Association of Angiotensin I Converting Enzyme Insertion/287 bp Deletion Polymorphisms and Proliferative Prostatic Diseases among Lebanese Men by Asmahan A. El Ezzi, Jordan M. Clawson, Mohammed A. El-Saidi, Wissam R. Zaidan, Abigail Kovash, Jeremy Orellana, AnnaKarina Thornock, Ruhul H. Kuddus

“…The odds ratios (OR), 95% confidence intervals (CI), and p values of the allele frequencies and genotype ratios were calculated for establishing possible association of the alleles and/or genotypes and PCa and/or BPH. …”
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Impact of time from blood specimens collection to centrifugation on the diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus by Binbin Yin, Yongying Bai, Jinghua Zhang, Yan Zhang, Xia Li, Yue Jin, Xinyi Mou, Kexin Fang, Yan Chen, Yue Cheng, Bo Zhu

“…Pregnant women were categorized into different groups based on different pre-treatment times, and the incidence of GDM was calculated for each group.Results Glucose levels gradually decreased as the specimen remained longer before centrifugation, a decrease of 1.15 mmol/L (27.58%) from the initial glucose level (3.02 ± 0.30 mmol/L VS. 4.17 ± 0.28 mmol/L, p < 0.001). 2-h specimens had the longest pre-treatment time (29.92 ± 14.94 min (min)), accounting for half of the specimens exceeding 90 min. …”
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Framework for reservoir sedimentation estimation using the hydrological model and campaign—A case study of A Vuong reservoir in central Vietnam by Binh Quang Nguyen, Sameh A. Kantoush, Ngoc Duong Vo, Tetsuya Sumi

“…Based on the bathymetry data, we estimated that the average rate of sedimentation deposition of A Vuong reservoir was 1.3 Mm3/y. The average calculated net deposition value was 4.3 m (0.3 m per year) within fourteen years of operation. …”
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Rapid estimation method of lithium battery state of health based on novel health feature by DONG Xiaohong, DONG Jinbo, WANG Mingshen, ZENG Fei, PAN Yi

“…The experimental results show that the proposed method and novel health feature can greatly reduce the calculation volume, and can achieve fast estimation of lithium battery SOH while ensuring prediction accuracy.…”
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Sensitivity, Specificity, Predictive Values, and Accuracy of Three Diagnostic Tests to Predict Inferior Alveolar Nerve Blockade Failure in Symptomatic Irreversible Pulpitis by Daniel Chavarría-Bolaños, Laura Rodríguez-Wong, Danny Noguera-González, Vicente Esparza-Villalpando, Mauricio Montero-Aguilar, Amaury Pozos-Guillén

“…Sensitivity, specificity, predictive values, accuracy, and ROC curves were calculated and compared and significant differences were analyzed. …”
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Approximate solution of plastic zone in surrounding rock under three-dimensional stress field based on Drucker-Prager strength criterion by LIU Hongtao, LIANG Jialu, HAN Zijun, LIU Qinyu, QIAO Zhongjin

“…Therefore, the choice of different Drucker-Prager criteria will affect the calculation results of plastic zone in surrounding rock of roadway.…”
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Prevalence and impact of pelvic floor dysfunctions on quality of life in women 5–10 years after their first vaginal or caesarian delivery by Alba González-Timoneda, Nerea Valles-Murcia, Paula Muñoz Esteban, María Sol Torres López, Elisa Turrión Martínez, Patxi Errandonea Garcia, Lola Serrano Raya, Francisco Nohales Alfonso

“…Pearson's Chi-square, Student's t-test and odds ratio (OR) with their respective 95 % confidence intervals (CI) were calculated. Findings: A total of 456 women were included in the study. …”
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Risk of Nipah Virus Seroprevalence in Healthcare Workers: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis by Matteo Riccò, Antonio Cascio, Claudio Costantino, Silvia Corrado, Ilaria Zanella, Pasquale Gianluca Giuri, Susanna Esposito

“…A case fatality ratio of 73.52% (95%CI 34.01 to 99.74) was calculated from 10 studies. In conclusion, the present study shows that NiV may result in a possible occupational infection among HCWs involved in managing incident cases. …”
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Influences of Solar Wind Parameters on Energetic Electron Fluxes at Geosynchronous Orbit Revealed by the Deep SHAP Method by Jianhang Wang, Zheng Xiang, Binbin Ni, Deyu Guo, Yangxizi Liu, Junhu Dong, Jingle Hu, Haozhi Guo

“…Backpropagating the prediction results of this ANN model from 2011 to 2020, SHAP values for four solar wind parameters (interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) BZ, solar wind speed, solar wind dynamic pressure, and proton density) are calculated and comprehensively analyzed. The results suggest that solar wind speed with a lag of 1 day is the most important driver. …”
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Efficient hydrogen peroxide reduction in glutathione peroxidase cycle using cost-effective FeSe2 nanospheres by Saif Khan, Sundeep S. Bhagwath, Mohammad Rehan Ajmal, Intikhab A. Ansari, Mohtashim Lohani, Sanjaya Pavgada Raghunandana, Mohammad Luqman

“…Enzymatic activity was evaluated by plotting Michaelis-Menten and Lineweaver-Burk graphs to calculate the Vmax and Km parameters. Comparative analyses with a control sample and other known enzymes were performed to assess the catalytic efficiency.Results and discussionFeSe2 nanospheres successfully catalyzed the reduction of hydrogen peroxide to water and alcohol, demonstrating enzyme-like activity. …”
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Fatigue Experiment and Failure Mechanism Analysis of Aircraft Titanium Alloy Wing–Body Connection Joint by Xianmin Chen, Shanshan Li, Yuanbo Liang, Shuo Wang, Liang Yan, Shichang Du

“…The fatigue crack growth behavior of the joint was quantitatively analyzed using Paris’ law, and the calculated crack growth period life was 207,374 loadings. …”
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Meaningfulness, feasibility, and usability of quality-of-care measures for maternal and infant health: A structured mixed-methods review by Ryan P. Theis, Rahma S. Mkuu, Hannah Marmol, Lauren Silva, Callie Reeder, Jessica Bahorski, Erica Smith, John C. Smulian, Tony S. Wen, Amanda Redinger, Tabresha Blake, Elizabeth A. Shenkman, Dominick J. Lemas

“…Descriptive statistics on coded measures were calculated using SPSS. Results: The most common AHRQ NQS priorities addressed were mortality (60%) and safety (48%). …”
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Logistic Stewardship: Supporting Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs Based on Antibiotics Goods Flow by Bianca Leistner, Dominic Rauschning, Ralf Matthias Hagen, Franziska Srečec, Nico Tom Mutters, Ruth Weppler, Christina Mutschnik, Manuel Döhla

“…Additional inventories were performed to calculated stored antibiotics. Antibiotics goods flows were presented via waterfall diagrams to identify logistic patterns that could explain PDD/DDD quotients. …”
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Incidence, morbidity and mortality of hip fractures over a period of 20 years in a health area of Southern Spain by Marta M Rey-Rodriguez, MA Vazquez-Gamez, Mercè Giner, Fernando Garrachón-Vallo, Luis Fernández-López, Miguel Angel Colmenero, María-José Montoya-García

“…All cases collected during the first 6 months of the study were followed for 1 year after the occurrence of the event.Outcome measures We evaluated the incidence of osteoporotic hip fractures in the Macarena Health Area (Seville) from 1 March 2013 to 28 February 2014, and we compared the incidence with that in 2 previous studies carried out with the same methodology in 1994 and 2006. Furthermore, we calculated the morbidity and degree of disability 1 year after the fracture occurred and determined mortality and the associated factors.Results The overall incidence was 228 per 100 000 individuals/year (95% CI 204.5 to 251.6), and the incidence was higher in women than in men. …”
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Impact of Tacrolimus, Sirolimus, Age, and Body Mass Index on the Occurrence of Skin Cancer and Islet Dysfunction After Transplantation by Christopher Orr, Jeannette Stratton, Mohamed El-Shahawy, Elena Forouhar, Alice Peng, Gagandeep Singh, Keiko Omori, Meirigeng Qi, Fouad Kandeel

“…High tacrolimus % (>35) resulted in a 4.6-fold increase in skin cancer frequency, whereas sirolimus above 75% of the combined therapy led to a 5.2-fold increase in islet graft dysfunction (IGD) events/year. By calculating the maximum safe exposure (MSE) to tacrolimus % according to patient age and BMI, we found that cumulative months spent above MSE was predictive of skin cancer (1.20-fold increase, P = 0.003). …”
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Handball practice on bone health of female adolescents: evaluation of an eight-month competitive period by Tathyane Krahenbühl, Juliano Henrique Borges, Gil Guerra-Júnior, Antonio de Azevedo Barros Filho, Ezequiel Moreira Gonçalves

“…BMC and BMD were measured using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, and z-scores were calculated. Sexual maturity, menarche, peak height velocity (PHV), sun exposure and calcium intake were assessed. …”
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Rate Decline Analysis of Horizontal Wells with Multiple Variable Conductivity and Uneven Distributed Fractures by Yunpeng Hu, Ziyun Cheng, Wei Ding, Xiaoling Zhang, Liangchao Qu, Chunliu Sun, Penghui Su, Wenqi Zhang

“…Then, the influence of some important reservoir and fracture parameters on the production is analyzed. The calculative results show that the smaller the fracture spacing is, the earlier the fracture begins to decline, the more the production will decrease; the change of different fracture length with the total fracture length unchanged has almost no effect on the production; the angle between fracture and x-axis has an important effect on the production; the smaller the angle between fracture and x-axis is, the stronger the interference between fractures is, the higher the production; the initial fracture conductivity affects the early production behavior, and the higher the initial fracture conductivity, the higher the production; the larger the fracture declines index, the lower the production, but the decreasing range gradually decreases with the increase of the decline index; the larger the reservoir drainage radius, the later the energy depletion stage, the higher the production. …”
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The impact of heterotopic ovarian tissue transplantation with varied volumes on reproductive endocrine function in oophorectomized rats by Nana Tian, Chunhui Liu, Zhihui Cai, Junrong Shi, Pin Li, Shasha Bai, Xiaoxin Du, Gaoyuan Liu, Min Geng, Peishan Weng

“…The transplantation group was divided into five subgroups based on the calculated ratio of ovarian weight to body weight in normal female rats, δ = (2.52 ± 0.17) ×10−4: Group II: transplanted ovarian volume was δ; Group III: 0.75δ; Group IV: 0.5δ; Group V: 0.25δ; Group VI: without ovarian transplantation. …”
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Deep Learning and Automatic Detection of Pleomorphic Esophageal Lesions—A Necessary Step for Minimally Invasive Panendoscopy by Miguel Martins, Miguel Mascarenhas, Maria João Almeida, João Afonso, Tiago Ribeiro, Pedro Cardoso, Francisco Mendes, Joana Mota, Patrícia Andrade, Hélder Cardoso, Miguel Mascarenhas-Saraiva, João Ferreira, Guilherme Macedo

“…The sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, positive and negative predictive value (PPV and NPV), area under the conventional receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC-ROC), and precision–recall curve (AUC-PR) were calculated per run. The model’s diagnostic performance was assessed using the median and range values. …”
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Microbiological Contamination of Food Raw Materials and Ready-To-Eat Foods: Analytical Review by Andrei S. Khishov, Tatiana V. Balagula, Olga I. Lavrukhina, Aleksey V. Tretyakov, Olga E. Ivanova, Elizaveta S. Kozeicheva

“…The percentage of detections for individual groups of microorganisms was calculated as opposed to their total number. The data obtained can be summarized as follows. …”
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