Identification of EARS2 as a Potential Biomarker with Diagnostic, Prognostic, and Therapeutic Implications in Colorectal Cancer by Wang L, Deng X, Tang J, Gong Y, Bu S, Li Z, Liao B, Ding Y, Dai T, Liao Y, Li Y

“…Statistical analyses were conducted using R and GraphPad Prism software.Results: ERAS2 was overexpressed in CRC tissues compared to normal and adenoma tissues, with higher expression levels correlating with aberrant lactate metabolism and poorer patient prognosis. …”
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Validation Indicator Identification and Customer Ranking in Microloans: A Study at Middle East Bank in Iran by Azadeh Ahmadi Kousha, Faegh Ahmadi, Mohammad Hossein Ranjbar, Hamidreza Kordlouie

“…Naive Bayes, Meta, Attribute Selected Classifier, and j48 algorithms were implemented and WEKA software was used to classify criteria and create patterns. …”
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Diseño de una propuesta educativa en educación física para fomentar andar al colegio en adolescentes by Romina Gisele Saucedo-Araujo, Francisco Javier Huertas-Delgado, Javier Molina-García, Amador Jesús Lara-Sánchez, Palma Chillón, Josef Mitas, Manuel Herrador-Colmenero

“…Sus percepciones fueron evaluadas mediante entrevistas personales y analizadas cualitativamente con el software NVivo. Resultados: Los estudiantes disfrutaron de las lecciones de educación física, considerándolas más atractivas que las tradicionales, y expresaron su deseo de más sesiones. …”
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Role of Virtual iMRI in Glioblastoma Surgery: Advantages, Limitations, and Correlation with iCT and Brain Shift by Erica Grasso, Francesco Certo, Mario Ganau, Giulio Bonomo, Giuseppa Fiumanò, Giovanni Buscema, Andrea Maugeri, Antonella Agodi, Giuseppe M. V. Barbagallo

“…Moreover, the impact of brain shift on software reliability is assessed. <b>Methods</b>: This ambispective study included 80 patients with a diagnosis of glioblastoma. …”
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The Genetic Landscape of Human Glioblastoma and Matched Primary Cancer Stem Cells Reveals Intratumour Similarity and Intertumour Heterogeneity by Chiara Pesenti, Stefania Elena Navone, Laura Guarnaccia, Andrea Terrasi, Jole Costanza, Rosamaria Silipigni, Silvana Guarneri, Nicola Fusco, Laura Fontana, Marco Locatelli, Paolo Rampini, Rolando Campanella, Silvia Tabano, Monica Miozzo, Giovanni Marfia

“…Statistical analysis was performed by using R software and complex heatmap and corrplot packages. …”
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The infiltration risk prediction models by logistic regression for ground-glass pulmonary nodules: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Mengqian Li, Mengqian Li, Xiaomei Zhang, Yuxin Lai, Yunlong Sun, Tianshu Yang, Xinlei Tan

“…Two researchers screened the literature, established an Excel table for information extraction, used SPSS 25.0 to perform frequency statistics of each independent risk factor, and used Revman 5.4 software for meta-analysis.ResultsA total of 29 articles were included, involving 30 independent risk factors, with a cumulative frequency of 99 times. …”
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Prediction of outpatient rehabilitation patient preferences and optimization of graded diagnosis and treatment based on XGBoost machine learning algorithm by Xuehui Fan, Ruixue Ye, Yan Gao, Kaiwen Xue, Zeyu Zhang, Jing Xu, Jingpu Zhao, Jun Feng, Yulong Wang

“…Data processing was conducted using Python software. The pandas library was used for data cleaning and preprocessing, involving 68 categorical and 12 continuous variables. …”
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Investigating the effects of knee valgus orthosis on knee joint contact forces among subjects with knee osteoarthritis: A case series study by Mohammad Taghi KARIMI, Mahmood BAHRAMIZADEH, Hanieh KHALILIYAN, Majid ANSARI, Kavita BATRA, Aanuoluwapo AFOLABI, Olayinka ILESANMI, Lukasz SZARPAK, Hicham KHABBACHE, Gabriella NUCERA, Aldo SITIBONDO, Farhad GHAFFARI, Arash SHARAFATVAZIRI, Francesco CHIRICO

“…A motion analysis system with seven high-speed cameras and a Kistler force plate were used to record the motion of the subjects in walking and the forces applied on the leg. We used OpenSIM software to determine the knee joint contact force during walking, with and without the orthosis. …”
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Use of 3D-DXA in the assessment of bone structure among patients with chronic kidney disease by Martin Kužma, Zuzana Kužmová, Ludovic Humbert, Mirella Lopez Picazo, Roman Králik, Jakub Falat, Juraj Smaha, Peter Jackuliak, Zdenko Killinger, Juraj Payer

“…The proximal femur parameters such as cortical and trabecular volumetric (v)BMD, cortical thickness (CTh), and surface (s)BMD at the total hip (TH) and femoral neck (FN) were analyzed using 3D-Shaper software.ResultsComparison between the earlier stages (G1-G3a) and the later CKD stages (G3b-G5) showed significant differences in carboxy terminal collagen crosslinks (CTx) (386 vs.1053 ng/L), TH areal bone mineral density (aBMD; 0.991 vs. 0.859 g/cm2), cortical TH vBMD (831 vs. 795 mg/cm3), FN (837 vs. 788 mg/cm3), TH cortical sBMD (170 mg/cm2), and TH Cth (2.03 vs. 1.92 mm; all p &lt; 0.05). …”
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High-resolution spatiotemporal analysis of chikungunya epidemics between 2019 and 2020 in Salvador, Brazil: a municipality-level transmission dynamics studyResearch in context by Hernan D. Argibay, Cristiane W. Cardoso, William M. de Souza, Raquel L. Souza, Maysa Pellizzaro, Geraldo M. Cunha, Julie Clennon, Scott C. Weaver, Mitermayer G. Reis, Uriel Kitron, Guilherme S. Ribeiro

“…Methods: In this epidemiological study, we analyzed by census tracts the chikungunya cases reported in Salvador during the 2019–2020 epidemics. We used SaTScan software to identify spatiotemporal clusters and assessed how census tract characteristics (socioeconomic, environmental, and prior chikungunya occurrence) influenced chikungunya incidence through a Bayesian spatial model using Integrated Laplace Approximation (INLA). …”
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Analysis of Role of Haematological Parameters in Diagnosis of Grampositive and Gram-negative Urinary Tract Infection: A Case-control Study by Sudha Srinivasan, Ayeesha Sithika Thajudeen, Kundhavai Chandrasekaran, Vijayashree Raghavan, D Roshini

“…Statistical analysis was performed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software version 22.0 with significance set at p-value <0.05. …”
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Assessment of out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditures on essential medicines for acute and chronic illness: a comparative study across regional and socioeconomic groups in India by Ranjit Kumar Dehury, Imteyaz Ahmad, Manas Ranjan Behera, Janmejaya Samal, Varalakshmi Manchana, Jalal Mohammed, Parthsarathi Dehury, Deepanjali Behera, Nafisa Vaz e Desouza, Abhishek Dondapati

“…The sampled respondents were investigated for acute and chronic illnesses. The software SPSS version 25 was used to analyze the data. …”
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Effects of open-skill exercise on executive functions in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Shunding Hu, Peng Shi, Ziyun Zhang, Xiaosu Feng, Kai Zhang, Kai Zhang, Kai Zhang, Teng Jin

“…Statistical analyses were performed using Stata 16.0 software.ResultsA total of 16 articles and 17 studies were included, comprising 11 RCTs and 6 QEDs. …”
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Exploring the relationships between self-efficacy, self-care, and glycaemic control in primary care diabetes management by Le Ho Thi Quynh Anh, Nguyen Vu Quoc Huy, Nguyen Minh Tam, Johan Wens, Anselme Derese, Wim Peersman, Vo Ngoc Ha My, Tran Binh Thang, Nguyen Thi Phuong Anh, Tran Thi Truc Ly, Peter Pype

“…Network analysis in R software examined relationships between self-efficacy and self-care dimensions across glycaemic control subgroups using a Gaussian graphical model with the extended Bayesian information criterion. …”
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Aplicación de métodos de virtualización en arqueología: el caso de la estela A de la tumba de Henenu (TT 313, Deir el-Bahari, Egipto) by Antonio J. Morales, Mario Ramírez Galán, Marina Camacho Galán, Flavio Celis D’Amico, Ernesto Echeverría Valiente

“…Los datos fueron procesados con Leica Cyclone para obtener una malla, aunque la malla presentaba algo de “ruido”, anomalía que debió ser corregida con otro software. El resultado fue entonces exportado a Blender. …”
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Kinomic profiling to predict sunitinib response of patients with metastasized clear cell Renal Cell Carcinoma by Jeannette C. Oosterwijk-Wakka, Liesbeth Houkes, Loes F.M. van der Zanden, Lambertus A.L.M. Kiemeney, Kerstin Junker, Anne Y Warren, Tim Eisen, Ulrich Jaehde, Marius T Radu, Rob Ruijtenbeek, Egbert Oosterwijk

“…Phosphotyrosine-activity profiling was performed using PamChip® peptide microarrays (144 peptides derived from known phosphorylation sites in Protein Tyrosine Kinase substrates) of lysed tissue samples (5 µg protein input) of 163 mRCC patients. Evolve software Was used to analyze kinome profiles and Bionavigator was used for unsupervised and supervised clustering. …”
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Exploring the Role of C-C Motif Chemokine Ligand-2 Single Nucleotide Polymorphism in Pulmonary Tuberculosis: A Genetic Association Study from North India by Sanjay K. Biswas, Mayank Mittal, Ekata Sinha, Vandana Singh, Nidhi Arela, Bharat Bajaj, Pramod K. Tiwari, Vishwa M. Katoch, Keshar K. Mohanty

“…OR was calculated using STATA/MP16.1 software. Further, CCL2, IL-12p70, IFN-γ, TNF-α, and TGF-β levels were measured in serum samples of these participants using commercially available kits. …”
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Sexual practices and risky sexual behaviours among public secondary school adolescents in a local government area in Ekiti State, Nigeria by Ojo JO, Ipinnimo TM, Alao TA, Alabi OS, Adeojo OM, Ilevbare MO, Olorunfemi BN, Esan FJ, Adejumo JO, Dailo CO, Ubulom KA, Ogbonna KO, Adebayo TO, Mesileya AO, Ajewole OO, Stephen-Douglas SJ, Chukwuonye CVS, Oluwagbemi OD

“…Data was analyzed using IBM SPSS software version 25.0. Results: The mean age ± standard deviation of the respondents was 14.5 ± 2.0 years and 55.5% of them were females. …”
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Analisis Kualitas Performa Aplikasi Digital Banking X Menggunakan Framework ISO 25010 by Medina Nurul Zahra, Kraugusteeliana Kraugusteeliana

“…This research done with quantitative method using an instrument framework ISO 25010, which focuses on the quality of software applications with 200 respondents that are user of the application. …”
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Effects of non-pharmacological interventions on biochemical hyperandrogenism in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a systematic review and network meta-analysis by Qi Jin, Ge Xu, Yuchen Ying, Lumin Liu, Huimin Zheng, Shifen Xu, Ping Yin, Yuelai Chen

“…Traditional meta-analysis of continuous variables was conducted using Stata 17.0 software with a random-effects model, reporting effect sizes as standardized mean differences (SMD) and weighted mean differences (WMD). …”
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