Efficiency and heat transport processes of low-temperature aquifer thermal energy storage systems: new insights from global sensitivity analyses by Luka Tas, Niels Hartog, Martin Bloemendal, David Simpson, Tanguy Robert, Robin Thibaut, Le Zhang, Thomas Hermans

“…Through this method, multiple random model realizations are generated by sampling each parameter from a predetermined range of uncertainty. …”
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Predictive value of bile acids as metabolite biomarkers for gallstone disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Xu Han, Juan Wang, Yingnan Wu, Hao Gu, Ning Zhao, Xing Liao, Miao Jiang

“…The concentrations of BAs were adopted as the primary outcomes and the weighted mean differences (WMDs) and 95% confidence interval (CI) were generated by random-effects meta-analysis models.<h4>Results</h4>A total of 30 studies were enrolled which included 2313 participants and reported the 39 BAs or their ratios. …”
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Neonatal near miss and associated factors among neonates delivered at East Gojjam zone public health hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia by Melesse Tesfa, Tadesse Yirga Akalu, Bewket Yeserah Aynalem

“…A facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted from April 21 to June 20, 2023, among 560 newborns and their mothers in randomly selected five public hospitals. Data was collected using an interviewer-administered questionnaire, medical record review, and a standard checklist with a systematic random sampling technique in each proportionally allocated hospital. …”
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The Clinical Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Glimepiride—A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Mubara Azhar, Mohammed S. Alasmari, Ammara Zamir, Hamid Saeed, Faleh Alqahtani, Tanveer Ahmad, Muhammad Fawad Rasool

“…Following the data extraction, a meta-analysis using a random effect (RE) model was performed, where feasible, to quantitatively assess the variability of key PK parameters across different studies to create a more robust PK parameter estimate. …”
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Food safety practices and associated factors among food handlers in food establishments in Adama town, Central Ethiopia by Nimona Gemeda, Tamiru Yazew, Meseret Moroda, Chala G. Kuyu

“…A total of 319 food handlers were selected through systematic random sampling, with data collected through face-to-face interviews using the Kobo tool. …”
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Association of TCF7L2 genetic variants rs12255372 and rs7903146 with the polycystic ovary syndrome risk: systematic review and meta-analysis by Idrees A. Shah, Rabiya Rashid, Haroon Rashid, Abid Bhat, Mohd Ashraf Ganie

“…Methods We performed a comprehensive literature review of the data published till June 2024, on rs7903146, rs12255372, and PCOS in PubMed, Medline, the Cochrane Library, Google Scholar, Science Direct, Scopus, and Web of Science, followed by a meta-analysis to evaluate the association between these genetic variations and the PCOS risk. Using a random effects model, the pooled odds ratio (OR) and confidence intervals (95%CI) were computed using STATA statistical software. …”
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Human and Nature Effects Detection on the Environmental Properties of Archaeological Historic Cairo City in Egypt Based on Space and Ground Remote Sensing Data by Abdelaziz Elfadaly, Osama Wafa, Ahmed Gad, Hossam Khedr, Ghada Atta

“…., flooding events, high temperatures, and land subsidence phenomena) and anthropogenic (e.g., rapid random urbanization process). These factors played a major role in increasing the groundwater level beneath these sites, causing serious damage to them. …”
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fNIRS neurofeedback facilitates emotion regulation: Exploring individual differences over the ventrolateral prefrontal cortex by Yiwei Li, Sijin Li, Hua Li, Yuyao Tang, Dandan Zhang

“…In this study, we aimed to clarify these differences by enrolling 90 participants, randomly assigned to either an experimental group or a sham group (n = 48/42). …”
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Role of Huangqin Qingre Chubi Capsule in the Reduction of the Risk of Re-Admission in Patients With Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Cohort Study by Qi Y, Liu J, Chen Y, Hu Y, Zhou Q, Huang D, Cong C, Li Y

“…The effect of HQC intervention duration on the risk of re-admission was assessed with Kaplan-Meier survival curves. The random walk model and association rule analysis were utilized to determine the correlation between HQC and improvements in immunoinflammatory markers.Results: The re-admission rate was significantly lower in the HQC group than in the non-HQC group (P < 0.01). …”
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Study on influencing factors of age-adjusted Charlson comorbidity index in patients with Alzheimer's disease based on machine learning model by Jian Ding, Jian Ding, Zheng Long, Yiming Liu, Min Wang

“…Multiple logistic regression, LASSO regression, random forest, Support Vector Machine (SVM), and Extreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost) models were used to screen for feature factors significantly correlated with aCCI. …”
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A pipeline for processing hyperspectral images, with a case of melanin-containing barley grains as an example by I. D. Busov, M. A. Genaev, E. G. Komyshev, V. S. Koval, T. E. Zykova, A. Y. Glagoleva, D. A. Afonnikov

“…The current version of the package implements the following methods: construction of a confidence interval of an arbitrary level for the difference of sample averages; verification of the similarity of intensity distributions of spectral lines for two sets of hyperspectral images on the basis of the Mann–Whitney U-criterion and Pearson’s criterion of agreement; visualization in two-dimensional space using dimensionality reduction methods PCA, ISOMAP and UMAP; classification using linear or ridge regression, random forest and catboost; clustering of samples using the EM-algorithm. …”
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Effects of manual osteopathic interventions on psychometric and psychophysiological indicators of anxiety, depression and stress in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of... by Darren J Edwards, Jerry Draper-Rodi, Danny Miller, Josh Hope-Bell, Andrew MacMillan, Tom C Gordon

“…For meta-analyses, Hedges’ g (with 95% CIs) was calculated from postintervention means and SD. Random-effects models accounted for heterogeneity, and prediction intervals were calculated to assess uncertainty in effect estimates.Results 20 RCTs were included. …”
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A systematic review and meta-analysis of prevalence of seven psychiatric disorders in India by Vikas Dhiman, Geetha R. Menon, Rajnarayan R. Tiwari

“…Materials and Methods: We performed a systematic bibliographic search in Pub Med, Global Health Data Exchange (GHDx), and Google Scholar, along with a manual search for peer-reviewed epidemiological studies reporting the prevalence of depression, AUD, AD, MR, suicidal attempt/death, autism, and BD in India from January 1980 till March 2022. Adopting a random-effects model, we performed the meta-analysis using “MetaXL” software. …”
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The impact of weather conditions in different years on the biochemical composition of linseed oil by G. A. Popova, N. B. Rogalskaya, N. V. Knyazeva, V. M. Trofimova, T. V. Shelenga, E. A. Porokhovinova, N. B. Brutch

“…Practically all acids, except linoleic and linolenic ones, showed a very high random variation, which in our experiment included genotype × environment interaction. …”
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Comparison of Fecal Calprotectin Methods for Predicting Relapse of Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Saranya Kittanakom, Md. Sharif Shajib, Kristine Garvie, Joceline Turner, Dan Brooks, Sufian Odeh, Robert Issenman, V. Tony Chetty, Joseph Macri, Waliul I. Khan

“…This study used 40 pediatric IBD and 40 random non-IBD patients’ fecal samples. Two automated ELISAs (Bühlmann and PhiCal® Calprotectin-EIA) and an EliA (Phadia 250 EliA-Calprotectin) were used to evaluate the analytical performance. …”
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Network characteristics of comorbid symptoms in alcohol use disorder by Xin Yu, Wen Zhang, Can Wang, Guolin Mi, Xiuzhe Chen, Yanhu Wang, Xu Chen

“…This study aims to analyze comorbidities and their complex relationships in AUD patients through epidemiological surveys and network analysis.Materials and methods Using multi-stage stratified cluster random sampling, we selected 27,913 individuals and identified those with AUD for the study. …”
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Risk Factors and Patterns of Drug‐Drug Interactions in Two Categories of Level‐3 Hospitals in Dhaka: A Cross‐Sectional Study by Md. Abdus Samadd, Farhan Tanvir Patwary, Md Momin Islam, Ashfia Tasnim Munia, K. M. Yasif Kayes Sikdar, Md. Raihan Sarkar

“…Conclusion The two kinds of hospitals exhibited similar pDDI patterns, while their associations were random with the risk variables. When prescribing pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics pDDIs, physicians should evaluate the risk‐benefit ratio.…”
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A two-stage deep learning-based hybrid model for daily wind speed forecasting by Shahab S. Band, Rasoul Ameri, Sultan Noman Qasem, Saeid Mehdizadeh, Brij B. Gupta, Hao-Ting Pai, Danyal Shahmirzadi, Ely Salwana, Amir Mosavi

“…Gradient Boosting (GB), Random Forest (RF), and Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) are used in new combinations for data pre-processing. …”
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Efficacy Of Vocal Cord Medialization by Injection Thyroplasty Using Liquid Paraffin In Relieving Hoarseness Of Voice In Idiopathic And Traumatic Unilateral Vocal Cord Paralysis by Muhammad Saleem, Muhammad Sarim Khan, Ashar Alamgir, Muhammad Hamza Rana, Hafiz Sajjad Hyder, Syeda Jamila Ali

“…Samples were selected by simple random sampling. It was a Quasi-experimental study. …”
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Magnitude and factors associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia among adult male patients visiting Wolaita Sodo University comprehensive specialized hospital southern Ethiopia by Tirufat Tiruneh, Tamiru Getachew, Firdawek Getahun, Tesfaye Gebreyesus, Simeon Meskele

“…A hospital-based cross-sectional study was conducted from July to September 2022. A systematic random sample technique was employed to select 376 participants. …”
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