Correlation between ellipsoid zone thickness and the presence of subretinal drusenoid deposits in age-related macular degeneration by Richard B Rosen, Roland Theodore Smith, Gerardo Ledesma-Gil, Oscar Otero-Marquez, Yuehong Tong, Katy Tai, Gareth M C Lema, Raymond Matthew Bellis, Yang Fei, Brandon Le

“…Univariate testing was performed using two-tailed t-tests with Bonferroni correction.Results The mean EZ thickness differences between the SDD+D and drusen-only groups were (in μm) 1.10, 0.67, 1.21, 1.10 and 0.50 at the foveal, nasal, temporal, superior and inferior locations, respectively (p=0.08 inferiorly, otherwise p≤0.01); between the SDD-only and drusen-only groups, the differences were 3.48, 2.48, 2.42, 2.08 and 1.42 (p≤0.0002). Differences in EZ thicknesses across all subjects and between groups were not significantly different based on gender, race or age.Conclusion Subjects with SDDs (±drusen) had thinner EZs than those with drusen only, and the inferior EZ was least affected. …”
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Model and validation of NbC nanoprecipitation during TMCP of X70 microalloyed steels by Rishav Raj, J. Barry Wiskel, Michael J. Gaudet, Douglas G. Ivey, Hani Henein

“…The measured peak radius and volume fraction of NbC nanoprecipitates for the 0.06 wt% Nb steels were 3.0–3.5 nm and 4.1 × 10−4, respectively, and 2.0 nm and 2.2 × 10−4 respectively, for the 0.03 wt% Nb steel. …”
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Manufacturing of Filament for 4D Printing through Polyether-Type TPU/PLA Blend by Eun Joo Shin, Ye Jin Song, Yang Sook Jung, Imjoo Jung, Sunhee Lee

“…Filaments of 4D auxetic reentrant TPU/PLA samples were 3D printed, and their shape-memory characteristics were assessed at temperatures of 60°C (corresponding to the glass transition temperature of PLA), 70°C, 80°C (matching the melting temperature of the soft segment of TPU), and 90°C. …”
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An authorizable and preprocessable data transmission scheme based on elliptic curves by Zhongshan Zhu, Liutao Zhao, Yong Pan, Xiaojuan Lu, Zheng Wang, Fanyin Meng

“…Experimental results show that for a 1KB data transmission, the execution times for the one-time public key generation algorithm, encryption algorithm, authorization algorithm, decryption algorithm, and signature verification algorithm were 3.34/28.37/0.58/3.32/4.58 ms, respectively, indicating high efficiency for each algorithm. …”
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Benchmarking and performance evaluation of a novel deformable image registration software for radiotherapy CT images by Shorug S. Alshammari, Sridhar Yaddanapudi, Blaž Kušnik, Rok Ivančič, Kristjan Anderle, Jonathan G. Li, Keith M. Furutani, Chris J. Beltran, Bo Lu

“…Results: For TRE, the average results for DirOne, MIM, and VelocityAI were 3.3 ± 3.1 mm, 2.7 ± 3.7 mm, and 3.4 ± 2.4 mm, respectively. …”
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Clinical outcomes and risk factors for local failure and visual impairment in patients treated with Ru-106 brachytherapy for uveal melanoma by L.J. Pors, M. Marinkovic, H.H. Deuzeman, T.H.K. Vu, E.M. Kerkhof, K.M. van Wieringen-Warmenhoven, C.R.N. Rasch, J.C. Bleeker, L.S. Koetsier, J.W.M. Beenakker, G.P.M. Luyten, C.L. Creutzberg, N. Horeweg

“…Median tumour prominence and diameter were 3.8 mm and 11.6 mm, respectively. 52 % of tumours were centrally located, and 19 % were juxtapapillary. …”
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Concordance with final pathology when transitioning from standard transrectal to cognitive targeted transperineal prostate biopsy by Alfred Honoré, Karsten Gravdal, Patrick Juliebø‐Jones, Lars Anders Rokne Reisæter, Christian Beisland, Christian Arvei Moen

“…Regarding positive surgical margins (PSMs) that were >3 mm in extension, there were only 3.3% and 2.1% in the sTR and cog‐tTP groups, respectively (p = 0.4). …”
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Meta‐Analysis of Urban Non‐Point Source Pollution From Road and Roof Runoff Across China by Yongxin Wang, Chunlin Li, Jianmin Qiao, Yuanman Hu, Qian Zhang, Jiabo Yin, Louise Slater

“…Among them, the TSS concentrations were nearly four times greater than those in roof runoff, whereas the TP and COD concentrations were 3.2 and 2.3 times greater, respectively. Urban NPS pollution is severe in China, and the concentrations of runoff pollutants far exceed those in the USA, Germany, and France. …”
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Hyperbaric oxygen therapy outcomes in post-irradiated patient undergoing microvascular breast reconstruction: A preliminary retrospective comparative study by Matteo Scampa, Jérôme Martineau, Sylvain Boet, Rodrigue Pignel, Daniel F. Kalbermatten, Carlo M. Oranges

“…In the HBOT group, there were 3 Clavien–Dindo grade I, 1 Clavien–Dindo grade IIIa and 2 Clavien–Dindo grade IIIb post-operative complications. …”
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Obstacles to complying with health protocols in coronavirus disease 2019 patient care among emergency medical staff of Zanjan province in 2022 by Ghasim Sadeghi, Seyede Fatemeh Gheiasi, Soheila Rabie Siahkali, Kamyar Mansori

“…The mean (SD) score of the obstacles to complying with health protocols questionnaire from the participants’ perspectives for organizational, individual, and social factors were 3.92 (0.49), 3.47 (1.06), and 3.32 (1.12), respectively. …”
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Laboratory-scale biogas production from vegetable juice waste using an IC reactor by Boualy Vongvisith, Chengyue Liang, Changmei Wang, Fang Yin, Kai Wu, Bin Yang, Jing Liu, Hong Yang, Wudi Zhang

“…The average daily biogas production and methane content were 3.72 L and 66%, respectively, with volumetric biogas and methane production rates of 1.4 and 0.93 L/L.d. …”
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COVID-19 vaccine demand, hesitancy, and nationalism: a case of protection motivation behavior in Bangladesh by Mostafizur Rahman, Afnan Hossain, Abu Sufian, Nahida Anwar

“…Results: The findings of the fully-adjusted regression model suggest that the individuals who had more vaccine demand were 3.29 times (95% confidence interval = 2.39-4.54; p < 0.001) higher to accept vaccine compared to those who had no vaccine demand. …”
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Group IIA secretory phospholipase 2 independently predicts mortality and positive blood culture in emergency department sepsis patients by Utsav Nandi, Alan E. Jones, Michael A. Puskarich

“…At a 100 ng/mL threshold for sPLA2‐IIA, adjusted odds to predict mortality were 3.78 (95% confidence interval = 1.14–12.56, P = 0.03). sPLA2‐IIA and procalcitonin were both elevated in culture‐positive patients; however, the difference was not statistically significant. sPLA2‐IIA was significantly higher in blood culture‐positive patients. …”
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Evaluation of the reliability and validity of the Persian version of the Reported and Intended Behaviour Scale, a mental health stigma-related behaviour measure by Sima Garmehi, Bahareh Hakimi, Fateme Farhoudi, Ehsan Abedini

“…Factor analysis was used for construct validity and resulted in the extraction of one factor, the mean, standard deviation, and Cronbach’s alpha coefficient for the extracted factor were 3.25, 1.02 and 0.807. The items with the highest correlation with the extracted factor from the exploratory analysis were identified (&gt;0.6). …”
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Trends, Geographic patterns and Determinants of Caesarean sections in Karnataka: Insights from the National Family Health Survey by Deepa Durgadasimi, Anjugam Sugavanam, Vaishali R N

“…Key determinants include higher maternal age, education, economic status, and private health facilities, where odds of C-section were 3.7 times higher (OR = 3.77; 95 % CI: 3.14–4.17) than in public facilities. …”
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KINETICS OF THE HYDROLYSIS OF CASSAVA STARCH BY GLUCOAMYLASE AND A GRANULAR STARCH HYDROLYZING ENZYME by HARGONO HARGONO, BAKTI JOS, ANDRI CAHYO KUMORO

“…Based on the Lineweaver-Burk plot for cassava starch hydrolysis using glucoamylase, the maximum reaction rates, Vmax for 0.5, 1.0 and 1.5 % (w/w) glucoamylase were 3.55, 5.78 and 9 g‧L-1‧h-1, while the Michaelis-Menten constants, Km were 140.35, 140.75 and 152.10 g‧L-1. …”
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A systematic review of tumour position reproducibility and stability in breath-hold for radiation therapy of the upper abdomen by Briana Farrugia, Kerryn Brown, Kellie Knight, Caroline Wright

“…Stability measurements were ≤3 mm in 71 % of studies, irrespective of breath-hold type. …”
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THE CHOICE OF THE DRUG AMLODIPINE FOR THE HYPERTENSION TREATMENT FROM THE STANDPOINT OF ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY by S. Yu. Martsevich, N. A. Dmitrieva, A. D. Deev, Yu. V. Lukina, L. A. Sokolova, V. V. Yakusevich

“…Costs for achieving target BP in 1 patient of Group 1 were 3,5 times lower than these in group 2. Conclusion. …”
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Cancer Patients Missing Pain Score Information:- Application with Imputation Techniques by Gajendra Vishwakarma, Atanu Bhattacharjee, Jesna Jose, Ramesh V

“…Results: The mean(SD) of observed pain score was 3.638(3.156) whereas the imputed mean values were 3.615(2.980), 3.618(2.954), 3.577(2.892), 3.560(2.999) and 3.627(2.949) respectively for the imputation methods regression, predictive mean matching, propensity score, EM algorithm and MCMC methods for pain score values at visit3.  …”
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Multicenter performance comparison of the hepatitis C antibody serology assay on the new Atellica integrated chemistry and immunoassay analyzer by Joe M. El-Khoury, Anthony Bonito, Rachel Fonstad, Michael Anostario, Michael Quintanilla, Neil Birmingham, Amin A. Mohammad

“…Result: Repeatability and reproducibility %CVs were <3.0 % and 6.5 % respectively, on the Atellica CI, and equivalent on each analyzer for samples at or above 0.80 Index. …”
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