Weight trajectories in aging humanized APOE mice with translational validity to human Alzheimer's risk population: A retrospective analysis. by Francesca Vitali, Jean-Paul Wiegand, Lillian Parker-Halstead, Allan Tucker, Roberta Diaz Brinton

“…Translational validity of mouse models of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is variable. Because change in weight is a well-documented precursor of AD, we investigated whether diversity of human AD risk weight phenotypes was evident in a longitudinally characterized cohort of 1,196 female and male humanized APOE (hAPOE) mice, monitored up to 28 months of age which is equivalent to 81 human years. …”
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SLOW SLIP EVENTS: PARAMETERS, CONDITIONS OF OCCURRENCE, AND FUTURE RESEARCH PROSPECTS by G. G. Kocharyan, S. B. Kishkina, V. A. Novikov, A. A. Ostapchuk

“…Slip velocities tend to decrease with scale (Fig. 7).Various slip modes were realized in laboratory experiments with slider model. …”
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Isothermal crystallization kinetics of poly(ethylene terephthalate) and poly(methyl methacrylate) blends

“…Different kinetic models like the Avrami, Tobin and Urbanovici-Segal models have been applied for determining the isothermal crystallization kinetics of virgin poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) and PET/poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) blends. …”
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Regional simulations of equatorial spread F driven with, and an analysis of, WAM-IPE electric fields by Aaron Kirchman, David Hysell, Tzu-Wei Fang

“…The WAM-IPE electric fields are then studied through a simple sensitivity analysis of a field-line integrated electrodynamics model similar to the one used in WAM-IPE. This analysis suggests there is no simple tuning of ion composition or neutral winds that accurately reproduce ISR-observed electric fields on a day-to-day basis. …”
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THE EFFECTS OF THE QUESUNGUAL AGROFORESTRY SYSTEM OF WESTERN HONDURAS ON SOIL MACROFAUNA by Natasha Pauli, Edmundo Barrios, Thomas Oberthür, Arthur Conacher, Miguel Ayarza, Luis A Welchez

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Bayesian optimization of radical polymerization reactions in a flow synthesis system by Shogo Takasuka, Sho Ito, Shunto Oikawa, Yosuke Harashima, Tomoaki Takayama, Aniruddha Nag, Araki Wakiuchi, Tsuyoshi Ando, Tetsunori Sugawara, Miho Hatanaka, Tomoyuki Miyao, Takamitsu Matsubara, Yu-Ya Ohnishi, Hiroharu Ajiro, Mikiya Fujii

“…It is therefore necessary to optimize the polymerization process to account for such composition drift. In the present study, styrene-methyl methacrylate copolymers were generated using a flow synthesis system and the processing variables were tuned employing Bayesian optimization (BO) to obtain a target composition. …”
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Effect of varying thickness properties of the slow release fertilizer films on morphology, biodegradability, urea release, soil health, and plant growth. by Zahid Majeed, Shamyla Nawazish, Ayesha Baig, Wasim Akhtar, Atia Iqbal, Wisal Muhammad Khan, Syed Majid Bukhari, Asma Zaidi, Pau Loke Show, Nurlidia Mansoor

“…Current work examined the morphology, chemical composition, biodegradability, urea release, soil health, and plant growth effects of the SRF films subjected to changes in the thickness of 0.27, 0.54, and 1.03 mm. …”
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Deep investigation of Arabidopsis thaliana junk DNA reveals a continuum between repetitive elements and genomic dark matter. by Florian Maumus, Hadi Quesneville

“…Eukaryotic genomes contain highly variable amounts of DNA with no apparent function. …”
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The dietary inflammation index and body mass index mediate the association between the dietary index for gut microbiota and sarcopenia in older women: evidence from NHANES 2011–201... by Xiaoyan Zhang, Liangzhi Wu, Yutian He, Shuyao Zhang, Wenfeng Hua, Wenfeng Hua

“…Multivariable logistic regression analysis revealed a negative association between DI-GM and the risk of sarcopenia, irrespective of whether the independent variable was analyzed as a continuous variable or in quartiles in the fully adjusted model (Model 3, continuous variable: OR = 0.91, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.88–0.95, p < 0.001; Q4 vs. …”
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Association of β-casein gene polymorphism with milk production characteristics in Holstein cows by Danielle de C.M. da Fonseca, Alenia N. Vasconcellos, Elizangela D. Marino, Thais N. Chequer, Luisa M.F.S. Oliveira, João A. Negrão, Julio C. de C. Balieiro, Arlindo Saran Netto, Ana M.C. Vidal

“…For the statistical analysis, a fixed linear model was applied in which genotypes were considered as a fixed effect and the dependent variables included metabolites, milk production, milk composition, and SCC. …”
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Stiffness Characteristics of High-Speed Railway Turnout and the Effect on the Dynamic Train-Turnout Interaction by Jingmang Xu, Ping Wang, Xiaochuan Ma, Yuan Gao, Rong Chen

“…Track stiffness in railway turnouts is variable due to differences in structural composition along the longitudinal direction, which will lead to severe dynamic interaction between train and turnout. …”
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Optimization of non-smooth functions via differentiable surrogates. by Shikun Chen, Zebin Huang, Wenlong Zheng

“…These models are commonly used to predict outputs based on a combination of fixed parameters and adjustable variables. …”
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Intestinal permeability of N-acetylcysteine is driven by gut microbiota-dependent cysteine palmitoylation by Yu-Hang Zhang, Chen-Shu Dai, Ya-Jie Wang, Wen-Yu Wang, Tian-Tian Qi, Man-Cheng Xia, Gan Zhou, Yi-Min Cui

“…However, identifying microbial-drug interactions remains challenging due to the highly variable composition of intestinal flora among individuals. …”
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Predicting the sport level in elite male motorcycle speedway riders based on physical profile and experience. by Stefan Szczepan, Zofia Wróblewska, Faye Perkins, Maciej Markowski, Kamil Michalik

“…The strongest predictive variable of sport level in the regression model (R2 = 0.28) was body height (p = 0.043) and sport experience (p < 0.001). …”
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Genetic characteristics and classification of soils developed from parent materials of red bed in the subtropical region: take Zhejiang Province as an example by ZHANG Mingkui, WU Mengjie

“…The paleoenvironment of red bed formation had a profound impact on the material composition of the soils, and the modern topography affected the stage of soil development, and the land-use mode could change the vertical development of the soils. …”
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The acute response of irisin to resistance and endurance exercise at both lower and higher intensities in healthy older adults by James E. Newman, Isabel King, Nicole Flemming, Kathryn M. Broadhouse, Robert Buhmann, Grace L. Rose, David G. Jenkins, Christopher D. Askew, Mia A. Schaumberg

“…However, previous research investigating the exercise-induced release of irisin in older populations is scarce and findings are highly variable. The present study investigated the effects of exercise mode and intensity on short-term acute post-exercise irisin concentrations in older adults. …”
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Customers’ Perceptions as an Antecedent of Satisfaction with Online Retailing Services by Peter Misiani Mwencha, Stephen Makau Muathe

“…This paper reports the results of a study that investigated the antecedent role of customers’ perceptions vis-a-vis satisfaction with online retailing services. While the study model conceptualizes customers’ perceptions as a composite variable made up of three dimensions (perceived attributes, perceived risk and perceived value) prescribed by four established information systems (IS) and consumer behaviour frameworks, namely the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), Perceived Risk Theory (PRT), Theory of Consumption Values (TCV) and Expectations-Artifact Model of Satisfaction (EAMS), it does not specify how the different perceptual factors infl uence online satisfaction; instead it aggregates all three dimensions into a higher-order construct called “customers’ perceptions” and tries to understand the nature of relationship between the composite independent variable and the dependent variable. …”
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Abdominal and hip fat percentages are associated with fragility fractures: evidence from a large cross-sectional study by Hamzah Amin, Muhammed Aqib Khan, Marwan Bukhari

“…Multivariable logistic regression models were fit with the dependant variable being hip or any fragility fracture and the independent variable being the binary regional body composition groups. …”
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Garbage prediction using regression analysis for municipal corporations of Indian cities by Raj Kumar Sharma, Manisha Jailia

“…This research examines the information from 212 cities to suggest a helpful regression model for garbage forecasting and control. To establish a connection between the variables, the descriptive study employs statistical techniques to learn about the composition of data collected from municipal corporations and conduct correlation analysis. …”
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Deep-learning-based detection of underwater fluids in multiple multibeam echosounder data by Tyméa Perret, Gilles Le Chenadec, Arnaud Gaillot, Yoann Ladroit, Stéphanie Dupré

“…Additionally, we thoroughly analyzed the composition of the training dataset and evaluated the detection performance based on various training configurations. …”
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