Affordability of Essential Medicines and Associated Factors in Public Health Facilities of Jimma Zone, Southwest Ethiopia by Eyassu Mathewos Oridanigo, Waju Beyene Salgedo, Feyera Gebissa Kebene

“…A facility-based cross-sectional study design was employed. The study was conducted from March 28 to April 30, 2018, in the public health facilities of Jimma Zone, Southwest Ethiopia. …”
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Inverse association between dietary flavonoid intake and nocturia in middle-aged and older adults from NHANES 2007–2010 by Yu Cai, Ying-Chao Liang, Xin-Yu Hu, Ling Li, De-Liang Liu, Shu-Fang Chu, Hui-Lin Li

“…Weighted multivariate logistic regression and stratified analysis were employed to evaluate the impact of dietary total flavonoid consumption on nocturia. …”
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The importance of the Autostrain RV technique in the treatment of right ventricular myocardial alterations in patients with breast cancer receiving chemotherapy by Yan Liang, Ping Du, Yabo Song, Xinshi Li, Yingying Han, Hongfang Dongye, Hongqiang Liu, Jinqiu Li

“…To examine the changes in various cardiac function parameters before and after chemotherapy, two-dimensional echocardiography was employed 48 h before chemotherapy, 48 h after the fourth cycle of chemotherapy, and 48 h after the eighth cycle of chemotherapy, respectively. …”
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Ketamine effects on resting state functional brain connectivity in major depressive disorder patients: a hypothesis-driven analysis based on a network model of depression by Kasper Recourt, Joop Van Gerven, Joop Van Gerven, Nadieh Drenth, Jeroen van der Grond, Kantaro Nishigori, Nic J. Van Der Wee, Gabriël E. Jacobs, Gabriël E. Jacobs

“…Ketamine’s antidepressant effects and its impact on functional networks in non-resistant forms of major depressive disorder are expected to provide valuable insight into ketamine’s mechanism of action related to depression.MethodsThis study employs an existing network model of major depressive disorder to investigate the effects of ketamine on resting state connectivity in a therapy-non-resistant major depressive disorder population. …”
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Using Sequence Mining to Predict Complex Systems: A Case Study in Influenza Epidemics by Theyazn H. H. Aldhyani, Manish R. Joshi, Shahab A. AlMaaytah, Ahmed Abdullah Alqarni, Nizar Alsharif

“…Standard measure performance MSE, RMSE, and MAE were employed to estimate the results of the proposed model. …”
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Comparison of intensity normalization methods in prostate, brain, and breast cancer multi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging by Savannah R. Duenweg, Samuel A. Bobholz, Allison K. Lowman, Aleksandra Winiarz, Biprojit Nath, Michael J. Barrett, Fitzgerald Kyereme, Stephanie Vincent-Sheldon, Peter LaViolette

“…Previous studies have employed several normalization methods, but there is a lack of consensus on which method results in the most comparable images across vendors and acquisitions. …”
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The proper application of logistic regression model in complex survey data: a systematic review by Devjit Dey, Md. Samio Haque, Md. Mojahedul Islam, Umme Iffat Aishi, Sajida Sultana Shammy, Md. Sabbir Ahmed Mayen, Syed Toukir Ahmed Noor, Md. Jamal Uddin

“…Of these, it was found that only 19.7% of the studies employed multilevel mixed-effects logistic regression to account for data dependencies. …”
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Comprehensive bioinformatics analysis identifies hub genes associated with immune cell infiltration in early-onset schizophrenia by Shasha Wu, Tailian Xue, Yilin Li, Weikang Chen, Yan Ren

“…Numerous studies have demonstrated a broad link between immune dysregulation and the central nervous system in EOS, and its pathogenesis involves immune dysfunction, but the exact biological mechanisms have not been elucidated. This study employs immune infiltration analysis and bioinformatics to unveil the pathogenic mechanisms of EOS and identify potential diagnostic biomarkers, aiming for more precise clinical interventions. …”
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Cost-Benefit Analysis of Genetic Testing as a Prenatal Diagnostic Tool for Thalassemia: A Single-Center Study From Central Thailand by Malasai K, Jittikoon J, Udomsinprasert W, Talungchit P, Youngkong S, Sangroongruangsri S, Mahasirimongkol S, Chaikledkaew U

“…A decision-tree model was employed for this analysis. The study compared the scenarios with and without genetic testing, adopting a societal perspective that accounted for costs during pregnancy and the lifetime of a child born with thalassemia. …”
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Stability of compact stars in a uniform density background cloud by Ksh. Newton Singh, S. K. Maurya, A. Errehymy, O. Donmez, K. Myrzakulov, T. T. Smitha

“…Due to the thin background cloud, the spacetime geometry is minimally deformed allowing us to employ the technique of minimal geometric decoupling (MGD). …”
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Evaluating the association between lipidome and female reproductive diseases through comprehensive Mendelian randomization analyses by Ye Ma, Fang Wu, Zeming Yu, Lu Yang

“…The two-sample MR (TSMR) approach was employed to investigate the causal relationships, with further validation using false discovery rate (FDR) and multivariable MR (MVMR) methods. …”
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An investigative study on the parameters optimization of the electric discharge machining of Ti6Al4V by Muhammad Mansoor Uz Zaman Siddiqui, Syed Amir Iqbal, Ali Zulqarnain, Adeel Tabassum

“…Throughout the experiment, a variety of input factor settings were employed, and the responses to those were noted. The following parameters were used to obtain the experimental data: current (LV) at 30 and 50 A, voltage (HV) at 0.3 and 0.7 V, pulse on time (Ton) at 4 and 6.5 µs, and pulse off time (Toff) at 5.5 and 6.5 µs. …”
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Designing the behavioral model of stakeholders in the corporate governance of iran's social security organization and its affiliated companies by Sepahdar Ansarinik, Seyed Jamaledin Tabibi

“…Furthermore, exploratory factor analysis using the principal component method was employed to explain the factors of the model, which represented a classification of stakeholder groups. …”
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Global research trends on gastrointestinal cancer and mental health (2004–2024): a bibliographic study by Wenjin Han, Tianmeng Wang, Zhiqiang He, Caihua Wang, Zhaozhao Hui, Shuangyan Lei, Nan Hao, Ning Li, Xiaoqin Wang, Xiaoqin Wang

“…VOS Viewer and CiteSpace, as commonly used bibliometric analysis tools, were employed to visualize the network structure of bibliometric data and uncover the evolving trends in scientific research fields. …”
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Association of biochemical indicators with multimorbidity in 19,624 older adult individuals with chronic diseases: a study from Jindong District, Jinhua City, China by Qihuan Yao, Guozhong Chen

“…Chi-square tests and logistic regression were employed to evaluate the potential factors of biochemical indicators related to multimorbidity of chronic diseases.ResultsThe multimorbidity rate of chronic diseases in older adult patients is 70.3%. …”
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Experiments and Index Construction for Disaster Caused by Low Temperature Affecting Hetao Sunflower in Inner Mongolia by Duan Xiaofeng, Liu Wei, Bao Jiajing, Liu Yanli, Li Shuqi, Tang Hongyan

“…The regression analysis method is employed to develop and validate disaster grade indices based on harmful accumulated temperature and ordinal numbers. …”
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Adversarial measurements for convolutional neural network-based energy theft detection model in smart grid by Santosh Nirmal, Pramod Patil, Sagar Shinde

“…Electricity or Energy theft detection (ETD) systems utilizing machine learning, particularly those employing neural networks, have high accuracy and have become popular in literature, achieving higher detection performance. …”
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Antioxidant and antibacterial activity of red seaweed Kappaphycus alvarezii against pathogenic bacteria by P. Bhuyar, M.H. Rahim, S. Sundararaju, G.P. Maniam, N. Govindan

“…Total phenolic content and ferric reducing assays were employed to quantify antioxidant properties. Whereas, the disc diffusion assays were used to study antibacterial activity. …”
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HP1 Promotes the Centromeric Localization of ATRX and Protects Cohesion by Interfering Wapl Activity in Mitosis by Erchen Zhang, Lei Peng, Kejia Yuan, Zexian Ding, Qi Yi

“…Methods: The clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats with CRISPR-associated protein 9 (CRISPR-Cas9) system and overexpression approaches were employed alongside immunofluorescence to investigate the mechanism of ATRX localization at the centromere. …”
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Structural Alteration of Medial Temporal Lobe Subfield in the Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment Stage of Alzheimer’s Disease by Pan He, Hang Qu, Ming Cai, Weijie Liu, Xinyi Gu, Qiang Ma

“…Voxel-based morphometry was employed to conduct the quantitative measurement of gray matter densities of the hippocampus, amygdala, entorhinal cortex, and mammillary body (MB). …”
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