Whole lung radiomic features are associated with overall survival in patients with locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer treated with definitive radiotherapy by Meng Yan, Zhen Zhang, Jia Tian, Jiaqi Yu, Andre Dekker, Dirk de Ruysscher, Leonard Wee, Lujun Zhao

“…Radiomics prognostic scores (RS) were calculated by CPH regression based on selected features. …”
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To what extent does the CO₂ diurnal cycle impact flux estimates derived from global and regional inversions? by S. Munassar, S. Munassar, S. Munassar, C. Rödenbeck, M. Gałkowski, M. Gałkowski, F.-T. Koch, F.-T. Koch, K. U. Totsche, K. U. Totsche, S. Botía, C. Gerbig

“…Furthermore, the differences in NEE estimates calculated with CS increase the magnitude of the flux budgets for some regions such as North American temperate forests and northern Africa by a factor of about 1.5. …”
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Prospective Analysis of Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy for Assessment of the Resection Bed for Bladder Tumor by Ben-Max de Ruiter, Jan E. Freund, C. Dilara Savci-Heijink, Jons W. van Hattum, Marinka J. Remmelink, Theo M. de Reijke, Joyce Baard, Guido M. Kamphuis, D. Martijn de Bruin, Jorg R. Oddens

“…The diagnostic accuracy of CLE for detection of detrusor muscle (DM) and residual tumor (rT) was calculated using 2 × 2 tables. Key findings and limitations: Histopathology for 22 CLE-matched RB biopsies revealed rT in four cases (18%) and DM in 13 (59%). …”
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Analisa Strategi Teknologi Informasi Pemasaran UKM Kuliner di Media Sosial Menggunakan Metode SWOT by Fahmi Ajismanto, Andika Widyanto

“…The stages are from weighting and rating every item in questionneire, IFAS and EFAS calculations, Cartesian SWOT diagrams, combined strategy matrice, and SWOT matrices. …”
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The Mechanical Power in Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Undergoing Prone Positioning Can Predict Mortality by Ko-Wei Chang, Shaw-Woei Leu, Han-Chung Hu, Ming-Cheng Chan, Shinn-Jye Liang, Kuang-Yao Yang, Li-Chung Chiu, Wen-Feng Fang, Chau-Chyun Sheu, Ying-Chun Chien, Chung-Kan Peng, Ching-Tzu Huang, Kuo-Chin Kao

“…The data were obtained from the electronic medical records of each hospital by using a standard case report form. MP was calculated as follows: MP (J/min) = 0.098 × VT × RR × (Ppeak − 1/2 × ΔP). …”
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Progress of research on aviation kerosene preparation using bioethanol by Pan LI, Yu ZHAO, Xingguo WU, Lulu ZHANG, Junhao HU, Wei CHEN, Jing BAI, Chun CHANG, Shuqi FANG

“…Transition metals combined with Mo2C catalysts can selectively break the C–O bonds in polyols and avoid C–C bond breakage. Research and development of efficient hydrodeoxidation catalysts can facilitate the conversion of high-carbon alcohols into hydrocarbons, providing important support for the development of alternative aviation fuels. …”
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SO₂ emissions derived from TROPOMI observations over India using a flux-divergence method with variable lifetimes by Y. Chen, Y. Chen, R. J. van der A, J. Ding, H. Eskes, J. E. Williams, N. Theys, A. Tsikerdekis, P. F. Levelt, P. F. Levelt, P. F. Levelt

“…The results show the application of the local SO<span class="inline-formula">₂</span> lifetime improves the accuracy of SO<span class="inline-formula">₂</span> emissions estimation when compared to calculations using a constant lifetime. Our improved flux-divergence method reduced the spreading of the point-source emissions compared to the standard flux-divergence method. …”
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Genomic insights into genetic diversity and seed coat color change in common bean composite populations by Eva Plestenjak, Eva Plestenjak, Mohamed Neji, Lovro Sinkovič, Vladimir Meglič, Barbara Pipan

“…Genetic diversity metrics such as nucleotide diversity (π), observed heterozygosity (Ho), expected heterozygosity (He) and allelic richness (Ar) were calculated. Population structure was analyzed using Fst, principal component analysis (PCA) and clustering. …”
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Integrated analysis of the prevalence and influencing factors of poststroke dysphagia by Xiaopeng Wen, Baochao Fan, Jie Zhan, Hao Wen, Huihui Ban, Yujiao Yang, Chenyang Tao, Cui Li, Kunbin Li, Liming Lu

“…We used the Joanna Briggs Institute Critical Appraisal Instrument to estimate study quality and calculated the pooled prevalence of PSD with a 95% confidence interval (CI) using an inverse-variance weighted random-effects meta-analysis. …”
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Reliability generalization meta-analysis of the internal consistency of the Big Five Inventory (BFI) by comparing BFI (44 items) and BFI-2 (60 items) versions controlling for age,... by Waqar Husain, Areen Jamal Haddad, Muhammad Ahmad Husain, Hadeel Ghazzawi, Khaled Trabelsi, Achraf Ammar, Zahra Saif, Amir Pakpour, Haitham Jahrami

“…., Egger's regression, rank correlation), and trim-and-fill imputation, publication bias was adjusted to estimate unbiased effects. Results We calculated the individual and combined reliability of the BFI and BFI-2 across languages and cultures. …”
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Suspected Mpox Symptoms and Testing in Men Who Have Sex With Men in the United States: Cross-Sectional Study by Kaitlyn Atkins, Thomas Carpino, Amrita Rao, Travis Sanchez, O Winslow Edwards, Marissa Hannah, Patrick S Sullivan, Yasmin P Ogale, Winston E Abara, Kevin P Delaney, Stefan D Baral

“…We estimated the prevalence of suspected mpox symptoms (fever or rash or sores with unknown cause in the last 3 mo) and uptake of mpox testing. We calculated adjusted prevalence ratios (aPRs) and 95% CIs for associations between participant characteristics and suspected mpox symptoms and summarized characteristics of GBMSM reporting mpox testing. …”
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Lactational performance effects of 3-nitrooxypropanol supplementation to dairy cows: A meta-regression by L.F. Martins, M. Maigaard, M. Johansen, P. Lund, X. Ma, M. Niu, A.N. Hristov

“…Treatment and control mean differences (MD) as well as standardized MD were calculated and used for data presentation and statistical analysis, respectively. …”
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Role of Cylindrospermopsis sp. in vertical nitrogen changes observed in tropical oxidation wastewater treatment ponds by M. Srichomphu, O. Phewnil, T. Pattamapitoon, Ratcha Chaichana, K. Chunkao, W. Wararam, N. Dampin, P. Maskulrath

“…In the density of phytoplankton which were collected by measuring 20 liters of water and filtered using a 36-micron plankton net, calculated and counted under a high magnification microscope, as the species are classified according the taxonomy.FINDINGS: The results of the wastewater quality were as follows: the content of suspended solids was 65–81 milligram per liter, water temperature was 31.8–33.2°C, potential of hydrogen was 8.7–9.2, total nitrogen content was 4.0–5.3 milligram per liter, ammonium content was 0.03–0.06 milligram per liter, nitrate content was 0.09–0.12 milligram per liter, total phosphorus content was 0.9–1.3 milligram per liter, and phosphate content was 0.4–0.5 milligram per liter. …”
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Agricultural Drought Assessment using Remote Sensing Data (Case study: Tuyserkan County) by Maedeh Malmir, Kamran Shayesteh, Iman Pazhouhan

“…ConclusionBased on the calculations performed, the climate of the region matches the seasonality of the Vegetation Coverage Index (VCI) better. …”
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Evaluation of Yield, Yield Component and Usefulness Indices of Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) and Maize (Zea mays) Intercropping under Inoculation with Rhizobium phaseoli by Ebrahim Zolfagari Kotbehsara, Peyman Sharifi, Mohammad Hossein Ansari

“…The analysis involved variance assessment, mean comparisons, and calculations of intercropping usefulness indices, all performed using R software.Results and DiscussionIn bean, the effect of inoculation were significant on plant height, number of pods per plant, number of seeds per pod, pod length, hundred seed weight, biological yield, seed yield, harvest index and the effect of intercropping were significant on plant height, number of pods per plant, number of seeds per pod, biological yield, seed yield and harvest index and the interaction effects of two factor were significant on plant height, biological yield and seed yield. …”
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The association between metabolomic profiles of lifestyle and the latent phase of incident chronic kidney disease in the UK Population by Tingting Jin, Yunqi Wu, Siyi Zhang, Ya Peng, Yao Lin, Saijun Zhou, Hongyan Liu, Pei Yu

“…Lifestyle scores (LS) were calculated based on several factors, including diet, alcohol consumption, smoking, BMI, physical activity, and sleep. …”
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Status and annual change of vulnerability among middle-aged and elderly people with cardiometabolic multimorbidity in a division of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, 2017... by Ziqi WANG, Jieting CHEN, Mei ZHANG, Mingxia JING

“…The contribution rate of each vulnerability dimension was calculated to explore the vulnerability level and its hierarchical changes in different comorbidity combinations. …”
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The investigation of some toxicokinetic parameters of cyanide and thiocyanate in rumen liquor and blood in sheep poisoned with amygdalin by İbrahim Pirinçci, Sadettin Tanyıldızı, Sezai Kaya, Ender Yarsan, Songül Özaydın

“…The distribution half-lifes of blood thiocyanate levels were respectively, 2.05+1.45, 0. 16±0.05. 0.17±0.04 and 0.29±0.13 hours; the elimination half-lifes were respectively, 88.93±25.08, 73.21±19.44, 80.28±10.41 and 80.81±15.26 hours; AUC values were respectively, 8.60±6.42, 7.47±2.40, 7.14±1.02 and 10.67±3.55 µg.hour/ml; and mean residence times according to doses were respectively, 130.56±36.48, 107.20±27.54, 117.23+14.65 and 117.67±22.01 hours were calculated. Besides, the duration of maximal concentralion 1 , 2, 2 and 2 hours; and the maximal blood levels according to doses were respectively, 0.064, 0.056, 0.066 and 0.056µg/ml were determined.…”
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Association of systemic immune-inflammatory index with in-stent restenosis in patients with and without diabetes mellitus by Xunwei Deng, Xunwei Deng, Xunwei Deng, Qiaoting Deng, Qiaoting Deng, Qiaoting Deng, Qunji Zhang, Qunji Zhang, Qunji Zhang, Jingyuan Hou, Jingyuan Hou, Jingyuan Hou

“…This study aimed to determine the association between the SII and the risk of ISR among ACS patients with and without diabetes mellitus (DM).MethodsIn this retrospective cohort study, a total of 1,652 patients who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) from February 2015 to December 2020 and were finally enrolled after follow-up with coronary angiography. The SII was calculated based on neutrophil, platelet and lymphocyte counts. …”
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Development of a clinical-radiological nomogram for predicting severe postoperative peritumoral brain edema following intracranial meningioma resection by Chen Bo, Geng Ao, Lu Siyuan, Lu Siyuan, Wu Ting, Wang Dianjun, Zhao Nan, Shan Xiuhong, Deng Yan, Sun Eryi

“…Model performance was evaluated by calculating the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) and conducting decision curve analysis (DCA). …”
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