%diag_test: a generic SAS macro for evaluating diagnostic accuracy measures for multiple diagnostic tests by Jacques K. Muthusi, Peter W. Young, Frankline O. Mboya, Samuel M. Mwalili

“…By automating analysis, the macro adds value by saving analysis time, reducing transcription errors, and producing publication-quality outputs.…”
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Biomass and Yield in Solanum lycopersicum Expressing a Synthetic Photorespiration Pathway by Laura Dougherty, Bret Cooper, James Bunce, Bryan Vinyard, John Stommel

“…Observed increases in plant biomass in transformed lines suggests that energy savings were realized from reduced photorespiration but were directed toward vegetative growth. …”
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PENGARUH BUDAYA ORGANISASI BERBASIS KOLEKTIF TERHADAP ORGANIZATIONAL CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIOR DENGAN KOMITMEN ORGANISASIONAL SEBAGAI PEMEDIASI by Ni Kadek Eni Budi Utami, Made Surya Putra

“…The study was conducted at the Sila Mukti Savings and Loan Cooperative using a saturated sample of 40 people who were employees from all fields of work. …”
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Predictors of food security status among informal caregivers of older adults residing in slums in Ghana by Dina Adei, Williams Agyemang-Duah, Bright Osei Boateng, Anthony Acquah Mensah

“…Abstract Background Informal caregivers of older adults play a crucial role, positively influencing the physical, mental, and social well-being of their care recipients, while concurrently contributing to substantial cost savings in the healthcare sector. The significance of food security for these caregivers becomes paramount as it not only impacts their health but also influences the energy needed to fulfil their caregiving responsibilities. …”
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Coordinated Design of Power System Stabilizer and Virtual Inertia Control Using Modified Harris Hawk Optimization for Improving Power System Stability by Mohamad Almas Prakasa, Imam Robandi, Alberto Borghetti, Muhammad Ruswandi Djalal, Waseda Himawari

“…The proposed method uses the modified version of Harris Hawk Optimization with Memory Saving Strategy (HHO-MSS) to find the equilibrium point of global parameters of PSS-VIC through various simulations to ensure scalability. …”
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Research on therapeutic clinical trials including immunotherapy in triple-negative breast cancer: a bibliometric analysis by Qi Xu, Xiaoyu Feng, Siyuan Qin, Yu Hong, Rui Cui, Jia Liang, Zhuya Xiao, Yuan Li

“…After an initial screening, we downloaded key data including titles, publication years, authors, countries, institutional affiliations, journals, keywords, and abstracts, and saved them in BibTex format. We then conducted a bibliometric analysis using Bibliometrix in R and VOSviewer to illustrate the prospects, highlights, and trends of TNBC treatment options. …”
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Using a Simplified Quantum Counter to Implement Quantum Circuits Based on Grover’s Algorithm to Tackle the Exact Cover Problem by Jehn-Ruey Jiang, Yu-Jie Wang

“…For the whole quantum circuit, the simplified quantum counter saves <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mrow><mo>(</mo><mn>4</mn><mi>m</mi><mi>b</mi><mo>−</mo><mn>4</mn><mi>m</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow><mrow><mo>⌊</mo><mi>π</mi><mo>/</mo><mn>4</mn><msqrt><mrow><mi>N</mi><mo>/</mo><mi>M</mi></mrow></msqrt><mo>⌋</mo></mrow></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> quantum gates and reduces the quantum circuit depth by <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mrow><mo>(</mo><mn>2</mn><mi>m</mi><mi>b</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow><mrow><mo>⌊</mo><mi>π</mi><mo>/</mo><mn>4</mn><msqrt><mrow><mi>N</mi><mo>/</mo><mi>M</mi></mrow></msqrt><mo>⌋</mo></mrow></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> compared to Heidari et al.’s design, where <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>b</mi><mo>=</mo><mo>⌊</mo><mo form="prefix">log</mo><mi>n</mi><mo>⌋</mo><mo>+</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> is the number of counting qubits used in a counter. …”
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Examining the association between child development and parental mental health after preterm birth-related stress: a systematic review of the literature and meta-analysis protocol by Lotte Haverman, Cornelieke S H Aarnoudse-Moens, Joost G Daams, Gerbrich E van den Bosch, Kirsten S Muller, Celina E Henke

“…Introduction Preterm infants born before 32 weeks of gestation are generally admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) to receive life-saving treatment, resulting in early exposure to stressful events. …”
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Understanding ICU Nursing Knowledge, Perceived Barriers, and Facilitators of Sepsis Recognition and Management: A Cross-Sectional Study by Katherine A. Kissel, MN, RN, Karla D. Krewulak, PhD, Thérèse G. Poulin, BSc, Ken Kuljit S. Parhar, MD, MSc, Daniel J. Niven, MD, PhD, Vanessa M. Doiron, MScHQ, RN, Kirsten M. Fiest, PhD

“…Most nurses agreed early sepsis detection saves lives (n = 98, 97%, TDF domain Beliefs About Consequences) and that nursing care can improve patient outcomes (n = 97, 96%, TDF domain Optimism). …”
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Cost-Benefit Analysis of Genetic Testing as a Prenatal Diagnostic Tool for Thalassemia: A Single-Center Study From Central Thailand by Malasai K, Jittikoon J, Udomsinprasert W, Talungchit P, Youngkong S, Sangroongruangsri S, Mahasirimongkol S, Chaikledkaew U

“…Both one-way and probabilistic sensitivity analyses were conducted to account for uncertainties in the parameters used.Results: The results revealed that adhering to the standard screening program with genetic testing resulted in a cost-savings of approximately 490 USD per prevented thalassemia case. …”
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Use of virtual reality in port implantation to reduce perioperative anxiety and pain: protocol for a randomised controlled pilot trial at a single German university hospital (VIP-t... by Christoph W Michalski, Felix J Hüttner, Colette Dörr-Harim, Sandra Graf, Hannah Feldmann, Lisa S Hunold, Kira C Steinkraus, Nadir Nasir

“…Introduction Intravenous access port implantation is commonly performed under local anaesthesia, which offers advantages such as increased patient satisfaction and resource savings compared with general anaesthesia. However, patients may experience increased perioperative stress and anxiety in the operating room setting without general anaesthesia. …”
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Lightweight Deep Learning Model, ConvNeXt-U: An Improved U-Net Network for Extracting Cropland in Complex Landscapes from Gaofen-2 Images by Shukuan Liu, Shi Cao, Xia Lu, Jiqing Peng, Lina Ping, Xiang Fan, Feiyu Teng, Xiangnan Liu

“…This paper proposes ConvNeXt-U, a lightweight deep learning network that efficiently extracts fragmented cropland while reducing computational requirements and saving costs. ConvNeXt-U retains the U-shaped structure of U-Net but replaces the encoder with a simplified ConvNeXt architecture. …”
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Pattern and Predictors of Maternal Healthcare Services Utilization among Women of Reproductive Age in Lagos, Nigeria by Esther Oluwakemi Oluwole, Alero Ann Roberts, Ifeoma Peace Okafor, Victoria Oluwasola Yesufu

“…Millions of women of reproductive age and their children could be saved from poor outcomes through the utilization of available effective affordable maternal healthcare services. …”
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Extraction Socket Seal Technique for Socket Preservation after Tooth Extraction: An Innovative Approach. by Abduljaleel Azad Samad, Jodal M Ahmed, Hundren M Ali, Omed Shihab, Ahmed Haider, Dainius Karpavicius

“…Conclusions: We concluded that the Extraction Socket Seal (ESS) technique offers a very simple and time-saving technique for alveolar ridge preservation after tooth extraction for both anterior and posterior extraction sockets, and it provides a good seal for the graft material and the soft tissue anatomy was well preserved. …”
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Advanced microgrid optimization using price-elastic demand response and greedy rat swarm optimization for economic and environmental efficiency by Arvind R. Singh, Bishwajit Dey, Mohit Bajaj, Sahil Kadiwala, Rangu Seshu Kumar, Soham Dutta, Ievgen Zaitsev

“…Quantitative results demonstrate the significant cost-saving potential of integrating DRPs with microgrid operations. …”
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Financial Management Practices and Financial Performance of Micro Finance Institutions. A Case Study of Lyamujungu SACCO Kabale District. by Komuhangi, Jacenta

“…In addition to this some incentives should be given to the members with a good number of shares such as life schemes, to the most saving clients commissions, some token and give some small percentage to loan creditors who pay on time.…”
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Assessing The Influence of Upland Rice on Household Income in Nyamirama Sub-County Kanungu District. by Byamukama, Chrispus

“…The study recommended that there is a need to increase credit financial facilities to farmers by providing agricultural loans at very low-interest rates with the help of village saving banks. The Government should always ensure very good quality agricultural inputs are allowed in the market to boost the entire agricultural sector not only upland rice farming. …”
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Tracheostomy-related indications, early complications and their predictors among patients in low resource settings: a prospective cohort study in the pre-COVID-19 era by Nyanzi, Daniel J., Daniel, Atwine, Kamoga, Ronald, Birungi, Caroline, Nansubuga, Caroline A., Nyaiteera, Victoria, Nakku, Doreen

“…Background Tracheostomy is a life-saving procedure whose outcomes may vary between hospitals based on dis parities in their existing expertise. …”
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Lethal necrotizing granulomatous vasculitis after bariatric surgery and bilateral mammaplasty by O. V. Blagova, D. Kh. Aynetdinova, A. V. Nedostup, N. A. Novikova, Ye. A. Kogan, Yu. V. Lerner, L. V. Kozlovskaya, V. V. Rameyev, N. A. Mukhin

“…To present a typical case of systemic autoimmune disease related to extremely aggressive medical alterations of the immune status which were carried out not only for life-saving indications, but for cosmetic reasons as well. …”
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Modelling the epidemiological and economic impact of digital adherence technologies with differentiated care for tuberculosis treatment in Ethiopia by Richard White, Katherine L Fielding, Salome Charalambous, Nicola Foster, Degu Jerene, Andrew Mganga, Taye Letta, Job van Rest, Amare Worku Tadesse, Rein MGJ Houben, Ahmed Bedru, Kristian van Kalmthout, Christopher Finn McQuaid, Lara Goscé, Jense van der Wal, Martin J Harker, Norma Madden, Tofik Abdurhman, Demekech Gadissa, Tanyaradzwa N Dube, Jason Alacapa, Natasha Deyanova

“…However, our analysis also found large total provider and patient cost savings (US$163 (95% UI US$118; US$211) and US$3 (95%UI: US$1; US$5), respectively, over 2023–2035), translating to a 50.2% (95% UI 35.9%; 65.2%) reduction in total cost of treatment. …”
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