Small Renal Masses: Incidental Diagnosis, Clinical Symptoms, and Prognostic Factors by F. M. Sánchez-Martín, F. Millán-Rodríguez, G. Urdaneta-Pignalosa, J. Rubio-Briones, H. Villavicencio-Mavrich

“…Clinical symptoms like hematuria are very rare, being diagnosed by chance (incidental) in most cases. Size, stage, and grade are still the most consistent prognosis factors in (RCC). …”
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Specialty-specific Evaluation of Virtual care Outcomes: A retrospective QUality and safety analysis (S-EVOQUe). by Shawn Mondoux, Frank Battaglia, Anastasia Gayowsky, Natasha Clayton, Cailin Langmann, Paul Miller, Alim Pardhan, Julie Mathews, Alex Drossos, Keerat Grewal

“…For statistical significance, we used 99% confidence intervals to account for the increased likelihood of chance findings due to the multiple comparisons conducted. …”
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Anti-Inflammatory and Antimicrobial Actions of Vitamin D in Combating TB/HIV by Anna K. Coussens, Adrian R. Martineau, Robert J. Wilkinson

“…Adjunct vitamin D therapy during treatment of active TB may therefore reduce lung pathology and TB morbidity, accelerate resolution of cavitation and thereby decrease the chance of transmission, improve lung function following therapy, prevent relapse, and prevent IRIS in those initiating ARVs. …”
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Non-convex optimization with using positive-negative moment estimation and its application for skin cancer recognition with a neural network by P.A. Lyakhov, U.A. Lyakhova, R.I. Abdulkadirov

“…The main problem of using standard optimization methods is the need to change all parameters in same-size steps, regardless of the behavior of the gradient. …”
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Street vendors (PKL) household economic sustainability in east Jakarta based on migration status and location trade on time pandemic covid-19 by Beti Nurbaiti, Kemas Ridwan K, Mia Siscawati, Chotib Chotib, I Gusti Agung Ayu Karishma Maharani Raijaya

“…Data processed use SPSS with equality regression logistics ordinal. street vendors Which status resident non-risen migrants and non-lifetime migrants are at high economic resilience. street vendors in local government-assisted location chance resilience economy tall than street vendors who are in temporary locations, base/fixed locations, and hawkers). …”
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Information and telecommunication system of pre-trial investigation: international experience and ways of implementation by H. I. Hlobenko

“…Detailed acquaintance with its contents gives the chance to outline a number of essential lacks. …”
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Synthesis, Characterization, and Antibacterial Activities of 1H-Imidazo [5, 6-f] [1,10] Phenanthroline-2(3H)-Thione and Its Ni(II) and Cu(II) Complexes by Radiet Anbessie Tirkeso, Tilahun Wubalem Tsega, Gebru G/Tsadik Amdemichael

“…Heterocycles are known by their broad spectrum of biological activities, so a search for a new drug from heterocycles can elevate the chance of success. The aim of this study was to obtain novel potent antimicrobial compounds. …”
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Vasectomy Regret or Lack Thereof by Danyon J. Anderson, Morgan Lucero, Stephen Vining, Charles Daniel, Jamal Hasoon, Omar Viswanath, Alan D. Kaye, Ivan Urits

“… # Conclusion Vasectomy is intended to be a permanent form of contraception; however, a minor chance remains that individuals may experience post-operative regret due to various factors. …”
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CLASSIFICATION OF SOCIAL PROTEST IN CONTEMPORARY JAPAN by D. V. Streltsov

“…For the opposition parties social protest is nothing more than an opportunity to attract additional votes. Lacking any real chance of coming to power, these parties use mass protest mood for the consolidation of their electoral base. …”
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Monthly Optimal Reservoirs Operation for Multicrop Deficit Irrigation under Fuzzy Stochastic Uncertainties by Liudong Zhang, Ping Guo, Shiqi Fang, Mo Li

“…Uncertainties in reservoir management shown as fuzzy probability were treated through chance-constraint parameter for decision makers. Necessity of dominance (ND) was used to analyse the advantages of the method. …”
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Extended Distal Pancreatectomy with En Bloc Resection of the Celiac Axis for Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Patrick H. Alizai, Andreas H. Mahnken, Christian D. Klink, Ulf P. Neumann, Karsten Junge

“…The extended distal pancreatectomy with en bloc resection of the celiac artery may offer a chance of complete resection. We present the case of a 48-year-old female with pancreatic body cancer invading the celiac axis. …”
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Cross nearest-spike interval based method to measure synchrony dynamics by Aldana M. González Montoro, Ricardo Cao, Christel Faes, Geert Molenberghs, Nelson Espinosa, Javier Cudeiro, Jorge Mariño

“…Also, the expected synchrony due to chance is computed analytically and by simulation to assess for actual synchronization.…”
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A modern approach to the treatment of acute low back pain: a proposal of a new treatment algorithm by Robert Rupiński, Urszula Grata-Borkowska, Jarosław Drobnik

“…The aim of introducing low intensity heat therapy is to reduce the use of NSAIDs (and thus reduce the chance of adverse effects) and to shorten the duration of therapy.…”
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Use of Awake Flexible Fiberoptic Bronchoscopic Nasal Intubation in Secure Airway Management for Reconstructive Surgery in a Pediatric Patient with Burn Contracture of the Neck by Tolga Totoz, Kerem Erkalp, Sirin Taskin, Ummahan Dalkilinc, Aysin Selcan

“…Application of FFB intubation based on a stepwise approach including a trial phase prior to operation day seemed to increase the chance of a successful intubation in our patient in terms of technical expertise and increased patient cooperation and tolerance by enabling familiarity with the procedure.…”
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Self-Testing of Vision in Age-Related Macula Degeneration: A Longitudinal Pilot Study Using a Smartphone-Based Rarebit Test by Christina Winther, Lars Frisén

“…MBT results agreed well with clinical assessments whereas an acuity test performed at chance level. The MBT was well accepted by all subjects. …”
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Preferences for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Non-Stimulant Treatment Characteristics Among Children and Adolescents With ADHD and Their Caregivers by Emuella Flood, Kavita Gajria, Vanja Sikirica, Paul Hodgkins, M. Haim Erder, Frank Lopez, Daniel Connor

“…Based on importance ratings, the most influential attributes for both caregivers and children/adolescents were chance of somnolence, efficacy, and for caregivers, effect on oppositionality and black box warning. …”
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Dynamiques spatiales récentes du Parc National du Banco (PNB) et stratégies de gestion communautaire durable de ses ressources forestières (District d’Abidjan en Côte d’Ivoire)... by Nakouma Sako, Gérard Beltrando

“…Floristic inventories, carried out during the summer 2008 out of 196 points, according to a North-South and East-West transects, as well as socio-demographic investigations (250 people chosen by chance in 6 bordering villages) and of the observations of ground made it possible to check and correct the cartographic results and to determine the points of view of the local actors on the future of the PNB. …”
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Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis in diagnostic accuracy studies: A guide to interpreting the area under the curve value by Şeref Kerem Çorbacıoğlu, Gökhan Aksel

“…AUC values range from 0.5 to 1.0, with a value of 0.5 indicating that the test is no better than chance at distinguishing between diseased and nondiseased individuals. …”
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This or not that: select and reject control of relational responding in rats using a blank comparison procedure with odor stimuli by Bobbie Faith Wolff, Mark Galizio, Katherine Bruce

“…Rats performed accurately on select type probe trials (similar to baseline OST performance) and also showed above chance accuracy on reject type trials. Thus, we demonstrated that rats could acquire an odor-based version of the BLC task and that both select and exclusion-based (reject) relations were active in the OST. …”
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Modeling the Smart Factory Manufacturing Products Characteristics: The Perspective of Energy Consumption by A.B.M. Salman Rahman, Myeongbae Lee, Jonghyun Lim, Yongyun Cho, Changsun Shin

“…The importance of energy analysis and forecasting in an industrial environment is increasing speedily. It is a great chance to provide a technical boost to smart factories looking to reduce energy usage and produce more profit through the control and optimization modeling. …”
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