Habitat quality, configuration and context effects on roe deer fecundity across a forested landscape mosaic. by Valentina Zini, Kristin Wäber, Paul M Dolman

“…We related female roe deer Capreolus capreolus fecundity and body mass to habitat composition and landscape context, separately for adults and yearlings, using multi-model inference (MMI) applied to a large sample of individuals (yearlings: fecundity = 202, body mass = 395; adults: fecundity = 908, body mass = 1669) culled during 2002-2015 from an extensive (195 km2) heterogeneous forest landscape. …”
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Severe virus associated community acquired pneumonia: predictors of lethality by T. O. Pertseva, T. V. Kireyeva, K. O. Bielosludtseva, S. V. Boltyanskiy, O. P. Nazarenko

“…In the final model, each parameter must have had a significant impact on mortality. …”
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The “Lipid Accumulation Product” Is Associated with 2-Hour Postload Glucose Outcomes in Overweight/Obese Subjects with Nondiabetic Fasting Glucose by Alexis Elias Malavazos, Emanuele Cereda, Federica Ermetici, Riccardo Caccialanza, Silvia Briganti, Mariangela Rondanelli, Lelio Morricone

“…However, while the association with diabetes was similar between LAP and HOMA-IR, the relationship with IGT and composite outcomes by models including LAP was significantly superior to those including HOMA-IR (P=0.006 and P=0.007, resp.). …”
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The prebiotic potential of dietary onion extracts: shaping gut microbial structures and promoting beneficial metabolites by Yebeen Yoo, Seongok Kim, WonJune Lee, Jinwoo Kim, Bokyung Son, Kwang Jun Lee, Hakdong Shin

“…Utilizing an in vitro fecal incubation model and enterotyping to reduce inter-individual variability, the research demonstrates how onion extracts can alter gut microbial structure and promote the production of beneficial metabolites, including SCFAs and indole derivatives like ILA and IPA. …”
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Impact of Financial Literacy on Saving Decisions: Insight from Aseman Project Operated by Barkat Foundation by VAhid Moghadam, Hadi Amiri, Sahar Baharipour, Fatemeh Bagheri, Parisa GHasemian

“…The Q-squared index, which measured the model's predictive power, had a value of 0.19 for the variable of saving attitude, suggesting moderate predictive power. …”
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Acute Declines in Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate in Patients Treated With Benazepril and Hydrochlorothiazide Versus Amlodipine and Risk of Cardiovascular Outcomes by Elaine Ku, Kenneth Jamerson, Timothy P. Copeland, Charles E. McCulloch, Hocine Tighiouart, Mark J. Sarnak

“…We then determined the relation between declines in eGFR (treated as a binary variable, ≤15% versus >15% and separately, as a restricted spline variable) and the composite risk of fatal and nonfatal cardiovascular events using Cox proportional hazards models. …”
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Crustacean zooplankton communities as indicators of game fish occurrence and abundance in Québec lakes by Cindy Paquette, Stéphanie Gagné, Maxime Gaudet-Boulay, Véronique Leclerc, Paschale Noël Bégin, Zofia E. Taranu, Beatrix E. Beisner, Vincent Fugère

“…Our analyses revealed that both taxonomic and functional zooplankton composition were significant predictors of focal fish species occurrence, albeit less so than environmental or fish community composition variables. …”
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Segregació social i marc institucional del scentres: una anàlisi internacional de les desigualtats educatives Social segregation and the institutional framework of the school: an S... by Gerard Ferrer Esteban, Miquel Àngel Alegre Canosa

“…The main source of information used to construct the variables was PISA2006. The results corroborate the significant effect of the school’s social composition. …”
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Pimozide and Adipic Acid: A New Multicomponent Crystalline Entity for Improved Pharmaceutical Behavior by Alessandra Buscarini, Michael J. Zaworotko, Catiúcia R. M. O. Matos, Fabrizia Grepioni, Laura Contini, Doretta Capsoni, Valeria Friuli, Lauretta Maggi, Giovanna Bruni

“…The thermal behavior of the liquid-assisted grinding products of compositions included in the range 0.1 < <i>X_PMZ</i> < 0.9 has been interpreted using a thermo-dynamic model according to which the two components originate a new crystalline entity in molar ratio pimozide:adipic acid 0.66:0.33, which forms an eutectic system with adipic acid. …”
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Analyzing Political Distrust as a Driving Factor for Protesting Political Actions in the Context of Security Threats and Political Corruption by Mahmoudreza Rahbarqazi, Morteza Ebrahimi

“…Key variables included: Security Threat Perceptions: Measured through concerns about international war, terrorism, and civil conflict Perceived Corruption: Assessed in relation to government, business, and media corruption Political Distrust: Evaluated based on trust in the judiciary, government, and parliament Protest Actions: Measured through activities, such as petitions, peaceful protests, and strikes The validity and reliability of the measures were confirmed through factor loadings, composite reliability, and model fit indices with detailed findings presented in the results section.   …”
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Characterization of brown carbon absorption in different European environments through source contribution analysis by H. Navarro-Barboza, J. Rovira, V. Obiso, A. Pozzer, A. Pozzer, M. Via, A. Alastuey, X. Querol, N. Perez, M. Savadkoohi, M. Savadkoohi, G. Chen, J. Yus-Díez, M. Ivancic, M. Rigler, K. Eleftheriadis, S. Vratolis, O. Zografou, M. Gini, B. Chazeau, B. Chazeau, N. Marchand, A. S. H. Prevot, K. Dallenbach, M. Ehn, K. Luoma, K. Luoma, T. Petäjä, A. Tobler, J. Necki, M. Aurela, H. Timonen, J. Niemi, O. Favez, J.-E. Petit, J.-P. Putaud, C. Hueglin, N. Pascal, A. Chauvigné, S. Conil, M. Pandolfi, O. Jorba

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ELEMENTS OF SPORTS GYMNASTICS AS A MEANS OF IMPROVING HEALTH‐RELATED AND SKILL‐RELATED COMPONENTS OF FITNESS by Gorana Tešanović, Sasa Jovanovic, Goran Pašić, Vladimir Jakovljević, Milinko Dabović, Goran Bošnjak

“… Creating a model of practical teaching for students is directly related to their physical fitness, which can often be a limiting factor in the successful implementation of lessons. …”
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Contextual Factors, Health History, and Daily Living Activities for Ovarian Cancer Risks: A Case-Control Study in Indonesia by Restuning Widiasih, Windy Natasha, Tosin Popoola, Katherine Nelson

“…For a more thorough analysis of ovarian cancer risk factors, more variables and a research approach that can make it easier to uncover risk factors of ovarian cancer are necessary. …”
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Machine learning analysis of CO2 and methane adsorption in tight reservoir rocks by Mehdi Maleki, Mohammad Rasool Dehghani, Moein Kafi, Ali Akbari, Yousef Kazemzadeh, Ali Ranjbar

“…Various ML models were employed to predict gas adsorption capacity, with CatBoost and Extra Trees demonstrating high predictive performance. …”
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Observed evolution of global climate change hotspots by Zhuoya Du, Xuchou Han, Fei Ji, Zhenhao Xu, Xiaodan Guan, Jianping Huang

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Exploratory analysis of the potential disconnect between objective inflammatory response and clinical response following certolizumab pegol treatment in patients with active axial... by Filip van den Bosch, Martin Rudwaleit, Helena Marzo-Ortega, Natasha de Peyrecave, Victoria Navarro-Compán, Lars Bauer, Rachel Tham, Thomas Kumke, Mindy Kim

“…Data from two independent readers over four MRI reading campaigns were pooled using a mixed model with repeated measures for each variable.Results 136 patients (radiographic axSpA [r-axSpA]: 76; non-radiographic axSpA [nr-axSpA]: 60) were included. …”
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Numerical simulation of plant root system stress response to coal mining disturbances in semiarid mining areas by Ying LIU, Weihao PEI, Yong GUO, Xiaoyang CHEN, Shaogang LEI, Dongjiang PAN, Chuangang GONG, Huiling TAO, Hang CHEN

“…By controlling variables, the model simulates the macroscopic mechanical disturbance characteristics of the plant-soil composite unit and root system under different mining conditions, root-soil layer mechanical properties, and root density and diameter. …”
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Retrospective cohort study of the association between maternal employment precarity and infant low birth weight in women in the USA by Anjum Hajat, Divya Patil, Daniel A Enquobahrie, Trevor Peckham, Noah Seixas

“…We assessed effect modification by maternal race/ethnicity using a composite exposure-race variable.Results Women with high employment precarity had higher risk of a LBW delivery compared with women with low employment precarity (RR: 1.48, 95% CI: 1.11 to 1.98). …”
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Heterogeneity of Biofilm Formation Among <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> and Coagulase-Negative <i>Staphylococcus</i> Species in Clinically Relevant Intravenous Fat Emulsions by Gustavo R. Alvira-Arill, Oscar R. Herrera, Jeremy S. Stultz, Brian M. Peters

“…<b>Conclusions</b>: These results suggest that biofilm formation in <i>S. aureus</i> is variably impacted by fatty acid composition in clinically relevant IFEs, with capric acid exhibiting bactericidal activity against tested isolates.…”
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Personal, occupational and cardiovascular risk factors associated with elevated blood pressure in Brazilian firefighters: a cross-sectional study by Eliana Zandonade, Fernanda Camargo Damacena, Karla Nívea Sampaio, Igor Magalhães Sales

“…Objective Our study evaluated the prevalence of hypertension in a population of Brazilian firefighters and the association of elevated blood pressure (BP) with personal, occupational, and cardiovascular risk factors.Design This was a cross-sectional study.Setting Our study was based on health inspections of the Military Fire Brigade of the Espírito Santo State, Brazil, performed in 2019.Participants The study participants were 859 male Brazilian firefighters.Outcome measures Data collected included sociodemographic (age, ethnicity, educational level, health insurance coverage), occupational (city of work, type of current activity, main operational activity), lifestyle (smoking and alcohol consumption), and health status (fasting glucose, total cholesterol and triglycerides, blood pressure, and anthropometric composition). All firefighters in the pre-hypertension and hypertension range and/or using antihypertensive medication were considered as having BP above normal, and the association of this outcome with sociodemographic, occupational, lifestyle, and health status variables was analysed by a logistic regression model.Results We found that 45.6% of firefighters presented elevated BP levels. …”
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