Analytical and Clinical Evaluation of a Chemiluminescent Immunoassay to Detect Serum Chitinase-3-like Protein 1 in HBV-Related Liver Diseases by Yanqiang Liao, Se Peng, Lesheng Huang, Zhong Li, Jian Hu, Rui Xu, Wenzhi Tang, Jialing Zhuang

“…Correlation analysis revealed a significant association between CHI3L1 and alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) levels, the fibrosis-4 (FIB-4) index, and the aspartate aminotransferase-to-platelet ratio index (APRI). …”
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Prognostic impact of primary versus secondary resistance to sorafenib in patients with HCC by Jin Lei, Hongyuan Dai, Ya Zhang, Guangling Ou, Zhi Peng Liang, Yinying Lu, Haiyang Li

“…The independent risk factors for primary resistance were alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) > 400 ng/mL and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) > 40 U/L. …”
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Selection ability and market timing skills of mutual fund and unit trust managers in a developing economy: evidence from Ghana by Richard Danquah, Baorong Yu

“…The authors apply the unconditional versions of the Jensen alpha, Fama-French three-factor, and Carhart four-factor models to determine the selection ability and market timing skills of 32 mutual funds and 17 unit trusts. …”
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Applying multi-theory model to determine intentions to smoking cessation among male health worker smokers in Kabul, Afghanistan by Mousa Bashir, Farkhondeh Amin Shokravi, Anoshirvan Kazemnejad

“…The overall Cronbach’s alpha coefficient (α) for the initial and retention scales of the MTM variables was 0.80 and 0.79, respectively.ResultsThe average age of the participants was 29.33 ± 6.21 years. …”
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Identification of Key Genes and Pathways Involved in Circulating Tumor Cells in Colorectal Cancer by Ruijun Pan, Chaoran Yu, Yanfei Shao, Hiju Hong, Jing Sun, Zhou Zhang, Peiyong Li, Minhua Zheng

“…The top 10 hub genes were included, including eukaryotic translation elongation factor 2 (EEF2), ribosomal protein S2 (RPS2), ribosomal protein S5 (RPS5), ribosomal protein L3 (RPL3), ribosomal protein S3 (RPS3), ribosomal protein S14 (RPS14), ribosomal protein SA (RPSA), eukaryotic translation elongation factor 1 alpha 1 (EEF1A1), ribosomal protein S15a (RPS15A), and ribosomal protein L4 (RPL4). …”
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Pilot study to understand and compare challenges being faced in reporting of transfusion reactions in various types of blood banks enrolled under Haemovigilance Programme of India by Rayaz Ahmad Bhat, Vishal Tiwari, Satyajeet Singh, Ruchi Rao, Akash Chaudhary, Akanksha Bisht

“…STATISTICAL ANALYSIS USED: MS Excel Ver. 2007 was used for compilation and descriptive analysis of collected data, and SPSS Ver. 25.0 was used for determining the Cronbach’s alpha for the questionnaire which was statistically significant (α > 0.7). …”
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Salmon Muscle Adherence to Polymer Coatings and Determination of Antibiotic Residues by Reversed-Phase High-Performance Liquid Chromatography Coupled to Selected Reaction Monitorin... by E. Zumelzu, M. J. Wehrhahn, O. Muñoz, F. Rull

“…No evidence of antibiotics was observed on the protective coating in the range between 0.001 and 2.0 ng/mL; however, the presence of proteins, cholesterol, and alpha-carotene was detected. This in-depth profiling of the matrix-level elements is relevant for the use of adequate materials in the canning export industry.…”
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The Arabic adaptation and validation of the Partners in Health scale among patients with chronic diseases by Hayfa Almutary

“…Internal consistency was measured with Cronbach’s alpha. The test–retest reliability of the PIH-Arv scale was assessed by comparison of questionnaire responses, from the same individuals, 1 week apart, using Pearson’s correlation coefficient (r) and the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC). …”
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Evaluation of Giomer Using Eighth Generation Bonding Agent and Resin-Modified Glass Ionomer Cement Restoration in Non-Carious Cervical Lesions by Rajvi Bheda, Sanjyot Mulay, Anita Sanap Tandale

“…There was decrease in alpha ratings in both the study groups i.e., Giomer and RMGIC from 6 to 12 months. …”
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Interleukin-1 Receptor-Associated Kinase 4 Deficiency in a Greek Teenager by Panagiota Karananou, Anastasia Alataki, Efimia Papadopoulou-Alataki

“…It is a rare, autosomal recessive immunodeficiency that impairs toll/IL-1R immunity, except for the toll-like receptor (TLR) 3- and TLR4-interferon alpha (IFNA)/beta (IFNB) pathways. Case Report. We report the first patient in Greece with IRAK-4 deficiency. …”
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Relationship between Fecal Content of Fatty Acids and Cyclooxygenase mRNA Expression and Fatty Acid Composition in Duodenal Biopsies, Serum Lipoproteins, and Dietary Fat in Colecto... by K. Almendingen, A. T. Høstmark, L. N. Larsen, O. Fausa, J. Bratlie, L. Aabakken

“…The fecal palmitoleic acid/palmitic acid ratio was positively correlated to the levels of cyclooxygease-2 expression in duodenal biopsies.In the ileal-pouch-anal anastomosis group separately (n=17), significant correlations were found between the fecal contents of oleic acid, linoleic acid, and alpha-linolenic acid, and the proportions of myristic acid, oleic acid and eicosaenoic acid in duodenal biopsies. …”
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Repositioning Home Economics for Functional Entrepreneurship Education Programme in Colleges of Education in North-Central Zone, Nigeria by Iyabo Joke Shehu, Juliana Amram, Maimuna Abubakar

“…The reliability coefficient of the instrument is 0.745 using Cronbach Alpha. The researchers along with the research assistants administered the instrument to the respondents. …”
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Influence of Acute High Glucose on Protein Abundance Changes in Murine Glomerular Mesangial Cells by Michelle T. Barati, James C. Gould, Sarah A. Salyer, Susan Isaacs, Daniel W. Wilkey, Michael L. Merchant

“…Additional studies confirmed the regulation of proteasomal subunit alpha-type 2 and the endoplasmic reticulum chaperone and oxidoreductase PDI (protein disulfide isomerase), suggesting altered ER protein folding capacity and proteasomal function in response to acute HG. …”
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EFFECT OF TRAINING ON CAREER PERFORMANCE OF NIGERIA SECURITY AND CIVIL DEFENSE CORPS (NSCDC) PERSONNEL IN KADUNA STATE COMMAND by LEKSHUM SUNDAY AMOS

“…The reliability of the instrument yielded 82 correlation coefficients crouchback Alpha, Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics (frequencies percentages mean and standard deviation) for demographic characteristics of respondents, one sample t-test and one[1] way analysis of variance (ANOVA) were used to test research hypotheses at 0.05 level significance. …”
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Red Flags Associated With Knowledge Of Speech And Language Disorders Among Special Educators by Syed Tariq Shah, Nazia Mumtaz, Ghulam Saqulain

“…Results: To assess the knowledge of the educators, a specially structured questionnaire with Cronbach’s alpha reliability coefficient of 0.79 was applied to a sample with a mean age of 32.70±6.92 years with the majority of 85(85%) being female educators. …”
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Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 subgenomic RNAs that enhance viral fitness and immune evasion. by Harriet V Mears, George R Young, Theo Sanderson, Ruth Harvey, Jamie Barrett-Rodger, Rebecca Penn, Vanessa Cowton, Wilhelm Furnon, Giuditta De Lorenzo, Margaret Crawford, Daniel M Snell, Ashley S Fowler, Anob M Chakrabarti, Saira Hussain, Ciarán Gilbride, Edward Emmott, Katja Finsterbusch, Jakub Luptak, Thomas P Peacock, Jérôme Nicod, Arvind H Patel, Massimo Palmarini, Emma Wall, Bryan Williams, Sonia Gandhi, Charles Swanton, David L V Bauer

“…The most frequent neo-TRS is within the coding region of the Nucleocapsid gene, and is present in virtually all viruses from the B.1.1 lineage, including the variants of concern Alpha, Gamma, Omicron and descendants thereof. Here, we demonstrate that this TRS leads to the expression of a novel subgenomic mRNA encoding a truncated C-terminal portion of Nucleocapsid, which is an antagonist of type I interferon production and contributes to viral fitness during infection. …”
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A comparative study to determine the sport branches that the classroom pre-service teachers want to be engaged in the most in their leisure time by Osman Dalaman

“…First part is personal information form and the second part is a scale aiming to determine the sports that the participants want to perform the most in their leisure. The Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient of the scale to determine the sports the participants want to perform the most in their leisure was found to be .628. …”
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Network Pharmacology Analysis and Experimental Validation to Explore the Anti-inflammatory Mechanism of Asiatic Acid on Alcoholic Steatohepatitis by Tao Jiang, Jinhong Xu, Yang Lu, Xiaojin Chen, Yongxia Li

“…The inflammatory factor tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α), interleukin 1 beta (IL-1β), and interleukin 6 (IL-6) in a dose-dependent manner were decreased. …”
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Comparative Analyses of Diversity and Similarity Indices of West Bank Forest and Block A Forest of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Ibadan, Oyo State, Nig... by Ariyo Oluyinka Christopher

“…West bank forest had higher values of all the diversity indices and Gamma diversity except Margalef’s community diversity index and alpha diversity index which were high in block A forest. …”
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Systematically-designed mixtures outperform single fibers for gut microbiota support by T.M. Cantu-Jungles, V. Agamennone, T.J. Van den Broek, F.H.J. Schuren, B. Hamaker

“…The designed fiber mixtures outperformed individual fibers in supporting bacterial taxa across donors resulting in superior alpha diversity and unexpected higher SCFA production. …”
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