A novel classification method for balance differences in elite versus expert athletes based on composite multiscale complexity index and ranking forests. by Yuqi Cheng, Dawei Wu, Ying Wu, Youcai Guo, Xinze Cui, Pengquan Zhang, Jie Gao, Yanming Fu, Xin Wang

“…Data were recorded during 30-second trials on both soft and hard support surfaces, with eyes open and closed. We calculated the CMCI and used four machine learning algorithms-Logistic Regression, Support Vector Machine(SVM), Naive Bayes, and Ranking Forest-to combine these features and assess each participant's balance ability. …”
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Assessing Oral Health-Related Quality of Life (OHRQoL) Using the Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-14) among the Prisoners in the Central Jail in Vidarbha Region of Maharashtra, Ind... by Manish B. Shrigiriwar, Neelam D. Chandwani, Unnati Gedam, PN Ramaraj, Ranjana Deshmukh, Anjali Gayke

“…The final score was calculated. Results: The overall mean OHIP score was 14.048 with a standard deviation of 9.995. …”
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Single Step In Situ Synthesis and Optical Properties of Polyaniline/ZnO Nanocomposites by Deepali Sharma, B. S. Kaith, Jaspreet Rajput

“…The optical energy band gap of the nanocomposites was calculated from absorption spectra and ranged between 1.5 and 3.21 eV. …”
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Determination of parasites at cultured and captured fishes in seyhan dam lake in adana by Hakan İnce, Uğur Uslu

“…Infestation rates by fish species; as of rainbow trout 3.33%, 46.58% carp fish, fresh water bass 10%, shiraz fish 30.3%, velvet fish 8.33% was calculated. Parasites at that study together with the rates of detection as follows: as ecto parasites Trichodina domerguei; % 3,76, Dactylogyrus minutus; % 9,09, D.sphyrna; % 8,15, Lernaea cyprinicae; % 0,31, as endo parasites Eimeria sp.; % 0,94, Asymphylodora tincae; % 2,52 and Ligula intestinalis; % 0,94. …”
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Pattern Dynamics Analysis of Host–Parasite Models with Aggregation Effect Based on Coupled Map Lattices by Shuo Liang, Wenlong Wang, Chunrui Zhang

“…The numerical simulation section explores the path from bifurcation to chaos through calculations of the maximum Lyapunov exponent and the construction of a bifurcation diagram. …”
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Color Variability of Cosmopolitan Beetles in Mindanao, Philippines by Ernel Bagbag, Mark Anthony J. Torres, Cesar G. Demayo

“…Subsequently, the images were calibrated and processed in R software to calculate image distances through cluster analysis. …”
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Development of a Predictive Model of Tuberculosis Transmission among Household Contacts by Saibin Wang

“…A nomogram was constructed to display the model, and the AUC was calculated. The calibration curve and decision curve analysis (DCA) were also evaluated. …”
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Appendiceal Intraluminal Gas: A CT Marker for Gangrenous Appendicitis by Chantelle Ip, Edward H. Wang, Michael Croft, Wanyin Lim

“…The sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values of CT intraluminal gas in gangrenous appendicitis were calculated. Results. Our study identified 93 patients with nonperforated acute appendicitis who underwent surgery within the stated timeframe. …”
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Effect of glyceryl trinitrate and clevidipine administration on CT angiogram findings in dogs undergoing prostatic artery embolization for prostatic carcinoma. by Maureen A Griffin, William T N Culp, Amandeep S Chohan, Eric G Johnson, Michelle A Giuffrida, Carrie A Palm, Robert B Rebhun, Michael S Kent

“…The percent change of these measurements was calculated and assessed for significance.<h4>Results</h4>Glyceryl trinitrate and clevidipine were administered in 5 dogs each with subsequent blood pressure reduction documented in all dogs. …”
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Antimicrobial Applications of Transition Metal Complexes of Benzothiazole Based Terpolymer: Synthesis, Characterization, and Effect on Bacterial and Fungal Strains by Mohamed A. Riswan Ahamed, Raja S. Azarudeen, N. Mujafar Kani

“…Kinetic parameters such as activation energy (Ea) and order of reaction (n) and thermodynamic parameters, namely, ΔS, ΔF, S*, and Z, were calculated using Freeman-Carroll (FC), Sharp-Wentworth (SW), and Phadnis-Deshpande (PD) methods. …”
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Alterations in cerebral perfusion and corresponding brain functional networks in systemic lupus erythematosus with cognitive impairment by Huiyang Liu, Hu Liu, Bailing Tian, Pingting Yang, Guoguang Fan

“…Seed-based functional connectivity (FC) was calculated using the cerebral blood flow (CBF) results. …”
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Effects of Adulteration on Diesel Oil with Kerosene Fuel in Ghana by K.O. Boadu

“…Also, analyses of variance (ANOVA) was Pr > F <0.0001 for all the parameters. However, the F calculated for various parameters are 669.3500 for flash point, 693.7294 for density, 16.6000 for distillation and 272.3459 for kinematic viscosity. …”
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Simulation of Photovoltaic Thermoelectric Battery Characteristics by A. K. Esman, G L. Zykov, V. A. Potachits, V. K. Kuleshov

“…The dependences of the maximum temperature values of the photovoltaic thermoelectric battery and the thermoelectric converters as well as temperature gradient patterns in the thermoelectric converters have been calculated. The dependences of the maximum temperature gradient values inside the thermoelectric converters on the solar power density are obtained. …”
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Aluminum resistance of malting barley by O. V. Yakovleva

“…The laboratory assessment of aluminum tolerance in barley accessions was carried out at the initial phases of plant growth and development, using the method of calculating root and shoot length indices. The tested malting barley was classified into five resistance groups.Results and conclusions. …”
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High Performance 3D PET Reconstruction Using Spherical Basis Functions on a Polar Grid by J. Cabello, J. E. Gillam, M. Rafecas

“…In this work, we have implemented the reconstruction algorithm using Graphical Processing Unit (GPU) technology for speed and a precomputed Monte-Carlo-calculated SRM for accuracy. The reconstruction time achieved using spherical basis functions on a GPU was 4.3 times faster than the Central Processing Unit (CPU) and 2.5 times faster than a CPU-multi-core parallel implementation using eight cores. …”
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Contact between the components of a knee prosthesis: numerical and experimental study by D. Cerniglia, T. Ingrassia, L. D’Acquisto, M. Saporito, D. Tumino

“…In order to compare the calculated data, the same load configurations have been used for experimental tests based on ultrasonic method. …”
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Measurement of Holistic Road Damage and Analysis of Its Corresponding Traffic Characteristics by Shun Guo, Zhengfeng Huang, Pengjun Zheng, Ting Lu, Lili Lu, Xuan Li

“…Some PD indexes are defined considering the influence of traffic efficiency, but it is unpractical to calculate them out due to their complex processes. …”
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Resistance to Cyclic Fatigue of Nickel-Titanium Files Immersed in Sodium Hypochlorite at Body Temperature by Hind F. Abuhulaibah, Ammar AbuMostafa

“…The procedure was video recorded, and the number of cycles to fracture (NCF) was calculated by multiplying the time taken to fracture, with the number of rotations per second. …”
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Determine the probability distribution function of frosts in Iran during the period (1981-2010) by Mohammad daraei, Peyman Mahmoudi, Behroz sari sarraf, Ali Mohammad khorshiddost

“…Results indicated that most stations follow the Wakeby distribution. Based on the calculations, the first day of frost occurs in the highlands of the Northwest (Saqez, Hamedan, Ardabil, and Zanjan), Northeast (Bojnoord, Torbat-e Heydariyeh, Birjand, and also the Central Zagros Mountains (Shahr-e Kord), due to proximity with cold lands of the North such as Siberia and Northern Europe as well as early entry of westerly winds to this region compared to other regions of Iran will occur. …”
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Severity and mortality of COVID-19 among people with disabilities: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis by Abay Woday Tadesse, Abubeker Alebachew Seid, Aragaw Asfaw Hasen

“…Pooled OR with 95% CI will be used to calculate the pooled results for outcome variables.Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval and informed consent are not required as this is a systematic review of existing publications. …”
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