Trends in spinal implant utilization and pricing by Gabrielle Lucia Dykhouse, Rachel A. Bratescu, Osama N. Kashlan, McGrath Lynn Jr., Roger Härtl, Galal A. Elsayed

“…Prices were adjusted for inflation based on 2022 prices. Trends were analyzed using linear regression. …”
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The Readability of Patient Education Materials Pertaining to Gastrointestinal Procedures by Mohammad S. Nawaz, Laura E. McDermott, Savanna Thor

“…Furthermore, medical terminology that was properly explained, proper nouns, medication names, and other copyright text were removed in order to prevent inflation of the difficulty. Five validated readability tests were used to analyze each study and subsections: Coleman-Liau, New Dale-Chall, Flesch-Kincaid, Gunning Fog, SMOG. …”
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The impact of chronic kidney disease on developed countries from a health economics perspective: A systematic scoping review. by Sarah Elshahat, Paul Cockwell, Alexander P Maxwell, Matthew Griffin, Timothy O'Brien, Ciaran O'Neill

“…All costs were adjusted for inflation and expressed in US$ after correcting for purchasing power parity. …”
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The impact of internal and macroeconomic factors on the profitability of the banking sector. A case study of the Western Balkan countries by Arsim Hoxha, Roberta Bajrami, Ylber Prekazi

“…Internal factors such as bank Z-score, 3-bank asset concentration, bank net interest margin, bank overhead costs to total assets, bank credit to deposits, and bank capital to total assets have a positive impact on profitability, according to the findings. GDP and inflation, for example, have a mixed impact on profitability. …”
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Examining the experiences of school governing body in handling school funds by Bhekithemba Phumlani Ngema, Simanga Phillip Lukhele, Rudzani Israel Lumadi

“…Moreover, the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education should deposit adequate funds timeously and in accordance with the inflation rate of the country to avoid recurring debts.…”
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Analysis of Techno–Economic and Social Impacts of Electric Vehicle Charging Ecosystem in the Distribution Network Integrated with Solar DG and DSTATCOM by Ramesh Bonela, Sriparna Roy Ghatak, Sarat Chandra Swain, Fernando Lopes, Sharmistha Nandi, Surajit Sannigrahi, Parimal Acharjee

“…To make the model more realistic, various practical parameters, such as the inflation rate and interest rate, are incorporated during the financial analysis. …”
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Algo-Trading Strategy for Intraweek Foreign Exchange Speculation Based on Random Forest and Probit Regression by Younes Chihab, Zineb Bousbaa, Marouane Chihab, Omar Bencharef, Soumia Ziti

“…In the Forex market, the price of the currencies increases and decreases rapidly based on many economic and political factors such as commercial balance, the growth index, the inflation rate, and the employment indicators. Having a good strategy to buy and sell can make a profit from the above changes. …”
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Changes in the Biomechanical Properties of Corneal Stromal Lens after Collagen Crosslinking Induced by EDC-NHS by Rong Shi, Lijing Wang, Chengpeng Liang, Yu Cheng, Tai Xiang Liu, Xin Luo

“…Biomechanical assessments including inflation test, enzymatic degradation resistance, and light transmittance were evaluated posttreatment. …”
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Econometric analysis of supply chain disruptions: financial performance in the European automotive sector by Viviane Naimy, Tatiana Abou Chedid, Nicolas Bitar

“…We examined the impact of SCD on return on assets (ROA), return on equity (ROE), and stock returns (SR), while controlling for factors such as age, leverage, size, economic growth, inflation, and unemployment. Our findings revealed that disruptions related to industrial materials and iron prices (IRAW) positively influence stock market performance, with a 99.5% increase in SR per 1% rise in IRAW, suggesting increased demand. …”
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Interplay of financial inclusion and economic growth in emerging economies by Shreya Pal, Shravni Vankila, Melvin Norbert Fernandes

“…Monetary policies include Brazil's inflation targeting, Turkey's interest rate adjustments, and India's MUDRA scheme, which promotes entrepreneurship. …”
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INVESTMENT STRATEGIES OF INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS: SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUNDS VS ENDOWMENTS by E. S. Biryukov

“…Not all institutional investors are ready to follow these strategies because of the risk of negative returns in times of crises, but in the medium- and long-term, these approaches allow to beat inflation. For example, Yale's endowment has grown since 1985 to 2012 from 1.6 to 19 billion dollars, and high yield allows to transmit 1 billion dollars (!) …”
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Parity and post-reproductive mortality among U.S. Black and White women: Evidence from the health and retirement study. by Cheryl Elman, Angela M O'Rand, Andrew S London

“…We examine 7,322 non-Hispanic Black and White women, born 1920-1941, in the Health and Retirement Study, using zero-inflation methods to estimate infecundity risk and parity by race/ethnicity. …”
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Contemporary Trends of the Epidemiology, Clinical Characteristics, and Resource Utilization of Necrotizing Fasciitis in Texas: A Population-Based Cohort Study by Lavi Oud, Phillip Watkins

“…Key changes between 2001-2002 and 2009-2010 included rising incidence of NF (5.9 versus 7.6 per 100,000 [P<0.0001]), chronic comorbidities (69.4% versus 76.7% [P<0.0001]), and development of ≥1 organ failure (28.5% versus 51.7% [P<0.0001]). Inflation-adjusted hospital charges rose 37% (P<0.0001). …”
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Contact patches of radial tires with different length-to-width ratiosunder static loads by Fengliang Qiao, Zhaojie Shen, Yuxia Kang

“…This study investigates the effect of radial tires with varying aspect ratios on contact patches under different loads and inflation pressures. The size and shape of the contact patches, along with the pressure distribution in tires with different aspect ratios, were analyzed. …”
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Multifractal analysis of Bitcoin price dynamics by Cristian Bucur, Bogdan-George Tudorică, Adela Bâra, Simona-Vasilica Oprea

“…Spanning 2019–2022, the analysis reveals multifractal scaling not only in Bitcoin prices, but also in economic indicators such as inflation rates and energy commodity prices. The non-linear singularity spectra unveil the multifaceted nature of scaling properties. …”
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On the pursuit of reproducibility: the importance of large sample sizes in psychoimmunology by Manivel Rengasamy, Daniel Moriarity, Rebecca Price

“…., n = 1000 to n = 10,000) were sufficiently powered to detect PIM-depression associations and minimized overestimation of effect sizes (e.g., effect size inflation), and greater sample sizes were required as more covariates were included in analytic models. …”
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The Impact of Macroeconomic Factors on the Sukuk Market Development with an Emphasis on the Role of Financial Risk in Selected Islamic Countries by Hadis Dalvandi, Habib Ansari Samani, Ali Lamea

“…The results show that in the studied countries, the impact of financial risk, interest rate fluctuations and institutional quality on the sukuk market development is negative and significant, while, the stock market development, inflation and exports have a positive and significant impact on the sukuk market development. …”
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False Alarm Reduction in Self-Care by Personalized Automatic Detection of ECG Electrode Cable Interchanges by Jocelyne Fayn, Paul Rubel

“…Almost the same results, with 99.99% of sensitivity and 100% of specificity, were obtained in two test sets from 90 patients, composed of 2098 and 2036 representative ECG beats respectively recorded during PTCA balloon inflation, a procedure which mimics ischemia, and before PTCA for control. …”
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The Increasing Financial Impact of Chronic Kidney Disease in Australia by Patrick S. Tucker, Michael I. Kingsley, R. Hugh Morton, Aaron T. Scanlan, Vincent J. Dalbo

“…Dollar amounts were adjusted for inflation prior to analysis. Between 2012 and 2020, prevalence, per-patient expenditure, and total disease expenditure associated with CKD and RRT are estimated to increase significantly more rapidly than CVD. …”
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Effect of Small and Medium Enterprises on Growth of Business in Kabale Municipality: A Case Study of Kabale Central Market. by Atukunzire, Pross

“…Major challenges faced by SMEs in Kabale Central Market included taxation and regulatory issues, inadequate storage facilities, competition, inflation, and transportation costs. Solutions proposed to address these challenges included enhancing the development of the financial sector, expanding and diversifying market opportunities, promoting good governance practices, and investing in human and cultural capital development. …”
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