Comparison of Two Creatinine-Based Equations for Predicting Decline in Renal Function in Type 2 Diabetic Patients with Nephropathy in a Korean Population by Eun Young Lee, Young-Mi Lee, Kyu Hun Choi, Hyun Chul Lee, Byung-Wan Lee, Beom Seok Kim

“…During the follow-up period (median, 2.4 years), the CKD-EPI equation reclassified 10.9% of all MDRD-estimated subjects: 9.1% to an earlier stage of CKD and 1.8% to a later stage of CKD. …”
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CFO-CR: Carrier Frequency Offset Methodology for High-Rate Common Randomness Generation by Prashanth Kumar Herooru Sheshagiri, Martin Reisslein, Juan A. Cabrera, Frank H. P. Fitzek

“…Our proposed CFO-CR methodology can generate 2048 bits of CR at a comparatively low reconciliation cost of 72 bytes while only making 256 channel observations and passing all common randomness tests. For generating 2048 bits of CR, other state-of-the-art approaches either require more channel observations (<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\ge 2048$ </tex-math></inline-formula>) or incur a higher reconciliation cost (<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\ge 450$ </tex-math></inline-formula> bytes).…”
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Status of macromolecular crystallography beamlines at SSRF by Huating Kong, Huan Zhou, Qin Xu, Ke Liu, Kunhao Zhang, Xingya Wang, Weiwei Wang, Zhijun Wang, Sisheng Wang, Yuzhu Wang, Lin Tang, Feng Yu, Jianhua He, Qisheng Wang

“…This paper reports on the current status of all the MX beamlines at SSRF and discusses emerging trends.…”
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Telomere Length and Oxidative Damage in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Leping Ma, Cui Liu, Ran Song, Yeping Qian, Feng Zhang

“…The aim of this study was to determine the associations of ASD with TL and oxidative indicators by performing a meta-analysis of all published evidence. …”
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A Novel Stacked Model for Classification of Vocal Cord Paralysis Over Imbalanced Vocal Data by K. Jayashree Hegde, K. Manjula Shenoy, K. Devaraja

“…The aforementioned gave adequate results over the dataset of voice recordings of the vowel that either have a balanced dataset across all the classes or multiple voice pathologies are selected to bring the balance in the dataset equal to healthy subjects. …”
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Degenerated (Ancient) Schwannomas: Unraveling Unusual Locations and Treatment Management by Ali Dalgıç, Servet Güreşci, Bekir Tunç, Egemen Işıtan, Zeynep Dağlar, Emin Çağıl, Yigit Can Senol, Goksal Gunerhan

“…Material and Methods: The study was designed as a retrospective analysis of 7 adult patients aged ≥18 years, diagnosed with paraspinal, presacral, sacral, or para-aortic tumors, all confirmed histologically as ancient schwannomas. …”
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Toward a hyperventilation detection system in freediving: a proof of concept using force sensor technology by Frank Pernett, Frank Pernett, Eric Mulder, Filip Johansson, Arne Sieber, Arne Sieber, Ricardo Bermudez, Marcus Lossner, Erika Schagatay, Erika Schagatay

“…The mean PETCO2 was below 35 mmHg before all apneas. The mean amplitude of the signal from the force sensor increased from apnea 1 to apnea 3 (p &lt; 0.001), while the respiratory rate was similar (NS). …”
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Association of caffeine intake and sleep duration with bone mineral density: a cross-sectional study from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey between 2011 and 2018 by Yuxue He, Wenjia Zou, Fei Xiao

“…Multivariable linear regression models, adjusted for confounders, were used alongside restricted cubic splines to examine dose-response association. Results Of all participants, 6821 (50.7%) were males and 6636 were females (49.3%). …”
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Effect of sleep quality on the severity of perimenstrual symptoms in Japanese female students: a cross-sectional, online survey by Yukio Urabe, Makoto Komiya, Noriaki Maeda, Satoshi Arima, Tsubasa Tashiro, Rami Mizuta, Sakura Oda, Takaaki Nagasawa, Koichi Naito

“…The total MDQ scores were significantly higher in the low-sleep quality group at all phases of the menstrual cycle (respectively p&lt;0.05). …”
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Olfactory disorders in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo: A cross-sectional study by Yasmin Nsunzu Tshingamb, Sympho Junior Mpiana, Patrick Sekele Marob Ndjock, Emile Kayembe, Eric Banza Lukoji, Alain Ntumba Malemba, Auguste O. Omadjela, Dieudonné T. Nyembue

“…Subjectively, only 22.9% of patients reported an altered sense of smell; however, using the SST, 63.8% of CRS patients were found to have an OD, primarily hyposmia. All mean scores for subjective and objective olfactory assessments were significantly higher (p < 0.001) among CRS patients with OD compared to those without. …”
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Combined Ventilation of Two Subjects with a Single Mechanical Ventilator Using a New Medical Device: An In Vitro Study by Ignacio Lugones, Matías Ramos, María Fernanda Biancolini, Roberto Orofino Giambastiani

“…The goal is to achieve a tidal volume of 7 ml/kg for each subject in all different stages through manipulation of the ventilator and the DuplicARⓇ controllers. …”
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Optimizing winged-bean meal through oven and autoclave heating as viable alternative for plant-based aquafeed by Shobrina Silmi Qori Tartila, Tholibah Mujtahidah, Muh. Azril, Anjali Apta Pramudita, Lusi Septiani, Bagas Putra Satria, Ignatius Abel Cristanto, Muhammad Abizar Sakti Oktavian, Sultan Jibran Risqulloh, Santika Dewi Astuti

“…The study applied three treatments with four replications: oven heating (O), autoclave heating (A), and control (without heating, E). All data were analyzed using analysis of variance and Duncan’s multiple range test to determine the best treatment. …”
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Impact Angle Control of Local Intense dB/dt Variations During Shock‐Induced Substorms by Denny M. Oliveira, James M. Weygand, Eftyhia Zesta, Chigomezyo M. Ngwira, Michael D. Hartinger, Zhonghua Xu, Barbara L. Giles, Daniel J. Gershman, Marcos V. D. Silveira, Vítor M. Souza

“…The same trend is observed in dB/dt variations recorded by THEMIS ground magnetometers. THEMIS all‐sky imager data show a fast and clear poleward auroral expansion in the first case, which does not clearly occur in the second case. …”
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Emerging Trends and New Developments in Transient Elastography: A Bibliometric and Cocitation Analysis from 1999 to 2017 by Jingjing Gu, Weimian Wang, Ziyuan Zou, Fangze Huang, Chihua Fang, Xun Li, Xiaolong Qi

“…The most-cited articles in 2003-2007 (n=1380), 2008-2012 (n=599) and 2013-2017 (n=159) were located. All of the most-cited articles in three periods were focusing on the topic of noninvasive assessment of liver fibrosis. …”
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Association of Vitamin D Deficiency and Newly Diagnosed Pulmonary Tuberculosis by Vijay Jaimni, Barkur Ananthakrishna Shasty, Sharath P. Madhyastha, Ganesh V. Shetty, Raviraja V. Acharya, Ragini Bekur, Akhila Doddamani

“…A case-control study was conducted in a tertiary care hospital from 2014 to 2016, including 50 adult newly diagnosed sputum positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients as cases and 50 age and sex-matched healthy participants as control groups. All participants in the study group had undergone detailed clinical examination and routine laboratory investigations, including vitamin D, calcium, and sputum for AFB. …”
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Dynamic ultrasound-based modeling predictive of response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with early breast cancer by Xinyi Wang, Yuting Zhang, Mengting Yang, Nan Wu, Shan Wang, Hong Chen, Tianyang Zhou, Ying Zhang, Xiaolan Wang, Zining Jin, Ang Zheng, Fan Yao, Dianlong Zhang, Feng Jin, Pan Qin, Jia Wang

“…This retrospective study included 304 EBC patients recruited from multiple centers. All enrollees had completed NACT regimens, and underwent US examinations at baseline and at each NACT cycle. …”
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Effects of green manuring on chemical characteristics and microecology of tobacco-growing soil in central henan by Wei Liu, Xiaolong Chen, Yuanyuan Zhao, Hongzhi Shi

“…MX significantly increased the abundance of Bacteroidetes. Over half of all soil fungi were Ascomycota, with SZ substantially increasing their abundance. …”
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Inter-reader agreement for diagnosing thymic cysts on chest MRI in two tertiary referral centers by Yura Ahn, Sang Min Lee, Chu Hyun Kim, Sehee Kim, Jooae Choe, Joon Beom Seo, Ho Yun Lee

“…The overall inter-reader agreement was moderate (κ = 0.50–0.57) for diagnosing cysts without significant differences between MR sequence combinations (all p-values > 0.05). The mean pairwise inter-reader agreement was the highest (κ = 0.65) when both the subtracted image and DWI/ADC map were provided. …”
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Profil Literasi Matematika Siswa SMP dalam Menyelesaikan Soal Cerita Berdasarkan Prestasi Belajar Matematika by Muzayyanatul Jannah, Dwi Shinta Rahayu, Eka Resti Wulan

“…The results showed that students with high learning achievement were able to formulate, employed, and interpreted when solving word problem for all level of mathematical literacy. Student with Moderate learning achievement were able to formulate, employed, and interpreted when solving word problem for level 1-2 dan 3-4 of mathematical literacy. …”
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Dynamics of the evolution of the strategic management concept: From the planning school to the neostrategic approach by Tomasz Kafel, Bernard Ziębicki

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