Interleukin-6 “Trans-Signaling” and Ischemic Vascular Disease: The Important Role of Soluble gp130 by Mario Luca Morieri, Angelina Passaro, Giovanni Zuliani

“…Large genetic human studies, using Mendelian randomization approaches, have clearly showed that IL-6 pathway is causally involved in the onset of myocardial infarction. …”
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Role of Micro Finance Institutions on the Social Economic Wellbeing of its Customers: A Case Study of Pride Microfinance Kabale Branch. by Natuhwera, Evas

“…This involve case study to establish a causal relationship based on the results from some of the data collection tools which are questionnaire, participant observation and oral interviewing. …”
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Studying the Digital Intervention Engagement–Mediated Relationship Between Intrapersonal Measures and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Adherence in Sexual and Gender Minority Youth: Second... by Michael P Williams, Justin Manjourides, Louisa H Smith, Crissi B Rainer, Lisa B Hightow-Weidman, Danielle F Haley

“…Evaluating effective engagement in DHIs with causal mediation approaches provides a clarifying and mechanistic view of how DHIs impact health behavior. …”
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NEK4: prediction of available drug targets and common genetic linkages in bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder by Bin Gong, Chenxu Xiao, Yu Feng, Yu Feng, Jing Shen

“…The SMR approach, combined with expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL) data, was then applied to assess causal associations between these genetic variants and gene expression, aiming to identify genetic markers and potential drug targets associated with BD and MDD. …”
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Decentralizing security architecture: evaluating federalism’s role in enhancing security frameworks in Nigeria by O. O. Awotayo, B. O. Omitola

“…It uncovers a multitude of causal variables that contribute to the internal insecurity in the country. …”
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Investigating mobile element variations by statistical genetics by Shohei Kojima

“…On the other hand, it helps make hypotheses about causal variants or effector variants. Focusing on MEVs, we identified multiple MEVs that contribute to differential gene expression and one of them is a potential cause of skin disease, emphasizing the importance of the integration of MEVs in medical genetics. …”
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Invariant Representation Learning in Multimedia Recommendation with Modality Alignment and Model Fusion by Xinghang Hu, Haiteng Zhang

“…., appearing to be related to an outcome but actually having no causal relationship with the outcome, leading to poor generalization ability. …”
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REVISIÓN DE ESTOMATITIS ULCERATIVA EN OFIDIOS by S M Peñuela, C Brieva

“…Debido a que es una entidad multifactorial, uno o varios agentes etiológicosse implican como causales y perpetuantes de la condición, por lo que es de gran importanciasometer las muestras colectadas a análisis específicos, para así poder identificarlos y garantizarun mayor éxito en el momento de instaurar un tratamiento. …”
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An Empirical Study on Relationship between Residents’ Disposable Income and CPI Based on TVECM: Application of Bootstrap SupLM Testing for Threshold Cointegration by Jungang Du

“…According to the experimental results, the causal relationship between residents’ disposable income and CPI under different mechanisms is tested and compared with the test results under the linear cointegration hypothesis. …”
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Microbial molecules, metabolites, and malignancy by Ryan M. Thomas

“…Investigations are rapidly progressing from association to causation and one particular area of causal effect relates to microbial metabolites and how they influence cancer development, progression, and treatment response. …”
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A new species of the lenticel fungal genus Claviradulomyces (Ostropales) from the Brazilian Atlantic forest tree Xylopia sericea (Annonaceae) by Robert W. Barreto, Peter R. Johnston, Pedro W. Crous, Harry C. Evans

“…It remains to be ascertained, however, if these are the causal agents of the bark disorders, or, simply, opportunistic colonisers. …”
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Delirium Accompanied by Cholinergic Deficiency and Organ Failure in a 73-Year-Old Critically Ill Patient: Physostigmine as a Therapeutic Option by Benedikt Zujalovic, Eberhard Barth

“…In summary, severe delirium is not always an attendant phenomenon of critical illness. It might be causal for multiple organ deterioration if it is based on cholinergic deficiency and has to be treated at his pathophysiological roots whenever possible.…”
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Maintenance IV Ketamine Therapy in the Fibromyalgia Patient: A Case Report by Ruchir Gupta, Supurna Bhar

“…# Introduction Fibromyalgia is a complex disorder characterized by distributed and persistent pain often associated with fatigue and depression. The underlying causal agents of this dysfunction are not clear. Ketamine has been used to treat chronic pain in a variety of pain syndromes, including fibromyalgia, but the dosing protocols used are neither standardized nor consistent across cases. …”
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Joint Identification and Sensing for Discrete Memoryless Channels by Wafa Labidi, Yaning Zhao, Christian Deppe, Holger Boche

“…Specifically, the sender transmits an ID message over the DMC while simultaneously estimating the channel state through strictly causal observations of the channel output. Importantly, the random channel state is unknown to both the sender and the receiver. …”
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Developing a Model of Psychological and Social Consequences of Covid19 pandemic anxiety with the Mediating Role of Sense of Cohesion by Kamran Shivandi Chalicheh

“…Descriptive indicators and structural equation were used to data analysis.Findings showed that sense of cohesion had a mediating role in the causal relationship between coronavirus pandemic anxiety and psychological distress and interpersonal relations of nurses.Based on these findings, it can be concluded that focusing on interventions based on improving the sense of cohesion can be an appropriate tool to alleviate anxiety caused by the spread of coronavirus pandemic among nurses and psychologists and governors must pay attention to this important practical factor.…”
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Assessing the COVID-19 Lockdown Impact on Global Air Quality: A Transportation Perspective by Meina Zheng, Feng Liu, Meichang Wang

“…We provide cross-national evidence on the causal impact of pandemic-induced lockdowns on air quality. …”
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The impact of education system on economic growth by E. A. Tatarinova

“…The paradigm shift is causal. In order for education not only to exist, but also to be at a decent level, remaining the basis for the development of economic potential and society, it is necessary to make science the base, the foundation of all changes. …”
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Suicide and self-harm content on Instagram: A systematic scoping review. by Jacobo Picardo, Sarah K McKenzie, Sunny Collings, Gabrielle Jenkin

“…It found such content had negative emotional effects on some users and reported preliminary evidence of potential harmful effects in relation to self-harm related behaviours offline, although causal effects cannot be claimed. At the same time, some benefits for those who engage with self-harm content online have been suggested. …”
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Pengaruh Menonton Pertandingan Sepakbola Di Televisi Terhadap Perilaku Sosial Anak Dalam Bermain Sepakbola by Romi Cendra

“…Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah ex post facto dengan design penelitian causal-comparative yang membandingkan anak penonton berat dan penonton ringan. …”
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Functional and Practical Insights Into the Genetic Basis of Takayasu Arteritis by Desiré Casares‐Marfil, Amr H. Sawalha

“…By exploring gene expression and chromatin interaction data, we identified candidate causal genes in TAK, some of them with well‐known functional implications. …”
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