Evaluation of a modified venous excess ultrasound (VExUS) protocol for estimation of venous congestion: a cohort study by Katharine C. Martin, Edward A. Gill, Ivor J. Douglas, August A. Longino

“…Agreement between tVExUS and mVExUS scores was near-perfect (Cohen's Kappa = 0.85). Conclusion mVExUS may be as effective as tVExUS in identifying elevated RAP. …”
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Accuracy of the combined method (auscultation and pH measurement) and ultrasonography for confirmation of gastric tube placement: a study protocol for a prospective study by Fernanda Raphael Escobar Gimenes, Rosana Aparecida Pereira, Mayara Carvalho Godinho Rigobello, Jorge Elias Junior, Carlos Alberto Grespan Bonacim, Renata Cristina de Campos Pereira Silveira, Fernanda Caroline Bonardi, Roosevelt Santos Nunes

“…Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value will be calculated to assess the diagnostic accuracy of the methods investigated in this study, with Cohen’s kappa analysis used to evaluate the degree of concordance.Ethics and dissemination The study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing, registration number: 83087318.4.0000.5393. …”
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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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The Effect of Accelerated Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Insomnia Severity and Sleep Quality in Patients With Treatment-Resistant Depression by Hilal Uygur, Rukiye Tekdemir, Hülya Ertekin

“…The mean reductions in ISI and PSQI scores post-aTMS were 12.46 and 6.10, with Cohen’s effect sizes of 1.51 and 1.26, respectively. …”
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The Relationship of Loneliness with Psychological Well-Being and Rumination in College students: Investigating the Mediating Role of Perceived Stress by Basir Torkashvand, Abdulaziz Aflakseir, Mahdi Imani

“…To gather research data, we utilized several psychological well-being questionnaires: the short form of the Riff (1989) questionnaire, the Rumination Scale by Nolen-Hoeksema and Morrow (1991), the Loneliness Scale by Russell (1996), and the Perceived Stress Scale by Cohen (1983). For data analysis, Pearson correlation tests and regression analysis were conducted, followed by the use of IMOS software for path analysis and model presentation. …”
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“Sabit Ortodontik Tedavinin ilk Üç Ayında Gözlenen Kilo Kaybı ve Beslenme Değişiklikleri” by Delal Dara Kılınç, Gülşilay Sayar

“…Tedavi başlangıcında, braketleme sonrası 1. hafta ve 1., 2. ve 3. ay düzenli şekilde hastaların kilo değerleri kaydedildi. …”
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El análisis de incidentes críticos como método de estudio de los conflictos interculturales by Ignacio Ramos-Vidal

“…El estudio que presentamos pone de relieve la validez del análisis de incidentes críticos -AIC- (Flanagan, 1954; Cohen-Emerique, 1999; Arthur, 2001) como herramienta de estudio de los elementos estructurales de los conflictos interculturales. …”
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Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Levels in Medical Students who Experienced Türkiye Kahramanmaraş 2023 Earthquake by Vedat Karataş, Elif Nur Yıldırım Öztürk

“…In this study, the Pearson correlation coefficient and Cohen's d were calculated as effect sizes. Ethics committee approval and institutional approval were obtained for this study. …”
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The Relation Between the Metopic Suture Persistence and Frontal Sinus Volume and Olfactory Fossa Depth: A Reliability Study with Semiautomatic Volume Measurement by Başak Atalay, Mehmet Bilgin Eser

“…Interobserver agreement was evaluated with the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) and Cohen’s kappa coefficient (κ). Results: The prevalence of PMS was found to be 4.99% [95% confidence interval (CI): 4.03-6.17]. …”
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The Role of Perceived Stress in Marital Boredom Due to Ego_Strength and Mindfulness by Sheida Alipour, Leila Heydarinasab

“…The instruments utilized in this study include the Paiz Marital Burnout Questionnaire, Cohen's Perceived Stress Scale, Maxstrom et al.'s Self-Strength Scale, and the Five-Factor Mindfulness Questionnaire.Results: The results of the study indicated a meaningful positive relationship between marital boredom and perceived stress. …”
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ChatGPT and oral cancer: a study on informational reliability by Mesude Çi̇ti̇r

“…Inter-rater agreement was assessed using Fleiss’s and Cohen kappa tests. The scores given by the specialties were compared with the Mann-Whitney U test. …”
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Frailty index, frailty phenotype and 6-year mortality trends in the FRASNET cohort by Sarah Damanti, Sarah Damanti, Rebecca De Lorenzo, Rebecca De Lorenzo, Lorena Citterio, Laura Zagato, Elena Brioni, Cristiano Magnaghi, Marco Simonini, Maria Pia Ruggiero, Simona Santoro, Eleonora Senini, Marco Messina, Francesca Farina, Costanza Festorazzi, Giordano Vitali, Paolo Manunta, Paolo Manunta, Angelo Andrea Manfredi, Chiara Lanzani, Chiara Lanzani, Patrizia Rovere-Querini, Patrizia Rovere-Querini

“…Concordance was assessed using Cohen’s Kappa coefficients. Age-and sex-adjusted Cox regression analyses were conducted to evaluate the association with mortality.ResultsOut of 1,114 participants (median age 72 years, IQR 69–77), 186 were classified as frail by the FI, 13 by the FP and 48 by both definitions. …”
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Ecological niche and phenotypic differences among two alpine Rhododendron species and their natural hybrids in a common landscape by Yanghui Zhao, Ying Zhang, Liang Xu, Yadan Yan, Chuncheng Wang, Yafeng Wen, Donglin Zhang

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Food-related behaviors of rural (Asaase Kooko) and peri-urban (Kaadjanor) households in Ghana by Prince Kwabena Osei, Megan A. McCrory, Matilda Steiner-Asiedu, Edward Sazonov, Mingui Sun, Wenyan Jia, Tom Baranowski, Gary Frost, Benny Lo, Alex Kojo Anderson

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New insights on fission of 235U induced by high energy neutrons from a new measurement at n_TOF by A. Manna, E. Pirovano, P. Console Camprini, L. Cosentino, M. Dietz, Q. Ducasse, P. Finocchiaro, C. Le Naour, D. Mancusi, C. Massimi, A. Mengoni, R. Nolte, D. Radeck, L. Tassan-Got, N. Terranova, G. Vannini, A. Ventura, O. Aberle, V. Alcayne, S. Amaducci, J. Andrzejewski, L. Audouin, V. Babiano-Suarez, M. Bacak, M. Barbagallo, S. Bennett, E. Berthoumieux, J. Billowes, D. Bosnar, A. Brown, M. Busso, M. Caamaño, L. Caballero-Ontanaya, F. Calviño, M. Calviani, D. Cano-Ott, A. Casanovas, D.M. Castelluccio, F. Cerutti, E. Chiaveri, N. Colonna, G. Cortés, M.A. Cortés-Giraldo, S. Cristallo, L.A. Damone, P.J. Davies, M. Diakaki, C. Domingo-Pardo, R. Dressler, E. Dupont, I. Durán, Z. Eleme, B. Fernández-Domínguez, A. Ferrari, V. Furman, K. Göbel, R. Garg, A. Gawlik-Ramięga, S. Gilardoni, I.F. Gonçalves, E. González-Romero, C. Guerrero, F. Gunsing, H. Harada, S. Heinitz, J. Heyse, D.G. Jenkins, A. Junghans, F. Käppeler, Y. Kadi, A. Kimura, I. Knapová, M. Kokkoris, Y. Kopatch, M. Krtička, D. Kurtulgil, I. Ladarescu, C. Lederer-Woods, H. Leeb, J. Lerendegui-Marco, S.J. Lonsdale, D. Macina, T. Martínez, A. Masi, P. Mastinu, M. Mastromarco, E.A. Maugeri, A. Mazzone, E. Mendoza, V. Michalopoulou, P.M. Milazzo, F. Mingrone, J. Moreno-Soto, A. Musumarra, A. Negret, F. Ogállar, A. Oprea, N. Patronis, A. Pavlik, J. Perkowski, C. Petrone, L. Piersanti, I. Porras, J. Praena, J.M. Quesada, D. Ramos-Doval, T. Rauscher, R. Reifarth, D. Rochman, C. Rubbia, M. Sabaté-Gilarte, A. Saxena, P. Schillebeeckx, D. Schumann, A. Sekhar, A.G. Smith, N.V. Sosnin, P. Sprung, A. Stamatopoulos, G. Tagliente, J.L. Tain, A. Tarifeño-Saldivia, Th. Thomas, P. Torres-Sánchez, A. Tsinganis, J. Ulrich, S. Urlass, S. Valenta, V. Variale, P. Vaz, D. Vescovi, V. Vlachoudis, R. Vlastou, A. Wallner, P.J. Woods, T. Wright, P. Žugec

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The Older They Are, the Less Successful They Become? Findings from the Georgia Centenarian Study by Jinmyoung Cho, Peter Martin, Leonard W. Poon

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Index of the Cycle of Money - The case of Georgia by Constantinos Challoumis

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First Outbreak of African Swine Fever in Wild Boar in Nepal by Sameer Thakur, Chandrakala Rana, Naresh Prasad Joshi, Lokendra Neupane, Tirtha Raj Pokhrel, Avash Shrestha, Deepak Subedi

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WiFi and WiMAX Secure Deployments by Panagiotis Trimintzios, George Georgiou

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Tribute to Michael O’Rourke (1937–2024): A Collective Tribute to a Colleague, Friend and Mentor by Alberto Avolio, Barry Gow, Wilmer Nichols, Dean Winter, Christopher Hayward, David Gallagher, John Cockcroft, Audrey Adji, Junichiro Hashimoto, Charalambos Vlachopoulos

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