A retrospective study of 5S behaviours of Physical Activity (PA) among suburban Mumbai population with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) by Kosha Parikh, Shikha Thosani, Ameya Joshi, Apoorva Hajirnis, Chandani Seth

“…The data generated was then statistically analysed using the IBM SPSS software v. 23. Results: The study included a total of 356 T2DM participants. …”
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Seed quality evaluation in the collection of Cyamopsis tetragonoloba after long-term storage under uncontrolled conditions by N. V. Rakovskaya, O. N. Zabegayeva, E. A. Dzyubenko

“…In total, 313 seed samples reproduced across 18 different years were analyzed. Statistica 10 software was used to perform a single-factor analysis of variance and find out how germination energy, seed viability and seed hardness correlated with the age of seeds, mean monthly temperature and mean rainfall during the growing season.Results and discussion. …”
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Marginal and Internal Fit of Cobalt-Chromium Fixed Dental Prostheses Generated from Digital and Conventional Impressions by Per Svanborg, Henrik Skjerven, Pablo Carlsson, Alf Eliasson, Stig Karlsson, Anders Örtorp

“…A triple-scan protocol and CAD software were used for measuring and calculating discrepancies of the FDPs at 3 standard areas: mean internal discrepancy, absolute marginal gap, and cervical area discrepancy. …”
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Quadratic programming model for calibration of mine ventilation network under limited measured air quantities by Fengliang WU, Tong WANG

“…The results show that the “adding-edge method” could dynamically find the basic meshes, ensuring that the constraint equation system is linearly independent when solving this model using the active set method. The developed software can be used for the calibration of a mine ventilation network with only a limited measured air quantities. …”
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Voluntary Disclosures and their Drivers: A Study of MDA Reports in India by Himani Singla, Vijay Singh

“…After excluding 23 companies from the financial and insurance sector, a panel regression method with the assistance of Gretl software was employed to investigate the relationship between the Management Discussion and Analysis Disclosure Index (MDADI) for voluntary aspects and various corporate attributes, with a total of 490 firm years of balanced observations. …”
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Factors Affecting the Dividend Policy of Companies: A Meta-analysis Approach by Yalda Hassani, Bagher Asgarnezhad Nouri, Ghasem zarei, Allahyar Beigi Firoozi

“…We coded and entered the extracted data into CMA2 statistical software. The effect size was calculated, and the homogeneity and heterogeneity of the effect size were evaluated. …”
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Analysis of Sunshine Temperature Field of Steel Box Girder Based on Monitoring Data by Hailin Lu, Jing Hao, Jiwei Zhong, Yafei Wang, Hongyin Yang

“…In this study, based on the recorded meteorological data of the bridge site, a spatial-temporal temperature model of a 3-span steel box girder is developed through applying the thermal analysis software TAITHERM. Firstly, the rationality and dependability of the proposed spatial-temporal temperature model are adequately verified by means of implementing the comparison with the measurement data. …”
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Evaluating the governance and preparedness of the Lebanese health system for the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study by Rasha Hamra, Marianne Moussallem, Anna Zein-El-Din, Alissar Rady, Michèle Kosremelli Asmar, Ibrahim R Bou-Orm

“…Moreover, the public health surveillance system was overwhelmed a few months after the start of the pandemic. As for the system ‘software’, there were attempts for a participatory governance mechanism, but the actual decision-making process was challenging with limited cooperation and strategic vision, resulting in decreased trust and increased confusion among communities. …”
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RNA-Seq Assembly and Differential Transcriptome Analysis of Korean Medicinal Herb var. by Neha Samir Roy, Jung-A Kim, Ah-Young Choi, Yong-Wook Ban, Nam-Il Park, Kyong-Cheul Park, Hee-sun Yang, Ik-Young Choi, Soonok Kim

“…We obtained 51,133 unigenes from transcriptome sequencing by de novo assembly using Trinity v2.1.1, TransDecoder v2.0.1, and CD-HIT v4.6 software. The differentially expressed gene analysis revealed that the expression of genes related to the flavonoid pathway was higher in the flowers, whereas the phenylpropanoid pathway was more highly expressed in the roots. …”
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Maksiller sinüs hacminin ve septum morfolojisinin Angle Sınıf I, II ve III iskeletsel ilişkiye sahip bireylerde üç boyutlu olarak değerlendirilmesi by Devrim Biriken Sipahi, Kadir Beycan, Şebnem Erçalık Yalçınkaya

“…Maksiller sinüslerin hacimleri 3D Doctor (Able Software Corp, USA) yazılım programında ölçülmüş ve mevcut septumlar sagittal yönde ön, orta, arka olarak ve bukkopalatal, anteroposterior veya horizontal olarak ve ayrıca tam ve tam olmayan septumlar olarak sınıflandırılmış ve bulgular istatistiksel olarak değerlendirilmiştir.Bulgular: Maksiller sinüs hacmi erkeklerde (34.32 ± 10.94 cm³) kadınlara göre (26.94±9.86 cm³) yüksek bulunmuştur (p< 0.001). …”
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Standalone Containment Analysis of Four Phébus Tests with the ASTEC and the MELCOR Codes by Bruno Gonfiotti, Sandro Paci

“…The outcomes of this experimental campaign created a solid base for the understanding of the involved phenomena and allowed the development of models and software codes capable of simulating the evolution of a SA in a real NPP. …”
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The lived experience of Iranian adults from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)—A qualitative study by Samira Pourmoradian, Arezoo Haghighian-Roudsari, Tahereh Alsadat Khoubbin Khoshnazar, Ali Milani-Bonab

“…The five-stage inductive process to analyze the structure of lived experience (IPSE) approach was used to analyze the data using MAXQDA 2020 software.ResultsAccording to the statements of the participants in the study, five types of experiences extracted during the period of suffering from the disease: nutritional problems, physical problems, the psychological burden caused by the disease, the supporting role of others in the disease tolerance, and the unpleasant and better experiences of the disease.DiscussionPatients with COVID-19 disease experience many physical and psychosocial consequences which affect their quality of life. …”
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Block-Constraint Laplacian-Regularized Low-Rank Representation and Its Application for Cancer Sample Clustering Based on Integrated TCGA Data by Juan Wang, Jin-Xing Liu, Chun-Hou Zheng, Cong-Hai Lu, Ling-Yun Dai, Xiang-Zhen Kong

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Tartrazine Removal from Aqueous Solution by HDTMA-Br-Modified Colombian Bentonite by Ronald A. Otavo-Loaiza, Nancy R. Sanabria-González, Gloria I. Giraldo-Gómez

“…Experimental data were evaluated with Design Expert® software using a response surface methodology (RSM) in order to obtain the interaction between the processed variables and the response. pH values between 2 and 9, stirring speed above 200 rpm, and contact time of 60 min did not have a significant effect on decolorization. …”
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Impact of Post-Thaw Incubation Time of Frozen Embryos on Clinical Pregnancy Rate by G. Geovin Ranji, Kundavi Shankar, Yamini Asokan, Geetha Veerasigamani, Rashmi Gingade Vittal, Nithya M. Naaram, KR Hema Niveda

“…Statistical Analysis Used: Statistical analysis was performed using version 14 R software version 4.0.1 (2020-06-06) (R foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna, Austria). …”
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Effects of Microdose Fertilizers and Irrigation Depth on Onion () Growth Under Drip Irrigation in Northern Ethiopia by Aemro Wale, Messay Abera, Tesfa Asmelie, Gashaw Beza

“…A combined analysis of variance using SAS software 9.0 revealed that the interaction between irrigation depth and fertilizer rate had a significant ( p  ⩽ .05) impact on yield, yield-related components, and water productivity. …”
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PREDICTION OF THE INCIDENCE OF PROSTATE CANCER IN THE URAL ECONOMIC REGION OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION by K. A. Ilyin, A. V. Zamyatin, G. P. Bystray, S. A. Okhotnikov

“…All calculations and the resulting graphs are made with specialized software.Results. Based on available statistic data for a specified period of time, we constructed the graphs of the figure of registered cases of prostate cancer for each subject the Ural economic region and for Russia as a whole. …”
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Spatial analysis and associated risk factors of HIV prevalence in Botswana: insights from the 2021 Botswana AIDS Impact Survey (BAIS V) by Sethunya R. Simela, Matlhogonolo Kelepile, Thabo I. Sebobi

“…HIV prevalence estimates were visualized through choropleth maps, and spatial autocorrelation was analyzed using Anselin Local Moran’s I in ArcGIS 10.8.2 software. Results Findings revealed that 18% (ARR 95% CI: 0.15–0.23) of the surveyed population were people living with HIV (PLWH), with females disproportionately affected (66.8%). …”
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Exploring potential therapeutic targets for small cell lung cancer based on transcriptomics combined with Mendelian randomization analysis by Zhicheng Liao, Pengcheng Jia, Yifan Li, Zhihui Zheng, Jizhou Zhang

“…ObjectiveThe main objective of this study was to explore and identify new genetic targets in small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) through transcriptomics analysis and Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis, which will help in the subsequent development of new therapeutic interventions.MethodsIn this study, we extracted the SCLC dataset from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database, processed the data, and screened out differentially expressed genes (DEGs) using R software. Based on expression quantitative trait loci data and the genome-wide association study data of SCLC, MR analysis was used to screen the genes closely related to SCLC disease, which intersect with DEGs to obtain co-expressed genes (CEGs), and the biological functions and pathways of CEGs were further explored by enrichment analysis. …”
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Analysis of mortality factors in ICU patients with sepsis and septic shock: a retrospective study by Mohammed Mostafa, Lamiaa Hamed, Sherif Mokhtar, Moamen Arafa

“…Statistical analyses were performed using SPSS software, with significance at p < 0.05. Results The cohort consisted of 200 patients, with a mean age of 65 years (SD ± 12.3). …”
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