Association of Long-Term Exposure to PM2.5 Components with Quality of Life in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome by Bangjie Guo, Yanwen Cao, Zunyan Chu, Dongli Song, Yingying Cao, Xiao Zhang, Weikai Cui, Qi Zhao, Jiali Wang, Yuguo Chen

“…For each patient, EuroQol 5 dimensions questionnaire with 3 levels (EQ-5D-3L) was used to measure quality of life; polygenic risk score (PRS) was calculated to evaluate genetic susceptibility. The multivariate linear mixed model and ordinal logistic model were fitted to assess the influence of PM2.5 components on EQ-5D-3L utility values by domains, and the modification effects of genetic susceptibility and medication history. …”
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Comparison of obesity prevalence and associated factors among Thai patients with type 2 diabetes between 2014 and 2018 by Methavee Poochanasri, Chutawat Kookanok, Wisit Kaewput, Ram Rangsin, Nattapol Sathavarodom, Apussanee Boonyavarakul, Parinya Samakkarnthai

“…Descriptive statistics were used to analyze demographic characteristics and obesity prevalence, while multivariable logistic regression was employed to identify factors independently associated with obesity. Additionally, linear regression analysis assessed the relationships between BMI and continuous variables, including age, systolic blood pressure (SBP), and HbA1c levels. …”
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Growth and Form Trait Variation Analysis Among Different Clones of Michelia chapensis by Zhixi DENG, Baishuan LYU, Rong HUANG, Limin ZHOU, Runhui WANG, Li CHEN, Zhijun LAI, Jiaqi CHEN, Jie ZHU, Ruping WEI, Huiquan ZHENG

“…The breeding values exhibited normal distributions using the Best Linear Unbiased Prediction (BLUP) method of all traits, representing as -0.63 to 0.82 for tree height, -1.87 to 2.09 for ground diameter, -0.62 to 0.67 for crown width, -11.00 to 9.51 for height-diameter ratio, and -7.22 to 9.90 for crown-diameter ratio respectively. …”
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The mediating role of postoperative blood glucose in the relationship between body composition and overall survival in non-diabetic gastric cancer patients by Ning Lan, Min Lai, Ying Gao, Xuan Wang, Min Chen, Shuheng Bai, Junyang Wang, Wenzhen Yuan, Juan Ren

“…Univariate and multivariate Cox regression analyses were performed to identify independent factors influencing OS. Multivariate linear regression and correlation analyses were conducted to explore factors affecting postoperative blood glucose and its association with preoperative body composition parameters. …”
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Longitudinal accumulation of glial activation measured by TSPO-PET predicts later brain atrophy in multiple sclerosis by Nylund Marjo, Lehto Jussi, Matilainen Markus, Rajander Johan, Wahlroos Saara, Sucksdorff Marcus, Kuhlmann Tanja, Airas Laura

“…According to forward-type stepwise multiple linear regression, change in the proportion of active voxels in the NAWM over one year and baseline body-mass-index were best predictors of later development of brain atrophy (R2 = 0.69). …”
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Association between international normalized ratio-to-albumin ratio and mortality in critically ill patients with gastrointestinal bleeding: a retrospective MIMIC-IV database study by Xingyi Yang, Shasha Ying, Lihong Lv, Yishu Ji, Jiaqian Ying, Huyan Ke

“…Additionally, RCS analysis revealed a linear association between PTAR and mortality (P-nonlinear > 0.05). …”
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Livelihood resilience: The role of social‐ecological filters in a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System of southern Chile by Julián Caviedes, André Braga Junqueira, Laura Calvet‐Mir, Camilo Oyarzo, Santiago Kaulen, Santiago Álvarez‐Fernández, Carla Marchant Santiago, José Tomás Ibarra

“…We also took aerial photographs of their farms, from which we derived information on landscape composition. Using Generalized Linear Mixed Effects Models, we tested the association between eight different social‐ecological filters and the ILR. …”
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Prognostic value of HLA-I homozygosity in patients with non-small cell lung cancer treated with single agent immunotherapy by Mark Watson, Michael Millward, Samantha Bowyer, Afaf Abed, Leslie Calapre, Johnny Lo, Suzana Correia, Abha Chopra, Muhammad Adnan Khattak, Elin Solomonovna Gray

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Cognitive and motor abilities predict auditory-cued finger tapping in a dual task by Mohammed A. Mudarris, Mohammed A. Mudarris, Mohammed A. Mudarris, Renske N. Krijt, Allyah M. Hassell, Tanya M. Murphy, Marit F. L. Ruitenberg, Marit F. L. Ruitenberg, Marjolein Fokkema, Rebecca S. Schaefer, Rebecca S. Schaefer, Rebecca S. Schaefer

“…Accounting for musical training and reward from music revealed that sustained attention, verbal memory, musical training and reward additionally predicted tapping force, whereas only musical training predicted better tapping consistency. These non-linear relationships were shown for both single and dual tasks, but not for the dual task cost. …”
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Analysis on the Error Correction Method of 2m Temperature Hourly Forecast Based on CMA-GD Model by Jian LI, Qi FAN, Ying ZHANG, Xingsheng XU

“…The most significant meteorological component is temperature， and weather forecasting relies heavily on how accurately temperatures are predicted.This study uses a linear non-graded regression method to rectify the inaccuracies in temperature forecasts induced by terrain variation in the 2 m temperature hourly forecast product of the mesoscale numerical model （China Meteorological Administration Guangdong， CMA-GD）， and use the one-dimensional Kalman filtering method and the double-weighted moving average method to correct the results.The accuracy of the hourly distribution exhibits a diurnal variation feature， and the model terrain height deviation is linearly negatively connected with the temperature error mean value， according to the results.The daytime correction impact is superior than the nighttime correction effect following the ungraded regression method.recorrecting using the best time frame for mathematical correction techniques （15 days for the Kalman method and 20 days for the mean method）.It is discovered that the mean method's re-correction effect outperforms the Kalman methods， and that the correction effect is more pronounced during the day than at night.Summer and autumn have a better re-correction impact than winter and spring， with some negative correction effects in spring and little difference between the two techniques in the latter.In the former， the mean value method outperforms the Kalman method.There are eight stations with negative correction following the ungraded regression method， but no negative correction stations follow the mathematical correction methods.Therefore the northern region typically experiences a better corrective impact than the southern region.The fraction of correction magnitude for both MAE and ACC is positively correlated with a binomial connection.The terrain deviation correction method has the least slope and restricted correction effect， while the mean value approach has the best correlation and largest slope.An error assessment was conducted in the middle part of Poyang Lake Plain and the south Zhejiang-Fujian hilly region.The peak error value in the former was lower than that in the latter， and the correction amplitude at the peak was smaller.After correction， the MAE decreased by 25.1% and 19.8%， respectively.From November 2022 to January 2023， during frequent cold air intrusions， the MAE in the middle part of the Poyang Lake Plain decreased by 13.5%.With corrected forecast errors oscillating around the zero axis and a noticeable improvement in systematic positive errors， the model significantly overestimates the temperature forecast for high mountain areas.The temperature forecast errors oscillate with the smallest amplitude from August to October and the largest amplitude in spring and winter.Taking the warming process （May 1-6， 2022） and the strong cooling process （November 28-December 3， 2022） as examples， the corrected MAE decreased by 18.2% and 16.0%， respectively， indicating that the method has achieved stable correction effects during transitional weather.This composite method has good stability， strong forecast correction ability， easy to promote.…”
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Neonatal factors predictive for respiratory and gastro-intestinal morbidity after esophageal atresia repair by Maissa Rayyan, Malaika Embrechts, Hans Van Veer, Raf Aerts, Ilse Hoffman, Marijke Proesmans, Karel Allegaert, Gunnar Naulaers, Nathalie Rommel

“…A complicated clinical course was defined as the occurrence of ≥1 of these complications: severe gastro-esophageal reflux, esophageal stricture requiring dilatations, need for tube feeding for >100 days, severe tracheomalacia, severe chronic respiratory disease and death. We used linear models with a binomial distribution to determine risk factors for gastro-intestinal or respiratory complicated evolution and a backward stepwise elimination procedure to reduce models until only significant variables remained in the model. …”
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Association between dietary fiber intake and post-stroke depression among US women: insights from the NHANES 2005–2018 cross-sectional study by Xueshan Jian, Shuyang Jian, Zhiru Zhang, Yuxuan Ye, Xiaona Tang, Rucheng Huang, Rucheng Huang

“…The RCS analysis indicated an inverse association between DFI and the risk of PSD (p for non-linearity = 0.026). Subgroup analysis revealed that, except for subgroups stratified by age and body mass index (p < 0.05), there were no significant interactions between DFI and other specific subgroups (all interactions p > 0.05).ConclusionThe findings suggest a non-linear negative association between DFI and PSD risk among US women.…”
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Preclinical Pharmacokinetic Evaluation of Mithramycin and Mithramycin SA Tryptophan-Conjugated Analog by Kumar Kulldeep Niloy, Jamie Horn, Nazmul H. Bhuiyan, Khaled A. Shaaban, Suhas S. Bhosale, Thomas E. Prisinzano, Jon S. Thorson, Jurgen Rohr, Markos Leggas

“…The MTMSA-Trp pharmacokinetic linearity was evaluated in mice at 0.3, 1, 3, and 10 mg/kg doses. …”
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Young Adult and Adolescent Gender-affirming Care: Defining Perioperative Protocols by Caitlyn C. Belza, MD, MAS, Gaby Sendek, MD, MS, Miriam Becker, MS, Kelli Lopes, BA, Joshua Kohan, MD, Emily Ewing, MA, Edna Montes, MS, Rocneil Nguyen, BA, Andrew Richardson, MS, Bixby Marino-Kibbee, LCSW, Melissa Kanack, MD, David J. Inwards-Breland, MD, Amanda A. Gosman, MD

“…Patients were grouped by the timing of surgery: before (“preprotocol,” n = 25) or after (“postprotocol,” n = 45) implementation of the outpatient protocol. Multivariate linear and logistic regression and independent t tests were used. …”
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Exploring the impact of self-efficacy on glycemic control in Omani type 2 diabetes patients by Ibrahim A. AlShezawi, Tamara H Al Rawwad, Ali A. Aldirawi, Abdallah A. Alwawi, Humoud S Al Fazari, Azmat H. Shah

“…Statistical analyses were performed using SPSS version 29; multiple linear regression identified predictors of glycemic control.ResultsNearly half of the patients were aged 51–70 years, most were married, and over half were female. …”
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Intraoperative Intraluminal Endoscopy in the Surgical Treatment of Patients with Esophageal Diverticula of Various Localization by A. L. Shestakov, M. V. Khrustaleva, M. E. Shahbanov, N. A. Bulganina, T. T. Bitarov, I. A. Boeva, A. T. Tskhovrebov, I. A. Tarasova, O. V. Rykov, I. M. Selivanova, A. A. Bezaltynnykh

“…At the resection stage, the completeness of the surgical removal was controlled, along with the absence of esophageal lumen narrowing after sewing the neck of the diverticulum using a linear stapler.Results. The average duration of the operation in patients with Zenker’s diverticula and those in the control group was 45.5 ± 8.8 min and 73.8 ± 12.7 min (p < 0.05), respectively. …”
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A 5-year retrospective study of demographic, anamnestic, and clinical factors related to psychiatric hospitalizations of adolescent patients by Di Lorenzo R, Cimino N, Di Pietro E, Pollutri G, Neviani V, Ferri P

“…Parental psychiatric illness was negatively related, in a statistically significantly way, with onset age of adolescent mental disorders (coefficient -2.28, 95% confidence interval [CI]: -3.53 to 1.01, P<0.001, single linear regression; odds ratio: 4.39, 95% CI: 1.43–13.47, P<0.010, single logistic regression). …”
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Identification of spodumene using a remote-sensing index cube from SDGSAT-1 and other satellites by Siyuan Li, Nannan Zhang, Yong Li, Li Chen, Hao Zhang, Jinyu Chang, Jintao Tao, Jianpeng Jing

“…In this study, a series of spodumene thermal infrared indices (STIRI) were derived via linear regression using thermal infrared (TIR) data from the SDGSAT-1, ASTER, and Landsat 8 satellites. …”
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Biological Ageing Acceleration and Functional Capacities Across the Lifespan in the INSPIRE‐T Cohort by Juan Luis Sánchez‐Sánchez, Bruno Vellas, Sophie Guyonnet, Paul Bensadoun, Jean‐Marc Lemaitre, Matias Fuentealba Valenzuela, Fabien Pillard, Yves Rolland, David Furman, Philipe deSouto Barreto

“…Physical capacity endpoints included the five‐time sit‐to‐stand test (5‐STS), the Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB), the 30‐s chair stand test (30‐s CST), maximum oxygen uptake (VO2max) and isokinetic muscle strength (IMS). Multivariate linear regression was used to explore the associations of BAA (with and without interacting with chronological age or sex) with functional capacity endpoints. …”
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Cognitive characteristics and ischemic prognosis of quantitative white matter hyperintensities in adult moyamoya disease by Ziqi Liu, Xiaokuan Hao, Qi Duan, Chaoran Shen, Haojin Lyu, Junze Zhang, Jing Gu, Shihao He, Yanru Wang, Xilong Wang, Zhenyu Zhou, Ning Ma, Ran Duan, Xinlin Zhou, Xin Lou, Rong Wang

“…Adjusted quantitative whole-brain, periventricular (PVWMHs), and deep WMHs (DWMHs) were included in the proportional hazards model to explore their relationships with 2-year ischemic events. Linear regression analysis was used to evaluate the correlation between the WMH burden in different brain regions and various cognitive domains. …”
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