High-Dose Toremifene as a Promising Candidate Therapy for Hormone Receptor-Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer with Secondary Resistance to Aromatase Inhibitors by Atsushi Fushimi, Isao Tabei, Azusa Fuke, Tomoyoshi Okamoto, Hiroshi Takeyama

“…Time to treatment failure (TTF) was estimated by the Kaplan–Meier method and compared between subgroups by the log-rank test. …”
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All-Cause Mortality Risk of Metabolically Healthy Obese Individuals in NHANES III by C. M. Durward, T. J. Hartman, S. M. Nickols-Richardson

“…Hazard ratios (HR) for all-cause mortality were estimated with Cox regression models. Nonpregnant women and men were included (n=4373, mean ± SD, age 37.1±10.9 years, BMI 27.3±5.8 kg/m2, 49.4% female). …”
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Prevalence and Predictors of Stunting among Primary School Children in Northeast Ethiopia by Getaw Walle Bazie, Mohammed Seid, Gudina Egata

“…Odds ratio along with 95% confidence interval was estimated to measure the strength of the association. …”
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Impact of discontinuation of cephazolin prophylaxis on the incidence of postoperative adverse events in cataract surgery by Kazutaka Uchida, Keita Takahama, Kenshiro Higashi, Yuki Kusano, Koki Matsumoto, Yoshihiro Nakagawa, Kazutaka Oda

“…Six postoperative adverse events (2.3%, 95% confidence interval: 0.8–4.9) occurred in the CEZ group, with an estimated 230 patients (80–490 from the 95% confidence interval) expected to experience adverse events per 10,000 patients using CEZ. …”
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Analysis of variability in gestation length in sows and its association with litter traits at birth by Alexander Kramarenko, Olena Yulevich, Iryna Lіuta, Serhii Kramarenko

“…Meta-analysis revealed that the “general” estimates of the phenotypic correlation coefficient between gestation length and total litter size, the number of live piglets, and total litter weight at birth were significant and negative. …”
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Lifetime progression of IgA nephropathy: a retrospective cohort study with extended long-term follow-up by Mariell Rivedal, Ole Petter Nordbø, Yngvar Lunde Haaskjold, Rune Bjørneklett, Thomas Knoop, Øystein Eikrem

“…Patients were divided into subgroups based on their specific estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) slopes. …”
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Characterization of preclinical models to investigate spinal cord stimulation for neuropathic pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Dave Mugan, Quoc C. Vuong, Birte E. Dietz, Ilona Obara

“…Motor threshold (MT) estimation was the predominant strategy to determine SCS intensity, which was set to 71.9% of MT on average. …”
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Comparative analysis of seasonal wind power using Weibull, Rayleigh and Champernowne distributions by Bienvenu Sumaili Ndeba, Omaima El Alani, Abdellatif Ghennioui, Mostafa Benzaazoua

“…Its ability to capture calm hours and extreme wind speeds provided more accurate power density estimates, with errors averaging 23%, compared to 33% and 42% for the Weibull and Rayleigh-Rice distributions, respectively. …”
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Climate Projections and Pacific Lamprey Conservation: Evidence That Larvae in Natural Conditions May Be Resilient to Climate Warming by Timothy A. Whitesel, Paul M. Sankovich

“…Based on daily maximum temperatures, the ultimate upper incipient lethal temperature was estimated to be >30.8 °C using a time to death analysis and >32.0 °C using a percent mortality analysis. …”
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Comparison of Airborne Bacterial Populations Determined by Passive and Active Air Sampling at puy de Dôme, France by Kevin P. Dillon, Romie Tignat-Perrier, Muriel Joly, Sydonia N. C. M. Grogan, Catherine Larose, Pierre Amato, Gediminas Mainelis

“…The observed bacterial richness and diversity, as estimated through Shannon’s and Simpson’s indexes, were significantly greater in REPS samples compared to the PM10 samples. …”
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Socioeconomic risk factors of hypertension and blood pressure among persons aged 15–49 in Nepal: a cross-sectional study by Sushant Joshi, Bishnu Bahadur Thapa

“…Objectives This study estimated the prevalence of hypertension, in accordance with the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association’s 2017 guidelines, and examined the association between various socioeconomic factors and systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP) and hypertension.Setting and design We used nationally representative data from the 2016 Nepal Demographic and Health Survey. …”
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The Economic Impact of COVID-19 Treatment at a Hospital-level: Investment and Financial Registers of Brazilian Hospitals by Ana Paula Beck da Silva Etges, Ricardo Bertoglio Cardoso, Milena S Marcolino, Karen Brasil Ruschel, Ana Paula Coutinho, Elayne Crestani Pereira, Fernando Anschau, Fernando Aranha, Filipe Carrilho, Giovanna Vietta, Gisele Alsina Nader Bastos, Joanna d’Arc Lyra Batista, José Miguel Chatkin, Juliana da Silva Nogueira, Leila Beltrami Moreira, Luciana Haddad, Maiara Floriani, Marília Teixeira de Siqueira, Patrícia Ziegelmann, Petrônio José de Lima Martelli, Roberta Pozza, Umbelina Cravo Teixeira Lagioia, Carisi Anne Polanczyk, Luciane Kopittke

“…**Background:** The economic impact associated with the treatment strategies of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) patients by hospitals and health-care systems in Brazil is unknown and difficult to estimate. This research describes the investments made to absorb the demand for treatment and the changes in occupation rates and billing in Brazilian hospitals. …”
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Distribution features of the red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) in the south of Ukraine: a case study of Mykolaiv Oblast by Kostiantyn Redinov

“…As of 2020–2024, the estimated abundance of squirrels in the territory of Mykolaiv Oblast is approximately 250–500 individuals.…”
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Long-term survival and clinical implications of allogeneic stem cell transplantation in relapse/refractory lymphoma: A 20-year Singapore experience by Wei Sheng Joshua Loke, Jean Rachel Catapia, Chay Lee Low, Francesca Lim, Jeffrey Quek, Hein Than, Yeow Tee Goh, Yeh Ching Linn, Colin Phipps Diong, Aloysius Ho, William Hwang, Chung Cheng Jordan Hwang, Aditi Ghosh, Liang Pui Koh, Lip Koon Tan, Joanne Lee, Li Mei Michelle Poon, Cheng Kiat Lawrence Ng

“…Results: After median follow-up of 56 months, estimated 4-year progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) for all patients were 38% and 45%, respectively. …”
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Correlation between Reduced FEF25-75% and a Positive Methacholine Challenge Test in Adults with Nonobstructive Baseline Spirometry by Irfan Shafiq, Mateen Haider Uzbeck, Zaid Zoumot, Mohamed Abuzakouk, Niyas Parappurath, Ali Saeed Wahla

“…Logistic regression was utilized to estimate the log odds of a positive methacholine test as a function of FEF25-75% and also for age, gender, BMI, FEV1, and FEV1/FVC. …”
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Hyperuricemia prevalence and its risk factors in uremic patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis by Meng Zhang, Gaoqiankun Huang, Xiaorong Bao, Qingmei Yang

“…Compared to those in n-HUA group, subjects in HUA group showed lower estimated glomerular filtration rate and blood CO2 level, but higher levels of body mass index, geriatric nutritional risk index, plasma phosphate, potassium, pre-albumin, albumin, serum creatinine (Scr) and urea nitrogen. …”
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Processing streams in a monitoring cloud cluster by Alexey N. Nazarov

“…This requires to study the methodological possibilities of organization to study of parallel processing high-speed streaming services with the processing of huge amounts of bit data, and, simultaneously, to estimate the necessary computational resource. In the conditions of high dynamics of changes in the bit rate of information generation from the source, a model of the bit rate of Discretized Stream (DStream) formation is proposed, which has a common application. …”
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The study of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) accessions in Krasnodar Region by S. V. Grigoryev, T. V. Yakusheva

“…The most important features of cotton fiber were estimated in the context of the trends existing on the world market (HVI testing).Results and conclusions. …”
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Implementation and evaluation of a complex outpatient oral antimicrobial therapy program (COpAT) in Canada by Maggie Wong, Davie Wong

“…Compared to outpatient intravenous therapy, the total cost savings from COpAT were estimated to be $255,000 Canadian dollars (CAD), which translated to an average cost savings of $2500 CAD per patient per year. …”
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Association Between Mental Illness and Diabetes: an Expert Opinion-Based Analysis by Elizabeth Cristina Mayorga Aldaz, Roberto Javier Aguilar Berrezueta, Elizabeth Altamirano

“…The Cut Points were estimated as the average of the values of the inverse standard function for each scale. …”
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