Role of depressive symptoms on the development of pelvic girdle pain in pregnancy: A prospective inception cohort study by Teresa Algård, Paul Kalliokoski, Kerstin Ahlqvist, Angela Schlager, Per Kristiansson

“…Covariates for statistical adjustment were identified in a directed acyclic graph. Linear robust and logistic regression were used in the statistical analyses. …”
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The use of low-density EEG for the classification of PPA and MCI by Panteleimon Chriskos, Panteleimon Chriskos, Kyriaki Neophytou, Christos A. Frantzidis, Christos A. Frantzidis, Jessica Gallegos, Alexandros Afthinos, Chiadi U. Onyike, Argye Hillis, Panagiotis D. Bamidis, Kyrana Tsapkini, Kyrana Tsapkini

“…Utilizing the Relative Wavelet Entropy method, we derived (i) functional connectivity, (ii) graph theory metrics and extracted (iii) various energy rhythms. …”
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Characterizing the effects of age, puberty, and sex on variability in resting-state functional connectivity in late childhood and early adolescence by Kelly A. Duffy, Andrea Wiglesworth, Donovan J. Roediger, Ellery Island, Bryon A. Mueller, Monica Luciana, Bonnie Klimes-Dougan, Kathryn R. Cullen, Mark B. Fiecas

“…The present study aimed to investigate the unique and overlapping roles of these factors on dynamic FC in children aged approximately 9 to 14 in the ABCD Study using a sample of 5122 low-motion resting-state scans (from 4136 unique participants). …”
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An exploratory network analysis to investigate schizotypy’s structure using the ‘Multidimensional Schizotypy Scale’ and ‘Oxford-Liverpool Inventory’ in a healthy cohort by Pierfrancesco Sarti, Werner Surbeck, Giacomo Cecere, Noemi Dannecker, Rahel Horisberger, Nils Kallen, Wolfgang Omlor, Anna Steiner, Dario Palpella, Marius Brandenberg, Victoria Edkins, Nicolas Langer, Johanna M. C. Blom, Philipp Homan

“…This study investigates the structure of schizotypy using exploratory graph analysis (EGA) to analyse how the MSS and O-LIFE operationalise the construct in the same sample of German speakers. …”
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Geographic disparities in physical activity, sedentary behavior, sleep time, and gross motor skills in Nigerian preschoolers by John Oginni, Oluwayomi Aoko, Ekundayo Ajiborisade, Chukwuebuka Osuji, Anthony D. Okely, Kar Hau Chong, Penny L. Cross, Zan Gao

“…Participants wore ActiGraph GT3X+ accelerometers on their hips for at least 72 h per week. …”
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Association of end-tidal and venous carbon dioxide in intubated and ventilated children by Amir Hossein Jafari-Rouhi, Samad Shams Vahdati, Asghar Jafari-Rouhi, Amin Khameneh, Leila Vahedi, Reza Azadi, Naier Moharrami, Pooneh Navidi, Fatemeh Zeynalzadeh

“…Introduction: The end-tidal CO2 pressure (PetCO2) monitoring which is a non-invasive method than PvCO2 (venous pressure of carbon dioxide), could determinate a graph depicting the carbon dioxide concentration in blood. …”
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Phyto-synthesis, characterization of silver nanoparticles from mint leaf extract and its evaluation in antimicrobial and pharmacological applications by Wasim Akhtar, Muhammad Imran Hamza, Sidra Qayyum, Muhammad Azhar Khan, Naila Mukhtar, Asif Kamal, Rizwan Sarwar, Moona Nazish, Abdulwahed Fahad Alrefae, Mikhlid H. Almutairi, Muhammad Tahir Naseem

“…SEM micrograph represented the spherical, irregular, and aggregated nature of AgNPs. EDX graph evidenced 68.6% of elemental Ag sample material, hence confirming the phyto-reduction. …”
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Tuberculosis preventive therapy for people living with HIV: A systematic review and network meta-analysis. by Mercedes Yanes-Lane, Edgar Ortiz-Brizuela, Jonathon R Campbell, Andrea Benedetti, Gavin Churchyard, Olivia Oxlade, Dick Menzies

“…Of these, 20 studies (reporting 16 randomized trials) were included. The median sample size was 616 (interquartile range [IQR], 317 to 1,892). …”
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The impact of urbanization on land use land cover change using geographic information system and remote sensing: a case of Mizan Aman City Southwest Ethiopia by Addis Bikis, Muluye Engdaw, Digvijay Pandey, Binay Kumar Pandey

“…Sample household survey was focused on family size, education level, parcel, year of construction of the house, type of employment and monthly household income. …”
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Evaluation of the Effects of Garlic, Ginger and Turmeric on Selected Haematological Parameters in Wistar Rats by Anka, A. U. *1, Musa, B. O.P. 2, Ella, E. E. 3, Hassan, A. 4, Manko, M. 2, Umar, K. 1, Abdullahi, I.N. 1, Mohammed, M. 2, Ahmad, A. E. 1, Faruku, N. 1, Chiroma, F.A. 1, Suleiman, H.A. 1, & Salisu, S. 1

“…HBsAg was identified in all 71 cases (100%), HBeAg in 5 samples (7.04%), anti-HBs in 1 sample (1.41%), anti-HBe in 62 samples (87.32%), and anti-HBc in all 71 samples (100%). …”
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3D LiDAR motion distortion algorithm for open-pit coal mine by Hui LI, Minchao LI, Lizhen CUI, Baoliang MA, Qingyu ZHANG, Bingbing PAN

“…Building upon this foundation, our approach is leveraging full feature point matching to directly down sample and extract the point cloud from the LiDAR data. …”
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Risk factors analysis and nomogram development for myelosuppression in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma patients undergoing first-line chemotherapy: a dual-centre retrospective cohort... by Xuexing Wang, Rong Zhang, Haoling Xie, Jinsong Xu, Jie Chu, Chunmei Wei, Quanfang Chen

“…Future studies should focus on expanding the sample size and developing and validating the model in additional types of cancer.…”
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Association of PRKCQ variants with breast cancer susceptibility and clinicopathological features by Amna Hafeez, Maria Shabbir, Yasmin Badshah, Andleeb Farooq, Janeen H. Trembley, Tayyaba Afsar, Dara Aldisi, Suhail Razak

“…Statistical analyses, including Chi-square and Fisher’s exact tests, were applied using GraphPad Prism to assess associations between PRKCQ genotypes and clinical parameters such as TNM staging, molecular subtypes, and metastasis. …”
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Entity-level cross-modal fusion for multimodal chinese agricultural diseases and pests named entity recognition by Jingzhong Huang, Xia Hao, Yu Wang, Ruizhi Song, Zenan Mu, Wen Chu, Georgios Papadakis, Sijie Niu, Xuchao Guo

“…To validate the model's effectiveness, we constructed a multimodal NER dataset containing 12,074 sample pairs across 10 entity categories, covering 10 crops, 82 typical diseases/pests, and related agrochemical data. …”
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Comparative analysis of the Traditional, Reverse and European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control algorithms and utilization of WHO NET software for syphilis serodiagnosis in... by Abirami Lakshmy Jayachandran, Sankara Dhanapaul, Visuvasam Joshua, Balan Kandasamy

“…The coefficient of agreement (k value) was analyzed by using QuickCalcs GraphPad software. Results: A total of 1292 samples were tested, and 4 (0.3%) samples were reactive by traditional algorithm. …”
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Development of wireless electronic nose and using of remote monitoring by HU Ying, WANG Jun

“…The hardware part included selection of the components, structure and principle of graph nodes, in order to ensure the realization of the system. …”
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Tensile Strength, Cellular Content and Degradation properties in three generations of concentrated growth factors by Akram A. Alshirah, Mohamed H. Elnaem, Ziad Al-Ani, Malik Hudieb, Jeremy Hamilton, Deborah Lowry, Paul A. McCarron

“…This in vitro and ex vivo study investigates the impact of albumin (Alb-CGF) and albumin with SNP (Alb-CGF-SNP) on CGF’s mechanical properties, degradation rate, and cellular bioactivity. Methods Blood samples were collected from 15 healthy volunteers who met specific inclusion criteria, with the sample size determined using G*Power software for power calculation. …”
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Level of overweight and obesity surpassed underweight among women in 40 low and middle-income countries: Findings from a multilevel multinomial analysis of population survey data. by Kusse Urmale Mare, Kebede Gemeda Sabo, Beriso Furo Wengoro, Begetayinoral Kussia Lahole

“…<h4>Methods</h4>A secondary analysis of Demographic and Health Survey data from 40 low- and middle-income countries was performed using a weighted sample of 1,044,340 women of reproductive age. Forest plots and line graph were used to present the pooled and regional estimates of underweight and overweight and obesity. …”
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Fluorescence by 5-aminolevulinic acid-induced protoporphyrin IX varies in tumor and normal tissues during robot-assisted partial nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma by Takashi Matsuoka, Issei Suzuki, Ryosuke Suzuki, Arinobu Fukunaga, Yoichiro Tohi, Yoshio Sugino, Takuya Okada, Mutsushi Kawakita

“…Statistical analyses were performed using Mann‒Whitney U tests with GraphPad Prism 5. A p-value of less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant. …”
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Development of the composition and technology of a combined gel for the treatment of osteoarthritis with a pharmacological rationale for the content of components by U. V. Nogaeva, Ju. M. Kotsur, E. V. Flisyuk, D. Yu. Ivkin, E. D. Semivelichenko, I. A. Titovich, I. A. Narkevich, V. G. Antonov

“…For quantitative data, sample mean values (M) and standard deviations (SD) were calculated. …”
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