Antidepressant use and cognitive decline in patients with dementia: a national cohort study by Minjia Mo, Tamar Abzhandadze, Minh Tuan Hoang, Simona Sacuiu, Pol Grau Jurado, Joana B. Pereira, Luana Naia, Julianna Kele, Silvia Maioli, Hong Xu, Maria Eriksdotter, Sara Garcia-Ptacek

“…We used Cox proportional hazards models to calculate the hazard ratios for severe dementia (MMSE score < 10), fracture, and death. …”
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Continuous theta-burst stimulation demonstrates language-network-specific causal effects on syntactic processing by Chenyang Gao, Junjie Wu, Yao Cheng, Yuming Ke, Xingfang Qu, Mingchuan Yang, Gesa Hartwigsen, Luyao Chen

“…Second-order representational similarity analysis (RSA) results revealed that cTBS effects on IFG + pTL selectively depended on the hierarchical embedding depth, a key measure of syntactic hierarchical complexity, whereas the effects on IFG + SPL were sensitive to the dependency length, a crucial index reflecting the working memory load. …”
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Dietary intakes in relation to nutrition recommendations and dietary quality in an Iranian adult population: the results of the Food and Nutrition Surveillance (FNS) by Najmeh Seifi, Nasrin Talkhi, Zahra Khorasanchi, Sara Saffar Soflaei, Seyyed Reza Sobhani, Zahra Abdollahi, Ali Mottaghi Moghaddam Shahri, Maryam Mohammadi-BajgIran, Gordon A. Ferns, Habibollah Esmaily, Majid Ghayour-Mobarhan

“…The study included 1697 adults aged over18 years, selected from 11 geographical zones of Iran based on socio-economic and geographic similarities. …”
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Impact of childhood trauma on internet addiction in medical students： the mediating role of perceived stress by Peng Xiaohong, Liao Xiaoyuan, Wu Dantong, Zhou Yanyin, Liu Yelu, Wang Yuxiang, Zhang Luoya, Deng Juan, Peng Yanjie, Liu Kezhi, Chen Jing, Lei Wei

“…Pearson's correlation coefficients were calculated. The mediation effect of perceived stress in the relationship between childhood trauma and internet addiction was tested using Model 4 in the SPSS Process 4.1， and Bootstrapping procedure involving 5 000 replicates was employed to confirm the statistical significance.ResultsA total of 1 016 （82.47%） valid completed questionnaires were gathered. …”
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Hyperspectral imaging for precision nitrogen management: A comparative exploration of two methodological approaches to estimate optimal nitrogen rate in processing tomato by Vito Aurelio Cerasola, Francesco Orsini, Giuseppina Pennisi, Gaia Moretti, Stefano Bona, Francesco Mirone, Jochem Verrelst, Katja Berger, Giorgio Gianquinto

“…Considering the pivotal role of biomass in the selected N rate estimation approaches, two distinct biomass estimation methods were explored. …”
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Application Value of an AI-based Imaging Feature Parameter Model 
for Predicting the Malignancy of Part-solid Pulmonary Nodule by Mingzhi LIN, Yiming HUI, Bin LI, Peilin ZHAO, Zhizhong ZHENG, Zhuowen YANG, Zhipeng SU, Yuqi MENG, Tieniu SONG

“…Univariate analysis was used to screen significant variables; variance inflation factor (VIF) was calculated to exclude highly collinear variables, and LASSO regression was further applied to identify key features. …”
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Oil, Metal, and Agricultural Raw Material Prices in Global Markets and the Iranian Economy by simin akbari, Seyed aziz Arman, Abdolmajid Ahangari

“…Austria, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the Netherlands), Turkey, and South Korea from 2001 to 2022. The variables were selected based on  model of Pesaran et al. (2004). …”
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Research of the present situation and development trend of intelligent coal mine construction market by Lin ZHANG, Guofa WANG, Zhiguo LIU, Jiaxing FU, Dandan WANG, Yaqi HAO, Lingyu MENG, Jianzhong ZHANG, Zhaoyu ZHOU, Liang ZHANG, Jie QIN

“…Construct a six dimensional Porter diamond model based on production factors, demand conditions, supporting industries, enterprise strategies, industry opportunities, and government support policies to macroscopically analyze the competitive advantages of the coal mine intelligent construction market; Based on historical data such as the number of coal mines, production capacity, fixed assets investment in mining and dressing industry, total investment in intelligent construction, and construction results from 2013 to 2023, select data in different dimensions such as quantity indicators, production capacity indicators, and investment indicators, calculate the market penetration rate of intelligent construction of coal mines and perform curve fitting, and further modify the fitted curve according to the concentration of coal enterprise scale, concentration of coal production capacity distribution, and concentration of coal enterprise attributes; To further measure the market vitality of coal mine intelligent construction, taking the first batch of 71 intelligent demonstration coal mines in China as samples, the market capacity of coal mine intelligent construction from 2025 to 2035 is predicted. …”
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Quartz Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) Dating of River Terraces in the Zhenjiang River of the Upper Beijiang River by Cheng Ziye, Li Anying, Zheng Wanrou, Zhang Xinyu, Liu Zhanpeng, Ji Hao, Tang Xiaochun

“…Based on the ages of the samples at the top of the T2 and T1 gravel layers and the incision heights, the corresponding incision rates were calculated to be 0.056 and 0.524 mm/a, respectively. …”
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Using aromatic biological markers as a tool for assessing thermal maturity of source rocks in the Campano-Maastrichtian Mamu Formation, southeastern Nigeria by Jude E. Ogala, Mike I. Akaegbobi

“…The distribution of these aromatic hydrocarbons and their akyl derivatives was strongly controlled by a selective expulsion mechanism and thermal maturation of organic matter. …”
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Association of novel visceral obesity indices with 10-year risk of major cardiovascular events in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus by Mirella Y. Tawfik, Samar F. Mohamed, Sally F. Elotla

“…A total of 397 randomly selected patients with T2DM participated. A structured interview questionnaire was used to collect demographics, medical, family, and lifestyle-related data. …”
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Development of a welfare assessment tool for tourist camp elephants in Asia by Raman Ghimire, Janine L. Brown, Chatchote Thitaram, Sharon S. Glaeser, Kannika Na-Lampang, Pawinee Kulnanan, Pakkanut Bansiddhi

“…The tool was tested in Thailand and determined by calculating a content validity index (CVI) and conducting inter-rater and test-retest reliability tests. …”
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Community-based health insurance dropout rate and its' associated factors among households in Seyo District, Kellem Wollega Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia: community-based cross-sectional... by Segni Mulugeta Tafasa, Yonas Etana, Firezer Belay Keno, Worku Fikadu, Dejene Seyoum

“…Adjusted odds ratios (AORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated to assess the strength of these associations. …”
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Fractal approach to geological and economic assessment of germanium-bearing lignites by O. I. Bilous, M. S. Burlutskyy

“…Therefore, when estimating resources, it is possible to predict the percentage of germanium that can be extracted using the selected metallurgical method by optimising the cut-off grade of germanium in coal. …”
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Human Health Risk Associated with As, Cu, Pb, and Zn in Soils of the Aconcagua and Casablanca River Basins, Valparaíso Region, Chile by Jaume Bech, Daniela Pradenas, Pedro Tume, Óscar Cornejo, Javiera Pedreros, Sofía Toledo, Claudio Correa, Bernardo Sepúlveda, Núria Roca

“…From the Aconcagua River basin, 20 topsoil samples from agricultural sectors without mining activity and 127 topsoil samples from sectors with mining activity were selected. On the other hand, thirty-five topsoil samples of the Casablanca River basin, without mining activity, were analyzed. …”
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Availability, prices and affordability of self-monitoring blood glucose devices: surveys in six low-income and middle-income countries by David Beran, Margaret Ewen, Stephane Besancon, Beatrice Vetter, Molly Lepeska, Aida Abdraimova, Asel Dunganova, Janeth Tenorio-Mucha, Nguyen Thi Phuong Cham, Moise Nguemeni, Lachlan Oldfield, Hesty Utami Ramadaniati

“…Yet little is known about access to SMBG devices in low-income and middle-income countries.Methods In 2022/2023, facility-based surveys were undertaken in selected regions and sectors in Fiji, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, Mali, Peru and Vietnam. …”
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Effectiveness of seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) treatments when SMC is implemented at scale: Case-control studies in 5 countries. by Matthew Cairns, Serign Jawo Ceesay, Issaka Sagara, Issaka Zongo, Hamit Kessely, Kadidja Gamougam, Abdoulaye Diallo, Johnbull Sonny Ogboi, Diego Moroso, Suzanne Van Hulle, Tony Eloike, Paul Snell, Susana Scott, Corinne Merle, Kalifa Bojang, Jean Bosco Ouedraogo, Alassane Dicko, Jean-Louis Ndiaye, Paul Milligan

“…Children aged 3-59 months presenting at selected health facilities with microscopically confirmed clinical malaria were recruited as cases. …”
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The predictive value of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in the efficacy of percutaneous lumbar disc radiofrequency ablation for lumbar disc herniation by Xin Zhao, Jialei Zhang, Jing Li, Kai Cao, Jie Wu

“…Blood samples were collected in the morning after admission while fasting, and the absolute neutrophil and lymphocyte counts in the blood were detected using the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) method to calculate the Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio (NLR). …”
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Soil moisture partitioning strategies in blowouts in the Hulunbeier grassland and response to rainfall by Zhixin Bao, Limin Yuan, Limin Yuan, Limin Yuan, Zhongju Meng, Ezhen Zhang, Lei Zhu, Jinwang Liu

“…Soil water storage, coefficient of variation, and Pearson’s correlation coefficient were calculated to study the differences in soil moisture and the dynamic change regularity in soil moisture under different rainfall conditions. …”
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Hydrogeologic Framework Model‐Based Numerical Simulation of Groundwater Flow and Salt Transport and Analytic Hierarchy Process‐Based Multi‐Criteria Evaluation of Optimal Pumping Lo... by Jung‐Hwi Kihm, Jun‐Mo Kim, Yongje Kim, Sung Kim, Gour‐Tsyh Yeh

“…Based on the status and prospect of necessary water uses and available groundwater resources, the field observations of groundwater and seawater intrusion, and the analyses of the steady‐state numerical simulation after the model calibration, six candidate pumping locations are selected for the new pumping well. In addition, from six preliminary individual transient‐state numerical simulations, maximum pumping rates at the six candidate pumping locations are calculated first, and a set of six incremental candidate pumping rates is then assigned at each of the six candidate pumping locations. …”
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