Toma de decisiones en las Pymes Mexicanas: El valor de la estratégico de un simulador presupuestario de tipo Industrial (Decision making on mexican SME’S: The strategic value of an... by Rafael Espinosa Mosqueda, Mario Jesús Aguilar Camacho, José Enrique Luna Correa

“…The “Industrial Sector SME Budget Simulator,” applied to 23 industrial facilities of the Laja- Bajio zone of the state of Guanajuato amply showed its reliability by allowing the board member, entrepreneur or manager to visualize in a documented way his or her managerial aptitudes. …”
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The Impact of Cataract Surgery on Vision-Related Quality of Life and Psychological Distress in Monocular Patients by Xuepei Li, Jianqiang Lin, Zidong Chen, Guangming Jin, Danying Zheng

“…All participants undertook eye examinations and answered questionnaires (the National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire, Self-rating Anxiety Scale, and Self-rating Depression Scale) before and after cataract surgery. …”
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Cooperative Virtual Reality Gaming for Anxiety and Pain Reduction in Pediatric Patients and Their Caregivers During Painful Medical Procedures: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled... by Stefan Liszio, Franziska Bäuerlein, Jens Hildebrand, Carolin van Nahl, Maic Masuch, Oliver Basu

“…Data collection will be carried out through self-reports of patients and caregivers using visual analog scales and questionnaires at 2 measurement time points: before and after the intervention. …”
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Las TIC como mediadoras en el aprendizaje de lenguas extranjeras en Educación Infantil. Aproximación desde el enfoque natural / ICT as mediators in the learning of foreign language... by Eva Álvarez Ramos, Leyre Alejaldre Biel

“…It is recommended to promote experiences of early initiation in information and communication technologies (ICT), and special emphasis is placed on the use of audio-visual productions and information and communication technologies in the process of teaching and learning foreign languages. …”
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A deep learning model for radiological measurement of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis using biplanar radiographs by Kunjie Xie, Suping Zhu, Jincong Lin, Yi Li, Jinghui Huang, Wei Lei, Yabo Yan

“…Severity classification and sagittal abnormalities classification were visualized using a confusion matrix. Results Our AI model achieved the MAD of coronal and sagittal angle errors was 2.15° and 2.72°, and ICC was 0.985, 0.927. …”
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Clinical Features, Prognosis, and Long-Term Response to Ranibizumab of Macular CNVs in Pattern Dystrophies Spectrum: A Pilot Study by Lorenzo Casillo, Stefano Tricarico, Laura Contento, Enzo M. Vingolo

“…Morphological OCT parameters (CRT, central retinal thickness; SRF, subretinal fluid; IRF, intraretinal fluid; SHRM, subretinal hyperreflective material; HRF, hyperreflective foci; HCD, hyperreflective crystalline deposits; cCT, central choroidal thickness; slCT, sublesional choroidal thickness; EZd, ellipsoid zone disruption; and best corrected visual acuity (BCVA in logMAR scale)) were reported at baseline and last follow-up. …”
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Compatibility of the CEN-ISO/TS 82304-2 Health App Assessment Framework With Catalan and Italian Health Authorities’ Needs: Qualitative Interview Study by Petra Hoogendoorn, Mariam Shokralla, Romy Willemsen, Nick Guldemond, María Villalobos-Quesada

“…The compatibility of the needs with the TS was theoretically determined by the researchers. The results were visualized using the value proposition canvas. Two participant validation steps confirmed that the most relevant aspects of the predefined themes had been captured. …”
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Association between the triglyceride glucose index and long-term outcomes in patients with acute coronary syndrome and chronic kidney disease by Feng Wang, Wendi Huang, Chonghao Shi, Yongfu Zhu, Weicheng Ni

“…The potential linear relationship was visualized by the restricted cubic spline (RCS) curve. …”
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Traditional landscape and rural development: comparative study in three terraced areas in northern, central and southern Italy to evaluate the efficacy of GAEC standard 4.4 of cros... by Mauro Agnoletti, Giovanni Cargnello, Lorenzo Gardin, Antonio Santoro, Paolo Bazzoffi, Luigi Sansone, Luciano Pezza, Nicola Belfiore

“…This represents a minor revolution in the way of visualizing the role of the landscape, together with that of agriculture and the rural territory as a whole, and demonstrates the importance of treating the landscape with a systematic point of view. …”
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Dietary and Supplement Intake of Lutein and Zeaxanthin: How Much Do We Get and How Much Do We Need? by Susan Hazels Mitmesser, Qian Ye, Prasad P. Devarshi, Ryan W. Grant

“…Studies have shown that an intake of 6–20 mg or higher of L+Z would be beneficial for visual function and cognition. The human body cannot synthesize L+Z and must obtain them from other sources. …”
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Residential exposure to municipal solid waste incinerators and health effects: a systematic review with meta-analysis by Isabella Bottini, Simona Vecchi, Manuela De Sario, Lisa Bauleo, Alessandro Trentalange, Paola Michelozzi, Carla Ancona

“…For the overall body of evidence, heatmaps were used to visually represent the direction of the associations (positive, negative or lack of association) stratified by study quality. …”
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Clinical comparison of percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy and posterior lumbar interbody fusion for L4/5 and L5/S1 dual-level disc herniation by Hang Zhang, JunMao Gao

“…The clinical outcomes which preoperative 1 week, 3 months,6 months,12 months, 24 months, 36months and final follow-up after surgery between the two groups were evaluated using the visual analog scale (VAS), the Oswestry disability index (ODI), the Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA) and the modified MacNab criteria. …”
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The Construction and Application of a Clinical Decision Support System for Cardiovascular Diseases: Multimodal Data-Driven Development and Validation Study by Shumei Miao, Pei Ji, Yongqian Zhu, Haoyu Meng, Mang Jing, Rongrong Sheng, Xiaoliang Zhang, Hailong Ding, Jianjun Guo, Wen Gao, Guanyu Yang, Yun Liu

“…The CDSS refers to global CVD assessment indicators to design quality control strategies and an intelligent treatment plan recommendation engine map, establishing a big data analysis platform to achieve multidimensional, visualized data statistics for management decision support. …”
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Ontological approach to modeling innovation processes on the example of a distributed educational network of the University by D. G. Korneev, M. S. Gasparian, A. A. Mikryukov

“…In our opinion, it corresponds to world trends in the development of science in this field of knowledge.It is proposed to use the methods and methodologies of knowledge engineering as engineering methods: ontological engineering methods used for semantic modeling of the information and educational environment, allowing to represent the subject area in the form of a set of interconnected ontologies; methods for constructing and visualizing ontologies; methodologies for building databases and knowledge bases and forming complex queries to databases and knowledge bases; methods for semantic analysis of metadata; graph theory.As a result of the analysis of the objects of the information and educational environment, the requirements for the meta-description of educational objects and services are identified, and a description of the concepts of basic ontologies of the informational and educational environment is presented. …”
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Preoperative prediction of recurrence risk factors in operable cervical cancer based on clinical-radiomics features by Xue Du, Xue Du, Chunbao Chen, Lu Yang, Yu Cui, Min Li

“…Logistic regression algorithms were used to construct a fusion clinical-radiomics model to visualize nomograms. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC), DeLong test, calibration curve (CC), and decision curve (DC) were used to evaluate the predictive performance and clinical benefit of the model.ResultA total of 99 patients with cervical cancer were included in this study, with 79 and 20 cases in the training and test groups, respectively. …”
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Assessing the Impact of a Virtual Reality Cognitive Intervention on Tennis Performance in Junior Tennis Players: Pilot Study by Joaquin A Anguera, Aleem Choudhry, Michael Seaman, Dominick Fedele

“…ConclusionsThe present findings suggest that training cognitive abilities through an immersive visual platform may benefit athletic performance, including tennis. …”
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Teaching coherent descriptive speech to children of senior preschool age with speech underdevelopment problems by L. G. Shadrina, O. V. Efimova

“…Also, the classes stimulated children’s speech and thought activities, contributed to the activation of visual, auditory and tactile perception, memory, attention and observation.Practical significance. …”
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Health‐Related Quality of Life One Year After Intensive Care Unit Admission for COVID‐19: A Retrospective, Cross‐Sectional, Longitudinal Observational Study by Carina M. Samuelsson, Netha Hussain, Avril Drummond, Carina U. Persson

“…HRQoL was measured using the EuroQol 5 Dimensions 3 Levels (EQ‐5D‐3L) questionnaire, which covers Mobility, Self‐Care, Usual Activities, Pain/Discomfort and Anxiety/Depression, along with the EuroQol visual analogue scale (EQ‐VAS). Univariable and multivariable logistic regression analyses were performed to identify associations between HRQoL and the independent variables. …”
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Cohort data with dropout: a simulation study comparing five longitudinal analysis methods by Rebecca K. Stellato, Rutger M. van den Bor, Maria Schipper, Maud Y. A. Lindeboom, Marinus J. C. Eijkemans

“…Abstract Background A simulation study was performed to visually demonstrate the problems with repeated measures ANOVA (RMA) and t-tests (TT) compared to linear mixed effects (LME), covariance pattern (CP) or generalized estimating equations (GEE) models in longitudinal cohort studies with dropout. …”
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Development of Predictive Nomograms for Clinical Use to Quantify the Risk of Amputation in Patients with Diabetic Foot Ulcer by Bocheng Peng, Rui Min, Yiqin Liao, Aixi Yu

“…Thirdly, the independent influencing factors were applied to build a prediction model of amputation risk in patients with diabetic foot ulcer by using R4.3; then, the nomogram was established according to the selected variables visually. Finally, the performance of the prediction model was evaluated and verified by receiver working characteristic (ROC) curve, corrected calibration curve, and clinical decision curve. …”
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