Temperature measurements with a temporal scanner: systematic review and meta-analysis by Ruzan Udumyan, Håkan Geijer, Georg Lohse, Ylva Nilsagård

“…Sensitivity and specificity were estimated using hierarchical models. Quality of evidence was assessed according to the GRADE system.Primary and secondary outcome measures The primary outcome was measurement accuracy expressed as mean difference ±95% LoA. …”
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Towards quantifying exfiltration from in situ sanitary sewer pipes by John F. Griffith, Joshua A. Steele, Adriana Gonzalez-Fernández, Kenneth C. Schiff

“…Most previous measurements of sanitary sewer exfiltration have been done in the laboratory, in the field using natural, chemical or pharmaceutical tracers or modeled. Relatively few studies have employed physical measurements of volume loss in field settings. …”
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From shadowing to active learning: exploring the impact of supervised teaching clinics on gynecology education by Sangsang Ren, Hong Zhan, Asanga Fernando, Asanga Fernando, Xiangrong Xu, Weiguo Lu

“…The study suggests that integrating STCs into traditional clinical education models could substantially optimize medical training.…”
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Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 and risk factors for infection among children in Uganda: A serial cross-sectional study. by Irene Bagala, Jane Frances Namuganga, Patience Nayebare, Gloria Cuu, Thomas Katairo, Isaiah Nabende, Samuel Gonahasa, Martha Nassali, Stephen Tukwasibwe, Grant Dorsey, Joaniter I Nankabirwa, Sabrina Bakeera-Kitaka, Sarah Kiguli, Bryan Greenhouse, Isaac Ssewanyana, Moses R Kamya, Jessica Briggs

“…Mixed-effects logistic regression models assessed the association between individual and household factors and SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity in children, adjusting for household clustering.…”
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EVALUATION OF POTENTIAL PROSTHETIC SPACE PARAMETERS IN PARTIAL EDENTATION by Elena-Claudia Sin, Raluca Briceag, Aureliana Caraiane, Gheorghe Raftu, Mihaela-Macrina Manolache, Cristina Nucă, Steliana-Gabriela Buștiuc

“…In each patient, both arches were preliminarily imprinted with alginate in standard trays and the intermaxillary relationships were also determined and recorded. The study models were mounted in the occlusal device and the parameters characterizing the potential prosthetic space were measured. …”
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Burden of type 2 diabetes and its relationship with human development index in Asian countries: Global Burden of Disease Study in 2019 by Seyed Ahmadreza Alinaghian, Shokoufeh Hamidzadeh, Afsaneh Badrizadeh, Zaher Khazaei, Amirhossein Souri, Victoria Momenabadi, Elham Goodarzi

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GREEN SUSTAINABILITY AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF HALAL FOOD COMPANIES: EVIDENCE OF MALAYSIA by Md Mahfujur Rahman, Zaki Ahmad, Mahvish Nawaz Mokal, Muhamad Fikri Aziz, Nor Aina Mhd Khotib

“…Applying a dynamic panel modelling to a sample of 75 companies over 10 years, we document diverse effects of sustainable practices on firms’ financial performance. …”
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Clinical importance of borderline proteinuria in nonazotemic cats and evaluation of other risk factors for the development of chronic kidney disease by Femke Mortier, Sylvie Daminet, Sofie Marynissen, Joren Verbeke, Dominique Paepe

“…Univariable and multivariable Cox models were fit to determine the relationship between development of renal disease and potential risk factors such as age, sex, breed, weight, dental disease, blood pressure, serum creatinine concentration (sCrea), serum symmetric dimethylarginine concentration (sSDMA), blood urea nitrogen concentration, urine specific gravity (USG), and UPC. …”
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Analysis of differentially expressed genes in hypertension and hypertensive cerebral hemorrhage via RNA-sequencing by Hongwu Qi, Min Qiao, Yansong Liu, Weijun Zeng, Lizhao Zhang, Hongjun Guo

“…The RT-qPCR validation results in human subjects and cell models were generally consistent with the sequencing results. …”
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Understanding the risks for post-disaster infectious disease outbreaks: a systematic review protocol by Ilan Kelman, Gina E C Charnley, Katy Gaythorpe, Kris Murray

“…The authors intend to use the results to inform future mathematical modelling studies.…”
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Reliability of spatial rod metal structures of high level of responsibility by V. F. Mushchanov, A. N. Orzhekhovskiy, A. V. Mushchanov, M. N. Tseplyaev

“…To assess the reliability of the studied structures, taking into account the tendency to the development of progressive collapse, a universal algorithm is proposed and tested in practical design, the main components of which are computer modelling of the process of successive failures of structural elements, and the establishment of failure probability values for the selected set of key elements. …”
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Durability and environmental evaluation of rice husk ash sustainable concrete containing carbon nanotubes by Yi Jing, Jin Chai Lee, Wei Chek Moon, Jing Lin Ng, Ming Kun Yew, Yong Jin

“…The predicted and experimental results were compared using the Sakata, GL 2000, B3, ACI 209, and CEB-FIP models. Sakata and B3 provided the most accurate early-stage and long-term drying shrinkages with variation coefficients of 0.13–0.33 and 0–0.05, respectively. …”
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Enhancing Mandibular Reconstruction with Surgeon–Bioengineer Collaboration: A Protocol for Virtual Surgical Planning by Dong-Ho Shin, Hyo-Joon Kim, Ji-Su Oh, Seong-Yong Moon

“…Methods: We developed a structured protocol with four sequential phases: (1) generation of 3D models from CT data, (2) virtual resection planning, (3) reconstruction design, and (4) surgical guide fabrication. …”
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Development of novel nomograms for predicting prostate cancer in biopsy-naive patients with PSA < 10 ng/ml and PI-RADS ≤ 3 lesions by Jia-gui Chai, Yu-hang Li, Chang-xing Ke

“…Internal validation revealed strong discrimination of the nomograms.ConclusionWe developed novel nomograms with acceptable discriminability for predicting PCa and csPCa in patients with PSA &lt; 10 ng/ml and PI-RADS score ≤ 3. These models can assist urologists in determining the necessity of prostate biopsy.…”
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Joint and independent associations of dietary antioxidant intakes with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality among patients with hypertension: a population-based cohort study by Songfeng Zhao, Yangbin Cao, Hongyi Liu, Aihua Liu

“…Cox proportional hazards models were used to estimate the risk for all-cause and CVD mortality. …”
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Ecological portraits: Mapping functional spectra and space characteristics of birds in China by Fei Duan, Ming Gao, Shuyi Zhu, Xiaoli Shen, Sheng Li

“…The total volume of the 4-dimensional functional space occupied by all bird species in China was 169.6 SD4, but only approximately 45 % is currently realized when compared to the two null models, displaying a non-uniform distribution pattern. …”
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Metatranscriptomic time series insight into antibiotic resistance genes and mobile genetic elements in wastewater systems under antibiotic selective pressure by An-Dong Li, Yuanfang Chen, Lei Han, Ye Li, Ming Xu, Baoli Zhu

“…Results During incubation, the dosed ampicillin could be removed completely within 8.5 h and 4 h, following first-order biodegradation kinetics models (R 2 : 0.983–0.991). The phylogenetic composition and ARG profiles at the DNA level remained stable. …”
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General practice residents’ perspectives on their professional identity formation: a qualitative study by Mattijs E Numans, Vera Nierkens, Yvonne Steinert, Pieter C Barnhoorn, Anneke WM Kramer, Walther NKA van Mook

“…Clinical supervisors are of utmost importance as role models and coaches in creating an environment that supports residents’ PIF. …”
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“Scarlet Cloak and the Forest Adventure”: a preliminary study of the impact of AI on commonly used writing tools by Barbara Bordalejo, Davide Pafumi, Frank Onuh, A. K. M. Iftekhar Khalid, Morgan Slayde Pearce, Daniel Paul O’Donnell

“…Initially prompted by noticing how tools like Grammarly were being flagged by AI detection software, it examines how these popular tools such as Grammarly, EditPad, Writefull, and AI models such as ChatGPT and Microsoft Bing Copilot affect human-generated texts and how accurately current AI-detection systems, including Turnitin and GPTZero, can assess texts for use of these tools. …”
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Combination of APACHE Scoring Systems with Adductor Pollicis Muscle Thickness for the Prediction of Mortality in Patients Who Spend More Than One Day in the Intensive Care Unit by Elahe Nematifard, Seyed Hossein Ardehali, Shaahin Shahbazi, Hassan Eini-Zinab, Zahra Vahdat Shariatpanahi

“…The accuracy of the two composite models and APACHE II and III systems in predicting mortality of patients was compared using the area under the ROC curve. …”
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