Social alienation and influencing factors among caregivers of stroke patients in China: a cross-sectional study by Lang Xu, Lang Xu, Lang Xu, Shanshan Liu, Mao Luo, Min Li, Cong Wang, Cong Wang

“…A total of 222 stroke caregivers were assessed using the General Alienation Scale, the Zarit Caregiver Burden Interview, the Social Support Rating Scale, and the University of California at Los Angeles-Loneliness Scale.ResultsThe mean social alienation scores for the stroke caregivers included in this study were 40.45 ± 4.76 (range:24-51).Multivariate linear regression analysis revealed that the marital status of caregivers, whether they live with the patient, their knowledge of the disease, social support, caregiving burden, and loneliness are significant factors influencing social alienation in stroke caregivers (all p < 0.05).ConclusionsCaregivers of stroke patients experience high levels of social alienation. …”
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Factors affecting the patency and complications of peripheral intravenous catheters in newborns by Ju-Huei Tseng, Ying-Fang Elaine Chen, Sun-Peng Chang, Hsiao-Chin Wang, Yung-Ting Kuo

“…The effects of these variables on PIC complications and lifespan were assessed using binary logistic regression analysis and a general linear model, respectively. Results: In total, 315 PICs were analyzed. …”
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Primary Causes and Direct Medical Cost of Heart Failure Among Adults Admitted with Acute Decompensated Heart Failure in a Public Tertiary Hospital, Kenya by Victor M. Wauye, G. Titus Ngeno, Chrispine O. Oduor, Felix A. Barasa

“…Drivers of overall cost were explored using linear regression models. Results: 142 participants were consecutively recruited from September to November 2022. 51.4% were females, and the mean age was 54 (SD 20). …”
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Environment-Associated Variations in Blood Metabolism of Mongolian Cattle Grazing in the Alxa Desert of China by Chao Hai, Dongchao Pei, Yuqing Yang, Lishuang Song, Xuefei Liu, Chunling Bai, Guanghua Su, Lei Yang, Guangpeng Li

“…Serum biochemical indices were measured and analyzed using linear models to assess the effects of climate, sex, and age. …”
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Climate change dominates historical runoff variations at multiple time scales in typical agricultural basin of South China by Yang Liu, Zhaoyang Zeng, Chengguang Lai, Xushu Wu, Xuezhi Tan, Zhaoli Wang, Sijing He, Jie Jiang

“…This study employs five runoff attribution methods, including linear regression, two hydrological models, and two elasticity methods, to quantitatively dissect the influences of climate change and human activities on runoff variation during 1960–2016 in the HRB. …”
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How do compression and flexion-compression injuries destabilize the spine? A novel in vitro protocol for analyzing three-dimensional biomechanical instability by Ann-Kathrin Greiner-Perth, Hans-Joachim Wilke, Christian Liebsch

“…In compression trauma, cortical bone mineral density (BMD) of T10 had no effect on fracture loads (p > 0.05), whereas in flexion-compression trauma, a significant (p < 0.05) linear correlation was found (Spearman’s rs = 0.83).DiscussionRelevant instability parameters of minor compression and flexion-compression injuries include axial deformability, NZ, ROM, and coupled translations. …”
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Correlates of early initiation of breast feeding and prelacteal feeding: a cross-sectional study in Sindh province of Pakistan by Ramesh Kumar, Shaukat Ali, Rafi Amir-ud-Din, Sathirakorn Pongpanich, Muhammad Asim, Jamil Ahmed, Fozia Rashid, Shahzad Ali Khan

“…Objectives The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and correlates of early initiation of breast feeding and prelacteal feeding in highly disadvantaged districts in Pakistan.Design This cross-sectional study design.Settings This study was carried out in twelve districts of the Sindh province of Pakistan.Participants A total of 4800 mothers with children under 2 years, selected through a multistage random sampling method.Data analysis Bivariate association, survival analysis (Kaplan-Meier and Cox proportional hazard techniques), multivariate linear regression and the ordinary least square model were used.Results The results show that the prevalence of early initiation of breast feeding was 68% and prelacteal feeding was 32%. …”
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Simultaneous Trace Analysis of Lead and Cadmium in Drinking Water, Milk, and Honey Samples Through Modified Screen-Printed Electrode by Fei Wang, Xiao Peng, Ziqian Xiao, Ying Ge, Bilin Tao, Zhaoyong Shou, Yifei Feng, Jing Yuan, Liang Xiao

“…N-rGO@ppy/GCE exhibited distinct stripping peaks for Pb²⁺ and Cd²⁺, with a linear range of 1 to 500 μg L⁻¹. The limits of detection (LODs) were found to be 0.080 μg L⁻¹ for Pb²⁺ and 0.029 μg L⁻¹ for Cd²⁺, both of which are significantly below the standards set by the World Health Organization (WHO). …”
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A Computational Intelligence Framework Integrating Data Augmentation and Meta-Heuristic Optimization Algorithms for Enhanced Hybrid Nanofluid Density Prediction Through Machine and... by Priya Mathur, Hammad Shaikh, Farhan Sheth, Dheeraj Kumar, Amit Kumar Gupta

“…Among deep learning models, Recurrent Neural Networks (RNN) stacked with Linear Regression achieved superior performance with an R2 of 0.9999, MSE of 0.0014, and MAE of 0.012. …”
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Effectiveness of the WeChat-based mini-program (“Sober Time ACT”) on individuals with hazardous drinking in China: a randomized controlled trial by Chengcong Wu, Peiqiong Yang, Yuzhen Tang, Tianzhen Chen, Shuo Li, Shucai Huang, Jiang Du

“…Repeated measures ANOVA and linear regression models were used to evaluate all outcome indicators. …”
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Risk Assessment and Influencing Factors Analysis of Heavy Metals in Soil of Non-Surface Coal Mines in Southern Hebei Province by Silin LI, Hefeng WANG, Jia LIU, Anbing ZHANG, Kaihao WEI, Bin LI

“…The current study on soil heavy metals in the Fengfeng coal mine, a non-surface mine located in southern Hebei Province, primarily focuses on assessing local soil pollution levels and analyzing the linear effects of influencing factors, which makes it difficult to provide a scientific basis for the effective treatment of soil heavy metals in the entire region. …”
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PL1GD-T: a high-resolution gridded daily air temperature dataset for Poland by A. Jaczewski, M. Marosz, M. Miętus, M. Miętus

“…Cross-validation methods evaluated the gridding procedure on a monthly basis. The linear RBF was selected by hold-out cross-validation (HO-CV) as the most suitable for the gridding procedure among other RBFs. …”
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Body dissatisfaction widens the racial disparities of Benzophenone-3, a chemical biomarker of personal care and consumer product usage by Vy Kim Nguyen, Samuel Zimmerman, Justin Colacino, Olivier Jolliet, Chirag J. Patel

“…We ran two generalized linear models with log10-transformed urinary concentrations of BP3 as the outcome variable and the following main predictors: one with race/ethnicity and another combining race/ethnicity and body dissatisfaction. …”
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Improving genomic prediction for plant disease using environmental covariates by Charlotte Brault, Emily J. Conley, Andrew C. Read, Andrew J. Green, Karl D. Glover, Jason P. Cook, Harsimardeep S. Gill, Jason D. Fiedler, James A. Anderson

“…Here, we computed the environment index as a linear combination of environmental covariables specific to each environment, and we derived an environment relationship matrix. …”
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A multistage research on factors influencing and active learning intervention on health literacy of community-residing elderly adults in Nanjing by Shengxuan Jin, Ruobing Fa, Jianqian Chao, Na Zhang, Min Bao, Yanqian Wu, Leixia Wang, Gangrui Tan

“…The intervention group showed significant improvement in all dimensions (P < 0.05), with significant group × time interactions in health knowledge, health behaviours, health skills, health intentions and total health literacy. Multiple linear regression indicated that marriage status related to health knowledge, education level related to health behaviours and total health literacy, chronic diseases and insurance factors related to health skills, and sex and insurance factors related to health intentions have significant effects. …”
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Burnout syndrome and the protective role of resilience among university professors: a cross-sectional study of associated psychosocial and physical factors by Maria Jose Alban Guijarro, Luis Chauca-Bajaña, Carlos Martínez Florencia, José Dionel Alban Sanchez, Miguel Álvarez Aviles, Denisse Arroyo-Apolo, Andrea Ordoñez Balladares, Manuel Roberto Tolozano-Benites, Alba Perez-Jardon, Byron Velásquez Ron

“…Chi-square tests were applied to identify associations between variables, and simple linear regression analysis was used to explore predictors of burnout, particularly the role of resilience and physical symptoms.ResultsOf the professors surveyed, 52.4% were men and 47.6% women. …”
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Ethograms predict visual fear conditioning status in rats by David C Williams, Amanda Chu, Nicholas T Gordon, Aleah M DuBois, Suhui Qian, Genevieve Valvo, Selena Shen, Jacob B Boyce, Anaise C Fitzpatrick, Mahsa Moaddab, Emma L Russell, Liliuokalani H Counsman, Michael A McDannald

“…These shock-paired visual cues further elicited locomotion and freezing. Linear discriminant analyses showed that ethogram data could accurately classify rats into paired and unpaired groups. …”
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Warming Increases Environmental DNA (eDNA) Removal Rates in Flowing Waters by Elise D. Snyder, Jennifer L. Tank, Abagael N. Pruitt, Brett Peters, Pedro F. P. Brandão‐Dias, E. M. Curtis, Kyle Bibby, Arial J. Shogren, Diogo Bolster, Scott P. Egan, Gary A. Lamberti

“…Consequently, smaller eDNA particles were removed faster than larger particles at 26°C and 23°C (Tukey's, p < 0.001) compared to 20°C (Tukey's, p = 0.01), resulting in an increase in the proportion of the eDNA sample made up of small particles with downstream transport for the two warmer temperatures (beta linear model, p < 0.001). This suggests eDNA removal in streams reflects a complex interplay between physical trapping and microbial degradation influenced by temperature. …”
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Handgrip strength in elite youth football: potential for performance prediction and the moderating effects of age and maturation by Sebastian Viktor Waldemar Schulz, Lucas Wizani, Lynn Matits, Lynn Matits, Eric Schwarz, Patrick Wiedemann, Daniel Alexander Bizjak, Achim Jerg, Johannes Kirsten, Alexander-Stephan Henze

“…Pearson correlation coefficients were used to assess associations between HGS and motor performance outcomes, while linear regression models tested the moderating effects of age and maturity offset. …”
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Surgical Treatment of Primary Penetrating Macular Retinal Tears Using an “Effective” Fragment of the Internal Limiting Membrane by A. V. Tereshchenko, N. M. Shilov, N. N. Yudina, Yu. A. Sidorova, E. V. Erokhina, S. V. Novikov, A. N. Mits

“…The outer boundary membrane was clearly visible and had a linear profile. A complete resorption of edema along the edges of the tear happened. …”
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