Identification of Loci and Candidate Genes Associated with Arginine Content in Soybean by Jiahao Ma, Qing Yang, Cuihong Yu, Zhi Liu, Xiaolei Shi, Xintong Wu, Rongqing Xu, Pengshuo Shen, Yuechen Zhang, Ainong Shi, Long Yan

“…Genomic Prediction (GP) was performed for arginine content using several models: Bayes A (BA), Bayes B (BB), Bayesian LASSO (BL), Bayesian Ridge Regression (BRR), Ridge Regression Best Linear Unbiased Prediction (rrBLUP), Random Forest (RF), and Support Vector Machine (SVM). …”
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A survey of uncertainty in illness state and its influencing factors in patients with Brucellosis (布鲁氏菌病患者疾病不确定感现状及影响因素分析) by KANG Junting (康俊婷), YANG Fengqin (杨风勤), CHEN Jingjing (陈晶晶), QIN Jingya (秦靖雅), CHANG Xuemei (常雪梅), LI Li (李丽)

“…General data, the Illness Uncertainty Scale (DCS), the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), and the SF-36 Health Survey were used to collect data. Multivariate linear regression analysis was applied to analyze the influencing factors of illness uncertainty in brucellosis patients. …”
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Association between external eating and dietary patterns among middle school students in Chongqing, China by Yingjiao Deng, Yingjiao Deng, Yingjiao Deng, Yingjiao Deng, Lingxi Zhao, Linlu Guo, Linlu Guo, Linlu Guo, Linlu Guo, Yu Zhang, Yu Zhang, Yu Zhang, Yu Zhang, Yuanyuan Lan, Yuanyuan Lan, Yuanyuan Lan, Yuanyuan Lan, Youtao Mou, Youtao Mou, Youtao Mou, Youtao Mou, Wenhua Ran, Ling Liu, Zumin Shi, Yong Zhao, Yong Zhao, Yong Zhao, Yong Zhao, Yong Zhao

“…Exploratory factor analysis was employed to extract dietary patterns, and multiple linear regression analysis was used to analyze the association between external eating and dietary patterns among middle school students.ResultsThe total score for external eating among middle school students in Chongqing ranges from 19 to 27. …”
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Affective bias predicts changes in depression during deep brain stimulation therapy by Brian Cui, Madaline M. Mocchi, Brian A. Metzger, Prathik Kalva, John F. Magnotti, Jess G. Fiedorowicz, Allison Waters, Christopher K. Kovach, Yvonne Y. Reed, Raissa K. Mathura, Camille Steger, Bailey Pascuzzi, Kourtney Kanja, Ashan Veerakumar, Vineet Tiruvadi, Vineet Tiruvadi, Andrea Crowell, Lydia Denison, Christopher J. Rozell, Nader Pouratian, Wayne Goodman, Patricio Riva Posse, Helen S. Mayberg, Kelly Rowe Bijanki

“…A control analysis indicated that stimulation status did not significantly affect bias scores, and thus stimulation status was excluded from further modeling. Linear mixed-effects modeling revealed that more negative bias scores were associated with higher HDRS-17 scores, particularly for positive valence stimuli. …”
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Hospitalized patients and stimulant use-associated heart failure: importance of ejection fraction and related risk factors by Akshat Agrawal, Brooke Scardino, Diensn G. Xing, Md. Shenuarin Bhuiyan, Md. Shenuarin Bhuiyan, Rick A. Bevins, Kalgi Modi, Tarek Helmy, Steven A. Conrad, Steven A. Conrad, Nicholas E. Goeders, Md Mostafizur Rahman Bhuiyan, John A. Vanchiere, John A. Vanchiere, A. Wayne Orr, A. Wayne Orr, Christopher G. Kevil, Christopher G. Kevil, Mohammad Alfrad Nobel Bhuiyan, Mohammad Alfrad Nobel Bhuiyan, Mohammad Alfrad Nobel Bhuiyan

“…P-value was found by linear trend analysis. The trend stratified by age, sex, race, and United States region (defined by the US Census Bureau) was analyzed by the Cochran-Armitage trend test. …”
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Associations among blood heavy metals, neurofilament light chains and cognition function in US adults: NHANES 2013–2014 by YuYan Zhou, YaKun Wang, ChunFang Qiu, YuXuan Man, XiaoNian Zhu, ShengKui Tan, HuaiCai Zeng, XueFeng Guo, ZhengBao Zhang

“…Results: The generalized linear models exhibited a positive correlation between blood Pb or Cd levels and sNfL (β = 0.14, 95 % CI: 0.08–0.20; β = 0.14, 95 % CI: 0.07–0.20), in total population. …”
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Spatiotemporal Analysis of Air Pollution and Climate Change Effects on Urban Green Spaces in Bucharest Metropolis by Maria Zoran, Dan Savastru, Marina Tautan, Daniel Tenciu, Alexandru Stanciu

“…Through the synergy of time series in situ air pollution and climate data, and derived vegetation biophysical variables from MODIS Terra/Aqua satellite data, this study applied statistical regression, correlation, and linear trend analysis to assess linear relationships between variables and their pairwise associations. …”
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Identification of Priority Areas for the Control of Soil Erosion and the Influence of Terrain Factors Using RUSLE and GIS in the Caeté River Basin, Brazilian Amazon by Alessandra dos Santos Santos, João Fernandes da Silva Júnior, Lívia da Silva Santos, Rômulo José Alencar Sobrinho, Eduarda Cavalcante Amorim, Gabriel Siqueira Tavares Fernandes, Elania Freire da Silva, Thieres George Freire da Silva, João L. M. P. de Lima, Alexandre Maniçoba da Rosa Ferraz Jardim

“…This study aimed to apply a GIS-integrated RUSLE model and compare its soil loss estimates with multiple linear regression (MLR) models based on terrain attributes, aiming to identify priority areas and key geomorphometric drivers of soil erosion in a tropical Amazonian river basin. …”
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Vaping leads tobacco consumption among university students in Arab countries: a study of behavioral and psychosocial factors associated with smoking by Malik Sallam, Malik Sallam, Eman Khamis Alnazly, Eman Khamis Alnazly, Adil Sajwani, Adil Sajwani, Kholoud Al-Mahzoum, Yousef Alkhalaf, Aisha Aldaihani, Abdulrahman Aldousari, Mohammad Alhajeri, Meshari Almutairi, Shekha Alnajdi, Mohammad Alkhozam, Abdulaziz Muneer Alsubaiei, Naser Eisa, Sulaiman Altheyab, Doaa H. Abdelaziz, Doaa H. Abdelaziz, Noha O. Mansour, Mohammed Sallam, Mohammed Sallam, Mohammed Sallam, Mohammed Sallam

“…Multivariate analyses using multinomial logistic and linear regressions were conducted to examine factors associated with tobacco use attitudes.ResultsAmong 1,338 university students surveyed, the majority were from Kuwait (21.0%), Egypt (18.5%), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA, 17.8%), Jordan (16.7%), and the United Arab Emirates (UAE, 10.0%). …”
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Calculation Model of Multi-roll Straightening Process Based on Bilinear Hardening and Power Hardening by ZHU Xiaoyu, CHENG Zixing, WANG Xiaogang, HAN Peisheng

“…The bilinear model shows a linear increase in error, while the power model displays a nonlinear pattern. …”
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Low blood levels of selenium, selenoprotein P and GPx3 are associated with accelerated biological aging: results from the Berlin Aging Study II (BASE-II) by Valentin Max Vetter, Kamil Demircan, Jan Homann, Thilo Samson Chillon, Michael Mülleder, Orr Shomroni, Elisabeth Steinhagen-Thiessen, Markus Ralser, Christina M. Lill, Lars Bertram, Lutz Schomburg, Ilja Demuth

“…DNA methylation age (DNAmA) and its deviation from chronological age, DNAmA acceleration (DNAmAA), which was calculated as residuals of leukocyte cell count adjusted linear regression of DNAmA on chronological age, were used to estimate biological age in this study. …”
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Association of circulating metabolites and polygenic risk score with incident type 2 diabetes: a prospective community-based cohort study by Masato Takase, Naoki Nakaya, Mana Kogure, Rieko Hatanaka, Kumi Nakaya, Ippei Chiba, Sayuri Tokioka, Kotaro Nochioka, Tomohiro Nakamura, Naho Tsuchiya, Takumi Hirata, Seizo Koshiba, Kazuki Kumada, Ikuko Motoike, Eiji Hishinuma, Akira Narita, Taku Obara, Mami Ishikuro, Hisashi Ohseto, Ippei Takahashi, Tomoko Kobayashi, Eiichi N. Kodama, Yohei Hamanaka, Masatsugu Orui, Soichi Ogishima, Satoshi Nagaie, Nobuo Fuse, Junichi Sugawara, Shinichi Kuriyama, Koichi Matsuda, Yoko Izumi, Kinuko Ohneda, Kengo Kinoshita, Atsushi Hozawa, Masayuki Yamamoto, Biobank Japan Project, the ToMMo investigators

“…Among 43 metabolites, 14 metabolites were positively associated with PRS (P for linear trend < 0.05). 3-hydroxyisobutyric-acid, 2-Aminobutyric acid, 2-ketoisocaproic acid, 2-hydroxybutyric acid, leucine, glycine, and glucose mediated the association between PRS and incident T2DM. …”
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Risk characterization for silica-related silicosis and lung cancer in communities adjacent to sand and gravel extraction facilities: examining limitations in our current risk metho... by Anthony J. Russell, Kenneth A. Mundt, Andrew Maier

“…For cancer risk based on linear dose–response assumptions, theoretical risk estimates for ambient and background levels of RCS were calculated using an occupational epidemiology-based regression equation. …”
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Novel α-Mangostin Derivatives from Mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana L.) Peel Extract with Antioxidant and Anticancer Potential by Vy Anh Tran, Thu-Thao Thi Vo, My-Nuong Thi Nguyen, Nguyen Duy Dat, Van-Dat Doan, Thanh-Quang Nguyen, Quang Hieu Vu, Van Thuan Le, Thanh Danh Tong

“…This study focused on synthesizing novel α-mangostin (α-MG) derivatives at positions of C-3 and C-6 from extracted α-MG of mangosteen peels and investigating antioxidant and anticancer activities. The structures of the synthesized compounds were determined by using MS, 1H-NMR, 13C-NMR, and HPLC. …”
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Circular RNAs: biology and clinical significance of breast cancer by Zhanwei Wang, Hao Deng, Yao Jin, Meng Luo, Jia Huang, Jing Wang, Kun Zhang, Li Wang, Jiaojiao Zhou

“…Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are novel noncoding RNAs with covalently closed-loop structures that can regulate eukaryotic gene expression. …”
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Isolation effects and soil properties drive genetic differentiation in Ormosia microphylla populations by Yishan Yang, Jinhan Sang, Guohua He, Rong Zou, Limei Gao, Shengfeng Chai, Dongchang Li, Yunsheng Jiang, Jianmin Tang, Xiao Wei

“…This reduced genetic diversity of LY was possibly influenced by the combined influence of selective pressures unique to the tiankeng environment as well as the founder effect. Genetic structure analysis further indicated that the optimal number of clusters for the six populations was K = 7. …”
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Synthesis and in vitro evaluation of spirobenzovesamicols as potential 11C-PET tracer alternatives to [18F]FEOBV for vesicular acetylcholine transporter (VAChT) imaging by Hugo Helbert, Winnie Deuther-Conrad, Michel de Haan, Barbara Wenzel, Gert Luurtsema, Wiktor Szymanski, Peter Brust, Rudi A. J. O. Dierckx, Ben L. Feringa, Philip H. Elsinga

“…VAChT ligands have been mostly derived from the vesamicol structure, but with limitations in available labelling methods and selectivity for VAChT against σ receptors being a common pitfall of such compounds, the development of selective VAChT tracers remains a challenge. …”
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LiDGS: An efficient 3D reconstruction framework integrating lidar point clouds and multi-view images for enhanced geometric fidelity by Li Yan, Jiang Song, Hong Xie, Pengcheng Wei, Gang Li, Longze Zhu, Zhongli Fan, Shucheng Gong

“…Then, we design an adaptive Gaussian densification strategy, which effectively guides the geometric structure of the 3D scene through geometric anchors and adaptively adjusts the number and volume of Gaussians to more finely characterize the geometry of the object surface. …”
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Catalytic Hydrolysis of Perfluorinated Compounds in a Yolk–Shell Micro‐Reactor by Jialin Zheng, Xiaojian Wang, Xin Zi, Hang Zhang, Heping Chen, Evangelina Pensa, Kang Liu, Junwei Fu, Zhang Lin, Liyuan Chai, Emiliano Cortés, Min Liu

“…However, the highest C─F bond energy and its highly symmetrical structure make it particularly challenging to decompose. …”
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Identification and characterization of the tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily in the Chinese tree shrew (Tupaia belangeri chinensis) by Zongjian Huang, Nan Shi, Zhenqiu Luo, Fangfang Chen, Xunwei Feng, Yongjing Lai, Jian Li, Xiang Yi, Wei Xia, Anzhou Tang

“…Here, we analyzed TNFRSF members from 11 different animal species, including the Chinese tree shrew, and identified 24 tree shrew TNFRSF (tTNFRSF) genes, which were grouped into seven subcategories with similar motifs, sequences, and gene structures. As expected, the multi-species collinearity analysis revealed that tTNFRSF genome bears a greater resemblance to humans than to mice. …”
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