by Pablo Serrano-Lorenzo, Dino Gobelli, Rocío Garrido-Moraga, María J. Esteban-Amo, José R. López-López, Antonio Orduña, Miguel A. de la Fuente, Miguel A. Martín, María Simarro
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by Yeo Hyung Kim, Young-Ah Choi
Possible sarcopenia, the loss of handgrip strength in the older population, can lead to poor functional prognosis after stroke. In this retrospective study, we aimed to elucidate the clinical risk factors for possible sarcopenia at discharge in 152 hospitalized patients with subacute stroke. Univariable and multivariable logistic regression analysis was performed to determine the risk factors associated with possible sarcopenia. At the time of discharge, the... Читать дальше...
by Ayako Aoki, Yu Hara, Hiroaki Fujii, Kota Murohashi, Ryo Nagasawa, Yoichi Tagami, Tatsuji Enomoto, Yutaka Matsumoto, Makoto Masuda, Keisuke Watanabe, Nobuyuki Horita, Nobuaki Kobayashi, Makoto Kudo, Takashi Ogura, Takeshi Kaneko
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by Joseph D. Madison, Brandon C. LaBumbard, Douglas C. Woodhams
The use of museum specimens for research in microbial evolutionary ecology remains an under-utilized investigative dimension with important potential. Despite this potential, there remain barriers in methodology and analysis to the wide-spread adoption of museum specimens for such studies. Here, we hypothesized that there would be significant differences in taxonomic prediction and related diversity among sample type (museum... Читать дальше...
by Chihiro Morishita, Yu Tamada, Akiyoshi Shimura, Yoshiki Ishibashi, Motoki Higashiyama, Jiro Masuya, Shinji Higashi, Takeshi Inoue, Yota Fujimura
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by Don Yao
The Duolingo English Test, a language proficiency test offered online, is now getting prevalent worldwide. A recap of existing literature denotes that there is an insufficient examination of the DET, particularly on its issues of fairness. Besides, empirical test fairness research had mainly focused on the objective aspect but may have overlooked the importance of its subjective aspect. Additionally, compared with in-person tests, the fairness research of at-home tests lags far behind. Читать дальше...
by Qian Feng, Hongcheng Lu, Linquan Wu
BackgroundHepatocellular carcinoma is one of the most common malignancies worldwide, representing a big health-care challenge globally. M2-like macrophages are significantly correlated with tumor progression, metastasis and treatment resistance.
MethodsIntegrative 10 machine learning algorithms were performed to developed a M2-like macrophage related prognostic signature (MRPS). Single-cell RNA-sequencing analysis was performed to dissect the ecosystem of HCC. Читать дальше...
by Christina M. Kaul, Brandi E. Moore, Emma Kaplan-Lewis, Eunice Casey, Robert A. Pitts, Patricia Pagan Pirallo, Sahnah Lim, Farzana Kapadia, Gabriel M. Cohen, Maria Khan, Ofole Mgbako
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by Madison Hooper, Morgan Reinhart, Stacie B. Dusetzina, Colin Walsh, Kevin N. Griffith
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by Toshihiro Takahashi, Tomohiko Ai, Kaori Saito, Shuko Nojiri, Maika Takahashi, Gene Igawa, Takamasa Yamamoto, Abdullah Khasawneh, Faith Jessica Paran, Satomi Takei, Yuki Horiuchi, Takayuki Kanno, Minoru Tobiume, Makoto Hiki, Mitsuru Wakita, Takashi Miida, Atsushi Okuzawa, Tadaki Suzuki, Kazuhisa Takahashi, Toshio Naito, Yoko Tabe
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by David Haddad, Venkata Sai Jasty, Jacob Ref, Paul Hsu, Patricia Lebensohn, Tze-Woei Tan
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by Daisuke Koike, Takahiro Nishimura, Yusuke Suka, Motoki Nagai, Yukihiro Nomura, Hiroyuki Kato, Yukio Asano, Masahiro Ito, Satoshi Arakawa, Takuma Ishihara, Akihiko Horiguchi
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by Zhili Yu, Peiming Zhang, Chenyang Tao, Liming Lu, Chunzhi Tang
Background and aimsThis paper aimed to evaluate the use of nonpharmacological interventions for the management of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The effects of acupuncture and behavioural therapy, two nonpharmalogical interventions, on social function in ASD patients are still controversial. This meta-analysis investigated the impact of these two treatments and compared their effects.
MethodsSeven electronic databases... Читать дальше...
by Zhaodan Gu, Zhilei Wu, Ning Dai
The occlusal surfaces of natural teeth have complex features of functional pits and fissures. These morphological features directly affect the occlusal state of the upper and lower teeth. An image generation technology for functional occlusal pits and fissures is proposed to address the lack of local detailed crown surface features in existing dental restoration methods. First, tooth depth image datasets were constructed using an orthogonal projection method. Читать дальше...
by Travis W. Brown, Geun W. Park, Beth Wittry, Leslie Barclay, Margaret Person, Boris Relja, Scott Daly, Preeti Chhabra, Erin Kincaid, Jona Johnson, Ausaf Ahmad, Owen Herzegh, Jan Vinjé, Jennifer Murphy
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by José I. Ochoa-Brito, Aniruddha Ghosh, Robert J. Hijmans
We describe changes in the cropland distribution for physiographic and bioregions of continental Ecuador between 2000 and 2016 using Landsat satellite data and government statistics. The cloudy conditions in Ecuador are a major constraint to satellite data analysis. We developed a two-stage cloud filtering algorithm to create cloud-free multi-temporal Landsat composites that were used in a Random Forest model to identify cropland. Читать дальше...
by Pengmin Wang, Éric R. Paquet, Claude Robert
Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been the subject of numerous studies over the past decade. First thought to come from aberrant transcriptional events, lncRNAs are now considered a crucial component of the genome with roles in multiple cellular functions. However, the functional annotation and characterization of bovine lncRNAs during early development remain limited. In this comprehensive analysis, we review lncRNAs expression in bovine ovarian follicles and early embryos... Читать дальше...
by Xidi Zhu, Zhicheng Luo, Gang Tian, Zhao Hu, Shaojie Li, Qing Mei Wang, Xun Luo, Lizhang Chen
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by Elizabeth Christina Miller
The cold temperate and subtropical marine faunas of the Northeastern Pacific meet within California as part of one of the few eastern boundary upwelling ecosystems in the world. Traditionally, it is believed that Point Conception is the precise site of turnover between these two faunas due to sharp changes in oceanographic conditions. However, evidence from intraspecific phylogeography and species range terminals do not support this view, finding stronger biogeographic breaks elsewhere along the coast. Читать дальше...
by Jiali Lu, Haifeng Du, Xiaochen He
The topological characterization of complex systems has significantly contributed to our understanding of the principles of collective dynamics. However, the representation of general complex networks is not enough for explaining certain problems, such as collective actions. Considering the effectiveness of hypernetworks on modeling real-world complex networks, in this paper, we proposed a hypernetwork-based Pólya urn model that considers the effect of group identity. Читать дальше...
by Wu-dang Lu, Dan-ling Zhao, Mei-xia Wang, Ya-qi Jiao, Ping Chi, Min Zhang, Bo Ma, Jian-ping Dong, Hai-bo Zhang, Yi Yang, Ye Tian, Min-quan Hui, Bo Yang, Yong-xiao Cao
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by Paula Andrea Valencia Londoño, Diana Valencia Londoño, Phoenix Storm Paz
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by Takafumi Soejima, Mari Kitao
The 13-item version of the Patient Activation Measure (PAM-13) is a frequently used measure that gauges the level of self-management in an individual. However, its applicability across Japanese young adult (YA) cancer survivors during and after their treatment remains unclear. This study confirmed the psychometric properties and measurement invariance of the Japanese version of PAM-13 across them during and after treatment. We used cross-sectional observational... Читать дальше...
by Shucong Chen, Jing Ye
With the advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT), smart clothing, which has enormous growth potential, has developed to suit consumers’ individualized demands in various areas. This paper aims to construct a model that integrates that technology acceptance model (TAM) and functionality-expressiveness-aesthetics (FEA) model to explore the key factors influencing consumers’ smart clothing purchase intentions (PIs). Partial least... Читать дальше...