Sex Differences in Parent and Child Pain Ratings during an Experimental Child Pain Task by Erin C Moon, Christine T Chambers, Anne-Claire Larochette, Kelly Hayton, Kenneth D Craig, Patrick J McGrath

“…Fathers gave their sons higher pain ratings than their daughters, whereas mothers’ ratings of their sons’ and daughters’ pain did not differ. Kappa statistics and t tests revealed that fathers tended to be more accurate judges of their children’s pain than mothers. …”
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Comparison and Estimation of Surface Albedo of Various Levels of Land use by SEBAL and METRIC Methods by Mehdi Asadi, Khalil Valizadeh khamran, Mohammad Baaghdeh, Hamed Adab

“…To determine the type of usage of different levels, the maximum likelihood algorithm classification method was used with Kappa coefficient of 86.14% and overall accuracy of 92.63%. …”
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Trypanosoma cruzi: Seroprevalence Detection in Suburban Population of Santiago de Querétaro (Mexico) by Ángeles López-Céspedes, Elena Villagrán, Kervin Briceño Álvarez, José Antonio de Diego, Hebert Luís Hernández-Montiel, Carlos Saldaña, Manuel Sānchez-Moreno, Clotilde Marín

“…The positive predictive value was 93% and the negative predictive value was 99%, with a Kappa (κ) value of 1. Conclusions. These preliminary data reveal the degree of infection of nonrural areas of Mexico and demonstrated that SODeCRU is an antigen useful to diagnose Chagas disease.…”
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MFG-E8 Knockout Aggravated Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis by Promoting the Activation of TLR4/NF-κB Signaling in Mice by Jun Hu, Hui Du, Yinglin Yuan, Peipei Guo, Junxia Yang, Xinru Yin, Jin Liu, Shengwang Wu, Jingyuan Wan, Xia Gong

“…Mechanistically, MFG-E8 knockout facilitated activation of hepatic toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4)/nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) signaling pathway in MCD-fed mice. …”
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Abatement by Alhagi maurorum of lead-induced nephrotoxicity in rats: emphasis on Nrf2/HO-1 by Mardi M. Algandaby

“…AM guarded against Pb-induced enhanced the protein expression of interleukin-6 (IL-6), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), and nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB). …”
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Evaluation of a modified venous excess ultrasound (VExUS) protocol for estimation of venous congestion: a cohort study by Katharine C. Martin, Edward A. Gill, Ivor J. Douglas, August A. Longino

“…Agreement between tVExUS and mVExUS scores was near-perfect (Cohen's Kappa = 0.85). Conclusion mVExUS may be as effective as tVExUS in identifying elevated RAP. …”
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Bir Ölçek Geliştirme Çalışması: Hemşirelikte Geçiş Şoku Ölçeği by Aytolan Yıldırım, Merve Tarhan

“…Veriler madde analizi, açıklayıcı vedoğrulayıcı faktör analizi ve Cronbach alfa iç tutarlılık katsayısı kullanılarak analiz edildi.Bulgular: Açıklayıcı faktör analizi sonucunda ölçekte 23 madde ve dört alt boyut olduğu belirlendi. …”
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Efeitos da escolaridade na capacidade de fazer inferência by Katia de Matos Palinha, Márcia Maria Peruzzi Elia da Mota

“…Em seguida, aplicou-se o Kappa ponderado para as concordâncias (quase perfeita) e o coeficiente de correlação intraclasse (excelente). …”
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A Multifeature Fusion Network for Tree Species Classification Based on Ground-Based LiDAR Data by Yaoting Liu, Yiming Chen, Zhengjun Liu, Jianchang Chen, Yuxuan Liu

“…Our results demonstrate that MFFTC-Net significantly outperforms other state-of-the-art methods in LiDAR-based tree species classification, achieving the highest overall accuracy and kappa coefficients on both a self-built dataset of four species and a public dataset of seven species.…”
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Enhancing Medical Image Classification With Context Modulated Attention and Multi-Scale Feature Fusion by Renhan Zhang, Xuegang Luo, Junrui Lv, Junyang Cao, Yangping Zhu, Juan Wang, Bochuan Zheng

“…The experimental results demonstrate that MSFF significantly outperforms existing methods in multiple performance metrics (including accuracy, precision, recall, F1-score, Matthews Correlation Coefficient (MCC), Kappa coefficient, Area Under the Curve (AUC), balanced accuracy, and geometric mean) on four datasets (Endoscopic Bladder Tissue, Kvasir, SARS-COV-2 Ct-Scan, and Thyroid Nodule), showing its excellent performance in the task of medical image classification.…”
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OSAS-Related Inflammatory Mechanisms of Liver Injury in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease by Elena Paschetta, Paola Belci, Anna Alisi, Daniela Liccardo, Renato Cutrera, Giovanni Musso, Valerio Nobili

“…In this review, we focus on molecular mechanisms linking OSAS to NAFLD, including hypoxia inducible factor (HIF), nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB), YKL-40, unfolded protein response, and hypoxic adipose tissue inflammation, which all could provide novel potential therapeutic approaches for the management of NAFLD patients with OSAS.…”
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Land use and land cover spatiotemporal dynamic pattern and predicting changes using integrated CA-Markov model by A. Azizi, B. Malakmohamadi, H. Jafari

“…Agricultural lands and human-built environment constitute the majority of changes and are increasing continuously. The obtained Kappa values for the model accuracy assessment (higher than 0.8) indicated the model's capability to predict future Land use/cover changes in the study area. …”
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Üniversite Öğrencilerinin Kariyer Değerlerinin Eğitim Süreleri Açısından İncelenmesi ve Bir Uygulama by Ali Kılıç, Emin Serin, Semih Soran

“…Çalışan bir kişinin zor bir seçim yapmak zorunda kalsa dahi vazgeçemeyeceği, kendini algılamanın merkezinde yatan bileşen olarak düşünülebilir. …”
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Land Use Change Detection Between Tarsus - Karataş in Lower Seyhan Plain with Spectral Angle Mapper Technique by Mamadou Traore, Senem Tekin, Tolga Çan

“…The accuracy of the controlled classification studies was evaluated with kappa statistics and calculated as 0,80, 0,84, 0,87 for 1985, 2000 and 2019, respectively.…”
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COVID-19 Pandemisinde Gebelik Süreci ve Doğum Korkusu by Özlem Akın, Nülüfer Erbil

“…Gebelerde, aile desteğinin yetersizliği, sağlık ekibiyle iletişim sorunları, bebeğin virüsle enfekte olma kaygısı ve kadınların doğum sonrası bebeklerinden ayrı kalma korkusunu içeren nedenlerle doğum korkusu oluşmaktadır. …”
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Digital Health Technologies for Optimising Treatment and Rehabilitation Following Surgery: Device-Based Measurement of Sling Posture and Adherence by Joss Langford, Ahmed Barakat, Engy Daghash, Harvinder Singh, Alex V. Rowlands

“…Results: We found that upper arm angle and posture type during sling wear can be predicted from a sling sensor alone (R² = 0.79, <i>p</i> < 0.001 and Cohen’s kappa = 0.886, respectively). The addition of a wrist-worn sensor did not improve performance. …”
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Performance Evaluation of Malaria Pf/Pv Combo Test Kit at Highly Malaria-Endemic Area, Southern Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study by Temesgen Eticha, Tewodros Tamire, Temesgen Bati

“…The agreement between microscopy and RDT for specific identification of malaria species was moderate with a kappa value of 0.568. Conclusion. The overall performance of the kit was below the WHO standard. …”
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Habitat Categorization and Vegetation Mapping of Kumana National Park, Sri Lanka by Pasindu Rodrigo, Charani Gunathilaka, Dulan Jayasekara, Dharshani Mahaulpatha

“…The maximum likelihood classification (MLC) model generated the most accurate and detailed vegetation map for KNP, which was verified with ground truth data (overall accuracy of 93%; Kappa, 87%). The study’s findings furnish precise insights into the vegetation cover of KNP, thereby augmenting knowledge on the spatial distribution of habitats to support the future work of researchers and park managers. …”
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Neuroprotective and Anti-inflammatory Effects of Pioglitazone on Traumatic Brain Injury by Mohammad Yassin Zamanian, Niloofar Taheri, Maria Jade Catalan Opulencia, Dmitry Olegovich Bokov, Sharif Y. Abdullaev, Mohammadreza Gholamrezapour, Mahsa Heidari, Gholamreza Bazmandegan

“…To achieve the protective impact of PG the following was required: (1) stimulating PPARγ; (2) decreasing oxidative stress; (3) decreasing nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB), interleukin 6 (IL-6), interleukin-1β (IL-1β), cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), and C-C motif chemokine ligand 20 (CCL20) expression; (4) limiting the increase in the number of activated microglia; and (5) reducing mitochondrial dysfunction. …”
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Carotid Artery Stenosis: Comparison of 3D Time-of-Flight MR Angiography and Contrast-Enhanced MR Angiography at 3T by Ivan Platzek, Dominik Sieron, Philipp Wiggermann, Michael Laniado

“…Stenosis grades determined by TOF and CEMRA were compared using Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient and the Wilcoxon test. Cohen’s Kappa was used to evaluate interrater reliability. …”
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