The association between dietary sodium density and Hashimoto’s thyroiditis in US adults by Peilin An, Silin Wang, Lingyun Liu, Xuelin Li, Xin Lv, Xin Lv

“…Sodium density was calculated from two 24-h dietary recall interviews. …”
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Effect of modeling liquid application on color stability and surface roughness of single-shade composites by Melek Güven Bekdaş, Ihsan Hubbezoglu

“…Color changes were assessed via a spectrophotometer and ΔE values were calculated via the CIELAB formula. The surface roughness (Ra) was measured via a profilometer. …”
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Putative evolution of Myxococcus fulvus 124B02 plasmid pMF1 from a chromosomal segment in another Myxococcus species by Shruti Jain, Gaurav Sharma

“…To comprehend the relationship among these three species, we conducted phylogenetic analyses using 16S and concatenated housekeeping genes and genome-to-genome distance calculator (GGDC) analysis, which confirmed that M. stipitatus CYD1 is a distinct and novel species within the genus Myxococcus. …”
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Influencing Factor Analysis and Prediction Model of Emergency Caesarean Delivery for Advanced-Age Nulliparous Women at the Time of Hospitalization by Ryosuke Arakaki, Wataru Isono, Hiroaki Fukuda, Junya Tanaka, Arisa Minamino, Shiko Hayashi

“…First, for the 675 women who were aged 30 years old or more, we calculated the rates of ECD in 8 groups classified according to maternal age, infertility treatment, and other variables. …”
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Water resources carrying capacity before and after volcanic eruption by M. Dede, S.B. Wibowo, Y. Prasetyo, I.W. Nurani, P.B. Setyowati, S. Sunardi

“…The population distribution data have been previously mapped by referring to statistical data and land use at the village level, while water availability is calculated considering rainfall, potential evaporation rate, and runoff.FINDINGS: Water resources carrying capacity in Krasak watershed has undergone changes related to the distribution of volcanic material and human activities. …”
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Positive Association between the Triglyceride-Glucose Index and Hyperuricemia in Chinese Adults with Hypertension: An Insight from the China H-Type Hypertension Registry Study by Chao Yu, Tao Wang, Wei Zhou, Lingjuan Zhu, Xiao Huang, Huihui Bao, Xiaoshu Cheng

“…The China H-type Hypertension Registration (an observational, noninterventional, and real-world study) was conducted from March 01, 2018, to August 31, 2018, in 16 communities in Wuyuan of China. The TyG index was calculated from fasting triglycerides (mg/dL) and fasting glucose (mg/dL)/2. …”
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Comparison of Two Automated Urine Analyzers (URiSCAN Super + YD Diagnostics and Sysmex UC-3500–UF-5000 Urine Chemistry Analyzer) with Routine Microscopy by Durre Aden, Poonam Khambra, Sunil Ranga, Yasir Alvi

“…The results of urine examination consisting of cells, formed elements, and microorganisms were compared between both the automated urine analyzers and microscopy, and the degree of concordance was calculated utilizing Cohen’s kappa (κ) analysis to see the concordance between all three values. …”
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Homeland security video surveillance system utilising the internet of video things for smart cities by Yasser Ismail, Mohamed Hammad, Mahmoud Darwich, Wael Elmedany

“…The performance of the proposed architecture has been calculated using subjective and quantitative measures techniques and compared to the full search block‐based motion estimation (FSBB‐ME) algorithm. …”
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Phenotypic stability of spring bread wheat regenerant lines by V. Yu. Stupko, A. V. Sidorov

“…The yield-based superiority measure (Pi) was also calculated.Results. RLs from cv. ‘Novosibirskaya 15’ were more stable than their donor genotype from the biological viewpoint as well as from the agronomic one. …”
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The first experience of using the "Senhance" robotic surgical system during cholecystectomy by M.A. Kashtalian, Ie.A. Kvasnevskyi, O.A. Kvasnevskyi

“…The treatment outcomes of patients with chronic calculous cholecystitis who underwent robotic cholecystectomy (RC) were compared with those who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC). …”
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Shoulder Strength and Closed Kinetic Chain Upper Extremity Stability Test Performance in Division III Collegiate Baseball and Softball Players. by David T. Schilling, Ashraf M. Elazzazi

“…The CKCUEST score and power were calculated. Descriptive statistics and paired t-tests were used to compare throwing and non-throwing shoulder strength. …”
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An integrated decision-making approach to resilience–LCC Bridge network retrofitting using a genetic algorithm-based framework by Pedram Omidian, Naser Khaji, Ali Akbar Aghakouchak

“…In the subsequent step, the seismic resilience surfaces are calculated using the obtained fragility curves and assuming a recovery function. …”
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The Dynamic Damage Mechanisms and Failure Modes of Coal-Rock Masses under the Action of High Order P-Waves by Feng Li, Mingxin Bi, Jing Tian, Shuhao Fang

“…Based on the propagation characteristics of a plane strain and cylindrical wave control equations, this paper obtained a cylindrical wave propagation frequency equation and established a dynamic calculation model for the radial, axial, and shear stresses under high order P-waves. …”
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The Effects of Synthetic Polymers on the Release Patterns of Bupivacaine Hydrochloride from Sodium Hyaluronate Hydrogels by Dorota Wójcik-Pastuszka, Roksana Iwaszkiewicz, Witold Musiał

“…The half-release time, calculated using the Higuchi model, was the longest for the formulation doped with AX, at 199.5 ± 17.6 min. …”
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Adequately Iodized Salt Utilization and Associated Factors among Households in Tach Armachio District, Northwest Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study by Worku Mamo, Terefe Derso, Solomon Gedlu Nigatu

“…A single population proportion formula was used to calculate the sample size and a total of 555 households were sampled. …”
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Association between triglyceride-glucose index and carotid atherosclerosis in Chinese steelworkers: a cross-sectional study by Haoyue Cao, Qinglin Li, Juxiang Yuan

“…This is a cross-sectional study involving a total of 4,203 Chinese steelworkers. The TyG index was calculated using the formula: TyG = Ln [fasting triglycerides (mg/dL) × fasting glucose (mg/dL) / 2]. …”
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Optical properties of polyvinyl alcohol-glass waste powder composites by Hani M. Hussien

“…The optical parameters were calculated as follow: absorbance, absorption coefficient, transmittance, refractive index, extinction coefficient, dielectric constant, and imaginary dielectric constant. …”
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Application of Multi Objective land Allocation technique for land use Planning Approach Case study: Hamadan County by hassan mahmodzadeh, sodabeh panahi, mahdi herischian

“…Monitoring lands means contribution of an optimized space for land utilization with realization of common upcoming and related to each other in the past, now and in the future.Therefore, the objective  of  this research is to select the suitable lands  with monitoring lands of view in the city of Hamedan using a Multi-Objective Land Allocation method.The aim of Multi-Objective Land Allocation  method use is to contribute  selection of proper lands with monitoring approach based on ideal levels concept which have been executed by 3 different ecologic, socio-economic and strategic aspects existing in the territory.The examined use include agricultural use (water system or dry farming), pasturing use and urban use which based on the highest weight of independent variables, the area has been allocated to mentioned use with land monitoring approach.In what follows, the land suitability map is obtained through MCE operation for each type of land use and the obtained land suitability areas were calculated using these maps for which the results are as follows: irrigated agriculture with 601.176 hectares, dryland farming with 961.193 hectares, urban suitability with 762.984, and rangeland management suitability with 960.552 hectares which is an important criterion for determining the area for implementing MOLA.In the next step, it was time for implementing MOLA module for resolving the contradictions among the  uses.The results of MOLA showed that in average for the three studied aspects, the maximum area was associated with dryland farming with 364.4 hectares which is equivalent to 32% of the studied uses and the maximum weight of 0.4 was associated with irrigated agriculture.These resulted were obtained based on five factors (i.e. the current area of each land use, the favorable area for each land use based on MCE method, the occupational dependencies of different individuals to each land uses, prioritizing the ecological, economic, and social aspects of each land use).Finally, the results showed that selecting the suitable lands with spatial planning point of view using a Multi-Objective Land Allocation method is carried out properly through economic, social, and ecological aspects.…”
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Mixed-methods study to examine the response of opioid addiction treatment programmes to COVID-19: a study protocol by Sugy Choi, Rhea Naik, Kamila Kiszko, Charles Neighbors, Thomas D’Aunno

“…Clinics will be categorised into quartiles based on composite rankings by calculating cross-clinic Z scores for the clinical practice change and treatment retention variables. …”
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Analysis of Mortality and Survival Rate of Liver Cancer in Zhejiang Province in China: A General Population-Based Study by Fang-Rong Fei, Ru-Ying Hu, Wei-Wei Gong, Jin Pan, Meng Wang

“…The data were collected from the Zhejiang Chronic Disease Surveillance Information and Management System, and the mortality rates of liver cancer were calculated by gender, age, and areas. Chinese population census in 2000 and Segi’s world population were used for age-standardized mortality rate. …”
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