Statistical Fragility of Findings From Randomized Phase 3 Trials in Pediatric Oncology by Hannah E. Olsen, Pei‐Chi Kao, Caleb Richmond, David S. Shulman, Wendy B. London, Steven G. DuBois

“…We report trial characteristics and calculate the FI for trials with a binary outcome and survival‐inferred fragility index (SIFI) for trials with a time‐to‐event outcome. …”
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Assessment of heavy metal pollution and spatial distribution in waterfalls of Chattogram district, Bangladesh: Implications for drinking and irrigation purposes by Abdur Rouf Azad, Md. Rezaul Karim, Md. Refat Jahan Rakib, Md. Ripaj Uddin

“…Heavy Metal Pollution Index (HPI) were calculated (18.51 to 22.87) showed below the critical limit of 100, indicating suitability for drinking. …”
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Association between obesity and thyroid nodules in children and adults living in iodine-sufficient areas: analysis of cross-sectional data from Tianjin, China by Yang Wang, Fang Li, Dandan Zhang, Wenfeng Li, Yani Duan, Yushan Cui

“…Objective The main purpose of this study was to analyse the association between obesity and thyroid nodules in children and adults living in iodine-sufficient areas in China.Design Analysis of data from two cross-sectional surveys.Setting and participants 921 children from 2016 to 2021 and 1505 adults from 2018 to 2021 living in iodine-sufficient areas from Tianjin, China were recruited.Outcome measures Anthropometric measures including height and weight were taken, and body mass index (BMI) and body surface area (BSA) were calculated. Thyroid ultrasonography was performed to assess thyroid nodules. …”
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Possible Threats of IgA Vasculitis in Children: One Center Experience by Eglė Lanzbergaitė-Manuilova, Skirmantė Rusonienė, Augustina Jankauskienė

“…As laboratory predictors, neutrophil, lymphocyte, platelets count, mean platelet volume (MPV) and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) were calculated. Results: 240 patients with IgAV were included. …”
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Associations of Maternal Fructosamine before Delivery in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Pregnancies with Neonatal Glucometabolic Disorders by Zhengxia Mao, Ruilin Wu, Huan Yu, Yujiao Zhang, Wenbin Dong, Lile Zou, Xiaoping Lei

“…A multivariate logistical regression model was used to calculate the odds ratios (OR) for neonatal glucometabolic disorders, hypoglycemia needing intervention (<2.6 mmol/L), and glucose intolerance (>7.0 mmol/L) in the first 3 days and LGA infants. …”
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Obesity and Cardiometabolic Risk Stratification in Schoolchildren from Santa Clara by Elizabeth Fernández Martínez, Clara Luz Rodríguez Cervera, Emilio González Rodríguez, Yosvani García Nóbrega, Alianny Rodríguez Urrutia, Merlin Gari Llanes

“…Computer programs were developed, which allowed studying obesity and calculating body mass indexes, waist -hip and waist-height. …”
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Numerical Analysis of the Influence of Deep Foundation Pit Construction on Adjacent Subway Stations in Soft Soil Areas by Tao Yang, Shengyuan Xiong, Shuailei Liu, Yang Liu, Hao Zhao, Yanwei Li

“…Deep foundation pit construction adjacent to a subway station in a soft soil area was numerically simulated with Midas GTS NX calculation software. The influence of the deep foundation pit construction on the deformation and stress of the subway station structure was studied, and the influence of the foundation pit retaining structure on the station was analyzed. …”
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Appropriate Blood Pressure in Cerebral Aneurysm Clipping for Prevention of Delayed Ischemic Neurologic Deficits by Cattleya Thongrong, Pornthep Kasemsiri, Pichayen Duangthongphon, Amnat Kitkhuandee

“…The optimal cutoff points of hemodynamic response were calculated by the area under the curve. Results. Data suggested that the optimal cutoff points for lowest blood pressure for prevention of DNID should be systolic blood pressure (SBP) of 95 mmHg (sensitivity of 78.6%; specificity of 53.6%), diastolic blood pressure (DBP) of 50 mmHg (sensitivity of 71.4%; specificity of 67.9%), and mean arterial pressure (MAP) of 61.7 mmHg (sensitivity of 85.7%; specificity of 35.7%). …”
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Comparison of DKRZ Database and LARS-WG Model in Three Parameters of Minimum Temperature, Maximum Temperature and Precipitation (Case study: Qazvin plain) by Fatemeh Borzoo, Hadi Ramezani Etedali, Abbas Kaviani

“…For this purpose, in the present study, the data obtained from the web database DKRZ and LARS-WG model, under three variables (minimum temperature, maximum temperature and precipitation) of Qazvin plain in five public circulation models of the fifth IPCC report (EC-EARTH, GFDL-CM3, HadGEM2-ES, MIROC5, MPI-ESM-MR) under two release scenarios (4.5 and 8.5) in future periods (2021-2040, 2041-2060, 2061-2080, 2081) -2100 and 2021-2100) were calculated and compared. The differences of the variables in each period compared to their mean in the base period (1991-2020) were examined. …”
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Peripheral oxygen saturation levels as a guide to avoid hyperoxia: an observational study by Renate Stolmeijer, Jan C. ter Maaten, Jack Ligtenberg, Ewoud ter Avest

“…PaO2 values were compared to (concurrently measured) SpO2 values, and to patient- and treatment characteristics and P/F ratios were calculated in order to investigate the efficacy of SpO2 based oxygen titration for various subgroups. …”
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Role Of Low Dose Aspirin In Preventing Preterm Birth In Patients With Previous History Of Preterm Delivery by Maliha Sadaf, Aasia Saleem, Tallat Farkhanda, Khansa Iqbal, Sabeen Ashraf, Amna Iftikhar

“…Relative risk (along with a 95% confidence interval) for the decrease in the incidence of preterm birth with the use of aspirin was calculated. Results: The age of participants included in the study was 18 to 40 years. …”
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Nonlinear association between depressive symptoms and homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance: a cross-sectional analysis in the American population by Chunqi Jiang, Bo Wang, Yinuo Qu, Jun Wang, Xin Zhang

“…Then, we constructed a two-piece linear regression model and performed a recursive algorithm to calculate the inflection point.ResultsThe study included 20,282 participants in the United States. …”
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Predicting the infecting dengue serotype from antibody titre data using machine learning. by Bethan Cracknell Daniels, Darunee Buddhari, Taweewun Hunsawong, Sopon Iamsirithaworn, Aaron R Farmer, Derek A T Cummings, Kathryn B Anderson, Ilaria Dorigatti

“…Model performance was calculated using 100 bootstrap samples of the train and out-of-sample test sets. …”
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Assessment of Myometrial Concentrations of Oestrogen and Progesterone Receptors in the Lower Uterine Segment of Full-Term Pregnancies in Presence or Absence of Labour by Joana Soares de Arruda, Edward Araujo Júnior, Manuel de Jesus Simões, Luiz Kulay Júnior

“…The number of ORs was statistically more than that of PRs in Group II (Z calculated = 16.00). Conclusion. The concentrations of PRs and ORs were similar in the myometrium of the lower uterine segment of pregnant women during and without labour, but the concentration of ORs was more than that of PRs in the myometrium of the lower uterine segment of pregnant women without labour.…”
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Assessing the Impact of TLR4 rs4986790 Polymorphism on Bacterial Meningitis Risk: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Praveen Kumar Chandra Sekar, Ramakrishnan Veerabathiran

“…Meta-analyses were conducted using Cochrane RoB 2 tool and Metagenyo to calculate the ORs and 95% CIs. Fourteen published studies with 3599 cases and 7438 controls were included. …”
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Surgical Outcomes of Concurrent Intraperitoneal Onlay Meshplasty and Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: A Retrospective Observational Study by Prachi Praveen Agrawal, Abhijit S Joshi

“…Proportions, percentages, and means were calculated. Results: The mean age of the patients was 55±12.36 years (range 35-77 years). …”
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Radiofrequency ablation of hepatocellular carcinoma guided by real-time physics-based ablation simulation: a prospective study by Eric K. Hoffer, Mary C. Drinane, Vikrant Bhatnagar, Riya Mehta, David P. Munger, Andrea Borsic

“…The applied RF energy was used to calculate a simulated ablation volume which was displayed relative to the electrode and segmented target, to depict any untreated target tissue. …”
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Dengue’s climate conundrum: how vegetation and temperature shape mosquito populations and disease outbreaks by Nur Athen Mohd Hardy Abdullah, Nazri Che Dom, Siti Aekball Salleh, Rahmat Dapari, Nopadol Precha

“…Weekly indices for mosquito abundance and dengue risk were calculated, and statistical analyses were performed to explore correlations between microclimate, vegetation, and mosquito indices. …”
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Fire return intervals and recruitment affect population growth rate of canopy trees in tall open forest in humid savanna by Patricia A. Werner, Stephanie J. Peacock

“…A stage‐based population model of the canopy trees was previously developed to address this question, drawing on data from three decades of experimental field studies wherein the survival, growth, and reproduction of individual marked trees were recorded under different seasonal fires and understory types to produce transition matrices among eight life history stages, and used to calculate population growth rates (λ). Here, we apply that model to determine how λ varies across a range of fire return intervals from 1 to 12 years for both early and late dry season fires, in two different understory types. …”
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Plant-based diets and total and cause-specific mortality: a meta-analysis of prospective studies by Qiwang Mo, Jizhongrong Wu, Yi Lu, Xiao Zhang

“…The summary risk estimates (RR) with 95% confidence interval (CI) for the highest versus the lowest category of PDIs, hPDIs and uPDIs were calculated. Dose–response meta-analysis was also performed for studies reporting categorical risk estimates for at least three quantitative levels of PDIs, hPDIs and uPDIs.ResultsA total of 11 eligible cohort studies (13 datasets) were eventually included in this meta-analysis. …”
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