Causal estimation of the relationship between reproductive performance and the fecal bacteriome in cattle by Yutaka Taguchi, Haruki Yamano, Yudai Inabu, Hirokuni Miyamoto, Koki Hayasaki, Noriyuki Maeda, Yoshiro Kanmera, Seiji Yamasaki, Noboru Ota, Kenji Mukawa, Atsushi Kurotani, Shigeharu Moriya, Teruno Nakaguma, Chitose Ishii, Makiko Matsuura, Tetsuji Etoh, Yuji Shiotsuka, Ryoichi Fujino, Motoaki Udagawa, Satoshi Wada, Jun Kikuchi, Hiroshi Ohno, Hideyuki Takahashi

“…The relationship of the fecal bacteriome at 150 and 300 days of age and reproductive performance was visualized using statistical structural equation modelling between traits based on four types of machine-learning algorithms (linear discriminant analysis, association analysis, random forest, and XGBoost). …”
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A study on the chemosensory organs, feeding behavior, and attractant substances of Babylonia areolata by Weiguang Zou, Yang Gan, Jiawei Hong, Xuan Luo, Weiwei You, Caihuan Ke, Minghui Shen

“…In this study, we found that the surface of the tentacles and rhinophore were distributed with dense cilia and had a ''9 + 2'' motile cilia structure, and the osphradium were distributed with many sensory cells containing pigmented granules and nerve fibers in a linear fashion, as well as many nerve cells distributed on each olfactory leaf. …”
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Dust Polarization of Prestellar and Protostellar Sources in OMC-3 by Yuhua Liu, Satoko Takahashi, Masahiro Machida, Kohji Tomisaka, Josep Miquel Girart, Paul T. P. Ho, Kouichiro Nakanishi, Asako Sato

“…The dust disk-like structures and clear CO outflows are detected toward all sources except for MMS 4. …”
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A large-scale estimation method for beach slopes using ICESat-2 altimeter: A case study of New Zealand by Nan Xu, Hao Xu, Wenyu Li, Hui Lu, Yongze Song, Jiaqi Yao, Yue Ma, He Ren, Tingting He, Fan Mo, Peng Gong

“…Second, we combined the adaptive threshold OPTICS (Ordering Points To Identify the Clustering Structure) algorithm and the moving window filter to accurately extract sandy beach photons. …”
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Lupus nephritis and U1-RNP-antibodies are associated with low bone mineral density and osteoporosis in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: baseline findings in a sub-cohort... by Edgar Wiebe, Elisa Celine Schilling, Dörte Huscher, Andriko Palmowski, Zhivana Boyadzhieva, Sandra Hermann, Burkhard Muche, Mirella Lopez Picazo, Gerhard Krönke, Falk Hiepe, Tobias Alexander, Frank Buttgereit

“…Our findings suggest that 3D bone structure analysis may be helpful in discriminating past vertebral fractures. …”
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Safety net or social barrier? Social networks and barriers to monitoring type 2 diabetes management among Black/African American men by Tyler Prochnow, Megan S. Patterson, Jeong-Hui Park, Ledric D. Sherman, Matthew Lee Smith

“…Participants completed a comprehensive survey assessing social networks, barriers to T2D management using the Diabetes Care Profile, and demographic characteristics. Multiple linear regression analyses examined associations between network characteristics (interactions, social norms, composition, support, and structure) and barriers while controlling for demographic variables. …”
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Polymer-like tetramer acceptor enables stable and 19.75% efficiency binary organic solar cells by Jianxiao Wang, Cheng Sun, Yonghai Li, Fuzhen Bi, Huanxiang Jiang, Chunming Yang, Xichang Bao, Junhao Chu

“…Alternatively, largely π-extended and structurally definite oligomer acceptors are effective strategies to realize the overall performance of polymer acceptors. …”
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Modeling a Standard Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Reaction and Its Modification Involving Additional Inner Primers by Liana U. Akhmetzianova, Constantin I. Mikhaylenko, Dmitry A. Chemeris, Valery D. Khairitdinov, Assol R. Sakhabutdinova, Irek M. Gubaydullin, Ravil R. Garafutdinov, Alexey V. Chemeris

“…Due to self-priming, Z6_dmb(1) transforms into hairpin structure Z9_hp(1) and then into linearized strand Z9_li(1), carrying also strand Z6_dmb(2). …”
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The beneficial effect of spiritual social support on depression and quality of life in chronic renal failure patients undergoing haemodialysis by Susanti, Bistara Difran Nobel, Arif Helmi Setiawan, Ikwan Mochamad, Umamah Faridah, Zahroh Chilyatiz, Sham Fatimah Binti, Nordin Roswati Binti, Cherry Mustamu Alva

“…Methods: The current investigation utilised a quasi-experimental approach with a preand post-test control group structure. Ninety-two patients from Rumah Sakit Islam Surabaya were separated into two groups: intervention (n = 46) versus control (n = 46). …”
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Thin-Layer Chromatography Combined with Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy for Simultaneous Detection of Four Sudan Dyes in Hot Pepper Products by CONG Yang, SU Rihui, YANG Shaoxin, YAN Jun

“…Separation before detection was adopted as a strategy to simultaneously quantify four structurally similar Sudan red dyes in hot pepper products. …”
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Qualitative Methods Case Study: Using MAXQDA in Indigenous HIV Journey Mapping Research by Jared Star, Laurie Ringaert, Linda Larcombe

“…However, the software’s structuring of qualitative data into discrete codes and categories raised epistemological questions about how Indigenous narratives are “treated” as data within a neoliberal knowledge economy. …”
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The method to study the competencies of the subjects of the digital economy by N. V. Dneprovskaya

“…The author’s method has been developed for studying the competences of digital economy subjects as a large set of knowledge and skills for using modern IT to solve current economic problems.The research method consists in structuring the bunch in the form of a matrix, the size of which is determined by the number of modern IT and economic activities. …”
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Fish Diversity Patterns in Rivers Receiving Ecological Water Supplement Driven by Riparian Land Use by LIU Han, LI Lu-dan, GUO Wei-jie, QIAO Qiang-long, GONG Dan-dan, DU Qi, LI Hang, ZHAO Wei-hua

“…Statistical analyses included: Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Permutational Multivariate Analysis of Variance (PERMANOVA) to test interannual differences; Non-metric Multidimensional Scaling (NMDS) to visualize community structure; Pearson correlation analysis to examine relationships among diversity indices; and Multiple Linear Regression (MLR) models to quantify the driving effects of riparian land use on fish diversity. …”
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Accelerometer measurement error in a randomized physical activity intervention trial in breast cancer survivors was nondifferential but attenuated the intervention effect by Laura Q. Rogers, Douglas Midthune, Kevin Dodd, Heather Bowles, Edward McAuley, Kerry S. Courneya, Brian Barrett, Spiro Razis, Gary R. Hunter, Stephen J. Carter, Raymond J. Carroll, Victor Kipnis

“…The trial included a sub-study (n = 106) wherein unbiased measures of total energy expenditure (doubly labeled water), and resting energy expenditure (indirect calorimetry) were collected. A linear mixed measurement error model characterized the structure of measurement error in accelerometry-estimated physical activity energy expenditure (PAEE), and corrected for bias in the estimated intervention effect due to measurement error. …”
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Comorbidity in patients with lobular panniculitis-lipodermatosclerosis by O. N. Egorova, B. S. Belov, E. G. Sazhina

“…The onset of LDS falls on the age of 50–60 years, when many patients already have comorbid pathology requiring complex therapy, which affects the course, the choice of treatment and prognosis of LDS, as well as the quality of life.Objective: to study the structure and frequency of comorbid conditions in patients with LDS.Patients and methods. 53 patients (3 men and 50 women), 18–80 years old, with a verified diagnosis of LDS were included, all of them had an average follow up of 10 years (they were observed in the V.A. …”
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Modeling the Meaning of Individual Words Using Cultural Cartography and Keystroke Dynamics by Tatiana A. Litvinova, Olga V. Dekhnich

“…., “cultural cartography using word embeddings”) and a new list of features developed by the authors to describe individual differences in the meaning of a word based on the data from neurobiology about the meaning structure of word. A set of data analysis methods (linear mixed models, principal components analysis, hierarchical clustering on principal components) implemented in R packages is used to reveal individual differences in the word meaning in terms of the proposed list of features and association of the revealed differences with participants’ characteristics. …”
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The impact of deprivation and neighbourhood food environments on home food environments, parental feeding practices, child eating behaviours, food preferences and BMI: The Family F... by Andrea D Smith, Alice Kininmonth, Kristiane Tommerup, David Boniface, Chiara Gericke, Tiffany Denning, Carolyn Summerbell, Christina Vogel, Clare Llewellyn

“…Greater deprivation was also associated with a more obesogenic home food environment (β = -0.19, p < 0.001) and lower meal structure (β = 0.17, p < 0.001). Exposure to less healthy neighbourhood food environments around and between home and school were associated with a more obesogenic home food environment (β = -0.07, p < 0.01), but no significant associations were found with feeding practices, child eating behaviours or child BMI. …”
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A Study on Evanescent Wave Humidity Sensor Based on PEG-PMMA Microspheres With Enhanced Performance by Yuxin Chen, Yutong Qi, Bao Zhu, Xingchen Zhou, Xuefei Xiao, Zheyuan Gu, Jun Qian, Chuanyang He, Min Lai, Yan Ma, Bo Liu

“…A three dimensional stacking structure of PEG-PMMA microspheres is formed by dip coating method on fiber core. …”
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All-on-chip reconfigurable generation of scalar and vectorial orbital angular momentum beams by Weike Zhao, Xiaolin Yi, Jieshan Huang, Ruoran Liu, Jianwei Wang, Yaocheng Shi, Yungui Ma, Andrew Forbes, Daoxin Dai

“…Abstract Structured light carrying angular momentum, such as spin angular momentum (SAM) and orbital angular momentum (OAM), has been at the core of new science and applications, driving the need for compact on-chip sources. …”
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Design and Simulation Test of Non-Contact Voltage Sensor by Haojie Peng, Hongwei Liu, Kuo Shang, Gaoyue Li, Liping Zhao

“…This paper proposes a miniature voltage sensor whose size is significantly reduced while maintaining large bandwidth and high linearity. To minimize the impact of environmental factors on measurement accuracy, a differential structure is utilized to optimize the sensor. …”
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