Maternal asthma and newborn DNA methylation by Casper-Emil Tingskov Pedersen, Thanh T. Hoang, Jianping Jin, Anna Starnawska, Raquel Granell, Hannah R. Elliott, Anke Huels, Heather J. Zar, Dan J. Stein, Yining Zhang, Herman T. den Dekker, Liesbeth Duijts, Janine F. Felix, Júlia Sangüesa, Mariona Bustamante, Maribel Casas, Martine Vrijheid, Latha Kadalayil, Faisal I. Rezwan, Hasan Arshad, John W. Holloway, Stefan Röder, Ana C. Zenclussen, Gunda Herberth, Nicklas Heine Staunstrup, Henriette Thisted Horsdal, Jonathan Mill, Eilis Hannon, iPSYCH-MINERvA Group, Isabella Annesi-Maesano, Giancarlo Pesce, Nour Baïz, Barbara Heude, Sahra Hosseinian-Mohazzab, Carrie V. Breton, Sophia Harlid, Justin Harbs, Magnus Domellof, Christina West, Edwina Yeung, Xuehuo Zeng, Wenche Nystad, Siri E. Håberg, Maria C. Magnus, Diana Schendel, Stephanie J. London, Klaus Bønnelykke

“…Results We identified 27 CpGs associated with maternal asthma during pregnancy at False Discovery Rate < 0.05 but none for maternal asthma ever. Two distinct CpGs were associated with paternal asthma. …”
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Investigation on the Relationship Between the Vibratory Peening Process Parameters and Almen Intensity by Maxime Paques, Miao Hong Yan, Changeux Benoit, Turenne Sylvain, Badreddine Jawad, Martin Etienne

“…First, a screening model with primary effects showed that the media mass, airbag pressure, specimen longitudinal position, and lubrication rate have minor influence on Almen intensity. Secondly, a definitive model showed that high eccentricity, high frequency, and deep specimen immersion are required to reach high Almen intensities. …”
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From Funding Equity Initiatives to Research Productivity: Quantifying the Impact of NSF ADVANCE Awards on Recipients’ Publication Trajectories by Alexander J. Gates, Laura K. Nelson, Rachael Grudt, Kathrin Zippel

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From Margin to Mainstream: Informal Street Vendors and Local Politics in Kolkata, India by Tathagata Chatterji, Souvanic Roy

“…Power relations and engagement patterns between the street vendors and the state authorities had changed over years, impacting quality of life within the core city and its long term sustainability. …”
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Emoji-Driven Sentiment Analysis for Social Bot Detection with Relational Graph Convolutional Networks by Kaqian Zeng, Zhao Li, Xiujuan Wang

“…Subsequently, seven sentiment-based features are extracted to quantify statistical disparities in emotional expression patterns between bot and human accounts. An attention gating mechanism is further designed to dynamically fuse these sentiment features with user description, tweet content, numerical attributes, and categorical features. …”
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Full-Color LCD Microdisplay System Based on OLED Backlight Unit and Field-Sequential Color Driving Method by Sungho Woo, Dae-Hwan Kim, Yoon Soo Han, Byeong-Dae Choi

“…The field-sequential driving frequency was set to 255 Hz to allow each of the RGB colors to be generated without color mixing at the given display frame rate. A prototype FSC LCD microdisplay system consisting of a 0.7′′ LCD microdisplay panel and the 0.76′′ OLED BLU successfully exhibited color display and moving picture images using the FSC driving method.…”
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Effects of Splitting Airfoil’s Aspect Ratio on the Control of Separation and Loss Distribution in a Distortion Generator by M. Hassani, M. Bazazzadeh, M. D. Manshadi

“…It has appeared that combined loss pattern of the triple arrangement of the airfoils can be reconstructed from dual arrangement, and it can be reproduced from a single pattern in a hierarchical process. …”
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Acute health effects of ambient air pollution including ultrafine particles in a semi-experimental setting in young, healthy individuals by Elisabeth Folwarczny, Felix Forster, Rudolf A. Jörres, Stefan Rakete, Sheng Ye, Mark Wenig, Nadine Gawlitta, Jürgen Schnelle-Kreis, Richard Winterhalter, Alexander Müller, Dennis Nowak, Stefan Karrasch

“…Results The sites showed the planned pattern of exposure levels but with large overlap. …”
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Identification of age-specific risk factors for hyperuricemia: a machine learning-driven stratified analysis in health examination cohorts by ChuXia Tan, Yuan Liu, Lijun Li, Ying Li, Pingting Yang, Yinglong Duan, Xingxing Wang, Huiyi Zhang, Jingying Wang, Honglian Zhang

“…Results The overall detection rate of HUA was 22.8%, and the level of serum uric acid increased significantly with age. …”
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Hymecromone Administration in Real Clinical Practice: Results of the Prospective Multicentre Observational Study in the Republic of Kazakhstan by A. V. Nersesov, D. A. Kaybullaeva, V. S. Rakhmetova, I. A. Lozinskaya, A. K. Kurmangalieva, V. S. Ayupova, A. B. Orazbaeva, A. K. Kanabaeva, Yu. O. Shulpekova

“…A visual analogue scale and RAPID questionnaire were used to characterise biliary pain; severity of associated symptoms, bowel habit and a quality of life according the SF-12 were also assessed. A rate of a ≥50 % reduction in symptom severity was used as a primary efficacy criterion; a rate of a ≥10 improvement in the SF-12 quality of life score was used as a secondary efficacy criterion. …”
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A Single RF MIMO Loading Network for High-Order Modulation Schemes by Bo Han, Vlasis I. Barousis, Antonis Kalis, Constantinos B. Papadias, Athanasios G. Kanatas, Ramjee Prasad

“…MIMO transmission in this case is achieved by shaping directly the radiation pattern with the aid of analog tunable loads attached to the parasitics. …”
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Prediction of litchi flower induction in South China region based on the CMIP6 climate model by HOU Wei, ZHANG Liuhong, ZHANG Lei, LUAN Lan, ZHANG Mingjie, WANG Xiuzhen, ZHANG Hui

“…We then constructed a florescence climate index model, correlating it with the litchi flower formation rate for both early-maturing and medium-late maturing varieties. …”
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Research on Quality Anomaly Recognition Method Based on Optimized Probabilistic Neural Network by Li-li Li, Kun Chen, Jian-min Gao, Hui Li

“…PNN recognized successfully both single pattern and mixed pattern of control charts because of its simple network structure and excellent recognition effect. …”
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Mental Health in the Age of Hyperconnectivity: A Crisis Hidden in Plain Sight by Sitara Ejaz, Hafiz Muhammad Haseeb Khaliq

“…Young people are experiencing increasing levels of anxiety, depression, and loneliness at an alarming rate. Serious damage to emotional health stems from the pervasive information overload and social envy people experience through their constant online connection 3. …”
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Shear Strength Characteristics of Soft Soil in Nansha District of Guangzhou by WANG Wei-qi, LIAN Chang-jiang, LI Jian-ping, CHEN Zhi-yong, CHENG Dong-hai, CAI Wei-long, TANG Kai, LI Chao

“…Certain anomalies and unconventional patterns are observed in the dataset, including the opposite variation trends in the consolidated quick shear strength of both silt and silty soil with increasing depth, as well as the difference in the rate of strength change for silt at depths of 10 m≤h&lt;20 m under consolidated quick shear compared to direct shear conditions. …”
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Development of oculomotor digital biomarkers using clinical examinations as “Ground Truth” by Brittany Trotter, Melissa Hunfalvay, Melissa Hunfalvay, Nicholas P. Murray, Greg C. Mathews, Frederick Robert Carrick, Frederick Robert Carrick, Frederick Robert Carrick, Frederick Robert Carrick

“…A board-certified neurologist with 16 years of experience also conducted an oculomotor examination to mirror eye movement patterns.ResultsData analysis included a series of single-block logistic regressions to examine the scoring of the six eye-tracking tests (RightEye, LLC) to predict clinician-rated eye movement classifications (i.e., normal or abnormal). …”
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Experimental and Theoretical Research on the Stress-Relaxation Behaviors of PTFE Coated Fabrics under Different Temperatures by Yingying Zhang, Shanshan Xu, Qilin Zhang, Yi Zhou

“…With temperature increasing, the decrease rate of membrane stress decreases and the final stable value increases. …”
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New parallel processing strategies in complex event processing systems with data streams by Fuyuan Xiao, Cheng Zhan, Hong Lai, Li Tao, Zhiguo Qu

“…Finally, the application of our work is demonstrated using experiments on the StreamBase system regardless of the increased input rate of the stream or the increased time window size of the operator.…”
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The Deformation, Failure Mechanisms, and Stability Control of the Surrounding Rock of Deep Cross-Measure Roadway: A Case Study by Wenzheng Du, Rui Pan, Hongjin Sun

“…On this basis, two types of evaluation indicators, that is, the deformations of the surrounding rock and the plastic ranges in the four typical parts (roof, shoulder, floor, and sidewalls) of the roadway, were selected to rate the stability of the roadway under different working conditions. …”
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Identification of a Surface Marine Vessel Using LS-SVM by David Moreno-Salinas, Dictino Chaos, Jesús Manuel de la Cruz, Joaquín Aranda

“…The mathematical model of the ship is identified using Least Squares Support Vector Machines (LS-SVMs) for regression by analysing the rudder angle, surge and sway speed, and yaw rate. The coefficients of the Nomoto model are obtained with a linear kernel function. …”
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