Association between long-term atherogenic index of plasma and carotid atherosclerosis: a prospective cohort study of a health examination population by Hui Li, Jie Chen, Jie Duan, Chongyu Hu, Chaochao Tan, Jianqiao Peng

“…The relationship between AIP and the odds of incident CAS appeared to be approximately linear. Compared with the lowest AIP quartiles, the highest AIP quartile was independently associated with increased CIMT progression (HR: 2.45, 95% CI: 1.16 to 5.19, p<0.05) after adjusting for various confounding factors. …”
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Participation and quality of life of Nepalese children with visual impairment in comparison with normally sighted peers: a cross sectional comparative study by Srijana Adhikari, Ellen Bernadette Maria Elsman, Ruth Marie Antoinette van Nispen, Fleur Van Rens, Manish Poudel, Gerardus Hermanus Maria Bartholomeus van Rens

“…Associations between the severity of VI and outcomes were assessed with age and sex adjusted linear regression analyses. Results Children with blindness scored worse than children with VI, who scored worse than normally sighted children on the PAI-CY 7–12, the physical functioning subscale of the PAI-CY 13–17 and the LVP-FVQ II(p = < 0.001).However, for the psychosocial functioning subscale of PAI-CY 13–17, children with blindness scored better than children with VI(p = < 0.01). …”
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Printability assessment and mechanical properties of filament-free 3D printed polyether-ether-ketone (PEEK) composites by Praveen Jeyachandran, Si Jian Hui, Lionel Yan Jin Lee, Balamurugan Vellayappan, Jerry Ying Hsi Fuh, James Thomas Patrick Decourcy Hallinan, A Senthil Kumar, Naresh Kumar

“…Degree of crystallinity and coefficient of linear thermal expansion properties decreased with an increase in filler inclusion leading to enhanced dimensional stability of composites. …”
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Sanitation Interventions for Reducing Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella on Canvas and Cordura® Harvest Bags by Cyril A. Etaka, Daniel L. Weller, Alexis M. Hamilton, Faith Critzer, Laura K. Strawn

“…Duplicate experiments were conducted with five replicates per treatment (n = 10) and pathogen reductions were evaluated using log-linear mixed-effects models. IPAQuats observed the highest reductions with L. monocytogenes reductions of 5.16 ± 0.93 log CFU/coupon and 6.01 ± 0.49 log CFU/coupon, and Salmonella reductions of 4.61 ± 1.03 log CFU/coupon and 5.90 ± 0.57 log CFU/coupon on canvas and Cordura®, respectively. …”
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Dietary supplementation with hydroxy-methionine manganese improves meat quality, antioxidant capacity, and lipid metabolism in Cherry Valley ducks (Anas platyrhynchos domesticus) by Yang Liu, Qinteng Hou, Yaqi Chang, Yueqin Xie, Hua Zhao, Xiaoling Chen, Guangmang Liu, Jiayong Tang, Gang Tian, Jingyi Cai, Gang Jia

“…Drip loss and shear force decreased linearly, and IMF showed a quadratic response to MnHMet levels (P &lt; 0.05). …”
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Implementation of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes and maternity protection: correlations with commercial milk formula consumption in East Asia and th... by Constance Ching, Tuan T. Nguyen, Tuan T. Nguyen, Catherine Pereira-Kotze, Paul Zambrano, Phillip Baker, Roger Mathisen

“…This study explores the implementation of the Code, maternity protection policies, and CMF consumption in 11 countries in the East Asia Pacific (EAP) region and determines whether there are any correlations.MethodsData on CMF consumption (from 2006 to 2019 with the projection to 2024 at the global, regional, and national levels), Code implementation scores and the age range covered by national measures, and maternity protection policies were used. Simple linear regressions were conducted to explore correlations between CMF consumption and Code implementation as well as maternity protection.FindingsIn 2019, EAP contributed to 63% of global CMF consumption, toddler formula was the highest category, a product that is unnecessary and unsuitable for consumption by young children. …”
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Composição tecidual do costilhar de caprinos mestiços F1 (Boer x SRD) terminados em pastagem nativa com diferentes níveis de suplementação¹ by Rayana De Medeiros Silva, Guilherme De Lira Sobral, José Morais Pereira Filho, Marcílio Fontes César, Aloísio Monteiro De Carvalho Junior, Diogo Da Costa Soares, Juciana Miguel da Silva, Jouberdan Aurino Batista, José Orlando Ramos Silva, Roberta Nunes Parentoni

“…No entanto, os pesos da gordura subcutânea, da relação músculo-osso e os rendimentos de músculo, osso e gordura subcutânea, não sofreram efeito dos níveis de suplementação. Observou-se redução linear para a relação músculo-gordura total. Se o objetivo for obter costilhar com maior rendimento de gordura, recomenda-se suplementar os caprinos com 1,0% do PV. …”
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Secondary traumatic stress in household members of healthcare workers in the UK: a mixed-method survey study by Sahra Tekin, Danielle Lamb, Talya Greene, Millie Tamworth, Dominic Murphy, Jo Billings

“…We used multivariable linear regression to examine the predictors of secondary traumatic stress, specifically sex, age, job role of the HCW, and the relationship with the HCW. …”
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Short Form 36 (SF-36) health survey questionnaire in health-related quality of life assessment in patients with inflammatory myopathies by Almurtada Razok, Jasmine Taylor, Ethan Ritz, Kristin Wipfler, Kaleb Michaud, Didem Saygin

“…Responsiveness was assessed using linear mixed models. Results and Discussion: A total of 168 patients with IIM were included (77.3% women, 78.5% White), with an average (±standard deviation (SD)) age in years of 54.3 (±13.8). …”
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Effect of the exposure to brominated flame retardants on hyperuricemia using interpretable machine learning algorithms based on the SHAP methodology. by Yu Cai, Xi-Ru Huang, Sheng-Jia Wang, Ying-Chao Liang, De-Liang Liu, Shu-Fang Chu, Hui-Lin Li

“…Restricted cubic spline (RCS) analysis was conducted to identify whether a non-linear relationship exists. Subgroup analysis enabled us to explore potential interactions of research findings across different groups. …”
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Examining links between daily stressor appraisals and C-reactive protein levels in Black and White women: The National Growth and Health Study by Sarah E. Ahmadi, Joanna Y. Guan, Meital Mashash, Elissa J. Hamlat, Mahasin S. Mujahid, A. Janet Tomiyama, Barbara A. Laraia, Elissa S. Epel, Stefanie E. Mayer

“…Participants also provided a fasting blood sample which was assessed for high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), a systemic inflammatory marker. Multiple linear regression models examined associations between race, daily stressor appraisals, and interactions with hs-CRP, controlling for education, income, and body mass index. …”
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Care burden among Iranian family caregivers of patients with schizophrenia: the predictive role of quality of life and life satisfaction by Maede Esmaeeli, Seyedmohammad Mirhosseini, Seyedmohammad Mirhosseini, Somaye Minaei-Moghadam, Saeed Ghasempour, Mohammad Hasan Basirinezhad, Hossein Ebrahimi

“…The data were analyzed using multiple linear regression.ResultsA total of 211 family caregivers participated, with a mean age of 48.17 ± 14.98 years, of whom 130 (61.61%) were female. …”
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A PREDICTION MODEL FOR CHRONIC HEART FAILURE IN PATIENTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS by Mariia Yu. Koteliukh, Svitlana I. Bokova, Nadiia V. Demikhova, Nataliia D. Lantukhova

“…To predict the development of CHF in patients with T2DM using a generalized linear mixed model (GLMM). Materials and methods. …”
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Reevaluating Backup Monitor Chamber Tolerances for Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy Treatments using Volumetric-modulated Arc Therapy by Yong Sang, Jun Dang, Jianan Wu, Enzhuo Quan

“…Background: Backup monitor chambers in medical linear accelerators play a critical role by verifying the radiation dose delivery and providing a failsafe mechanism to terminate the beam if dose discrepancies are detected. …”
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COVID-19: Factors associated with symptoms of anxiety and depression in the ICU by Laura Andrea Díaz-Mayorga, Harol Giovanni Vivas-López, Claudia Consuelo Torres Contreras, Lyda Z. Rojas, Norma C. Serrano, Angie Yarlady Serrano-García, Margarita Rosa Parra Ortiz, Doris Cristina Quintero-Lesmes

“…Bivariate and multivariate analyses were conducted using linear regressions to investigate associated factors. …”
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Association between Lactate dehydrogenase and 28-day all-cause mortality in patients with non-traumatic Intracerebral hemorrhage: A retrospective analysis of the MIMIC-IV database by Jiahui Feng, Renjie Liu, Xuan Chen

“…Restricted cubic spline (RCS) models revealed an L-shaped association between LDH levels and the 28-day all-cause mortality rate, indicating a non-linear relationship (P < 0.001). No significant interactions were observed between LDH levels and other factors in the subgroup analyses (all P for interaction > 0.05). …”
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Association of life’s crucial 9 score with benign prostatic hyperplasia: a cross-sectional study by Haoran Wang, Runhua Tang, Shuhang Luo, Huimin Hou, Jianyong Liu, Ming Liu, Jianye Wang

“…The association demonstrated a linear dose-response relationship, with the inflection point at an LC9 score of 72.5. …”
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Impact of harmonization and oversampling methods on radiomics analysis of multi-center imbalanced datasets: application to PET-based prediction of lung cancer subtypes by Dongyang Du, Isaac Shiri, Fereshteh Yousefirizi, Mohammad R. Salmanpour, Jieqin Lv, Huiqin Wu, Wentao Zhu, Habib Zaidi, Lijun Lu, Arman Rahmim

“…Results The number of cross-combinations with both AUROC and G-mean outperforming baseline in validation and testing was 15, 4, 2, and 7 (out of 29) for random forest (RF), linear discriminant analysis (LDA), logistic regression (LR), and support vector machine (SVM), respectively. …”
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Hybrid causal inference framework for long-chain drought propagation networks: Combining convergent cross-mapping and generalized random forest by Jiayou Wang, Zhi Li, Yaning Chen, Shiru Han, Lingxin Kong

“…In these areas, drought propagation exhibits strong high-dimensional nonlinearity, making it difficult for traditional linear models and time–frequency analysis methods to capture the complex dynamic causal relationships. …”
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The immunological age prediction of monocytes indicates that gestational diabetes mellitus accelerates the aging of monocytes in offspring by Yan Zhang, Rui Guo, Min Yin, Mei Shi, Ting Zhong, Shanshan Liu, Xia Li

“…Method Single-cell sequencing data from 56 healthy individuals (aged 0-100 years), comprising self-measured samples (n = 6) and publicly available datasets from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO, n = 50), were analyzed to characterize monocyte senescence. Linear mixed-effects modeling was used to screen for age-related genes. …”
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