Effects on impulsivity and delay discounting of intermittent theta burst stimulation add-on to dialectical behavioral therapy in borderline personality disorder: a randomized, sham... by Milenko Kujovic, Christian Bahr, Mathias Riesbeck, Daniel Benz, Martina Deiß, Zsofia Margittai, Sebastian Henges, Dirk Reinermann, Christian Plewnia, Eva Meisenzahl

“…No significant differences were found between iTBS and sham, although post hoc tests revealed significant changes in impulsivity in the iTBS group (meandiff = -4.7, p = .001, Cohen’s d = 0.68) but not in the sham group (meandiff = -2.1, p = .077, d = 0.31). …”
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Qualitative and quantitative agreement research on three diagnostic methods for maxillary transverse discrepancy by Zhang Ningbo, Wang Tianxiao, Yan Feng, Chen Rui, Fu Xinyu, Ren Liling

“…The intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) was used to evaluate quantitative agreement, while Cohen's kappa was used to measure qualitative agreement. …”
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Evaluating AI-generated responses from different chatbots to soil science-related questions by Javad Khanifar

“…The LLMs were compared using Cohen's Kappa coefficient and the Chi-Square test. …”
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Funktionale Mehrdeutigkeit, Tonalität und arabische Stufen. Überlegungen zu einer Reform der harmonischen Analyse by Ludwig Holtmeier

“…Mein auf zwei Teile angelegter Text ist nicht allein ein Plädoyer für eine Renaissance der Arabischen Stufen-Analyse im Sinne einer historisch informierten Musiktheorie, sondern ich möchte diese Analysemethode an dem Punkt wieder aufgreifen, an dem sie einst aufgegeben wurde, um sie weiter zu entwickeln und im zweiten Teil dieses Textes für die Analyse der avancierten Harmonik des 19. und frühen 20. Jahrhunderts nutzbar zu machen.…”
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Reproducibility of peak force for isometric and isokinetic multi-joint leg extension exercise by Manfred Zöger, Alfred Nimmerichter, Arnold Baca, Klaus Wirth

“…Statistical analysis included paired sample t-tests, Cohen’s d effect sizes, intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC), standard errors of measurement (SEM), and Bland-Altman calculations, including corresponding plots. …”
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The Effect of Endurance Training on Blood Lactate Concentration and Anaerobic Threshold in Bangladeshi Female Handball Athletes by Sharmin Akter Shanta, Ajita

“…It was also noted a considerable enhancement in the control group for variables such as resting heart rate, maximum heart rate, resting blood lactate concentration, and peak lactate concentration due to regular handball participation. Cohen’s d was calculated to determine the effect size of endurance training. …”
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Application of Qijiao moxibustion for patients with insomnia after stroke (气交灸在中风后失眠患者中的应用研究) by XU Qian (徐倩), DU Jing (杜静), GOU Yanhua (缑燕华), YU Hong (余红), ZHANG Fan (张帆)

“…The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and Athens Insomnia Scale (AIS) were used to evaluated the sleep quality of patients. …”
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Protocol for Rhapsody: a longitudinal observational study examining the feasibility of speech phenotyping for remote assessment of neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders by Allan H Young, Rebecca Strawbridge, Ammar Al-Chalabi, Dag Aarsland, Aleksandra Podlewska, Ray Chaudhuri, Elliot Hampsey, Marton Meszaros, Caroline Skirrow, Rosie H Taylor, Lazarus Chok, Jack Weston, Emil Fristed, Olabisi Awogbemila

“…Additionally, the study evaluates if acoustic and linguistic patterns can predict diagnostic group, as measured by the sensitivity, specificity, Cohen’s kappa and area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of the binary classifiers distinguishing each diagnostic group from each other. …”
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Does Isoniazid Preventive Therapy Provide Better Treatment Outcomes in HIV-Infected Individuals in Northern Ethiopia? A Retrospective Cohort Study by Tesfay Mehari Atey, Helen Bitew, Solomon Weldegebreal Asgedom, Asrat Endrias, Derbew Fikadu Berhe

“…The follow-up CD4+ T cells for the exposed and nonexposed groups were 405.74 and 366.95 cells/mm (World Health Organization (WHO), 2017), respectively, a statistically significant finding (t1861 = −3.770, p<0.0001; Cohen’s d = 0.186). Nine percent of the exposed patients (620 incidence of TB per 100,000 person-years (PYs)) and 21.9% of the nonexposed patients (3160 incidence of TB per 100,000 PYs) developed TB. …”
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Comparing three summary indices to assess diet quality of Canadian children: a call for consensus by Seyedehatefeh Panahimoghadam, Paul J. Veugelers, Julia Dabravolskaj, Trudy Tran, Katerina Maximova, Katerina Maximova

“…Agreement between the three indices was assessed using weighted Cohen’s kappa. Univariate and multivariable linear regression models assessed diet quality according to student’s sex, grade level, school material/social deprivation, and geographic region.ResultsHEFI-2019 scores had the widest range, while DQI-I had the smallest. …”
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Die Fundamenta compositionis Jean Kuhnaus 1703. Edition, Übersetzung und Kommentar by Frederik Kranemann, Derek Remeš

“…Ihr Wert bemisst sich weniger an originellen Neuschöpfungen, denn an ihrer klaren, praxisorientierten Darstellung und zahlreichen Beispielen zu elementaren Themen wie Kon- und Dissonanzen, Modi, Klauseln, Kadenzen, mehrfachem Kontrapunkt und Fugen. Die Fundamenta stehen hierbei auf der Schwelle zwischen einer Musiktheorie und Kompositionslehre, deren pädagogische Absichten sich vornehmlich an Vokalmusik und kontrapunktisch-polyphonen Erklärungsmustern als Ausgangspunkt orientieren, und den mehr generalbass-basierten theoretischen Entwürfen der ersten Jahrzehnte des 18. …”
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Accuracy of Teledentistry for Diagnosis and Treatment Planning of Pediatric Patients during COVID-19 Pandemic by Ozra Golsanamloo, Sanaz Iranizadeh, Amir Reza Jamei Khosroshahi, Leila Erfanparast, Ali Vafaei, Yalda Ahmadinia, Solmaz Maleki Dizaj

“…The accuracy of the diagnosis was measured by applying Cohen’s kappa. Interexaminer reliability was measured using the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) and Cronbach’s alpha. …”
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Gazipaşa İlçesi’nde Antalya Nüfusun Dağılışı by Şenay Güngör, Recep Bozyiğit

“…İlçe genelinde, 1935-2008 dönemleri arasında nüfus artışına bağlıolarak birim alana düşen yoğunluk artmıştır. Saha nüfusunun % 44,0’ı 21 415 şehir, % 56,0’ı 27 260 kırsal yerleşmelerde yaşamaktadır. …”
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Les monolingues parlent aux bilingues : Plurilinguisme et parole politique aux États-Unis et au Canada by Charles Brasart

“…Building on the concept of “imagined community” developed by Anderson (1983), Cohen (1985) put forward a model in which any community is the product of a specific construction that revolves around a shared symbolic repertoire. …”
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Preseason Workload in Collegiate Baseball Pitchers by Bennett Tabaracci, Shraddha Sudhir, Matthew Gauthier, Lindsay Hannigan

“…Movements were captured at 100Hz and classified as a throw when the forearm velocity was greater than 800°/second. …”
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Ultra-fast biparametric MRI in prostate cancer assessment: Diagnostic performance and image quality compared to conventional multiparametric MRI by Antonia M. Pausch, Vivien Filleböck, Clara Elsner, Niels J. Rupp, Daniel Eberli, Andreas M. Hötker

“…Two radiologists (R1: 4 years and R2: 3 years of experience) independently assigned PI-RADS scores (PI-RADS v2.1) and assessed image quality (mPI-QUAL score) in two blinded study readouts. Weighted Cohen’s Kappa (κ) was calculated to evaluate inter-reader agreement. …”
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Televizyon Haberlerinde Terörizm Olgusunun TRT’nin Haber Söylemi Bağlamında İncelenmesi by Sibel Karaduman, N. Mert Batu

“…Terör eylemlerine ve bu eylemlerde mağdur olan kişilere ilişkin şehit düşen askerler ya da sıradan vatandaşlar gibi medya temsillerinde kullanılan dil ve haber söylemi önemlidir. …”
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Yunt Dağıve Çevresinin İklim Özellikleri by İlker Eroğlu, Recep Bozyiğit

“…Etüt sahasında yıllık ortalama yağışmiktarıManisa’da 704,6 mm, Soma’da 652,4 mm, Akhisar’da 563,3 mm, Menemen’de 555,8 mm, Kınık’ta 488,4 mm ve Aliağa’da 484 mm dir. Yıl içinde düşen yağışın yaklaşık yarısıkışmevsiminde görülmektedir.Yaz mevsimi oldukça kuraktır. …”
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Kinematic Characteristics of Male Runners With a History of Recurrent Calf Muscle Strain Injury by Christopher Bramah, Stephen J Preece, Niamh Gill, Lee Herrington

“…Independent t-tests were used to compare differences in stance phase kinematic parameters between groups and effect sizes were calculated using Cohen’s d. # Results The group with a history of calf muscle strain injury demonstrated a significant 2.1⁰ and 3.1⁰ increase in contralateral pelvic drop and anterior pelvic tilt during mid stance. …”
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Classification performance and reproducibility of GPT-4 omni for information extraction from veterinary electronic health records by Judit M. Wulcan, Kevin L. Jacques, Mary Ann Lee, Samantha L. Kovacs, Nicole Dausend, Lauren E. Prince, Jonatan Wulcan, Sina Marsilio, Stefan M. Keller

“…GPT-4o demonstrated greater reproducibility than human pairs, with an average Cohen's kappa of 0.98 (IQR 0.98–0.99) compared to 0.80 (IQR 0.78–0.81) with humans. …”
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