Association of predicted basal metabolic rate and insulin resistance in a Chinese general population by Linghuan Wang, Tingting Lu, Peixin Wu, Kang Chen, Yiming Mu

“…Abstract Background Although basal metabolic rate (BMR) is involved in glucose homeostasis, existing evidence regarding its association with insulin resistance (IR) remains inconsistent across populations. …”
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The Impact of Fe-doped Nano Zirconia for the Reformation of the Photoreaction Rate and Materializing Microorganism Resistance by Rengaswamy Jeba, Sathasivam Radhika, Xavier Durai Ascar Davix, Christhdhas Sundareshwari Juliet Brintha

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Inter- and intraspecific patterns in age, morphometrics and mineralization status in the thorny sea pen Pennatula aculeata and the greater sea pen Ptilella grandis by Camille Aubé, Virginie Roy, Piero Calosi

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Diversity and Activity Patterns of Medium‐Sized and Large Terrestrial Mammals in Agroforests of a Peruvian Amazon Rainforest Region by Yevgeniya Korol, Paddy Collins, Juan Reynaldo Gallegos, Stacey Hollis, Dirk Hölscher, Manuel Huinga, Christopher Kirkby, Nina Gerber

Subjects: “…circadian patterns…”
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Juveniles of pink and chum salmon in the southern Okhotsk Sea in their late marine stage (August-October 2012). Distribution, feeding, patterns of growth by Artem Е. Lazhentsev, Olga А. Maznikova

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Myofiber development during embryonic to neonatal development in duck breeds differing in muscle growth rates by Hui-fang LI, Jing-ting SHU, Yan-ju SHAN, Wen-feng CHEN, Chi SONG, Wen-juan XU

“…We investigated the developmental patterns in the lateral gastrocnemius muscles of Gaoyou and Jinding ducks differing in their muscle growth rates during the final stages of egg incubation and the first week after hatching. …”
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Acoustic emission and crack evolution characteristics of cemented tailings backfill under different loading rates by Shenghua YIN, Yun ZHOU, Xiaobing YANG, Wei CHEN, Junwei CHEN

“…To investigate the dynamic regulation mechanism of loading rate on crack evolution in cemented tailings backfill (CTB), uniaxial compression tests with acoustic emission (AE) monitoring were conducted at loading rates v of 0.002, 0.004, 0.008, and 0.010 mm/s. …”
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Subtyping Early Parkinson’s Disease by Mapping Cognitive Profiles to Brain Atrophy with Visual MRI Ratings by Tania Álvarez-Avellón, Carmen Solares, Juan Álvarez-Carriles, Manuel Menéndez-González

“…Methods: Eighty-one de novo PD patients (≤36 months from diagnosis) and twenty healthy controls underwent 3T MRI with visual atrophy ratings and completed an extensive neuropsychological battery. …”
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Neighborhood Variation in Rate of Revascularization among Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients in New York City by Abdissa Negassa, Jing Fang

“…To identify modifiable neighborhood factors and quantify their effect on the rate of revascularization among acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients. …”
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Implied object direction from eye location enhances animacy ratings but not detection of chasing behavior by Takahiro Kawabe

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For Good Reason: Analyzing How Students Define Difficulty in RateMyProfessor.com Comments by Alexis Teagarden, Michael Carlozzi

“…  Can student comments help solve a problem that student ratings helped create?  We argue that the comment section of student evaluations of teaching (SET) offers a rich site for studying student perspectives on teaching and learning, particularly how students define and value course and instructor difficulty. …”
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For Good Reason: Analyzing How Students Define Difficulty in RateMyProfessor.com Comments by Alexis Teagarden, Michael Carlozzi

“…  Can student comments help solve a problem that student ratings helped create?  We argue that the comment section of student evaluations of teaching (SET) offers a rich site for studying student perspectives on teaching and learning, particularly how students define and value course and instructor difficulty. …”
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For Good Reason: Analyzing How Students Define Difficulty in RateMyProfessor.com Comments by Alexis Teagarden, Michael Carlozzi

“…  Can student comments help solve a problem that student ratings helped create?  We argue that the comment section of student evaluations of teaching (SET) offers a rich site for studying student perspectives on teaching and learning, particularly how students define and value course and instructor difficulty. …”
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Dysphagia education in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: student self-competency ratings during their dysphagia course by Sana Smaoui, Sandhya Ganesan, Trish Williams

“…The objectives of this study were to explore patterns in self-perceived competency ratings for SLT students at AAU and determine the impact of clinical experiences during student training. …”
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MODELING OPEN UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN KALIMANTAN ISLAND USING NONPARAMETRIC REGRESSION WITH FOURIER SERIES ESTIMATOR by Rahmania Rahmania, Sifriyani Sifriyani, Andrea Tri Rian Dani

“…Furthermore, based on the results of parameter significance testing either simultaneously or partially, it shows that all predictor variables have a significant effect on the open unemployment rate. The predictor variables include the labor force participation rate, the average length of schooling, the percentage of poor people, economic growth rate, and total population.…”
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The Effect of Pain on the Relationship Between Triage Acuity and Emergency Department Hospitalization Rate and Length of Stay by Yan-He Lin, Nai-Wen Ku, Chia-Hsin Ko, Eric H. Chou, Chih-Hung Wang, Tsung-Chien Lu, Chien-Hua Huang, Chu-Lin Tsai

“…Triage level 1 was associated with the highest rate of hospitalization (35%), with a gradual decrease in hospitalization rate from levels 2 to 4. …”
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Effect of Initial Scratch on Ship Bottom Plate Corrosion Rate and Structural Crashworthiness in Grounding Incidents by Ocid MURSID, Dean Nadhif ALFARIS, Tuswan TUSWAN, Ahmad Fauzan ZAKKI, Aulia WINDYANDARI, Karno R. MALAU, Haris NUBLI

“…Based on seawater corrosion experiments, the plate's corrosion rate increases quadratically with the scratch area, which is then used for grounding simulations. …”
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Maximizing the Information Transfer Rate of a Myoelectric Classification System for Individuals With Spinal Cord Injury by Jonathan Eby, Jose Zariffa

“…The objectives of this study were: 1) demonstrate that optimizing the design parameters of a myoelectric control system (number of gestures, gesture rate) for each participant can increase the information transfer rate (ITR), and 2) characterize the relationship between the optimal design parameters and the pattern of impairment. …”
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Endplate morphology affects the risk of complications by changing the grafted bony occupancy rate in OLIF patients by Xiao Hu, Haiying Fu, Run Lin, Liyu Ran, Xingrui Peng, Tianhang Xie, Jiancheng Zeng

“…The relationship between endplate morphology parameters and GBOR values was significant. The nonfusion rate was significantly higher in the superior endplate. …”
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Awareness and Consumption of Millets among Young Adults of Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh by Ragini Ranawat, Kesar Chayal, Lalita Vatta

Subjects: “…Millets; Awareness; Consumption pattern; Young adults; Recognition rate; Uttar Pradesh; Rajasthan…”
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