Access to medicines and patient satisfaction in healthcare facilities: A cross-sectional study of a Peruvian population-based survey by Valeria Gianell Olivera-Molina, Juan Carlo Maita-Durand, J. Jhonnel Alarco

“…The complex sample design of the 2016 National Health User Satisfaction Survey was considered in all calculations. Results Data from 10 386 healthcare facility users were included. …”
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MDCT in the Differentiation of Adrenal Masses: Comparison between Different Scan Delays for the Evaluation of Intralesional Washout by Giuseppe Angelelli, Maria Elisabetta Mancini, Marco Moschetta, Pasquale Pedote, Pasquale Pignataro, Arnaldo Scardapane

“…Absolute and relative wash-out percentage values (APW and RPW) were calculated. Results. Differential diagnosis between adenomas and nonadenomas was obtained in 48/50 (96%) cases, with sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy values of 96%, 95%, and 96%, respectively. …”
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Pharmacokinetic Comparisons of Mangiferin and Mangiferin Monosodium Salt in Rat Plasma by UPLC-MS/MS by Hongbin Guo, Mengqiao Chen, Mengran Li, Mingye Hu, Baohua Chen, Chengyan Zhou

“…Moreover, the AUC value in the MG-Na group was significantly increased and the relative bioavailability was calculated to be 570% when compared with that of the MG group. …”
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Influence of refining slag composition on nonmetallic inclusions in 38CrMoAl steel by Guofang Xu, Shiheng Liang, Bo Song, Wei Liu, Shufeng Yang, Li Zhao, Yabing Zhang

“…To achieve economic transfer of calcium and accurate inclusion modification by utilizing the high basicity of slag instead of calcium treatment, the refining slag of 38CrMoAl steel was optimized through thermodynamic calculations in view of the large size and high melting point of nonmetallic inclusions that occur during the production of the steel grade in the refining process of a domestic plant. …”
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A novel multi-scale and fine-grained network for large choroidal vessels segmentation in OCT by Wei Huang, Qifeng Yan, Lei Mou, Yitian Zhao, Wei Chen, Wei Chen, Wei Chen

“…It is noteworthy that the large choroidal vessels were reconstructed in three dimensions (3D) based on the segmentation results and several 3D morphological parameters were calculated. The statistical analysis of these parameters revealed significant differences between the healthy control group and the high myopia group, thereby confirming the value of the proposed work in facilitating subsequent understanding of the disease and clinical decision-making.…”
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Endocan Levels in Peripheral Blood Predict Outcomes of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome by Ling Tang, Ying Zhao, Daoxin Wang, Wang Deng, Changyi Li, Qi Li, Shicong Huang, Chang Shu

“…Plasma levels of biomarkers were measured and the acute physiology and chronic health evaluation II (APACHE II) was calculated on day 1 after the patient met the defining criteria of ARDS. …”
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Typical use effectiveness of Natural Cycles: postmarket surveillance study investigating the impact of previous contraceptive choice on the risk of unintended pregnancy by Simon Rowland, Raoul Scherwitzl, Kristina Gemzell-Danielsson, Jonathan Bull, Olof Lundberg, Elina Berglund-Scherwitzl, James Trussell

“…Objective To investigate the association between contraceptive effectiveness of Natural Cycles and users’ previous choice of contraceptive, and to evaluate the impact of shifting from other methods to Natural Cycles on the risk of unintended pregnancy.Setting Natural Cycles mobile application.Participants 16 331 Natural Cycles users in Sweden for the prevention of pregnancy.Outcome measures Risk of unintended pregnancy.Study design Real world evidence was collected from Natural Cycles users regarding contraceptive use prior to using Natural Cycles and sexual activity while using Natural Cycles. We calculated the typical use 1-year Pearl Index (PI) and 13-cycle failure rate of Natural Cycles for each cohort. …”
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Increased Risk of Dementia in Patients with Antidepressants: A Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies by Yao-Chin Wang, Po-An Tai, Tahmina Nasrin Poly, Md Mohaimenul Islam, Hsuan-Chia Yang, Chieh-Chen Wu, Yu-Chuan (Jack) Li

“…Summary relative risk (RR) with 95% CI was calculated by using a random-effects model. We selected 9 out of 754 unique abstracts for full-text review using our predetermined selection criteria, and 5 out of these 9 studies, comprising 53,955 participants, met all of our inclusion criteria. …”
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Associations of Triglyceride-Glucose Index and Its Derivatives with Hyperuricemia Risk: A Cohort Study in Chinese General Population by Qing Gu, Xue Hu, Jian Meng, Jun Ge, Sui Jun Wang, Xing Zhen Liu

“…TyG, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), and waist-to-height ratio (WtHR) were calculated through anthropometric and biochemical indicators. …”
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Analysis of long noncoding gene expression and its interactions with protein-coding genes in vascular endothelial cells in keloids by Yunxiang Luo, Zi Ye, Yi Li, Chau Wei Wong, Shuqia Xu, Yu Deng, Zhicheng Su, Xueqing Li, Yingxiong Huang, Bing Han

“…Expression differences in mRNA and lncRNA between keloids and normal skin were calculated. GO/KEGG enrichment analysis was conducted to determine the function of these genes, and an interaction network of lncRNAs–mRNAs was constructed. …”
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Molecular Simulation of Graphene Growth Reactions at Various Temperatures Derived from Benzene in Coal Tar Aromatic Hydrocarbons by Shuhan Zhao, Zhongyang Luo, Mengxiang Fang, Qinhui Wang, Jianmeng Cen

“…Furthermore, we apply density functional theory (DFT) calculations, executed through the Vienna Ab initio Simulation Package (VASP), to assess the dehydrogenation energy associated with the adsorption of benzene on vapor-deposited copper foils. …”
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Awaking Blood Pressure Surge and Progression to Microalbuminuria in Type 2 Normotensive Diabetic Patients by Michelangela Barbieri, Maria Rosaria Rizzo, Ilaria Fava, Celestino Sardu, Nicola Angelico, Pasquale Paolisso, Angela Abbatecola, Giuseppe Paolisso, Raffaele Marfella

“…Multivariate-adjusted Cox regression models were used to assess hazard ratios (HRs) between baseline and changes over follow-up in MBPS and the risk of microalbuminuria. The MBPS was calculated as follows: mean systolic BP during the 2 hours after awakening minus mean systolic BP during the 1 hour that included the lowest sleep BP. …”
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Identifying key risks to the stability of Ukrainian universities during wartime by Olha Doronina, Liudmyla Yurchyshena, Kseniia Bondarevska, Ihor Vechirko, Tetiana Kulinich

“…The methodology combines theoretical analysis and statistical evaluation, including calculating marginal income – representing the portion of income covered by variable costs – and the operating margin ratio, defined as the ratio of marginal income to total income. …”
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A comparative study of statistical and intelligent classification models for predicting airlines passenger management satisfaction by Mohammed Alharithi, Ehab M. Almetwally, Omar Alotaibi, Marwa M. Eid, El-Sayed M. El-kenawy, Alaa A. Elnazer

“…The ANOVA of the test results showed significant differences between the models, as the P-value calculated was less than 0.0001. This confirmed that the performance variations obtained are of statistical significance. …”
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Does Preendoscopy Rockall Score Safely Identify Low Risk Patients following Upper Gastrointestinal Haemorrhage? by Matthew R. Johnston, Iain A. Murray, Michael Schultz, Peter McLeod, Nathan O’Donnell, Heather Norton, Chelsea Baines, Emily Fawcett, Terry Fesaitu, Hin Leung, Jeong-Yoon Park, Adibah Salleh, Wei Zhang, José A. García

“…PERS, diagnosis, demographics, need for endoscopic therapy, transfusion or surgery and 30-day mortality and 14-day rebleeding rate, and sensitivity and specificity of PERS for enabling safe discharge preendoscopy were calculated. Results. 424 admissions with UGIH. Median age was 74.3 years (range 19–93 years), with 55.1% being males. 30-day mortality was 4.6% and 14-day rebleeding rate was 6.0%. …”
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Combining synchrotron vacuum-ultraviolet photoionization mass spectrometry and gas chromatography–mass spectrometry for isomer-specific mechanistic analysis with application to the... by Guangxian Xu, Hong Wang, Jinyang Zhang, Jiao Gao, Jiwen Guan, Qiang Xu, Donald G. Truhlar, Zhandong Wang

“…Furthermore, theoretical calculations unveil new facile reaction pathways that may contribute to the enhanced production of anthracene, and these mechanistic findings are further substantiated by pyrolysis experiments. …”
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Research and Application of Urban Rail Transit Train Collision Performance by SU Qiang, WANG Huijuan, SHEN Xukui, JI Mengnan, LIU Yang

“…The finite element software is utilized to conduct simulation calculation of train collision scenarios, the speed, vehicle interface force, coupler force, vehicle deformation amount, stress and strain in trains collision are analyzed. …”
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National trends in treatments for ectopic pregnancy in Japan from 2010 to 2020: a retrospective observational study by Risa Ishida, Hiroyuki Ohbe, Gentaro Izumi, Daisuke Shigemi, Hiroki Matsui, Kaori Koga, Hideo Yasunaga, Yutaka Osuga

“…We compared the characteristics of these groups and calculated the methotrexate success rate.Results We identified 53,653 patients with EP. …”
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Modeling Highly Buoyant Flows in the Castel Giorgio: Torre Alfina Deep Geothermal Reservoir by Giorgio Volpi, Fabien Magri, Francesca Colucci, Thomas Fisher, Mattia De Caro, Giovanni B. Crosta

“…The commercial software FEFLOW® is also used as additional numerical constraint. Calculated pressure and temperature have been calibrated against data from geothermal wells. …”
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Microstructure effect of mechanical and cracking behaviors on brittle rocks using image-based fast Fourier transform method by Mingyao Li, Lei Peng, Dejun Liu, Jianping Zuo

“…Based on these experimental evidences, the processed microstructure information, in conjunction with the proposed micromechanical model, is incorporated into the numerical calculation. The proposed image-based FFT method was firstly validated through uniaxial compression tests. …”
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