A survey of team culture and learning organization in the resuscitation of neonates with congenital anomalies: A single center experience by Anna Bostwick, Anne Ades, Carolina Rodriguez-Paras, Madeline Dombroski, Charis Lim, Maria Ordoñez Paredes, Lauren Heimall, Leane Soorikian, Sara C. Handley, Heidi M. Herrick

“…Total and subscale scores were calculated, and differences were assessed by clinical role. …”
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Global, regional, and national incidence and mortality for enteric infections from 1990 to 2019 by Bo Wang, Dongwei Chen, Hua Chen, Wei Wu, Kaiyi Cheng, Yixiu Tao, Ling Zhang, Ce Liu, Ding Ou, Mingxiu Zhang, Xianmei Tang, Shouli Wang, Guangzhu Wang, Bin Luo

“…Average annual percentage changes (AAPCs) in age-standardized incidence rate (ASIR) and age-standardized mortality rate (ASMR) were calculated to quantify trends in enteric infections. …”
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The Millenium of Lithuania: Two Eliminated Alternatives by Alfredas Bumblauskas

“…At the same time, attention is drawn to the fact that rejection of both the Constitution of Third May and Paul Hymans' second project had a tragic outcome - the historical alternatives that triumphed led to the destruction of both the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1795 and the Republic of Lithuania in 1940.   …”
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The clinical value of computed tomography Hounsfield unit for diagnosing palpable inguinal lymph node metastasis in patients with penile cancer by Yu Li, Yu Chen, Gansheng Xie, Gang Li, Huming Yin

“…We outlined the edge of target lymph nodes, and the software automatically calculated its area, maximum CT HU, and average CT HU. …”
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Residual force enhancement decreases when scaling from the single muscle fiber to joint level in humans by Avery Hinks, Kaitlyn B.E. Jacob, Makenna A. Patterson, Benjamin E. Dalton, Geoffrey A. Power

“…Fixed-end contractions were performed at 67.5°, 70.0°, 72.5°, and 75.0°; the joint angle that most closely matched FL of the stretch-hold contraction's isometric steady-state was used to calculate rFE. The starting and ending FLs of the stretch-hold contraction were expressed as % optimal FL, determined via torque-angle relationship. …”
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Knowledge, Attitude, and Preventive Practices towards Sexually Transmitted Infections among Preparatory School Students in West Gojjam Zone, Ethiopia by Ayalnesh Asmamaw Kassie, Temesgen Worku Gudayu, Bilen Mekonnen Araya

“…A sample size of 845 was calculated and a 1-stage sampling technique was employed. …”
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HET-CAM test in evaluation of irritating action of adhesives used in shoe making industry by U.B. Lototska-Dudyk, B.P. Kuzminov, N.Ye. Chemodurova, V.A. Turkina

“…Irritating potential of the adhesives was evaluated according to a calculated irritating index. The most pronounced signs of irritating action were caused by polyurethane adhesives, namely hemorrhages and coagulation (30 sec) – two-component adhesive and hemor­rhages (30 sec) and coagulation (120-300 sec) – one-component adhesive. …”
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Beyond reliability: assessing rater competence when using a behavioural marker system by Samantha Eve Smith, Scott McColgan-Smith, Fiona Stewart, Julie Mardon, Victoria Ruth Tallentire

“…Inter-rater reliability in each group was calculated using the two-way random, absolute agreement single-measures intra-class correlation co-efficient (ICC). …”
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Evaluating the effects of continuous veno-venous hemodiafiltration on O2 and CO2 removal and energy expenditure measurement using indirect calorimetry by Weronika Wasyluk, Robert Fiut, Marcin Czop, Agnieszka Zwolak, Wojciech Dąbrowski, Manu L N G Malbrain, Joop Jonckheer

“…Methodology Patients with sepsis undergoing CVVHDF had CO₂ flow (QCO₂) and O₂ flow (QO₂) measured at multiple sampling points before and after the filter. REE was calculated using the Weir equation based on V̇CO₂ and V̇O₂ measured by IC, using true V̇CO₂ accounting for the CRRT balance, and estimated using the Harris-Benedict equation. …”
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Life-Cycle Assessment of High-Strength Concrete Mixtures with Copper Slag as Sand Replacement by Aysegul Petek Gursel, Claudia Ostertag

“…Results show that environmental impacts of aggregates decrease with the increasing substitution rate of natural sand with copper slag when calculated on the basis per unit volume of the concrete mix. …”
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Comparison of h-index and other bibliometrics in Google Scholar and Scopus for articles published by translational science trainees by Laura D. Davis, Corbyn M. Gilmore, Adriana Vargus, Henry Ogbeifun, Yong-Hee P. Chun, Christopher R. Frei

“…Trained investigators gathered scholarly profile information from Google Scholar and Scopus for all trainees from NIH-supported TS PhD and TS Training (TST) Programs for predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees. Investigators calculated number of citations/year and m-quotient using the data contained therein. …”
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A study to correlate the association of Gender, Age, Physiology (GAP) index and radiological patterns in interstitial lung disease by Aditya Shashi Bhushan, B L Shashibhushan, K Ashwin

“…Thoracic HRCT was performed using a Philips Ingenuity 128-slice CT scanner, and pulmonary function tests (PFTs) were conducted using a Power cube Diffusion Plus spirometer. The GAP score was calculated, and the HRCT patterns were compared with the GAP stages. …”
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Relationship of serum irisin levels, physical activity, and metabolic syndrome biomarkers in obese individuals with low-calorie intake and non-obese individuals with high-calorie i... by Jalal Hejazi, Bijan Ghobadian, Nasrin Ghasemi, Hossein Sadeh, Nasim Abedimanesh, Mehran Rahimlou

“…Logistic regression was used to calculate the odds ratio (OR) and to examine the effect of confounders such as age, sex, genetics, and activity. …”
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Evaluation of Preptin and other Biomarkers in Coronary Artery Disease Patients with and without Diabetes Mellitus by Saja T. Yassen, Layla O. Farhan

“…The Preptin ROC curve showed a clear cut-off value (>601.71, >818.10, and >694.71) with the area under the curve (AUA) (0.973, 0.996, and 0.985), respectively, when calculated in three groups: CAD without T2DM, CAD with T2DM, and both CAD groups together compared with the controls. …”
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Negative association between 15 obesity- and lipid-related indices and testosterone in adult males: a population based cross-sectional study by Wei Guo, Shuo Zhao, Qinzheng Chang, Jiajia Sun, Yidong Fan, Jikai Liu

“…Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were created for the 15 factors, and the area under the curves (AUC) was calculated to assess the efficacy of each factor in detecting TD. …”
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Relationship between age and delayed cerebral ischemia in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage requiring invasive mechanical ventilation: a secondary analysis by Qing-qing Wu, Wei-wen Chen, Tian-lai Lin, Cun-rong Chen, Zhi-rong Ding, You-li Chen

“…The non-linear relationship between age and DCI was estimated through a restricted cubic spline regression, and a two-piecewise linear regression model was further performed to calculate the threshold effect. The analysis included 222 patients with aSAH requiring IMV. …”
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CONSTRUCTIVE GEOMETRY IN IMPLEMENTATIONS OF MODERN 3D GRAPHICS by Ivan G. Lenchuk, Oleksandr O. Mosiiuk

“…In particular, the steps of creating a solid model of a pyramid, which is formed by cutting it off with a plane from a regular quadrangular pyramid, are illustrated by the basis of calculations and constructions, which are performed using techniques of constructive geometry. …”
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The potential of buffalo as a meat producer by Néstor Simón Montiel-Urdaneta

“…PROC MEANS was used to calculate descriptive statistics, and a correlation analysis was performed between weaning weight and slaughter weight using the statistical package SAS version 9.1. …”
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Characterization of food wastes from the hotel industry as a potential feedstock for energy production by Emily Machuma Muchele, Booker Osodo, Isaiah Omosa, Emmanuel Yeri Kombe

“…The potassium, sodium, calcium and phosphorus p and R2 values all calculated together were p < .001 and R2= 72.35%. The results showed a significant difference in the means of the samples with the majority of the parameters registering a strong positive correlation of above 50%. …”
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Application of Patient Version of General Practitioner Assessment of Cognition for Screening Elderly with Mild Cognitive Impairment in Community by YANG Ting, HE Jiali, SONG Linlin, LIU Wentao, GUI Chenfan, CHEN Xiao, XU Li, JIA Chengsen

“…The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was drawn, and the area under the curve (AUC), sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value were calculated to evaluate the application value of GPCOG screening.ResultsCompared with the NC group, the MoCA and Lawton-IADL scores were significantly lower in the MCI group (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.001, <italic>P</italic>=0.022). …”
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