Comparison of different severe obesity definitions in predicting future cardiometabolic risk in a longitudinal cohort of children by Gilles Paradis, Melanie Henderson, Lisa Kakinami, Angelo Tremblay, Anna Smyrnova

“…Unfavourable blood pressure was defined as ≥90th percentile for age-adjusted, sex-adjusted and height-adjusted systolic or diastolic blood pressure.Analysis Area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) and McFadden psuedo R2 for predicting F1 or F2 unfavourable cardiometabolic levels from baseline SO definitions were calculated. Agreement was assessed with kappas.Results Baseline SO prevalence differed (WHO: 18%, CDC: 6.7%). …”
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Trends in initial pharmacological COPD treatment in primary care (2010–2021): a population-based study using the PHARMO Data Network by Guilherme Rodrigues, Joana Antão, Qichen Deng, Brenda N. Baak, Alda Marques, Frits M. E. Franssen, Martijn A. Spruit

“…The annual proportions of individuals receiving a specific treatment among those diagnosed were calculated and directly standardized by age and sex according to the 2021 Dutch population structure. …”
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The Validation of a Novel, Sex-Specific LDL-Cholesterol Equation and the Friedewald, Sampson-NIH, and Extended-Martin–Hopkins Equations Against Direct Measurement in Korean Adults... by Hyun Suk Yang, Soo-Nyung Kim, Seungho Lee, Mina Hur

“…<b>Background/Objectives</b>: The currently established equations for calculating low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDLc) do not reflect the sex-specific differences in lipid metabolism. …”
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The enlarged perivascular spaces in the hippocampus is associated with memory function in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus by Peichun Pan, Dongsheng Zhang, Jing Li, Min Tang, Xuejiao Yan, Xin Zhang, Man Wang, Xiaoyan Lei, Xiaoling Zhang, Jie Gao

“…H-EPVS counts were visually calculated on T2WI imaging according to a previous scale. …”
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DADmax/NADmax Ratio: Criterion for the Production and Selection of Demolition Aggregates with Low-Water Absorption by Kamel Akroum, Bouzidi Mezghiche

“…Fractions (3/8), (8/16), and (16/25) were produced by clustering DA subfractions while emulating the granular distributions of NAs. The calculation of the DA fractions' water absorption was done based on the individual measurements obtained earlier. …”
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Partial replacement of soybean meal with mixed plant proteins yields comparable growth and carcass quality in growing-finishing pigs by Wei Han Zhao, Wei Han Zhao, Joo Hyun Ha, Joo Hyun Ha, Sungbo Cho, Sungbo Cho, In Ho Kim, In Ho Kim

“…During the 15-week trial, body weight (BW), average daily gain (ADG), average daily feed intake (ADFI), and feed conversion ratio (FCR) were calculated for the periods of weeks 0–5, weeks 5–10, week 10–15, and for the entire experimental period.ResultsThe partial replacement of soybean meal with mixed plant protein products (RSM, PKM-DDGS) showed no significant effect on the growth performance of pigs during the entire experimental period (p &gt; 0.05). …”
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Predictive value of lymphocyte-associated inflammation index in post-stroke cognitive impairment: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Feng-le Mao, Xia He, Xia-lian Huang, Yue-ming Cheng, Fu-li Qin, Yan-qiu Wang

“…Combined effect sizes were calculated using weighted mean difference (WMD) or standardized mean difference (SMD) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs). …”
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Estimating undiagnosed dementia in England using capture recapture techniques by Naaheed Mukadam, Louise Marston, Katie Flanagan, Etuini Ma’u, Gary Cheung, Dankmar Böhning

“…We tabulated capture of dementia in each of the two datasets and used the Lincoln-Petersen estimator to estimate numbers of missing dementia diagnoses per year along with the estimated total number of cases and the proportion of cases identified. We calculated age and sex-adjusted prevalence of dementia for each year and used proportion of cases identified to estimate the underlying population prevalence of dementia per year. …”
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Exploring the association between herbal medicine usage and drug-induced liver injury: insights from a nationwide population-based cohort study using SCCS in South Korea by Taehyun Yang, Juhee Ahn, Juhee Ahn, Sungho Won, Sungho Won, Sungho Won, Sanghun Lee

“…Relative incidences of DILI were calculated for different exposure scenarios.ResultsOutpatients showed the highest relative incidences of DILI 3–15 days after visiting Western hospitals/clinics or being prescribed commercial drugs, with risk estimates of 1.55 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.55–1.56) and 2.44 (95% CI: 2.43–2.44), respectively. …”
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Prognostic Value of Novel CARWL Score in Stage IIIC Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Patients Undergoing Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy by Erkan Topkan, Ahmet Kucuk, Duriye Ozturk, Emine Elif Ozkan, Ali Ayberk Besen, Berrin Pehlivan, Ugur Selek

“…For each patient, the CAR was calculated using C-reactive protein and albumin measurements obtained on the first day of CCRT: CAR = C-reactive protein ÷ albumin. …”
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Detection of Bartonella spp. in foxes' populations in Piedmont and Aosta Valley (NW Italy) coupling geospatially-based techniques by Annalisa Viani, Tommaso Orusa, Sara Divari, Stella Lovisolo, Stefania Zanet, Riccardo Orusa, Enrico Borgogno-Mondino, Enrico Bollo

“…The Tasseled Cap Wetness Index (TCW), an indicator of landscape moisture, was calculated for each meteorological season. The study found that Bartonella spp. infections in foxes were positively associated with higher TCW values (&gt;0.7). …”
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Advertising in Lithuanian Periodicals in 1918-1940: Characteristics of its Quantitative and Qualitative Developement by Giedrė Polkaitė

“…One of the aspects is a quantitative characteristic of advertising. Calculations of the data of adverts in periodicals in 1918-1940 were made, which allowed presenting the comparative analysis of quantitative parameters according to the nature of publications and their readers. …”
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EVALUATION OF THE ADAPTIVE PROPERTIES OF SPRING BARLEY VARIETIES ACCORDING TO THEIR YIELD CAPACITY IN THE ENVIRONMENTS OF THE NEAR-IRTYSH AREA IN OMSK PROVINCE by P. N. Nikolaev, P. V. Popolzukhin, N. I. Anisimov, O. A. Yusova, I. V. Safonova

“…Mathematical processing was  carried out by the method of the analysis of variance; yield  adaptability, stability and plasticity parameters were calculated.Results. The average yield of the studied barley varieties in the  environments of Omsk's Near-Irtysh area was 3.90 t/ha - it was the  mean value for the period of studies. …”
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Evaluation of recombinant proteins <i>T. pallidum</i> Тр0163 and Тр0971 as antigens for the diagnosis of syphilis using enzyme immunoassay by Natalia V. Arbuzova, Marina V. Shpilevaya, Georgii L. Katunin, Oleg E. Kuznetsov, Nikita Yu. Nosov, Viсtoria S. Solomka

“…The diagnostic efficiency of the enzyme immunoassay was assessed by calculating the indices in the groups of patients with established syphilis diagnosis and in the group of healthy individuals, in accordance with the standard for assessing the diagnostic informativeness of laboratory tests. …”
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Characteristics of metabolic syndrome in the servicemen with erosive esophagitis in wartime conditions by L.M. Mosiychuk, O.M. Shevtsova, O.M. Tatarchuk, O.P. Petishko

“…Insulin resistance was evaluated using the HOMA-IR index, for the calculation of which the level of insulin was determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay systems of the Xema company (Ukraine) on the Stat Fax 303 Plus analyzer (USA). …”
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Pengaruh Metode Pembelajaran Problem Based Learning yang Diperkaya dengan ARCS Motivational Model terhadap Kualitas Manajemen Kelas dan Motivasi Belajar Siswa secara Online pada Ma... by Allisa Majid, Admaja Dwi Herlambang, Faizatul Amalia

“…Then, a Likert-scaled questionnaire was distributed, the results of which were calculated using the percentage index (%), normality test of the data using Kolmogorov Smirnov, and hypothesis testing using the independent t-test. …”
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An Upper Bound for Locating Strings with High Probability Within Consecutive Bits of Pi by Víctor Manuel Silva-García, Manuel Alejandro Cardona-López, Rolando Flores-Carapia

“…Unlike previous works that solely examine the presence of sequences, this study provides, as a corollary, a formula to calculate an upper bound <i>N</i>. This bound represents the length of the sequence from <inline-formula><math display="inline"><semantics><mi>π</mi></semantics></math></inline-formula> required to ensure the location of any <i>n</i>-bit string at least once, with an adjustable probability <i>p</i> that can be set arbitrarily close to one. …”
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Inclusive educational process at the university: Theoretical and experimental model of teachers' psychological readiness by V. Z. Kantor, Yu. L. Proekt

“…To check the consistency of the proposed theoretical model of the psychological readiness of university teachers to implement an inclusive educational process, structural equation modelling (or SEM - the method of asymptotically non-parametric assessment) was employed. For statistical calculations, the program IBM SPSS Statistics ver.23 and the AMOS module were used. …”
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Newborn Care Practice and Associated Factors among Mothers of One-Month-Old Infants in Southwest Ethiopia by Amanuel Nuramo Sakelo, Nega Assefa, Lemessa Oljira, Zebene Mekonnen Assefa

“…Bivariate and multivariate analyses were applied, and frequencies and odds ratios were calculated to determine the prevalence and associated factors, respectively. …”
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E-HEART score: A novel scoring system for undifferentiated chest pain in the emergency department by V. Yuvaraj, Sachin Sujir Nayak, S. Vimal Krishnan

“…Low E-HEART scores (values 0–3) were calculated in 121 patients with no occurrence of MACE in this category. …”
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