Effect of Metformin on Anthropometric Measurements and Hormonal and Biochemical Profile in Patients with Prediabetes by Mustafa Safiah, Dana Hyassat, Yousef Khader, Oraib Farahid, Anwar Batieha, Mohammed El-Khateeb, Kamel Ajlouni

“…Homeostasis model assessment (HOMA) index and quantitative sensitivity check (QUICKI) index scores were calculated before metformin treatment and after 12 months of use. …”
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Effect of Functional Electrical Stimulation on Improving Upper Extremity Motor Function in Stroke Patients Revealed by fMRI:a Controlled Study by Fangfang ZHENG, Huihua LIU, Tiebin YAN, Xiaokun JIN, Xiaohui DUAN, Jun SHEN

“…Laterality indexes (LIs) were also calculated and the relationship of LIs and upper extremity function recovery was investigated.Results:Besides contralateral premotor cortex (PMC), inferior parietal lobule (IPL), cingulate motor area (CMA) and cerebellum (CRB), contralateral SMC was mainly activated by FES in control group. …”
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Reasoning with Inductive Argument Test: A Study of Validity and Reliability by Mehmet Emrah Karadere, Kasım Fatih Yavuz, İbrahim Enis Kayran, Yasir Şafak, Bengü Yücens, Erkan Kuru, Mehmet Hakan Türkçapar

“…To test the reliability of the Turkish version of RIAT, Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was calculated and the halving method was used for the test. …”
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Agreement of zero-heat-flux thermometry compared with infrared tympanic temperature monitoring in adults undergoing major surgery by Jingyan Wang, Hao Liang, Congzhe Tian, Guiyuan Rong, Xinfeng Shao, Cheng Ran

“…We assessed the agreement using Bland–Altman analysis and concordance correlation coefficient, comparing the paired measurement of Tzhf and Ttym. We further calculated the percentage of difference within 0.5 ℃ between the two devices. …”
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Simultaneous determination of macrolides in water samples by solid-phase extraction and capillary electrophoresis by Pavlović Dragana Mutavdžić, Babić Sandra, Čizmić Mirta, Sertić Miranda, Pinušić Tea

“…Expanded measurement uncertainties were calculated for each pharmaceutical, accounting for 20.31 % (azithromycin), 38.33 % (tiamulin), 28.95 % (clarithromycin), 26.99 % (roxithromycin), and 21.09 % (tiamulin). …”
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A Dynamic Finite Element Model of Knee Joint Based on Gait Analysis by Xiangbin WANG, Jinran ZHONG, Jian HE, Xiang LI, Meijin HOU

“…Models were verified before the volumes and stress on medial and lateral menisci were calculated in it.Results:The rigid structure of femur and tibia was set with grid size of 2 mm. …”
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Spatio-temporal patterns of the construction and development of urban open spaces in Macau from 1889–2020 by Jitai Li, Fan Lin, Yile Chen

“…Utilizing ArcGIS software for spatial analysis and historical mapping, the study calculates the proportion of urban built-up areas and open spaces across different historical periods, revealing a high initial proportion of open space that declined with economic modernization and urban density. …”
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Nomogram for Predicting the Relationship between the Extent of Visceral Pleural Invasion and Survival in Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer by Fan Wang, Pei Li, Fengsen Li

“…Clinical variables were calculated by means of multivariate Cox regressions and incorporated into the predictive model. …”
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Diabetes medication prescribing trends based on provider type and location in the United States by Susan D. Meeke, Megan M. Weemer

“…Frequency distributions were calculated for patient characteristics and provider types. …”
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Risk of Candida Infection and Serious Infections in Patients with Moderate-to-Severe Psoriasis Receiving Biologics: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled T... by Yue Feng, Baosen Zhou, Zhen Wang, Guijuan Xu, Lili Wang, Tingting Zhang, Yanping Zhang

“…Results from individual RCT were pooled using Peto’s method with a fixed-effects model, and I2 was calculated to assess the heterogeneity. A Cochrane collaboration tool was used to examine bias risk, and Grades of Recommendation, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) were used to assess the quality of evidence. …”
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Predicting the Collisions of Heavy Vehicle Drivers in Iran by Investigating the Effective Human Factors by Hossein Naderi, Habibollah Nassiri, Farnaz Zahedieh

“…Then the descriptive model constructed by the SEM method was used as the basis of the BN, and the conditional probabilities of each node in the BN were calculated by the database collected by the field survey. …”
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Research on Mental Health Monitoring Scheme of Migrant Children Based on Convolutional Neural Network Based on Deep Learning by Guangyan Yang

“…The main research focus is feature extraction, trying to use one-dimensional convolutional neural network (1D-CNN) to mine students’ online patterns from online behavior sequences, calculate abnormal scores based on students’ consumption data in the cafeteria, and describe the dietary differences among students. …”
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Prevalence of gallstone disease in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Seid Mohammed Abdu, Ebrahim Msaye Assefa

“…Data were pooled using a random-effects and inverse variance method, with 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) calculated. Heterogeneity was assessed using the Cochran Q statistic and quantified with the I² statistic.Results A total of 260 studies were identified from electronic databases, with 10 meeting the inclusion criteria. …”
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Dietary Antioxidant Capacity Indices are Negatively Correlated to LDL-Oxidation in Adults by Mehran Nouri, Mitra Soltani, Milad Rajabzadeh-Dehkordi, Nastaran Rafieipour, Moein Askarpour, Maryam Najafi, Shiva Faghih

“…DTAC, OBS, and PI were calculated using a 168-item food frequency questionnaire (FFQ), which was previously validated in Iran. …”
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Mapping of Flood and Landslide Prone Areas using Composite Mapping Analysis Method Based on Geographic Information System in East Aceh by Maya Maulita, Nurdin Nurdin, Taufiq Taufiq

“…The method of combining them consists of a scoring process for each parameter, then overlaying the parameters used, calculating and producing relative weights or spatial means, and combining spatial means to produce a value from the weight of each parameter for floods and landslides. …”
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Ensemble Modeling of Radiation Belt Electron Flux Decay Following a Geomagnetic Storm: Dependence on Key Input Parameters by Man Hua, Jacob Bortnik, Adam C. Kellerman, Enrico Camporeale, Qianli Ma

“…By developing a Lookup Table method to rapidly calculate the time‐dependent diffusion coefficients, the changing wave environment at every time step is incorporated into our ensemble simulations. …”
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Comparison of marginal fit between milled and three-dimensional printed polymethylmethacrylate prostheses for single crowns, anterior bridges, and pier abutment bridges: An in vitr... by Aman Merchant, Kiran Kumar Pandurangan, Amrutha Dinesh Shenoy, Deepak Nallaswamy, Pooja Nilesh Singh

“…The selection of samples was based on G*Power calculations. Tooth preparations were conducted on a typodont jaw set, followed by digital scanning and design processes. …”
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Valley-Hall slow-light waveguide states with dual-band in all-dielectric valley photonic crystals by Liu He, Jianquan Yao

“…Based on numerical calculation, the largest group indexes of low-frequency and high-frequency valley-Hall slow-light waveguide states are 1000, 1378, respectively. …”
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Disentangling left-handed and right-handed neutrino effects in B c → τ ν ¯ τ $$ {B}_c\to \tau {\overline{\nu}}_{\tau } $$ decay by Quan-Yi Hu

“…Abstract Inspired by the anomalies in B → D ∗ τ ν ¯ τ $$ B\to {D}^{\left(\ast \right)}\tau {\overline{\nu}}_{\tau } $$ decay, in this work, we carefully study the influence of the most general dimension-six effective operators involving right-handed neutrinos on the four cascade decays B c → τ → ν τ h ν ¯ τ $$ {B}_c\to \tau \left(\to {\nu}_{\tau }h\right){\overline{\nu}}_{\tau } $$ (h = π, ρ) and B c → τ → ν τ ℓ ν ¯ ℓ ν ¯ τ $$ {B}_c\to \tau \left(\to {\nu}_{\tau}\ell {\overline{\nu}}_{\ell}\right){\overline{\nu}}_{\tau } $$ (ℓ = μ, e). We calculate for the first time the analytical results of the distributions of the differential decay rates of these cascade decays with respect to the energy of the charged particles in the final state. …”
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Antifungal Susceptibility of Dermatophyte Isolates from Patients with Chronic and Recurrent Dermatophytosis by Nikhitha Amin, Manjunath M. Shenoy, Vidya Pai

“…Identified isolates underwent antifungal susceptibility testing using the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute broth microdilution method (CLSI M38-A2) for common systemic antifungals, determining the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) range and calculating MIC 50 and MIC 90. Results: Sixty samples were tested. …”
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