Do You Speak Dialect? Yes! by Vytautas Kardelis, Gabriela Forgeron

“…This conflict cannot be resolved by questionnaires alone and further research is required. The calculation of the dialect index according to the formula developed in this study demonstrated that, with one exception, RAP informants are more ‘dialectal’ than RAU informants with respect to objective dialect. …”
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Psychometric properties of the health literacy questionnaire tested in Vietnamese adults with chronic diseases by Thi Thuy Ha Dinh, Ann Bonner

“…Confirmatory factor analyses (CFA) testing nine one-factor models were fitted to test the structure of each scale, and a nine-factor model tested the hypothesized structure of the HLQ, followed by the calculation of scale reliability using Cronbach’s alpha. …”
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CT-based nomogram predicts esophageal gastric variceal bleeding in noncirrhotic portal hypertension caused by hepatic schistosomiasis by Wei Cheng, Ke-Ying Wang, Wen-Qiang Li, Yao Li, Xiao-Yan Li, Shuai Ju

“…The varices score of each patient was calculated. A nomogram was built by combining the varices score with the selected clinical predictors of EGVB. …”
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Neurofilament Light Chain Assessment in Type 2 Diabetic Patients with Distal Symmetrical Polyneuropathy by Israa Abdelmalik Salem, Sura Ahmed Abdulsattar, Haider Fadhil Alrubaye

“…In addition to their blood pressure, their body mass index was calculated using their height and weight.  The lipid profile and Neurofilament Light Chain were all analyzed using the serum. …”
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Relationship between dietary intake and atherogenic index of plasma in cardiometabolic phenotypes: a cross-sectional study from the Azar cohort population by Shirin Soheilifard, Elnaz Faramarzi, Reza Mahdavi

“…Dietary intake was evaluated using a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire (FFQ), and AIP was calculated. Adjustments were made for age, gender, socioeconomic status, and physical activity. …”
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Lumbopelvic Stability and Trunk Muscle Contractility of Individuals with Chronic Ankle Instability by Ryan S McCann, Kelly Johnson, Ashley M B Suttmiller

“…A percent change in contraction thickness from rested to contracted conditions was calculated for each muscle. Lumbopelvic stability was assessed using unilateral hip bridge, trunk flexion endurance, Biering-Sorensen, and side plank tests. …”
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Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices on Urinary Schistosomiasis among Primary Schoolchildren in Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa by Sydlynn Dorné Hambury, Anna D. Grobler, Paula Ezinne Melariri

“…The KAP scores were calculated as a percentage ranging between 0% and 100%, and this range was split into five equal width intervals 0–19%, 20–39%, 40–60%, 61–80%, and 81–100%. …”
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An Electronic Frailty Index Based on Deficit Accumulation May Predict Glaucomatous Visual Field Progression by Duy W, Pajewski N, Williamson JD, Thompson AC

“…Walter Duy,1,* Nicholas Pajewski,2 Jeff D Williamson,3 Atalie C Thompson3,4,* 1Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA; 2Department of Biostatistics and Data Science, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA; 3Department of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA; 4Department of Surgical Ophthalmology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Atalie C Thompson, Department of Surgical Ophthalmology, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Health, Janeway Tower 6th Floor, Winston-Salem, NC, USA, Tel +1 (336) 716-4091, Fax +1 (336) 716-7994, Email atathomp@wakehealth.eduPurpose: To investigate whether an electronic frailty index (eFI) is associated with visual field loss in glaucoma.Patients and Methods: We identified 1163 subjects ≥ 65 years old with glaucoma (1082 right eyes and 1042 left eyes) who had a calculable baseline eFI, and who had reliable visual fields at baseline and final follow-up. …”
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Effectiveness of ISSR markers for detecting genomic variability in <I>Panicum miliaceum</I> L. accessions by D. Kh. Arkhestova, A. A. Yakhutlova, A. D. Khaudov, L. Kh. Sokurova, T. V. Kulemina

“…To assess the effectiveness of the analyzed primers and identify the polymorphism of millet, basic indicators of their informativeness were calculated and assessed by quantifying four marker parameters. …”
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Influence of Image Acquisition on Radiation Dose and Image Quality: Full versus Narrow Phase Window Acquisition Using 320 MDCT by Faisal Khosa, Atif Khan, Khurram Nasir, Waqas Shuaib, Matthew Budoff, Ron Blankstein, Melvin E. Clouse

“…The effective dose (ED) was calculated from dose length product (DLP) and conversion k (0.014 mSv/mGy/cm). …”
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The Impact of Violations of Bicycles and Pedestrians on Vehicle Emissions at Signalized Intersections by Jianchang Huang, Guohua Song, Jianbo Zhang, Chenxu Li, Qiumei Liu, Lei Yu

“…Based on the linear emission model, increased emissions at the traffic flow level are calculated as knowing the number of stops and idling time before and after violations. …”
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Interfacial charge transfer on hierarchical synergistic shell wall of MXene/MoS2 on CdS nanospheres: heterostructure integrity for visible light responsive photocatalytic H2 evolut... by Kugalur Shanmugam Ranjith, Ali Mohammadi, Ganji Seeta Rama Raju, Yun Suk Huh, Young-Kyu Han

“…The apparent quantum efficiency of the CdS–MXe2.4/MoS2 heterostructure was calculated to be 34.6% at λ = 420 nm. X-ray and ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopies validated the electronic states, energy band alignment, and work function of the heterostructures, whilst time-resolved photoluminescence measured the carrier lifespan to evaluate the effective charge migration in the CdS-MXe/MoS2 heterostructure. …”
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Systematic review of spontaneous reports of myocarditis and pericarditis in transplant recipients and immunocompromised patients following COVID-19 mRNA vaccination by Saad Shakir, Samantha Lane, Alison Yeomans

“…Proportional reporting ratio (PRR) was calculated.Results There were 178 reports of myocarditis and pericarditis among immunocompromised individuals overall. …”
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A Semianalytical Production Prediction Model and Dynamics Performance Analysis for Shale Gas Wells by Yingying Xu, Xiangui Liu, Zhiming Hu, Xianggang Duan, Jin Chang

“…Research indicated the following: (1) the EUR predicted by the productivity model is higher than the EUR that the comprehensive nonlinear effects are not considered, which demonstrated that the various nonlinear effects cannot be neglected during the production prediction to ensure the greater calculation accuracy; (2) during the early production stage of shale reservoir, the adsorbed gas is basically not recovered, and the cumulative adsorption contribution rate does not exceed 10%. …”
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Multi-sequence MRI-based nomogram for prediction of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 expression in breast cancer by Mengyi Shen, Li Zhang, Dingyi Zhang, Xin He, Nian Liu, Xiaohua Huang

“…Radiomics models were constructed using radiomics features and the radiomics score (Rad-score) was calculated. Rad-score and significant imaging characteristics were included in the multivariate analysis to establish the nomogram. …”
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Establishment and Evaluation of Atmospheric Water Vapor Inversion Model Without Meteorological Parameters Based on Machine Learning by Ning Liu, Yu Shen, Shuangcheng Zhang, Xuejian Zhu

“…For this reason, based on the data of 17 ground-based GNSS stations and water vapor reanalysis products over 2 years in the Hong Kong region, a new model for water vapor inversion without the Tm parameter is established by deep learning in this paper, the research results showed that, compared with the PWV information calculated by the traditional model using Tm parameter, the accuracy of the PWV retrieved by the new model proposed in this paper is higher, and its accuracy index parameters BIAS, MAE, and RMSE are improved by 38% on average. …”
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Hospitalization outcomes in people living with HIV on Dolutegravir-based regimen in Mwanza, Tanzania: a comparative cohort by Godfrey A. Kisigo, Eric Barongo, Benson Issarow, Cody Cichowitz, Bahati Wajanga, Samuel Kalluvya, Robert N. Peck

“…Cox regression analysis was used to calculate hazard ratios to identify predictors of mortality. …”
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Impact of environmental and geographical position on the chemometric classification of ethanol extracts from Isotoma longiflora leaves by E. Imelda, K. Khairan, R.R. Lubis, T. Karma, R. Idroes

“…A linear discriminant analysis was then used to validate these results, and the linear discriminant analysis model derived from the cross-validation predicted the origin of Isotoma longiflora samples with 100 percent accuracy rate.CONCLUSION: The Isotoma longiflora leaf extracts were successfully classified using Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy data processed through chemometric calculations (namely, principal component analysis). …”
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Expected annual minima from an idealized moving-average drought index by J. H. Stagge, K. Sung, K. Sung, I. F. Munyejuru, M. A. I. Haidar

“…The study also distinguishes between theoretical values, as calculated here, and real-world exceedance probabilities, where there may be climatological autocorrelation beyond that created by the moving average.…”
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Automatic History Matching for Adjusting Permeability Field of Fractured Basement Reservoir Simulation Model Using Seismic, Well Log, and Production Data by Le Ngoc Son, Nguyen The Duc, Sumihiko Murata, Phan Ngoc Trung

“…In the proposed workflow, the spatial distributions of seismic attributes and geomechanical properties were calculated and estimated from 3D seismic data and well logs, respectively. …”
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