Vascular Access Device Infections: Current Management Practices and the Role of Multidisciplinary Teams at a Large Hospital in Northern Italy by Marta Colaneri, Lucia Galli, Martina Offer, Fabio Borgonovo, Giovanni Scaglione, Camilla Genovese, Rebecca Fattore, Monica Schiavini, Giovanni De Capitani, Maria Calloni, Arianna Bartoli, Antonio Gidaro, Chiara Cogliati, Spinello Antinori, Andrea Gori, Antonella Foschi

“…Clinicians removed VADs in 66.4% of cases compared to 62.3% per VAT recommendations, with moderate overall agreement (Cohen’s kappa = 0.58). Analysis of the eight management categories revealed moderate to low alignment (unweighted kappa = 0.44, weighted kappa = 0.30) between real-life practices and VAT guidance, with slightly improved concordance in CRBSI cases. …”
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Differences in the Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in Cardiology Outpatients in Mali: Comparison between Framingham Body Mass Index-Based Tool and Low-Information World Health Organ... by Bâ Hamidou Oumar, Sangaré Ibrahima, Camara Youssouf, Sidibé Noumou, Coulibaly Souleymane, Cissoko Yacouba, Sidibé Samba, Konaté Massama, Maiga Asmaou Kéita, Doumbia Coumba Thiam, Touré Mamadou, Diakité Mamadou, Menta Ichaka, Diall Ilo Bella

“…The percentage of agreement between both tools was 40.4%, and agreement (kappa of 0.1 and weighted kappa of 0.2) was found to be slight. …”
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Study of Histomorphological Patterns of Uterine Leiomyomas: An Observational Study by Archana Tiwari, Pratima Sapkota

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A Rare Encounter with an Expanding Pseudocyst of the Spleen by Ashish Lal Shrestha, Pradita Shrestha

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Xanthoxyletin blocks the RANK/RANKL signaling pathway to suppress the growth of human pancreatic cancer cells by Zhang Xin, Li Luming, Wu Yan

“…The results revealed a significant (p < 0.05) upregulation of receptor activator of NF-kappaB (RANK), receptor activator of NF-kappaB ligand (RANKL) and osteoprotegerin (OPG) in human pancreatic tissues and cell lines at both transcriptional and translational levels. …”
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Multiple Geminated Supernumerary Premolars: A Rare Case Report by Atul Soin, Gaurav Sharma, Gayatri Soin, Anudeep Raina, Puneet Mutneja, Archna Nagpal

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Analysis and explanation sprawl in industrial cities (Case study: Bandar Mahshahr) by arash ghasemphour, azadeh arbabi, naser ebadati, fatemeh adibi, maryam rostam pishe

“…For data analysis, cross-tab, kappa coefficient, sectorial, Heldren and Markov chain models were used. …”
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Periferik Arter Hastalığında Yaşam Tarzı Değişikliğinin Yönetimi: Neler Yapılabilir? by Ebru Güner, Semiha Alkan Kayhan

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Applying the Dempster–Shafer Fusion Theory to Combine Independent Land-Use Maps: A Case Study on the Mapping of Oil Palm Plantations in Sumatra, Indonesia by Carl Bethuel, Damien Arvor, Thomas Corpetti, Julia Hélie, Adrià Descals, David Gaveau, Cécile Chéron-Bessou, Jérémie Gignoux, Samuel Corgne

“…Our results showed that the DST decision map achieved significantly higher accuracy (Kappa = 0.78) than the most accurate input product (Kappa = 0.724). …”
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Bioactive Compounds from Propolis on Bone Homeostasis: A Narrative Review by Vanessa Bertolucci, André Felipe Ninomiya, Giovanna Barbarini Longato, Luisa Oliveira Kaneko, Nilson Nonose, Pedro Paulo Menezes Scariot, Leonardo Henrique Dalcheco Messias

“…These pathways influence the receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa-β/receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa-β ligand/osteoprotegerin system, fostering bone cell differentiation. …”
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Role and sensitivity of Positron Emission Tomography with [18F]Fluorodeoxyglucose in diagnosis and follow-up of patients affected by chronic pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA) by Gianfranco Schiraldi, Cristina Elena Popescu, Michele Chiericozzi, Salvatore Lo Cicero, Flavio Allegri, Franco Mosca, Claudio Rossetti

“…Results: At the time of first diagnosis, agreement between 18F-FDG PET/CT and serologic tests was ‘almost perfect’ (88%, Kappa = 0.846, P < 0.05), whereas it was ‘good’ at 12 months follow-up (81%, Kappa = 0.684, P < 0.05). …”
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Band Selection Algorithm Based on Multi-Feature and Affinity Propagation Clustering by Junbin Zhuang, Wenying Chen, Xunan Huang, Yunyi Yan

“…Through simulation and comparison experiments evaluating the overall classification accuracy (OA) and Kappa coefficient, it was found that the GE-AP method achieves the highest OA and Kappa coefficient compared to three other methods, with maximum increases of 8.89% and 13.18%, respectively. …”
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Periprostetik Eklem Enfeksiyonu Tanısında Serolojik Belirteçlerin Değeri by Yalkın Çamurcu, Hakan Sofu

“…Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı enfekte total kalça ve diz artroplastisi hastalarında pozitif ve negatif mikrobiyolojik kültür sonuçları ile mukayeseli olarak ESH ve CRP değerlerinin tanı koymadaki duyarlılık ve özgüllüğünü değerlendirmektir.Gereç ve Yöntem: Bu çalışmada enfekte total kalça veya total diz artroplastisi tanısı ile tedavi edilmiş toplam 80 hastanın klinik verileri retrospektif olarak değerlendirildi.Serum ESH ve CRP değerleri ile birlikte cerrahi olarak elde edilmiş mikrobiyolojik kültür sonuçları kaydedildi. 30 mm/saat üzerindeki ESH ve 10 mg/L üzerindeki CRP değerleri pozitif test olarak tanımlandı. …”
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RadiomixNet: Integrating Radiomics and Feature Extraction for Advanced Pneumonia Diagnosis by Rahul Gowtham Poola, Siva Sankar Yellampalli

“…Among these, Gradient Boosting demonstrated superior performance across all feature sets, achieving a Cohen&#x2019;s Kappa of 0.93, MCC of 0.88, Youden&#x2019;s Index of 0.82, and a Log Loss of 0.27.…”
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Evaluation of Efficacy of Artificial Intelligence in Orthopantomogram in Detecting and Classifying Radiolucent Lesions by Sheetal Singar, Ajay Parihar, Prashanthi Reddy

“…The descriptive statistics was performed. The Cohen kappa correlation coefficient was used for assessment of reliability of the diagnostic methods. …”
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5-6 YaşÇocuklarinin Akran İlişkileri ve Sosyal Konumlarinin Okula Uyum Düzeyleri Üzerindeki Yordayici Etkisi Boylamsal Çalışma by Hatice Erten, Hülya Gülay Ogelman

“…Okula uyumu istatistiksel açıdan anlamlıolarak yordamadığıtespit edilen değişkenler; dışlanma ve akran şiddetine maruz kalma değişkenleridir. Olumlu sosyal davranışve sosyal konum düzeyleri arttıkça okula uyum düzeylerinde artışmeydana gelmektedir. …”
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HAYDENO WHITE’O NARATYVISTINIO-TROPOLOGINIO PROJEKTO RECEPCIJA IR KRITIKA by Vytautas Žemgulis

“…Paskutinėje straipsnio dalyje stengiamasi parodyti, kaip H. White’as reagavo į kritiką, kaip ji paveikė pradinę koncepcijos versiją ir kokia buvo tolesnė jo pažiūrų raida. …”
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HAYDENO WHITE’O NARATYVISTINIO-TROPOLOGINIO PROJEKTO RECEPCIJA IR KRITIKA by Vytautas Žemgulis

“…Paskutinėje straipsnio dalyje stengiamasi parodyti, kaip H. White’as reagavo į kritiką, kaip ji paveikė pradinę koncepcijos versiją ir kokia buvo tolesnė jo pažiūrų raida. …”
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Inter- and Intra-observer Reproducibility of Thyroid Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology: An investigation of Bethesda 2023 Using Immunohistochemical BRAFV600E Antibody by Erdogan Bahattin, Dündar Emine, Çetin Kısmet Çivi, Yılmaz Fatih

“…Data were interpreted using Cohen’s kappa and Fleiss’s kappa test in the Statistical Package for Social Sciences Windows 2021 program. …”
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Preparation and validation of the content of an instrument to assess the quality of services of reception with risk classification in obstetrics. by Dannielly Azevedo de Oliveira, Douglissandra de Morais Ferreira, Lilian Lira Lisboa, Thaiza Teixeira Xavier Nobre

“…<h4>Results</h4>The results suggest that the tool has good content validity. CVI, Kappa, and CI were evaluated above 0.8. Item values considered lower than 0.8 were excluded.…”
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