Risk Factors for Shoulder Injuries in Water Polo: a Cohort Study by Félix Croteau, David Paradelo, David Pearsall, Shawn Robbins

“…After nine months, a second analysis compared the same athletes, who were then grouped by those who had or had not sustained new injuries. Effect sizes were calculated with a Hedge’s g. Chi squared analysis compared proportion of injured players with and without previous injury…”
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Exploring molecular disparities of H-type vasculature endothelial cells in osteonecrosis of the femoral head through single-cell analysis by Wei Shi, Dong Li, Qian Xu, Kai Zhang, Xinyu Liang, Hui Li, Zhijun Li, Huafeng Zhang

“…Hypoxia, ferroptosis, pyroptosis, and parthanatos indices were calculated, and transcription factors were predicted using SENIC. …”
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The addition of vitamin E could reduce femoral head penetration of the polyethylene liners by Fanxiao Liu, Ling Gao, Dawei Wang, Qingyu Zhang

“…Then pooled outcomes at different time points during the follow-up period were calculated. Results Follow an elaborate search of related databases, 23 studies involving a total of 54,920 participants were deemed eligible for this meta-analysis. …”
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Contribution of a bonded scholarship scheme to staffing rural health facilities by R G MacGregor, A J Ross

“…A retrospective descriptive study reviewed work record data of 405 UYDF graduates, to calculate the number of years they worked at a rural PHCF. …”
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Network analysis of meaning in life, perceived social support, and depressive symptoms among vocational undergraduate students by Sen sen Zhang, Sen sen Zhang, Wen hua Zhang, Shao hong Yong, Shao hong Yong, Jia tai Chen

“…The partial correlations between nodes were calculated as edges. Moreover, network comparison tests were conducted to compare three subnetworks based on different levels of depression (minimal, subthreshold, and moderate/severe).ResultsThe top strength nodes within each network were identified as sleep and motor in minimal group, anhedonia and concentration in subthreshold group, and anhedonia and sleep in moderate/severe group. …”
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Sealing Behavior and Flow Mechanism of Expandable Material Slurry with High Water Content for Sealing Gas Drainage Boreholes by Guozhong Hu, Wenrui He, Changjin Lan

“…On this basis, the governing equation for slurry permeation considering the viscosity time-varying characteristics of the expandable material with high water content was established and numerically calculated. The slurry permeation patterns of the expandable material with high water content under different grouting pressures and water-cement ratios were obtained. …”
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Phenotypic characteristics of indigenous dairy buffaloes of Bangladesh by Md O. Faruque, Abdullah I. Omar, Y. Zhang, Md Mohsin T. Raju, Sahed Hossain

“…The actual lactation period, actual lactation yield and calving interval were found out from the record. 300-day lactation yield was calculated after ICAR (2017). Data was analyzed after R statistics to find out the differences among various effects on production. …”
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The Principle and Downhole Testing of Water Injection Exploration in Depleted Reservoirs by Jinpeng Xu, Hui Zhao, Bing Dong, Yi Li, Chuang Wang

“…A total of 355 sets of water injection flow rate and pressure data were obtained from different zones in three different boreholes; permeability coefficients were calculated based on the measured data, and relevant diagrams were drawn. …”
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Comparison of Morphological and Functional MRI Assessments of Periprostatic Fat for Predicting Prostate Cancer Aggressiveness by David Freire Maia Vieira, Cecília Vidal de Souza Torres, André de Freitas Secaf, Matheus de Moraes Palma, Gabriel de Lion Gouvea, Jorge Elias Júnior, Rodolfo Borges Reis, Valdair Muglia

“…MRI-derived parameters were assessed by an experienced radiologist, who measured subcutaneous and periprostatic fat thickness, and calculated ADC values from ROI plots in periprostatic fat. …”
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Random-Parameter Multivariate Negative Binomial Regression for Modeling Impacts of Contributing Factors on the Crash Frequency by Crash Types by Chenzhu Wang, Fei Chen, Jianchuan Cheng, Wu Bo, Ping Zhang, Mingyu Hou, Feng Xiao

“…Subsequently, we compute the goodness-of-fit and predictive measures to confirm the superiority of the proposed model. Finally, we also calculate the elasticity effects to augment the comparison. …”
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Visit-to-visit lipid variability on long-term major adverse cardiovascular events: a prospective multicentre cohort from the CORE-Thailand registry by Chutithep Teekaput, Kitti Thiankhaw, Wanwarang Wongcharoen, Narawudt Prasertwitayakij, Siriluck Gunaparn, Arintaya Phrommintikul

“…The hazard ratio (HR) and 95% confidence interval (CI), adjusted for potential confounders, were calculated using the Cox proportional hazards model. …”
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Proportional-Switch Adjustment Process-Based Day-by-Day Evolution Model for Mixed Traffic Flow in an Autonomous Driving Environment by Yihao Huang, Han Zhang, Aiwu Kuang

“…Based on the energy consumption calculation formula for HDVs, the impact of CAVs is fully considered to establish the travel energy consumption cost for both CAVs and HDVs. …”
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Experimental Investigation of the Deformation Characteristics of Tianjin Clays under Coupled Dynamic Stress and Seepage Fields by Huayang Lei, Shuangxi Feng, Rui Jia, Mingjing Jiang

“…Empirical equations are suggested for calculating the dynamic modulus with different CSR values and seepage pressures. …”
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Fodder productivity and digestible energy value of oat (<i>Avena sativa</i> L.) cultivars and breeding lines under the conditions of the Northern Trans-Urals by M. N. Fomina, Yu. S. Ivanova, N. A. Bragin, M. V. Bragina

“…Digestible energy value of the tested oats was calculated in feed units (FU) and in joules of metabolizable energy (ME) and gross energy (GE). …”
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Impact of the family doctor system on medication adherence among type 2 diabetes patients in China: a difference-in-differences analysis by Xichen Tong, Haiyan Zou, Luying Zhang, Wen Chen

“…All recommended T2DM medications were included to calculate PDC. Results Compared to the unregistered group, PDC across all institutions for registered patients increased by 5.0% (p < 0.001) after the first stage of family doctor system, and by 5.9% (p < 0.001) after the second stage. …”
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Flexor-Pronator Mass Training Exercises Selectively Activate Forearm Musculature by Takumi Fukunaga, Connor Fedge, Timothy Tyler, Michael Mullaney, Brandon Schmitt, Karl Orishimo, Malachy McHugh, Stephen Nicholas

“…Mean peak EMG activity in each muscle across repetitions during the eccentric phase of each exercise was calculated and expressed as a percentage of MVC. Moderate level of activity was defined as 21% of MVC or higher. …”
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Pore Structure and Fractal Characteristics of Shale under the Control of Bedding and Size: A Case Study of Shale from the Longmaxi Formation in China by Yao Cheng, Yifeng Xie, Yulin Ma, Yanlin Zhao

“…Two fractal dimensions D1 and D2 were calculated from nitrogen adsorption data at relative pressures of 0–0.45 and 0.45–1, using the FHH method. …”
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Life cycle management of capital construction object with minimization of atmospheric air pollution by V. N. Azarov, O. V. Burlachenko, A. O. Burlachenko, M. D. Azarova

“…The application of the proposed methodology made it possible to determine the fine dust concentration and the probability of exceeding the maximum permissible concentration in some types of work to calculate the effectiveness of the considered management decisions.Conclusions. …”
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Ion homeostasis in the regulation of intracellular pH and volume of human erythrocytes by О. І. Доценко, Г. В. Тарадіна

“…Using realistic parameters of the system changes over time in cell volume, concentrations of metabolites, ions fluxes and transmembrane potential were calculated. The simulation results were used to analyze the reasons for changes in the resistance to acid hemolysis of erythrocytes under the conditions of their incubation in saline solutions of different compositions. …”
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Artificial Neural Network for the Clustering of Vibration Signals for Condition Monitoring of Rotating Machines by Eyere Emagbetere, Samson Uwatse, Omonzokpia Goerge Okoidigun

“…It was found via silhouette and WCSS that 9 was an optimum number of clusters for the analysis. Calculated mean of standardized values informs that 6 clusters contained machines with different forms of faults, having positive mean values far greater than 0. …”
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