Calibration of stress meter by A Viktorovna Kalmakova, P Dkhar, O Evgen'evich Uzintsev

“…The purpose of calibration stress meter is to determine what strain σ or elongation of the scale corresponds to one unit. It is more convenient to express the division value of the strain. …”
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A report of rare p phenotype and anti-PP1Pk antibody from North India by Saini Nishant, Sachdeva Puneet

“…A requisition for one unit of packed red blood cells (PRBCs) was received for a patient of carcinoma oral cavity admitted in our hospital. …”
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A survey examining the awareness and biases regarding voluntary blood donations among the general population of Noida through a questionnaire by Neema Tiwari, Anshu Gupta Devra, Devyani Pendharkar

“… INTRODUCTION Blood donation is an extremely important part of hospital work. One unit of blood donated can save a life hence hospitals lay stress on holding blood donation camps and encourage voluntary blood donation. …”
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The Jammed Phase of the Biham-Middleton-Levine Traffic Model by Angel, O, Holroyd, A, Martin, J

“…At odd time steps, each North-facing car moves one unit North if there is a vacant site for it to move into. …”

Hormone and receptor activator of NF-κB (RANK) pathway gene expression in plasma and mammographic breast density in postmenopausal women by Rachel Mintz, Mei Wang, Shuai Xu, Graham A. Colditz, Chris Markovic, Adetunji T. Toriola

“…There were no associations between gene expression of other markers and volumetric percent density. One unit increase in osteoprotegerin and PGR gene expression was associated with 12% (95% CI 4–19%, p value = 0.003) and 7% (95% CI 0–13%, p value = 0.04) lower non-dense volume, respectively. …”
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Body mass index at baseline directly predicts new-onset diabetes and to a lesser extent incident cardio-cerebrovascular events, but has a J-shaped relationship to all-cause mortali... by Yoon-Jong Bae, Sang-Jun Shin, Hee-Taik Kang

“…Setting the reference BMI to 20–< 21 kg/m2 and categorizing into one unit increment, BMI was associated with the primary outcomes in a J-shaped manner in both sexes. …”
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Assessing preventive health behaviors from COVID-19: a cross sectional study with health belief model in Golestan Province, Northern of Iran by Hossein Shahnazi, Maryam Ahmadi-Livani, Bagher Pahlavanzadeh, Abdolhalim Rajabi, Mohammad Shoaib Hamrah, Abdurrahman Charkazi

“…On the contrary, one unit increase in the standard deviation of factor score of perceived barriers and fatalistic beliefs decreased the scores of the preventive behavior from COVID-19 by 0.36 and 0.19 units respectively. …”
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Longitudinal association of dietary habits and the risk of cardiovascular disease among Iranian population between 2001 and 2013: the Isfahan Cohort Study by Maryam Mohseni, Noushin Mohammadifard, Razieh Hassannejad, Mahnaz Aghabozorgi, Fatemeh Shirani, Masoumeh Sadeghi, Hamidreza Roohafza, Nizal Sarrafzadegan

“…In addition, a one-unit GDI increase was associated with a higher risk of coronary heart disease more than 2 times (HR: 2.32; 95% CI 1.50–3.60) and CVD mortality and all-cause mortality over than 3 times [(HR: 3.65; 95% CI 1.90–7.01) and (HR: 3.10; 95% CI 1.90–5.06), respectively]. …”
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Dietary acid load is associated with primary osteoporosis in postmenopausal women aged 50–65 years: A cross‐sectional study by Azizeh Farshbaf‐Khalili, Alireza Ostadrahimi, Javad Ahmadian Heris, Somayyeh Sarrafi, Neda Mohammadisima

“…The odds of osteoporosis increased by 3% following one unit increase in PRAL score. Similarly, it increased by 4% with increasing NEAP score up to one unit. …”
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Prospective application of the interdisciplinary bedside rounding checklist ‘TEMP’ is associated with reduced infections and length of hospital stay by Nila S Radhakrishnan, Frederick S Southwick, Kiran Lukose, Richard Cartwright, Andressa Sleiman, Nicholas Matey, Duke Lim, Tiffany LeGault, Sapheria Pollard, Nicole Gravina

“…One unit improved the percentage of patients who reported nurses and doctors always worked together as a team from a 56% baseline to 75%. …”
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Pre-analytical sample handling effects on tear fluid protein levels by Marlies Gijs, Sinthuja Arumugam, Nienke van de Sande, Carroll A. B. Webers, Swaminathan Sethu, Arkasubhra Ghosh, Rohit Shetty, Jelle Vehof, Rudy M. M. A. Nuijts

“…Differences in wetting or migration length were observed between Schirmer’s strips from different manufacturers, and between protein-free and protein-rich solutions. One unit of migration length (mm) did not correspond to one unit of volume (µL). …”
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Spousal concordance in pathophysiological markers and risk factors for type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional analysis of The Maastricht Study by Miranda T Schram, Coen D A Stehouwer, Nicolaas C Schaper, Omar Silverman-Retana, Stephanie Brinkhues, Adam Hulman, Simone Eussen, Pieter Dagnelie, Martien C J M van Dongen

“…In women, the strongest concordance was for the time spent in high-intensity physical activity (HPA); thus, a one-unit increase in husbands’ time spent in HPA was associated with a 0.36 (95% CI 0.17 to 0.64) unit difference in women’s time spent in HPA. …”
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Gender inequality in early initiation of breastfeeding in Bangladesh: a trend analysis by Kanchan Kumar Sen, Taslim Sazzad Mallick, Wasimul Bari

“…For example, for one unit of increased in survey year, the early initiation of breastfeeding increased by 60% for male child and by 67% for female child. …”
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Association of Lipid Profile with Type 2 Diabetes in First-Degree Relatives: A 14-Year Follow-Up Study in Iran by Sadeghi E, Hosseini SM, Vossoughi M, Aminorroaya A, Amini M

“…Moreover, for every one-unit increase in the TG to HDL ratio, the T2DM incidence increased by 35%. …”
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Correlation between socioeconomic indices and epidemiological indices of thyroid cancer from 1990 to 2019 year: a global ecologic study by Zahra Maleki, Jafar Hassanzadeh, Haleh Ghaem

“…The multiple GAM showed that for one unit increase in HDI, the risk of thyroid cancer was increased by 2.1 times (RR = 2.1, 95%CI = 2.04 to 2.19), and for one unit increase in SDI, the risk of thyroid cancer was shown to increase by 2.2 times. …”
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Biochemical, Ameliorative and Cytotoxic Effects of Newly Synthesized Curcumin Microemulsions: Evidence from In Vitro and In Vivo Studies by Abbas Rahdar, Mohammad Reza Hajinezhad, Saman Sargazi, Maryam Zaboli, Mahmood Barani, Francesco Baino, Muhammad Bilal, Esmael Sanchooli

“…To investigate the interactions of curcumin with one unit of the polymeric chain of surfactant F127, ethyl butyrate, and sodium octanoate, as well as the interaction between ethyl butyrate and one unit of the F127 polymer chain, the Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations at the M06-2X level of theory, were performed in water solution. …”
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Analysis of the association between millennium development goals 4 & 5 and the physician workforce across international economic strata by Christopher P. Morley, Dongliang Wang, Emily M. Mader, Kyle P. Plante, Lindsey N. Kingston, Azadeh Rabiei

“…Maternal mortality rate decreased to 76.6% (p < 0.001, 95% CI: 74.3% - 79.0%), neonatal mortality decreased to 58.8% (p < 0.001, 95% CI: 54.8% - 63.2%) and under-5 mortality rate decreased to 52.1% (p < 0.001, 95% CI: 48.0% - 56.4%), with every one-unit change in PDL. Adjusted models tended to reflect unadjusted risk assessments. …”
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Animal protein intake is directly associated with serum level of pentraxin 3 in hemodialysis patients by Fatemeh Navab, Sahar Foshati, Mohammad Bagherniya, Gholamreza Askari, Firouzeh Moeinzadeh, Alieh Gholaminejad, Cain C. T. Clark, Mohammad Hossein Rouhani

“…We did not observe any association between one-unit increases in plant protein intake per kilogram dry weight and chance of increased PTX3. …”
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Field efficacy and safety of fluralaner solution for administration in drinking water for the treatment of poultry red mite (Dermanyssus gallinae) infestations in commercial flocks... by Emmanuel Thomas, Mathieu Chiquet, Björn Sander, Eva Zschiesche, Annie Sigognault Flochlay

“…One unit remained untreated. Mite traps were placed throughout each unit on Days -1, 0 or 1, 3, 6, 9, and 13 or 14, then at weekly or two-weekly intervals, retrieved after 24 h and processed for mite counts. …”
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Influence of cyber-victimization and other factors on depression and anxiety among university students in Bangladesh by Tareq Rahman, Md. Mahin Hossain, Nurun Nahar Bristy, Md. Zahidul Hoque, Md. Moyazzem Hossain

“…Multivariable logistic regression analysis identified that a one-unit increase in the cyber-victimization score results in a 1.24 times higher chance of experiencing depression (AOR: 1.24, 95% CI 1.17–1.31, p < 0.001), and a one-unit increase in the cyber-victimization score results in a 1.23 times higher chance of experiencing anxiety (AOR: 1.23, 95% CI 1.17–1.30, p < 0.001). …”
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