Association between Obesity and Asthma in Preschool Mexican Children by Francisco Vázquez-Nava, Jaime Morales Romero, Arturo Córdova-Fernandez, Atenógenes H. Saldívar-González, Carlos F. Vázquez-Rodríguez, Maria del C. Barrientos-Gómez, Dolores Lin-Ochoa, Rodríguez Eliza M. Vázquez

“…The elevated prevalence of obesity as well as of asthma in preschool children has prompted investigators to speculate that obesity in childhood might be a causal factor in the development of asthma. The results obtained to date are debatable. …”
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Does the household clean energy transition benefit the mental health of the elderly in rural China? Evidence from China health and retirement longitudinal study by Hengxing Yin, Ling Han, Li Yan, Chenhao Liu

“…While debates on this policy focus mainly on safety and cost concerns, few studies have examined the causal relationship between energy transition and its health benefits, particularly mental health. …”
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Visual prognosis after standardized classification in patients with ocular trauma by Mariela Julia Curbelo Gómez, Maria Isabel González Mesa, Elvira Machado Héctor, María Adela Llull Tombo

“…The variables under study were: gender, age, circumstances of the trauma, causal agent, affected ocular area, initial degree of visual accuracy, diagnosis on hospital admission and standardized classification of ocular trauma. …”
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Clozapine-Induced Late Agranulocytosis and Severe Neutropenia Complicated with Streptococcus pneumonia, Venous Thromboembolism, and Allergic Vasculitis in Treatment-Resistant Femal... by Christina Voulgari, Raphael Giannas, Georgios Paterakis, Anna Kanellou, Nikolaos Anagnostopoulos, Stamata Pagoni

“…Additional evidence to the previously reported possible causal relation between clozapine and venous thromboembolism is offered. …”
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Correlation between the Bone Mineral Density and Stress on Femur around a Duetto SI Stem by Rina Sakai, Takeaki Yamamoto, Katsufumi Uchiyama, Kentaro Uchida, Masaki Nakao, Kiyoshi Mabuchi

“…This BMD reduction is assumed to be caused by stem implantation-induced alteration of the physiological feedback system, which may cause stress shielding and result in loosening, but the causal relationship has not been clarified. In this study, using a Duetto SI stem, we investigated the correlation between the postoperative BMD around the stem and stress. …”
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Experience on postmortem minimally invasive tissue sampling to ascertain the cause of death determination in South African children: A case for implementing as standard of care by J du Toit, K Storath, I Dunn, P Makekeng, M Moosa, K Mothibi, N Umuneza, C A Rees, D Blau, S Lala, Y Adam, S Velaphi, M Hale, P Swart, J Wadula, L Mothibi, A Wise, V Baba, P Jaglal, S Mahtab, S Madhi, Z Dangor

“… Determining the death burden for prioritising public health interventions necessitates detailed data on the causal pathways to death. Postmortem minimally invasive tissue sampling (MITS), incorporating histology, molecular and microbial culture diagnostics, enhances cause-of-death attribution, particularly for infectious deaths. …”
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Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) to Enhance Trust Management in Intrusion Detection Systems Using Decision Tree Model by Basim Mahbooba, Mohan Timilsina, Radhya Sahal, Martin Serrano

“…The eXplainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) has become increasingly important to interpret the machine learning models to enhance trust management by allowing human experts to understand the underlying data evidence and causal reasoning. According to IDS, the critical role of trust management is to understand the impact of the malicious data to detect any intrusion in the system. …”
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The enriched gut commensal Faeciroseburia intestinalis contributes to the anti-metabolic disorders effects of the Ganoderma meroterpene derivative by Shanshan Qiao, Kai Wang, Chang Liu, Nan Zhou, Li Bao, Jun Wang, Shuangjiang Liu, Hongwei Liu

“…Our study demonstrated that the causal relationship between the butyrate-producing bacteria and the GMD's therapeutic effects and confirmed the important function of the butyrate-producing F. intestinalis in maintaining host metabolism homeostasis.…”
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Characterization of Suicidal Attempt in Adolescents of the Cumanayagua Municipality by Tamara Montenegro Calderón, Juan Carlos Fernández Wilcapi, Julio César Díaz Marrero, Narciso Águila Rodríguez, Alexis Díaz Brito

“…<br /><strong>Conclusion:</strong> the multi-causal origin of this phenomenon is undeniable and the personal, interpersonal, and social factors are significant in interaction with circumstance and psycho-social factors which function as unleashing factors.…”
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How trade participation fuels innovation in Africa: Unveiling insights through empirical analysis by Ijirshar Victor Ushahemba, Okpe Isa Jibrin, Andohol Jerome Terhemba

“…The study also identified bidirectional causal links between industrial design applications, patents, and trademarks with exports and imports, highlighting the symbiotic relationship between innovation and trade engagement. …”
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Impact of Mouthwash-Induced Oral Microbiome Disruption on Alzheimer's Disease Risk: A Perspective Review by Ayoub Boulares, Hela Jdidi, Nicola Luigi Bragazzi

“…However, the relationship between CHX mouthwash use and AD remains largely indirect, necessitating further longitudinal and cohort studies to investigate whether a direct causal link exists. The review aims to highlight the importance of maintaining a balanced oral microbiome for both oral and systemic health and calls for more research into safer oral hygiene practices and their potential impacts on neurodegenerative disease risk.…”
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Application of the Bayesian Model Averaging in Analyzing Freeway Traffic Incident Clearance Time for Emergency Management by Yajie Zou, Bo Lin, Xiaoxue Yang, Lingtao Wu, Malik Muneeb Abid, Jinjun Tang

“…The results show that the BMA approach has the capability of interpreting the causal relationship between explanatory variables and clearance time. …”
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Eyes Open on Sleep and Wake: In Vivo to In Silico Neural Networks by Amaury Vanvinckenroye, Gilles Vandewalle, Christophe Phillips, Sarah L. Chellappa

“…In this review, we present a physiologically driven in silico approach, Dynamic Causal Modelling (DCM), as a means to comprehend brain function under different experimental paradigms. …”
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Accounting for dependencies among performance shaping factors in SPAR-H using a regularized autoencoder and WINGS-AISM by Xin Liu, Shengyuan Yan, Xiaodan Zhang

“…The proposed method comprises three primary aspects: 1) a regularized autoencoder for the denoising and feature extraction of expert evaluation results, 2) the weighted influence non-linear gauge system-based adversarial interpretive structure modeling (WINGS-AISM) method to analyze the relationships among the PSFs and construct their causal hierarchy, and 3) a new relative weighting system to modify the PSF multipliers based on this hierarchy. …”
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The Anti-Inflammatory Role of Vitamin E in Prevention of Osteoporosis by A. S. Nazrun, M. Norazlina, M. Norliza, S. Ima Nirwana

“…There is growing evidence that inflammation may be one of the causal factors of osteoporosis. Several cytokines such as IL-1, IL-6, RANKL, OPG, and M-CSF were implicated in the pathogenesis of osteoporosis. …”
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Examination of the Relationship between Psychosocial Mediators and Intervention Effects in It’s Your Game: An Effective HIV/STI/Pregnancy Prevention Intervention for Middle School... by Elizabeth Baumler, Jill Glassman, Susan Tortolero, Christine Markham, Ross Shegog, Melissa Peskin, Robert Addy, Heather Franks

“…This study suggests that the underlying causal mechanisms of action of these interventions are complex and warrant further analyses.…”
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Ulcerating Ileocolitis in Severe Amatoxin Poisoning by Matthias Peter Hilty, Marcel Halama, Anne-Katrin Zimmermann, Marco Maggiorini, Andreas Geier

“…The absence of discernible alternative etiologies such as infectious agents makes a causal relationship between the ulcerating ileocolitis and the amatoxin poisoning likely. …”
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Action Video Game Experience Related to Altered Large-Scale White Matter Networks by Diankun Gong, Weiyi Ma, Jinnan Gong, Hui He, Li Dong, Dan Zhang, Jianfu Li, Cheng Luo, Dezhong Yao

“…Research has repeatedly shown that AVG experience can causally enhance cognitive ability and is related to neural plasticity in gray matter and functional networks in the brain. …”
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Síndrome de Marfan. Presentación de un caso by Laydamí Rodríguez Amador, Idioel Abreu La Rosa, Héctor Javier Cruz de los Santos, Lorena Álvarez Fernández, Ana Laura Taillacq Suárez, Roberto Lloveras Casañas

“…A pesar del descubrimiento de las mutaciones causales, su diagnóstico resulta complejo, al exhibir una gran diversidad en su presentación clínica y carecer de características patognomónicas. …”
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Evaluation of <i>Brachypodium</i> spp. System Model Against <i>Fusarium poae</i> by Florencia Arroyo, Mauro Martínez, Agustín Arata, María V. Moreno, Marie Dufresne, Sebastián A. Stenglein, María I. Dinolfo

“…Cereal crops are affected by one of the most devastating diseases worldwide, known as Fusarium head blight (FHB), with <i>Fusarium graminearum</i> being the most isolated causal pathogen. Another species associated with this disease is <i>Fusarium poae</i>. …”
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