Typology of Tomato Cropping Systems and Determinants of Preharvest Losses in Western Cameroon by Roland Wilfried Titti, Anne Stéphanie Etoga, Pierre Germain Ntsoli, Georges Marius Kossi Etame, Asafor Henry Chotangui, Réné Mbonomo Bikomo, Aoudou Yaouba

“…Field surveys were conducted in three production areas of western Cameroon (Foumbot, Bansoa, and Dschang) to characterize cropping systems and growers, quantify production losses, and identify causal factors associated with losses and proffer solutions. …”
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Countries' progress towards Global Health Security (GHS) increased health systems resilience during the Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic: A difference-in-difference study... by Tyler Y Headley, Sooyoung Kim, Yesim Tozan

“…We used longitudinal data from 191 countries and a difference-in-difference (DiD) causal inference strategy to quantify the effect of countries' GHS capacity as measured by the GHSI on their coverage rates for essential childhood immunizations, a previously established proxy for health systems resilience. …”
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A chemical genetic screen with the EXO70 inhibitor Endosidin2 uncovers potential modulators of exocytosis in Arabidopsis by Xiaohui Li, Diwen Wang, Xianglin Yin, Mingji Dai, Christopher J. Staiger, Chunhua Zhang

“…In addition, T‐DNA insertion lines were tested as alternative alleles to identify causal mutations. We found that T‐DNA insertion alleles for DCP5, VAS1/ISS1, ArgJ, and MEF11 were hypersensitive to ES2 for root growth inhibition. …”
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The role of fat-soluble vitamins for graft-versus host disease after myeloablative conditioning in allogeneic stem cell transplanted patients by Kristin J. Skaarud, Anne Marte Gudmundstuen, Maiju Pesonen, Marianne J. Hjermstad, Per Ole Iversen, Geir E. Tjønnfjord

“…Whether this reflects a causal relationship warrants further study. ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT01181076).…”
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Association of Pregnancy Complications with Endometrial or Ovarian or Breast Cancer: A Case Control Study by Lin Cheng Han, Henry W. C. Leung, Heng-Jun Lin, John Hang Leung, Agnes L. F. Chan

“…Future studies should aim to determine whether there is a causal relationship. Therefore, cancer screening is warranted in women with GDM.…”
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Effect of fungal, oomycete and nematode interactions on apple root development in replant soil by Emma L. Tilston, Gregory Deakin, Julie Bennett, Thomas Passey, Nicola Harrison, Felicidad Fernández, Xiangming Xu

“…No single organism has been identified as the universal causal agent, but there is increasing evidence that multiple soil-borne plant pathogenic fungi and oomycetes form an ARD disease complex. …”
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Características clínico-epidemiológicas de pacientes en edad pediátrica afectados por dermatofitosis by Yoan Bernardez Cruz, Graciela Cabrera Acea, María Teresa Rodríguez Gandulla, Buenaventura Menéndez Cordero

“…<strong><br />Resultados:</strong> se obtuvo mayor positividad en el examen por cultivo (70,59 %), frente a 66, 7 % en el examen por raspado; el <em>Trichophyton rubrum</em> fue el agente causal más frecuente en las uñas y en el cuerpo,  predominó en el grupo de 15 años y más, en los pacientes de color de piel blanca y en las féminas. …”
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Integrative bioinformatics approach identifies novel drug targets for hyperaldosteronism, with a focus on SHMT1 as a promising therapeutic candidate by Minyue Jia, Liya Lin, Hanxiao Yu, Zhichao Dong, Xin Pan, Xiaoxiao Song

“…We employed a systematic approach combining: gene identification through transcriptome-wide association studies (TWAS); causal inference using summary data-based Mendelian randomization (SMR) and two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analyses; additional analyses included phenome-wide association analysis, enrichment analysis, protein-protein interaction (PPI) networks, drug repurposing, molecular docking and clinical validation through aldosterone-producing adenomas (APAs) tissue. …”
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Lipidomics-based investigation of its impact on the pathogenesis of coronary atherosclerosis: a Mendelian randomization study by Qun Wang, Yuan Cao, Lianqun Jia

“…Conclusion In conclusion, our study comprehensively illustrates a causal relationship between lipid metabolites and the risk of coronary atherosclerosis. …”
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A new strategy for constructing alternative consumer confidence indexes to explain household consumption: A fuzzy DEMATEL approach by Özge Var, Alptekin Durmuşoğlu, Türkay Dereli

“…Method: A fuzzy DEMATEL (Decision-Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory), a reliable method to present causal relationships, is used to classification. The prediction power of cause group (in terms of explaining household expenditures) is measured with the Lasso regression (Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator), which provides more interpretable regression models. …”
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Role of T cell metabolism in brain tumor development: a genetic and metabolic approach by Bo Yang, Zhenyu Li, Peiliang Li, Bo Liang, Yuhan Liu, Enshan Feng

“…Instrumental variables were selected based on stringent criteria, and multiple mendelian randomization methods were utilized to identify causal pathways and metabolites potentially mediating these effects. …”
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The influence of light and heavy training weeks on the cortisol and testosterone awakening responses of elite male judokas: is skeletal muscle damage a mediating factor? by Blair T. Crewther, Benjamin G. Serpell, Christian J. Cook, Zbigniew Obmiński

“…The post-awakening decline in plasma testosterone (TAR Δb30 , TAR AUCb30 , TAR AUCb60 ) was found to be significantly less pronounced, whilst CK level was elevated, after heavy than light training with effect-size differences of 0.95–1.04 and 4.70, respectively. Causal mediation analysis confirmed that CK mediated, in part, the training effect on the CAR, but not TAR, measures. …”
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The method of increasing the efficiency of the man-machine system functioning by improving the quality of decision support system software by О.В. Турінський, М.А. Павленко, Г.В. Пєвцов, С.В. Осієвський

“…In the process of solving the problem, the specificity of the functioning of the MMS was taken into account, the possibility of formalizing various aspects of knowledge (aesthetic, disizional, causal, diontic) and ensuring a given level of efficiency in finding solutions.…”
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Prediction of mechanical characteristics of shearer intelligent cables under bending conditions. by Lijuan Zhao, Dongyang Wang, Guocong Lin, Shuo Tian, Hongqiang Zhang, Yadong Wang

“…This method leverages TCN's causal and dilated convolution operations to capture long-term sequential features, BiLSTM's bidirectional information processing to ensure the completeness of sequence information, and the SEAttention mechanism to assign adaptive weights to features, effectively enhancing the focus on key features. …”
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Toward a new interdisciplinary model to understand Alzheimer’s disease: The interplay between neurobiology and socio-economic factors by Hyun Jee Han, Clive Shrubsole

“…Methods: We carried out a literature review focusing on the following aspects: 1) The causal relationship between PM2.5 (and air pollution) and AD; 2) Regulations and guidelines about air pollution released by organizations across the world; 3) Differences in PM2.5 and educational levels between More Economically Developed Countries (MEDC) and Less Economically Developed Countries (LEDC); 4) Differences of AD incidence between MEDC and LEDC with regard to their levels of social developments. …”
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Investigating the Effect of Effective Factors on Actual Purchase with the Mediating Role of Purchase Intention and the Moderating Role of Iranian Product Type by Aliakbar Shahri Mejarshin, Alireza Rousta, Abdullah Naami

“…The product type variable only modulates the causal relationship between product knowledge and actual purchase. …”
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The influences of environmental awareness on green performance by M.H. Mansour

“…This study investigates the causal linkage among environmental awareness, green human resource management, green behaviours, green performance, and servant leadership.METHODS: The data were collected via Questionnaires obtained from employees working in hotels in Amman, Jordan (52.5 per cent response rate). …”
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Association between dietary carotenoid intakes and the risk of asthma in adults: a cross-sectional study of NHANES, 2007–2012 by Weijie Li, Wei Zhang, Jie Du

“…This is a cross-sectional study and no causal relationship can be drawn, so caution is needed to interpret the results.…”
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The role of perceived social norms in non-suicidal self-injury and suicidality: A systematic scoping review. by Robert C Dempsey, Sophia E Fedorowicz, Alex M Wood

“…There is a need for more nuanced, theory-based, investigations of how, when, where, why, and for whom, perceived norms have a causal role in NSSI and suicidality outcomes.…”
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Population fluctuation of Diaphorina citri Kuwayama (Hemiptera: Liviidae) and survey of some natural enemies in Ecuador by Y. CHAVEZ, C. CASTRO, G.F. GONZÁLEZ, J. CASTRO, S. PEÑARRIETA, I. PEREZ-ALMEIDA, D.T. CHIRINOS, T. KONDO

“…Diaphorina citri, especie detectada en Ecuador por primera vez en 2013, es una plaga de relevancia mundial debido a que es el principal vector de la bacteria Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus, agente causal del Huanglongbing (HLB), una devastadora enfermedad de los cítricos. …”
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