The neighborhood energy balance equation: does neighborhood food retail environment + physical activity environment = obesity? The CARDIA study. by Janne Boone-Heinonen, Ana V Diez-Roux, David C Goff, Catherine M Loria, Catarina I Kiefe, Barry M Popkin, Penny Gordon-Larsen

“…Using regression with fixed effects for individuals, we modeled time-lagged BMI as a function of food and PA resource density (counts per population) and neighborhood development intensity (a composite density score). …”
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Societal Well-Being Perceptions and Social Justice Assessments among Russian University Students: the Nature of the Relationship in the Context of New Challenges by Tatiana M. Dadaeva, Natalya P. Kasatkina, Nataliya V. Shumkova

“…A strong positive correlation was identified between subjective well-being and perceptions of social justice (ρ = 0.63; p 0.001). The regression model (R² = 0.216; p 0.001) confirmed the influence of social trust (β = 0.220), and the Sobel test verified its mediating role (accounting for 29.2 % of the effect). …”
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Non-compaction cardiomyopathy. Part I: clinical and genetic heterogeneity and predictors of unfavorable prognosis by T. G. Vaikhanskaya, L. N. Sivitskaya, T. V. Kurushko, T. V. Rusak, O. D. Levdansky, N. G. Danilenko, O. G. Davydenko

“…Adverse cardiovascular events were taken as the composite end point: life-threatening VTA, death, heart transplantation.Results. …”
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Prognostic significance of a combination of novel biomarkers in the long-term stratification of adverse outcomes in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction by D. F. Gareeva, A. F. Khamitova, I. A. Lakman, R. P. Ronzhin, R. Kh. Zulkarneev, M. R. Plotnikova, E. L. Tulbaev, L. J. Motloch, N. Sh. Zagidullin

“…The most accurate prediction of CVE was shown in the model with three biomarkers (AIC=831, BIC=843, LR=12,45, p=0,033). …”
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Paleoenvironmental controls on organic-rich lithofacies of Eocene saline lacustrine in the Chentuokou Depression, Jianghan Basin by Yingyue YU, Shiqiang WU, Youheng ZHENG, Libin GUO

“…Objective It is of great significance for shale oil exploration to clarify the controlling factors of the organic-rich shale lithofacies with low content of gypsum and salt. Methods Well C1 penetrated stratigraphic unit of the Xingouzui Formationin the Chentuokou Depression, Jianghan Basin was studied. …”
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Dietary antioxidants and mortality in early-stage CKM syndrome: insights from NHANES by Lincheng Duan, Hong Yang, Zhuoyang Chen, Junxin Zhao, Jingyi Yang, Dingjun Cai

“…Methods We analyzed data from 7,642 CKM 0–3 stage patients from the NHANES 2007–2018 cohort. …”
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The CRP–albumin–lymphocyte index provides enhanced prognostic value in liver cancer compared to the TNM staging system by Hong Zhao, Bing Yin, Xiang-Rui Li, Xiao-Yue Liu, Zhao-Ting Bu, Han-Ping Shi

“…Kaplan–Meier survival analysis, restricted cubic spline (RCS) functions, and multivariate Cox regression models were utilized to determine the prognostic significance of the CALLY index. …”
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Intrinsic capacity trajectories and cardiovascular disease incidence among Chinese older adults: a population-based prospective cohort study by Zhiting Guo, Yuling Chen, Binu Koirala, Jiaying Li, Yingying Jia, Cheryl R. Dennison Himmelfarb, Jingfen Jin

“…Abstract Background Intrinsic capacity (IC), a composite of physical and mental capacities, is a marker of healthy aging. …”
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Clustering-aided prediction of outcomes in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis by Lijun Wang, Peitao Wu, Yi Liu, Divya C Patel, Thomas B Leonard, Hongyu Zhao

“…Methods The IPF-PRO Registry enrolled patients with IPF at 46 sites across the US. …”
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Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Propensity to Cheat Scale Validation in the Ethiopian Public Higher Education Institutions [version 3; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with res... by Tesfaye Semela, Samuel Assefa, Dame Taye

“…The average variance extracted (AVE) and composite reliability values also supported the scale’s convergent validity. …”
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Exploratory analysis of the potential disconnect between objective inflammatory response and clinical response following certolizumab pegol treatment in patients with active axial... by Filip van den Bosch, Martin Rudwaleit, Helena Marzo-Ortega, Natasha de Peyrecave, Victoria Navarro-Compán, Lars Bauer, Rachel Tham, Thomas Kumke, Mindy Kim

“…Introduction This post hoc analysis evaluated the relationship between objective measures of inflammation and clinical outcomes following 12 weeks of certolizumab pegol (CZP) treatment in patients with active axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA).Methods We report the proportion of patients achieving ≥50% and ≥75% improvements in clinical composite outcome measures of disease activity (Axial Spondyloarthritis Disease Activity Score [ASDAS], Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index [BASDAI]) and objective measures of inflammation (C reactive protein [CRP], Ankylosing Spondylitis spine MRI score [ASspiMRI-a] Berlin score and Spondyloarthritis Research Consortium of Canada [SPARCC] MRI Sacroiliac Joints [SIJ] score) following 12 weeks of CZP treatment. …”
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Synthesis and multifaceted evaluation of novel AgCZ nanocomposite for targeted anti-angiogenic cancer therapy by Yasser Hussein Issa Mohammed, Ahmed Hassen Shntaif, Ahd A. Mansour, Samia Alrabghi, Saad Alghamdi, Naeem F Qusty, Mazen Almehmadi, Abdulelah Aljuaid, Naif Alsiwiehri, Mamdouh Allahyani, Amirah Albaqami, Samiha Salmaoui, Sadeq K. Alhag, Ahmed M. Senan

“…The nanocomposite was synthesized via a glycine-assisted combustion method, and its physicochemical properties were meticulously characterized using advanced analytical techniques. …”
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ROS‐Activated Nanohydrogel Scaffolds with Multi‐Factors Controlled Release for Targeted Dual‐Lineage Repair of Osteochondral Defects by Xiuhui Wang, Shunli Wu, Ruiyang Li, Huijian Yang, Yue Sun, Zijie Cao, Xiao Chen, Yan Hu, Hao Zhang, Zhen Geng, Long Bai, Zhongmin Shi, Ke Xu, Hongbo Tan, Jiacan Su

“…Herein, ROS‐activated nanohydrogels composite bilayer scaffolds with multi‐factors controlled release are rationally designed using the combination of 3D printing and gelatin placeholder methods. …”
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Benchmarking Differential Abundance Tests for 16S microbiome sequencing data using simulated data based on experimental templates. by Eva Kohnert, Clemens Kreutz

“…However, the statistical interpretation of microbiome data is challenged by inherent sparsity and compositional nature, necessitating tailored DA methods. …”
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Control Indicators for Typical Persistent Organic Pollutants in Lake Sediments by LUO Xi, XIE Xiao-jing, XU Cheng-jian, ZHANG Lu, YAN Dan, TANG Qiang

“…[Methods] A systematic analysis was conducted on the distribution characteristics and ecological risks of three typical pollutants: dioxins, methylmercury, and short-chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs). …”
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Psychometric properties of the pain anxiety symptom scale among postoperative patients in Amol, Iran by Hamid Sharif-Nia, Hamid Sharif-Nia, Erika Sivarajan Froelicher, Erika Sivarajan Froelicher, João Marôco, Esmaeil Hoseinzadeh, Sima Hejazi, Sima Hejazi, Reza Fatehi, Poorya Nowrozi, Bita Mohammadi

“…Also, after necessary modifications during confirmatory factor analysis, the final model was approved. As for reliability, the Cronbach’s alpha, composite reliability, and MaxR for all constructs were greater than 0.7, demonstrating good internal consistency and construct reliability.ConclusionAccording to the results, the Persian version of the Pain Anxiety Symptom Scale has a valid structure and acceptable reliability. …”
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The result of prospective evaluation of 3-dimensional printing–aided extensive thoracoabdominal aorta repairCentral MessagePerspective by Sung Jun Park, MD, PhD, Jin Kyung Kim, MD, Hong Rae Kim, MD, PhD, Taehun Kim, MS, Sangwook Lee, MS, Guk Bae Kim, PhD, Dong Hyun Yang, MD, PhD, Joon Bum Kim, MD, PhD

“…Guidance models were 3D-printed based on preoperative computed tomography, and multibranched aortic grafts were manually constructed upon this model before surgery. …”
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Prognostic significance of troponin I in assessing cardiovascular risk in the Russian population. Data from ESSE-RF1 and ESSE-RF2 multicenter studies by O. M. Drapkina, S. A. Shalnova, A. V. Kontsevaya, V. A. Kutsenko, A. V. Kapustina, Yu. A. Balanova, S. E. Evstifeeva, A. A. Ivanova, A. E. Imaeva, N. V. Makogon, V. A. Metelskaya, G. A. Muromtseva, E. M. Filichkina, E. B. Yarovaya

“…Adding the hs-cTnI level to the SCORE model makes the risk prediction more accurate.…”
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Investigating context-specific sedentary behaviours and cardiometabolic health in college-based young adults (CONTEXT-SB): a protocol for a longitudinal observational study by Justin B Moore, Lee Stoner, Craig Paterson, Feng-Chang Lin, Emma Cowley, Michelle L Meyer, Jake Christopher Diana, Aiden James Chauntry, Jeb F Struder, Patricia Pagan-Lassalle, Erik D Hanson

“…Two laboratory visits will occur, spaced 12 months apart, where a novel composite CMD risk score (eg, arterial stiffness, metabolic and inflammatory biomarkers, heart rate variability and body fat distribution) will be calculated, and questionnaires to measure lifestyle behaviours and levels of the socioecological model will be administered. …”
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Characteristics and mental health of psychedelic mushroom and multi-psychedelic users relative to non-psychedelic users in American adults, 2020–2021 by Sofia Abramsky-Sze, Elliot Marseille, Richard Matzopoulos, Richard Matzopoulos, Robert Morlock, Leonard Lerer

“…A multivariate linear regression model controlling for past-year depression, past-year anxiety, age, region, ethnicity, sex, educational attainment, employment, and psychedelic use predicted mental health composite scores (MCS).ResultsOf the 6,869 participants included in the dataset, 256 (3.7%) reported using psychedelics in the last 12 months. …”
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