Appendiceal Intraluminal Gas: A CT Marker for Gangrenous Appendicitis by Chantelle Ip, Edward H. Wang, Michael Croft, Wanyin Lim

“…Patients who were less than 16 years old, who had an interval between CT and surgery of more than 48 hours, or with CT evidence of appendiceal perforation were excluded. Images were independently assessed by 3 radiologists for intraluminal gas, and the results were then correlated with reference standards obtained from surgical and histopathology reports for the diagnosis of nongangrenous versus gangrenous appendicitis. …”
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Genetic polymorphisms of muscular fitness in young healthy men. by Tomas Venckunas, Hans Degens

“…Of the 16 polymorphisms studied, nine (spanning seven candidate genes and four gene families/signalling pathways) were independently associated with at least one skeletal muscle fitness measure (size or function, or both) measure and explained up to 4.1% of its variation. …”
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Severity and mortality of COVID-19 among people with disabilities: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis by Abay Woday Tadesse, Abubeker Alebachew Seid, Aragaw Asfaw Hasen

“…Two reviewers will extract data and perform risk of bias assessment independently. The Newcastle-Ottawa Scale will be used to assess risk of bias. …”
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Which criteria are important in usability evaluation of mHealth applications: an umbrella review by Zahra Galavi, Mahdieh Montazeri, Reza Khajouei

“…Different databases (PubMed, Scopus, WoS) were searched for systematic reviews and/or meta-analyses about usability evaluation in mHealth applications. Two reviewers independently applied predefined selection criteria, extracted data, and assessed methodological quality using the AMSTAR tool. …”
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Inovasi Media Pembelajaran E-Modul Interaktif Dasar Fisiologi Tumbuhan Berbasis Canva dan Educandy Studio Bagi Mahasiswa Agroekoteknologi by Muhammad Parikesit Wisnubroto

“…This e-module provides a more attractive learning media display and provides an opportunity for students to evaluate independently. The limited features of Canva and Education Studio resulted in not all physiology material being poured in the form of e-modules. …”
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The community as an active part in the implementation of interventions for the prevention and care of tuberculosis: A scoping review. by Lesly Chavez-Rimache, César Ugarte-Gil, Maria J Brunette

“…Two reviewers performed the search, screening, and selection of studies independently. In cases of discrepancies over the eligibility of an article, it was resolved by consensus. 130 studies were selected, of which 68.47% (n = 89/130) were published after 2010. …”
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Clinical Significance of NKD Inhibitor of WNT Signaling Pathway 1 (NKD1) in Glioblastoma by Lijun Li, Ruiying Gao, Weizhong Huangfu, Fang Zhang, Ruixia Wang

“…NKD1 shows a lower expression level in glioblastoma compared to that in the normal brain or other glioma subtypes, which is independently correlated to a worse prognosis in both the TCGA cohort and our retrospective cohort. …”
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Resilience of family caregivers of people with dementia in South Korea: protocol for a scoping review by Hyun-Ju Seo, Min-Jung Choi, Song-I Park, Jeong-hwan Park

“…Two review authors will independently screen and select studies based on predefined eligible criteria. …”
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Bilateral medial malleolar fractures in a young athlete: the role of biomechanics in non-contact injuries by Josh Landers, Austin Fortinberry

“…The likelihood of sustaining such fractures in both ankles independently, particularly in non-contact situations, is exceedingly rare. …”
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Hypertension in Non-Type 2 Diabetes in Isfahan, Iran: Incidence and Risk Factors by Mohsen Janghorbani, Ashraf Aminorroaya, Masoud Amini

“…Multivariate analyses showed that male gender, older age, higher triglyceride, and higher systolic BP were significantly and independently associated with the development of HTN in this population. …”
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Academic Literacy Development among Master’s Degree Students in the Process of Studying a Foreign Language in Professional Communication by O. M. Sherekhova

“…Consistent writing skills training makes it possible to realize the requirements for academic literacy, namely: the ability to critically think, analyze information, accept and respect someone else’s point of view, create new knowledge, express ideas in a well-structured and accessible form, work independently, as well as evaluate the results of work. …”
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Proposed reference intervals of serum insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) levels in older Japanese populations by Tsuyoshi Isojima, Akira Shimatsu

“…We have previously published normative data of serum IGF-1 levels for the Japanese population aged 0–77 years by combining and analyzing previously reported references, which were separately and independently constructed, to properly reflect data in the transition period. …”
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A Novel Mathematical Approach to Define the Genes/SNPs Conferring Risk or Protection in Sporadic Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Based on Auto Contractive Map Neural Networks and Gra... by Massimo Buscema, Silvana Penco, Enzo Grossi

“…We have divided the ALS dataset into two dataset: Cases and Control dataset; we have applied to each one, independently, the AutoCM algorithm. Six genetic variants were identified which differently contributed to the complexity of the system: three of the above genes/SNPs represent protective factors, APOA4, NOS3, and LPL, since their contribution to the whole complexity resulted to be as high as 0.17. …”
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Self-Testing of Vision in Age-Related Macula Degeneration: A Longitudinal Pilot Study Using a Smartphone-Based Rarebit Test by Christina Winther, Lars Frisén

“…Test scores were evaluated on an individual basis, by contrasting observed trends with the clinical status recorded at independently scheduled clinical examinations. Results. …”
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Does Cataract Surgery Improve the Progression of Age-Related Macular Degeneration? A Meta-Analysis by Yuanyuan Liu, Qinhua Cai

“…We planned to include cohort trials of eyes affected by both cataract and AMD in which cataract surgery would be compared to no surgery. Two reviewers independently evaluated the search results against the inclusion and exclusion criteria. 8 trials were included for this meta-analysis. …”
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Meta-Analysis of the Therapeutic Effects of Stem Cell-Derived Extracellular Vesicles in Rodent Models of Hemorrhagic Stroke by Conglin Wang, Bo Yan, Pan Liao, Fanglian Chen, Ping Lei

“…Standardized mean differences (SMDs) and confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated using a random-effects model. Three authors independently screened the articles based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. …”
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Evaluation of Olgun Çocuk Dergisi [Mature Child Magazine] (1935) within the Scope of Raising National and Historical Consciousness of Children by Tolgahan Ayantaş, Cengiz Dönmez

“…The study found that the journal included sub texts related to the Surname Act (1934) in society and efforts of simplification of language, mentioned the Dardanelles War and the War of Independence, stressed the virtues of the Turkish Nation and significance of Atatürk as a leader and tried to raise nation and history awareness in children by this way. …”
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Physical measures of physical functioning as prognostic factors in predicting outcomes for neck and thoracic pain: Protocol for a systematic review. by Rabea Begum, Alison Rushton, Alaa El Chamaa, David Walton, Paul Parikh

“…Two reviewers will independently perform study selection, data extraction, risk of bias assessment (QUIPS, Quality in Prognostic Studies tool), and quality assessment (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation).…”
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The impact of earthworms on collembolan (Collembola) communities in grass mono- and polycultures by Izabella Olejniczak, Grzegorz Makulec

“…We found that soil layer (Kruskal-Wallis test: N=432, H=18.25, P=0.0004), biodiversity of grass culture (N=432, H=14.59, P=0.0001) and the period of the season (N=432, H=24.24, P=0.0000) had an important effect on densities of collembolan communities independently of earthworms presence (N=432, H=1.99, P=0.16). …”
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County Differences in Mortality among Foreign-Born Compared to Native Swedes 1970–1999 by Björn Albin, Katarina Hjelm, Jan Ekberg, Sölve Elmståhl

“…Latest county of residence independently explained higher mortality among foreign-born persons in all but four counties; OR varied from 1.01 to 1.29. …”
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