DPF-Bi-RRT^*: An Improved Path Planning Algorithm for Complex 3D Environments With Adaptive Sampling and Dual Potential Field Strategy by Lin Ge, Swee King Phang, Nohaidda Sariff

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Features Image Matchingof SUＲF and ＲANSAC by WANG Wei-bing, BAI Xiao-ling, XU Qian

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Hilbert Convex Similarity for Highly Secure Random Distribution of Patient Privacy Steganography by Hussein K. Alzubaidy, Dhiah Al-Shammary, Mohammed Hamzah Alsalihi, Ayman Ibaida, Khandakar Ahmed

“…Based on Hilbert Random Secure Distribution, a novel data-hiding method for embedding secret information about the patient in a cover image MRI sample has been proposed. …”
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Standardized quantification of pulmonary fibrosis in histological samples by Ralf-Harto Hübner, Wolfram Gitter, Nour Eddine El Mokhtari, Micaela Mathiak, Marcus Both, Hendrik Bolte, Sandra Freitag-Wolf, Burkhard Bewig

“…We modified the Ashcroft scale by precisely defining the assignment of grades from 0 to 8 for the increasing extent of fibrosis in lung histological samples. Thirty-two observers were randomly assigned to evaluate 108 photographs of slides using either the Ashcroft scale or the modified scale. …”
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Immune Cell-Mediated Effect of Lipid Profile on Colorectal Cancer: A Two-Step, Two-Sample Mendelian Randomization Study by Wanli GONG, Yaqi HOU, Yue WANG, Yuan LI, Rongxuan QI, Qi YU, Juan ZHANG

“…ObjectiveTo elucidate the bidirectional causal relationship between lipid profiles and colorectal cancer (CRC) by using the two-sample and two-step Mendelian randomization (MR) methods, and to explore the mediating role and proportion of immune cells as intermediary factors. …”
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Causal Link of Distinct Mental Disorders with Androgenetic Alopecia and Alopecia Areata: A Bidirectional Two-Sample Mendelian Randomization Study by Hu C, Cheng Z, Tao Y, Zhang L, Zhang Y, Chen Z

“…We aimed to investigate whether and in which direction there is a causal link of distinct mental disorders with androgenetic alopecia (AGA) and alopecia areata (AA) in European population.Methods: We performed a bidirectional two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) study to test their causality using summary statistics. …”
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Genetic Association Between Serum Calcium, Potassium Levels, and Rosacea: Evidence from a Two-Sample Mendelian Randomization Study by Zhang Y, Zhang X, Dong J, Liu F

“…This study aimed to explore the causality of associations between Calcium, Copper, Selenium, Zinc, Iron, Potassium and Magnesium with the risk of rosacea.Patients and Methods: This was a two-sample Mendelian Randomization (MR) study that used data from genome-wide association studies (GWAS) on serum levels of selected micronutrients as exposure and rosacea as the outcome. …”
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A two-sample Mendelian randomization study of atrial fibrillation screening, risk factor analysis, and serum uric acid levels by Zhenhua Shi, Wuming Hu, Kexing Ye, Ranran Xia

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Potential Causal Relationship Between Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Diabetes: A Bidirectional Two-Sample Mendelian Randomization Study by Wang X, Chen X, Feng R, Jiang H, Liu W

“…However, their causal relationship still needs to be confirmed.Methods: We conducted a comprehensive bidirectional two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis to evaluate the causal links between COPD and both type 1 diabetes (T1D) and T2D by using genome-wide association study (GWAS) summary statistics in European and Asian populations. …”
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Plasma tissue factor as a promising marker in multiple sclerosis: Evidence from a two-sample Mendelian randomization study by Pan Rui, Wang Aiqi, Li Yaqi, Xie Qizhi, Lin Meihua, Li Jiayi, Shi Xiaolei

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Effectiveness of the acceptance and commitment therapy for resilience promotion in a non-clinical sample: A randomized controlled and a pilot study by Engin Büyüköksüz

“…However, given the small sample size and baseline differences between groups, these findings should be interpreted with caution and warrant further investigation with larger, more diverse populations.…”
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Causal relationship between COVID-19, vaccination, and 20 digestive diseases: a comprehensive two-sample Mendelian randomization study by Xin Zeng, Xiang Li, Yansong Fu, Jie Chen, Keyi Yang, Hong Qin

“…In this study, we investigated the associations between multiple COVID−19 infection phenotypes, vaccination, and 20 common digestive diseases, and explored their causal relationships through extensive Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis. Methods For individuals of European descent, we conducted an extensive two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis using genome-wide association study (GWAS) data. …”
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Association Between Gut Microbiota and Chronic Kidney Disease: A Two-Sample Mendelian Randomization Study in a Chinese Population by Wenjian Lin, Zixin Liang, Junxuan Fang, Yu Liu, Lei Lei, Jiawen Lin, Bin Xia, Zhihua Zheng, Jingqiu Yuan, Chun Tang

“…<b>Materials and Methods:</b> We conducted a two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) study using summary statistics of 500 gut microbial features (9 phyla, 3 classes, 14 orders, 32 families, 95 genera, 248 species, and 99 gut metabolic modules (GMMs)) from the 4D-SZ (from Shenzhen, China) discovery cohort (n = 1539). …”
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Causal effect of lipoprotein(a) level on chronic kidney disease of European ancestry: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study by Yunhui Zhu, Songzan Chen, Zhebin Chen, Yao Wang, Guosheng Fu, Wenbin Zhang

“…We designed the bidirectional two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analyses. The estimates were computed using inverse-variance weighted (IVW), simple median, weighted median, and maximum likelihood. …”
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Association Between Hypoxia‐Inducible Factor‐1α and Neurological Diseases: A Bidirectional Two‐Sample Mendelian Randomization Analysis by Jing Liang, Xiaoyan Du, Mengfei Wang, Hongqin Zheng, Yang Sun, Yi Lin

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Causal Relationship Between Sex Hormone Binding Globulin and Obstetrical Disorders: A Two-Sample Bidirectional Mendelian Randomization Study by Gan Y, Tan X, Tang Y, Shi Q, Qi H

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Causal relationship between molecular markers of biological aging and orthopedic diseases: A two-sample bidirectional Mendelian randomization study by Wei Yan, Yichen Zhao, Jiahui Zhang, Ping Jiang, Honghong Ma, Min Fang, Xiaobing Xi

“…Aims: This study aims to investigate the bidirectional causal relationship between molecular markers of biological aging age and orthopedic conditions. Methods: A two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis based on a genome-wide association study (GWAS) was conducted to explore these causal relationships. …”
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A causal inference study exploring the impact of iron status on the risk of thyroid cancer based on two-sample mendelian randomization by Yihan Shi, Wenlian Zheng, Guanglun Yang, Hong Liu, Lei Xing

“…Method Utilizing iron status-related Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms as instrumental variables, the research analyzed summary data on iron status and thyroid cancer from Genome-Wide Association Studies following the Two-sample Mendelian randomization guidelines, primarily using the Inverse-variance weighted method, with Mendelian randomization-Egger method, weighted median method, simple mode, and weighted mode as supplementary analyses. …”
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Common sleep characteristics and the risk of common perinatal complications and adverse outcomes: a multi-sample, bidirectional Mendelian randomization study by Ning Wang, Ting Wang, Meiling Tang, Biqi Zu, Jiamiao Chen

“…A two-sample Mendelian randomization analysis was performed to infer causal effects. …”
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Genetic correlations and causal associations between BMI, HDL-C, and postoperative infections: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study by Tao Yang, Zhe Chen, Daiyin Cao, Wenliang Song, Jinlong Jiang, Xiaoxun Ma, Zhi Mao, Xiangdong Guan, Jianfeng Wu, Rui Shi, Xiang Si

“…In this Mendelian randomization (MR) study, we utilized genome-wide association study (GWAS) data from the Global Lipids Genetics Consortium and FinnGen database, treating lipids and BMI as exposures. …”
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