A Lower Energy Balance is Associated With Higher Severity and Odd of Depression Based on the Beck Depression Inventory‐13 (BDI‐13) in a Retiring Age Population: A Population‐Based... by Mohammad Reza Shadmand Foumani Moghadam, Mostafa Shahraki Jazinaki, Zohre Hosseini, Fatemeh Rajabi, Sharif Etemdi, Melika Hadizadeh, Parnian Pezeshki, Mohammad Amushahi, Reza Rezvani

“…Energy balance was calculated by subtracting energy intake from Total Energy Expenditure (TEE) and Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) which was calculated using Bio‐Electrical Impedance Analysis and Mifflin and St‐Jeor formula. …”
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Multivariate Evaluation of Flash Drought Across the United States by Jason A. Otkin, Yafang Zhong, Trent W. Ford, Martha C. Anderson, Christopher Hain, Andrew Hoell, Mark Svoboda, Hailan Wang

“…The FDII method uses the rate of intensification (FD‐INT) and subsequent drought severity (DRO‐SEV) to determine when a flash drought occurred and the strength of the event. …”
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Preparation of land subsidence susceptibility map using machine learning methods based on decision tree (case study: Isfahan–Borkhar) by Negar Ghasemi, Iman Khosravi, Ali Bahrami

“…Studies estimate that approximately 3.5% of Iran's land area has been affected by subsidence, with some regions showing annual sinking rates of over 10 centimeters. Such rates are alarmingly high and have direct implications for urban development, agriculture, and even national heritage conservation. …”
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Repurposing of CNS accumulating drugs Gemfibrozil and Doxylamine for enhanced sensitization of glioblastoma cells through modulation of autophagy by Smita Dey, Prerika Mathur, Sudeshna Mukherjee, Rajdeep Chowdhury, Syamantak Majumder, Aniruddha Roy, Shibasish Chowdhury

“…Abstract GBM is one of the most aggressive malignancies, having the greatest fatality rate and average life years lost. The current standard medicine, temozolomide (TMZ), is ineffective, requiring the development of new treatments. …”
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Detection and genetic diversity of Neoehrlichia mikurensis in rodents from central and southern Shanxi, China by Hongbing Cheng, Jingrong Niu, Yiping Liu, Fei Ren, Chao Zhao, Jia Cui, Yuzan Bai, Yunxia Chen, Juan Yu, Huaxiang Rao

“…N. mikurensis was detected in Apodemus agrarius from Yangquan and Eothenomys inez from Yuncheng, with a positivity rate of 0.66% (2/301). Phylogenetic analysis based on 16 S rRNA and groEL genes revealed that the sequences in this study formed distinct branches separate from reported clusters (Clusters I-IV), clustered near Clusters III and IV, which the pathogenicity was unclear. …”
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Sex differences in DNA methylation variations according to ART conception-evidence from the Norwegian mother, father, and child cohort study by Dana Kristjansson, Yunsung Lee, Christian M. Page, Håkon Gjessing, Maria C. Magnus, Astanand Jugessur, Robert Lyle, Siri E. Håberg

“…We identified 37 differentially methylated CpGs according to ART-conception among girls, and 70 differentially methylated CpGs according to ART-conception among boys, when we used a 1% false discovery rate to account for multiple testing. Ten CpGs were differentially methylated according to conception by ART in both sexes. …”
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Defect Detection and Correction in OpenMP: A Static Analysis and Machine Learning-Based Solution by Norah A. Al-Johany, Fathy E. Eassa, Sanaa A. Sharaf, Eynas H. Balkhair, Sara M. Assiri

“…The tool was validated on a curated dataset of annotated OpenMP programs, achieving a 99.15% correction rate with minimal execution overhead. These results confirm the effectiveness and practicality of the proposed solution in improving the correctness and maintainability of OpenMP applications. …”
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Enrichment, domestication, degradation, adaptive mechanism, and nicosulfuron bioremediation of bacteria consortium YM2 by Yufeng Xiao, Meiqi Dong, Xian Wu, Shuang Liang, Ranhong Li, Hongyu Pan, Hao Zhang

“…During the degradation process, reactive oxygen species, oxidative stress, cell membrane permeability, cell surface hydrophobicity, and apoptosis rate exhibited initial increases followed by decreases. …”
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A systematic review of nuclear energy and public acceptance—A detailed analysis of evolution, emerging trends, and future research potentials by Ephraim Bonah Agyekum, Bashar Tarawneh, Farhan Lafta Rashid, Pankaj Kumar, Flavio Odoi-Yorke, Hussein Togun, Wulfran Fendzi Mbasso, Vladimir Ivanovich Velkin

“…In the period under review (2000–2023), 263 documents were published, and a total of 659 researchers produced the literature with an annual growth rate of 7.9%. The factorial analysis revealed key themes; grouped into three clusters: technical operational aspects of nuclear energy (Cluster 1), safety and risk management (Cluster 2), and public policy and social issues (Cluster 3). …”
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Images in Black and White: Disparities in Utilization of Computed Tomography and Ultrasound for Older Adults with Abdominal Pain by Ijeoma C. Unachukwu, Michael N. Adjei-Poku, Olivia C. Sailors, Rachel Gonzales, Eugenia South, Zach Meisel, Rachel R. Kelz, Anne R. Cappola, Ari B. Friedman

“…Methods: We performed a retrospective, cross-sectional analysis using data from the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS) to assess differences in the rate of imaging between White and Black older adults presenting to the ED for abdominal pain. …”
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Monitoring neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio dynamics for personalized treatment in adolescent eating disorders: a retrospective cohort study by Yuta Inagawa, Kazumi Kurata, Seiji Obi, Yoshiyuki Onuki, Yukifumi Monden, Koyuru Kurane, Rieko Furukawa, Tadahiro Mitani, Hirotaka Nakamura, Shiro Suda, Tatsuhiko Yagihashi

“…Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics including sex, age, rate of weight gain, percentage of ideal body weight (%IBW), tube feeding treatment, and NLR were obtained. …”
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Altered brain dynamics in chronic neck and shoulder pain revealed by hidden Markov model by Zhiqiang Qiu, Tianci Liu, Chengxi Zeng, Maojiang Yang, Libing He, Hongjian Li, Jia Ming, Xiaoxue Xu

“…In this study, we applied HMM to rs-fMRI data from CNSP patients and healthy controls to explore brain activity dynamics and state transition patterns. We identified five distinct brain states, revealing significant differences in functional occupancy, lifetime, switching rate, and state transition probabilities between CNSP patients and controls. …”
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Psychological, social factors, and smoking behavior mediated the effects of cannabis use on personality disorders: A Mendelian randomization study by Yao Ni, Juanmei Li, Zitian Tang, Youqian Zhang, Yanyan Feng

“…BackgroundRapid changes in attitudes, legality, and patterns of cannabis use (CU) underscore the importance of understanding its impact on mental health. …”
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Cyclical short‐term fasting and refeeding effects on immunological alteration of the disk abalone, Haliotis discus discus by Dien Arista Anggorowati, Liqing Zang, Yutaka Tamaru, Takahiko Aoki, Fumiyoshi Okazaki

“…We measured survival and growth rate as well as analysed immunological parameters, such as total haemocyte count, phenoloxidase activity, respiratory burst activity, lysozyme activity and protein content across the groups. …”
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Different functions of PHF10 isoforms – subunits of the PBAF chromatin remodeling complex by A. A. Sheynov, V. V. Tatarskiy, A. M. Azieva, S. G. Georgieva, N. V. Soshnikova

“…Stability can alter the turnover rate of the subunits of the PBAF complex. All PHF10 isoforms are degraded by β-TrCP ubiquitin ligase but PHF10-S isoforms contain a cluster of serins (X-cluster) for multiple phosphorylation by casein kinase I. …”
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Parasitic infections and the development of endomyocardial fibrosis: systematic review of case reports and case series by Abel Aizeque, Alex Mwangi Kihunyu, Olamide Daniel Odusola, Sulymon A. Saka, Abdinasir Mohamed Aray

“…Treatment mainly consisted of antiparasitic therapy and diuretics, with a survival rate of 50%, while 19% (3/16) of patients died from multi-organ failure and thromboembolic complications. …”
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Are HIV epidemics among men who have sex with men emerging in the Middle East and North Africa?: a systematic review and data synthesis. by Ghina Mumtaz, Nahla Hilmi, Willi McFarland, Rachel L Kaplan, Francisca Ayodeji Akala, Iris Semini, Gabriele Riedner, Oussama Tawil, David Wilson, Laith J Abu-Raddad

“…The high levels of risk behavior (4-14 partners on average in the last six months among different MSM populations) and of biomarkers of risks (such as herpes simplex virus type 2 at 3%-54%), the overall low rate of consistent condom use (generally below 25%), the relative frequency of male sex work (20%-76%), and the substantial overlap with heterosexual risk behavior and injecting drug use suggest potential for further spread.…”
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Geographical variation in antimicrobial use and multiresistant pathogens in Brazilian intensive care units: a nationwide study by Alice Ramos Oliveira Silva, Constanza Xavier Borges Barbosa, Raianne Soares Rebelo, Fernando Fernandez-Llimos, Elisangela Costa Lima

“…We measured antimicrobial use and CLABSI trends per ICU bed using the compound annual growth rate (CAGR). Results: we evaluated the regional variation in CLABSI by multidrug-resistant pathogens and the antimicrobial use in 1,836 hospital intensive care units (ICUs). …”
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Integrated analysis of the functions and prognostic values of RNA-binding proteins in neuroblastoma. by Jun Yang, Jiaying Zhou, Cuili Li, Shaohua Wang

“…There were significant differences in the survival rate of patients in the high and low-risk subgroups in the validation data set GSE85047 (P = 0.1237e-08), with the AUC 0.730. …”
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Optimal Skin Prick Test Panel for Detecting Respiratory Allergens in Children: A Retrospective Study by Aykut Eşki, Gökçen Kartal Öztürk, Figen Gülen, Esen Demir

“…Different allergen sensitization patterns have been observed within countries and regions according to geographical and seasonal variations. …”
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