Urban mobility under armed conflict: shifts in mode preferences and public transport fare behaviors by Oleksandr Rossolov, Natalia Potaman, Olena Levchenko, Yusak O. Susilo

“…Behavioral data was collected via an online survey, yielding a final sample of 213 respondents. The analysis covers a multimodal transportation system that comprises metro, bus, trolleybus, tram, private car, bicycle, and walking modes. …”
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Association between serum hypertriglyceridemia and hematological indices: data mining approaches by Somayeh Ghiasi Hafezi, Amin Mansoori, Alireza Kooshki, Marzieh Hosseini, Sahar Ghoflchi, Mark Ghamsary, Gordon Ferns, Habibollah Esmaily, Majid Ghayour-Mobarhan

“…This study was carried out to assess the potential relation between the concentration of TG and hematological factors. Method Our sample size was 9704 participants beginning in 2007 and ending in 2020 aged between 35 and 65 years, sourced from the MASHAD cohort (northeastern Iran). …”
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Landslide Risk Assessment as a Reference for Disaster Prevention and Mitigation: A Case Study of the Renhe District, Panzhihua City, China by Yimeng Zhou, Lei Xue, Hao Ding, Haoyu Wang, Kun Huang, Longfei Li, Zhuan Li

“…Firstly, based on 190 landslide points and 10 influencing factors, the landslide hazard was assessed using three models: random forest (RF), eXtreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost), and Tabular Prior-data Fitted Network (TabPFN). …”
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*SMARTSIM* A multicenter prospective randomized trial of 3D virtual reality versus traditional patient simulation by Erin Donathan, Andrea LaLumia, Charles Foat, Nigel Barr, David I. Page

“…Methods Students selected from a convenience sample of 11 cohorts in 10 accredited programs distributed across the United States were allocated to 2 groups using a stratified random sampling. …”
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A study on the effectiveness of machine learning models for hepatitis prediction by Popy Khatun, Shafeel Umam, Rubaiya Binte Razzak, Iffat Binta Shamsuddin, Nahid Salma

“…The study utilized the hepatitis dataset from the UCI repository, which includes 155 participants and 20 attributes related to demographics, clinical data, and laboratory results. Given the limited sample size, we adopted a diverse set of machine learning techniques to mitigate the risk of overfitting and improve generalizability. …”
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The effectiveness of vitamin D 2000 IU as add-on therapy for painful diabetic neuropathy patients: randomized controlled trial by Rizaldy Taslim Pinzon, Angela

“…Sampling was conducted using a consecutive sampling technique. …”
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Causal analysis of education attainment and brain structure in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a Mendelian randomization study by Shaochu Zheng, Xiaotong Liu, Jinliang Kong, Jing Luo

“…Methods First, we performed a two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis to investigate the relationship between educational attainment and COPD. …”
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Efficacy of Adjuvant Yoga Therapy for Cognition in Schizophrenia: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials by Daiveek G. Pattanashetty, Shivarama Varambally, Hemant Bhargav

“…Conclusion: The results of the meta-analysis should be interpreted with caution owing to the low power, small sample size, methodological limitations in the included studies, and hence high likelihood of type II error. …”
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The Effect of Combined Patching and Citalopram on Visual Acuity in Adults with Amblyopia: A Randomized, Crossover, Placebo-Controlled Trial by Alice K. Lagas, Joanna M. Black, Bruce R. Russell, Robert R. Kydd, Benjamin Thompson

“…Seven participants were randomized, fewer than our prespecified sample size of 20. …”
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Acupuncture therapy for sudden sensorineural hearing loss: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. by Xin-chang Zhang, Xiu-ping Xu, Wen-tao Xu, Wen-zhen Hou, Ying-ying Cheng, Chang-xi Li, Guang-xia Ni

“…However, given that there were fewer eligible RCTs and limitations in the included trials, such as methodological drawbacks and small sample sizes, large-scale RCTs are required to confirm the current findings regarding acupuncture therapy for SSHL.…”
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Mendelian randomization analysis reveals causal effects of migraine and its subtypes on early-onset ischemic stroke risk by Rui Zhang, Peng-Peng Niu, Shuo Li, Yu-Sheng Li

“…We aimed to investigate the causal effects of genetically determined migraine and its subtypes on the risk of early-onset ischemic stroke using the two-sample Mendelian randomization method. Genetic instrumental variables associated with migraine and its subtypes were acquired from two sources with the largest sample sizes available. …”
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Causal relationship between immune cells and risk of heart failure: evidence from a Mendelian randomization study by Wenjing Cao, Zefu Yang, Liumei Mo, Zhenhao Liu, Jiawei Wang, Zhenhong Zhang, Kui Wang, Wei Pan

“…In addition, we assessed heterogeneity and cross-sectional pleiotropy through sensitivity analyses.ResultsA two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis was conducted using IVW as the primary method. …”
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Study on the Load-Bearing Behavior of Underground Steel Structures with Pitting Corrosion Damage by Wei Wang, Junping Shi

“…In order to study the effect of random pitting defects on the bearing capacity of steel structures in underground engineering, four kinds of samples containing random pitting defects were made and simulated damage tests were carried out. …”
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Effects of 8 weeks plyometric training on injury prevention of domestic cricket players: A randomized clinical trial by Aqsa Safdar, Farhan Ahmad, Aisha Amin, Abdul Rehman, Hafiz Muhammad Abu Bakar Rashid

“…They were randomly allocated into the plyometric group (n=18) and a conventional group (n=18). …”
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Customer Lifetime Value Modeling via Two Stage Selected Trees Ensembles by Zardad Khan, Amjad Ali, Saeed Aldahmani, Henrik Nordmark, Berthold Lausen

“…Decision tree selection is done based on individual tree performance on independent samples, out-of-bag samples, and sub-samples for their inclusion in the final ensemble. …”
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Causal relationship between genetically predicted mental disorders and frailty: a bidirectional and multivariable mendelian randomization study by Wenxi Sun, Ping Sun, Sijia Tang, Xiaohui Wu, Jun Chen, Yiru Fang, Xiaobin Zhang

“…Methods We conducted a two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) study to assess the causal relationship between frailty, as measured by the frailty index (FI), and ten common mental disorders. …”
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UDP-Glucose Ceramide Glucosyltransferase Inhibition, Immune Cell Mediation, and Endometriosis Risk: A Mendelian Randomization Study by Xue L, Zhang R, Chen J, Ge X, Chen J

“…Therefore, in this study, we performed a two-sample, two-step Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis modeling genetic variation of UGCG inhibitors to investigate the causal relationship between genetically determined UGCG inhibition, EM, and mediation of immune cells.Methods: Two-sample MR was conducted using genome-wide association study data on UGCG inhibition and EM. …”
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Exploring the predictive values of SERP4 and FRZB in dilated cardiomyopathy based on an integrated analysis by Bin Qi, Hai-Yan Wang, Xiao Ma, Yu-Feng Chi, Chun Gui

“…Artificial neural networks were used to compare with known genes and to develop new diagnostic models. 240 population blood samples were collected and expression of hub genes was verified in these samples using RT-PCR and demonstrated by Nomogram. …”
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Bootstrapping Enhanced Model for Improving Soil Nitrogen Prediction Accuracy in Arid Wheat Fields by Qassim A. Talib Al-Shujairy, Suhad M. Al-Hedny, Mohammed A. Naser, Sadeq Muneer Shawkat, Ahmed Hatem Ali, Dinesh Panday

“…The performance of the proposed bootstrapping-enhanced random forest (RF) model was compared to standard RF models for soil N prediction, and outlier samples were analyzed to assess the impact of soil conditions on model performance. …”
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Evaluation of safe utilization of l-threonine for supplementation in healthy adults: a randomized double blind controlled trial by Hideki Matsumoto, Naoki Miura, Masaki Naito, Rajavel Elango

“…Healthy male adults (age 42.9) ingested randomly placebo or different doses of L-threonine (0, 3, 6, 9, 12 g/day) for 4 weeks using a crossover design. …”
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