Age-specific associations of RBC folate and several serum folate forms with obesity risk: NHANES 2011–2018 by Meng Wang, Meng Wang, Meng Wang, Zonghang Tong, Zonghang Tong, Zonghang Tong, Chaoxue Li, Chaoxue Li, Chaoxue Li, Yanhong Wang, Xueli Yang, Xueli Yang, Xueli Yang, Zhongying Gong, Qiang Zhang, Qiang Zhang, Qiang Zhang, Xuan Wang, Xuan Wang, Xuan Wang, Xumei Zhang, Xumei Zhang, Xumei Zhang

“…Potential effect modifications were examined through stratified analyses and multiplicative interaction testing.ResultsAmong the total sample, middle-aged, and older participants, 4578 (39.4%), 3613 (40.0%), and 965 (37.2%) were obese, respectively. …”
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Exposure to hair metals and metal-mixtures associated with blood lipids and dyslipidemia in Chinese adults: Evidence from a national cross-sectional study by Yunjiang Yu, Wenjie Meng, Xiaohui Zhu, Zongrui Li, Tong Zheng, Ping He, Ying Yu, Chenyin Dong, Zhenchi Li, Hongxuan Kuang, Mingdeng Xiang, Xiaodi Qin, Yang Zhou

“…Blood lipid biomarkers, including total cholesterol (CHOL), triglycerides (TG), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), were measured using an automated clinical chemistry analyzer. Multivariable linear and logistic regression models were used to examine associations between individual hair metal levels and lipid profiles or dyslipidemia status. …”
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa Detection Using Conventional PCR and Quantitative Real-Time PCR Based on Species-Specific Novel Gene Targets Identified by Pangenome Analysis by Chufang Wang, Chufang Wang, Qinghua Ye, Aiming Jiang, Jumei Zhang, Yuting Shang, Fan Li, Baoqing Zhou, Xinran Xiang, Qihui Gu, Rui Pang, Yu Ding, Shi Wu, Moutong Chen, Qingping Wu, Qingping Wu, Juan Wang, Juan Wang

“…The standard curves showed perfect linear correlations, with R2 values of 0.9901 for primer set PA12, 0.9915 for primer set PA13, 0.9924 for primer set PA14, and 0.9935 for primer set PA15. …”
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Immunogenicity of monkeypox virus surface proteins and cross-reactive antibody responses in vaccinated and infected individuals: implications for vaccine and therapeutic developmen... by Jing Liu, Xun Wang, Yiting Zhang, Changyi Liu, Meng Zhang, Chen Li, Peiling Liu, Shanshan Li, Kaifeng Wei, Yiming Cai, Hongjie Yu, Zhiliang Hu, Pengfei Wang, Yanliang Zhang

“…Data analysis methods included analysis of variance, Mann–Whitney U test, binary logistic regression, Pearson correlation, and linear regression, with a significance threshold of P < 0.05. …”
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Echocardiographic and biomarker characteristics in diabetes, coronary artery disease or both: insights from HOMAGE trial by Luca Monzo, Masatake Kobayashi, João Pedro Ferreira, Zohra Lamiral, Christian Delles, Andrew L. Clark, Frank Edelmann, Arantxa González, Stephane Heymans, Pierpaolo Pellicori, Johannes Petutschnigg, Job A. J. Verdonschot, Patrick Rossignol, John G. F. Cleland, Faiez Zannad, Nicolas Girerd, on behalf of the HOMAGE “Heart Omics in AGEing” Trial Committees and Investigators

“…DM+/CAD+), while the DM-/CAD- group was excluded due to the low sample size (N = 32). Multivariable linear regression analysis was used to assess the relations between variables and DM/CAD status. …”
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Exploring the predictive value of structural covariance networks for the diagnosis of schizophrenia by Clara S. Vetter, Clara S. Vetter, Clara S. Vetter, Annika Bender, Dominic B. Dwyer, Dominic B. Dwyer, Dominic B. Dwyer, Max Montembeault, Anne Ruef, Katharine Chisholm, Lana Kambeitz-Ilankovic, Linda A. Antonucci, Stephan Ruhrmann, Joseph Kambeitz, Marlene Rosen, Theresa Lichtenstein, Anita Riecher-Rössler, Rachel Upthegrove, Raimo K. R. Salokangas, Jarmo Hietala, Christos Pantelis, Christos Pantelis, Rebekka Lencer, Rebekka Lencer, Eva Meisenzahl, Stephen J. Wood, Stephen J. Wood, Paolo Brambilla, Paolo Brambilla, Stefan Borgwardt, Peter Falkai, Peter Falkai, Alessandro Bertolino, Nikolaos Koutsouleris, Nikolaos Koutsouleris, Nikolaos Koutsouleris, PRONIA Consortium

“…Their diagnostic value compared to regional GMV was assessed in a stepwise analysis using a series of linear support vector machines within a nested cross-validation framework and stacked generalization, all models were externally validated in an independent sample (NPAT=71, NHC=74), SCN feature importance was assessed, and the derived risk scores were analyzed for differential relationships with clinical variables.ResultsWe found that models trained on SCNs were able to classify patients with schizophrenia and combining SCNs and regional GMV in a stacked model improved training (balanced accuracy (BAC)=69.96%) and external validation performance (BAC=67.10%). …”
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Assessment of the relationship between diabetes treatment intensification and quality measure performance using electronic medical records. by Renée J G Arnold, Shuo Yang, Edward J Gold, Sepehr Farahbakhshian, John J Sheehan

“…Two-level hierarchical generalized linear models, with patients aggregated at the physician level, were used to assess the association between treatment intensification and achieving HbA1C quality performance measures.…”
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Depression detection based on dual path DCGAN data generation and classification-regression network by LU Jingxue, LI Hongyan, ZHENG Ruichao, QIN Ruizhen

“…The feature of MFCC-TEO is obtained by introducing TEO into MFCC, and six features including TEO are extracted to construct a two-dimensional feature map with time-frequency properties, linear properties and nonlinear properties. By constructing a DP-DCGAN network, the feature maps of each depression score in the original dataset were enhanced to increase the diversity of the feature maps, and evaluation indicators were proposed to screen out high-quality feature maps from both spatial characteristics and frequency domain characteristics. …”
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Global Feature Focusing and Information Enhancement Network for Occluded Pedestrian Detection by ZHENG Kaikui, JI Kangyou, LI Jun, LI Qiming

“…The Mamba module first flattens the feature maps into one dimensional image patch vectors and then uses linear layers for feature extraction and transformation. …”
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Corporate social responsibility and firm performance: a threshold analysis of European firms by Abdelaziz Hakimi, Rim Boussaada, Majdi Karmani

“…Design/methodology/approach – The authors used a sample of 814 European firms over the period 2008–2017. …”
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The relationship between gut and nasopharyngeal microbiome composition can predict the severity of COVID-19 by Benita Martin-Castaño, Patricia Diez-Echave, Jorge García-García, Laura Hidalgo-García, Antonio Jesús Ruiz-Malagon, José Alberto Molina-Tijeras, María Jesús Rodríguez-Sojo, Anaïs Redruello-Romero, Margarita Martínez-Zaldívar, Emilio Mota, Fernando Cobo, Xando Díaz-Villamarin, Marta Alvarez-Estevez, Federico García, Concepción Morales-García, Silvia Merlos, Paula Garcia-Flores, Manuel Colmenero-Ruiz, José Hernández-Quero, Maria Nuñez, Maria Elena Rodriguez-Cabezas, Angel Carazo, Javier Martin, Rocio Moron, Alba Rodríguez Nogales, Julio Galvez

“…Faecal and nasopharyngeal samples were taken, and the microbiota was analysed. …”
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Epitope mapping of SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein using naturally-acquired immune responses to develop monoclonal antibodies by Rubén López-Aladid, Leticia Bueno-Freire, Roc Farriol-Duran, Eduard Porta-Pardo, Ruth Aguilar, Marta Vidal, Alfons Jiménez, Roberto Cabrera, Nil Vázquez, Alexandre López-Gavín, Gemma Moncunill, Montserrat Carrascal, Teresa García, Miquel Lozano, Alberto L. García-Basteiro, Carlota Dobaño, Martalu D. Pazos, M.-Carmen Estevez, Laura M. Lechuga, Antoni Torres, Laia Fernández-Barat

“…Blood samples were collected from 509 COVID-19 patients prospectively recruited 35 days after symptoms initiation, positive RT-qPCR or hospital/ICU discharge. …”
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Exploring parents’ physical activity motivation during the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed-methods study from a self-determination theory perspective by Lydia Emm-Collison, Robert Walker, Ruth Salway, Danielle House, Kate Sansum, Katie Breheny, Sarah Churchward, Joanna G Williams, Frank de Vocht, Russell Jago

“…The framework method was used for analysis. Results In separate linear regression models, intrinsic and identified regulation were associated with higher moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in waves 0 and 2. …”
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Zircon micro-inclusions as an obstacle for in situ garnet U–Pb geochronology: an example from the As Sifah eclogite locality, Oman by J. B. Walters, J. B. Walters, J. B. Walters, J. M. Garber, A. Beranoaguirre, A. Beranoaguirre, L. J. Millonig, L. J. Millonig, A. Gerdes, A. Gerdes, T. Grützner, T. Grützner, H. R. Marschall, H. R. Marschall

“…We observe abundant zircon micro-inclusions (<span class="inline-formula">&lt;2 µm</span>) in all five dated samples. Strong linear correlations in U vs. Zr contents in the analysed laser ablation spots plot along garnet–zircon mixing lines, the slopes of which can only be explained by zircon contamination. …”
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The Ophiuchus DIsk Survey Employing ALMA (ODISEA): Complete Size Distributions for the 100 Brightest Disks across Multiplicity and Spectral Energy Distribution Classes by Anuroop Dasgupta, Lucas A. Cieza, Camilo González-Ruilova, Trisha Bhowmik, Prachi Chavan, Grace Batalla-Falcon, Gregory Herczeg, Dary Ruiz-Rodriguez, Jonathan P. Williams, Anibal Sierra, Simon Casassus, Octavio Guilera, Sebastian Pérez, Santiago Orcajo, P.H. Nogueira, A.S Hales, J.M. Miley, Fernando R. Rannou, Alice Zurlo

“…\limits^{\unicode{x02033}}$ 15 (21 au) resolution. This sample includes 54 Class II and 51 Class I and flat-spectrum sources, providing a comprehensive distribution across evolutionary stages. …”
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Reduction of Ascites Susceptibility in Broiler Chickens under Cold Stress by Guanidinoacetic Acid Supplementation by Mousa Ezatikia, parviz Farhoomand, Sina Payvastegan, Bahram Pirooz, Negin Delfani

“…The blood samples were placed in tubes containing the anticoagulant heparin. …”
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Triglyceride-glucose-body mass index and the incidence of cardiovascular diseases: a meta-analysis of cohort studies by Xiyun Rao, Ziyi Xin, Qingwen Yu, Lanlan Feng, Yongmin Shi, Ting Tang, Xuhan Tong, Siqi Hu, Yao You, Shenghui Zhang, Jiake Tang, Xingwei Zhang, Mingwei Wang, Ling Liu

“…The results indicated that Compared with the lowest TyG-BMI index category, the highest TyG-BMI index was related to a higher incidence of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) (HR = 1.62; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.35–1.95; I2 = 94%),coronary artery disease (CAD) (HR = 1.69; 95% (CI): 1.23–2.31; I2 = 94%). stroke(HR = 1.57; 95% (CI): 1.11–2.23; I2 = 94%).In the dose–response analysis, there was a linear association of the TyG-BMI index with the risk of CVD (Pnonlinear = 0.223), CAD (Pnonlinear = 0.693), and stroke (Pnonlinear = 0.122)No significant effects were observed regarding participants’ gender, length of follow-up, sample size or mean age(P > 0.05). …”
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Characterisation of pregnancy-induced alterations in apolipoproteins and their associations with maternal metabolic risk factors and offspring birth outcomes: a preconception and l... by Li Chen, Karen Mei-Ling Tan, Melvin Khee-Shing Leow, Kok Hian Tan, Jerry Kok Yen Chan, Shiao-Yng Chan, Yap Seng Chong, Peter D. Gluckman, Johan G. Eriksson, Markus R. Wenk, Sartaj Ahmad Mir

“…Linear regression models and network analysis were implemented to investigate the association of apolipoproteins with maternal genetic variants, biochemical measures, metabolic risk factors, and offspring birth outcomes. …”
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The relationship between prenatal perfluorine and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) exposure and infant neurodevelopment: Modifying effects of DHA revised by Ting-ting Jiang, Lian-man Lei, Xia-yu Zhang, Ya-ling Li, Lu-ming Yan, Zi-shun Lu, Zi-yi Liu, Bo-lin Liu, Lian-jie Dou, An-hui Zhang, Min Yu, Min Zhu, Fei Li, Ji-an Xie, Chao Zhang, Jia-hu Hao

“…Six PFAS (PFOA, PFOS, PFNA, PFBS, PFHxS and PFHxA) were measured in maternal urine samples using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). …”
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Paraxanthine provides greater improvement in cognitive function than caffeine after performing a 10-km run by Choongsung Yoo, Dante Xing, Drew E. Gonzalez, Victoria Jenkins, Kay Nottingham, Broderick Dickerson, Megan Leonard, Joungbo Ko, Megan H. Lewis, Mark Faries, Wesley Kephart, Martin Purpura, Ralf Jäger, Shawn D. Wells, Kylin Liao, Ryan Sowinski, Christopher J. Rasmussen, Richard B. Kreider

“…Participants donated fasting blood samples and completed pre-supplementation (PRE) side effects questionnaires, the Berg-Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (BCST), and the Psychomotor Vigilance Task Test (PVTT). …”
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