Association between triglyceride-glucose related indices and at-risk NASH in U.S. adults with NAFLD: results from NHANES 2017-2020 by Hanchen Ma, Wenjie Zhang, Wenjie Zhang, Zheng Zhao, Shuaichen Jin, Linchuan Li, Linchuan Li, Ruizhao Zong, Ruizhao Zong, Wuyang Li, Wuyang Li, Ziwei Zhang, Ziwei Zhang, Shichang Cui, Shichang Cui, Yunmiao Pan, Jiankang Zhu, Jiankang Zhu, Guangyong Zhang, Guangyong Zhang, Guangyong Zhang

“…TyG-WtHR exhibited the strongest association both as a continuous variable and across tertiles in Model 3, demonstrating a near-linear dose-response relationship. …”
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Optimization and Multimachine Learning Algorithms to Predict Nanometal Surface Area Transfer Parameters for Gold and Silver Nanoparticles by Steven M. E. Demers, Christopher Sobecki, Larry Deschaine

“…However, the expansion and testing of this model for nanoparticles of different metal composition is needed to develop a greater variety of nanosensors for medical and commercial applications. …”
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Analysis of the spatiotemporal evolution and driving factors of land use change in Jinan springs area of the Northern Karst region, China from 1986 to 2022 by Shenting Gang, Xiaoyun Kong, Tao Jia, Minghui Lv, Lixia Li

“…To explore the land-use change characteristics and their driving mechanisms, six periods of Landsat series land-use data were collected for the years 1986, 1995, 2000, 2009, 2016 and 2022. A Random Forest model was employed for classifying the remote sensing data, while the land use dynamic and land use transfer matrix were used to analyse the scale, composition, morphology, pattern and spatial and temporal characteristics of land use changes from 1986 to 2022. …”
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Sex-Dependent Effects of Body Fat on Cardiac Function and Outcomes in Community-Dwelling Older Adults by Haowen Jiang, MBBS, Jie Jun Wong, MBBS, Glades H.M. Tan, BEng, Louis L.Y. Teo, MBBS, See Hooi Ewe, MBBS, PhD, Ru-San Tan, MBBS, Fei Gao, PhD, Angela S. Koh, MBBS, MPH, PhD

“…Correlations between baseline or interval changes (Δ) of WHR, BFM and PBF with follow-up or Δ values of outcomes were analyzed, with multivariable linear regression model adjustments for significant variables. Results: Among 409 older adults (mean age 61 ± 12.7 years, 214 women) with median follow-up of 4.9 (4.5, 5.2) years, baseline BFM predicted echocardiographic diastolic dysfunction at follow-up in women (OR: 1.059; 95% CI: 1.051-1.115; P = 0.002). …”
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Prevalence and Associated Factors of Sarcopenic Obesity Among Nursing Home Residents: A Cross‐Sectional Multi‐Centre Study by Doris Eglseer, Hristo Hristov, Sanja Krušič, Nadan Gregorič, Irena Hren, Igor Pravst, Živa Lavriša

“…The multivariable logistic regression model shows that higher age (OR 1.07; CI 1.02, 1.11), male sex (OR 2.3; CI 1.22, 4.5) and higher energy intake (OR 1.13; CI 1.04, 1.22) were significantly associated with sarcopenic obesity. …”
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Biological maturation determines the beneficial effects of high-intensity functional training on cardiorespiratory fitness in male adolescents by Jarosław Domaradzki, Cristian Alvarez, Rafał Szafraniec, Dawid Koźlenia

“…Background During adolescence, between 15–18 years of age, biological maturation is associated with changes in body composition, blood pressure (BP), and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF). …”
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Landscape characteristics influencing habitat use of grassland birds in the Pampas ecoregion of Argentina by Clara Trofino-Falasco, María G. Pizzarello, María V Simoy, María F. Aranguren, Rosana E. Cepeda, Adrián S Di Giacomo, Claudia B. Marinelli, Gaston Moran, Maria C. Neyra, David G. Vera, Igor Berkunsky

“…We analyzed the effect of habitat variables on the use probability for each species through occupancy models. …”
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Establishing baseline biodiversity data prior to hydroelectric dam construction to monitoring impacts to bats in the Brazilian Amazon. by Paulo Estefano D Bobrowiec, Valéria da Cunha Tavares

“…As predictors for the species distribution, we tested the variables of vegetation structure and topography. Species composition largely differed between the dry plots and the plots located in areas that will be flooded, and this was strongly associated with the variables of forest basal area and elevation. …”
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An experimental analysis of mechanical properties for a dissimilar pattern structure in the 3-D printing of a PLA5F filament using the Taguchi method by Thamizh Selvan S, Mohandass M

“…Many automobile components and machine parts can be fabricated using the Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) process with materials such as Polylactic Acid (PLA), Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS), Polyethylene Terephthalate Glycol (PET-G), and polymeric composite materials (e.g., PLA with carbon fiber, PLA with glass fiber). …”
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Response Surface Optimization of Cactus Pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) with Lantana camara (L. camara) Fruit Fermentation Process for Quality Wine Production by Zenebe Tadesse Tsegay, Solomon Mengistu Lemma

“…Wine quality responses were optimized at an experimental strategy developed using central composite rotatory design by varying fermentation process variable temperature, inoculum, and Lantana camara fruit juice concentration for six days. …”
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Quantitative measurement of oxygen by Electron Probe X-ray Microanalysis for estimation of iron oxidation state by Roman Starykh, Svetlana Sineva, Denis Shishin, Evgueni Jak

“…The results were compared with existing thermodynamic models and experimental data, demonstrating excellent agreement. …”
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Understanding the attitudes towards climate change in the context of trust in selected countries of Central and Eastern Europe by Zsuzsanna Deák, Gintarė Vaznonienė, Agnieszka Wojewódzka-Wiewiórska

“…Four different models are presented that differ only in terms of their dependent variables, while the independent variable (trust) and the control variables (socio-demographic variables) are the same in all the cases. …”
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Comparative characterization of FDM structures with electrically-conductive sensing elements under static, dynamic and thermal loads by Ferdinando Ursi, Giorgio De Pasquale

“…Abstract Fused filament fabrication (FFF), or fused deposition modeling (FDM), is one of the most widely accessible additive manufacturing (AM) processes. …”
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Reproducible extracellular matrices for tumor organoid culture: challenges and opportunities by Kan Li, Yibo He, Xue Jin, Ketao Jin, Jun Qian

“…Abstract Tumor organoid models have emerged as valuable 3D in vitro systems to study cancer behavior in a physiologically relevant environment. …”
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Trace Element Emissions Vary With Lava Flow Age and Thermal Evolution During the Fagradalsfjall 2021–2023 Eruptions, Iceland by L. Wainman, E. Ilyinskaya, M. Pfeffer, C. Mandon, E. Bali, B. A. Edwards, B. I. Kleine‐Marshall, S. R. Gudjonsdottir, A. Cotterill, S. W. Scott, P. Wieser, A. Stefánsson, E. J. Nicholson, J. Sepulveda‐Araya, S. J. Hammond, B. E. Kunz, F. Jenner, J. R. Gunnarsson, A. Aiuppa, M. Burton, T. A. Mather

“…Using thermochemical modeling, we explain this relationship through temperature and composition dependent element speciation as the lava flow ages and cools. …”
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Cation disordering in ankerite as a function of Fe content by A. Zucchini, M. Masotta, M. Nazzari, M. Fastelli, P. Comodi

“…<p>Order–disorder transitions in minerals are of significance for technological applications and for the development of models that aid the understanding of the dynamics and composition of the Earth's interior. …”
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Lactational performance effects of 3-nitrooxypropanol supplementation to dairy cows: A meta-regression by L.F. Martins, M. Maigaard, M. Johansen, P. Lund, X. Ma, M. Niu, A.N. Hristov

“…Full models containing uncorrelated explanatory variables (Pearson correlation <0.50) were fitted, and variables were removed from the final model if nonsignificant using the stepwise selection approach. …”
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Determinants of Sustainability Reporting in the Romanian Banking Sector by Mihaela CUREA, Maria Carmen HUIAN, Marilena MIRONIUC

“…Regression trees facilitate the identification and modeling of non-linear and conditional relationships between variables, enabling the detection of complex interactions that traditional fixed-effects regression models cannot capture. …”
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Characterizing Holocene sediments for assessing coastal-deltaic subsidence: the role of cone penetration tests and geomechanics by Carla Buffardi, Philip S. J. Minderhoud, Philip S. J. Minderhoud, Philip S. J. Minderhoud, Alessandro Mandolini, Daniela Ruberti

“…In addition, they also enable further explorations, such as simulating 3D Holocene delta growth and evolutionary sediment compaction using numerical models.…”
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Integrating GIS and remote sensing for soil attributes mapping in degraded pastures of the Brazilian Cerrado by Rômullo Oliveira Louzada, Ivan Bergier, Édson Luis Bolfe, Jayme Garcia Arnal Barbedo

“…., Ca, Mg, K, Fe, Mn). Composite samples from management zones, were matched with 128 orbital variables from Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2 (2023), and ALOS-PALSAR-1. …”
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