Medical narrative competency, empathy, and self-efficacy among senior medical undergraduates in China: a cross-sectional analysis by Fang Liu, Shangqin Liu, Lijing Xia, Rui Pang, Hengyu Zhou

“…Narrative competency was positively correlated with self-efficacy (r = 0.345, p < 0.01) and empathy (r = 0.492, p < 0.01). Multiple linear regression analysis revealed that the final model adopted was statistically significant (F = 18.203; p < 0.001; R2 = 0.342). …”
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Factors associated with psychiatric consultation history and methods of suicide in individuals who died by suicide in Osaka City: A retrospective study by Ryu Murakami, Daigo Morioka, Kenko Fukui, Atsushi Hiraide, Hisanaga Kuroki

“…The Cochran–Armitage trend test was used to evaluate whether there was a significant linear trend in the distribution of case counts across 10‐year age groups. …”
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Biological modification of functional properties of orange-fleshed sweet potato flour by spontaneous fermentation and its possible utilization by Yuliana Neti, Sartika Dewi, Rangga Azhari, Oktasari Mia, Jatmiko Edo

“…However, a quadratic increase was found in water retention from 2.55 to 2.72 and linear expansion rate from 13.54 to 16.59. Starch granules changed with fermentation time. …”
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PENGARUH DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO, RETURN ON ASSET DAN EARNING VARIABILITY TERHADAP BETA SAHAM SYARIAH by Sri Kustini, Selvi Pratiwi

“…Data dianalisis dengan menggunakan multiple linear-regressions. Hasil penelitian pada tes yang simultan adalah (1) DPR, ROA and earnings variability tidak berefek pada saham beta shariah, (2) partial test dalam variabel DPR negative dan tidak signifikan pada saham beta sharia, (3) the ROA variable dan variabilitas pendapatan dan tidak signifikan pada saham beta shariah.   …”
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HATCH score associated with new-onset atrial fibrillation in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction by Shan Qin, Yexiao Tao, Chenzhe Tang, Qi Zhang, Yong Li, Zhengdong Fei

“…The RCS analysis revealed a linear correlation between the HATCH score and NOAF (P for overall < 0.001). …”
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Biomass fuel use and birth weight among term births in Nigeria. by Musa Abubakar Kana, Min Shi, Jennifer Ahmed, Jimoh Muhammad Ibrahim, Abdullahi Yusuf Ashir, Karimatu Abdullahi, Halima Bello-Manga, Matthew Taingson, Amina Mohammed-Durosinlorun, Musa Shuaibu, Abdulkadir Musa Tabari, Stephanie J London

“…We estimated covariate adjusted associations between birth weight and biomass fuel exposure in CEGROMS using linear regression and using linear mixed model in the DHS. …”
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Dietary index for gut microbiota and its inverse association with female infertility: evidence from NHANES 2013–2018 by Chiqiang Cheng, Xi He, Chunhua Zhou, Liu Ouyang, Yang Zhao, Jiahui Li, Fangfang Liu, Xia Gao

“…RCS analyses revealed an L-shaped non-linear relationship, with a threshold at DI-GM = 5. …”
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Association between obesity indicators and retinopathy in US adults: NHANES 2005–2008 by Chuan-Xi Wang, Miao Kuang, Miao Kuang, Jing-Jing Hou, Si-Yu Lin, Sheng-Zhen Liu, Ning Bao, Zheng-Xuan Jiang

“…RCS curves found linear correlations between BRI, CI, WHtR, TMI, and WWI with retinopathy, except for BMI. …”
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High throughput phenotyping in soybean breeding using RGB image vegetation indices based on drone by Andressa K. S. Alves, Maurício S. Araújo, Saulo F. S. Chaves, Luiz Antônio S. Dias, Lucas P. Corrêdo, Gabriel G. F. A. Pessoa, André R. G. Bezerra

“…RGB images were captured at multiple stages of development (28, 37, 49, 70, 86, 105, 115, and 120 days after sowing). We used a linear mixed effects model, with restricted maximum likelihood (REML)/best linear unbiased prediction (BLUP) methods, to estimate variance components and genetic correlations, and to predict genotypic values. …”
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IncSAR: A Dual Fusion Incremental Learning Framework for SAR Target Recognition by George Karantaidis, Athanasios Pantsios, Ioannis Kompatsiaris, Symeon Papadopoulos

“…Moreover, a random projection layer improves the linear separability of features, and a variant of Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA) decorrelates extracted class prototypes for better generalization. …”
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Associations between naples prognostic score and stroke and mortality among older adults by Junting Song, Lin Yin

“…Restricted cubic spline revealed a positive non-linear relationship (P for overall < 0.001, P for non-linear < 0.001). …”
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Evaluating community knowledge of tuberculosis preventive therapy in rural South Africa by Carlo Foppiano Palacios, Anthony P. Moll, Roman Shrestha, Tejaswi Kompala, J. Lucian Davis, Salome Charalambous, Lucy Chimoyi, Violet Chihota, Laurie Andrews, Sheela V. Shenoi

“…Descriptive statistics, chi-square testing, Kruskal-Wallis, linear regression, and exploratory factor analysis (EFA) were performed. …”
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Correlation between ratio of fasting blood glucose to high density lipoprotein cholesterol in serum and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in American adults: a population based ana... by Xianjing Jin, Jing Xu, Xiaochun Weng

“…Additionally, multiple linear regression analysis showed a positive correlation between GHR and the severity of liver steatosis according to CA p-values (β = 4.97, 95% CI: 4.28, 5.66). …”
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Trialing a simple mobile phone dependency intervention strategy among Chinese college students by Lu Li, Hengte Wang, Rugang Liu, Stephen Nicholas, Elizabeth Maitland

“…Using Wilcoxon rank sum test and multivariate linear regression analysis, the effect of the daily recording intervention on reducing mobile phone dependence was assessed. …”
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Inversion Methods of Soil Hydraulic Parameters Based on Hyperspectral Characteristics by WU Yanmei, ZHU Han, LI Ji, LI Zixin, HE Jianliang, LIN Kairong, ZHUANG Luwen, DONG Chunyu

“…The results are as follows. ① The spectral curves exhibit clear linearity in three bands: 700~750 nm, 830~1 100 nm, and 1 520~1 620 nm, with the mean values of coefficient of determination for the linear fitting <italic>R²</italic>all over 0.94. ② Among gradient boosting regression(GBR), partial least squares regression(PLSR), and random forest(RF), GBR performs the best and shows high sensitivity to the linear fitting parameter lg<italic>a</italic>₂(the logarithm of the slope) in the 830-1100 nm band. …”
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RAD50 is required for efficient initiation of resection and recombinational repair at random, gamma-induced double-strand break ends. by Jim Westmoreland, Wenjian Ma, Yan Yan, Kelly Van Hulle, Anna Malkova, Michael A Resnick

“…We utilized this "PFGE-shift" to follow the fate of both ends of linear molecules generated by a single random DSB in circular chromosomes. …”
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Determination of Nitrite and Sulfite in Foods by Phenolic Acid-based Gold Nanoparticles Electrode by Linlin CHEN, Songyao WU, Xi HAO, Wei LI, Ming ZHANG, Haipeng ZHANG, Xintong LI, Na ZHANG

“…The concentration of nitrite and sulfite in the range of 0.001 to 7 mmol/L showed a good linear relationship with the peak oxidation current (R2>0.994), and the detection limits were 0.20 μmol/L and 0.24 μmol/L (S/N=3), respectively. …”
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PET Imaging of CD206 Macrophages in Bleomycin-Induced Lung Injury Mouse Model by Volkan Tekin, Yujun Zhang, Clayton Yates, Jesse Jaynes, Henry Lopez, Charles Garvin, Benjamin M. Larimer, Suzanne E. Lapi

“…<b>Conclusions</b>: These findings suggest that both linear and cyclic [⁶⁸Ga]Ga-RP832c may function as promising PET imaging agents for CD206 macrophages, and thereby a strategy to non-invasively explore the role of macrophages during fibrogenesis.…”
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Artificial intelligence as a potential tool for oxidative stress estimation in medicine by Yan Kazakov, Alexander Halperin, Khiena Brainina

“…The quantitative measurement of OS is an unsolved task, largely due to the existence of numerous complex, non-linear interactions of its components, which can not be measured by traditional statistical methods. …”
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Effect of weight gain on blood pressure in Ugandan persons with HIV on dolutegravir/lamivudine/ tenofovir disoproxil fumarate over 48 weeks. by Willington Amutuhaire, Barbara Castelnuovo, Nele Brusselaers, Martin Nabwana, Lal Muhammad, Brendan Maloney, Bridgette Nixon, Jean-Marc Schwarz, Frank Mulindwa

“…We found a moderate positive linear relationship between weight gain and MAP over 48 weeks. …”
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