Elmar Graessel, André Kratzer, Petra Scheerbaum, Julia-Sophia Scheuermann, Yaping Ding, Jianwen Lu

“…In line with international guidelines, the primary population for analysis is the intention-to-treat sample. Global cognition (measured with the Addenbrooke’s Cognitive Examination-III) is the primary outcome. …”
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Machine learning for detection of diffusion abnormalities-related respiratory changes among normal, overweight, and obese individuals based on BMI and pulmonary ventilation paramet... by Xin-Yue Song, Xin-Peng Xie, Wen-Jing Xu, Yu-Jia Cao, Bin-Miao Liang

“…BMI displayed a cubic relationship with DLCO for 18.5 kg/m² < BMI < 40 kg/m² (R² = 0.498, P < 0.01), and a linear negative correlation for BMI ≥ 40 kg/m² (r = -0.253, P < 0.05). …”
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Multigenetic pharmacogenomics–guided treatment shows greater improvements on motor symptoms compared to usual therapy in Parkinson’s disease: a small real-word prospective cohort s... by Yifan Li, Mao Li, Miao Wang, Jiarui Yao, Fengzhu Li, Siyu Chen, Xi Yin, Zhongbao Gao

“…However, to confirm these findings, well-designed studies with larger, well-characterized samples are necessary.…”
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Decoding the Formation and Elimination Mechanism of Ethyl Carbamate in Strong-Aroma <i>Baijiu</i> by Liqiang Zhang, Yue Qiu, Yongqing Zhang, Yintao Jia, Baoguo Sun, Wei Dong

“…No significant differences were observed in the other physicochemical indices among the samples. The HJJQ operation significantly increases the alcohol content and reduces the acidity of the fermented grains but has little influence on the other physicochemical indices during SAB fermentation. …”
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Quality of Life and Symptoms of Hospitalized Hematological Cancer Patients by Theocharis I. Konstantinidis, Ioanna Tsatsou, Eleftheria Tsagkaraki, Evgenia Chasouraki, Maria Saridi, Theodoula Adamakidou, Ourania Govina

“…A demographic questionnaire, the European Organization for Research and Treatment for Cancer quality assessment questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-C30), and the MD Anderson Symptom Inventory (MDASI) were used. The sample consisted of 120 patients—42.5% were women, with a mean age of 65.6 years. …”
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Physical, Mental, and Health Empowerment Disparities Across Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Asthma, and Combined Groups and the Moderating Role of eHealth Literacy: Cross-Se... by Jiaying Li, Xiaobing Wu, Yibo Wu, Daniel Yee Tak Fong, Yang Song, Siyi Xu, Changhwan Kim, Xiaohong Lin, Vinciya Pandian

“…The mean age of the participants was 48.61 (SD 19.70) years, and 536 (51.3%) participants were male. Linear regression showed that individuals with both COPD and asthma had lower health-related quality of life and higher anxiety and depression compared with those with either condition alone (b ranges from –0.15 to 3.35). …”
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Fractal approach to geological and economic assessment of germanium-bearing lignites by O. I. Bilous, M. S. Burlutskyy

“…This method aims to establish a linear relationship between germanium concentrations and the total number of samples in the lognormal dimension. …”
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A comparative performance evaluation of 12 HIV-1 viral load testing asssays: advancing the clinical application of HIV-1 nucleic acid testing in China by Yu Wang, Pinliang Pan, Wenge Xing, Xin Zhang, Boxue Han, Cong Jin

“…This study evaluated the precision, linearity, and clinical performance of 12 commonly used HIV-1 viral load testing kits in China (including seven domestic and five imported kits). …”
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Association of epigenetic aging with plasma biomarkers of amyloid, tau, neurodegeneration, and neuroinflammation in Hispanic/Latino adults by Myriam Fornage, Wassim Tarraf, Martha L. Daviglus, Charles DeCarli, Kevin A. Gonzalez, Carmen R. Isasi, Sayaka Kuwayama, Melissa Lamar, Bonnie E. Levin, Humberto Parada, Alberto R. Ramos, Tatjana Rundek, Bharat Thyagarajan, Hector M. González

“…We used multivariable linear regression models to estimate the associations of acceleration in each of five epigenetic clocks with each biomarker in the total sample and in sex-specific strata, controlling for chronological age, sex (except in sex-stratified analyses), Hispanic/Latino background, recruitment site, risk factors, and comorbid medical conditions. …”
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Do Meta‐Analyses of Total Hip Arthroplasty Produce Reliable Results? A Systematic Review and Meta‐Epidemiological Study of Statistical Methods by Nikolai Ramadanov, Maximilian Voss, Radharani Michelle Diallo, Jonathan Lettner, Hassan Tarek Hakam, Robert Prill, Roland Becker, Robert Hable

“…The following indicators were considered: inequality of patient numbers, proportion of random‐effects and fixed‐effects models, heterogeneity with I 2 value, ratio of effect sizes (RES), ratio of confidence interval width (RCIW), and the number of significant results. Mixed linear regression was then used to analyze whether the effect sizes and CIW were significantly different using different heterogeneity estimators. …”
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Clinical profiles of SS-ILD compared with SS-NILD in a Chinese population: a retrospective analysis of 735 patients by Ting Guo, Yaomei Long, Qinxue Shen, Wei Guo, Wang Duan, Xiaoli Ouyang, Hong Peng

“…Most studies on primary SS (pSS) with ILD are limited in sample size, and studies on secondary SS (sSS) with ILD are rare. …”
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Implementation of the Lupus Low Disease Activity State in Pediatric Rheumatology Care: The Role of the Visual Analog Scale by Ekemini A. Ogbu, Anna Carmela P. Sagcal‐Gironella, B. Anne Eberhard, Jennifer M. Huggins, Marisa S. Klein‐Gitelman, Karen Onel, Chen Chen, Bin Huang, Hermine I. Brunner

“…Methods We used a secondary data analysis from a convenience sample of 100 patients with cSLE followed every three months for up to seven visits. …”
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