Land Cover and Forest Type Classification by Values of Vegetation Indices and Forest Structure of Tropical Lowland Forests in Central Vietnam by Hung Nguyen Trong, The Dung Nguyen, Martin Kappas

“…The performance of Landsat-8 showed out-of-bag error of 31.6%, overall accuracy of 68%, kappa of 67.5%, while Sentinel-2 showed out-of-bag error of 14.3% and overall accuracy of 85.7% and kappa of 83%. …”
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A smartphone application to objectively monitor music listening habits in adolescents by Danique E. Paping, Jantien L. Vroegop, Simone P. C. Koenraads, Carlijn M.P. le Clercq, André Goedegebure, Robert J. Baatenburg de Jong, Marc P. van der Schroeff

“…The level of agreement between the objectively measured and self-reported listening habits were evaluated using weighted kappa coefficients. Data were collected from May 2017 to March 2019. …”
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Comparing spirometry, impulse oscillometry with computed tomography for assessing small airway dysfunction in subjects with and without chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by Suyin Huang, Fan Wu, Zhishan Deng, Jieqi Peng, Cuiqiong Dai, Lifei Lu, Kunning Zhou, Xiaohui Wu, Qi Wan, Gaoying Tang, Shengtang Chen, Changli Yang, Yongqing Huang, Shuqing Yu, Pixin Ran, Yumin Zhou

“…IOS-defined SAD was defined as peripheral airway resistance R5 − R20 > 0.07 kPa/L/s. The consistency of spirometry, IOS and CT for diagnosing SAD was assessed using Kappa coefficient. …”
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Investigation of the Thermal Degradation Behavior of Coal/Biomass Blends for Kinetics Analysis with Sequential Method Implication by SHOAIB Hafiz Muhammad, QURESHI Tayyab, KHAN Ihtisham, MAHMOOD Hamayoun, IQBAL Tanveer

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Population and distribution pattern of Poropuntius tawarensis in Lake Laut Tawar, Central Aceh Regency by Mufti Aulia Rahman, Abdullah Abdullah, Safrida Safrida, Muhammad Ali Sarong, Haekal Azief Haridhi

“…All locations (Hakim Balai Bujang: 0.796845; Toweren: 0.301815; Kelitu: 0.753952; Kala Segi: 0.467728) show a low level of diversity, which is H' 1. …”
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Mixed Cutaneous Infection Caused by Leishmania and Dermatophytes: A Rare Coincidence or Immunological Fact by Amresh Kumar Singh, Ankur Kumar, Jayesh Pandey, Vivek Gaur, Pratima Tripathi, Indra Prasad Adhikari

“…A diagnosis of PKDL with tinea was made based on the history of kala-azar and on the skin slit smear for amastigote forms, rK39 test, and KOH mount. …”
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超声造影定量分析评价卵巢癌淋巴结转移及与E-cadherin表达的相关性

“…根据术后病理结果将患者分为淋巴结转移组和无淋巴结转移组,对超声造影定量分析不同增强强度判断的结果与病理结果进行诊断试验评价,并采用Kappa检验对超声造影定量分析方法的可靠性进行评价?应用免疫组织化学方法检测卵巢癌组织中E-cadherin的表达,将淋巴结转移组和无淋巴结转移组两组间E-cadherin表达的结果进行比较并分析卵巢癌组织造影各参数与E-cadherin表达的相关性?…”
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Estimation of soil moisture of a high Andean wetland ecosystem (Bofedal) with geo-radar data and In-Situ measurements, Ayacucho - Peru by Wilmer Moncada, Alex Pereda, Manuel Masías, Manuel Lagos, Edwin Portal-Quicaña, Cristhian Aldana, Yesenia Saavedra, Edwin Saavedra

“…An analysis of the determination coefficient R2 and the Kappa index (κ) was conducted between both groups of bofedal subsoil moisture data along the four surveyed transects at depths ranging from 0 to 24 cm that contain water and saturated moisture. …”
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EEG electrode setup optimization using feature extraction techniques for neonatal sleep state classification by Hafza Ayesha Siddiqa, Muhammad Farrukh Qureshi, Arsalan Khurshid, Yan Xu, Laishuan Wang, Saadullah Farooq Abbasi, Chen Chen, Wei Chen

“…In comparison to other single channels, the C3 channel has an accuracy value of 80.75% ± 0.82%, with a kappa value of 0.76. Classification accuracy for four left-side electrodes is higher (82.71% ± 0.88%) than for four right-side electrodes (81.14% ± 0.77%), while kappa values are respectively 0.78 and 0.76. …”
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Performance Evaluation of Three Diagnostic Methods for Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections among Schoolchildren in Amhara Region, Northwest Ethiopia by Shegaw Belay, Getaneh Alemu, Tadesse Hailu

“…The strength of agreement between the diagnostic methods was determined by the Kappa value. Results. The overall prevalence of soil-transmitted helminths was 32.8% (95% CI: 28.2–37.8%) using a combination of methods. …”
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Phenazine biosynthesis-like domain-containing protein (PBLD) and Cedrelone promote antiviral immune response by activating NF-ĸB by Peili Hou, Hongchao Zhu, Fengyun Chu, Yan Gao, Xiaonan Sun, Fuzhen Zhang, Xiaomeng Wang, Yueyue Feng, Xingyu Li, Yu Liu, Jun Wang, Xiaoyun Wang, Daniel Chang He, Hongmei Wang, Hongbin He

“…Here, we demonstrate that PBLD upregulates the type I interferon (IFN-I) response through activating NF-kappaB (NF-κB) signaling pathway to resist viral infection in cells and mice. …”
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Mask-UnMask Regions (MUMR) Framework for Classifying AMD Grades Using Inter-Regional Interaction Analysis by Ibrahim Abdelhalim, Namuunaa Nadmid, Mohamed Elsharkawy, Mohammed Ghazal, Ali H. Mahmoud, Ayman El-Baz

“…Our model consistently outperforms state-of-the-art approaches, achieving mean accuracy, mean F1-score, and mean Cohen’s Kappa of 92.55%, 92.59%, and 89.97%, respectively. …”
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Effectiveness and utilization of a cognitive screening program for primary geriatric care by David P. Salmon, Anna Malkina, Melanie L. Johnson, Christina Gigliotti, Emily A. Little, Douglas Galasko

“…Classification accuracy was shown by high agreement with the eventual clinical diagnosis in the medical record (69%; Cohen’s Kappa = .38; p < .001; 77% if MCI and dementia were collapsed; Cohen’s Kappa = .58; p < .001) and longitudinal decline in cognitive test scores only in those initially classified as having MCI or dementia. …”
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Analisis Sentimen Kebijakan New Normal dengan Menggunakan Automated Lexicon Senti N-Gram by Rifki Akbar Siregar, Yuita Arum Sari, Indriati Indriati

“…Adapun penelitian ini menggunakan data sebanyak 350 data tweet yang terbagi menjadi 229 tweet kelas positif dan 121 tweet kelas negatif. Hasil evaluasi yang diperoleh dengan menggunakan data dengan stemming lebih tinggi dibandingkan dengan data tanpa stemming. …”
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High-Intensity Interval Training Improves Physical Function, Prevents Muscle Loss, and Modulates Macrophage-Mediated Inflammation in Skeletal Muscle of Cerebral Ischemic Mice by Lu Luo, Meixi Liu, Hongyu Xie, Yunhui Fan, Jingjun Zhang, Li Liu, Yun Li, Qiqi Zhang, Junfa Wu, Congyu Jiang, Yi Wu

“…Additionally, RNA-seq analysis revealed that the differentially expressed genes among HIIT, MOD, and MCAO groups were highly associated with signaling pathways involved in inflammatory response, more specifically the I-kappaB kinase/NF-kappaB signaling. Following the outcome, we further investigated the infiltrating immune cells abundant in paretic muscles. …”
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SFSCDNet: A Deep Learning Model With Spatial Flow-Based Semantic Change Detection From Bi-Temporal Satellite Images by K. S. Basavaraju, N. Sravya, Vibha Damodara Kevala, Shilpa Suresh, Shyam Lal

“…The proposed network achieves an overall accuracy of 86.32%, a mean Intersection over Union of 70.33%, a Separated Kappa of 21.21%, and an F1-score for semantic change detection of 66.01%, with a score of 35.94%. …”
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Desenvolvimento e validação de um questionário sobre uso do Facebook voltado para praticantes de atividades físicas em academias by Matheus Pedroso, Rodrigo Sartori, Caroline Dias, Cristian Roncada

“…A validação interna do instrumento foi feita em cinco etapas: a) alfa de Cronbach (αC); b) Correlação de Kendall; c) coeficiente de correlação intraclasse; d) efeitos de teto/piso; e) índice de Kappa. …”
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Assessing the clinical support capabilities of ChatGPT 4o and ChatGPT 4o mini in managing lumbar disc herniation by Suning Wang, Ying Wang, Linlin Jiang, Yong Chang, Shiji zhang, Kun Zhao, Lu Chen, Chunzheng Gao

“…The AUC was 0.80, and the Kappa value was 0.61, indicating moderate agreement between the model’s predictions and actual diagnoses, though with room for improvement. …”
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Analyzing and modeling urban sprawl and land use changes in a developing city using a CA-Markovian approach by M. Tajbakhsh, H. Memarian, Y. Shahrokhi

“…Having applied the matrices utilized in model calibration, the best kappa coefficient proved to be associated with the land use maps dated 1996 and 2002. …”
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Optimization of a Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Assay as a Point-of-Care Tool for the Detection of Wuchereria bancrofti in Human Blood in Tana River Delta, Kenya by Kinyatta Nancy, Wambua Lillian, Mutahi Wilkinson, Mugasa Claire, Kamau Luna, Wachira Dorcas, Githae Rosemary, Lusweti Japheth, Ichugu Christine, Waigi Emily, Kagai Jim

“…The sensitivity of the evaluated Wuchereria bancrofti LAMP was 92.3%, with a specificity of 97.3% and kappa statistics value of 0.84, which is in a strong agreement. …”
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