Precipitaciones extremas y periodos de retorno en la subregión de la Chontalpa, Tabasco, México by Lorenzo Armando Aceves Navarro, Benigno Rivera-Hernández, José Francisco Juárez-López

“…Para el diseño de los mapas de distribución espacial de las lluvias máximas se empleó el Software ARCGIS 9.3 ®. …”
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Exploring caregiver experiences and support needs in end-of-life care for people living with HIV: A scoping review protocol. by Kristina M Kokorelias, Andrew D Eaton, Marina Wasilewski, Tyler Redublo, Luxey Sirisegaram

“…The inclusion criteria will be piloted on a random sample of articles to ensure inter-rater agreement (kappa statistic >0.61). Disagreements will be resolved through discussion or with the involvement of a content expert if needed. …”
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Correlation of disease activity score using erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C-reactive protein with clinical disease activity index in rheumatoid arthritis patients by Viraj Panchal, Puja Srivastava, Dhaiwat Shukla, Devang Rana, Supriya Malhotra, Sapan Pandya

“…To assess agreement between scores Cohen's kappa value was also evaluated. P value obtained <0.05 was considered significant. …”
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Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia: A Report of Two Cases, One with Severe Retinopathy and One with Renal Failure by Naoko Kudo, Masakatsu Usui, Yukiharu Nakabo, Ken-ichi Yoshida, Kenji Miki, Takashi Osafune, Keisuke Nishimura, Shinsaku Imashuku

“…In both cases, the serum IgM levels exceeded 3,000 mg/dL and monoclonal IgM-kappa was observed in the blood. At onset, Case 1, a 63-year-old female, developed CNS symptoms—namely, drowsiness and syncope. …”
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Urban Surface Water Mapping from VHR Images Based on Superpixel Segmentation and Target Detection by Qingwei Liu, Yugang Tian, Lihao Zhang, Bo Chen

“…The results showed that SSWE achieved the highest accuracy compared with other methods, with an average OA of 98.91&#x0025; and an average kappa coefficient of 0.942. Furthermore, the separability analysis also indicated that SSWE could effectively distinguish urban water bodies from shadows and other land covers. …”
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Translation, cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Chinese version of supportive and palliative care indicators tool (SPICT-CH) to identify cancer patients with palliativ... by Zhishan Xie, Siyuan Tang, Claire E. Johnson, Lin Xiao, Jinfeng Ding, Chongmei Huang

“…The SPICT-CH exhibited good coherence (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.76) and reliability (Kappa = 0.71, 95% CI 0.71-0.72, P < 0.05). …”
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RNA-Binding Proteins and Alternative Splicing Genes Are Coregulated in Human Retinal Endothelial Cells Treated with High Glucose by Hongran Zhao, Hui Kong, Bozhao Wang, Sihui Wu, Tianran Chen, Yan Cui

“…Apoptotic progress, protein phosphorylation, and NF-kappaB cascade revealed by the functional enrichment analysis of RASGs regulated by RBPs were closely related to diabetic retinopathy. …”
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IL-33/ST2 Activation Is involved in Ro60-Regulated Photosensitivity in Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus by Yitian Song, Fangzhi Wei, Ying Liu, Feng Han, Lihui Ma, Yanping Zhuang, Chengdan Pan, Zhandong Jia, Aimin Gong

“…Meanwhile, the silencing of ST2 or nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB) suppression abolished IL-33-induced upregulation of Ro60 in keratinocytes. …”
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Comparative diagnostic performance of recombinant Tams1 protein based dot-ELISA in detecting tropical theileriosis in naturally infected cattle by Sanjhi Paliwal, Vikrant Sudan, Daya Shanker

“…Both dot-ELISA and plate-ELISA using recombinant Tams1 protein exhibited comparable diagnostic performance, with a kappa value of 0.826 and similar analytical productivity (P = 0.6165). …”
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Renal Dysfunction, Metabolic Syndrome and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality by David Martins, Chizobam Ani, Deyu Pan, Omolola Ogunyemi, Keith Norris

“…A model with early CKD and MetS has a higher predictive accuracy (72.0% versus 67.6%), area under the ROC (0.74 versus 0.66), and Cohen's kappa (0.38 versus 0.21) than that with MetS alone. …”
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Exosomes and microRNAs as mediators of the exercise by Haoyuan Li, Guifang Liu, Bing Wang, Mohammad Reza Momeni

“…Numerous studies have confirmed that extracellular vesicles (EVs) which composed of different members such as exosomes have the ability to reduce inflammation through the activation of the nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB pathway. Furthermore, physical activity greatly affects the levels of specific miRNAs present in exosomes derived from skeletal muscle. …”
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Uji Kesesuaian Hasil Pemeriksaan Sedimen Urine Metode Shih-Yung pada Volume Urine 10 mL dan 5 mL by Putri Niawaty, Rikarni Rikarni, Dwi Yulia

“…Data were analyzed using kappa reliability/agreement test and significant if p<0.05. …”
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THE ANALYSIS OF INTERINCISAL AND VERTICAL ANGLES ON CONVEX FACIAL PROFILE ACCORDING TO STEINER (STUDY OF JAVANESE ORTHODONTIC PATIENTS IN BANYUMAS REGENCY) by Nur Aisyah Dewi Kusuma, Fani Tuti Handayani, Ryana Budi Purnama, Ali Taqwim, Jatu Rachel Keshena

“…Two operators carried out measurements, starting with tracing validation and the Kappa test. Furthermore, the results were from the average measurement of the two operators. …”
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Forsythia suspensa leaf fermented tea extracts attenuated oxidative stress in mice via the Ref-1/HIF-1α signal pathway and modulation of gut microbiota by Lijuan Li, Yating zhao, Yuxin Ding, Lanze Guo, Ruiyao Dai, Aixiang Chen, Guofeng Duan

“…FSLFT has been shown to have antioxidant effects via the Redox Factor-1(Ref-1)/ hypoxia-inducible factor-1 alpha (HIF-1α) pathway, reduce inflammation caused by hydrogen peroxide through the Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4)/nuclear factor kappa-B (NF-κB) signaling pathway, and protect mouse colons from oxidative stress by repairing gut microbiota imbalance and increasing microbial diversity and abundance. …”
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Therapeutic Role of Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase 1B in Parkinson’s Disease via Antineuroinflammation and Neuroprotection In Vitro and In Vivo by Chien-Wei Feng, Nan-Fu Chen, Te-Fu Chan, Wu-Fu Chen

“…It could significantly attenuate the interferon-gamma-induced upregulation of proinflammatory cytokines, including inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), and nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells (NF-κB). …”
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Optimal Hemoglobin A1c Levels for Screening of Diabetes and Prediabetes in the Japanese Population by Masanori Shimodaira, Shinji Okaniwa, Norinao Hanyu, Tomohiro Nakayama

“…The ability of HbA1c to detect diabetes and prediabetes was investigated using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis. The kappa (κ) coefficient was used to test the agreement between HbA1c categorization and OGTT-based diagnosis. …”
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Phillyrin ameliorates DSS-induced colitis in mice via modulating the gut microbiota and inhibiting the NF-κB/MLCK pathway by Tong Li, Guiqiu Hu, Shoupeng Fu, Di Qin, Zheyu Song

“…Molecular investigations have determined that PHY mitigates the nuclear translocation of nuclear factor kappa B, thereby downregulating myosin light-chain kinase-driven myosin light-chain phosphorylation. …”
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Pterostilbene protects against lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammation and blood–brain barrier disruption in immortalized brain endothelial cell lines in vitro by Yan Zhou, Yifan Yang, Rui Tian, Wai San Cheang

“…Meanwhile, we found that pterostilbene exerted an inhibitory effect on nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) and mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathways in bEnd.3 cells upon LPS stimulation. …”
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Ecological Stress Modeling to Conserve Mangrove Ecosystem Along the Jazan Coast of Saudi Arabia by Asma A. Al-Huqail, Zubairul Islam, Hanan F. Al-Harbi

“…The ensemble classifier achieved an F1 score of 95%, an overall accuracy of 93%, and a kappa coefficient of 0.86. Ecological stress was modeled via a generalized additive model (GAM) with key predictors, including trends in the NDVI, NDWIveg (vegetation water content), NDWIow (open water), and LST from 1991 to 2023, which were derived using surface reflectance (SR) products from Landsat 5 TM, Landsat 7 ETM+, and Landsat 8 OLI/TIRS sensors. …”
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The Effectiveness of Dipstick for the Detection of Urinary Tract Infection by Isaac Dadzie, Elvis Quansah, Mavis Puopelle Dakorah, Victoria Abiade, Ebenezer Takyi-Amuah, Richmond Adusei

“…Combined “nitrite-positive or leucocyte-positive” result was relatively the best indicator for accurate dipstick diagnosis, with AUC = 0.7242. Cohen’s kappa values between dipstick diagnosis and quantitative culture were <0.6. …”
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