Preparation, Reliability, and Validity of a Japanese Version of the “Satisfaction of Treatment among Caregivers of Dependent Type 2 Diabetic Patients” Questionnaire by Satoshi Ida, Ryutaro Kaneko, Kanako Imataka, Kaoru Okubo, Yoshitaka Shirakura, Kentaro Azuma, Ryoko Fujiwara, Hiroka Takahashi, Kazuya Murata

“…Cronbach’s α coefficient was calculated to assess internal consistency. Exploratory factor analyses were performed to assess construct validity, and Pearson’s correlation coefficients between STCD2-J score and HbA1c as well as the degree of satisfaction with patients’ blood glucose levels, depression, and negative self-assessment of nursing care were calculated to assess criterion-related validity. …”
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Blinding assessment in randomised sham-controlled trials of acupuncture:protocol for a systematic survey by Ling Li, Xin Sun, Jiali Liu, Minghong Yao, Yong Fu, Jiahui Yang, Xiaochao Luo

“…We will use Hedges’ g, a standardised mean difference, with its 95% CI, to calculate treatment effects. We will use Pearson’s r correlation coefficient to assess the relationship between blinding effectiveness and trial effect sizes when variable distributions meet the assumptions of normality and linearity; otherwise, we will consider employing non-parametric tests. …”
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DFT and molecular docking analyses of the effects of solvent polarity and temperature on the structural, electronic, and thermodynamic properties of p-coumaric acid: Insights for a... by Umer Sherefedin, Abebe Belay, Kusse Gudishe, Alemu Kebede, Alemayehu Getahun Kumela, Tadesse Lemma Wakjira, Dereje Gelanu, Tesfaye Feyise, Jebel Haji Mahamud, Abdulkerim Abdela, Kebede Shankute Gizew

“…DFT calculations revealed notable changes in the geometric features of p-CA, including bond angles, dihedral angles, and bond lengths, in both vacuum and water. …”
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The interaction between genetic predicted gut microbiome abundance and particulate matter on the risk of incident asthma in adults by Hehua Zhang, Yong Feng, Honghao Yang, Yuqian Li, Zheng Ma, Liuxin Li, Liangkai Chen, Yuhong Zhao, Lishen Shan, Yang Xia

“…Polygenic score of GMA was calculated using 19 distinct single nucleotide polymorphisms. …”
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Conceptual Metaphors in Visual Language The Graphic Novel City of Glass by Ilana Shiloh

“…Artists Paul Karasik and David Mazzucchelli have adapted Auster’s novella into a graphic novel and their version figures on the list of the best comic books in the 20th century. …”
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About Galatians, apocalyptic and the switching of paradigms by Gys M. H. Loubser

“… The article indicates that although apocalyptic is probably not the hermeneutical key par excellence to Pauline theology, it does lie at the heart of Pauline theology and should be thoroughly accounted for in Galatians. Paul employs apocalyptic in Galatians to stress the radical soteriological and ethical change brought about by the advent of Christ and his Spirit. …”
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Boganmeldelser by NTfK

“…Reviews from Tor-Geir Myhrer, Aija Kaartinen, Guri Larsen, Peter Kruize, Paul Larsson and Maria Libak Pedersen.…”
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Terrain Irregularity Sensing by Evaluating Feet Coordinate Standard Deviation by Tomas Luneckas, Mindaugas Luneckas, Dainius Udris

“…In this paper, we investigate the possibility of using already known feet coordinates to evaluate terrain roughness by calculating their standard deviation (<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>S</mi><mi>D</mi></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>). …”
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Breaking law of overburden rock and key mining technology for narrow coal pillar working face in isolated island by Du Feng, Li Zhenhua, Li Songtao, Li Xiaolei, Li Guodong, Fan Xuan, Ren Hao, Cao Zhengzheng

“…On this basis, a stress arch mechanical model of the mining area is constructed, and the working resistance of the support is calculated and determined, ensuring the safe recovery of the working face. …”
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The Patient-Reported Outcomes Thermometer–5-Item Scale (5T-PROs): Validation of a New Tool for the Quick Assessment of Overall Health Status in Painful Rheumatic Diseases by Fausto Salaffi, Marco Di Carlo, Marina Carotti, Sonia Farah

“…The 5T-PROs was also administered a second time (two weeks after the initial administration) to a subset of sample (n = 426) to allow for calculation of test-retest reliability. We used the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) as an estimate of test-retest reliability. …”
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Pendekatan Bayes-HDSS dalam Menentukan Status Pantauan Gizi Balita by Riki Hisbullah, Muhammad Siddik Hasibuan

“…By using an Expert System and HDSS (namely AHP and TOPSIS) it is forbidden to calculate criteria that are symptoms in children, to produce a sequence of children who are the focus of monitoring. …”
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Incidence of acute lower respiratory tract disease hospitalisations, including pneumonia, among adults in Bristol, UK, 2019, estimated using both a prospective and retrospective me... by Jo Southern, Adam Finn, Catherine Hyams, James Campling, Bradford D Gessner, Elizabeth Begier, Maria Garcia Gonzalez, Sharon Gray, Jennifer Oliver

“…Hospital catchment denominators were calculated using linked general practice and hospitalisation data, with each practice’s denominator contribution calculated based on practice population and per cent of the practices’ hospitalisations admitted to the study hospital.Participants Prospective review: 1322 adults screened; 410 identified with aLRTD. …”
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Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte, platelet-to-lymphocyte ratios and systemic immune-inflammation index in patients with post-traumatic stress disorder by Gözde Yontar, Elif Aktan Mutlu

“…Patients who smoked more than fifteen cigarettes per day and had a body mass index > 30 were also excluded. SII is calculated as follows; SII = platelet count x neutrophil count / lymphocyte count. …”
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Proof of concept of fully automated adaptive workflow for head and neck radiotherapy treatments with a conventional linear accelerator by Gaia Muti, Marco M. J. Felisi, Angelo F. Monti, Chiara Carsana, Roberto Pellegrini, Edoardo Salmeri, Mauro Palazzi, Paola E. Colombo

“…The mCycle algorithm is used for the a-priori multicriteria plan calculation. A total of twenty H&amp;N patients are selected for this step. …”
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The Association Between the CALLY Index and All-Cause Mortality in Patients with COPD: Results from the Cohort Study of NHANES 2007&ndash;2010 by Ding Y, Liu Y, Yu J, Cai C, Fu L, Zhu J, Yang S, Jiang Y, Wang J

“…To assess the predictive accuracy of the CALLY index, we calculated the area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve (AUC).Results: The study included 1,048 participants and found a significant negative correlation between the CALLY index and all-cause mortality in patients with COPD. …”
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Reinforcement Learning-Based Generative Security Framework for Host Intrusion Detection by Yongsik Kim, Su-Youn Hong, Sungjin Park, Huy Kang Kim

“…Based on the extracted keywords, the pre-trained Seq2Seq model generate rules according to the reward calculation method in reinforcement learning. When calculating the reward in reinforcement learning, we used the comparison value with the pre-trained Seq2Seq model, the malware log sequence detected by the rule set based on reinforcement learning, and the false positive value generated by the normal data to create its own rule set. …”
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Magnitude of consistent condom use and associated factors among people living with HIV/AIDS in Ethiopia: Implication for reducing infections and re-infection. A systematic review a... by Firomsa Bekele, Lalise Tafese, Teshome Debushe

“…The factors associated with a consistent use of condom were described using the pooled odds ratio (OR) and calculated based on binary outcomes from the included primary studies. …”
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The Climate-forming role of the production process of the forests of Ukraine by Platon Tretyak, Nelia Lukianchuk, Hryhoriy Krynytskyy

“…Therefore, the aim of our study was an original calculation of the total values of the oxygen-production process and evaporation by forest vegetation using the example of forest and forest-steppe zones of the Western region of Ukraine. …”
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A density functional theory investigation of the substituent effect on acyclovir and guanine derivatives for applications on energetic materials by Luciana Amorim da Silva, Gabriel Monteiro-de-Castro, Erick Braga Ferrão Galante, Itamar Borges Jr, Aline Cardoso Anastácio

“…In comparison with the parent compounds, calculations showed that the heat of formation (HOF) increased the most with azido and cyano groups, the density increased substantially with nitrate esters, nitro and nitramino groups, and the detonation velocities and pressures increased the most with nitrate ester, nitro and nitramino groups. …”
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