Economic Evaluation of a Novel Lung Cancer Diagnostic in a Population of Patients with a Positive Low-Dose Computed Tomography Result by Michael J. Morris, Sheila A. Habib, Maggie L. Do Valle, John E. Schneider

“…Perspectives from both Medicare and private payers in a US setting are included, with a 1-year time horizon. Cost calculations included procedure expenses, complication costs, and diagnostic assessment costs per patient. …”
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Milk adulteration identification using hyperspectral imaging and machine learning by Muhammad Aqeel, Ahmed Sohaib, Muhammad Iqbal, Syed Sajid Ullah

“…Preprocessing involves radiometric correction, image resizing, region of interest selection for feature extraction, and empirical line method to calculate spectral reflectance signature. Machine learning techniques (logistic regression, decision tree, support vector machine, and linear discriminant analysis [LDA]), are employed, with LDA excelling in adulteration identification by learning the spectral signatures. …”
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Identification and prioritization of novel therapeutic candidates against glutamate racemase from Klebsiella pneumoniae. by Ankit Kumar, Farah Anjum, Md Imtaiyaz Hassan, Anas Shamsi, Rashmi Prabha Singh

“…The protein-ligand complexes were also subjected to MM/PBSA-based binding free energy calculation using the g_mmpbsa program.<h4>Results</h4>The screening parameters employed on the molecules obtained via virtual screening from the TACC server revealed that Z1542321346 and Z2356864560 out of four molecules have better potential to act as potential inhibitors for MurI protein. …”
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Association between the dietary inflammatory index and depressive symptoms in adults with metabolic syndrome: a cross-sectional study from the NHANES database by Jinshun You, Jinshun You, Shujie Xia

“…Depressive symptoms were assessed using the Patient Health Questionnaire scores, and dietary information was gathered to calculate the Dietary Inflammatory Index (DII). The association between DII scores and depressive symptoms in individuals with MS was evaluated through multivariable logistic regression analysis, adjusting for relevant covariates. …”
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Synthesis and Optical Characterization of Mixed Ligands Beryllium Complexes for Display Device Applications by Vandna Nishal, Devender Singh, Raman Kumar Saini, Vijeta Tanwar, Shri Bhagwan, Sonika Kadyan, Ishwar Singh, Pratap Singh Kadyan

“…The emitted light had Commission Internationale d’Eclairage color coordinates values at x=0.15 and y=0.43 for [BeHPB(Clq)], x=0.21 and y=0.56 for [BeHPB(Cl2q)], x=0.14 and y=0.38 for [BeHPB(Meq)], x=0.17 and y=0.41 for [BeHPB(q)]. Theoretical calculations using DFT/B3LYP/6-31G(d,p) method were performed to reveal the three-dimensional geometries and the frontier molecular orbital energy levels of these synthesized metal complexes.…”
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Technical review of radiative-property modeling approaches for gray and nongray radiation, and a recommended optimized WSGGM for CO2/H2O-enriched gases by Osama A. Marzouk

“…In the current study, we consider the weighted-sum-of-gray-gases model (WSGGM) as a desired simplified approach to estimate the radiative properties needed for radiation calculation when numerically simulating oxy-fuel combustion as well as other processes involving high temperatures with high concentrations of CO2 and/or H2O. …”
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Sustainability assessment of Syrian cities considering historical and cultural heritage by Ali Salmo, E. V. Shcherbina

“…Based on the presented model, calculations of the urban sustainability index (IS) of 8 Syrian cities — Damascus, Homs, Aleppo, Latakia, Palmyra, Daraa, Deir ez-Zor and Idlib for the period of 2010 (before the military conflict) and 2023 were performed, which showed a decrease in the sustainability index up to two times. …”
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Investıgation of Virtual World Risk Perceptions of Individuals Interested in Team and Individual Sports by Fuat Orkun TAPŞIN, Elif KARAGÜN

“…The data has been analyzed utilizing the SPSS 25.00 software package. Calculations have been performed to determine the frequencies, means, standard deviations, and percentage distributions of the socio-demographic characteristics of the participants. …”

A longitudinal study on the professional identity formation of health promotion practitioners: evidence from undergraduate students in Switzerland by Verena Biehl, Verena Biehl, Andreas Bänziger, Frank Wieber, Frank Wieber

“…The outcome variable of PI was calculated as a composite score with three subscales. …”
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Understanding the impact of racism on surgical outcomes in settler nation-states USA and Canada: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis by Mary Brindle, Oluwatomilayo Daodu, Tyara Marchand, Saffa Aziz, Ifeoluwa Adedipe, Mirna Matta

“…Summary estimates of cumulative incidence, prevalence, incidence rate and occurrence rate of complications using DerSimonian and Laird random effects models will be calculated for the systematic review and meta-analysis. …”
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Fodder qualities of heterotic hybrids from intergeneric crosses between maize and eastern gamagrass by P. A. Panikhin, V. A. Sokolov

“…A theoretical estimate of green biomass yield calculated per hectare for the maize × Tripsacum hybrids is about 65 tons.…”
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From one size fits all to a tailored approach: integrating precision medicine into medical education by Lana Sbitan, Noor Alzraikat, Haneen Tanous, Abdelrahman M. Saad, Mohanad Odeh

“…The strength of each association was further presented by calculating the Cramér’s phi (φc). Results Participants in the present study were 607 individuals, 55.5% were males. 29.6% of participants had low knowledge scores (marks between − 12 and 0). …”
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The Optimization of Carbon Emission Prediction in Low Carbon Energy Economy Under Big Data by Ji Luo, Wuyang Zhuo, Siyan Liu, Bingfei Xu

“…This research also uses the BCC model to project the production frontier and calculate input redundancy and output gap rates, and evaluate low-carbon economic development. …”
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Nuclear and chloroplast genome variability in leek (Allium porrum L.) by E. A. Dyachenko, T. M. Seredin, M. A. Filyushin

“…As a result of an AFLP analysis and processing of the DNA spectra obtained, 760 fragments were identified, of which 716 were polymorphic for the leek accessions being analyzed. The calculated genetic distances between the leek samples varied from 0.4 to 0.76, which is comparable to the intraspecific polymorphism of related Allium species (onions, garlic). …”
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Association of a novel nutritional index with cognitive impairment in middle-aged and elderly Chinese adults: a cross-sectional analysis from the China Health and Retirement Longit... by Guotao Liu, Jianyuan Zhang

“…This study explored the association between TCBI and cognitive impairment in middle-aged and elderly Chinese populations.Patients and methodsThis cross-sectional study employed data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) baseline survey, including 7,145 participants. TCBI was calculated as TG (mg/dL) × TC (mg/dL) × BW (kg)/1,000. …”
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Prediction of Liver Steatosis and Fibrosis Based on Clinical Variables Using a Large National Survey Database by Yanal Alnimer, Touleen Alnimer

“…A Naïve Byes classifier and decision trees were used to calculate the predicted probabilities of liver steatosis and fibrosis. …”
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The efficacy of hypothermia combined with thrombolysis or mechanical thrombectomy on acute ischemic stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Dan Wang, Dan Yan, Mingmin Yan, Hao Tian, Haiwei Jiang, Bifeng Zhu, Yu Chen, Tao Peng, Yue Wan

“…Mantel–Haenszel (M–H) random-effects model was used to calculate pooled risk ratios (RR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI). …”
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Estimating the Burden of Illness Related to Genital Warts in Russia: A Cross-Sectional Study by Vera N. Prilepskaya, Mikhail Gomberg, Smita Kothari, Karen Yee, Amit Kulkarni, Suzanne M. Garland, Anna R. Giuliano

“…Prevalence was obtained for each physician and calculated into a single estimate across all physician types. …”
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Selective Solid-Phase Extraction of Pb(II) Ions Using an Ion-Imprinted Functionalized Sodium Trititanate Whisker Adsorbent Prepared by a Surface-Imprinting Technique by Wanzhen Xu, Wenming Yang, Wei Zhou

“…The maximum adsorption capacity, the distribution coefficient (K d ) and the relative selectivity coefficients (k′) of Pb(II)-IIPs for Pb(II)/Co(II), Pb(II)/Cd(II), Pb(II)/Cu(II), Pb(II)/Hg(II), Pb(II)/Mg(II), Pb(II)/Mn(II), Pb(II)/Zn(II) and Pb(II)/Ni(II) were calculated. Compared with non-ionimprinted polymers functionalized sodium trititanate whisker polymers (non-IIPs/Na 2 Ti 3 O 7 ), the Pb(II)-IIPs/Na 2 Ti 3 O 7 material had a higher selectivity towards Pb(II) ions. …”
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Human Defence Factors in Different Gestational Week Placenta: A Pilot Study by Andris Kamergrauzis, Mara Pilmane, Anna Junga

“…Spearman’s rank correlation was used for calculating correlations. Results: NF-κB, HBD- 2,3,4, HSP60, and IL-10 expression were discovered in every examined placental tissue cell type. …”
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