Differences in emergency nurse triage between a simulated setting and the real world, post hoc analysis of a cluster randomised trial by Hilde Philips, Veronique Verhoeven, Stefan Morreel, Jasmine Meysman, Ines Homburg, Diana De Graeve, KG Monsieurs

“…In this secondary analysis, we assess the differences in the use of the triage tool between intervention and control group and differences in costs and hospitalisations for patients assigned to the GPC.Setting ED of a general hospital and the adjacent GPC.Participants 8038 patients (6294 intervention and 1744 control).Primary and secondary outcome measures proportion of patients with triage parameters (reason for encounter, discriminator and urgency category) leading to an assignment to the ED, proportion of patients for which the computer-generated GPC assignment was overruled, motivations for choosing certain parameters, costs (invoices) and hospitalisations.Results An additional 3.1% (p<0.01) of the patients in the intervention group were classified as urgent. …”
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3D Chaotic Nonlinear Dynamic Population-Growing Mathematical System Modeling with Multiple Controllers by Shaymaa Hussain, Suzan Obaıys, Nadia Al-saidi, Yeliz Karaca

“…Control of under-activated dynamical systems has been considered substantially, and it is for periods and is currently developing in various domains such as biology, data analysis, computing systems, and so forth. Dynamic systems of growing population signifies a model describing the way a population evolves over time during which population goes through major life events, split into discrete time periods. …”
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Association of autistic personality traits with the EEG scores in non-clinical subjects during the facial video viewing by A. N. Savostyanov, D. A. Kuleshov, D. I. Klemeshova, M. S. Vlasov, A. E. Saprygin

“…A software information module of the experimental computer platform “EEG_Self-Construct” was developed and tested in the framework of this study. …”
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Sarcopenia as a Prognostic Factor of Hepatotoxicity and Lower Survival Rate in Chemotherapy of Pancreatic Cancer by A. A. Klunichenko, A. P. Seryakov, A. A. Seryakova, S. M. Demidov

“…Sarcopenia was observed using computer tomography with intravenous bolus contrast and nonionic contrast medium with iodine concentration 350 mg/ml. …”
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Rotationplasty for Unplanned Fixation of Pathological Fracture Distal Femoral Osteosarcoma by Chindanai Hongsaprabhas, Wittavat Chenboonthai, Phoomchai Suvaraksakul, Chris Charoenlap

“…There were no distant metastases from Computed Tomography (CT) scan or Technitium-99m bone scintography. …”
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Multi-centre comparison between device-independent web-browser perimetry (Melbourne Rapid Fields-web) and SITA-Faster for glaucoma by Joyce Tiang, Algis J. Vingrys, Algis J. Vingrys, Sarah Lin, Selwyn M. Prea, Adam Ahmed Moktar, Allan Bank, Ashish Agar, Ashish Agar, Yu Xiang George Kong, Yu Xiang George Kong, Yu Xiang George Kong

“…Melbourne Rapid Fields-web (MRF-web) perimeter is designed to address these limitations by allowing perimetry testing on the flat screen of your personal computer.MethodsThis study is a retrospective, cross-sectional study involving two locations in Australia, one in metropolitan Melbourne and one in rural Dubbo NSW. 232 patients with stable glaucoma, glaucoma suspect or normal eyes were tested with MRF-web and outcomes were compared to the most recent Humphrey Field Analyzer (HFA) 24-2 SITA Faster test. …”
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Autotransplantation of a Third Molar to Replace Compromised Molar With the Individual Three-Dimensional Printed Ultrasonic Osteotome: A Case Report by Cheng Bi, Wen Zhang, Bin Peng

“…The alveolar socket of Tooth #19 was prepared using the customized 3D-printed ultrasonic osteotome and a computer-aided rapid prototyping resin model. Tooth #32 was then transplanted into the socket and secured with figure-eight suspension sutures. …”
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Engineering Classes as a Tool of Professional Navigation by O. N. Vasilieva, N. V. Konovalova

“…The training program includes lessons on mathematics, physics and computer sciences, reinforcing training of future entrants for getting higher engineering-technical education, as well as an elective part on solving applied engineering tasks from the following sections: electronics, robotics, mechatronics, 3D modeling, engineering graphics, and prototyping. …”
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Investigation of the impact of complex coastline geometry on the evolution of storm surges along the eastern coast of India: a sensitivity study using a numerical model by P. Tiwari, A. D. Rao, S. Pandey, V. Pant

“…The propagation of energy density per unit length associated with surge waves is computed for concave coasts to explain the funneling effect. …”
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Systemic doxycycline as an adjunct to nonsurgical periodontal therapy in diabetic patients with periodontitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Zheng Zhang, Zheng Zhang, Zhenyu Zhang, Guoquan Zhang

“…For probing depth (PD), clinical attachment level (CAL), plaque index (PI), gingival index (GI), and bleeding on probing (BOP), mean difference (MD) and the 95% confidence interval (CI) were computed. Heterogeneity was assessed using the Q test and the I2 statistic. …”
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Attitude, Practice and Preparedness of Dental Practitioners for Providing Oral Care to Patients with Speech and Hearing Impairment by Khansa Rafi, Syed Masood-ul- Hasan, Saba Tabassum

“…Descriptive statistics with frequencies were computed and x² was used to find out the associations between different variables. …”
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Aplicación de la Metodología OOWS y el Marco Ágil Scrum en el Diseño del “Chat Corporativo” by Miriam López Sanluis, Elizabeth Cuatecontzi Cuahutle, María Guadalupe Medina Barrera, María Janaí Sánchez Hernández, José Juan Hernández Mora

“…Como trabajo futuro, se propuso migrar el chat a una plataforma Cloud Computing para aprovechar las ventajas como la escalabilidad, alta disponibilidad y seguridad que estas tecnologías ofrecen. …”
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MR Imaging of Prostate Cancer: Diffusion Weighted Imaging and (3D) Hydrogen 1 (1H) MR Spectroscopy in Comparison with Histology by J. Yamamura, G. Salomon, R. Buchert, A. Hohenstein, J. Graessner, H. Huland, M. Graefen, G. Adam, U. Wedegaetner

“…Sensitivity and specificity of ADC and metabolic ratio (MET)—both separately and in combination—for identification of tumor tissue was computed for variable discrimination thresholds to evaluate its receiver operator characteristic (ROC). …”
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Groundwater Aquifer Vulnerability Assessment using a Dar-Zarrouk Parameter in a Proposed Aboru Residential Estate, Lagos State, Nigeria by M.A. Ayuk

“…Isoresistivity and Isopach maps were generated and Total Longitudinal Unit  Conductance, S of the earth materials overlying the aquifer was computed and the aquifer protective capacity (APC) map was generated. …”
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Current Situation and Management of Pleural Effusion in PHI Clinical Hospital Tetovo by Ruzhdi Rexhepi, Selma Arifi, Merita Rexhepi, Dejan Dokic, Tatjana Ruskovska

“…In 2,3% of the subjects, computed tomography described an effusion in the left lung. …”
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Clinical outcomes of atrial fibrillation screening: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by Ville Langén, Aleksi K. Winstén, K. E. Juhani Airaksinen, Konsta Teppo

“…Pooled risk ratios (RRs) were computed for all-cause stroke or systemic embolism, major bleeding, and all-cause mortality, comparing screening with no screening.Results Seven RCTs encompassing 76 458 participants were identified. …”
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The Validity and Reliability of a Smartphone Application for Break-Point Angle Measurement during Nordic Hamstring Exercise by Toshiaki Soga, Shota Yamaguchi, Takayuki Inami, Hiromi Saito, Nadaka Hakariya, Naoto Nakaichi, Sho Shinohara, Kei Akiyama, Norikazu Hirose

“…# Background A recently developed smartphone application (Nordic Angle) allows the automatic calculation of the break-point angle (BPA) during Nordic hamstring exercise (NHE) without transferring the collected data to a computer. The BPA is the point at which the hamstrings are unable to withstand force. …”
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Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection in Mother and Son with a Central 22q11.2 Microdeletion by Signe Faurschou, Dorte L. Lildballe, Lisa L. Maroun, Morten Helvind, Maria Rasmussen

“…The maternal grandmother was unaffected by heart disease. However, heart computed tomography scan of the maternal aunt revealed a quadricuspid aortic valve. …”
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Application of Securitization of Leasing Assets by I. V. Linev

“…Nomenclature of property includes office, medical (first of all, stomatology), training, video the equipment, and also a car, motor-equipment, towers of cellular communication production of heavy mechanical engineering and computers. The essence of securitization of leasing assets consists in isolation of streams of leasing payments from risk of bankruptcy of the leasing company. …”
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MetArea: a software package for analysis of the mutually exclusive occurrence in pairs of motifs of transcription factor binding sites based on ChIP-seq data by V. G. Levitsky, A. V. Tsukanov, T. I. Merkulova

“…MetArea calculates the estimates of recognition performance pAUPRC (partial area under the Precision–Recall curve) for each of the two input single motifs, identifies the “joint” motif, and computes the performance for it too. The goal of the analysis is to find pairs of single motifs A and B for which the accuracy of the joint A&B motif is higher than those of both single motifs.…”
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