Genetic admixture and population substructure in Guanacaste Costa Rica. by Zhaoming Wang, Allan Hildesheim, Sophia S Wang, Rolando Herrero, Paula Gonzalez, Laurie Burdette, Amy Hutchinson, Gilles Thomas, Stephen J Chanock, Kai Yu

“…We also show in a simulated association study conducted within the two subpopulations, that the failure to account for population stratification (PS) could lead to a noticeable inflation in the false positive rate. However, we further demonstrate that existing PS adjustment approaches can reduce the inflation to an acceptable level for gene discovery.…”
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Strategies and Structures in Verbal Fluency Tasks in Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease by J. Kessler, M. Bley, R. Mielke, E. Kalbe

“…Patients with AD showed lower word rate in all tasks than the control group. The difference was most significant in the supermarket task. …”
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Optimization of control strategies for non-domiciliated Triatoma dimidiata, Chagas disease vector in the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico. by Corentin Barbu, Eric Dumonteil, Sébastien Gourbière

“…Alternatively, the use of insect screens consistently reduced bug abundance proportionally to the reduction of the vector immigration rate.<h4>Conclusion/significance</h4>Control of non-domiciliated vectors can hardly be achieved by insecticide spraying, because it would require yearly application and an accurate understanding of the temporal pattern of immigration. …”
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Changes in the functional activity of thrombocytes in rats with experimental disruption of the periodontal connective tissue by V. F. Cheremisina

“…Reduction in the degree of platelets aggregation and aggregation rate were observed at an inductor concentration of 2.5 μmol/L in a group of rats with experimental periodontitis in comparison with the control. …”
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Midwives’ competence in interpretation of the intrapartum cardiotocograph at public hospitals in Gauteng: An explanatory sequential mixed-methods study by Sanele Lukhele, Fhumulani Mavis Mulaudzi, Rodwell Gundo

“…Results: The Pillar Integration Process led to the identification of six pillars: 1) substandard CTG interpretation training leads to a lack of understanding of key concepts; 2) absence of norms and standards pertaining to CTG interpretation training; 3) Essential Steps in Managing Obstetric Emergencies (ESMOE) training does not result in improved CTG interpretation scores; 4) lack of standardization of CTG interpretation guidelines causes confusion among interpreters; 5) level of knowledge of foundational concepts of CTG interpretation affects clinical judgment; and 6) CTG interpretation skill is a combination of understanding of CTG characteristics, fetal heart rate pattern, fetal physiology and clinical context. …”
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Dynamic topology adaptability of adaptive multimodal transmission strategy based on environment perception in multi-hop routing of 5G vehicle network by Shengxia Tan, Xianshuang Zong, Feng Xiao

“…The results show that when the number of nodes reaches 1200, the system delay is 146.99 ms; when the average vehicle speed is 30 km/h and the network load is 50 Mbps, the packet loss rate of switching to the DSR protocol is only 0.833%. …”
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Centrifugal test on the mechanical characteristics of existing prestressed anchor bolts in highway widening by Guan Jiang, Zhongju Feng, Jiarong Zhang, Guodong Liu, Yuanmeng Cheng

“…Moreover, it is recommended to appropriately reduce the rate of excavation when working on the top and foot of the slope. …”
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Modelling innovation adoption spreading in complex networks by Jing-Lin Duanmu, Wei Koong Chai

“…Abstract Innovation adoption pattern has been found to be influenced by the underlying social network structure and its constituent entities. …”
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The determination of alpha naphthyl acetate esterase (anae) positivity in peripheral blood leukocytes of kyrgyzstan?s mountain yaks (bos grinniens) by Nariste Kadıralieva, Emrah Sur, Yasemin Öznurlu, Tuğba Özaydın

“…The ANAE positive lymphocyte rate was found to be 58,85 % in Kyrgyzstan's mountain yaks.…”
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The territorialization of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome and its socioeconomic, demographic and public health policy risk factors in Belém, state of Pará, Eastern Amazon, Brazil... by Nelson Veiga Gonçalves, Alessandra Lima Leal, Heloisa Maria Melo E Silva Guimarães, Arthur Carneiro Bernardes, Silvana Rossy de Brito, Taiana Moita Koury Alves, Tainara Carvalho Garcia Miranda Filgueiras, Thayse Moraes de Moraes, Matheus Pereira do Couto Rocha, Renan Faria Cardoso, Bruno Yudi Shimomaebara Sousa, Claudia do Socorro Carvalho Miranda

“…It has a high mortality rate related to risk factors that include systemic arterial hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, male gender and advanced age. …”
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Individual Differences in Strategy and the Item-Position Effect in Reasoning Ability Measures by Helene M. von Gugelberg, Stefan J. Troche

“…When investigating the toggle rate, the participants used more constructive matching towards the end of the APM. …”
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Evolution of bitcoin as a Financial Asset by K. D. Shilov, A. V. Zubarev

“…The first group consists of various quantitative indicators directly related to Bitcoin (the so-called internal factors) — the volume of exchange trade, the volume of transactions in the Bitcoin blockchain, the number of new and active wallets, hash rate, the sum of fees paid in the blockchain, as well as the dynamics of Google Trends search queries. …”
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Screening Cellulolytic Bacteria from the Digestive Tract Snail (Achatina fulica) and Test the Ability of Cellulase Activity by Wijanarka Wijanarka, Endang Kusdiyantini, Sarjana Parman

“…The results showed that the highest activity by new isolate bacteria KE-B6 and its value of the activity of 0.4539 U/mL, growth rate (µ) 0.377/hour and generation time (g) 1.84 hour. …”
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Student Performance Prediction Using Machine Learning Algorithms by Esmael Ahmed

“…The study found that the SVM algorithm had the best prediction results after parameter adjustment, with a 96% accuracy rate. In this paper, the researchers have examined the functions of the Support Vector Machine, Decision Tree, naive Bayes, and KNN classifiers. …”
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Psychophysiological correlates of science communicators. by David Vagni, Gennaro Tartarisco, Simona Campisi, Loredana Cerbara, Marco Dedola, Alessandra Pedranghelu, Alexandra Castello, Francesca Gorini, Chiara Failla, Marco Tullio Liuzza, Antonio Tintori, Giovanni Pioggia, Marco Ferrazzoli, Antonio Cerasa

“…We conducted a study in an ecological setting to evaluate the heart rate variability (HRV) of expert communicators during a live national primetime video interview. …”
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Gene disruption by structural mutations drives selection in US rice breeding over the last century. by Justin N Vaughn, Walid Korani, Joshua C Stein, Jeremy D Edwards, Daniel G Peterson, Sheron A Simpson, Ramey C Youngblood, Jane Grimwood, Kapeel Chougule, Doreen H Ware, Anna M McClung, Brian E Scheffler

“…During this long-term selection, structural mutations that impact gene exons have been removed at a greater rate than intronic indels and single-nucleotide mutations. …”
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Exploration and validation of the prognostic value of mitophagy and mitochondrial dynamics-related genes in cervical cancer by Jiankui Li, Xi Chen, Juan Li

“…Abstract The mechanisms underlying mitophagy and mitochondrial dynamics (MD) in cervical cancer (CC), a disease with a high mortality rate, remain poorly understood. This study aimed to assess the prognostic significance of these processes in CC. …”
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Hypertension as a death risk factor in men and women aged 20-59 years: a 34-year cohort prospective study by I. V. Dolgalev, A. Yu. Ivanova, A. Yu. Shipkhineeva

“…Mean blood pressure at primary screening were higher in non-survivors compared to survivors. This pattern was observed in all sex and age groups. Among persons with initially normal blood pressure, the 34-year survival rate was 70,9%, while with increased blood pressure — 45,1%.Conclusion. …”
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The Effect of an Anesthetic Support of Endoscopic Gastric Resection on Intraoperative Hemodynamics in Patients with Morbid Obesity by M. I. Neymark, R. V. Kiselev

“…In Group 2 (n=21), combined anesthesia based on the low-flow desflurane inhalation was applied along with the prolonged epidural analgesia (PEA) with 0.2% ropivacaine solution and VC%CMV respiratory pattern, with PEEP dose escalation using titration, inverted respiratory cycle, and a gradual increase in the respiratory rate. …”
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The influence of curing time on mechanical properties and microstructure of taphole clay by Xiao Wang, Houyou Zhou, Wen-bo Zhao, Qingwen Li, Ya Yin

“…The results revealed that with the increase of curing time, all mechanical strengths of the taphole clay materials increased significantly, with a faster growth rate within the first 6 h and stabilization around 24 h. …”
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