Analysis of influencing factors for primary membranous nephropathy complicated with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and establishment of a nomogram prediction model by Mirixiatijiang· Maimaiti, Zhu Guo-qiang, Su Ming-jie, Halinuer· Shadekejiang, Zhang Xue-qin, Lu Chen

“…They also had significantly higher systolic blood pressure ［130（120， 142） mmHg（1 mmHg=0.133 kPa） <italic>vs</italic> 122.0（113.5， 135.5） mmHg］， higher diastolic blood pressure ［80 （75， 90） mmHg <italic>vs</italic> 80（70， 85.5） mmHg］， higher prevalence of hypertension［142（64.8%） <italic>vs</italic> 67 （32.7%）］， and higher proportion of manual workers［60（27.4%） <italic>vs</italic> 28（13.7%）］ Additionally， lymphocyte count （LYM）， platelet count （PLT）， blood sodium concentration （Na）， blood urea nitrogen （BUN）， blood creatinine （Cr）， estimated glomerular filtration rate （eGFR）， 24-hour quantitative urine protein， glutamic transaminase， urinary occult blood， number of urinary hyaline and pathological tubular patterns， C-reactive protein （CRP）， complement C4， plasma fibrinogen， D-dimer， and centrocyte-lymphocyte ratio were all significantly different between the two groups （<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05）. …”
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A data-driven approach to forest health assessment through multivariate analysis and machine learning techniques by Raja Waqar Ahmed Khan, Hamayun Shaheen, Muhammad Ejaz Ul Islam Dar, Tariq Habib, Muhammad Manzoor, Syed Waseem Gillani, Abeer Al-Andal, John Oluwafemi Ayoola, Muhammad Waheed

“…RF-based feature importance analysis showed tree DBH, height, regeneration rate, soil erosion, and tree density as key ecological drivers of forest health. …”
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Citronella oil-loaded electro-spun single and core-shell nano fibers as sustained repellent systems against Aedes aegypti by Samali Udara Liyanaarachchi, Sanjeewa K. Rodrigo, Nilwala Kottegoda, Veranja Karunaratne, Menaka Hapugoda, Tharaka Ranathunge, Lahiru Udayanga, Dushmantha Adikari

“…It was found that maintaining the outer:inner flow rate ratio at 5:2 in coaxial process is imperative to produce good fibers. …”
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Effects of Hole Irrigation Device Parameters on Soil Water Characteristics Under Different Biogas Slurry Ratios by Peng Xiang, Jian Zheng, Yan Wang, You Wu

“…The lateral and vertical wetting front migration distances exhibited a well-defined power function relationship with the soil’s stable infiltration rate and infiltration time (<i>R</i>² ≥ 0.977). …”
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Assessment of predictors and mitigation strategy for therapeutic inertia in the management of hypertension: a quality improvement project by Ananyan Sampath, Shreya Deshpande, Rashmi Verma, Rajnish Joshi

“…When patient adherence was disregarded, TI increased to 49.7%. The total error rate in BP management ranged from 53.29% to 61.5%. …”
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Epigenetic dysregulation-induced metabolic reprogramming fuels tumor progression in bladder cancer by Jian Zhang, Xiaosong Fan, Xu Xu, Yichao Han, Weixing Yu, Bicheng Yang, Yanling Chen, Shaolin Zhang

“…BackgroundBladder cancer remains a significant global health challenge with a high mortality rate despite advancements in treatment modalities. …”
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Assessment of Water Resources Carrying Capacity and Analysis of Its Coupling Coordination in the Yangtze River Economic Belt by XIONG Ying, JIANG Yi-xin, CHEN Si-xuan

“…Analysis of influencing factors identified the proportion of tertiary industry, urbanization rate, and per capita daily domestic water consumption as the three factors most strongly correlated with water resources carrying capacity. …”
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Assessment of heavy metal pollution sources and environmental capacity of typical farmland soils in northwestern Zhejiang based on the geological background of black rock series by Mei-hua Wang

“…Principal component analysis extracted four principal components with a cumulative contribution rate of 78.92%, and the spatial distribution differences were obvious. …”
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Eco-friendly QbD-optimized chromatographic method for simultaneous analysis of metronidazole and nicotinamide with applications in permeation, stability, and sustainability evaluat... by Kanaka Parvathi Kannaiah, Mohamed A. M. Ali, Hemanth Kumar Chanduluru, Anis Ahmad Chaudhary, Mahmoud El-Maghrabey, Reem H. Obaydo, Galal Magdy, Mohamed A. El Hamd

“…Chromatographic separations were conducted with an RP-HPLC-photodiode array (PDA) system equipped with an ODS column using gradient elution of ethanol and phosphate buffer (10 mM, pH 3.5) at a flow rate of 1.0 mL/min. pre-optimized conditions were determined using a two-level full factorial design (23 FFD). …”
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Longitudinal evaluation of common and unique brain-networks in variants of primary progressive aphasia by Rajan Kashyap, Rose Dawn Bharath, Changsong Zhou, Kyrana Tsapkini, John E. Desmond, SH Annabel Chen, Kaviraja Udupa, PT Sivakumar, Sagarika Bhattacharjee

“…To validate the rsfMRI networks and the longitudinal changes, we evaluated the grey matter (GM) volume, GM atrophy and the rate-of-atrophy of the brain areas. To corroborate the findings, we applied persistent homology on the structural networks derived from diffusion tensor images. …”
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Metal–organic nanostructures based on sono/chemo-nanodynamic synergy of TixOy/Ru reaction units: for ultrasound-induced dynamic cancer therapy by Tao Jiang, Zixiang Tang, Shumiao Tian, Haitian Tang, Zhekun Jia, Fangjian Li, Chenyue Qiu, Lin Deng, Lang Ke, Pan He, Gang Liu, Chengchao Chu, Yongfu Xiong

“…Remarkably, ultrasound irradiation induced substantial oxidative stress and immunogenic cell death, promoting the release of damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs), which elevated the maturation rate of tumor-infiltrating dendritic cells (DCs) and significantly increased the proportion of CD8⁺ T cells. …”
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Language-Based Engineering Considering the Trade-off among Words in Design Reflecting User’s Emotion by Nobuhisa KATSUMATA, Sonosuke HARADA, So FUKUHARA, Masao ARAKAWA, Shogo NAKAO, Masahiko FUJIWARA

“…We analyzed the relationship between user ratings and design elements using Quantification Theory Type I and created a database of these relationships. …”
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Features of the functioning of regional airports in the context of the development of the Russian air transportation market by I. N. Rykova, A. A. Alaev, R. S. Gubanov

“…The applied methods of monographic and economic-statistical analysis, rating assessment provided the identification of patterns of changes in the results of airport operations. …”
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Data-Driven Insights into LEED Certification Trends: Saudi Arabia's Path to Sustainability by Hala Sirror, Zeinab Alhassan, Malathe Hamid

“…It analyzes trends over the past decade, focusing on certification growth, building types, rating levels (Certified, Silver, Gold, Platinum), and regional distribution. …”
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Electroencephalographic (EEG) analysis of hue perception differences between art and non-art majors: insights from the P2 and P3 components by Liting Song, Guanghui Zhang, Johanna Silvennoinen, Fengyu Cong

“…Participants completed color perception tasks involving cool, warm, and neutral hues while EEG data were recorded with a 65-electrode system. Behavioral ratings and ERP components (P2 and P3) were analyzed, supplemented by decoding analysis to uncover neural processing patterns. …”
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An epigenome-wide association study in the case-control study to explore early development identifies differential DNA methylation near ZFP57 as associated with autistic traits by Ellen M. Howerton, Valerie Morrill, Rose Schrott, Jason Daniels, Ashley Y. Song, Kelly Benke, Heather Volk, Homayoon Farzadegan, Aimee Anido Alexander, Amanda L. Tapia, Gabriel S. Dichter, Lisa A. Croen, Lisa Wiggins, Genevieve Wojcik, M. Daniele Fallin, Christine Ladd-Acosta

“…Results We identified a region about 3.5 kb upstream of ZFP57 on chromosome 6 as differentially methylated (family-wise error rate [fwer] < 0.1) by continuous SRS T-score in the full sample (N = 857; fwer = 0.074) and among ASD cases only (N = 390; fwer = 0.021). …”
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Large-scale genome-wide association studies and meta-analyses of longitudinal change in adult lung function. by Wenbo Tang, Matthew Kowgier, Daan W Loth, María Soler Artigas, Bonnie R Joubert, Emily Hodge, Sina A Gharib, Albert V Smith, Ingo Ruczinski, Vilmundur Gudnason, Rasika A Mathias, Tamara B Harris, Nadia N Hansel, Lenore J Launer, Kathleen C Barnes, Joyanna G Hansen, Eva Albrecht, Melinda C Aldrich, Michael Allerhand, R Graham Barr, Guy G Brusselle, David J Couper, Ivan Curjuric, Gail Davies, Ian J Deary, Josée Dupuis, Tove Fall, Millennia Foy, Nora Franceschini, Wei Gao, Sven Gläser, Xiangjun Gu, Dana B Hancock, Joachim Heinrich, Albert Hofman, Medea Imboden, Erik Ingelsson, Alan James, Stefan Karrasch, Beate Koch, Stephen B Kritchevsky, Ashish Kumar, Lies Lahousse, Guo Li, Lars Lind, Cecilia Lindgren, Yongmei Liu, Kurt Lohman, Thomas Lumley, Wendy L McArdle, Bernd Meibohm, Andrew P Morris, Alanna C Morrison, Bill Musk, Kari E North, Lyle J Palmer, Nicole M Probst-Hensch, Bruce M Psaty, Fernando Rivadeneira, Jerome I Rotter, Holger Schulz, Lewis J Smith, Akshay Sood, John M Starr, David P Strachan, Alexander Teumer, André G Uitterlinden, Henry Völzke, Arend Voorman, Louise V Wain, Martin T Wells, Jemma B Wilk, O Dale Williams, Susan R Heckbert, Bruno H Stricker, Stephanie J London, Myriam Fornage, Martin D Tobin, George T O'Connor, Ian P Hall, Patricia A Cassano

“…As a secondary aim, we estimated the mean rate of decline in FEV1 by smoking pattern, irrespective of genotypes, across these 14 studies using meta-analysis.…”
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Artificial Ventilation-Induced Acute Lung Lesion: Experimental, Morphological Study by A. M. Golubev, V. V. Moroz, D. V. Lysenko, A. N. Kuzovlev, D. A. Ostapchenko

“…Objective: to elucidate the pattern of morphological changes in the lung during artificial ventilation.Materials and methods. …”
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Massive Water Production from Cryogenic Icy Lunar Regolith by a Microwave Heating Method by Qinggong Wang, Yong Pang, Juping Gu, Zhongxian Zhao, Qichen Sun, Mengfei Yang

“…Once the liquid water begins to collect, the water collection rate is comparable to that at the high-power heating pattern. …”
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Research on Strata Movement Control in Deep Composite Lithologic Gangue Backfill Mining of Super-Thick and Weak Cementation Overburden Based on PFC–FLAC Coupling Simulation by Yonglei Li, Jiangning Gan, Guojian Zhang, Zhiyong Liu, Guangli Guo, Baode Guo, Shuo Sun

“…In addition, after calculation, the secondary compression rate of the composite rock gangue reaches 7% to 8%, ultimately leading to a secondary surface subsidence rate of 19%. …”
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