Crystal structure of poly[μ3-acetato-diaqua-μ3-sulfato-cerium(III)]: serendipitous synthesis of a layered coordination polymer exhibiting interlayer O—H...O hydrogen bonding by Niklas Ruser, Christian Näther, Norbert Stock

“…Its asymmetric unit consists of one CeIII cation, one sulfate dianion, one acetate anion and two crystallographically independent water molecules, all of them located in general positions. …”
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Reading the diplomatic reports of Petras Klimas from Paris by Algis Kasperavičius

“… Petras Klimas (1891-1969) was one of the creators of independent Lithuania, as well as a historian and diplomat. …”
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Patient Preferences for Nonvitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulants in Stroke Prevention: A Multicountry Discrete Choice Experiment by Thomas Wilke, Anna-Katharina Meinecke, Bernhard Schaefer, Sandra Buchwald, Daniel Eriksson, Sabrina Müller

“…The DCE included the following attributes: frequency of administration (once/twice daily), size of tablet/capsule (6–9 mm/20 mm), meal-related intake (intake with food required/independent), and distance to treating physician (1 km/10 km). …”
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Predictors and outcomes of angioplasty and stenting in acute intracranial atherosclerosis-related vertebrobasilar artery occlusion by Seol Bin Park, Byung Hyun Baek, Yun Young Lee, Seul Kee Kim, Chan Park, Byung Chan Lee, Hyoung Ook Kim, Woong Yoon

“…We performed logistic regression analyses to identify independent predictors of favorable outcomes. A favorable outcome was defined as a score of 0–3 on the 90-day modified Rankin Scale.ResultsOverall, successful reperfusion was achieved in 44/46 (95.7%) patients and 90-day favorable outcomes were achieved in 21/46 patients (45.7%). …”
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The Clinicopathological Features of BRAF Mutated Papillary Thyroid Cancers in Chinese Patients by Li-Bo Yang, Lin-Yong Sun, Yong Jiang, Ying Tang, Zhi-Hui Li, Hong-Ying Zhang, Hong Bu, Feng Ye

“…In addition, the multivariate analysis also showed that the age at diagnosis (<45 y) and tumor size (>1 cm) were independent predictors for LNM. In this study, the BRAFV600E mutation is positively associated with worse prognostic factors, including larger tumor size and the tumor extending to the thyroid capsule or extrathyroidal region; however, it is not an independent predictor for LNM.…”
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Features of Malevolent Creativity and its Prevention in Adolescents in the Modern Socio-Political Context by N.V. Meshkova, S.N. Enikolopov, M.N. Bochkova, I.A. Meshkov

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Impact of statin use on major adverse cardiovascular events in patients with normal stress myocardial perfusion imaging and elevated coronary artery calcium score by Yi Hui To, Xi Min Tan, Cher-Lyn Low, Htet Htet Min, Min Sen Yew

“…Conclusion: Post-MPI MHIS use is associated with lower MACE and is an independent negative predictor for 24-month MACE among patients with normal MPI and CAC >300.…”
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Genome characterization through dichotomic classes: An analysis of the whole chromosome 1 of A. thaliana by Enrico Properzi, Simone Giannerini, Diego Luis Gonzalez, Rodolfo Rosa

“…Also, we derive an independence test in order to assess whether the percentages observed could be considered as an expression of independent random processes. …”
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Association between Metformin Use and Cancer Stage at Diagnosis among Elderly Medicare Beneficiaries with Preexisting Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Incident Prostate Cancer by Amit D. Raval, Malcolm D. Mattes, Suresh Madhavan, Xiaoyun Pan, Wenhui Wei, Usha Sambamoorthi

“…Metformin use and other independent variables were measured during the one year before cancer diagnosis. …”
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Life Satisfaction Among Individuals with Physical Disabilities in Saudi Arabia: The Impact of Physical Activity, Self-Perceived Health and Fitness, and Sociodemographic Features by Majed M. Alhumaid, Mohamed A. Said, Selina Khoo

“…Two models analyzed the effects of the independent variables on LS: the first model included the overall level of PA, while the second examined its individual components. …”
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Risk Factors for Cervical Lymph Node Metastasis of Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma: A Single-Center Retrospective Study by Feng Cheng, Yanyan Chen, Lei Zhu, Bin Zhou, Yonghong Xu, Yiran Chen, Liping Wen, Shuzheng Chen

“…Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that in PTMC, male gender, age<55 years, tumor size>5 mm, bilateral lesions, and extrathyroidal extension were independent risk factors for LNM in general and for CLNM. …”
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Contribution of m5C RNA Modification-Related Genes to Prognosis and Immunotherapy Prediction in Patients with Ovarian Cancer by Yibin Liu, Shouze Liu, Lu Yan, Qianqian Zhang, Wenhua Liu, Xianghua Huang, Shikai Liu

“…Besides, not only was this model a prognostic factor independent of other clinical characteristics but it predicted the intensity of the immune response in OC. …”
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Analysis of Risk Factors for Postoperative Lower Extremity Deep Venous Thrombosis and its Treatment and Nursing by Huayun Liu, Yunhua Peng

“…Logistic regression analysis showed that hypertension, limb paralysis, central venous catheterization of lower limbs, and bedridden time affect postoperative LEDVT in an independent way (P<0.05). After the intervention, the coagulation function and inflammatory reaction were improved in both groups, with more significant improvement in the research group (P<0.05). …”
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Taper Preparation Variability Compared to Current Taper Standards Using Computed Tomography by Richard Gergi, Joe Abou Rjeily, Nada Osta, Joseph Sader, Alfred Naaman

“…In the apical third, mean taper was significantly different between TF and PathFiles-ProTaper (𝑃 value < 0.0001; independent 𝑡-test). Mean Taper was significantly higher with PathFile-ProTaper. …”
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Psychological factors and health-related quality of life in fibromyalgia patients by Ricardo P. Campos, Isabel Vázquez, Estela Vilhena

“…Anxiety, depression, dysfunctional coping, and low social support were independent predictors of HRQoL and mediated the effect of somatic symptoms in the mental component of HRQoL. …”
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Identification of Unknown Parameters and Orders via Cuckoo Search Oriented Statistically by Differential Evolution for Noncommensurate Fractional-Order Chaotic Systems by Fei Gao, Xue-Jing Lee, Heng-qing Tong, Feng-xia Fei, Hua-ling Zhao

“…Then the problems of fractional-order chaos’ identification are converted into a multiple modal nonnegative functions’ minimization through a proper translation, which takes fractional-orders and parameters as its particular independent variables. And the objective is to find the best combinations of fractional-orders and systematic parameters of fractional order chaotic systems as special independent variables such that the objective function is minimized. …”
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A fundamental special-relativistic theory valid for all real-valued speeds by Vedprakash Sewjathan

“…This paper constitutes a fundamental rederivation of special relativity based on the c-invariance postulate but independent of the assumption ds′2=±ds2 (Einstein [1], Kittel et al [2], Recami [3]), the equivalence principle, homogeneity of space-time, isotropy of space, group properties and linearity of space-time transformations or the coincidence of the origins of inertial space-time frames. …”
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Feature Selection with Graph Mining Technology by Thosini Bamunu Mudiyanselage, Yanqing Zhang

“…It is important to note that our experimental results indicates, this proposed simple ranking method performs better than other methods, independent of any particular learning algorithm used.…”
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RASGRF2 as a potential pathogenic gene mediating the progression of alcoholic hepatitis to alcohol-related cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma by Zhengyuan Chen, Danfeng Fan, Tianyi Hang, Xiaoqing Yue

“…Combining the results of the immune infiltration and bulk transcriptome results from an independent validation cohort, the core shared gene was determined to be RASGRF2. …”
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Influence of preoperative frailty on quality of life after cardiac surgery: Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. by Kathryn Bezzina, Christophe A Fehlmann, Ming Hao Guo, Sarah M Visintini, Fraser D Rubens, George A Wells, Rosetta Mazzola, Caroline McGuinty, Allen Huang, Lara Khoury, Kevin Emery Boczar

“…The primary exposure will be frailty status, independent of the tool used. The primary outcome will be change in quality of life, independent of the tool used. …”
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