Polymer Concentration and Solvent Variation Correlation with the Morphology and Water Filtration Analysis of Polyether Sulfone Microfiltration Membrane by Muhammad Azeem U. R. Alvi, Muhammad Waqas Khalid, Nasir M. Ahmad, Muhammad Bilal K. Niazi, Muhammad Nabeel Anwar, Mehwish Batool, Waqas Cheema, Sikandar Rafiq

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Farklı Olgunluklarda Tüketilen Sakız Enginarının (Cynara Scolymus L.) Biyoaktif Bileşenlerinin İncelenmesİ by Seda Kayahan, Didem Saloglu Dertli

“…Farklı olgunluktaki enginarlar incelendiğinde, bebek enginarın kalp kısmının fenolik içeriği daha yüksek bulunmuştur. …”
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An Objective Pain Score for Chronic Pain Clinic Patients by Agnes K. Pace, Melanio Bruceta, John Donovan, Sonia J. Vaida, Jill M. Eckert

“…Interrater reliability revealed a fair-good agreement between the nurse’s and researcher’s CBPS scores, weighted kappa values of 0.59 and 0.65, preprocedure and postprocedure, respectively. …”
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Diet Control and Swimming Exercise Ameliorate HFD-Induced Cognitive Impairment Related to the SIRT1-NF-κB/PGC-1α Pathways in ApoE-/- Mice by Wei Wei, Zhicheng Lin, PeiTao Xu, Xinru Lv, Libin Lin, Yongxu Li, Yangjie Zhou, Taotao Lu, Xiehua Xue

“…The expression of sirtuin-1 (SIRT1), peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1-alpha (PGC-1α), brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), nuclear factor kappa B p65 (NF-κB p65), interleukin-1β (IL-1β), and tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) in the hippocampus was measured by western blotting. …”
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A Pilot Study of Laparoscopic Doppler Ultrasound Probe to Map Arterial Vascular Flow within the Neurovascular Bundle during Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy by Ketan K. Badani, Edan Y. Shapiro, William T. Berg, Sarah Kaufman, Ari Bergman, Chris Wambi, Arindam RoyChoudhury, Trushar Patel

“…Postoperative erectile function was assessed. Fleiss Kappa statistic was used to evaluate inter-rater agreement for each of the 12 measurements. …”
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尿液中ErbB3蛋白在肾透明细胞癌早期诊断中的意义 by 莫承强, 王思豪, 潘金成, 丘少鹏

“…② 建立使用尿液ErbB3蛋白对肾透 明细胞癌进行早期诊断的ROC曲线，曲线下面积为0.802（P<0.001），当取诊断分界值为13.98 时，约登指数最大 为0.525，对应的诊断试验灵敏度为0.645，特异度0.880。诊断试验的Kappa值为0.542（P<0.001）。③ 实验组患 者尿液ErbB3蛋白含量与患者BMI、肿瘤病理直径、术前肌酐、血压及血糖无明显相关性。…”
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NIEKO NĖRA, ARBA BŪTIES PROBLEMA SOFISTŲ MĄSTYME by Skirmantas Jankauskas

“…Patikslinama, kad šio kriterijaus esmė ta, kad kosmo (logo) juslinis permatavimas nureikšmina mąstymą, taigi ir kilusius vidinius prieštaravimus, kartu santykinai išlaisvina kalbą ir sudaro prielaidas sofistiniam iškalbos menui atsirasti. …”
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Effectiveness of interventions for middle-aged and ageing population with neck pain: a systematic review and network meta-analysis protocol by Alison B Rushton, Nicola R Heneghan, Taweewat Wiangkham, Uchukarn Boonyapo, Piyameth Dilokthornsakul, Nattawan Phungwattanakul

“…Two reviewers will decide eligibility and assess risk of bias (ROB) of included studies. The kappa statistic will be used to evaluate agreement between the reviewers at each stage. …”
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Maresin 1 Mitigates Inflammatory Response and Protects Mice from Sepsis by Ruidong Li, Yaxin Wang, Zhijun Ma, Muyuan Ma, Di Wang, Gengchen Xie, Yuping Yin, Peng Zhang, Kaixiong Tao

“…Treatment with Mar1 inhibited activation of nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κb) pathway. In conclusion, Mar1 exhibited protective effect in sepsis by reducing LPS, bacteria burden in serum, inhibiting inflammation response, and improving vital organ function. …”
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Application of 2D polymerase chain reaction for single-tube detection of high-risk human papillomaviruses by Weifeng Wang, Min Jiang, Ying Liu, Xuan Wu, Yan Chen, Xiaoyun Zhang, Weiwei Liu

“…The overall concordance between the two detection methods was 96.17% (Kappa = 0.910).ConclusionThe 2D PCR method, which integrates asymmetric PCR amplification with melting curve analysis, has the capacity to detect 11 types of HR-HPVs across three channels. …”
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Cross-cultural adaptation: South African Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Knowledge Questionnaire by Lorisha Manas, Tawanda Chivese, Ankia Coetzee, Magda Conradie, Linzette D. Morris

“…For internal consistency, Cronbach’s alpha values were 0.534 for the Afrikaans version, 0.434 for the English version and 0.621 for the isiXhosa version. …”
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Development of a duplex real-time recombinase aided amplification assay for the simultaneous and rapid detection of PCV3 and PCV4 by Renjie Sun, Hanze Liu, Siqi Sun, Yating Wang, Ying Shan, Xiaoliang Li, Weihuan Fang, Yongle Yang, Ronghui Xie, Lingyan Zhao

“…Comparative analysis with PCV3 and PCV4 qPCR on 60 clinical samples and artificially spiked samples indicated high congruence (the kappa value was 0.966 and 1, respectively, with p < 0.001), with only minor discrepancies, validating effectiveness of the duplex RAA assay in detecting co-infections and its suitability for preliminary clinical diagnosis of PCV3 and PCV4. …”
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DESENVOLVIMENTO E VALIDAÇÃO DE UM RECORDATÓRIO DE 24 HORAS DE AVALIAÇÃO DA ATIVIDADE FÍSICA by Evelyn Helena Ribeiro, Evelyn Fabiana Costa, Gisele Monteiro Sobral, Alex Antonio Florindo

“…Para verificar a relaçãoentre as variáveis de estudo utilizou-se a correlação de Spearman e correlação ajustada por idade,índice de massa corporal (IMC) e perímetro da cintura. O índice Kappa foi calculado para avaliaro grau de concordância entre o R24AF e o acelerômetro. …”
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A Novel Stacked Model for Classification of Vocal Cord Paralysis Over Imbalanced Vocal Data by K. Jayashree Hegde, K. Manjula Shenoy, K. Devaraja

“…In addition, the proposed model&#x2019;s robustness and trustworthiness are proven by the False Discovery Rate of 0.07142, Cohen Kappa of 0.82105, Mathew&#x2019;s Correlation coefficient (MCC) of 0.83452, and F1-score 0.91005. …”
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Inflammation and Immune Escape in Ovarian Cancer: Pathways and Therapeutic Opportunities by Liu C, Yin Q, Wu Z, Li W, Huang J, Chen B, Yang Y, Zheng X, Zeng L, Wang J

“…Inflammatory cytokines, including IL-6, TNF-α, and IL-8, as well as key signaling pathways such as nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kB) and signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3), are upregulated in OC, promoting a tumor-promoting environment. …”
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Aggravating Effects of Psychological Stress on Ligature-Induced Periodontitis via the Involvement of Local Oxidative Damage and NF-κB Activation by Qiang Li, Yajuan Zhao, Daokun Deng, Jiuhui Yang, Yongjin Chen, Jia Liu, Min Zhang

“…These results hint us that psychological stress could aggravate inflammation in periodontitis tissues, which may be partly due to local worsening of oxidative damage and further activation of the nuclear factor kappa-B (NF-κB) signalling pathway.…”
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Kâtip Çelebi'nin Eserlerinde Mesleğinin İzleri - Traces Of Vocational In Kâtip Çelebi's Works by Ali Apalı

“…Ancak eserlerinden bir kısmının derli toplu olarak zaten g&uuml;n&uuml;m&uuml;ze ulaşamadığı T&uuml;rk bilgininin b&uuml;t&uuml;n eserlerinin ele alınması bu &ccedil;alışmanın kapsamını aşacağı i&ccedil;in daha ziyade coğrafya alanında kaleme alınmış olan, Kitab-ı Cihann&uuml;ma ve maliye alanında kaleme alınmış olan D&uuml;st&uuml;ru&rsquo;l-amel li-ıslahi&rsquo;l-halel isimli eserleri analiz edilmiştir. …”
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Valerenic acid ameliorates amphetamine-related neurotoxicity by improving hypothalamus tyrosine hydroxylase and histamine-N-methyl transferase enzymes by Khaled M.M. Koriem, Ammar H.A. Naiem

“…Results: METH decreased superoxide dismutase, glutathione peroxidase, catalase, NADPH oxidase, interleukin-10, sucrose preference test, distance traveled test, and center square entries test, ATPase activity and the enzymes tyrosine hydroxylase and histamine-N-methyl transferase but increased malondialdehyde, conjugated dienes, oxidative index, serotonin, dopamine, norepinephrine, γ-aminobutyric acid, tumor necrosis factor-α, interleukin-1β, interleukin-6, nuclear factor kappa B levels, the center square duration test, tail suspension test, and forced swimming test. in the METH-treated animals' brain in contrast to the control group. …”
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Suppression of Proinflammatory Cytokines and Mediators in LPS-Induced RAW 264.7 Macrophages by Stem Extract of Alternanthera sessilis via the Inhibition of the NF-κB Pathway by Katyakyini Muniandy, Sivapragasam Gothai, Khaleel M. H. Badran, S. Suresh Kumar, Norhaizan Mohd Esa, Palanisamy Arulselvan

“…Inflammation is a natural process of the innate immune system, accompanied with the increase in the level of proinflammatory mediators, for example, nitric oxide (NO) and prostaglandin (PGE2); cytokines such as interleukin 6 (IL-6), interleukin 1β (IL-1β), and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFα); and enzymes including inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) via the activation and nuclear translocation of nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells (NF-κB) subunit p65 due to the phosphorylation of inhibitory protein, IκBα. …”
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging Combined with Serological Markers Improves the Diagnosis of Placenta Previa with Placenta Accreta Spectrum by Ying Wang, Zhengdong Hou, Bingqing Xia, Xianjing Xie, Ying He

“…A combined diagnostic approach using MRI and serological markers showed good accuracy, with a Kappa coefficient of 0.850, indicating good agreement with surgical pathology. …”
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