The dose-response relationship between BMI and hypertension based on restricted cubic spline functions in children and adolescents: A cross-sectional study.

Background: A high body mass index (BMI) is a major risk factor for hypertension. The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between the BMI and hypertension in children and adolescents.

Methods: We analyzed physical examination data from 29,810 students aged 6-14 years old.

Increased river flow enhances the resilience of spatially patterned mudflats to erosion.

Estuarine mudflats are profoundly affected by increased coastal erosion and reduced sediment delivery from major rivers. Although managers are having difficulties to control the cause of increased coastal erosion, they can help to manage the resilience of mudflat ecosystems to erosion through river flow regulation. In this study, we associated the resilience of a mudflat ecosystem to erosion with various magnitudes of river flow using a mechanism-based eco-morphodynamic model.

Ultrasound-guided percutaneous microwave ablation for hepatocellular carcinoma adjacent to large vessels: a propensity score matching analysis.

Purpose: This study aimed to compare the efficacy and safety of ultrasound-guided percutaneous microwave ablation (MWA) for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) adjacent to large vessels with those far from large vessels.

Methods: The clinical data of patients who underwent ultrasound-guided percutaneous MWA for HCC were retrospectively analyzed between January 2011 and December 2018 in Shengjing Hospital. Patients with HCC adjacent to large vessels were included in the Vessel group, the remaining patients were included in the Control group.

Beneficial impact of microwave ablation-assisted laparoscopic hepatectomy in cirrhotic hepatocellular carcinoma patients: a propensity score matching analysis.

Purpose: In this study, we evaluated the efficacy of microwave ablation-assisted laparoscopic hepatectomy (MLH) for the management of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in cirrhotic patients.

Methods: Data from HCC patients with liver cirrhosis who underwent laparoscopic hepatectomy (LH) or MLH in Shengjing Hospital (Shenyang, China) were retrospectively analyzed from January 2013 to June 2017. The demographic characteristics, clinical features, intraoperative parameters and surgical outcomes were analyzed and compared.

Habitat-mediated, density-dependent dispersal strategies affecting spatial dynamics of populations in an anthropogenically-modified landscape.

A major challenge in managing natural populations in ecosystems is understanding and predicting the complexity and consequences of population dispersal. Although many studies have documented the importance of conspecific density and habitat quality in the dispersal process, we lack an understanding of how to integrate these factors in determining the spatial dynamics of populations or how habitat quality can mediate density-dependent dispersal. In this study, we propose a Habitat-mediated, Density-dependent, Spatial Population Dynamics model (HD-SPDM), in which we combined a Habitat Suitability Index (HSI) with a migration function, to explore the emergent effects of habitat mediated, density-dependent dispersal strategies on the spatial dynamics of a population.