Carbon sequestration effects of the typical restored vegetation types in Eastern Qinling Mountains by XU Xiaoming, YAN Shanshan, PENG Xiaobang

“…The carbon sequestration effects and characteristics of carbon density composition were analyzed through a survey of vegetation communities and calculation of organic carbon in the above-ground vegetations, ground litter, and soil profile across different ecosystem types. …”
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Urolithiasis complicated by chronic obstructive pyelonephritis in patients with concomitant diseases of the cardiovascular system by R. V. Royuk, S. K. Yarovoy, R. A. Khomov

“…Absolute and relative indicators were calculated, as well as the exact Fisher criterion, taking into account the Bonferroni correction; the differences were considered reliable at p < 0.05.Conclusion. in patients with recurrent nephrolithiasis and concomitant CVD (especially with complicated CHF), exacerbations of obstructive pyelonephritis develop more often, the inflammatory process often turns into a purulent-destructive form.…”
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Aplikasi Pertimbangan Wisata di Pulau Lombok dengan Metode Fuzzy Mamdani & Algoritma Genetika by Zainul Harir, Ida Bagus Ketut Widiartha, Royana Afwani

“…Genetic Algorithm (GA) is used in providing optimal budget allocation in traveling on Lombok IslandThe results of testing with manual calculations and different defuzzification models have 100% accurate, the application of GA obtained optimal budget allocation on crossover probability (pc) and mutation probability (pm) combination with (pc) 0.7 and (pm) 0.2. …”
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Pregabalin vs. gabapentin in the treatment of neuropathic pain: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis of effectiveness and safety by Víctor Mayoral, Rafael Galvez, Marta Ferrándiz, Xoán Miguéns Vázquez, Carlos Cordero-García, Antonio Alcántara Montero, Concepción Pérez, María Pérez-Páramo

“…Statistical analysis was performed using Review Manager 5.4.1 software, calculating effect sizes and conducting sensitivity analysis based on medication dosage.ResultsA total of 14 studies with 3,346 patients were analyzed. …”
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A leap forward: exploring the advantages of single-step genome evaluation in Italian Mediterranean buffalo by Stefano Biffani, Mayra Gómez, Roberta Cimmino, Dario Rossi, Gianluigi Zullo, Riccardo Negrini, Alberto Cesarani, Giuseppe Campanile, Gianluca Neglia

“…In each scenario, correlation, accuracy, dispersion, and bias statistics were calculated (LR method). Both bulls (N=49) and cows (N=1288) were used for validations. …”
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DESAIN DAN PERANCANGAN INSTRUMEN MONITORING KEKERUHAN AIR DENGAN SISTEM REAL TIME CLOCK (RTC) by Refpo Rahman, Fades Br. Gultom

“…Based on the results of the first test, the equation of the function y = -104.17 x2 + 431.83x + 2 is obtained which is used for calibration of the instrument according to the standard tool of turbiditimeter 2100. The second, calculate the relative error of the instrument. As a result, this water turbidity monitoring instrument can measure the level of water turbidity in the range of 50-500 NTU with an error rate of 1.67%.   …”
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Pengamanan Citra Berwarna Menggunakan Kriptografi Visual Skema Meaningful Shares dan Steganografi LSB by Fariz Abid Darmawan, Ari Kusyanti, Rakhmadhanny Primananda

“…This is proven from the test by calculating the PSNR values of the stego image, where the PSNR results are between 32-33 dB. for security by using Autopsy and Stegspy only 3 stego images can detect the share image, this is only a share image, and to reconstruct the secret image it takes a pair of shares,  so it can be concluded that this combining method successfully secures the secret image in it.…”
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The system can change: a feasibility study of a doula-clinician collaborative at a large tertiary hospital in the United States by Jeannette C. Myrick, Lily Schneider, Christina Gebel, Kathleen Clarke, Stephanie Crawford, Lucy Chie, Chloe Zera, Karen M. Emmons, Elysia Larson

“…Descriptive statistics were calculated and change over time was analyzed in Stata using log-binomial regression models with clustering to account for respondents who completed both surveys. …”
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Breast cancer risk assessment based on a predictive model: evaluation of risk factors among Japanese women by Michiyo Yamada, Takashi Chishima, Takashi Ishikawa, Kazutaka Narui, Sadatoshi Sugae, Peter J. Tonellato, Itaru Endo

“…Bootstrap methods for bias correction in discrimination and calibration and standard deviations were calculated by the modified case–control ratio. Results We created and evaluated 432 candidate models for each group. …”
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Prevalence, associated factors, management and outcomes of hypokalaemia in hospitalised patients at a South African tertiary centre by C Burton, M-Y Chothia, A Zemlin, S Lahri

“…Based on a sample size calculation, a computer-generated random sample of 245 patients was used. …”
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Real-world clinical utility of Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra in the assessment of tuberculosis in a low-TB-incidence, high-resource setting by Robert C Free, Manish Pareek, Hemu Patel, Pranabashis Haldar, Jee Whang Kim, Richard Halliwell, Nelun Perera, Gerrit Woltmann, Alison Glimour-Caunt, Raman Verma

“…Diagnostic sensitivity and specificity were calculated using positive MTB culture and clinical TB diagnosis as reference standards. …”
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Age- and sex-adjusted CT-based reference values for temporal muscle thickness, cross-sectional area and radiodensity by Emilia K. Pesonen, Otso Arponen, Jaakko Niinimäki, Nicole Hernández, Lasse Pikkarainen, Sami Tetri, Tommi K. Korhonen

“…TMT, TMA and radiodensity were measured, measurement reliability was quantified, and sex-adjusted reference values were calculated for each age decade. Quantile regression was used to model age-related changes in muscle morphomics. …”
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Analysis of argument structure constructions in the large language model BERT by Pegah Ramezani, Pegah Ramezani, Achim Schilling, Achim Schilling, Patrick Krauss, Patrick Krauss

“…Our analyses involved visualizing the embeddings with Multidimensional Scaling (MDS) and t-Distributed Stochastic Neighbor Embedding (t-SNE), and calculating the Generalized Discrimination Value (GDV) to quantify the degree of clustering. …”
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Valuation method for sub-indicators of rock burst risk based on mining depth and tectonic stress by Zhen LI, Guanyang WU, Shangjin SI, Xin GAO, Xun LIU, Dongdong ZHANG, Chengxiang ZHANG, Jiachen LIU

“…The rock burst risk assessment plays an important role in the prevention of dynamic disasters. However, in the calculation of the sub-indicators for the comprehensive index method considering the influence of geostress factor W5, there is no clear basis for determining the normal stress value. …”
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Blood Cell Ratio Combinations for Diagnosing Periprosthetic Joint Infections: A Preliminary Study by Yu Y, Wen Y, Xia J, Dong G, Niu Y

“…Additionally, the Youden index was used to determine optimal threshold values, and positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV) were calculated to evaluate diagnostic precision.Results: In the PJI group, levels of PAR, CAR, and CALLY were notably higher compared to the AF group, reaching statistical significance (P < 0.05). …”
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OH 89: A newly described ~1.8-million-year-old hominid clavicle from Olduvai Gorge by Taylor, Catherine E, Masao, Fidelis, Njau, Jackson K, Songita, Agustino Venance, Hlusko, Leslea J

“…We also describe a new methodology for measuring clavicular curvature using measurements of sternal and acromial curvature, from which an overall curvature measurement is calculated. A principal component analysis (PCA) and a t-distributed stochastic neighbor embedding (tSNE) analysis are used to compare the morphology of OH 89 with the extant and fossil comparative samples. …”
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Reliability of the Second and Third Iterations of the Sensory–Motor Dysfunction Questionnaire in a Subclinical Neck Pain Population by Ushani Ambalavanar, Heidi Haavik, Nitika Kumari, Imran Amjad, Nooshin Khobzi Rotondi, Bernadette Ann Murphy

“…Reliability statistics (quadratic weighted kappa (K_w) and Cronbach’s alpha (α)) were calculated for all items (V2) and total scores (V2 and V3). …”
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Adapting the Planetary Health Diet Index for children and adolescents by Carolina Venegas Hargous, Liliana Orellana, Claudia Strugnell, Camila Corvalan, Steven Allender, Colin Bell

“…A decision tree and food disaggregation methodology were developed to guide the calculation of scores. Scores obtained using the original and adapted versions of the index were compared. …”
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Structural Alteration of Medial Temporal Lobe Subfield in the Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment Stage of Alzheimer’s Disease by Pan He, Hang Qu, Ming Cai, Weijie Liu, Xinyi Gu, Qiang Ma

“…Then, their subregion volumes and total volume were calculated. Finally, the ANOVA and multiple comparisons were performed on the above-mentioned data from these three groups. …”
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Optimization of solid waste collection system in a tourism destination by C. Le Dinh, T. Fujiwara, M. Asari, S.T. Pham Phu

“…The economic evaluation by scenarios was also calculated for ten years to assess the feasibility of scenarios.FINDINGS: Thirty-four locations were identified and optimized to accommodate the RRSs and new collection routes. …”
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