Experimental Study on the Influence of Hydromechanical Boundary Conditions on Shear-Flow Coupling Characteristics of Granite Joints by Yangbing Cao, Yang Wu, Xiangxiang Zhang, Zhi Liu, Weiguo Gong, Zhenping Huang

“…We also established a numerical model of a real rough three-dimensional joint, compiled a calculation program for the shear-flow process of a joint under CNS boundary conditions, and visualized the flow channel inside the joint. …”
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Experimental Solution of Chitosan and Nanochitosan on Wettability in Root Dentine: In Vitro Model Prior Regenerative Endodontics by Fernando Arias Alvarado, Maira Rivero Iriarte, Freddy Jordan Mariño, Sara Quijano-Guauque, León D. Pérez, Yolima Baena, Claudia García-Guerrero

“…The wettability analysis calculated the contact angle (θ) between a drop of a blood-like and root dentinal surface; topographic characterization with scanning electron microscopy (SEM) quantified the diameter and number of tubules per area; spectroscopy infrared analyses (IR-S) identified chemical changes in the inorganic (phosphate/carbonate) and organic phase (amide/methyl). …”
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Beyond the Surface: Investigating Clinical and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Dynamics in Knee Injuries: A Cross-sectional Study by Gaurav Singh, Vineet Kumar, Swagat Mahapatra, Pankaj Aggarwal, Ammar Mohd. Aslam, Prabhat Pandey, Prakhar Mishra

“…Sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, positive predictive value and negative predictive value were calculated and observed by using 2 × 2 contingency table. …”
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Ultrasound radiomics-based logistic regression model for fibrotic NASH by Fei Xia, Wei Wei, Junli Wang, Yuhe Wang, Kun Wang, Chaoxue Zhang, Qiwei Zhu

“…Radiomics characteristics were derived from two-dimensional liver ultrasound images of the rats, and a radiomics model was constructed, with rad-scores calculated accordingly. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression was employed to ascertain the clinical characteristics of rats and liver elasticity values, aiming to establish a clinical model. …”
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Kidney Autotransplantation and Orthotopic Kidney Transplantation: Two Different Approaches for Complex Cases by Alberto Artiles Medina, Victoria Gómez Dos Santos, Víctor Díez Nicolás, Vital Hevia Palacios, Mercedes Ruiz Hernández, Inés Laso García, Marina Mata Alcaraz, Cristina Galeano Álvarez, Miguel Ángel Jiménez Cidre, Fernando Arias Fúnez, Milagros Fernández Lucas, Francisco Javier Burgos Revilla

“…Kidney graft survival was calculated using Kaplan–Meier survival analysis. Results. …”
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TCN-Based DDoS Detection and Mitigation in 5G Healthcare-IoT: A Frequency Monitoring and Dynamic Threshold Approach by Mirza Akhi, Ciaran Eising, Lubna Luxmi Dhirani

“…A monitoring frequency-based detection method calculates each H-IoT node’s message count over the past five seconds as a percentage of total traffic. …”
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Amputations of Lower Limb in Subjects with Diabetes Mellitus: Reasons and 30-Day Mortality by Magdalena Walicka, Marta Raczyńska, Karolina Marcinkowska, Iga Lisicka, Arthur Czaicki, Waldemar Wierzba, Edward Franek

“…However, the number of amputations in patients with diabetes calculated as a number per 100,000 diabetics decreased significantly (p for trend<0.0005) during this period. …”
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Synthesis, Characterization, and Evaluation of the Remediation Activity of Cissus quadrangularis Zinc Oxide Nanoparticle-Activated Carbon Composite on Dieldrin in Aqueous Solution by Calvince Ondijo, Fredrick Kengara, Isaac K’Owino

“…Batch adsorption experiments were performed using 20 ml of dieldrin solution at varying pH values (1–14), concentrations (5–100 ppm), temperatures (293–323 K), adsorbent dosages (0.01–0.12 g), and contact times (30–180 minutes) to determine the optimum conditions. The calculated thermodynamic parameters (ΔH°, ΔS°, and ΔG°) indicated that the adsorption was spontaneous and exothermic in nature, implying decreasing randomness of dieldrin molecules at the solid-liquid interface. …”
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Burden of coronary artery calcification in ANCA-associated vasculitis by Claire Cook, Brittany Weber, Catherine Ahola, Zachary S. Wallace, Michael Hendrickson, Anushri Parakh, Sandeep Hedgire, Michael Lu

“…Coronary artery calcium (CAC) scores and age, sex and race-standardised CAC percentiles were calculated. Quantile regression was used to identify differences by ANCA type, and Gray’s test examined differences in major adverse cardiac events by CAC score.Results Of 175 included patients, 127 (73%) were MPO-ANCA+and 48 (27%) were PR3-ANCA+. …”
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Microvascular disease and heart failure with reduced and preserved ejection fraction in type 2 diabetes by Ify R. Mordi, Aaron Tee, Colin N. Palmer, Rory J. McCrimmon, Alexander S.F. Doney, Chim C. Lang

“…Cumulative incidence was calculated for the association of both individual and the total number of MiVD states and incident HF. …”
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Side Friction of Rock-Socketed Piles Involving Thick Sediment by Tie Hang Wang, Liang Zhang, Yan Zhou Hao, Xin Jin

“…Accordingly, an equation is proposed for calculating the bearing capacity of rock-socketed piles resting on sediment at the bottom.…”
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Lactate and Bilirubin Index: A New Indicator to Predict Critically Ill Cirrhotic Patients’ Prognosis by Xiao-Fu Chen, Yuan Zhao, Wei-Zhen Chen, Xin-Tian Shao, Zhi-Ming Huang

“…We measured prognostic scores in the first 24 hours including LB index, Child–Pugh, SOFA, CLIF-SOFA, and MELD scores. The LB index was calculated as follows: ln [1000 × lactate (mmol/L) × bilirubin (µmol/L)]/2. …”
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Blood loss in one-stage bilateral total knee arthroplasty: cruciate-retaining vs. posterior stabilized. A propensity score-matched analysis by Laoruengthana Artit, Tantimethanon Thanawat, Santisathaporn Nopparat, Inta-ngam Thisayapong, Pongpirul Krit, Rattanaprichavej Piti

“…Results: Comparing CR BTKA and PS BTKA, drain output was 206.44 mL vs. 194.89 mL (p = 0.47), calculated blood loss was 886.23 mL vs. 724.89 mL (p = 0.05), and blood transfusion rate was 18% vs. 17% (p = 1.00). …”
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Spatiotemporal Evolution Characteristics of Fluid Flow through Large-Scale 3D Rock Mass Containing Filling Joints: An Experimental and Numerical Study by Qian Yin, Hongwen Jing, Tantan Zhu, Lizhou Wu, Haijian Su, Liyuan Yu

“…By using the genetic algorithm, the coupling influences of these factors on the pore water pressure and flow velocity were investigated, and the decision parameters were optimized. The calculated values show a good agreement with the numerical results, indicating a good prediction of the seepage evolution through the filling joint.…”
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High-definition transcranial infraslow pink noise stimulation for chronic low back pain: protocol for a pilot, safety and feasibility randomised placebo-controlled trial by Ramakrishnan Mani, Dirk De Ridder, Sven Vanneste, Divya Bharatkumar Adhia, John N J Reynolds

“…This pilot study aims to (1) evaluate feasibility, safety and acceptability of a novel neuromodulation technique, high-definition transcranial infraslow pink noise stimulation (HD-tIPNS), in people with CLBP, (2) explore the trend of effect of HD-tIPNS on pain and function, and (3) derive treatment estimates to support sample size calculation for a fully powered trial should trends of effectiveness be present.Methods and analysis A pilot, triple-blinded randomised two-arm placebo-controlled parallel trial. …”
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Cancer odds among Ohio firefighters: data from the Ohio Cancer Incidence Surveillance System (OCISS) 1996–2019 by Robert Hood, Olorunfemi Adetona, Susan Elizabeth Olivo-Marston, Shashank Singh

“…Logistic regression models were run to calculate ORs to determine the odds of being a firefighter compared with police or the general population across different cancer types. …”
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Total Phenolic, Flavonoid Contents, and Antioxidant Activities of Fruit, Seed, and Bark Extracts of Zanthoxylum armatum DC by Nirmala Phuyal, Pramod Kumar Jha, Pankaj Prasad Raturi, Sangeeta Rajbhandary

“…TPC was determined by Folin–Ciocalteu colorimetric method using gallic acid as standard, and various concentrations of the extract solutions were measured at 760 nm. TFC was calculated by aluminum chloride colorimetric assay. …”
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A U-Net-based denoising method for semi-airborne transient electromagnetic data and its application by Dong LIU, Hao FENG, Yongxin WANG, Xiaosheng ZHOU, Yuhong YAO, Huaifeng SUN

“…Results and Conclusions Practical calculation cases indicate that the U-Net-based method can improve the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of data by approximately 10 dB after denoising, proving significant advantages of denoising SATEM data compared to traditional denoising methods. …”
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Bio-Optical Response of Phytoplankton and Coloured Detrital Matter (CDM) to Coastal Upwelling in the Northwest South China Sea by Guifen Wang, Wenlong Xu, Shubha Sathyendranath, Wen Zhou, Wenxi Cao

“…Bio-optical relationships between IOPs and phytoplankton were used for calculating vertical profiles of the total chlorophyll a concentration (Chl-a) and the absorption by coloured detrital matter (CDM). …”
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The combined manifestations of dramatically sore throat, congested and edematous mucosa, no-swelling tonsil are specific in acute Omicron pharyngitis by Lei Zhou, Lineng Zhang, Feng Xu

“…The efficiency of the panel was calculated. Results A total of 39 sore throat patients were included in the study, including 15 confirmed cases of Omicron pharyngitis through nuclear acid or Sars-Cov-2 virus antigen testing, and 24 cases of common pharyngitis caused by other pathogens. …”
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