Associations of four important dietary pattern scores, micronutrients with sarcopenia and osteopenia in adults: results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey by Yuan Li, Wen Gu, Wen Hao, Wen Hao, Yadan Xu, Kexin Li, Yueliang Zhao, Qingyun Huang

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Sustainability considerations and willingness to try alternative proteins: evidence from the UK by Albert Boaitey, Beth Clark, Pattanapong Tiwasing

“…Ordered probit and quantile regression models are used to explore WTT, with controls for respondents' sociodemographic characteristics and level of awareness. …”
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Social Compliance With NPIs, Mobility Patterns, and Reproduction Number: Lessons From COVID-19 in Europe by Daniele Baccega, Jose Aguilar, Carlos Baquero, Antonio Fernandez Anta, Juan Marcos Ramirez

“…We employ XGBoost regression models to estimate missing mobility data from NPIs and missing Rt values from mobility, achieving high accuracy. …”
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Short‐ and Long‐Term Growth Response to Multiple Drought Episodes: Evidence of Genetic Adaptation in a Conifer Species by Jaime Sebastian‐Azcona, Eduardo P. Cappa, Letitia Da Ros, Blaise Ratcliffe, Charles Chen, Xiaojing Wei, Yang Liu, Shawn D. Mansfield, Andreas Hamann, Yousry A. El‐Kassaby, Barb R. Thomas

“…We assessed resistance, resilience, and recovery metrics, and analyzed their causal relationships with long‐term growth and susceptibility to disease through structural equation modeling. We found that trees with low short‐term resilience to drought events also experienced severe reductions in long‐term growth. …”
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From catastrophizing to catalyzing: does pain catastrophizing modulate the beneficial impact of open-label placebos for chronic low back pain? A secondary analysis by Elif Buse Caliskan, Elif Buse Caliskan, Katharina Schmidt, Andreas Hellmann, Tamás Spisák, Ulrike Bingel, Julian Kleine-Borgmann

“…The analysis showed significant reductions in pain intensity, disability, and depressive symptoms after OLP combined with treatment-as-usual (TAU). …”
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Effectiveness of mobile stroke units in reducing time to thrombolysis in acute ischemic stroke: a scoping review by Nicholas Aderinto, Gbolahan Olatunji, Emmanuel Kokori

“…Included randomized controlled trials (RCTs), observational studies, and meta-analyses (using both fixed-effects and random-effects models) were synthesized narratively, with data on time reductions, treatment rates, outcomes, and limitations extracted by two blinded reviewers (NA and EK) and tabulated. …”
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Novel antibody reagents for characterization of drug- and tumor microenvironment-induced changes in epithelial-mesenchymal transition and cancer stem cells. by Tony Navas, Thomas D Pfister, Simona Colantonio, Amina Aziz, Lynda Dieckman, Richard G Saul, Jan Kaczmarczyk, Suzanne Borgel, Sergio Y Alcoser, Melinda G Hollingshead, Young H Lee, Donald P Bottaro, Tara Hiltke, Gordon Whiteley, Naoko Takebe, Robert J Kinders, Ralph E Parchment, Joseph E Tomaszewski, James H Doroshow

“…Similarly, our new anti-CD133 antibody enabled detection and quantitation of drug-induced reductions in CD133-positive tumor cells following treatment of SUM149PT triple-negative breast cancer xenograft models with the CSC/focal adhesion kinase (FAK) inhibitor VS-6063. …”
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Along-tract white matter abnormalities and their clinical associations in recent-onset and chronic schizophrenia by Sung Woo Joo, Hyeongyu Park, Jihyu Park, Jungsun Lee

“…In chronic schizophrenia, widespread reductions in FA and deviations in peak length were identified across various white matter tracts. …”
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Efficacy of music therapy for depressive symptoms in college students: a meta-analysis and systematic review by Yanru Lin, Qianlong Li

“…Statistical synthesis was performed with RevMan 5.3 software, using random-effects models to calculate standardized mean differences (SMDs) with 95% confidence intervals.ResultsSixteen RCTs involving 938 participants were included. …”
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Effects of cryptotanshinone in treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome in rats: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Pingping Su, Xv Wang, Ruoqian Cai, Chang Yan, Yun Sun

“…Treatment with cryptotanshinone significantly improved several PCOS-related parameters in animal models, as compared to the control group. Notable improvements included reductions in body weight (P < 0.00001), ovarian weight (P = 0.005), and ovaries quotiety (P = 0.0006). …”
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Sex moderates diet quality differences in integrated collaborative care for comorbid obesity and depression: Post-hoc analysis of the RAINBOW RCT by Nan Lv, Sydney W. Chin, Lan Xiao, Zhengxin Tang, Aanika Parikh, Jun Ma

“…Between-group differences in dietary outcomes were examined among all participants and by sex, using repeated-measures mixed-effects linear models. Results: Intervention group had mean age 50.9 (SD 12.2) years and 71% women, while control had 51.0 (11.9) years and 70% women. …”
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Effects of whole-body vibration training as an adjunct to conventional rehabilitation exercise on pain, physical function and disability in knee osteoarthritis: A systematic review... by Yan Peng, Qi Qi, Chai Li Lee, Yan Ling Tay, Siaw Chui Chai, Mohd Azzuan Ahmad

“…However, the heterogeneity among studies and variations in control group interventions warrant cautious interpretation.…”
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Effect of periodontal therapy on lung function: a twelve-month follow-up intervention study by Anders Røsland, Randi J. Bertelsen, Joachim Heinrich, Stein Atle Lie, Andrei Malinovschi, Dagmar F. Bunæs

“…Data were analysed using mixed-effects regression models. Results Patients (mean age 36 years, 58% female) showed significant improvements in periodontal parameters (p < 0.001). …”
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Plasma concentrations of neurofilament light, p-Tau231 and glial fibrillary acidic protein are elevated in patients with chronic kidney disease and correlate with measured glomerul... by Torunn Axelsson, Henrik Zetterberg, Kaj Blennow, Burak Arslan, Nicholas J. Ashton, Markus Axelsson, Maria K. Svensson, Aso Saeed, Gregor Guron

“…Plasma levels of NfL and GFAP should be interpreted cautiously in patients with marked reductions in GFR.…”
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Use of heart failure medical therapy before and after a cancer diagnosis: A longitudinal study by Chengsheng Ju, Wallis C.Y. Lau, Charlotte Manisty, Pinkie Chambers, Ruth Brauer, Martin D. Forster, Isla S. Mackenzie, Li Wei

“…HF patients with cancer were matched with a 1:1 ratio to HF patients without cancer to investigate the association between cancer diagnosis and treatment adherence, persistence, initiation, and dose titration as odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) using multivariable logistic regression models. Of 8504 eligible HFrEF patients with incident cancer, 4890 were matched to controls without cancer. …”
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Effect of an Energy-Restricted Mediterranean Diet, Physical Activity and Behavioral Support Lifestyle Intervention on Body Composition in Older Adults with Metabolic Syndrome: Thre... by Dora Romaguera, Miguel Ruiz-Canela, J. Alfredo Martínez, Vicente Martín, Ramón Estruch, Jordi Salas-Salvadó, Jadwiga Konieczna

“…Results: After a 3-year follow-up, in the completers-only analysis adjusting for baseline characteristics, participants in the intervention vs. control group showed higher reductions in the % of total fat (mean difference of −0.38%, 95% CI −0.64; −0.12, <i>p</i> < 0.001) and the grams of visceral fat (−70.4 g, −126; −15.2, <i>p</i> < 0.001), as well as an increase in the % of total lean mass (0.34%, 0.09; 0.60, <i>p</i> < 0.001). …”
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Where you live shapes who you are: morphological changes in urban Triatoma infestans by Romina V. Piccinali, Romina V. Piccinali, Julieta Nattero, Julieta Nattero, Florencia Cano, Paz Sánchez-Casaccia, Paz Sánchez-Casaccia, Ana L. Carbajal-de-la-Fuente, Ana L. Carbajal-de-la-Fuente

“…These findings underscore the need for urban-specific Chagas disease control strategies and further research on the evolutionary dynamics of T. infestans in urban environments.…”
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Long-term trends and future projections of the burden of tuberculosis among children and adolescents in China. by Nan Li, Wei Wei, Yinglin Lao, Xi Zhu, Qi Ye, Junhong Chen, Yating Ji, Ruoqing Chen, Chongguang Yang

“…<h4>Methods</h4>The Joinpoint regression analysis was used to identify periods of significant change and autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) modeling was employed to predict the TB burden for 2022-2031.…”
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Experimental Determination of Circumferential Mechanical Properties of GFRP Pipes Using the Split-Disk Method: Evaluating the Impact of Aggressive Environments by Maria Tănase, Alin Diniță, Gennadiy Lvov, Alexandra Ileana Portoacă

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The Sleep Course: An inclusive trial examining the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of a digital sleep intervention for adults with self-reported sleep difficul... by Amelia J. Scott, Taylor Hathway, Madelyne A. Bisby, Nickolai Titov, Blake F. Dear

“…Results showed significant and large reductions in insomnia, sleep disturbance and associated symptoms (e.g., d = 1.06–1.37 change in insomnia symptoms). …”
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