Compliance of pre-packaged food products with Nigerian food labelling guidelines: the NigeFE study by Gideon Onyedikachi Iheme, Gideon Onyedikachi Iheme, Ifeoma Mercy Egechizuorom, Linda Obianuju Edafioghor, Elizabeth Monday Okonkwo, Linda Eneh Olah, Barbara Adimchinobi Onyeonu, Oluwadamilare Emmanuel Kupoluyi, Hannah Chinyere Enuka, Adimchi Dike Adile, Idris Hajara, Obinna Chimela Ogbonna, Nwabuma Cynthia Asouzu, Chinyere Ikejiofor

“…Descriptive statistics and multiple linear regression were applied to assess compliance levels and their associated determinants.ResultsThe majority (>70.0%) of the pre-packaged foods complied with key labelling requirements except quantitative ingredient declaration (39.1%) as well as nutrient declaration of priority (56.5%), and non-priority (38.1%) nutrients. …”
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Patterns, socioeconomic inequalities and determinants of healthy eating in Kenya: results from a national cross-sectional survey by Elvis Omondi Achach Wambiya, Shukri F Mohamed, Lyagamula Kisia, Jane Osindo, Isaac Kisiangani, Patrick G Ilboudo, Hermann P P Donfouet, Samuel Kipruto, James Odhiambo Oguta

“…In addition, multivariable linear regression was used to determine factors that influence healthy eating in Kenya.Results A total of 21 512 households in Kenya were included, of which 60% were rural and about two-thirds headed by males. …”
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Electrochemical Determination of Gallic Acid in Tea Samples Using Pyramidal Pt Nanoparticles by Tiziano Di Giulio, Maria Antonieta Ramírez‐Morales, Valentina Mastronardi, Giuseppe Mele, Rosaria Brescia, Pier Paolo Pompa, Cosimino Malitesta, Giuseppe Egidio De Benedetto, Mauro Moglianetti, Maria Ada Malvindi, Elisabetta Mazzotta

“…With just 2.7 µg of PtNPs, the sensor demonstrated a linear response in the concentration range from 50 to 600 µm, a detection limit of 16 µm, and a quantification limit of 49 µm. …”
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Utilizing Hip Abduction Strength to Body-Weight Ratios in Return to Sport Decision-Making After ACL Reconstruction by Steven Higbie, Jacquelyn Kleihege, Brian Duncan, Walter R. Lowe, Lane Bailey

“…Data were analyzed using univariate general linear models with an alpha level of .05. # Results Of the 528 enrolled patients, 364 (68.9%) demonstrated a low strength to BW ratio. …”
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Development and Characterization of a New Oral Antileishmanial Bis(pyridine-2-Carboxamidine) Drug Through Innovative Dissolution Testing in Biorelevant Media Combined with Pharmaco... by Almudena Laguna, Borja Martínez-Alonso, Víctor Guarnizo-Herrero, J. Jonathan Nué-Martinez, Christophe Dardonville, Santiago Torrado-Santiago, Carlos Torrado-Salmerón

“…<b>Results</b>: Pharmacokinetic studies in rats of JNII40_base at 100 and 20 mg/kg, and JNII40_HCl at 20 mg/kg, showed a non-linear pharmacokinetic at high doses. An innovative biorelevant medium of phosphate buffer pH 6.8 with polysorbate 80 at 0.6% (<i>w</i>/<i>v</i>) showed high concentration values for JNII40_base at 30 min, which predicts good intestinal absorption. …”
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Distance Learning During the COVID-19 Lockdown and Self-Assessed Competency Development Among Radiology Residents in China: Cross-Sectional Survey by Peicheng Wang, Ziye Wu, Jingfeng Zhang, Yanrong He, Maoqing Jiang, Jianjun Zheng, Zhenchang Wang, Zhenghan Yang, Yanhua Chen, Jiming Zhu

“…To estimate the long-term outcomes of radiology residents’ training after the initial COVID-19 outbreak, this study measured 6 core competencies developed by the US Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education reported by radiology residents. Multiple linear regression and moderating effect analysis were conducted to examine the associations between distance learning, mental health status, and self-assessed competencies. …”
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Artificial Intelligence−Driven Analysis Identifies Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction, Hip Arthroscopy and Femoroacetabular Impingement Syndrome, and Shoulder Instability as... by Henry B.G. Baird, B.S., William Allen, M.D., Mauricio Gallegos, M.D., Cody C. Ashy, M.D., Harris S. Slone, M.D., W. Michael Pullen, M.D.

“…., “hot” and “cold” topic patterns based on linear regression models of topic frequency from 2020 to 2023). …”
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Abiotic and biotic factors mediate the decomposition of crop straw in saline farmland soils by Chong Tang, Jingsong Yang, Lu Zhang, Wenping Xie, Rongjiang Yao, Xiangping Wang, Ruoyu Wang, Tao Li

“…In this study, we obtained five salinity gradient soils (namely, NS, LS, MS, HS, and SS corresponding to non-saline soil, low-salinity soil, moderately saline soil, highly saline soil, and severely saline soil, respectively) from saline farmland and conducted a 63- day indoor constant temperature incubation experiment with wheat and maize straw as C sources. We found a linear increase in the apparent C mineralization (Cmin) with increasing salinity. …”
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Development and validation of a rapid-prototyping IoT-based sensor system for poultry house microclimate monitoring by Glauber da Rocha Balthazar, Robson Mateus Freitas Silveira, José Tadeu Aldrigue, Iran José Oliveira da Silva

“…Statistical analysis of the calibration data yielded linear regression equations for each variable (e.g., for NH₃: y = 0.602x + 501.86). …”
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Correlation Between Tear Film Stability and Myopia in Children by Huang PW, Kuo YK, Chen NN, Li JH, Wu CH, Chen HM, Su KW, Sun CC

“…The correlation between dry eye and myopia was determined by linear regression analysis.Results: In total, 31 non-myopic (mean age, 9.03 years) and 34 myopic (mean age, 8.44 years) children were included in the final analysis. …”
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Cerebrospinal fluid sTREM2 mediates the associations of α-synuclein with tau pathology in older adults without dementia: two population-based study by Yong-Chang Wang, Liang-Yu Huang, Yan-Fu, Shi-Yin Xiong, Zuo-Teng Wang, Chen-Chen Tan, Lan Tan

“…Methods A total of 989 participants were included in the CABLE (Chinese Alzheimer’s Biomarker and LifestylE) study. Multiple linear regression analyses were performed to assess the associations of CSF α-synuclein and sTREM2 with tau pathology. …”
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Metabolome-wide associations with short-term exposure to PM2.5-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: a study in older adults by Haoneng Hu, Quan Zhou, Kang Cao, Yu Jiang, Jianjun Xiang, Jing Wu, Jin Li, Zhiwei Chen, Shuling Kang, Dandan Zhu, Huaying Lin, Chuancheng Wu

“…Furthermore, we conducted an untargeted metabolomic analysis of plasma samples using a liquid chromatograph mass spectrometer (LC–MS). A general linear regression model was utilized to investigate the significant relationships between metabolites and pollutants. …”
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Decomposition analysis of public health service utilization and health disparities among urban and rural older adult migrants in China by Bo Dong, MengHan Jiang, Jing Zong

“…Descriptive analysis and chi-square tests were used to examine the distribution of three types of public health services—health education, health record establishment, and family doctor contracting—as well as self-reported health status among urban and rural older adult migrants. Multiple linear regression models were applied to identify factors associated with public health service utilization and health status. …”
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The correlation between anti-phospholipase A2 receptor antibodies and hypercoagulability in patients with idiopathic membranous nephropathy by Yunyun Liu, Yujie Tang, Wei-Bo Le, Dacheng Chen, Dandan Liang, Feng Xu, Shaoshan Liang, Yongzhong Zhong, Caihong Zeng

“…Correlation analysis showed that serum anti-PLA2R antibodies were positively correlated with fibrinogen, D-dimer, K time, CI value, α-angle, and MA value. Multiple linear regression analysis indicated that anti-PLA2R antibodies were independently correlated with fibrinogen and MA value.Conclusion Our study provides a new perspective on the underlying mechanisms of hypercoagulability in patients with IMN. …”
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Attachment-based compassion therapy and adapted mindfulness-based stress reduction for the treatment of depressive, anxious and adjustment disorders in mental health settings: a ra... by Jesus Montero-Marin, Carlos Collado-Navarro, Mayte Navarro-Gil, Alba Lopez-Montoyo, Marcelo Demarzo, Paola Herrera-Mercadal, Alberto Barcelo-Soler, Javier Garcia-Campayo

“…Intention-to-treat analysis will be conducted using linear mixed models. Per-protocol and secondary outcome analyses will be performed. …”
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Correlation Between the “Big Five” Personality Traits and Burnout in Orthopaedic Surgery Residents by Ryley Zastrow, MD, Nainisha Chintalapudi, MD, Rebecca Pool, MA, Patrick Rosopa, PhD, Brian Scannell, MD, FAOA, Brandi Hartley, MD, FAOA, Adam S. Levin, MD, FAOA, Gabriella Ode, MD, FAOA, Alexander W. Aleem, MD, MSc, S. Elizabeth Ames, MD, April D. Armstrong, MD, MSc, Monique Chauntynae Chambers, MD, Melvyn A. Harrington, MD, Dawn LaPorte, MD, Cassandra A. Lee, MD, Joshua C. Patt, MD, MPH, Brent A Ponce, MD, Padmavathi Ponnuru, PhD, Afshin Razi, MD, Stephanie Lewis Tanner, MS, Rushabh Vakharia, MD, Joseph K Weistroffer, MD

“…Participants completed a demographic survey, “Big Five” personality assessment, Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), and Abbreviated Maslach Burnout Inventory (aMBI) at study enrollment and 6 or 12 months later. Linear regressions assessed correlations between each “Big Five” personality trait and PSS and aMBI scores. …”
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Remnant cholesterol in early pregnancy as a predictor of gestational diabetes mellitus beyond triglyceride levels: a retrospective cohort study by Xiang-Xiang Li, Jia-Yi Zhang, Si-Yuan Chen, Xiao-Fei Wu, Chun-Fang Ma, Hao Shen

“…Additionally, the adjusted RCS analysis revealed a significant linear-dose–response link between RC and GDM risk (P for all < 0.001; P for nonlinear = 0.357). …”
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Association of emergency department nurse and physician work environment agreement on clinician job and patient outcomes by K. Jane Muir, Anish K. Agarwal, Daniela Golinelli, Karen B. Lasater, James Ballinghoff, Colleen Mattioni, Matthew D. McHugh, Linda H. Aiken, United States Clinician Wellbeing Study Consortium

“…A K-means algorithm classified hospitals into ‘profiles’ based on nurse and physician agreement on work environment assessments. Hospital-level linear regression models determined the relationship between hospital profiles and clinician job and patient outcomes. …”
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Influência da declividade do solo e da energia cinética de chuvas simuladas no processo de erosão entre sulcos Influence of the soil slope and kinetic energy of simulated precipita... by Ricardo S.S. Amorim, Demetrius D. da Silva, Fernando F. Pruski, Antonio T. de Matos

“…The results showed that the accumulated soil loss with time presented a tendency towards linearity providing, this way, soil loss rates constant through out the tests; and the total soil loss increased with the increase of the soil slope and of the kinetic energy, but the slope had a less expressive effect on soil loss than the precipitation kinetic energy.…”
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Longitudinal association between the duration of eye gaze fixation on social information and specific symptoms of neurodevelopmental disorders in children: A large‐scale community‐... by Masatsugu Orui, Mami Ishikuro, Taku Obara, Aoi Noda, Genki Shinoda, Keiko Murakami, Hirohito Metoki, Masahiro Kikuya, Naoki Nakaya, Tomoko Nishimura, Keiko Tanaka, Yoshihiro Miyake, Atsushi Hozawa, Kenji J. Tsuchiya, Shinichi Kuriyama, The Tohoku Medical Megabank Project Study Group

“…Methods A longitudinal study involving 2101 participants utilized a generalized linear model (GLM) to examine associations between the duration of eye gaze fixation on social information at age 4 years and subscale scores of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) at ages 6–7. …”
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