Comparison of Scapulohumeral rhythm in individuals with and without Forward Shoulder Posture [version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] by Bhamini Krishna Rao, Divya S, Eliseus Chettiar, Kiransha R. Velingkar, Indu Reddy, Shalini H, Ganesh Balthillaya M, Shyamasunder Bhat N

“…Scapular upward rotation was measured with the help of two inclinometers during scapular plane shoulder abduction, at resting shoulder abduction, at 30°, 60°, 90°, 120°, 150°, and at full range of shoulder abduction, and SHR was calculated. The scapulohumeral rhythm was compared between the two groups using an independent t test. …”
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Lynch syndrome screening in colorectal and endometrial cancers in Iceland by Katla R. Kluvers, Thordur Tryggvason, Vigdis Stefansdottir, Jon G. Jonasson, Petur Snaebjornsson, Sigurdis Haraldsdottir

“…Screening results were crossmatched with a genotyping database from deCODE to calculate sensitivity and specificity for LS detection.   …”
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Opening the Black Box of the Radiation Belt Machine Learning Model by Donglai Ma, Jacob Bortnik, Xiangning Chu, Seth G. Claudepierre, Qianli Ma, Adam Kellerman

“…The results show that the feature importance calculated from the purely data‐driven ORIENT model identifies physically meaningful behavior consistent with current physical understanding. …”
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Decreased Retinal Thickness in Type 1 Diabetic Children with Signs of Nonproliferative Diabetic Retinopathy by P. Ruiz-Ocaña, P. Espinoza Requena, A. Alonso-Ojembarrena, P. Alemany Márquez, S. Jiménez Carmona, A. M. Lechuga-Sancho

“…Measurements of the control group served to calculate reference values. Results. 59 PwT1DM (age 12.51 ± 2.59) and 22 healthy controls (age 10.66 ± 2.51) volunteered. …”
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Diagnostic Performance of Des-γ-carboxy Prothrombin for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Meta-Analysis by Rong Zhu, Jing Yang, Ling Xu, Weiqi Dai, Fan Wang, Miao Shen, Yan Zhang, Huawei Zhang, Kan Chen, Ping Cheng, Chengfen Wang, Yuanyuan Zheng, Jingjing Li, Jie Lu, Yingqun Zhou, Dong Wu, Chuanyong Guo

“…Following a systematic review of relevant studies, Meta-DiSc 1.4 software was used to extract data and to calculate the overall sensitivity, specificity, positive likelihood ratio (PLR), negative likelihood ratio (NLR), and diagnostic odds ratio (DOR). …”
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Harmonic Analysis of the Spatiotemporal Pattern of Thunderstorms in Iran (1961–2010) by Ali Akbar Sabziparvar, Seyed Hossein Mir Mousavi, Mostafa Karampour, Mehdi Doostkamian, Esmaeil Haghighi, Iman Rousta, Haraldur Olafsson, Md Omar Sarif, Rajan Dev Gupta, Md Moniruzzaman, Khairul Hasan, Ali Ghasemi

“…Furthermore, in order to conduct the calculations, programming facilities of MATLAB have been explored. …”
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Electrochemical performance and efficiency of novel copper hexacyanoferrate/graphitic carbon nitride composites for the removal of 137Cs by Sudarat Issarapanacheewin, Natthaya Siangdee, Poomsith Thangsan, Witsanu Katekaew, Nikom Prasertchiewchan, Wilasinee Kingkam, Kanlayawat Wangkawong

“…The novel composite materials demonstrated a significant removal efficiency that calculated to be 46.5 % for pure CuHCF, 50.6 % for CuHCF/g-C3N4-M, 59.8 % for CuHCF/g-C3N4-U, and 52.5 % for CuHCF/g-C3N4-T, utilizing an electrochemical method over 250 cycles. …”
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Assessment of the Logical Prescription of Albumin Drug According to Guideline and Patient Safety for Inpatients in Intensive Care Units of Iranian Hospital: A Cross-Sectional Study by Naghme Dashti, Hesamoddin Hosseinjani, Saeid Eslami, Seyed Mohammad Tabatabaei, Hasan Vakili Arki

“…The patient safety parameter, calculated based on correct/incorrect albumin prescriptions according to guidelines, showed an average safety of 67.10% across prescribing units and 62.34% based on indications. …”
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Damage and Failure Evolution Mechanism for Coal Pillar Dams Affected by Water Immersion in Underground Reservoirs by Fangtian Wang, Ningning Liang, Gang Li

“…Methods were developed for (1) calculating the water content for the coal pillar dam numerical simulation model and (2) reducing water immersion weakening. …”
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Financial burden of complications following lung resection: a scoping review protocol by Laurence Weinberg, Stephen Barnett, Jordan Berman, Ariane Flinkier, Fabien Chu, Hugh Slifirski, Rebecca Caragata

“…Cost data will be converted into US dollars as per the Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis and adjusted for inflation as per the US Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index inflation calculator.Ethics and dissemination Ethics approval was not required. …”
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A multigrained preference analysis method for product iterative design incorporating AI-generated review detection by Zhaojing Su, Mei Yang, Qingbo Zhai, Kaiyuan Guo, Yuexin Huang, Yangfan Cong

“…On the basis of the feature selection algorithm, a calculation method for the importance of product design features is proposed by introducing a random idea. …”
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Line List for the A2Π−X2Σ+ and the B2Σ+−X2Σ+ Band Systems of CaF by Léo Lavy, Peter F Bernath, Adam Pastorek

“…Ab initio transition dipole moment curves of both transitions were calculated and scaled, and we provide a line list with Einstein A coefficients and oscillator strengths. …”
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Safety evaluation of the food enzym endo‐1,4‐β‐xylanase from the genetically modified Bacillus subtilis strain AR‐153 by EFSA Panel on Food Enzymes (FEZ), Holger Zorn, José Manuel Barat Baviera, Claudia Bolognesi, Francesco Catania, Gabriele Gadermaier, Ralf Greiner, Baltasar Mayo, Alicja Mortensen, Yrjö Henrik Roos, Marize L. M. Solano, Monika Sramkova, Henk Van Loveren, Laurence Vernis, Jaime Aguilera, Giulio diPiazza, Yi Liu

“…Since residual amounts of total organic solids (TOS) are removed during one food manufacturing process, dietary exposure was only calculated for the remaining three processes. Exposure was estimated to be up to 0.463 mg TOS/kg body weight per day in European populations. …”
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Identification of Pyrotechnic Shock Sources for Shear Type Explosive Bolt by Yanhua Li, Shihui Xiong, Yuan Li, Xiaogang Li, Yuquan Wen, Huina Mu, Zhiliang Li

“…On this account, the relative contribution values along with frequency and the mean relative values without regard to frequency of various sources were calculated in high and low preload. Results show that the characteristics of different shock sources are different, and the shock induced by propellant combustion is mainly caused by high frequency, while piston shear and piston impact are concentrated in medium and low frequency. …”
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Research on the Effect of Geometric Parameters on the Stress Concentration Factor of Multi-Planar KK-Joints and Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Wrapping Rehabilitation with Numeric... by Yuhao Shi, Peng Deng, Shiqi Zhao, Yan Liu, Zhongyi Zhu, Yunkai Chen

“…Finally, based on the results of parametric analysis and nonlinear fitting, a calculation formula for the stress concentration factor suitable for KK-joints under axial loads is proposed.…”
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Clinical Value of 99Tcm-MDP SPECT Bone Scintigraphy in the Diagnosis of Unilateral Condylar Hyperplasia by Bing Wen, Ying Shen, Chang-Yin Wang

“…Values for the sensitivity (95%), specificity (61%), positive (84.4%) and negative (84.6%) predictive values, and accuracy (84.5%) for 99Tcm-MDP SPECT in the diagnosis of UCH were calculated. However, for the hyperplastic condyle, no correlation was observed between the thickness of each cartilage layer and the relative uptake in the SPECT image. …”
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An enhanced system resilience assessment method during seismic hazards: Incorporating the iteration algorithm and impact increment state enumeration by Changle Liu, Baohong Li, Qin Jiang, Yingmin Zhang, Tianqi Liu

“…It is unclear when seismic hazard will occur, and this complicates the quantification of transmission line failure probability, while the uncertainty inherent in the cascading failure process poses challenges for calculating resilience metrics. Meanwhile, the exponentially increasing number of enumerations associated with a rise in failure order introduces computational challenges when we seek to assess system resilience. …”
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Detection of False Data Injection Attack in Smart Grid Based on Extended Kalman and Smooth Variable Structure Filter by Wenlong Jiang, Wengen Gao, Wenjing Wang, Yunfei Li, Yaru Li, Guoqing Zhang

“…The Euclidean distance between the dynamic state estimates from EK-SVSF and the static estimates from WLS is calculated and compared to a predefined detection threshold to identify FDIA effectively. …”
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Social behavior in ASD males: The interplay between cognitive flexibility, working memory, and functional connectivity deviations by Shi Yu Chan, Jasmine Si Min Chuah, Pei Huang, Ai Peng Tan

“…These normative charts were then applied to ASD males (n = 418) to calculate individual deviation scores (z-scores) that reflect the degree of rsFC atypicality. …”
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Frequency Limited & Weighted Model Reduction Algorithm With Error Bound: Application to Discrete-Time Doubly Fed Induction Generator Based Wind Turbines for Power System by Sajid Bashir, Sammana Batool, Muhammad Imran, Mian Ilyas Ahmad, Fahad Mumtaz Malik, Muhammad Salman, Abdul Wakeel, Usman Ali

“…The proposed approach not only ensures the stability of the reduced-order model but also provides low approximation error as compared with other existing approaches and also provides an easily calculable <italic>a priori error bound</italic> formula. …”
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