Prognostic Implications of the Number of Lymph Node Metastases in Oral Tongue Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Population Study of the SEER Database and an Institutional Registry by Wenjie Huang, Yu Zhang, Hao Li, Zhiying Liang, Shumin Zhou, Jie Pan, Hui Xie, Chao Luo, Shuqi Li, Guangying Ruan, Fei Ai, Yanfeng Chen

“…Multivariate Cox proportional hazards model was employed to calculate hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of pathological nodal features. …”
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Approach to death and dying patients and its relation with death anxiety among medical interns: a multicenter cross-sectional study by Israa Sharabati, Mohamed M. M. Mustafa, Masah Ateeq, Hasan Al-jabali, Amira Ahmed Elsayed, Ahmed Hamdy Kandil, Mohamed Nabil Hamouda, Noor Alrawajfeh, Sadeel Abu Sharib, Razan A. Abumayyala, Omar Rafeek Alkhateeb, Mira Bishtawi, Juana Abu Rahmeh, Tasneem Hetta, Raghad Abuzant, Farah Al-Mubaid

“…The sample size was calculated using OpenEpi, aiming for minimum 466 from Egypt, 273 from Jordan, and 348 from Palestine. …”
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Evaluating cutinase from Fusarium oxysporum as a biocatalyst for the degradation of nine synthetic polymer by Maycon Vinicius Damasceno de Oliveira, Gabriel Calandrini, Clauber Henrique Souza da Costa, Carlos Gabriel da Silva de Souza, Cláudio Nahum Alves, José Rogério A. Silva, Anderson H. Lima, Jerônimo Lameira

“…Here, we used molecular dynamics and binding free energy calculations to explore the interaction of nine synthetic polymers, including PET, with Cutinase from Fusarium oxysporum (FoCut). …”
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Exploring expressed concerns and uncanny feeling in patients with shortness of breath calling out-of-hours primary care by Michelle Spek, Dorien L. Zwart, Esther de Groot, Michelle R. Timmerman, Maarten van Smeden, Daphne C. A. Erkelens, Anna S. M. Dobbe, Mathé Delissen, Frans H. Rutten, Roderick P. Venekamp

“…We recorded whether patients expressed concerns and we judged whether patients had an uncanny feeling. We calculated odds ratios (ORs) for the association between (i) expressed concerns and (ii) uncanny feeling with the outcome potential LTEs. …”
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Serum advanced glycation end products as a putative biomarker in Type2 DKD patients’ prognosis by Ze-Hou Wang, Ze-Hou Wang, Zong-Jin Zhang, Yue-Fen Wang, Jin Xie, Jin Xie, Yi-Min Li, Cun Shen, Yuan Meng, Wen-Jing Zhao, Lu-Ying Sun, Wei Jing Liu

“…Serum AGEs levels were log-transformed and adjusted for ALB to calculate corrected lgAGEs. Participants were stratified into the high- and low-level groups based on the median corrected lgAGEs. …”
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Transient lymphocyte count decrease correlates with oncolytic adenovirus efficacy in humans: mechanistic and biomarker findings from TUNIMO phase I trial by Tuomo Alanko, Akseli Hemminki, Víctor Cervera-Carrascón, Riikka Havunen, Kristian Taipale, Dafne C A Quixabeira, Jorma Sormunen, Katriina Peltola, Suvi Sorsa, Santeri A Pakola, Elise Jirovec, Lyna Haybout, Claudia Kistler, Tatiana V Kudling, Victor Arias, James H A Clubb, Mirte van der Heijden, Teijo Pellinen, Joao M Santos

“…Response to therapy was assessed with contrast-enhanced CT and fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography, along with overall survival (OS) calculation. Biological samples from patients were collected in the form of blood and tumor biopsies. …”
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Ambient air pollution and Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias: a global study between 1990 and 2019 by Cui Guo, Dongze Wu, Jun Yang, Xingcheng Lu, Xiang Yan Chen, Jun Ma, Changqing Lin, Alexis K. H. Lau, Yingzhao Jin, Ruiyun Li, Shenjing He

“…Average annual percentage changes (AAPCs) were calculated to investigate the temporal variations. Linear mixed models were adopted to assess the associations with single- and multi-pollutant separately. …”
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Risk factors for ocular biological parameters in Chinese preschool children: a cohort study from the Beijing whole childhood eye study by Xi Qin, Yunyun Sun, Yunyun Sun, Shana Wang, Xiaolan Xie, Lei Gao, Huijian Li, Huijian Li, Ruihua Wei, Jing Fu, Jing Fu, Bidan Zhu

“…The AL/CR ratio were calculated. One-way analysis of variance, univariate analysis, and multiple linear regression models (with age, sex, height, weight, parental myopia, continuous near-work time, electronic products use, and outdoor activity time as variables) were used to compare the effects of different variables on the AL, CR, and AL/CR ratio.ResultsOverall, 1,353 participants (708 boys; mean age, 4.37 ± 0.82 years) were included in this study. …”
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Evaluating the pharmacokinetics and safety of blonanserin tablets and Lonasen®: a randomized, open-label, two-period, two-sequence, self-crossover phase I clinical trial by Bo Qiu, Bo Qiu, Haojing Song, Haojing Song, Xue Sun, Xue Sun, Congyang Ding, Congyang Ding, Runxuan Du, Wanjun Bai, Wanjun Bai, Zhanjun Dong, Zhanjun Dong

“…The non-compartmental method was used to calculate the primary pharmacokinetic parameters, and the geometric mean ratios for the PK parameters of the test drug to those of the reference drug, along with the corresponding 90% confidence intervals, were obtained for bioequivalence analysis. …”
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The impact of long-term exposure to NO2, O3, and their oxidative potential on adolescents’ mental health, and the protective role of school-based greenness by Jiajia Dang, Yaqi Wang, Ning Ma, Shan Cai, Jianhui Guo, Yunfei Liu, Haoyu Zhou, Xinyao Lian, Di Shi, Ziyue Chen, Yihang Zhang, Jiaxin Li, Tianyu Huang, Guangrong Zhu, Jing Li, Jun Ma, Yi Song

“…NO2 and O3 were sourced from the ChinaHighAirPollutants dataset, and the combined oxidative potential (OX) was subsequently calculated using the concentrations of NO2 and O3. The study quantitively examined the association of NO2, O3, and OX with adolescent mental health using the Dual Factor Model of Mental Health (DFM), which was derived from a questionnaire. …”
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Resurgence of Mumps among Lower Socioeconomic Class of Children in Ahmedabad: A Cross-sectional Study of 115 Cases in a Tertiary Care Center by Dipti V Patel, Zeel Patel, Snehal V Patel, Pooja Gandhi, Gayatri Parmar, Param S Patel

“…An appropriate statistical analysis using percentage calculation was performed. Results: It was observed that out of a total of 115 patients who were clinically diagnosed with mumps, the highest occurrence (71.3%) was observed among the 6–10 years age-group. …”
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Determination of HLA Tissue Type According to the Etiology of Patients with Chronic Renal Failure by Burcu KARAKUS TURAN, Fahri UCAR, Vural Taner YILMAZ, Yahya KILINC, Sule DARBAŞ ARAS, Huseyin KOCAK, Nurten SAYIN EKINCI, Bulent AYDINLI, Habibe Sema ARSLAN

“…Allele frequency distributions were calculated with the help of Arlequin v3.11 population genetics statistics program and SPSS v23.0 program, and p<0.05 values were accepted as significant by chi-square tests. …”
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Concerns Over Vuse e-Cigarette Digital Marketing and Implications for Public Health Regulation: Content Analysis by Eileen Han, Lauren K Lempert, Francesca Vescia, Bonnie Halpern-Felsher

“…Two coders developed the codebook with 17 themes based on the Content Appealing to Youth index to capture the posts’ characteristics and potentially youth-appealing content. We calculated the percentage of posts in which each code was present. …”
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La mise en œuvre d’un aqueduc : l’exemple de la Brévenne à Lyon by Catherine Coquidé, Antoine Valois

“…Should some of the anomalies in the slope be seen as intentional or not and what are the relative parts played by trial and error and calculation in this operation? More broadly, another question is whether a “technical memory” was maintained from one aqueduct project to another or was each one independent in its design, simply reflecting the skills and practices of the individual engineer? …”
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Prevalence and Determinants of Peripheral Neuropathy among Type 2 Adult Diabetes Patients Attending Jimma University Medical Center, Southwest Ethiopia, 2019, an Institutional-Base... by Daba Abdissa, Nigusse Hamba, Kumsa Kene, Deriba Abera Bedane, Guluma Etana, Dassalegn Muleta, Asfaw Gerbi

“…Adjusted odds ratios were calculated at 95% confidence interval and considered significant with a p value of ≤ 0.05. …”
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Designing and Explaining the Competence Model of Knowledge Engineers in Municipalities (Study Case: Tehran Municipality) by Amin Seyyed Nosrati, Zahra Foroutani, Atyieh Bohrani

“…Therefore, this research was undertaken with the objective of identifying and calculating the essential competencies of knowledge engineers and designing a comprehensive model to guide their role within organizations. …”
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Enhancing sustainable solid waste management through separate source collection by O. Arabiyat, J.T. Al-Bakri, F. Kölsch, S. Al-Omari, H. Aladwan

“…Data on fuel consumption, maintenance and depreciation were used to calculate the operational costs of separate source collection and the old system of municipal solid waste collection. …”
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Physical behaviours during pregnancy may alter the association of maternal insulin sensitivity with neonatal adiposity: a prospective pre-birth cohort of mother-child pairs by Piraveena Satkunanathan, Catherine Allard, Myriam Doyon, Patrice Perron, Luigi Bouchard, Marie-France Hivert, Tricia M. Peters

“…We used plasma glucose and insulin values from the 75 g oral glucose tolerance test at V2 to calculate insulin sensitivity using the Matsuda index. …”
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Tools for the Analysis of Quantum Protocols Requiring State Generation Within a Time Window by Bethany Davies, Thomas Beauchamp, Gayane Vardoyan, Stephanie Wehner

“…Combined with a time-dependent noise model, knowledge of this distribution allows for the calculation of fidelity statistics of the <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$s$</tex-math></inline-formula> quantum resources. …”
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The impact of a hazardous external environment on the quality of life, physical activity, and health of students in Ukraine, Poland, and Romania by Vladimir Potop, Igor Vypasniak, Iryna Ivanyshyn, Vasyl Lutskyi, Iryna Kryventsova, Lyudmila Shesterova, Krzysztof Prusik

“…Mean values, standard deviations, and percentage ratios were calculated. The significance level was set at 0.05. …”
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