Implication of Low HDL-c Levels in Patients with Average LDL-c Levels: A Focus on Oxidized LDL, Large HDL Subpopulation, and Adiponectin by Filipa Mascarenhas-Melo, José Sereno, Edite Teixeira-Lemos, Daniela Marado, Filipe Palavra, Rui Pinto, Petronila Rocha-Pereira, Frederico Teixeira, Flávio Reis

“…In conclusion, despite LDL-c average levels, low HDL-c concentrations seem to be associated with a poor cardiometabolic profile in a population with cardiovascular risk factors, which is better evidenced by traditional and nontraditional CV biomarkers, including Ox-LDL, large HDL-c, and adiponectin.…”
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Exploratory Analysis of Concordance Between Clinician-Collected and Self-Sampled Human Papillomavirus Tests in a Small Cohort of Average- and High-Risk Patients by Ashley Wong, Rebecca Morgis, Juliette Entenman, Sarah I. Ramirez, Amy L. Hays, Tonya S. Wright, Christina M. Scartozzi, Mack T. Ruffin, Jennifer L. Moss

“…Concordance was not associated with sociodemographic or behavioral factors. Conclusions: Self-sampled hrHPV testing demonstrated high accuracy for average-risk patients in this exploratory study. …”
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EFFECTS OF INVOLUTE SPUR GEAR STRUCTURE PARAMETERS ON MESHING EFFICIENCY by ZHANG BaoFeng, CUI YaHui, LIU Kai, Dong YaWen

“…Based on the concept of contact counterforce between gear pair,the paper studied the meshing efficiency of involute spur gear mechanism,analyzed the effect factors of friction coefficient between contact tooth surfaces. …”
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Economic and industrial assessment of common plum and cherry plum in the foothill zone of Adygea by V. V. Sherstobitov

“…Statistical processing of one-factor experiment has been carried out by the method of deviation from the average one according to the variant. 3 groups of plum and cherry plum varieties have been identified at the standard level: low-productive, medium-productive, high-productive. …”
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Measuring Socioeconomic Disparities in Out-of-Pocket Healthcare Expenditure: Evidence from Saudi Arabia by Mohamed Ali Ali

Subjects: “…healthcare expenditures, OOPHE, insurance membership, average monthly income, demographic factors. JEL: I13, I18, D12.…”
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AERODYNAMIC DESIGN OF HIGH PRESSRE AXIAL FAN by Y. A. Ryzhov, S. A. Popov, H. Vu. Man

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Global, regional, and national burden of cardiovascular diseases attributable to metabolic risks across all age groups from 1990 to 2021: an analysis of the 2021 global burden of d... by Xing-Yu Zhu, Miao-Qian Shi, Zhi-Meng Jiang, Xiao-Li, Jian-Wei Tian, Fei-Fei Su

“…Results Between 1990 and 2021, the global age-standardized mortality rate (ASMR) of cardiovascular diseases attributable to metabolic factors exhibited a consistent decline (Average Annual Percent Change (AAPC) = -1.28, 95% CI [-1.42, -1.14], P < 0.01). …”
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Enhancing underwater acoustic communication networks with RIS: Precise performance analysis over κ − μ shadowed fading distribution by Moloy Kumar Ghosh, Mostafa Zaman Chowdhury

“…This work provides an in-depth analysis of the effects of key factors including the fading severity, shadowing intensity, path loss, data transmission rate, and average signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), along with different modulation schemes on the communication performance. …”
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Personal determinants of coping behavior in middle age by Borisova N.M., Shapovalenko I.V.

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Scope for latitudinal extension of reef corals is species specific by Joshua Madin, Andrew Allen, Andrew Baird, John Pandolfi, Brigitte Sommer

“…The factors that limit the current range extent of corals remain elusive, but they are likely species-specific and will require much further research to elucidate.…”
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Maternal Mortality in the Context of the Aging Female Population in Moscow by A. A. Savina, V. N. Arkhangelskiy, E. V. Zemlyanova

“…Maternal age at birth is one of the main factors affecting maternal mortality. The studies show that women under 20 and over 35 are at high risk of pregnancy and delivery complications. …”
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The effects of offering adequate-quality or high-quality colostrum on the passive immunity, health, growth, and fecal microbiome development of dairy heifer calves by Anna Flynn, John Leech, Marie McFadden, Catherine McAloon, John Paul Murphy, Fiona Crispie, Paul D. Cotter, Conor McAloon, Emer Kennedy

“…ABSTRACT: Colostrum quality is influenced by multiple factors, including its microbial load, which is determined by the cleanliness of collection and storage conditions. …”
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Deploying a GIS-based decision model for disaster management support bases (DMSBs) siting in urban environments based on ordered weighted average (OWA) procedure by Ghasem Alihosseini, Mehdi Gholamalifard, Parviz Jokar, Zahra Barzegar, Zohreh Hesami

“…The factors were standardized to ensure comparability by converting different computational units into uniform values. …”
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Peak-to-average power ratio reduction of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing signals using improved salp swarm optimization-based partial transmit sequence model by Vandana Tripathi, Prabhat Patel, Prashant Kumar Jain, Shailja Shukla

“…Several peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) reduction methods have been used in orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) applications. …”
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U-shaped association between average daily sleep duration and depression among individuals with hypertension: a cross-sectional study based on NHANES 2017–2020 by Zhimao Cai, Ye Ye, Sixia Chen, Hualang Cai, Jiashuang Lin, Hui Peng, Wei Yang, Lingli Zeng, Rourou Li, Mengjia Chen, Weifeng Chen

“…Depression was identified via the 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), with a cutoff score of ≥ 10.Logistic regression, curve-fitting analyses and threshold effects analyses were employed to evaluate the association between average daily sleep duration and depression after adjusting for confounding factors. …”
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Internality of Two-Measure-Based Generalized Gauss Quadrature Rules for Modified Chebyshev Measures II by Dušan Lj. Djukić, Rada M. Mutavdžić Djukić, Aleksandar V. Pejčev, Lothar Reichel, Miodrag M. Spalević, Stefan M. Spalević

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Assessing the Predictive Capabilities of Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average and Linear Regression Models for Acute Changes in Clinical and Selected Laboratory Parameters in C... by Sharmin Nahar Sharwardy, Hasan Sarwar, Mohammad Nurul Akhtar Hasan, Mohammad Zahidur Rahman

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Sense of Purpose in Life Predicts University Performance and Attrition by Jacob E Alderson, Nathan A Lewis, Patrick L Hill, Nicholas A Turiano

“…A sense of purpose in life is gaining increasing attention as a key individual difference factor to foster in university students. The current study examined whether a sense of purpose in life, a dispositional tendency to pursue goals and activities in line with one’s overarching life direction, predicted better academic success across several years of university. …”
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Personal and psychological qualities’ relationship of the head by S. L. Grigoryan

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Associations between number of steps and health outcomes in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Stefan Stojanović, Olena Andrieieva, Nebojša Trajković

“…However, due to a dearth of studies and conflicting results from current studies, no inferences can be drawn about the correlations between DNoS and sleep quality, quality of life, or cardiovascular risk factors (i.e., blood pressure). Across most of the studies, the average correlation between the DNoS and HO reflected a small, but significant, association with a small effect size. …”
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