Are medical school preclinical tests biased for sex and race? A differential item functioning analysis by Esther Dasari Dale, Mohammed A. A. Abulela, Hao Jia, Claudio Violato

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Paediatric norms for photopic electroretinogram testing based on a large cohort of Chinese preschool children by Henry Ho-lung Chan, Sonia Seen-hang Chan, Kai Yip Choi

“…Objective Full-field electroretinogram (ffERG) is an objective test to determine the electroretinal activities in response to light stimulation for investigating retinal physiology and diagnosing retinal diseases. …”
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Testing the psychometric properties of the risk-rescue rating scale: a lethality measure for suicide attempts by Tormod Stangeland, Ketil Hanssen-Bauer, Johan Siqveland

“…We developed a training program for clinicians, a user manual, and a series of five video-based role-played interview cases for reliability testing. In this study, we recruited 28 clinicians with professional backgrounds typical of Norwegian mental health personnel. …”
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Methods to Adjust for Confounding in Test-Negative Design COVID-19 Effectiveness Studies: Simulation Study by Elizabeth AK Rowley, Patrick K Mitchell, Duck-Hye Yang, Ned Lewis, Brian E Dixon, Gabriela Vazquez-Benitez, William F Fadel, Inih J Essien, Allison L Naleway, Edward Stenehjem, Toan C Ong, Manjusha Gaglani, Karthik Natarajan, Peter Embi, Ryan E Wiegand, Ruth Link-Gelles, Mark W Tenforde, Bruce Fireman

“…ObjectiveThis simulation study aimed to investigate alternative methods to adjust for confounding in VE studies that have a test-negative design. MethodsAdjustment for a disease risk score (DRS) is compared with multivariable logistic regression. …”
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Performance Evaluation of Warm- and Hot-Mix Asphalt Mixtures Based on Laboratory and Accelerated Pavement Tests by Yongjoo Kim, Jaejun Lee, Cheolmin Baek, Sunglin Yang, Sooahn Kwon, Youngchan Suh

“…The WMA pavement using LEADCAP additive (WMA-LEADCAP) along with a control HMA pavement was evaluated with respect to their performances of rutting resistance, crack resistance, and viscoelastic property based on the laboratory dynamic modulus test, indirect tensile strength test, and in-door accelerated pavement test (APT) results. …”
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The Health Monitoring Method of Concrete Dams Based on Ambient Vibration Testing and Kernel Principle Analysis by Lin Cheng, Jie Yang, Dongjian Zheng, Bo Li, Jie Ren

“…The ambient vibration testing (AVT) measurement of concrete dams on full-scale can show the practical dynamic properties of structure in the operation state. …”
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13C Urea Breath Test for Helicobacter pylori: Evaluation of 10-minute Breath Collection by Marina Mauro, Vladimir Radovic, Melanie Wolfe, Markad Kamath, Premsyl Bercik, David Armstrong

“…AIM: To determine whether a shortened 13C urea breath test (13C UBT) (breath collection time of 10 min) is as reliable as the standard assay (30 min).…”
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Diagnostic accuracy of human papillomavirus testing on self-collected samples among women referred for colposcopy by ChunX Yan, Jiong Ma, Xia Zheng, Jing Shu, XiaoJ Wang, XiaoY Chen, Feng Gao, XiaoQ Li, ShanQ M, LongM Huang, XiaoT Yu, XueJ Chen

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Associated Factors with Biochemical Hypoglycemia during an Oral Glucose Tolerance Test in a Chinese Population by Xiaoling Cai, Xueyao Han, Xianghai Zhou, Lingli Zhou, Simin Zhang, Linong Ji

“…To find the association between biochemical hypoglycemia on a 2-hour screening oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) and insulin resistance. Method. Subjects of this study were sampled from the China National Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders Study that was conducted during 2007 and 2008. …”
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Characterization and Goodness-of-Fit Test of Pareto and Some Related Distributions Based on Near-Order Statistics by Masoumeh Akbari

“…And the power values of the proposed tests are compared with the power values of well-known tests such as Kolmogorov–Smirnov and Cramer-von Mises tests by Monte Carlo simulations.…”
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TESTING OF EMULSION VACCINES BASED ON WHITE OILS OBTAINED AS A RESULT OF HYDROCATALYTIC PROCESSING OF OILSTOCK by I. V. Pigoleva, A. S. Sharypov, T. N. Shabalina, S. V. Zaglyadova, M. V. Kitova, S. A. Antonov, V. V. Mikhalishin, V. A. Starikov, D. V. Mikhalishin

“…Samples of the developed white oils were tested for their reactogenicity and pyrogenicity, and emulsion vaccines were tested for their reactogenicity, potency, and emulsion stability. …”
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Investigation of TASS/SMR Capability to Predict a Natural Circulation in the Test Facility for an Integral Reactor by Young-Jong Chung, Sung-Won Lim, Kyoo-Hwan Bae

“…TASS/SMR predicts well the overall thermal-hydraulic behavior under various natural circulation conditions at the experimental test facility for an integral reactor. A pressure loss should be provided a function of Reynolds number at low velocity conditions in order to simulate the mass flow rate well under natural circulations.…”
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Dynamic Characteristics of an Offshore Wind Turbine with Tripod Suction Buckets via Full-Scale Testing by Yun-Ho Seo, Moo Sung Ryu, Ki-Yong Oh

“…The prediction results are compared to the experimental results obtained via full-scale testing in four stages during construction and in several operational conditions. …”
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Load-Bearing Characteristics of Large-Diameter Rock-Socketed Piles Based on Ultimate Load Tests by Xueying Liu, Xiaoyu Bai, Mingyi Zhang, Yonghong Wang, Songkui Sang, Nan Yan

“…As part of a large converter project in Shandong Province, vertical static load tests and internal force tests were conducted on three large-diameter rock-socketed piles, their load transfer mechanism was clarified, and the ultimate side resistance and ultimate resistance performance characteristics of the rock-socketed sections were analyzed. …”
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Diagnostic Value of the 13C Methacetin Breath Test in Various Stages of Chronic Liver Disease by Hamizah Razlan, Nurhayaty Muhamad Marzuki, Mei-Ling Sharon Tai, Azhar-Shah Shamsul, Tze-Zen Ong, Sanjiv Mahadeva

“…The accuracy of the 13C-methacetin breath test (13C-MBT) in differentiating between various stages of liver disease is not clear. …”
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Pulmonary Densitovolumetry Using Computed Tomography in Patients with Nontuberculous Mycobacteria: Correlation with Pulmonary Function Tests by Patricia Gomes Cytrangulo De Marca, Telma Goldenberg, Fernanda Carvalho Queiroz Mello, Alysson Roncally Silva Carvalho, Alan Ranieri Medeiros Guimarães, Roberto Mogami, Agnaldo José Lopes

“…The purpose of this study was to evaluate changes in lung parenchyma through computed tomography (CT) densitometry and, secondarily, to analyze its correlation with pulmonary function testing (PFT) in patients with NTM-PD. Methods. This is a cross-sectional study in which 31 patients with NTM-PD and 27 controls matched by sex, age, and body mass index underwent CT pulmonary densitovolumetry and pulmonary function tests including spirometry and body plethysmograph. …”
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PREVALENCE OF RISK OF KYPHOTIC POSTURE AMONG LAPTOP USERSACADEMICIANS USING OCCIPUT WALL DISTANCE TEST by Ariba Sohail et al

“…A questionnaire was used to collect demographic information of participants and Occiput Wall Distance was used to evaluate the severity of kyphoticKyphotic posture. Chi-square test was applied to analyzeanalyse the association between occiput wall test and age, gender, BMI and hours of laptop use. …”
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Genetic Testing Distinguishes Multiple Chondroid Chordomas with Neuraxial Bone Metastases from Multicentric Tumors by Hiroshi Kobayashi, Masahiro Shin, Naohiro Makise, Aya Shinozaki-Ushiku, Masachika Ikegami, Yuki Taniguchi, Yusuke Shinoda, Shinji Kohsaka, Tetsuo Ushiku, Katsutoshi Oda, Kiyoshi Miyagawa, Hiroyuki Aburatani, Hiroyuki Mano, Sakae Tanaka

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Bending and Shear Experimental Tests and Numerical Analysis of Composite Slabs Made Up of Lightweight Concrete by F. P. Alvarez Rabanal, J. Guerrero-Muñoz, M. Alonso-Martinez, J. E. Martinez-Martinez

“…These tests provide dimensionless coefficients to compare different sizes of slabs. …”
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Test Study on Airtight Capability of Filter Cakes for Slurry Shield and Its Application in a Case by Fanlu Min, Wei Zhu, Shengquan Xia, Rui Wang, Daiwei Wei, Teng Jiang

“…The slurry formulation and airproofing value of filter cakes obtained in the tests were applied successfully in Nanjing Yangtze River Tunnel.…”
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