The Cost Effectiveness of Hand Held Ultrasound Scanning for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in Older Males with a History of Smoking by Denver Phiri, Peter J. Mallow, John A. Rizzo

“…The study used a decision analytic simulation model to calculate the incremental cost utility for the different strategies. …”
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Balance Error Scoring System Performance Differences in Figure Skaters Based on Discipline by L. Colby Mangum, Andrew Skibski, Luk Devorski, Lindsay Slater

“…Spearman's rho (ρ) correlation coefficients were calculated for relationships between BESS errors and age…”
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A primary school-based dengue solution model for post-COVID-19 in southern Thailand: Students understanding of the dengue solution and larval indices surveillance system. by Jiraporn Jaroenpool, Sarunya Maneerattanasak, Femi Adesina, Atchara Phumee, Muhammad Haroon Stanikzai, Chumpon Ponprasert, Yingqin Zheng, Shamarina Shohaimi, Truong Thanh Nam, Temesgen Anjulo Ageru, Amin Nordin Syafinaz, Charuai Suwanbamrung

“…Based on the thematic analysis, it was determined that the students had learned about dengue fever transmission, dengue mosquitoes, container index calculation, dengue symptoms, and how to prevent dengue mosquitoes, among other topics. …”
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Validation of the Arabic Version of Medication Regimen Complexity Index Among Older Patients - Validation of the “MRCI-Arabic” by Nilay Aksoy, Nur Ozturk, Betul Okuyan, Mesut Sancar

“…The inter-rater correlation was calculated in study population (n =100). The link between the number of medications and the score of medication regimen complexity was used to assess convergent validity. …”
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Genetic diversity of wild barley (<i>Hordeum spontaneum</i> K. Koch) in the context of resistance to toxic aluminum ions by O. V. Yakovleva

“…The resistance of barley accessions to toxic aluminum ions was studied at the early stages of plant development by the root test method (185 mcМ Al3+, pH 4.0) with the calculation of root and sprout length indices.Results and conclusions. …”
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A comprehensive scoping review and meta-analysis of upper limb strength asymmetry by Ryan C. A. Foley, Danny H. Callaghan, Garrick N. Forman, Jeffrey D. Graham, Michael W. R. Holmes, Nicholas J. La Delfa

“…Asymmetry ratios were calculated to examine the effects of handedness, exertion side, arm region, and sex. …”
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Trade-off between computation time and solution quality for integrated generation and transmission expansion planning with N-1 security criterion by Lucas Y. Okamura, Carmen L.T. Borges, Gianfranco Chicco

“…For the same proposed method, the preliminary calculation of an optimal solution without applying the N-1 security constraint as a starting point, followed by re-optimization with active N-1 security constraints, contributes to a 65 % reduction of the computation time without significantly impacting the quality of the solution.…”
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ARE QUALITY INDICATORS IMPORTANT IN COLONOSCOPIES? ANALYSIS OF 3,076 EXAMS IN A PRIVATE TERTIARY SERVICE IN SOUTHEASTERN BRAZIL by Adriana Borgonovi CHRISTIANO, Danielle Rossana Queiroz Martins BONILHA, Mauro Augusto MARCHIORI JUNIOR, Priscilla de Sene Portel OLIVEIRA, Maria de Lourdes Setsuko AYRIZONO

“…AIMS: The aim of this study was to analyze the effectiveness of colonoscopy examinations performed in a private tertiary service by calculating the polyp detection rate (PDR) and adenoma detection rate (ADR) and comparing these rates with literature data. …”
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Wafer Defect Classification Algorithm With Label Embedding Using Contrastive Learning by Jeongjoon Hwang, Somi Ha, Dohyun Kim

“…In other words, existing methods only calculate the probability of a specific image belonging to each class, making it difficult to visually judge why the image belongs to a particular class. …”
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Development of New Settlement Areas and Solid Waste Problem in Cities: Case Study on Izmit - Yahyakaptan Neighbourhood by Kazım Onur Demirarslan, Deniz Demirarslan

“…Under the scope of this study, reasons of population increase and formation of new settlement areas in Izmit city, Yahyakaptan neighbourhood will be presented, findings about environmental effect of new settlement area on the neighbourhood will be submitted by comparing resident typologies and resident usage requirement and finally solid waste amount according to increasing settlements and population in the region will be examined from environmental engineering point of view, according to TUIK (Turkish Statistics Institution) annual waste amount calculation methods and solutions will be suggested for domestic waste problem.…”
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Qualitative and quantitative evaluations of topography for CAD/CAM all ceramic zirconia after different surface treatments by Sazan M. Azeez, Shatha A. Salih

“…The mean of surface roughness values was calculated and analyzed using one-way ANOVA and using LSD significant difference tests for comparison between groups (a = 0.05). …”
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Facial Profile of Young Indian Women from Maharashtra-A Cross-Sectional Pilot Study by Om N. Baghele, Anusha A. Math

“…Facial height (FH) in thirds; upper FH (UFH), middle FH (MFH) and lower FH (LFH); facial width (FW) and stature or overall height (OH) were calculated to define average facial features. Statistical Analysis: Multiple pairwise statistics and simple linear regression analyses were done for various dependent variables. …”
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Frailty and Nutritional Status among Urban Older Adults in South India by T. Shalini, P. Swathi Chitra, B. Naveen Kumar, G. Madhavi, G. Bhanuprakash Reddy

“…Dietary intake was assessed by a three-day 24 h dietary recall, and the probability of adequacy (PA) was calculated using the estimated average requirements. …”
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Deciphering methanolysis of Calophyllum inophyllum oil into biodiesel using KOH-doped Aegle marmelos biochar catalyst: Thermo-kinetics, optimization and cost analysis by Bisheswar Karmakar, Gopinath Halder

“…An indigenously developed heterogeneous catalyst was obtained that can be easily recovered and reused multiple times, proving to be cost efficient according to calculated estimates. This also reduces fuel synthesis costs owing to drastic reduction in wastewater generation. …”
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Identifying the Digital Camera from Natural Images Using Residual Noise and the Jensen–Shannon Divergence by Francisco Rodríguez-Santos, Ana L. Quintanar-Reséndiz, Guillermo Delgado-Gutiérrez, Leonardo Palacios-Luengas, Omar Jiménez-Ramírez, Rubén Vázquez-Medina

“…Thus, the fingerprint of each digital camera was calculated from the probability density function (PDF) of the photo-response nonuniformity (PRNU) extracted from its reference images. …”
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Advantages of Logarithmic Signatures in the Implementation of Crypto Primitives by Yevhen Kotukh, Hennadii Khalimov

“…The properties of superposition and quantum entanglement make it possible to perform calculations on all states of the qubit register simultaneously. …”
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Analysing the financial innovation-based characteristics of stock market efficiency using fuzzy decision-making technique by Dadan Rahadian, Anisah Firli, Hasan Dinçer, Serhat Yüksel, Alexey Mikhaylov

“…This study’s main contribution is that the DEMATEL technique in calculating criterion weights in the decision-making analysis process provides some advantages. …”
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A Dynamic Probabilistic Based Broadcasting Scheme for MANETs by Kannan Shanmugam, Karthik Subburathinam, Arunachalam Velayuthampalayam Palanisamy

“…The Node’s Forwarding Probability (NFP) is dynamically calculated by the DPR mobile nodes using Probability Function (PF) which depends on density of local neighbor nodes and the cumulative number of its broadcast covered neighbors.…”
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The Relationship between Statin and Risk of Age-Related Macular Degeneration: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Ezatollah Memarzadeh, Saeid Heidari-Soureshjani

“…The pooled odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) were calculated using a random-effects model. Subgroup analyses and sensitivity analyses were also conducted. …”
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Evaluation of the Inferior Vena Cava Diameter in Dehydrated Children Using Bedside Ultrasonography by Esra Akyüz Özkan, Mahmut Kılıç, Fatih Çalışkan, Ahmet Baydın

“…IVC/AO ratio and IVC collapsibility index IVC–CI were calculated before and after the fluid therapy and correlation with the degree of dehydration and laboratory parameters was investigated. …”
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