Validation of the Kidney Failure Risk Equation in the Colombian Population by C. Larrarte, J. Vesga, F. Ardila, A. Aldana, D. Perea, M. Sanabria

“…The discriminatory capacity of the model was evaluated by the concordance index using Harrell’s C statistic, and the time-dependent area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was estimated using the nearest neighbor method, as well as the optimal cut-off point for sensitivity and specificity. …”
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Public Health System’s Preparedness to Address Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome: A Rapid Assessment Survey of Health-care Providers in India by Beena Nitin Joshi, Sharmeen Akhtar Shaikh, Amlin Shukla, Mohd. Ashraf Ganie, Imtiyaz Ahmad Wani, Vanita Suri, Neena Malhotra, Sarita Agarwal, Subhankar Chowdhury, Prasanta Kumar Bhattacharya, Rakesh Kumar Sahay, Roya Rozati, Puthiyaveettil Khadar Jabbar, Abilash Nair, Bharti Kulkarni, Aafia Rashid, Sunny Khajuria, Monica Rajput, Gaivee Vinam Meshram, Shouvik Chowdhury, Rahul Harish Bamon, Muhammed Shahid Pasha, Farhana Begum, Manoj Rema Aravind, Taruna Arora

“…This study was a component of a larger task force study that aimed to estimate the community-based prevalence of PCOS in India. …”
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Evaluation of Human Interventions on Longshore Sediment Transport in Damietta Port Area by Ahmed Ibrahim, Anas El Molla, Hany Ahmed

“…Additionally, comparisons with the estimated LST from previous regional studies confirm the model's reliability. …”
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Healthy enough to work up to age 67 and beyond? A longitudinal population-based study on time trends in working life expectancy free of cardiovascular diseases based on German heal... by Fabian Tetzlaff, Jelena Epping, Juliane Tetzlaff, Lieselotte Mond

“…Based on transition rates between the states labour force, non-labour force, CVD and death, CVD-free years spent in the labour force were estimated for each age using multistate life table analyses.Results The length of CVD-free WLE increased over time. …”
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Repeatability and Agreement of Central Corneal Thickness and Keratometry Measurements between Four Different Devices by Laszlo Kiraly, Jana Stange, Kathleen S. Kunert, Saadettin Sel

“…Background. To estimate repeatability and comparability of central corneal thickness (CCT) and keratometry measurements obtained by four different devices in healthy eyes. …”
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Long-term Air Pollution Exposure Impact on COVID-19 Morbidity in China by Yihan Wu, Qingming Zhan, Qunshan Zhao

“…Annual means for ambient PM2.5, PM10, SO2, NO2, CO and O3 concentrations in each prefecture are used to estimate the population’s exposure. We leverage identical statistical methods, i.e., Spearman’s rank correlation and negative binomial regression model, to demonstrate that people who are chronically exposed to ambient air pollution are more likely to be infected by COVID-19. …”
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Getting more by asking for less: Linking species interactions to species co-distributions in metacommunities by Barbier, Matthieu, Bunin, Guy, Leibold, Mathew A.

“…However, we also find that it is possible to estimate the statistical moments (mean value and variance) of the species interactions distribution much more robustly, even if the precise values cannot be inferred. …”
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Navigating the Challenges of Sustainability in the Food Processing Chain: Insights into Energy Interventions to Reduce Footprint by Orlando Corigliano, Pietropaolo Morrone, Angelo Algieri

“…Energy efficiency interventions are estimated to save up to 20%, with a favorable payback period, as evidenced by several practical implementations.…”
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Changes in Renal Function Following Administration of Oral Sodium Phosphate or Polyethylene Glycol for Colon Cleansing before Colonoscopy by Ramy Abaskharoun, William Depew, Stephen Vanner

“…Chronic renal failure (CRF) was defined as an abnormal Cr at repeat measurement or an abnormal Cr clearance as estimated by the Cockroft-Gault equation at the time of repeat Cr measurement. …”
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Construction of a Multimodal Neuroimaging Data Fusion System and Evaluation of Mental Fatigue Using Nonlinear Analysis by Rui Chen, Zhenzhong Li, Yi Lai

“…Under different signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs), the regression coefficient based on LMSA is much larger than the GLM estimate; the corresponding significance level is p<0.05; and the maximum value of the regression coefficient appears near 0.2. …”
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‘Braun’: the first russian cotton cultivar with naturally colored fiber by R. K. Tuz, M. Sh. Asfandiiarova, L. P. Podolnaya

“…The fiber’s natural color would make the products from such fiber notably more attractive. The estimated cost efficiency of its cultivation showed high profitability – up to 132%.…”
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Efficiency of four trap types and human landing catch in the sampling of Mansonia (Diptera, Culicidae) in Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brazil. by Nercy Virginia Rabelo Furtado, José Ferreira Saraiva, Kaio Nabas Ribeiro, Noel Santos Fernandes Neto, Jéssica Fernanda Dos Santos Barroso, Cynara de Melo Rodovalho, Dario Pires Carvalho, Allan Kardec Ribeiro Galardo, José Bento Pereira Lima

“…In this context, developing more effective collection strategies is essential to accurately estimate the entomological parameters necessary for effective control. …”
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Farmers’ Perceptions of Mexican Bean Weevil, Zabrotes subfasciatus (Boheman), and Pest Management Practices in Southern Ethiopia by Tariku Mesele, Kumela Dibaba, Esayas Mendesil

“…In addition, most farmers (53.4%) estimated 26-50% loss in storage. Most farmers reported the use of pesticidal plants for control of Mexican bean weevil, while only a few farmers reported they had applied insecticide in their store. …”
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Global, regional, and national burden of blindness and vision loss attributable to smoking from 1990 to 2021, and forecasts to 2030: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Stud... by Yi Zeng, Yixian Liu, Xingyi Chen, Jennifer Kenny, Rong Rong, Xiaobo Xia

“…In 2021, the global BVL-related YLDs and ASYR attributable to smoking were estimated at 284.03 thousand and 3.27 per 100,000 population. …”
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IMPACT ON THE LIVELIHOOD OF RURAL FARMERS DUE TO THE ADOPTION OF MODERN AGRICULTURAL TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGY IN NEPAL by Binisha Paudel, Sunil Regmi

“…It helps to maximize the efficiency of resource use, minimize waste and environmental effects, analyze the amount of nutrients in the soil, estimate crop water requirements, etc. Farmers are now able to monitor and identify their needs and problems themselves, optimize balanced doses of fertilization, track crop health and pest infestation, etc thus improving crop quality.…”
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Sex differences in the expression of lipid oxidation and glucose uptake genes in muscles of fasted mice by N. A. Feofanova, T. V. Yakovleva, E. N. Makarova, N. M. Bazhan

“…Our aim was to find out whether there were sex differences in hormonal regulation and the expression of genes controlling glucose and lipid metabolism in skeletal muscles in response to fasting. We estimated the effect of 24-hour fasting on the expression of genes involved in lipid (Ucp3, Cpt1) and carbohydrate (Slc2a4) metabolism in muscles and evaluated changes in body weight and blood plasma levels of glucose, insulin, free fatty acids (FFA), adiponectin, and FGF21 in male and female C57BL/6J mice. …”
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Clinical, immune and genetic risk factors of malaria-associated acute kidney injury in Zambian children: A study protocol. by Chisambo Mwaba, Sody Munsaka, David Mwakazanga, David Rutagwerae, Owen Ngalamika, Suzanna Mwanza, Mignon McCulloch, Evans Mpabalwani

“…The sensitivity, specificity, and estimates of the area under the curve (AUC) for the renal angina score will be determined.…”
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Capturing spatiotemporal variation in salt marsh belowground biomass, a key resilience metric, through geoinformatics by Kyle D. Runion, Deepak R. Mishra, Merryl Alber, Mark A. Lever, Jessica L. O'Connell

“…Finally, we used regression commonality analysis to show that model estimates reflected the spatiotemporal structure of BGB variation observed in field measurements. …”
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Monte Carlo Simulation to Evaluate Mould Growth in Walls: The Effect of Insulation, Orientation, and Finishing Coating by Ricardo M. S. F. Almeida, Eva Barreira

“…Several mould prediction models, which allow estimating mould growth in building components and performing risk analysis, are available in the literature, such as the updated VTT model or the Biohygrothermal model. …”
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Groundwater Level Forecasting in the Jakarta Groundwater Basin by Andi Agus Nur, Dani Ruswandi

“…Accurate and reliable groundwater level estimation is very important because it provides important information about the quantitative groundwater status of an aquifer. …”
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