Utility of MYD88 in the Differential Diagnosis and Choice of Second-Line Therapy in a Case of Nonsecretory Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma versus Free Light Chain Waldenstrom’s Macroglo... by D. Kazmierski, M. L. Palomba, C. Barsigian

“…In 2012, a 64-year-old male presented with dyspnea on exertion, a hemoglobin of 5.6 g/dL, a platelet count of 86,000, and monoclonal IgM kappa on serum immunofixation but no detectable M-spike. …”
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A Prediction Method of Electromagnetic Environment Effects for UAV LiDAR Detection System by Min Huang, Dandan Liu, Liyun Ma, Jingyang Wang, Yuming Wang, Yazhou Chen

“…Experimental results show that, comprising with the other seven machine learning algorithms, the Stacking fusion model has a better classification prediction accuracy of 0.9762, a lower Hamming code distance of 0.0336, and a higher Kappa coefficient of 0.955. The fusion model proposed in this paper has a better predictive effect on electromagnetic environment effects and is of great significance for improving the accuracy and safety of UAV LiDAR detection systems under the complex electromagnetic environment on the battlefield.…”
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Physicochemical Changes of Cocoa Beans during Roasting Process by Pedro García-Alamilla, Laura Mercedes Lagunes-Gálvez, Juan Barajas-Fernández, Ricardo García-Alamilla

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A new sliding mode control strategy to improve active power management in a laboratory scale microgrid by Oscar Gonzales-Zurita, Jean-Michel Clairand, Guillermo Escrivá-Escrivá

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Pengembangan Instrumen Pengukuran Prokrastinasi Siswa Sekolah Menengah Pertama by Ketut Sudi Aning, Kadek Suranata, Kadek Ari Dwiarwati

“…Lalu pada uji reliabilitas, hasil perhitungan menunjukkan koefisien reliabilitas instrumen pengukuran prokrastinasi siswa Sekolah Menengah Pertama (SMP) sebesar 0.938 dengan responden sebanyak 200 siswa, apabila dibandingkan dengan rtab sebesar 0.244 pada taraf signifikansi 0.05% maka ralpa ≥ rtab sehingga instrumen dapat dikatakan reliabel.…”
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Gelir Gruplarına Göre Tüketici Fiyat Endeksi (TÜFE) Hesapları ve Gelir Dağılımı Ölçümü İçin Yeni Bir Öneri by Esat Daşdemir

“…Bu nedenle gelir düzeyi aynı kalsa dahi, gruplar arası enflasyon farklılığı nedeniyle düşük gelirli gruplar ile yüksek gelirli gruplar arasındaki yaşam standardı farklılığı açılmıştır. …”
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assessment of land-cover change in South part of Lake Urmia using satellite imagery by Khadijeh Mikaeli Hajikandi, Behrooz Sobhani, Saeid Varamesh

“…The accuracy of the produced maps were assessed and compared with the training samples derived from Google Earth images and Kappa Index, overral accuracy, producer accuracy and user accuracy. …”
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Homoharringtonine Attenuates Dextran Sulfate Sodium-Induced Colitis by Inhibiting NF-κB Signaling by Jiangrui Liu, Liangpan Shi, Wenchang Huang, Zhihua Zheng, Xiaohui Huang, Yibin Su

“…HHT alleviated DSS-induced colitis with downregulated TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-6, and CCL2 expression; reduced activation of nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB) signaling; and diminished proportion of recruited macrophages in colon tissues. …”
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Folic Acid Is Able to Polarize the Inflammatory Response in LPS Activated Microglia by Regulating Multiple Signaling Pathways by Antonia Cianciulli, Rosaria Salvatore, Chiara Porro, Teresa Trotta, Maria Antonietta Panaro

“…The levels of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), interleukin-1 beta (IL-1β), and IL-10 were determined by ELISA. …”
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A re-look at the modified Ryan regression scoring system in esophageal cancer—validation of prognostic significance and comparison with other less commonly used systems by Paromita Roy, Rupanita Biswal, Sayali N. Honap, Robin Thambudorai, Tapesh Bhattacharyya, Indranil Mallick

“…Complete pathological response (pCR) was noted in 47% (44/93) patients. The kappa inter-rater agreement score for the Ryan system was substantial (0.774), while it was almost perfect agreement for tumor percentage assessment-based systems (Swisher, CROSS, and Becker). …”
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Advancing the Classification and Attribution Method for Alpine Wetlands: A Case Study of the Source Region of Three Rivers, Tibetan Plateau by Xiankun Zheng, Sihai Liang, Xingxing Kuang, Li Wan, Kuo Zhang

“…The results indicate (1) the high accuracy of the SRTR land cover maps from 1990 to 2020, with an overall accuracy of above 92.48% and a Kappa coefficient of over 0.91, satisfying the subsequent analysis of wetland spatiotemporal changes; (2) a net loss of 3.8% in the SRTR alpine wetlands, with a notable 7.9% net loss in marsh wetlands and nearly 32,010 km² lost by 2015; and (3) topography and permafrost change as key drivers (as identified by the PLS-SEM), with permafrost contributing 52% to the significant marsh wetland loss from 2010 to 2015. …”
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Evaluation of contralateral arterial flow compensation using transcranial Doppler in acute internal carotid artery occlusion and implications for neurological outcome by Yichen Wang, Hong Chang, Peng Bai, Jin Chen

“…TCD showed excellent agreement with magnetic resonance angiography (MRA)/CT angiography (CTA) in assessing anterior communicating artery (ACoA) status (kappa = 0.873, p < 0.001). Our findings indicated that the absence of collaterals (OR = 7.649, p = 0.032), younger age (OR = 0.907, p = 0.048), and lower Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score 24 h after onset (ASPECTs1) (OR = 0.276, p = 0.025) were independent predictors of malignant cerebral edema. …”
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GCL_FCS30: a global coastline dataset with 30-m resolution and a fine classification system from 2010 to 2020 by Jian Zuo, Li Zhang, Jingfeng Xiao, Bowei Chen, Bo Zhang, Yingwen Hu, M. M. Abdullah Al Mamun, Yang Wang, Kaixin Li

“…The GCL_FCS30 classification was found to achieve an overall accuracy and Kappa coefficient over 85% and 0.75. Each coastline category accurately covered the majority of the area represented in third-party data and exhibited a high degree of spatial relevance. …”
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An Efficient Text-Mining Framework of Automatic Essay Grading Using Discourse Macrostructural and Statistical Lexical Features by Husam M. Alawadh, Talha Meraj, Lama Aldosari, Hafiz Tayyab Rauf

“…The average Quadratic Weighted Kappa (QWK) score of 0.9339 was achieved and outperformed previous solutions in terms of time, computation, and performance.…”
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Investigation of validity and inter examiner agreement of quantitative light induced fluorescent images in diagnosing cracked teeth by Sung-Ae Son, Yun-Hoa Jung, Jae-Hoon Kim, Jeong-Kil Park

“…The agreement between examiners and the reference standard of the crack line was calculated by kappa value. Inter examiner agreement of natural color images showed at 0.394, while fluorescent and combination images showed at 0.449 and 0.493. …”
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EVIDÊNCIAS PRELIMINARES DE VALIDADE DA SEÇÃO DE ATIVIDADE FÍSICA DO QUESTIONÁRIO DE ATIVIDADE FÍSICA E ALIMENTAÇÃO DO DIA ANTERIOR (QUAFDA) by Filipe Ferreira da Costa, João Roberto Liparotti

“…Para análise dos dados foram utilizados a correlação deSpearman (rs), a regressão linear, índice kappa (k) e os índices de sensibilidade e especificidade,para determinar a capacidade de pontos de corte do escore QUAFDA em identificarsujeitos que alcançaram as recomendações de número de passos. …”
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Covid-19 Tanılı Ortopedik Cerrahi Hastasının Günlük Yaşam Aktiviteleri Modeline Göre Bakım Uygulamaları: Olgu Sunumu by Özgül Aydemir, Rabia Görücü, Tuluha Ayoğlu

“…İzolasyon sürecinde Covid-19 tedavi ve bakım uygulamaları gerçekleştirilen hasta, parsiyel kalça protezi girişimi için ortopedi kliniğine yatırıldı. …”
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Multimodal Adaptive Identity-Recognition Algorithm Fused with Gait Perception by Changjie Wang, Zhihua Li, Benjamin Sarpong

“…Experimental results show that the proposed algorithms perform well in recognition accuracy, the confusion matrix, and the kappa statistic, and they have better recognition scores and robustness than the compared algorithms; thus, the proposed algorithm has prominent promise in practice.…”
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Efficacy of ultrasonography and mammography in detecting features of breast cancer by Sultan Abdulwadoud Alshoabi, Amal A. Alareqi, Moawia Gameraddin, Awadia Gareeballah, Kamal D. Alsultan, Amel F. Alzain

“…The compatibility between the presence of each feature on both imaging techniques was measured by the percentage of agreement in reporting the feature that was reported as Kappa. The sensitivity and specificity for each feature were calculated, and the receiver operating characteristic curve was used to measure the area under the curve for each feature on both modalities. …”
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Association of Urinary Phthalates with Self-Reported Eye Affliction/Retinopathy in Individuals with Diabetes: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2001–2010 by Manju Mamtani, Joanne E. Curran, John Blangero, Hemant Kulkarni

“…Self-reported eye affliction/retinopathy had 82% accuracy with Cohen’s kappa of 0.31 (p<0.001). Urinary mono-n-octyl phthalate (MOP) was independently associated with the likelihood of self-reported eye affliction/retinopathy in subjects with T2D after accounting for all the confounders. …”
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