Could the Inflation Reduction Act Maximum Fair Price Hurt Patients? by Anne M. Sydor, Esteban Rivera, Robert Popovian

“…The known linear relationship between copay costs and treatment abandonment was used to calculate the potential resulting increase in treatment abandonment. …”
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Gorilla Troops Optimizer Combined with ANFIS for Wire Cut EDM of Aluminum Alloy by Elango Natarajan, V. Kaviarasan, Wei Hong Lim, S. Ramesh, K. Palanikumar, T. Sekar, V. H. Mok

“…Friedman test was conducted to calculate the average ranking of each algorithm and to detect the global differences between all compared algorithms. …”
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The head position and cervical alignment in patients with Chiari malformation: A retrospective case–control study by Resul Karadeniz, Zeynep Dağlar, Emin Çağıl, Göksal Günerhan, Buse Sarıgül, Yılmaz Aslan, Ahmet Deniz Belen, Ali Dalgıç

“…Radiological measurements were obtained from cervical X-rays, with seven reference points used to calculate angles related to head positioning and cervical curvature. …”
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Targeted lipidomics analysis of possible molecular mechanisms of lipid changes in temporal lobe epilepsy models by Huaiyu Sun, Xuewei Li, Zhiqing Chen, Hongmei Meng

“…Accurate lipid quantification based on linear equations was calculated using an internal standard. The lipids were quantitatively and qualitatively analyzed by ultra-high performance liquid chromatography (UPLC) and mass spectrometry (MS).ResultsA total of 21 lipid classes were identified. …”
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Growth and Feeding Ecology of Dnieper chub Petroleuciscus borysthenicus (Kessler, 1859) in Şahinkaya Reservoir, an Artificial Water Body of an Island Ecosystem (Gökçeada, Turkey)... by Gülşah Saç, Sevan Ağdamar

“…LWR and K values were estimated for all specimens as W=0.017×SL3.114 (r=0.988) and 2.04 (±0.28), respectively. F:M sex ratio was calculated as 1:1.33 with no signifi-cant difference from the ratio of 1:1 (2=0.02; p>0.05). …”
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Biochemical profile and milk fat/protein in Saanen and Nubian goats by R.O.F. Prado, M.F. Valencia, R.J.A. Hernández, B.J.L. Zepeda, C.A.C. García

“…Milk fat, milk protein, fat/protein ratio, glucose (GLU), cholesterol (COL), non-esterified fatty acids (NEFA), triacylglycerol (TAG), β-hydroxybutyrate (β-HBA), blood urea nitrogen (BUN), albumin (ALB), globulin (GLOB), total protein (PROT-T), calcium ion (Ca2+), inorganic phosphate (Pi), sodium ion (Na+), potassium ion (K+), magnesium ion (Mg2+), and chloride ion (Cl-) was calculated. The biochemical profile results were consistent with the international literature for goats. …”
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Use of Population Weighted Density Index for Coronavirus Spread in the United States by Huseyin Yuce, Hannah Stauss, Adrienne Persad

“…**Results:** Using U.S. county-level data, we calculated the elasticity of COVID-19 spread with respect to population-weighted density to be 0.085 after controlling for other factors. …”
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Improving 1-year liver allograft survival hazard ratios by Resham­ Ramkissoon, Ashley Rosier, Savitha Iyengar, Timucin Taner, William Sanchez

“…An affinity diagram was used to determine high and intermediate risk factors for mortality and graft loss and, using a REDCap form (a web application used to manage our database) to track actual and potential complications, we calculated a weekly ‘risk metric’ that was introduced at multidisciplinary selection conference meetings.Results We remeasured our EHR at each interval release of the SRTR outcomes and found it to be 0.98 and 0.65 after implementing the ‘risk metric.’ …”
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Systemic immune-inflammation index and the short-term mortality of patients with sepsis: A meta-analysis by Lingbo Liang, Qiaoli Su

“…Risk ratios (RRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) comparing the incidence of mortality within 90 days in patients with sepsis with a high versus low SII were calculated. Nine cohort studies, with a total of 25,626 patients, were included. …”
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Impact of COBIT5 Framework Application in the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Information Technology. “An Applied Analytical study of a sample of Iraqi Private Shareholding Banks”... by Abdul Ridha S. AL-Basri, Adnan Mohammmed

“…Checklist was used to collect research data and to perform statistical analysis, SPSS-19 was used to calculate (arithmetic mean, standard deviation, coefficient of difference, relative importance, T test, F test, R2 determination factor), The results confirmed the existence of a statistically significant correlation and impact of the framework (COBIT5) as an internal control tool in the Iraqi private shareholding banks, in addition to the application of the framework (COBIT5) as an internal control tool helped in the governance and management of banks as well as maximize the value and benefit through the use of technology Information. …”
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Effect of the Field of View Size on CBCT Artifacts Caused by the Presence of Metal Objects in the Exomass by Yaser Safi, Mitra Ghazizadeh Ahsaie, Maede Jafarian Amiri

“…The mean gray value (GV) and its standard deviation (SD) in the region of interest (ROI) were calculated (P>0.05). The data were analyzed by SPSS 26. …”
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The Gingiva from the Tissue Surrounding the Bone to the Tissue Regenerating the Bone: A Systematic Review of the Osteogenic Capacity of Gingival Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Preclinic... by Gamilah Al-Qadhi, Iman Aboushady, Niyaz Al-Sharabi

“…Concerning the assessment of methodological quality, in vitro studies met the relevant guideline except in five areas: the sample size calculation, randomization, allocation concealment, implementation, and blinding, and in vivo publications had probably low risk of bias in most domains except in three areas: allocation concealment, attrition, and blinding items.…”
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Increasing Neural-Based Pedestrian Detectors’ Robustness to Adversarial Patch Attacks Using Anomaly Localization by Olga Ilina, Maxim Tereshonok, Vadim Ziyadinov

“…The proposed method consists of a Deep Convolutional Neural Network to reconstruct a benign image from the adversarial one; a Calculating Maximum Error block to highlight the mismatches between input and reconstructed images; a Localizing Anomalous Fragments block to extract the anomalous regions using the Isolation Forest algorithm from histograms of images’ fragments; and a Clustering and Processing block to group and evaluate the extracted anomalous regions. …”
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Early Warning Simulation of Urban Vulnerability in Coal-Resource-Based Cities Based on System Dynamics by Dongmei Feng, Liang Wang, Xiumei Duan

“…Using Fushun City as a sample, a dynamic simulation model of vulnerability in coal-resource-based cities is constructed based on system dynamics for warning simulation calculations, analyzing the evolution trend of vulnerability in Fushun City from 2010 to 2022. …”
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Perbandingan Perubahan Luas Luka dan Angiogenesis pada Jaringan Luka Bakar Derajat IIB Tikus Sprague Dawley yang Diberikan Platelet Rich Fibrin dan Advanced Platelet Rich Fibrin by Shantika Aqilla Kurnia, Komang Ardi Wahyuningsih

“…Burns are photographed and the area was calculated using the ImageJ application. After 14 days of therapy, the burn areas were excised and made into histological slides. …”
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Migration Law and Influence of Proppant in Segmented Multicluster Fracturing Wellbore of Deep Shale Horizontal Well by Tingxue Jiang, Haitao Wang, Juanming Wei, Guanyu Zhong, Yucheng Zhao, Yushi Zou

“…In order to deeply analyze the influence mechanism and law of proppant flow in the wellbore on multiple fractures and propagation, Firstly, based on the theoretical knowledge of computational fluid dynamics (CFD), a numerical model of solid-liquid two-phase flow of proppant migration in horizontal wellbore is established, which is calculated and solved by using the Euler-Euler multiphase-flow mixture model, and the effects of different influencing factors on the migration and distribution of proppant in wellbore are studied. …”
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The prevalence and risk factors for peripheral nerve injury following arthroplasty: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Jianchun Qiu, Xiaohong Liao, Ruiming Deng

“…ORs and 95% CIs for identified risk factors were calculated. Subgroup analyses were conducted based on age, study type, sample size, arthroplasty site, region, and others. …”
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Thyroid Dysfunction in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Annia Quintana Marrero, Gerardo Gabriel López Medina, Elodia María Rivas Alpízar, Jan O’neil González Ramos

“…The 95 % confidence interval was calculated. The Fisher's test was used to compare between frequencies. …”
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Lawsone encapsulated polylactic‐co‐glycolic acid nanoparticles modified with chitosan‐folic acid successfully inhibited cell growth and triggered apoptosis in Panc‐1 cancer cells... by Helia Ghafaripour, Masoud Homayouni Tabrizi, Ehsan Karimi, Niloofar Barati Naeeni

“…The concentration of lawsone that exerts 50% cell growth inhibition (IC50) against Panc‐1 cells was calculated 118.4 μL. Apoptosis induction was evidenced by the increased number of orange cells and increased proportion of cells in G1‐Sub phase respectively. …”
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Evolving trends in the prevalence and treatment of ankylosing spondylitis in Korea from 2010 to 2023: a population-based study by Yu-Seon Jung, Soo-Kyung Cho, Se Rim Choi, Sun-Young Jung, Yoon-Kyoung Sung

“…The annual prevalence of AS was calculated and standardized to the 2017 population. …”
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