COZMIC. II. Cosmological Zoom-in Simulations with Fractional non-CDM Initial Conditions by Rui An, Ethan O. Nadler, Andrew Benson, Vera Gluscevic

“…We initialize our simulations using transfer functions, ${{ \mathcal T }}_{{\rm{f}}-{\rm{NCDM}}}(k)\equiv \sqrt{{P}_{{\rm{f}}-{\rm{NCDM}}}(k)/{P}_{{\rm{CDM}}}(k)}$ (where P ( k ) is the linear matter power spectrum), with an initial suppression similar to thermal-relic warm dark matter (WDM) followed by a constant-amplitude plateau. …”
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Ultrasonic-prepared porous CuGa2 alloy for efficiently removing undesired room-temperature liquid metals from various substrates by Xu Bi, Xiaotong Guo, Miao Sun, Shuyue Tan, Wencheng Song, Hao Liu, Dandan Shi, Shutao Wen, Haitao Li, Han Dai

“…For PCA (1.5 cm × 1.0 cm × 0.3 cm) with 300 pores per linear inch and 40 μl of hydrochloric acid, the strongest liquid Ga adsorption capacity is observed, and the maximum weight gain reaches approximately 352 ± 4% after absorption. …”
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The effect of pegbovigrastim on circulating neutrophil count in dairy cattle: A randomized controlled trial. by Sabrina J Van Schyndel, Jérôme Carrier, Osvaldo Bogado Pascottini, Stephen J LeBlanc

“…Treatment effects were assessed with mixed linear regression models. After the first injection, neutrophil counts (×109/ L) in pegbovigrastim-treated cows increased from 4.3 (95% CI 3.8 to 4.8) at d -7 to 18.2 (CI 16.3 to 20.3) at d -6 (P < 0.0001). …”
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The impact of childhood emotional abuse on non-suicidal self-injury in adolescents with mood disorders: a moderated mediation model by Lianzi Wang, Guifang Zha, Fangfang Chen, Jingyan Zhang, Xiaoyue Li, Ziliang Wang, Jia Luo, Chuanfu Song

“…ObjectivesThis study aims to identify factors associated with NSSI severity in adolescents with mood disorders and examine the mediating role of emotional expression difficulties and the moderating role of bullying in the relationship between childhood emotional abuse and NSSI.MethodsUsing a convenience sampling method, 242 adolescents with mood disorders were surveyed with the Adolescent Self-Harm Questionnaire, Childhood Abuse Questionnaire, Toronto Alexithymia Scale, and Beck Suicidal Ideation Scale. Stepwise linear regression was performed to examine associations between NSSI severity and key predictors, including childhood trauma subtypes, alexithymia, and bullying history. …”
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Associations of 5-year changes in alcoholic beverage intake with 5-year changes in waist circumference and BMI in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) stud... by J Lauren Butler, Penny Gordon-Larsen, Lyn M Steffen, James M Shikany, David R Jacobs, Barry M Popkin, Jennifer M Poti

“…Longitudinal random effects linear regression models were used to test whether changes in drinking (defined categorically) as starting to drink, increasing, decreasing, stable drinking or stopping drinking (versus stable non-drinking) over a series of 5-yr periods were associated with corresponding 5-yr WC and BMI changes. …”
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Adaptation of potato production to climate change by optimizing sowing date in the Loess Plateau of central Gansu, China by Chun-ling WANG, Shuang-he SHEN, Shu-yu ZHANG, Qiao-zhen LI, Yu-bi YAO

“…For each 15-day delay in sowing, the growth duration was reduced by 12 days on average. A significant linear relationship was found between numbers of days either from seeding to emergence or from flowering to harvest and mean temperature over the corresponding period. …”
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To assess community care services effectiveness: the use of the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in-patient admission rate by Francesco Gilardi, Paola Scarcella, Sandro Mancinelli, Ersilia Buonomo, Giuseppe Liotta

“…Correlations among acute in-patients admission rates by Italy’s Regions and provision of Long Term Care (LTC) services have been analyzed through univariate and multivariate linear regression models.</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>Results</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span>The national rate of hospitalization for COPD decreased from 2006 to 2011 (-35%). …”
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The neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio is associated with increased risk of all-cause mortality in obstructive sleep apnea by Xue-Jun Lin, Xu-Qiao Mei, Chu-Dan Yang, Yan-Qin Qiu, Bai-Ling Chen, Feng-Li Tang, Liang-Ji Zhang, Li Lin, Shi-Chao Wei, Li-Da Chen

“…RCS showed a J-shaped relationship between lnNLR with all-cause mortality (p-non-linear < 0.001). The interaction tests found that coronary heart disease (CHD) influenced the association between lnNLR and all-cause mortality, with a HR of 3.98 for those with CHD and 1.62 for those without CHD (p = 0.008). …”
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DOPPLER SONOGRAPHY RESULTS OF HEMODYNAMICS OF EXTRACRANIAL REGION OF BRACHIOCEPHALIC VESSELS IN CASES OF PERIODONTAL TISSUES DISEASES IN PATIENTS WITH THE LESIONS OF INTERVERBAL DI... by V.M. Kulyhina, T.O. Tepla, B.Y. Komnatskii

“…(Duplex scanning of extracranial regions of brachiocephalic vessels (external carotid and vertebral arteries and internal jugular veins) was performed using ultrasound scanner of company ESAOTE CARIS PLUS (Italy) with a linear array transducer with the frequency of 3,5-10MHts. …”
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Increasing Access to Mental Health Supports for 18- to 25-Year-Old Indigenous Youth With the JoyPop Mobile Mental Health App: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial by Angela MacIsaac, Teagan Neufeld, Ishaq Malik, Elaine Toombs, Janine V Olthuis, Fred Schmidt, Crystal Dunning, Kristine Stasiuk, Tina Bobinski, Arto Ohinmaa, Sherry H Stewart, Amanda S Newton, Aislin R Mushquash

“…Descriptive statistics pertaining to baseline variables and app usage will be reported. Linear mixed modeling will be used to analyze change in outcomes over time as a function of condition assignment, while a cost-consequence analysis will be used to evaluate the association between app use and service use. …”
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Acceptability, benefits and barriers of electronic health record radiology image sharing: A mixed‐method study by Junjie Huang, Fung Yu Mak, Yuet Yan Wong, Sze Chai Chan, Jonathan Poon, Ellen Tong, Clement S.K. Cheung, Wing Nam Wong, Ngai Tseung Cheung, Martin C.S. Wong

“…Correlation between predictors, acceptability and perceived benefits were examined using linear and logistic regression analyses. Results A total of 288 surveys and 10 interviews were included. …”
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Development of High Performance Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry Method for the Detection of Tulathromycin in Swine Plasma by Xian-hui HUANG, Yong-da ZHAO, Li-min HE, Zi-sen LIANG, Li-li GUO, Zhen-ling ZENG, Zhang-liu CHEN, Min ZHANG, Bing-hu FANG

“…The calibration curves were linear in a dynamic range of 2.0-500 ng mL−1 on the column. …”
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Long-term effects of PM2.5 and its components on incident hypertension among the middle-aged and elderly: a national cohort study by Xiangtong Liu, Wenhan Xie, Shiyun Lv, Yuan Li, Meiling Hu, Shuting Li, Yaoyu Hu, Shan Xu, Yanfang Tan, Jing Wei, Xiuhua Guo

“…Exposure-response curves were portrayed to investigate potential non-linear effects. Results We enrolled 7,032 individuals with a mean age of 57.14 (range: 45–95) years. …”
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Association of Trace Elements with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in Women—A Case-Control Study by Tinkara Srnovršnik, Bojana Pinter, Milena Horvat, Janja Snoj Tratnik, Ingrid Falnoga, Darja Mazej, Ivan Verdenik, Irma Virant-Klun

“…<b>Methods:</b> In our case–control study, women with PCOS (<i>n</i> = 35) and healthy controls (<i>n</i> = 35) underwent clinical and ultrasonographic examination, filled in questionnaires targeting general, lifestyle, and environmental information, and provided fasting venous blood samples and first morning urine for biochemical, hormonal, and TE analysis. Multiple linear regression models were used to evaluate the association between TE levels and data obtained through questionnaires. …”
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Statistical analysis and machine learning of TMS-induced MEPs for predicting poststroke motor impairment and performance by Chun-Ren Phang, Shintaro Uehara, Sachiko Kodera, Akiko Yuasa, Shin Kitamura, Yohei Otaka, Akimasa Hirata

“…Pearson correlation coefficient (PCC) analysis assessed the relationships between MEP features and motor outcomes, including the Stroke Impairment Assessment Set (SIAS), Fugl-Meyer Assessment (FMA), and Action Research Arm Test (ARAT). A linear support vector machine (SVM) was trained using leave-one-subject-out cross-validation to predict the motor outcomes. …”
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The relationship of glycosylated hemoglobin A1c and Apolipoprotein A‑1 ratio on short-term prognosis in STEMI patients following PCI: a retrospective study by Danni Li, Yuyu Sun, Jie Han, Chen Guo, Linying Xia, Jiahao Dou, Wei Jiang, Jie Deng, Jin Wei

“…Restricted cubic spline (RCS) was employed to evaluate the potential non-linear relationship between HbA1c/ApoA-1 levels and MACEs in STEMI patients post-PCI. …”
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Dream content influences daily spirituality by John Balch, John Balch, George Hodulik, Rachel Raider, Aidan David, Chanel Reed, Wesley J. Wildman, Wesley J. Wildman, Wesley J. Wildman, David Rohr, Patrick McNamara, Patrick McNamara, Patrick McNamara

“…This work contributes to a long history of research linking together dreaming and spirituality by utilizing quantitative and longitudinal methods.MethodsWe conducted an intensive longitudinal study of sleep and dreaming among N = 124 healthy adults over 2 weeks, with N = 61 wearing the Dreem 3 EEG headband to measure sleep architecture We collected dream reports and assessed supernatural content, dream affect, and dreamer agency. Linear mixed effects modeling examined relationships between dream variables and daily spirituality measures To evaluate our time-series data, we constructed a temporal neural network (TSANN) to test causal lagged relationships between our dream predictors and daily spirituality measures.ResultsDreams containing supernatural content were associated with reduced dreamer agency and more negative affect, and were rated as more bizarre, strange, and scary. …”
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Parsimonious models of root zone temperature in soilless substrates through ensemble machine learning by James F. Cross, James S. Owen, Jr., Jacob H. Shreckhise, Jeb S. Fields, Lloyd Nackley, James E. Altland, Darren T. Drewry

“…These strong lagged correlations motivated the development of relatively simple (one and two predictor) models of substrate temperature using both machine learning (shallow neural networks) and linear statistical models. Models incorporating air temperature and shortwave radiation achieved strong predictive performance for substrate temperatures (R2 = 0.84–0.93) with lead times up to five hours, demonstrating the utility of models developed using widely available weather observations.…”
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Suppression effect of folate on poly- and perfluoroalkyl substance-induced alterations in lipids and the atherogenic index of plasma in adolescents by Yuxin Pan, Ziye Du, Yuyang Ma, Cheng Chen, Shaoyu He, Manling Zhang, Krishna Baral, Linyong Xu, Mengchang Xu, Mingyi Zhao

“…Weighted generalized linear regression analysis, Bayesian kernel machine regression, weighted quantile sum regression, mediation analysis, and network toxicology were employed to investigate the association between mixed exposures to perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), perfluorohexane sulfonate, and perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA) and lipids, as well as the atherogenic index of plasma (AIP), and to determine the impact of red blood cell folate or serum folate in the body. …”
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Autofluorescence properties of wound-associated bacteria cultured under various temperature, salinity, and pH conditions by Xiaofen Sun, Yikun Wang, Ao Du, Meili Dong, Yuhan Wang, Yuanzhi Zhang, Yang Zhang, Yao Huang, Xiang Huang, Yong Liu, Jingshu Ni

“…Elevated culture temperature accelerated the fluorescence metabolism, whereas increasing NaCl concentrations and alkaline pH levels inhibited red fluorescence in a dose-dependent manner. Linear regression revealed a strong positive correlation between red fluorescence intensity and peak fluorescence emission when excited at 405 nm. …”
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