Association of plasma soluble CD14 level with asthma severity in adults: a case control study in China by Ting Zhou, Xiji Huang, Jixuan Ma, Yun Zhou, Yuewei Liu, Lili Xiao, Jing Yuan, Jungang Xie, Weihong Chen

“…Compared with the participants of FEV1/FVC ≥75%, each one-unit increase in log sCD14 was significantly associated with a 37% decreased OR of FEV1/FVC < 75% (P < 0.0001). …”
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Pembinaan homeomorfisma dari sfera ke elipsoid. by Liau, Li Yun, Ahmad, Tahir

“…In this paper, we present the construction of homeomorphism from unit sphere; $S^2$ to ellipsoid which is one unit in xy-axis and its poles are at $z=2$ and $z=-2$; $E^2$ through Riemann surface structures. …”
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Prevalence and predictors of prediabetes and its coexistence with high blood pressure in first-degree relatives of patients with type 2 diabetes: A 9-year cohort study by Moluk Hadi Alijanvand, Ashraf Aminorroaya, Iraj Kazemi, Masoud Amini, Sima Aminorroaya Yamini, Marjan Mansourian

“…The risks of high blood pressure and prediabetes were increased by one-unit raise in the age (odds ratio [OR] of high blood pressure: 1.419 (95% credible intervals [CI], 1.077–1.877), prediabetes: 1.055 (95% CI: 1.040–1.068)) and one-unit raise in remnant-cholesterol (OR of high blood pressure: 1.093 (95%CI, 1.067–1.121), and prediabetes: 1.086 (95% CI, 1.043–1.119)). …”
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The Impact of Compressor Degradation on The Optimized Fleet Compositions, Optimized Thermal Efficiencies, and The Operations & Maintenance Cost of Fleets of a Reheat Engine Running... by Mafel Obhuo, Silas O. Okuma, Duabari Silas Aziaka

“…Detailed operations and maintenance costs analysis for the various fleets were carried out. .Results from the optimization show the optimized fleet compositions, from the various fleets and their turbine entry temperatures for 20 years life span of the project. the result from the 11th to the 20th year of the project, only one unit of engine was left due to engine divestment.  …”
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Clinical Application of Renograph IR-03 for the Hospital by R. Isaris, J. Sumanto, Suharni, P. Bagaswoto3, E. Purwanti3

“…Total Direct Cost is about IDR. 212.5 millions and the Capital Cost for one unit renograph is IDR. 250 millions. The Break Event Point of invest one unit renograph is 1194 procedures (0.597%), or about IDR. 209,475 millions, which the cost for each procedure is IDR. 85,000.-. …”
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Frailty-associated factors among Brazilian community-dwelling elderly people: longitudinal study by Maycon Sousa Pegorari, Darlene Mara dos Santos Tavares

“…CONCLUSION: Age over 80 years was predictive of pre-frailty and frailty, while dependency in basic activities of daily living and poor physical performance predicted frailty. A one-unit increased score for advanced activities of daily living decreased the frailty rate by 15%.…”
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PFO morphology for evaluation of c-TCD and c-TTE RLS grades by Jiali Tian, Xiaobo Chen

“…During Valsalva, the probability of c-TCD RLS ≥ 2 for the right funnelform PFO was 13.428 times that of the GUT, one unit increase in IAS mobility increased the probability of c-TCD RLS ≥ 2 by a factor of 2.029, model predicted c-TCD RLS ≥ 2 with 78.1% sensitivity and 94.7% specificity; During Valsalva, the probability of c-TCD RLS ≥ 2 for the SUT PFO was 4.244 times that of the GUT, one unit increase in IAS mobility increased the probability of c-TTE RLS ≥ 2 by a factor of 2.392, model predicted c-TTE RLS ≥ 2 with 80.2% sensitivity and 87.9% specificity. …”
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A Novel Efficient Prediction Method for Microscopic Stresses of Periodic Beam-like Structures by Yufeng Xing, Lingyu Meng, Zhiwei Huang, Yahe Gao

“…The six generalized strain states include one unit tension strain, two unit bending strains, one unit torsion strain, and two linear curvature strains of a Timoshenko beam. …”
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The potential role of interleukin-6, endotoxin and C-reactive protein as standard biomarkers for acute appendicitis in adults by Dimić Saša, Dimić Ivana, Elek Zlatan, Radojković Milan

“…The univariate analysis revealed that the increase of CRP level by one unit increases the probability of complicated AA (CoAA) occurrence by 1% (1.00–1.02, p < 0.05). …”
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Comparing different metabolic indexes to predict type 2 diabetes mellitus in a five years follow-up cohort: The Baependi Heart Study. by Camila Maciel de Oliveira, Jessica Leticia Pavani, Chunyu Liu, Mercedes Balcells, Robson Capasso, Rafael de Oliveira Alvim, Carlos Alberto Mourão-Júnior, José Eduardo Krieger, Alexandre Costa Pereira

“…Moreover, a one-unit increase in the triglycerides-glucose index (TyG) was associated with more than four times the risk of developing T2DM (OR = 4.27 [95% CI, 1.01-17.97]). …”
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Understanding the role of disease knowledge and risk perception in shaping preventive behavior for selected vector-borne diseases in Guyana. by Céline Aerts, Mélanie Revilla, Laetitia Duval, Krijn Paaijmans, Javin Chandrabose, Horace Cox, Elisa Sicuri

“…The findings showed evidence of a bidirectional association between risk perception and behavior. A one-unit increase in risk perception translated into a 0.53 unit increase in self-reported preventive behavior for all diseases, while a one-unit increase in self-reported preventive behavior (i.e. the use of an additional measure) led to a 0.46 unit decrease in risk perception for all diseases (except CL). …”
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The Effect of of Income Distribution Inequality on Government Education Expenditure in Iran's Economy: New Evidence from an ARDL Approach by Reza Shamsolahi, Mahdi zahedgharavi, Hamid asayesh

“…With the increase of one unit of human Capital (literacy rate) government education expenditures in gross national product GDP %14 percentage decrease. …”
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Relationship between Cognitive Status and Medication Adherence among Elderly Patients with Hypertension by Maryam Haghighi, Ehteramsadat Ilali, Jamshid Yazdani, Zohreh Taraghi

“…The obtained results also showed medication adherence increased twelve times with one unit increase of verbal fluency. Moreover, medication adherence enhanced eight times with one unit increase of abstract thinking and judgment. …”
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Lifestyle Variables Do Not Predict Subjective Memory Performance Over and Above Depression and Anxiety by Anna Mascherek, Nathalie Werkle, Anja S. Göritz, Simone Kühn, Simone Kühn, Steffen Moritz

“…For subjective complaints of selective attention, a one unit increase in anxiety or depression led to an increase of 11 or 26%, respectively. …”
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Association between hospital competition and quality of prostate cancer care by Ravishankar Jayadevappa, S. Bruce Malkowicz, Neha Vapiwala, Thomas J. Guzzo, Sumedha Chhatre

“…Results Among 253,176 patients, percent change in incident rate of ER visit was 17% higher for one unit increase in HHI (IRR: 1.17, 95% CI: 1.15–1.19). …”
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Cross-sectional associations between effort-reward imbalance at work and oral diseases in Japan by Yukihiro Sato, Eiji Yoshioka, Masanori Takekawa, Yasuaki Saijo

“…In employees enrolled from among the registrants of an online research company, a one-unit increase in the ERI ratio was also associated with 1.55 (95% CI [1.04–2.32]; p-value = 0.032) of the PR for poor periodontal status based on Poisson regression models. …”
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A System with Two Spare Units, Two Repair Facilities, and Two Types of Repairers by Vahid Andalib, Jyotirmoy Sarkar

“…Assuming exponential lifetime and repair time distributions, we study the limiting availability <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msub><mi>A</mi><mo>∞</mo></msub></semantics></math></inline-formula> as well as the per unit time-limiting profit <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mi>ω</mi></semantics></math></inline-formula> of a one-unit system having two identical, cold standby spare units using semi-Markov processes. …”
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The Potential Effect of Aberrant Testosterone Levels on Common Diseases: A Mendelian Randomization Study by Ali Alamdar Shah Syed, Lin He, Yongyong Shi

“…For the <i>JMJD1C</i> locus, one unit increase in log transformed testosterone was significantly associated with RA (OR = 1.69, <i>p</i> = 0.02), gout (OR = 0.469, <i>p</i> = 0.001) and T2D (OR = 0.769, <i>p</i> = 0.048). …”
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An analysis of the wool characteristics that determine wool price for Merino wool in South Africa by M. Zenda, P.J. Malan, A.C. Geyer

“…Considering each variable separately, a one unit (µ) increase in fibre diameter was associated with a 30.236 unit decrease in wool price (Rand/kg). …”
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Association between obesity and mortality in the Costa Rican elderly: a cohort study by Carolina Santamaría-Ulloa, Anne Chinnock, Melina Montero-López

“…Each one-unit increment in WC was significantly associated with a 0,8% (p = 0.006) increment in general mortality, whereas WC was not significantly associated with cardiovascular mortality. …”
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