Functional Outcomes with Primary Total Knee Replacement in Respect to Body Mass Index by Saddam Mazar, Imtiaz A Hashmi, Muhammad Sohail Rafi

“…Functional outcomes were assessed using the Knee Society Score, preoperatively and postoperatively, in obese and non-obese groups. The non-probability Convenience Sampling technique was used. …”
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A Comparative Study of Physical Activity Levels Between Rural and Urban Settings in Zimbabwe by Norman Manyeruke, Kerry Vermaak, Nicholas Mudonhi, Wilfred Njabulo Nunu

“…Methods: Multi-stage probability-based sampling was used to select 200 male respondents from Bulawayo Province (urban) and 200 male respondents from Mashonaland East Province (rural). …”
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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 find Black women's infecundity probability to be twice that of White women and their expected parity 40% higher. …”
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Monitoring and Evaluation of 2015 Devrek Zonguldak Landslide within the scope of Flood Risk Assessment by Landsat-8 Satellite Data by Şerife Pınar Güvel, Mehmet Ali Akgül, Mehveş Feyza Akkoyunlu

“…Çomaklar stream and surrounding settlements are at risk of flooding due to the probability of preventing the water flow in the stream because of the effects of the landslide. …”
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Alcohol consumption associated with suicidal ideation, and suicide attempts in substance users: A cross-sectional study of an addiction registry in western Iran. by Vahid Farnia, Mahsa Mohebian, Omran Davarinejad, Denise A Hien, Safora Salemi, Sara Hookari, Hafez Bajoghli, Bahareh Rahami

“…There was a statistically significant relationship between alcohol consumption and a history of suicide attempts (p < 0.05). The probability of suicide attempted in people with a history of alcohol consumption was 1.5 times, and in patients with a history of simultaneous substance use, it was 1.4 times that of other patients (all Ps < 0.05).…”
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Impact of Geological Factors on Marine Shale Gas Enrichment and Reserve Estimation: A Case Study of Jiaoshiba Area in Fuling Gas Field by Siyu Yu, Xixin Wang, Shaohua Li, Yuming Liu, Liming Xiao, Xin Liu, Wen Zhao, Jiaen Zhang

“…Additionally, the sealing of faults imposes a significant impact on shale gas accumulation. The probability volume method was applied to calculate the shale gas reserve. …”
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Hypertriglyceridemia and hypertension-altered abdominal girdle phenotypes and their association with cardiovascular risk factors in women seen at the Provincial Climacteric Consult... by Elodia María Rivas Álpizar, Karen Lizeth García, Annia Quintana Marrero

“…A significant association was found between smoking and physical activity with a probability ratio of 5.80 and 18, respectively.<br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> there is a significant relationship between altered abdominal waist phenotypes and the main cardiovascular risk factors, such as increased age, cardiovascular risk, diabetes mellitus, arterial hypertension, smoking, physical inactivity and obesity.…”
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Grid-Based Anomaly Detection of Freight Vehicle Trajectory considering Local Temporal Window by Zixian Zhang, Geqi Qi, Avishai (Avi) Ceder, Wei Guan, Rongge Guo, Zhenlin Wei

“…In this paper, a grid-based algorithm, which combines the spatial and temporal anomaly detection, is proposed for tracing the risk of urban freight vehicles trajectory by considering local temporal window. The travel time probability distribution of vehicle historical trajectory is analyzed to meet the time complexity requirements of real-time anomaly calculation. …”
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Patterns among factors associated with myocardial infarction: chi-squared automatic interaction detection tree and binary logit model by Esra Bayrakçeken, Süheyla Yarali, Uğur Ercan, Ömer Alkan

“…Marginal effects revealed that elevated hyperlipidemia levels increased the probability of MI by 4.6%, while the presence of hypertension, diabetes, or depression further heightened this risk. …”
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Application of the Bayesian Model Averaging in Analyzing Freeway Traffic Incident Clearance Time for Emergency Management by Yajie Zou, Bo Lin, Xiaoxue Yang, Lingtao Wu, Malik Muneeb Abid, Jinjun Tang

“…This paper proposes a Bayesian Model Averaging (BMA) model to account for model uncertainty by averaging all plausible models using posterior probability as the weight. The BMA model is used to analyze the 2,584 freeway incident records obtained from I-5 corridor in Seattle, WA, USA. …”
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The Influence of Investor Emotion on the Stock Market: Evidence from an Infectious Disease Model by Yutao Chen, Shuzhen Zhu, Haoyuan He

“…The results of our study show that when the influence rate of investor mutual communication increases or when the emotional calm rate decreases, investor emotions will start to diffuse, leading to an increase in the probability of either a serious stampede or zealous overbuying in the stock market. …”
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Evaluation of the cortication ratio and visibility of mandibular canal and mandibular incisive canal in patients with mandibular cortical index type 1 on cone-beam computed tomogra... by Roghieh Bardal, Ahad Alizadeh, Vahid Nouri, Mohammad Salehi

“…Conclusion: Despite the higher presence probability of score 2 in the 1M relative to 2PM, there was no significant decrease in the visible cases and CR of this area. …”
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Minimizing OHS Risks with Spherical Fuzzy Sets as a Verdict to Inventory Management: A Case Regarding Energy Companies by Burcu Yılmaz Kaya

“…Furthermore, the severity of adverse impacts or occurrence probability of OHS risks can be much higher, especially for particular companies dealing with hazardous or dangerous materials or products. …”
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Experimental Study of Blast-Induced Vibration Characteristics Based on the Delay-Time Errors of Detonator by Ping Wang, Yuanjun Ma, Yongjian Zhu, Jun Zhu

“…Furthermore, the location distribution map of holes where the same section of detonators might occur was obtained. Finally, the probability of blasting in the same section changes with the number of blast holes was discovered by theoretical analysis, which provided a basis for accurate hole-by-hole blasting.…”
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Microbubble dynamics in brain microvessels. by James H Bezer, Paul Prentice, William Lim Kee Chang, Sophie V Morse, Kirsten Christensen-Jeffries, Christopher J Rowlands, Andriy S Kozlov, James J Choi

“…With longer pulses and higher pressures, microbubbles could penetrate the vessel wall and move through the parenchyma. The probability of extravasation scales approximately with mechanical index, being rare at low pressures, but much more common at a mechanical index ≥ 0.6. …”
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Economic Evaluation of Fidaxomicin for the Treatment of Clostridium Difficile Infection (C. difficile-associated diarrhoea) in Ireland by Anke van Engen, Montserrat Casamayor, Fidelma Loftus, Martin Coen, Andy Garnham, Maureen Watt, Larry Lacey

“…Fidaxomicin was also dominant for all patient subgroups. The probability of fidaxomicin being cost-effective in all patients with CDI at a willingness to pay threshold of €45,000 per QALY gained was 82%. …”
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Prevalence and pattern of mental disorders in the state of West Bengal: Findings from the National Mental Health Survey of India 2016 by Sukanto Sarkar, Aniruddha Basu, Sucharita Mandal, Pavithra Jayashankar, Pradeep K. Saha, Raghunath Misra, Debasish Sinha, Rajarshi Neogi, Soumyadeep Saha, Vivek Benegal, Girish N. Rao, Mathew Varghese, Gopalkrishna Gururaj

“…Materials and Methods: Based upon a multi-stage stratified random cluster sampling with probability proportionate to each stage, 2646 eligible individuals were interviewed. …”
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Investigating the effect of business intelligence competency dimensions on marketing performance considering the mediating role of customer relationship management by Hossein Norouzi, Mobina Rahmani Gohar, Hossein Imanipour

“…In order to collect data, 300 questionnaires were distributed online and face-to-face using the non-probability sampling method, and 253 questionnaires were analyzed by removing distorted and indifferent questionnaires. …”
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A Nonstationary Daily and Hourly Analysis of the Extreme Rainfall Frequency Considering Climate Teleconnection in Coastal Cities of the United States by Lei Yan, Yuhan Zhang, Mengjie Zhang, Upmanu Lall

“…In this paper, we estimate the time-varying probability distributions for hourly and daily extreme precipitation using the Generalized Additive Model for Location Scale and Shape (GAMLSS), employing different climate indices, such as Atlantic Multi-Decadal Oscillation (AMO), the El Niño 3.4 SST Index (ENSO), Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO), the Western Hemisphere Warm Pool (WHWP) and other covariates. …”
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Dinamika pembelajaran retorika dan berpikir kritis pada mahasiswa pendidikan bahasa dan sastra Indonesia Universitas Muhammadiyah Jakarta by Titin Yuningsih, Wika Soviana Devi

“…Mengadopsi pendekatan penelitian kuantitatif dengan menggunakan metode non-probability sampling dengan teknik purposive sampling. …”
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