Proximity extension assay reveals serum inflammatory biomarkers in two amyotrophic lateral sclerosis cohorts by Yujing Chen, Sujuan Sun, Ninglu Gao, Zetai Bai, Wenfei Yu, Bing Zhao, Yan Yun, Xiaohan Sun, Pengfei Lin, Wei Li, Yuying Zhao, Chuanzhu Yan, Shuangwu Liu

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Risk and protective factors for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in allergic rhinitis patients: a national survey in China by Xiaozhe Yang, Xiaozhe Yang, Xiaozhe Yang, Yutong Sima, Yutong Sima, Yutong Sima, Jinming Zhao, Jinming Zhao, Jinming Zhao, Jing Zhang, Jing Zhang, Jing Zhang, Xiangdong Wang, Xiangdong Wang, Xiangdong Wang, Luo Zhang, Luo Zhang, Luo Zhang, Luo Zhang

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Risk factors affecting polygenic score performance across diverse cohorts by Daniel Hui, Scott Dudek, Krzysztof Kiryluk, Theresa L Walunas, Iftikhar J Kullo, Wei-Qi Wei, Hemant Tiwari, Josh F Peterson, Wendy K Chung, Brittney H Davis, Atlas Khan, Leah C Kottyan, Nita A Limdi, Qiping Feng, Megan J Puckelwartz, Chunhua Weng, Johanna L Smith, Elizabeth W Karlson, Regeneron Genetics Center, Penn Medicine BioBank, Gail P Jarvik, Marylyn D Ritchie

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Cervical elastography at 18 to 23 weeks to predict spontaneous preterm birth in individuals with a history of preterm birthAJOG Global Reports at a Glance by Miranda K. Kiefer, DO, Jessica R. Russo, RDMS, Pamela M. Foy, MS, RDMS, Jiqiang Wu, MSc, Mark B. Landon, MD, Heather A. Frey, MD, MSCI

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Directional white-light emission from sintered carbon dot titanium dioxide structures based on near-field confinement by Dalei Wang, Xiaoxia Han, Hao Wang, Zenan Li, Zhaomin Chen, Qing Yang, Mingcheng Yang, Zexin Zhang, Yizhi Zhu, Jintao Tong, Jie Lin, Jingsong Huang, Daping Luo, Tao Wang, Wei Liu, Wenxue Li, Chunxiang Xu, Bin Dong, Zhenhui Kang

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Adolescent mental health before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic in Iceland: a repeated, cross-sectional, population-based studyResearch in context by Erin Haskell, Berglind Sigmarsdottir, Ingibjorg Eva Thorisdottir, Audun Valborgarson, Elena Bonilla Aparicio, Olli Kiviruusu, Jaana Suvisaari, Zheng Chang, Eivind Ystrom, Agnieszka Butwicka, Bryndis Bjork Asgeirsdottir, Heiddis Bjork Valdimarsdottir, Inga Dora Sigfusdottir, John Philip Allegrante, Thorhildur Halldorsdottir

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Role of follicle-stimulating hormone receptor polymorphism in predicting ovarian response to letrozole in women with polycystic ovary syndrome during ovulation induction by Xiuxian Zhu, Xiuxian Zhu, Xiuxian Zhu, Qiaoling Wang, Qiaoling Wang, Jingwen Lang, Jingwen Lang, Yunqing Zhi, Yunqing Zhi, Yonglun Fu, Yonglun Fu, Shihua Bao, Shihua Bao

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The Radio Spectra of High-luminosity Compact Symmetric Objects: Implications for Studies of Compact Jetted Active Galactic Nuclei by P. V. de la Parra, A. C. S Readhead, T. Herbig, S. Kiehlmann, M. L. Lister, V. Pavlidou, R. A. Reeves, A. Siemiginowska, A. G. Sullivan, T. Surti, A. Synani, K. Tassis, G. B. Taylor, P. N. Wilkinson, M. F. Aller, R. D. Blandford, N. Globus, C. R. Lawrence, B. Molina, S. O’Neill, T. J. Pearson

“…We find that the high-frequency spectral indices of CSO-2s span −1.3 < α _hi < −0.3 and hence that radio spectral signatures cannot be used to discriminate definitively between CSO-2s, binary galactic nuclei, and millilensed objects, unless they have α _hi > −0.3.…”
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Insights into gender-equity in healthcare accessibility in northern Nigeria: descriptive and predictive approaches by Chika Yinka-Banjo, Olasupo Ajayi, Mary Akinyemi, David Tresner-Kirsch, Adekemi Omotubora

“…Authors: Chika Yinka-Banjo1, Olasupo Ajayi2, Mary Akinyemi3, David Tresner-Kirsch4, and Adekemi Omotubora5 Affiliation: 1 Department of Computer Sciences, University of Lagos, Lagos 101017, Nigeria.  2 CAESAR Lab, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada.  3 Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN 37044 USA. 4 Nivi, Inc., 40 Tall Pine Drive, Sudbury, MA 01776 USA and also Department of Computer Science, Brandeis University, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA 02453 USA. 5 Department of Commercial & Industrial Law, University of Lagos, Lagos 101017, Nigeria.   …”
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Evaluation of parenting interventions for those with additional health and social care needs during pregnancy: THRIVE a multi-arm RCT with embedded economic and process components by Marion Henderson, Anja Wittkowski, Katie Buston, Karen Crawford, Alice MacLachlan, Alex McConnachie, Emma McIntosh, Claudia-Martina Messow, Catherine Nixon, Rosaleen O’Brien, Shona Shinwell, Daniel Wight, Yiqiao Xin, Rachel Calam, Ruth Dundas, James Law, Helen Minnis, Lucy Thompson, Philip Wilson

“…Binary as ETPB versus MB (on subgroup receiving any active intervention). …”
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Possible Misdiagnosis of Myocardial Infarction Using Regulatory‐Approved and Close‐to‐Bioequivalent Upper Limits of Normal for Cardiac Troponin by Karin Wildi, Maria Rubini Gimenez, Jasper Boeddinghaus, Thomas Nestelberger, Pedro Lopez‐Ayala, Luca Koechlin, Mareike Gerstenberger, Naomi Carter, Paolo Bima, Jonas Glaeser, Carlos Spagnuolo, Oscar Miró, F. Javier Martín‐Sánchez, Michael Christ, Dagmar I. Keller, Danielle M. Gualandro, Damian Kawecki, Katharina Rentsch, Felix Mahfoud, Christian Mueller

“…Findings were confirmed in a sensitivity analysis among all level pairs with final diagnosis of AMI (mismatches in 7.3%–20.5%). Conclusions Current regulatory‐approved uniform and sex‐specific ULNs for hs‐cTnT/I result in discordances in binary assay results, possibly impacting the diagnosis of AMI. …”
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Study on the Compatibility of C₆F₁₂O Gas Mixture with EPDM by Shuangshuang TIAN, Benli LIU, Guangyu DENG, Xiaoxing ZHANG, Huihui LI, Weihao LIU, Hui CHEN

“…The Flory–Huggins interaction parameter (<inline-formula><tex-math id="Z-20240912143141">$\chi $</tex-math><alternatives><graphic specific-use="online" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="202300004_Z-20240912143141.jpg"/><graphic specific-use="print" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="202300004_Z-20240912143141.png"/></alternatives></inline-formula>) quantifies alterations in molecular interaction energy during miscibility and aids in determining the solubility of binary mixtures. …”
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Prevalence and factors associated with knowledge of HIV Self-Test kit and HIV-Self Testing among Ghanaian women: multi-level analyses using the 2022 Ghana demographic and health su... by Timothy Yao Akweh, Eunice Adoku, Felix Mbiba, Felix Teyko, Theodora Yayra Brinsley, Bright Atta Boakye, Richard Gyan Aboagye, Hubert Amu

“…This may impede the achievement of SDG 3.3 which seeks to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030. …”
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Maternal body mass index, gestational weight gain, and the risk of overweight and obesity across childhood: An individual participant data meta-analysis. by Ellis Voerman, Susana Santos, Bernadeta Patro Golab, Pilar Amiano, Ferran Ballester, Henrique Barros, Anna Bergström, Marie-Aline Charles, Leda Chatzi, Cécile Chevrier, George P Chrousos, Eva Corpeleijn, Nathalie Costet, Sarah Crozier, Graham Devereux, Merete Eggesbø, Sandra Ekström, Maria Pia Fantini, Sara Farchi, Francesco Forastiere, Vagelis Georgiu, Keith M Godfrey, Davide Gori, Veit Grote, Wojciech Hanke, Irva Hertz-Picciotto, Barbara Heude, Daniel Hryhorczuk, Rae-Chi Huang, Hazel Inskip, Nina Iszatt, Anne M Karvonen, Louise C Kenny, Berthold Koletzko, Leanne K Küpers, Hanna Lagström, Irina Lehmann, Per Magnus, Renata Majewska, Johanna Mäkelä, Yannis Manios, Fionnuala M McAuliffe, Sheila W McDonald, John Mehegan, Monique Mommers, Camilla S Morgen, Trevor A Mori, George Moschonis, Deirdre Murray, Carol Ní Chaoimh, Ellen A Nohr, Anne-Marie Nybo Andersen, Emily Oken, Adriëtte J J M Oostvogels, Agnieszka Pac, Eleni Papadopoulou, Juha Pekkanen, Costanza Pizzi, Kinga Polanska, Daniela Porta, Lorenzo Richiardi, Sheryl L Rifas-Shiman, Luca Ronfani, Ana C Santos, Marie Standl, Camilla Stoltenberg, Elisabeth Thiering, Carel Thijs, Maties Torrent, Suzanne C Tough, Tomas Trnovec, Steve Turner, Lenie van Rossem, Andrea von Berg, Martine Vrijheid, Tanja G M Vrijkotte, Jane West, Alet Wijga, John Wright, Oleksandr Zvinchuk, Thorkild I A Sørensen, Debbie A Lawlor, Romy Gaillard, Vincent W V Jaddoe

“…We observed that higher maternal pre-pregnancy BMI and gestational weight gain both in clinical categories and across their full ranges were associated with higher risks of childhood overweight/obesity, with the strongest effects in late childhood (odds ratios [ORs] for overweight/obesity in early, mid, and late childhood, respectively: OR 1.66 [95% CI: 1.56, 1.78], OR 1.91 [95% CI: 1.85, 1.98], and OR 2.28 [95% CI: 2.08, 2.50] for maternal overweight; OR 2.43 [95% CI: 2.24, 2.64], OR 3.12 [95% CI: 2.98, 3.27], and OR 4.47 [95% CI: 3.99, 5.23] for maternal obesity; and OR 1.39 [95% CI: 1.30, 1.49], OR 1.55 [95% CI: 1.49, 1.60], and OR 1.72 [95% CI: 1.56, 1.91] for excessive gestational weight gain). …”
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Association between the triglyceride to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio and type 2 diabetes mellitus in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease by Liya Bian, Ting Tang, Qingwen Yu, Xuhan Tong, Siqi Hu, Yao You, Shenghui Zhang, Hu Wang, Xinyan Fu, Juan Chen, Xingwei Zhang, Mingwei Wang, Pengwei Zhang

“…We retrospectively studied 4,769 patients with NAFLD from the Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University (2020–2023). Binary logistic regression models were used to evaluate the association between the TG/HDL-C ratio and lipid parameters with T2DM. …”
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Preparation of Superhydrophobic P-TiO₂-SiO₂/HDTMS Self-Cleaning Coatings with UV-Aging Resistance by Acid Precipitation Method by Le Zhang, Ying Liu, Xuefeng Bai, Hao Ding, Xuan Wang, Daimei Chen, Yihe Zhang

“…The results indicated that amorphous nano-SiO₂ was coated on the P-TiO₂ surface, forming a micro–nano binary structure, which was the essential structure to form superhydrophobic coatings. …”
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Radiomics-driven neuro-fuzzy framework for rule generation to enhance explainability in MRI-based brain tumor segmentation by Leondry Mayeta-Revilla, Leondry Mayeta-Revilla, Leondry Mayeta-Revilla, Leondry Mayeta-Revilla, Eduardo P. Cavieres, Eduardo P. Cavieres, Eduardo P. Cavieres, Matías Salinas, Matías Salinas, Matías Salinas, Diego Mellado, Diego Mellado, Diego Mellado, Diego Mellado, Sebastian Ponce, Sebastian Ponce, Sebastian Ponce, Sebastian Ponce, Francisco Torres Moyano, Francisco Torres Moyano, Francisco Torres Moyano, Francisco Torres Moyano, Steren Chabert, Steren Chabert, Steren Chabert, Marvin Querales, Marvin Querales, Julio Sotelo, Rodrigo Salas, Rodrigo Salas, Rodrigo Salas

“…Classification tasks yielded accuracies of 95.43% for binary (healthy vs. tumor) and 92.14% for multi-class (healthy vs. tumor core vs. edema) problems. …”
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Changes in parental smoking during pregnancy and risks of adverse birth outcomes and childhood overweight in Europe and North America: An individual participant data meta-analysis... by Elise M Philips, Susana Santos, Leonardo Trasande, Juan J Aurrekoetxea, Henrique Barros, Andrea von Berg, Anna Bergström, Philippa K Bird, Sonia Brescianini, Carol Ní Chaoimh, Marie-Aline Charles, Leda Chatzi, Cécile Chevrier, George P Chrousos, Nathalie Costet, Rachel Criswell, Sarah Crozier, Merete Eggesbø, Maria Pia Fantini, Sara Farchi, Francesco Forastiere, Marleen M H J van Gelder, Vagelis Georgiu, Keith M Godfrey, Davide Gori, Wojciech Hanke, Barbara Heude, Daniel Hryhorczuk, Carmen Iñiguez, Hazel Inskip, Anne M Karvonen, Louise C Kenny, Inger Kull, Debbie A Lawlor, Irina Lehmann, Per Magnus, Yannis Manios, Erik Melén, Monique Mommers, Camilla S Morgen, George Moschonis, Deirdre Murray, Ellen A Nohr, Anne-Marie Nybo Andersen, Emily Oken, Adriëtte J J M Oostvogels, Eleni Papadopoulou, Juha Pekkanen, Costanza Pizzi, Kinga Polanska, Daniela Porta, Lorenzo Richiardi, Sheryl L Rifas-Shiman, Nel Roeleveld, Franca Rusconi, Ana C Santos, Thorkild I A Sørensen, Marie Standl, Camilla Stoltenberg, Jordi Sunyer, Elisabeth Thiering, Carel Thijs, Maties Torrent, Tanja G M Vrijkotte, John Wright, Oleksandr Zvinchuk, Romy Gaillard, Vincent W V Jaddoe

“…However, the corresponding risk estimates were smaller than for women who continued the same amount of cigarettes throughout pregnancy (OR 1.89 [95% CI 1.52-2.34] instead of OR 2.20 [95% CI 2.02-2.42] when reducing from 5-9 to ≤4 cigarettes/day; OR 2.79 [95% CI 2.39-3.25] and OR 1.93 [95% CI 1.46-2.57] instead of OR 2.95 [95% CI 2.75-3.15] when reducing from ≥10 to 5-9 and ≤4 cigarettes/day, respectively [P values < 0.001]). …”
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Internet addiction and its association with quality of life in college students: a network perspective by Li-Ya A, Li-Ya A, Li-Ya A, Meng-Yi Chen, Meng-Yi Chen, Yuan-Yuan Jiang, Yuan-Yuan Jiang, Hui-Ting Huang, Hui-Ting Huang, Shou Liu, Yuan Feng, Xiao-Li Zhang, Xiao-Li Zhang, Zhaohui Su, Teris Cheung, Chee H. Ng, Yu-Tao Xiang, Yu-Tao Xiang, Gang Wang

“…The symptom “Form new relationships with online users” (IAT4) had the strongest direct positive relationship with QoL, while “Sleep loss” (IAT14) and “Prefer the excitement online to the time with others” (IAT3) had the strongest direct negative relationship with QoL.ConclusionInternet addiction was common among Chinese college students. …”
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The prevalence of risky sexual behaviors among youth center reproductive health clinics users and non-users in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A comparative cross-sectional study. by Nigusie Fetene, Wubegzier Mekonnen

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