Utilization of an Intraoperative Grading Scale in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: A Nepalese Perspective by Suman Baral, Raj Kumar Chhetri, Neeraj Thapa

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PLATONAS, CARROLLIS, WITTGENSTEINAS IR KRIPKE APIE PRIVAČIOS KALBOS GALIMYBĘ by Saulenė Pučiliauskaitė

“…Kripke's siūlomas Wittgensteino privačios kalbos argumento nagrinėjimas ir daroma išvada, kad privačios kalbos būti negali. …”
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PLATONAS, CARROLLIS, WITTGENSTEINAS IR KRIPKE APIE PRIVAČIOS KALBOS GALIMYBĘ by Saulenė Pučiliauskaitė

“…Kripke's siūlomas Wittgensteino privačios kalbos argumento nagrinėjimas ir daroma išvada, kad privačios kalbos būti negali. …”
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ERGENLERDE SALDIRGANLIK VE ÖFKE DÜZEYLERİ ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİ: YETİŞTİRME YURTLARI ÜZERİNDE BİR ARAŞTIRMA by N. Feyzal Kesen, M. Engin Deniz, Neslihan Durmuşoğlu

“…Bu araştırmanın amacı, yetiştirme yurdunda yaşayan ergenlerin, saldırganlık ve öfke düzeyleri arasındaki ilişkinin belirlenmesi, ergenlerin yaşve yurtta kalma süreleri ile öfke ve saldırganlık düzeyi arasında ilişki olup olmadığının incelenmesidir. …”
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Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Osteoclast-Like Giant Cells: Report of the Seventh Case in the Literature by Lorenzo Dioscoridi, Damiano Bisogni, Giancarlo Freschi

“…Immunohistochemistry was positive for CD10 and CD68 and in situ hybridization revealed the expression of receptor activator of nuclear factor-kappa B (RANK) in the giant cells and receptor activator of nuclear factor-kappa B ligand (RANKL) in the tumor cells.…”
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Stroke ICF Core Element Scale and Stroke Common Functional Scale: Association Studies by Qiao JIN, Xiaoyan YANG, Qijing REN

“…Objective:To investigate the correlation between Stroke ICF Core Element Scale and Stroke Common Functional Scale.Methods:Using Stroke ICF Core Element Scale, Fugl-Meyer Scale, Modified Barthel Index (MBI) to assess 50 cases of stroke patients, performing the correlation test with <italic>Pearson</italic> coefficient, <italic>Kappa</italic> value and <italic>Cronbach</italic> alpha coefficient to evaluate the validity, reliability and content consistency of the ICF Scale.Results:The <italic>Kappa</italic> values were between 0.676-0.958 (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.001), with a good test-retest reliability and inter-rater reliability, the evaluation outcomes of two raters had a better consistency; <italic>Cronbach</italic> alpha coefficient had a good consistency in body functions, activities, participation and the environmental factors. …”
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Implementation of Haar Cascade and Adaboost Algorithms in Photo Classification on Social Networks by Rezty Amalia Aras, Hutami Endang

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Item-level and Composite-level Interrater Reliability of Functional Movement Screen™ Scores Following Condensed Training in Novice Raters by Brent A Harper, Stephen M Glass

“…Reliability (kappa) was fair for Inline Lunge (0.24 Day 1, 0.39 Day 2), and poor for Hurdle Step (Day 1 -0.01, Day 2 no result) and Rotary Stability (Day 1 -0.03, Day 2 -0.01). …”
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Comparison Between Nested-PCR and ELISA for the Detection of Toxoplasmagondii in Blood and Milk and its Genotyping in Lactating Goats and Aborted Women in Iraq by Entesar H Madi, Firas R Al-Samarai, Yusuf M Maaen, Shishir K Gangwar

“…The degree of agreement between n-PCR in milk  and blood was almost perfect (Kappa=0.801), with a sensitivity of 100 and a specificity of  90.5, while there was a slight degree of agreement (Kappa=0.14) between n-PCR and ELISA  in blood, with 58.8 sensitivity and 74.6 specificity. …”
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Efficacy of CTPV for Diagnostic and Therapeutic Assessment: Comparison with Endoscopy in Cirrhotic Patients with Gastroesophageal Varices by Zijin Cui, Haiqing Yang, Xiaoxu Jin, Huiqing Jiang, Wei Qi, Wenfeng Feng, Zhijie Feng

“…For the screening and grading/classification of EVs and GVs, substantial agreement (EV kappa: 0.63 and 0.68; GV kappa: 0.62 and 0.75, respectively) was noted between endoscopy and CTPV. …”
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Reliability of the Cutting Alignment Scoring Tool (CAST) to Assess Trunk and Limb Alignment During a 45-Degree Side-Step Cut by Lauren S Butler, Eryn K Milian, Amie DeVerna, Kevin Latz, Henry B Ellis, Alexa R Martinez, Kristin Hayden, Christian Gerstenkorn, Sara C Carpenito, Charles W Wyatt, Dai Sugimoto

“…Moderate kappa coefficients were found for trunk lean (k= 0.632) and fair kappa coefficients were noted for dynamic and static valgus (k=0.462 and k= 0.533 respectively)…”
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Reliability of the Expanded Cutting Alignment Scoring Tool (E-CAST) to Assess Trunk and Limb Alignment During a 45-Degree Side-Step Cut by Lauren S. Butler, Alexa R. Martinez, Dai Sugimoto, Charles W. Wyatt, Eryn K. Milian, Sophia Ulman, Ashley Erdman, Alex Loewen, Kristin Hayden, Amie DeVerna, Kirsten Tulchin-Francis, PRiSM Injury Prevention Research Interest Group

“…Intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC) and 95% confident intervals (95% CI) were calculated for the total score, and a kappa coefficient (k) was calculated for each variable…”
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No Difference in Two-Dimensional Kinematic Assessment of a 45-Degree Sidestep Cut Compared to Qualitative Assessment by Lauren Butler, Charles Wyatt, Alexa Martinez, Ashley Erdman, Eryn Milian, Dai Sugimoto, Alex Loewen, Jeffrey Fernandez, Kristin Hayden, Amie DeVerna, Kirsten Tulchin-Francis, Sophia Ulman

“…Cumulative intra-rater kappa coefficients ranged from moderate to almost perfect, and cumulative inter-rater kappa coefficients ranged from slight to good. …”
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Efficacy and Safety of Paromomycin for Visceral Leishmaniasis: A Systematic Review by Pashupati Pokharel, Rakesh Ghimire, Pratik Lamichhane

“…Visceral leishmaniasis, also known as kala-azar is one of the most commonly neglected tropical diseases affecting a large number of rural and resource-limited people in South Asia, Africa, and South America. …”
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Utilizing Sentinel-2 Data for Mapping Burned Areas in Banjarbaru Wetlands, South Kalimantan Province by Deasy Arisanty, Muhammad Feindhi Ramadhan, Parida Angriani, Muhammad Muhaimin, Aswin Nur Saputra, Karunia Puji Hastuti, Dedi Rosadi

“…The dNBR value accuracy was 91.5%, and for a kappa, the accuracy was 89.58%. The RBR accuracy was 92.9%, and the kappa accuracy was 0.91. …”
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User Segmentation Based on Purchasing Habits and Preferences on the Amazon Platform Using K-Means Clustering by Al Isra Denk Rimakka, Rezty Amalia Aras

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Intracapillary Monoclonal IgM Deposition Concomitant With Cold Agglutinin Disease by Silvia M. Titan, Sandra Herrmann, Nelson Leung, Pingchuan Zhang, Stephen Ansell

“…Her medical history was notable for marginal zone lymphoma along with immunoglobulin M (IgM)-kappa cold agglutinin disease diagnosed 3 years before the current presentation, which had been treated with rituximab. …”
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Treatment of Coexisting Chronic Neutrophilic Leukemia and Light Chain Multiple Myeloma with Hydroxyurea, Bortezomib, and Dexamethasone by Evelyn Taiwo, Huiying Wang, Robert Lewis

“…The monoclonal gammopathy was determined as lambda light chain with a kappa/lambda ratio of 0.06. Cytogenetics revealed normal karyotype, JAK2 kinase was negative, and rearrangement of BCR-ABL1, PDGFRA, PDGFRB, and FGFR1 was negative. …”
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Validation of a novel method for localization of parathyroid adenomas using SPECT/CT by Rachelle A. LeBlanc, Andre Isaac, Jonathan Abele, Vincent L. Biron, David W. J. Côté, Matthew Hearn, Daniel A. O’Connell, Hadi Seikaly, Jeffrey R. Harris

“…The agreement level between our method and operative report was high (Kappa=0.717 [0.691-0.743]), as was the inter-rater reliability (Kappa=0.706 [0.674-0.738]). …”
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Comparison of Fecal Calprotectin Methods for Predicting Relapse of Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Saranya Kittanakom, Md. Sharif Shajib, Kristine Garvie, Joceline Turner, Dan Brooks, Sufian Odeh, Robert Issenman, V. Tony Chetty, Joseph Macri, Waliul I. Khan

“…The agreement with PhiCal Calprotectin-EIA was 100% and 78.6% for Bühlmann (95% CI, 87.5–100; Kappa: 1) and EliA-Calprotectin (95% CI, 60.5–89.8; Kappa: 0.32), respectively, and 63.6% between Bühlmann and EliA-Calprotectin (95% CI, 46.6–77.8; Kappa: 0.16). …”
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