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Adherence to the DASH diet moderates the association between sedentary time and the risk of obstructive sleep apnea in a hypertensive rural Chinese population: a cross-sectional study

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and hypertension form a vicious cycle. While sedentary behavior is an emerging risk factor for OSA, and the dietary approaches to stop hypertension (DASH) diet offers cardiometabolic benefits, their interplay in non-obese hypertensive patients remain...

Neurocognitive outcomes after treatment of unruptured anterior communicating artery aneurysms – a systematic review

Cognitive changes after treatment of ruptured anterior communicating artery (AComA) aneurysms have been recognized for decades. Whether such deficits occur after elective treatment of unruptured aneurysms remains uncertain. A systematic search in MEDLINE (via PubMed and via Ovid)...

Longitudinal TyG index trajectories and renal function decline in a high cardiovascular-risk Chinese cohort: a sex-stratified analysis

This study aimed to identify longitudinal triglyceride-glucose (TyG) index trajectories and evaluate their association with annual estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) change in a high cardiovascular-risk Chinese cohort, with sex-stratified analyses. A prospective cohort a...

Alcohol and tobacco in cancer: A unified framework of interaction across carcinogenic pathways and cancer types

Background Alcohol and tobacco are among the leading preventable causes of cancer worldwide and frequently co-occur. While both are well-established independent carcinogens, their combined effects remain insufficiently characterized and inconsistently interpreted across cancer ty...

Non-elastic membrane dual-actuation liquid lens for continuous focus and zoom

Miniaturization is crucial for technological advancement and innovation. Simplifying systems, reducing device size, and integrating multiple functions remain limiting factors for the miniaturization of optical imaging systems. Liquid lenses offer compact structure, fast response,...

Plasma wave observations from Juno spacecraft at the Jovian bow shock

Recent observations of Jupiter’s bow shock have provided new insights into the energy dissipation mechanisms associated with bow shocks of outer planets. At greater distances from the Sun, the typically increasing super-Alfvénic nature of the solar wind leads to higher-energy bow...

Effect of modeling liquid and glycerin application protocols on the surface roughness and microhardness of one shade resin composites

To evaluate the effects of different modeling liquid and glycerin application protocols on surface roughness (R a ) and Vickers microhardness (VHN) of one-shade resin composites before and after coffee staining. Five resin composites (four one-shade and one conventional nanohybri...

Adelmidrol: A novel osteogenic mineralization regulator for bone defect repair via activating the Notch pathway with drug-loaded hydrogel

Bone defect, irreversible bone loss impairing physiological functions, raises complication risks, lowers life quality and burdens healthcare, demanding effective novel repair strategies. This study aimed to screen candidate drugs promoting osteoblast (OB) osteogenic mineralizatio...

Public expenditure, economic growth and research investment effects on higher education enrollment in India and Saudi Arabia using panel CS ARDL analysis

This study empirically examines the effects of public expenditure, economic growth, and research investment on higher education enrollment in India and Saudi Arabia over 2000–2021. Employing a comparative panel framework, the analysis utilizes Cross-Sectionally Augmented Autoregr...

Multi-level static and dynamic graph-theoretical analyses of resting-state functional networks in a Chinese cohort of preterm neonates

Preterm birth influences early functional brain maturation at term-equivalent age. Using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging from a large Chinese neonatal cohort (62 term-born and 107 preterm neonates), we examined static and dynamic network organization using mul...

Machine learning-based fall risk prediction in community-dwelling older adults using dual-task spatiotemporal gait parameters

With global aging, falls have become a major threat to geriatric health. Traditional clinical assessments often suffer from a “ceiling effect,” failing to detect subtle motor impairments in high-functioning older adults. Moreover, steady-state gait analysis lacks ecological valid...

A cyclic family arising from Larson's matroid counterexample: exact symmetric-exchange arity and a socle theorem

This record contains the mathematical note "A cyclic family arising from Larson's matroid counterexample: exact symmetric-exchange arity and a socle theorem" and a two-page theorem synopsis for quick reading. For a cyclic family M_m of rank-3m binary matroids, the note proves tha...

How are local authorities responding to climate change and health impacts? a policy document analysis of four England regions

Abstract Background Climate change poses growing risks to population health. In England, local authorities can influence key determinants of climate-related health outcomes through responsibilities for housing, transport, environmental protection and public health. However, clima...

The influence of input modality and listening anxiety on young learners’ second language listeningcomprehension

Abstract Despite the crucial role of listening in second language (L2) learning, understanding the impact of different listening modalities remains an ongoing challenge. This issue has become even more relevant as language learning increasingly takes place in digital environments...

Age of Zircons from Sedimentary Rocks of the Elgon Formation of the Ulban Terrane on the Coast of the Ulban Bay

U–Pb dating of detrital zircons from sandstones of the Elgon Formation showed that the formation is no older than Oxfordian in age (early Late Jurassic) and not Middle Jurassic as previously assumed based on the rare flora and fauna finds and the position of the formation within...

Risk and protective factors for the intergenerational transmission of child maltreatment in South Korea: a secondary analysis of data from the Family with Children’s Life Experience Survey

PURPOSE: This study aimed to identify ecological risk and protective factors associated with membership in latent classes characterized by heterogeneous associations between parental adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and the intergenerational transmission of child maltreatment...

RAS inhibition limits oncogenic signaling and tumorigenesis in neuroblastoma regardless of RAS mutational status

Abstract Neuroblastoma (NBL) is a rare and aggressive pediatric malignancy with a 5-year survival rate of 40–50% for patients diagnosed with high-risk disease. NBLs arise in the sympathetic nervous system and causes 11% of all pediatric cancer deaths. MYCN amplification or overex...

L2K-ARG

Abstract The present study introduces an open-access corpus of Korean second language argumentative writing (L2K-ARG) produced by university-level learners with different first-language backgrounds. The corpus contains 484 essays written in response to three standardized prompts...

Ribo-ITP enables identification of translons from limited input samples

In the last decade, an unexpectedly large number of translated regions (translons) have been discovered using ribosome profiling and proteomics. Translons can act as regulatory elements or encode functional micropeptides. However, identification of translons has been limited to c...

Energy Shocks, Sovereign Capital Structure, and Impacts on Blue Economy Investment", "Managing Sovereign Debt under Energy Shocks: Fiscal Stability and Policy Intervention

Global energy shocks have become a significant challenge for governments by increasing fiscal pressure and affecting sovereign debt sustainability. Fluctuations in oil, natural gas, and electricity prices influence inflation, government revenues, public expenditure, and economic...