Dietary vitamin D intake and changes in body composition over three years in older adults with metabolic syndrome by Héctor Vázquez-Lorente, Jiaqi Ni, Nancy Babio, Ana García-Arellano, Dora Romaguera, J. Alfredo Martínez, Ramon Estruch, Vicente Martín Sánchez, Josep Vidal, Montserrat Fitó, Maira Bes-Rastrollo, Jadwiga Konieczna, Diego Martinez-Urbistondo, Rosa Casas, Marcos García-Fernández, Romina Paula Olbeyra, Alice Chaplin, M. Angeles Zulet, Jordi Salas-Salvadó

“…Measurements: Multivariable-adjusted mixed-effects linear regression models were fitted to investigate the longitudinal associations between dietary vitamin D intake (exposure) and body composition (outcome) with available data at baseline, one, and three years of follow-up. …”
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Elastic Band Training Versus Multicomponent Training and Group-Based Dance on Morphological Variables and Physical Performance in Older Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Jordan Hernandez-Martinez, Eduardo Guzmán-Muñoz, Izham Cid-Calfucura, Francisca Villalobos-Fuentes, Daissy Diaz-Saldaña, Ignacia Alvarez-Martinez, María Castillo-Cerda, Tomás Herrera-Valenzuela, Braulio Henrique Magnani Branco, Pablo Valdés-Badilla

“…A two-factor mixed ANOVA model with repeated measures was performed to measure the time × group effect. …”
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Water Polo Players of Montenegro and Serbia who participated in the FINA World Junior Water Polo Championship 2019 and Differences in their Body Composition olo Players of Monteneg... by Jovan Gardasevic, Dusko Bjelica, Ivan Vasiljevic, Marko Aleksandrovic, Tomislav Okicic

“…The t-test found that the water polo players of the two national teams do not have statistically significant differences in the variables for assessing anthropometric characteristics and body composition. …”
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Congo Basin Water Balance and Terrestrial Fluxes Inferred From Satellite Observations of the Isotopic Composition of Water Vapor by Sarah Worden, A. Anthony Bloom, John Worden, Paul Levine, Mingjie Shi, Rong Fu

“…We use observations of the isotopic composition of water vapor to quantify the spatio‐temporal variability of net surface water fluxes across the Congo Basin between 2003 and 2018. …”
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Effect of variation in gridded cattle diet composition on estimated enteric methane emissions in data sparse tropical regions by J.Y. Mutua, A.J. Duncan, T.P. Robinson, S. Fraval, A.M.O. Notenbaert, G.R. Watmough

“…Diet composition varies seasonally particularly in tropical environments with long dry periods. …”
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Validation of Automated Somatotype Estimation Proposal Using Full-Body 3D Scanning by Bibiána Ondrejová, Lucia Bednarčíková, Norbert Ferenčík, Jozef Živčák

“…Somatotyping is essential for assessing body composition in sports science, anthropology, and medicine. …”
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Comparing US state resident IQ, socioeconomic status, and racial-ethnic composition as predictors of state violent crime rates by Stewart J. H. McCann

“…Abstract This study examined the extent to which state resident IQ, socioeconomic status (SES), and five racial-ethnic composition variables can independently account for differences in violent crime rates across the 48 contiguous American states using correlation and multiple regression strategies focused on 2019. …”
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Height estimation in children and adolescents using body composition big data: Machine-learning and explainable artificial intelligence approach by Dohyun Chun, Taesung Chung, Jongho Kang, Taehoon Ko, Young-Jun Rhie, Jihun Kim

“…Objective To develop an accurate and interpretable height estimation model for children and adolescents using body composition variables and explainable artificial intelligence approaches. …”
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Mapping surface soil organic carbon in the coal–grain composite area: threshold and interaction effects of coal mining activities by Zhaoqi Wu, Xiangyang Feng, Yiyun Chen, Zihao Wu, Xinyu Bao, Xin Zou

“…However, existing studies rarely consider the adverse impacts of mining activities, and the threshold and interaction effects of environmental variables have not been thoroughly investigated. Using 294 samples collected in Peixian county, a typical coal–grain composite area, this study aimed to apply the gradient boosting decision tree (GBDT) model and partial dependence plot to explore the threshold and interaction effects between environmental variables and SOC content, and obtain a spatial map of SOC content. …”
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Synergetic Development Measure of Airport Groups Composite System and Its Influencing Factors Analysis: Some Evidence from China by Peiwen Zhang, Rui Ding, Yu Wang, Qiaoyan Zhang

“…Further, using a spatial econometric model, we construct a distance economy-nested spatial weight matrix so as to explore the influence of each indicator on the synergy degree of the composite system. …”
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The Relationship Between Financial Development and the Composite Stock Price Index in Emerging Market Countries: A Panel Data Evidence by Ariodillah Hidayat, Liliana, Harunurrasyid, Xenaneira Shodrokova

“… This study examines the influence of financial development variables on the Composite Stock Price Index (CSPI) in Emerging Market Countries. …”
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Composite dietary antioxidant index and HPV infection from single and mixed associations to SHAP-interpreted machine learning predictions by Pei Zhang

“…A GBM model with 12 features can effectively predict the occurrence of HPV infection, among which CDAI is an important factor in the model.…”
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Experimental behavior based on effective slab width acting as a flange with supporting steel beams in composite floors with openings by Magdy Khalaf, Ashraf El-Shihy, El-Sayed El-Kasaby, Ahmad Youssef Civil Engineering Dept., Faculty of Engineering, Benha University, Benha, Egypt.

“…An experimental study with many variables was carried out to investigate the effective width of simply supported composite beams (T and L sec. beams) with and without slab opening. …”
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Evaluating the Relationship between Physiological Parameters and Performance of Female Swimmers in the 200 m Individual Medley by Rajarshi Gayen, Sandhya Tiwari, Sandeep Tiwari

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Optimization of Pyrocatechol and p-Cresol adsorption onto a composite of Chitosan and polyacrylamide incorporated with zeolitic imidazolate Framework-8 by Chou-Yi Hsu, Ebraheem Abdu Musad Saleh, M. M. Moharam, Mohammad Y. Alshahrani, Sandeep Singh, Aditya Kashyap, T. Krithiga, Parul Chaudhary, Nezamaddin Mengelizadeh, Davoud Balarak

“…Response surface methodology (RSM) using central composite design (CCD) was utilized to examine and optimize the process variables. …”
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Comparison of Paraquat Herbicide Removal from Aqueous Solutions using Nanoscale Zero-Valent Iron-Pumice/Diatomite Composites by Abbas Khodabakhshi, Fazel Mohammadi-Moghadam, Mohammad Mehdi Amin, Sara Hamati, Shakila Hayarian

“…In addition, isotherm and adsorption kinetics studies indicated that P-nZVI follows the Langmuir and Freundlich isotherm models, and D-nZVI follows the Langmuir isotherm model, and both processes follow pseudo-second-order kinetics. …”
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A novel composite index of PSA and periprostatic adipose tissue quantification for enhancing high-grade prostate cancer prediction by Jie Xiong, Yunfan Liu, Xiaofeng Qiao, Guangyong Ai, Jiangqin Ma, Xiaojing He

“…The PSA, PSAD, PSA × PPFA/PA, and composite indicator models demonstrated strong predictive performance, with AUC values of 0.771, 0.796, 0.818, and 0.814, respectively. …”
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Improving pear (Pyrus spp.) harvest maturity assessment: Integration of color composite indicators and sophisticated multivariate analysis techniques by Zeinab Shafaei-Cherush, Kazem Arzani, Nima Ahmadi, Ali Mokhtassi-Bidgoli, Mahdi Ayyari, Hamid Abdollahi

“…We utilized Multivariate Multiple Factor Analysis (MFA) and Partial Least Square Path Modeling (PLS-PM) to explore and quantify the relationships between the harvest index and the other blocks of variables. …”
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Impact of Azadirachta indica Fruit Mucilage on particle size and swelling index in Central Composite Designed Acyclovir mucoadhesive microspheres by Gorantla Naresh Babu, Menaka Muthukaruppan, Hindustan Abdul Ahad

“…Nine batches of AVR mucoadhesive microspheres were made with varying proportions of Polyacrylic acid 934P and A. indica fruit mucilage (AIFM). A central composite design with design expert software to check the impact of dependent variables (A. indica mucilage and Polyacrylic acid 934 P levels) on particle size and swelling index as a response. …”
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Association between different composite dietary antioxidant indexes and constipation in American male adults: a cross-sectional study by Wei Sun, Yuchao Wang, Lu Han, Yinshi Liu, Hongru Liu, Yunbing Tong, Ziying Jiang, Chen Xu, Daqing Sun

“…We evaluated the correlation between CDAI levels and the risk of constipation through three weighted logistic regression models. Restricted cubic spline (RCS) analysis was employed to assess nonlinear trends, and stratified analyses were conducted.ResultsAfter adjusting for all confounding variables, the findings revealed an association between CDAI and constipation [OR = 0.937; 95% CI (0.892, 0.984), p = 0.012]. …”
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