Sub-ppb H₂S Sensing with Screen-Printed Porous ZnO/SnO₂ Nanocomposite by Mehdi Akbari-Saatlu, Masoumeh Heidari, Claes Mattsson, Renyun Zhang, Göran Thungström

“…The relative concentration error was carefully calculated based on analytical sensitivity, confirming the sensor’s precision in measuring gas concentrations. …”
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Aortic stenosis post-COVID-19: a mathematical model on waiting lists and mortality by Chris P Gale, Jonathan Weir-McCall, James H F Rudd, Mamas Mamas, Ramesh Nadarajah, Ben Gibbison, Louise Sun, Christian Philip Stickels, Houyuan Jiang, Kieran J Sharkey, Nick Holliman, Sara Lombardo, Lars Schewe, Matteo Sommacal, Katherine Cheema, Feryal Erhun

“…From published data, we calculated estimates for how the strategies listed under Interventions may affect the time to clear the backlog of patients waiting for treatment and the associated waiting list mortality.Setting The NHS in England.Participants Estimated patients with AS in England.Interventions (1) Increasing the capacity for the treatment of severe AS, (2) converting proportions of cases from surgery to transcatheter aortic valve implantation and (3) a combination of these two.Results In a capacitated system, clearing the backlog by returning to pre-COVID-19 capacity is not possible. …”
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Evaluation of mental disorder related to colposcopy procedure during the COVID period: A cross-sectional study by Ilaria Bochicchio, Martina Catalano, Giovanni Deiana, Giandomenico Roviello, Pasquale Marino, Fabrizia Calenda, Alessandro R Lettini, Francesca Sanseverino

“…Descriptive statistics, including means, standard deviations, and frequency distributions, were calculated for each psychological variable within each time period. …”
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Ivermectin vs moxidectin for treating Strongyloides stercoralis infection: a systematic review by Cesar Henriquez-Camacho, Jose A. Pérez-Molina, Dora Buonfrate, Paola Rodari, Eduardo Gotuzzo, Benilde Luengo, María Nieves Plana

“…The outcomes: elimination of infection or parasitological cure, mortality and serious adverse events. We calculated odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for dichotomous data. …”
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An assessment of the progress made in the implementation of the regional framework for cholera prevention and control in the WHO African region by Miriam Nanyunja, Allan Mpairwe, Ibrahim Mamadu, Otim Patrick Cossy Ramadan, Mory Keïta, Tamayi Mlanda, Abdou Salam Gueye, Ebenezer Obi Daniel, Etien Luc Koua, Dick Chamla, Fiona Braka, Fred Kapaya, Vincent Dossou Sodjinou, Godwin Akpan, Shikanga O-tipo, Amarachi Tikal Abianuru, John Masina, Alice Igale Ladu, Fred Athanasius Dratibi, Philippe Barboza

“…Countries’ specific progress and regional progress were calculated. The overall regional progress was 53%, ranging from 19% in Mauritania to 76% in Ethiopia. …”
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Decreased frequency of sugar-sweetened beverages intake among young children following the implementation of the health promotion levy in South Africa by H Salome Kruger, Tertia van Zyl, Makama A Monyeki, Cristian Ricci, Ruan Kruger

“…Anthropometric and sociodemographic information were collected; BMI-for-age z-scores were calculated. The health promotion levy was implemented after baseline and follow-up measurements were done after 4 years. …”
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Safety assessment on girth welds of large-diameter X80 pipelines in water network area by Yuqing LIU, Zhenyong ZHANG, Shengsi WU, Beilei JI, Hong ZHANG, Xiaoben LIU

“…In order to ensure the intrinsic safety of the pipeline, a nonlinear finite element method was adopted to establish a numerical calculation model for the axial stress and strain of the pipeline under sudden settlement of soft soil based on the X80 pipeline with a diameter of 1 422 mm in the water network area, and thus the influence of different settlement displacements of soft soil on the size and distribution of the axial load of pipeline under the most unfavorable sudden displacement condition was studied. …”
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Determination of Mammalian Target of Rapamycin Hyperactivation as Prognostic Factor in Well-Differentiated Neuroendocrine Tumors by G. Lamberti, C. Ceccarelli, N. Brighi, I. Maggio, D. Santini, C. Mosconi, C. Ricci, G. Biasco, D. Campana

“…Archival material should be available for revision according to WHO 2010 neuroendocrine tumor classification and for p-mTOR, SSTR2A, and IGF-1R immunostaining, calculating a quantitative score (QS). We evaluated clinical, pathological, and immunohistochemistry features for association with the presence of advanced disease at diagnosis and disease relapse in patients who have undergone radical surgery. …”
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Prevalence of Joint Hypermobility and Patterns of Articular Manifestations in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease by P. Vounotrypidis, E. Efremidou, P. Zezos, M. Pitiakoudis, E. Maltezos, N. Lyratzopoulos, G. Kouklakis

“…Odds ratios (ORs) for the risk of JH and HMS in IBD groups were calculated. Results. A total of 150 individuals (83 IBD patients and 67 healthy controls) participated in the study. 69 IBD patients, 41 with Crohn's Disease (CD) and 28 with ulcerative colitis (UC), were finally eligible. …”
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The “real life” efficacy of dupilumab is independent of initial polyp size and concomitant steroids in CRSwNP by Nicholas J. Campion, Jonas Brugger, Aldine Tu, Victoria Stanek, Faris F. Brkic, Tina J. Bartosik, David T. Liu, Bruna S. Hoehl, Katharina Gangl, Julia Eckl-Dorna, Sven Schneider

“…Furthermore, a linear mixed model calculated a drop of 22% and 24% in TPS per month in patients with small and large polyps respectively with no significant difference in rate of decline. …”
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Equitable transportation and resilience hubs: Analysis of underserved population needs, usage, and travel behaviour by Thayanne G.M. Ciriaco, Syeda Narmeen Zehra, Veronica Wambura, Stephen D. Wong

“…Simple descriptive statistics and statistical tests were used to understand the groups’ needs and observe similarities and divergences between groups. We also calculated spatial statistics to identify how mode choices varied with people’s preferred resilience hub locations. …”
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Incidence and mortality of upper tract urothelial carcinoma in Korea: A nationwide population-based study conducted from 2002 to 2020 by Seongmin Moon, Yun-Sok Ha, Mina Kim, Hoseob Kim, Won Tae Kim, Yong-June Kim, Seok-Joong Yun, Sang-Cheol Lee, Ho Won Kang

“…Trends were quantified by calculating the annual percentage change (APC). Mortality data were obtained from the Statistics Korea. …”
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Decreased Cardiovascular Risk after Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery in Chinese Diabetic Patients with Obesity by Xue Zhao, Wenyan Duan, Chenglin Sun, Zhuo Li, Yujia Liu, Xianchao Xiao, Gang Wang, Xiaokun Gang, Guixia Wang

“…A 10-year cardiovascular risk was calculated by the UKPDS risk engine. Linear regression analysis was performed on CHD risk, stroke risk, and baseline metabolic parameters. …”
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Magnetic hybrid Pd/Fe-oxide nanoparticles meet the demands for ablative thermo-brachytherapy by Rogier van Oossanen, Alexandra Maier, Jérémy Godart, Jean-Philippe Pignol, Antonia G. Denkova, Gerard C. van Rhoon, Kristina Djanashvili

“…The heating ability of the best performing Pd/Fe-oxide-21 was calculated to be sufficient to ablate tumors with a radius ±4 and 12 mm using 10 and 1 mg/mL nanoparticle concentration, respectively.Conclusions Nanoparticles consisting of non-magnetic palladium-core and magnetic iron oxide shell are suitable for magnetic hyperthermia/thermal ablation under clinically safe conditions of 346 kHz and 19.1 mT, with minimal eddy current effects in combination with maximum SLP.…”
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A Step towards Integrating CMORPH Precipitation Estimation with Rain Gauge Measurements by Augusto José Pereira Filho, Felipe Vemado, Guilherme Vemado, Fábio Augusto Gomes Vieira Reis, Lucilia do Carmo Giordano, Rodrigo Irineu Cerri, Cláudia Cristina dos Santos, Eymar Silva Sampaio Lopes, Marcelo Fischer Gramani, Agostinho Tadashi Ogura, José Eduardo Zaine, Leandro Eugenio da Silva Cerri, Oswaldo Augusto Filho, Fernando Mazzo D’Affonseca, Cláudio dos Santos Amaral

“…Daily SOAS rainfall accumulation was also used to calculate the spatial distribution of frequencies of 3-day rainfall episodes greater than 100 mm. …”
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Aberrant functional connectome gradient and its neurotransmitter basis in Parkinson's disease by Tao Guo, Cheng Zhou, Jiaqi Wen, Jingjing Wu, Yaping Yan, Jianmei Qin, Min Xuan, Haoting Wu, Chenqing Wu, Jingwen Chen, Sijia Tan, Xiaojie Duanmu, Baorong Zhang, Xiaojun Xu, Minming Zhang, Xiaojun Guan

“…By constructing functional network and calculating its gradient in 134 PD patients and 172 normal controls, we compared functional connectivity gradients between groups and performed spearman correlation to explore the association between neurotransmitter expression and functional network gradient-based alternations in PD. …”
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Prevalence of psychological distress: a scientific approach towards the mental health and wellbeing of population during the SARS-COV-2 outbreak [version 2; peer review: 2 approved... by Shazia Sadaf, Sara Noreen, Ahmed Alsubaie, Inayat Shah, Saman Tauqir, Saqib Ali

“…Descriptive statistics, including means and standard deviations, were calculated, and statistical analyses were performed using SPSS (IBM, USA, version 22). …”
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Combining a Standardized Growth Class Assessment, UAV Sensor Data, GIS Processing, and Machine Learning Classification to Derive a Correlation with the Vigour and Canopy Volume of... by Ronald P. Dillner, Maria A. Wimmer, Matthias Porten, Thomas Udelhoven, Rebecca Retzlaff

“…The input features for ML model training comprise spectral, structural, and texture feature types generated from multispectral orthomosaics (spectral features), Digital Terrain and Surface Models (DTM/DSM- structural features), and Gray-Level Co-occurrence Matrix (GLCM) calculations (texture features). The specific features were selected based on extensive literature research, including especially the fields of precision agri- and viticulture. …”
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The Frequency and Associated Factors of Asymmetrical Prominent Veins: A Predictor of Unfavorable Outcomes in Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke by Yue Wang, Jingjing Xiao, Li Zhao, Shaoshi Wang, Mingming Wang, Yu Luo, Huazheng Liang, Lingjing Jin

“…History of atrial fibrillation and severe proximal artery stenosis or occlusion are strong predictors of high APV as calculated by SPIN on the SWI map.…”
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Cerebral tissue oxygen desaturations and increased fractional oxygen extraction events vary by gestational age in preterm infants by M. Mohamed, M. Frasketi, H. Hoffman, M. Elgendy, S. Aly, H. Aly

“…Study design: The lower limit of normal SctO2, the event threshold, was calculated using a tolerance interval method with 95% confidence interval (CI) and 90% probability. …”
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