Effect of Raphia vinifera Fibre Size and Reinforcement Ratio on the Physical and Mechanical Properties of an Epoxy Matrix Composite: Micromechanical Modelling and Weibull Analysis by Syrille Brice Tchinwoussi Youbi, Omar Harzallah, Nicodème Rodrigue Sikame Tagne, Paul William Mejouyo Huisken, Tido Tiwa Stanislas, Jean-Yves Drean, Sophie Bistac, Ebenezer Njeugna

“…The mechanical test shows that the tensile and flexural stress and Young’s modulus of the composite are lowered compared to those of the resin alone. Multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) and Tukey test showed that fibre lengths and reinforcement ratio significantly lower the mechanical properties of the composite. …”
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Optimal timing for discontinuation of ERCP in cases of difficult selective biliary cannulation by Han Taek Jeong, Jimin Han

“…In contrast, the PEP rate reached 10% after 7.9 minutes and 14.5% after 12.1 minutes. Multivariate analysis identified distal biliary stricture and age over 70 as significant predictors of difficult SBC. …”
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Analysis of Predictors for Lymph Node Metastasis in Patients with Superficial Esophageal Carcinoma by Ruzhen Jia, Qinsong Luan, Jing Wang, Dongsheng Hou, Shulei Zhao

“…The tumor size, differentiation, and lymphvascular invasion were also significantly related to lymph node metastasis by univariate analysis. Multivariate analysis showed that the depth of invasion and lymphovascular invasion were independent risk factors of lymph node metastasis. …”
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Sideritis carpetana (Labiatae), a new high-mountain Mediterranean species from the marble outcrops of the Sierra de Guadarrama (Central System, Madrid, Segovia, Spain) by Jose Luis Izquierdo, Rosina Magaña Ugarte, Alba Gutiérrez-Girón, Concepción Obón de Castro, Diego Rivera Núñez, Rosario G. Gavilán

“…The relationships among them were then explored with multivariate analysis. Sideritis carpetana is a dwarf shrub with an erect or decumbent habit, growing up to 15 cm; non-woody twigs with long hairs of 3–4 cells, leaves are entire, linear-oblanceolate, sparsely covered with trichomes; inflorescence is spiciform or slightly verticillated, flowers are yellow and nutlets ovoid. …”
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Preparing and Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Creative Educational Program on Spiritual Happiness, Creative Thinking and Problem-Solving Skills in University Students in M... by effat rassouli saniabadi, Gholam Ali Afrooz, Fereydoon Yaryari, Masood Lavasani

“…After 10 sessions of sessions related to creative teaching techniques of Triz, scamper and brainstorming with subjects in experimental groups and data analysis by multivariate analysis of covariance and analysis of covariance (SPSS software version 22), the results showed that Creative education program has a positive effect on spiritual vitality, creative thinking skills and problem solving skills of students, so that the effect was 53.2% according to the ETA coefficient squared. …”
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High expression of SHP2 predicts a promising prognosis in colorectal cancer by Xibo Liu, Mengyao Li, Lirong Chen, Fei Wen, Shu Zheng, Weiting Ge

“…Univariate analysis showed that the expression of SHP2 was a prognostic factor for CRC (P = 0.008). Multivariate analysis demonstrated that SHP2 remained an independent prognostic factor for CRC (P = 0.033). …”
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Minimum Dietary Diversity Score and Associated Factors among Pregnant Women at Alamata General Hospital, Raya Azebo Zone, Tigray Region, Ethiopia by Kemal Jemal, Mukemil Awol

“…From a survey of 412 participants, 61.2% had high MDDS and 38.8% had low MDDS. Multivariate analysis revealed that being government employees (AOR = 4.87, CI: 1.70–13.95), merchant (AOR = 4.67, CI: 1.81–12.05), secured food (AOR = 3.85, CI: 2.12–6.97), and eating three meals and above (AOR = 2.66, CI: 1.47–4.82) were significantly associated with high MDDS among pregnant women. …”
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Ahmed Glaucoma Valve Implantation for Refractory Glaucoma in a Tertiary Hospital in Brazil by Ricardo Yuji Abe, Carla Melo Tavares, Rui Barroso Schimiti, José Paulo Cabral Vasconcellos, Vital Paulino Costa

“…When adopting 15 mmHg as endpoint, cumulative success rates were 80.3%, 60.7%, and 27.3% at 1, 3, and 5 years, respectively. Multivariate analysis with generalized estimating equations revealed that African American ancestry and early hypertensive phase were risk factors for failure (P=0.001 and P=0.002, resp.). …”
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Significance of Baseline and Changes of Tumor Markers and Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio in Predicting Overall Survival for Patients with Advanced Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: A Retr... by Makoto Kadokura, Keisuke Tanaka, Fumitake Amemiya, Shinichi Takano, Mitsuharu Fukasawa, Nobuyuki Enomoto

“…Univariate and multivariate cox regression models were applied to investigate independent prognostic factors. Results: Multivariate analysis revealed that Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status 2 (hazard ratio [HR] 4.07, P < 0.01), neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) ≥3.9 (HR 1.97, P < 0.001), modified Glasgow prognostic score 1–2 (HR 2.77, P < 0.001), carcinoembryonic antigen ≥5.0 (HR 1.44, P = 0.026), carbohydrate antigen 19-9 ≥37 (HR 1.83, P = 0.004), ΔNLR >0 (HR 2.01, P < 0.001), ΔCEA (subtracting the baseline from the start of second cycles of chemotherapy) >0 (HR 1.64, P = 0.002), and ΔCA19-9>0 (HR 1.77, P = 0.002) were independent negative prognostic factors. …”
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Effects of Low-Flux and High-Flux Dialysis Membranes on Erythropoietin Responsiveness in Hemodialysis Patients by Walid A. R. Abdelhamid, Mohamed M. Soliman, Ayman R. A. El-Hameed

“…Significant risk factors for erythropoietin hyporesponsiveness on multivariate analysis were lower weight (Odds ratio (OR): 0.966; 95% Confidence interval (CI): 0.94–0.992; p=0.011), longer hemodialysis vintage (OR: 1.172; 95% CI: 1.036–1.325; p=0.012), lower hemoglobin levels (OR: 0.531; 95% CI: 0.362–0.779; p=0.001), and higher neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (OR: 2.436; 95% CI: 1.321–4.493; p=0.004). …”
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The effectiveness of telehealth in improving the knowledge, attitude, and practice of eclampsia prevention among preeclampsia mothers by Mamat Mamat, Tukimin Sansuwito, Rahayu Pertiwi, Rahayu Dwikanthi

“…The analysis used univariate and bivariate analysis: the independent t-test used Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis tests, the paired t-test (dependent t-test) used the Wilcoxon test, and the multivariate analysis used logistic regression. Our study results indicate that a mother's history of preeclampsia and her number of pregnancies (parity) significantly influenced eclampsia prevention practices. …”
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Previous Early Antenatal Service Utilization Improves Timely Booking: Cross-Sectional Study at University of Gondar Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia by Tadesse Belayneh, Mulat Adefris, Gashaw Andargie

“…Bivariate and multivariate analysis was used to identify associated factors for early ANC visit using SPSS version 20. …”
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SHMT2 Overexpression Predicts Poor Prognosis in Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma by Shanglei Ning, Siquan Ma, Abdul Qahar Saleh, Lingyu Guo, Zixiao Zhao, Yuxin Chen

“…Additionally, the multivariate analysis model indicated SHMT2 is an independent adverse prognosticator in iCCA. …”
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Comparable results for the Femoral Neck System and three-screw fixation in femoral neck fracture treatment by Jukka Honkanen, MD, Nora Forsbacka, MD, Ida Strengell, MD, Inari Laaksonen, MD, PhD, Keijo Mäkelä, MD, PhD, Mari Koivisto, MSc, Ville Huovinen, MD, Elina Ekman, MD, PhD

“…The overall reoperation rate in the FNS group was 20%, and 16% of the patients treated with FNS underwent later conversion to arthroplasty. In the multivariate analysis, age, sex, and fracture displacement were not associated with increased risk of later conversion to arthroplasty. …”
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Nonadherence in Home-Based Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program for COPD Patients by Yi Li, Hongyu Qian, Kewei Yu, Ying Huang

“…Compared to completers, “nonadherence” patients had more cigarette consumption, higher emotional score, less 6MWD, more exacerbation, using nebulizer frequently, and higher rate of smoking at enrollment. On multivariate analysis, more exacerbation frequency (odds ratio (OR) = 1.434, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.191∼1.796, P=0.046) and smoking at enrollment (OR = 3.349, 95% CI: 1.194∼6.302, P=0.012) were predict factors associated with nonadherence of PR. …”
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Physico-Chemical, Enzymatic, Mineral and Colour Characterization of Three Different Varieties of Honeys from Kashmir Valley of India with a Multivariate Approach by Nayik Gulzar Ahmad, Nanda Vikas

“…Strong and positive correlations exhibited among minerals, colour (mmpfund) and L* value indicated that dark coloured honey contained high mineral content. Multivariate analysis proved to be an effective tool in classifying the three varieties of honey based on physico-chemical characteristics, enzymatic activity, mineral content and colour properties.…”
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Electrocardiogram Parameters That Affect the Success Rate of Radiofrequency Ablation in Patients with Outflow Tract Ventricular Premature Complexes by Zhen Ye, Zhe Xu, Kezeng Gong, Xuehai Chen, Weiwei Wang, Jianhua Chen, Lianglong Chen, Feilong Zhang

“…The patients with successful procedures (136) reflected a lower pseudo delta wave ratio (16.2% vs. 44.4%, P<0.01), a smaller R-wave amplitude in lead V1 (V1) (0.23±0.24 mV vs. 0.35±0.44 mV, P<0.05), shorter intrinsicoid deflection time in lead V2 (V2) (44.00±18.33 ms vs. 57.41±20.67 ms, P<0.01), a shorter RS duration in V2 (93.67±21.33 ms vs. 106.93±18.76 ms, P<0.01), and smaller R/S-waveratios in V2. Furthermore, multivariate analysis demonstrated that RS duration in V2 was above 109.17 ms and R/S ratio in V2 was above 0.28, forecasting a failed procedure. …”
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GGT5 Is an Independent Prognostic Biomarker in Stomach Adenocarcinoma by Yong Huang, HaiLang Zhou, Junwei Zou, Dong Wang

“…Further prognostic analysis of GGT5 showed that GGT5 was associated with prognosis in both univariate analysis (P=0.032) and multivariate analysis (P=0.029). We used gene set enrichment analysis (GSEA) to explore the possible mechanism of GGT5. …”
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Analysis of Apple Flavours: The Use of Volatile Organic Compounds to Address Cultivar Differences and the Correlation between Consumer Appreciation and Aroma Profiling by Gareth Roberts, Natasha D. Spadafora

“…Permutational multivariate analysis of variance (PerMANOVA) and canonical analysis of principal coordinates (CAP) done on the whole volatile organic compound profiles show separation of the four cultivars. …”
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Morbidity and Mortality Outcomes of Cytoreductive Surgery and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy at a Single Institution in Japan by Akiyoshi Mizumoto, Emel Canbay, Masamitsu Hirano, Nobuyuki Takao, Takayuki Matsuda, Masumi Ichinose, Yutaka Yonemura

“…Univariate and multivariate analysis showed peritoneal carcinomatosis index (PCI) greater than 20 was the only significant factor for occurrence of postoperative complications (P<0.01). …”
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