Proximal Sessile Serrated Adenomas Are More Prevalent in Caucasians, and Gastroenterologists Are Better Than Nongastroenterologists at Their Detection by Malav P. Parikh, Sujit Muthukuru, Yash Jobanputra, Kushal Naha, Niyati M. Gupta, Vaibhav Wadhwa, Rocio Lopez, Prashanthi N. Thota, Madhusudhan R. Sanaka

“…Detection rates based on patient gender, race, colonoscopy timing, fellow participation, bowel preparation quality, and specialty of the endoscopist were calculated. t-tests were used to compare detection rates and a multivariate-adjusted analysis was performed. …”
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Pathologic Response Rates of Gemcitabine/Cisplatin versus Methotrexate/Vinblastine/Adriamycin/Cisplatin Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Muscle Invasive Urothelial Bladder Cancer by Franklin C. Lee, William Harris, Heather H. Cheng, Jaideep Shenoi, Song Zhao, Junfeng Wang, Thomas Champion, Jason Izard, John L. Gore, Michael Porter, Evan Y. Yu, Jonathan L. Wright

“…Outcomes of interest included those with complete response (pT0) and any response (≤pT1). Odds ratios were calculated using multivariate logistic regression. Results. …”
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Leveraging computational approaches in identifying novel HER-2 + breast cancer potential therapeutics: integrating virtual screening and molecular dynamics simulation by Olawale Quadri Bolaji, Temitope Isaac Adelusi, Taiwo Ooreoluwa Ojo, Ibrahim Damilare Boyenle, Abdul-Quddus Kehinde Oyedele, Taiwo Temitope Ogunjobi, Adegboye Oyewole Oyaronbi, Sukurat Oluwatoyin Ayoola, Abdeen Tunde Ogunlana

“…Additionally, binding free energy calculations, ADME and toxicity profiling, and molecular dynamics simulations presented these compounds as lead-like. …”
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Prevalence of delirium in German nursing homes: protocol for a cross-sectional study by Bernhard Holle, Romy Lauer, Horst Christian Vollmar, Petra Thürmann, Rebecca Palm, Jonas Dörner, Alexandre Houdelet-Oertel, Zafer Arslan, Ina Otte

“…Furthermore, the Drug Burden Index will be calculated, and associated factors will be determined using a logistic regression model. …”
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Detection Method for Bolt Loosening Based on Summation Coefficient of Absolute Spectrum Ratio by Haoyang Guo, Jianfeng Zhong, Bin Feng, Yulong Chen, Shuncong Zhong

“…Subsequently, the spectrum ratio curves between healthy and non-healthy structures are calculated for different degrees of bolt loosening, and then the Summation Coefficient of Absolute Spectrum Ratio (SCASR) is defined to indicate the looseness. …”
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Multiscale Feature-Enhanced Water Body Detector of Truncated Gaussian Clutter in SAR Imagery by Bo Zhu, Yuli Xia, Yongsheng Zhou, Xiaoning Lv, Minqin Liu

“…To address these two key issues, this article proposes a comprehensive approach comprised of three main components: Part A is to calculate Gaussian distance based on which the land surfaces or artificial objects can be removed easily by Otsu. …”
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Bread wheat callusogenesis and organogenesis using mature embryos as explants by G. R. Gumerova, A. A. Galimova, B. R. Kuluev

“…The efficiency of callusogenesis and rhizogenesis was assessed and the numbers of morphogenetic calluses, regenerated and acclimatized plants were calculated.   Results and conclusions. The analysis made it possible to identify the bread wheat cultivars ‘Fisht’ and ‘Sigma’ for their high morphogenetic and regenerative potential. …”
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Automatic Grape Cluster Detection Combining YOLO Model and Remote Sensing Imagery by Ana María Codes-Alcaraz, Nicola Furnitto, Giuseppe Sottosanti, Sabina Failla, Herminia Puerto, Carmen Rocamora-Osorio, Pedro Freire-García, Juan Miguel Ramírez-Cuesta

“…Additionally, the capability of several vegetation indices calculated from Sentinel-2 and PlanetScope satellites to estimate grape clusters was evaluated. …”
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VaSe-MRP: Velocity-aware and stability-estimation–based multi-path routing protocol in flying ad hoc network by Zhongyu Ma, Qun Guo, Ji Ma, Zhe Zhang, Hongfeng Ma, Linru Peng, Ying Li

“…In routing discovery process, the routing discovery request packet only can be forwarded by the reliable node, which is decided by the calculation of co-direction degree, then the routing overhead is reduced at some extent. …”
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Degree of Acute Kidney Injury before Dialysis Initiation and Hospital Mortality in Critically Ill Patients by Charuhas V. Thakar, Annette Christianson, Peter Almenoff, Ron Freyberg, Marta L. Render

“…Standardized mortality rates (SMR) were calculated by using a validated risk-adjusted mortality model and expressed with 95% confidence intervals (CI). 2,744 patients developed AKI-D during ICU stay; 36.7%, 20.9%, 31.2%, and 11.2% belonged to groups I, II, III, and IV, respectively. …”
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Dysfunctional large-scale brain networks in drug-naïve depersonalization-derealization disorder patients by Sisi Zheng, Mingkang Song, Nan Song, Hong Zhu, Xue Li, Dongqing Yin, Shanshan Liu, Yan Zhao, Meng Fang, Yanzhe Ning, Hongxiao Jia

“…After constructing large-scale brain networks, we calculated within‐and between‐network functional connectivity (FC) using the Schaefer and Tian atlas. …”
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Investigation of Rotating Stall Phenomenon and Optimization in Mixed-Flow Waterjet Propulsion Device by Can Luo, Di Zhang, Congcong Zhang, Shuaihao Lei, Chenzhi Xia, Chuan Wang, Li Cheng

“…At the rotating stall conditions, the selected groove scheme is numerically calculated. In contradistinction to the original scheme, it is found that the groove can improve the flow in the impeller and enhance the head of valley point condition, but the efficiency drops due to the increasing local hydraulic loss near the groove. …”
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Sensitivity Analysis of Biosensor-Based SiGe Source Dual Gate Tunnel FET Having Negative Capacitance by Dipshika Das, Rudra Sankar Dhar, Pradip Kumar Ghosh, Yash Sharma, Amit Banerjee

“…The research yields repeatable outcomes for several calculated analyses.…”
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Effect of microstructure and neutron irradiation defects on deuterium retention in SiC by Alex Leide, Weicheng Zhong, Isabel Fernandez-Victorio, Isabel Fernandez-Victorio, Duc Nguyen-Manh, Duc Nguyen-Manh, Takaaki Koyanagi

“…Low energy ion implantation caused a high deuterium release temperature, highlighting the sensitivity of deuterium release behaviour to radiation defect characteristics. First principles calculations have been conducted to identify energetically favourable trapping sites in SiC at the HABcVSi and HTSiVC complexes, and migration barriers between interstitial sites. …”
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The Relationship between Body Mass Index and the Severity of Coronary Artery Disease in Patients Referred for Coronary Angiography by Anne B. Gregory, Kendra K. Lester, Deborah M. Gregory, Laurie K. Twells, William K. Midodzi, Neil J. Pearce

“…Patients were grouped into 3 BMI categories: normal (18.5–24.9 kg/m2), overweight (25.0–29.9 kg/m2), and obese (≥30 kg/m2); and multivariable adjusted hazard ratios for 1-year all-cause and cardiac-specific mortality were calculated. Results. Cardiac risk factor prevalence (e.g., diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia) significantly increased with increasing BMI. …”
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The association among ball speed and the rotation of pivot leg, pelvis, and trunk separation in collegiate baseball pitchers by Naoki Wada, Mitsuo Otsuka, Yuta Yamaguchi, Takehiko Tsuji, Takatoshi Kojo, Tokuyoshi Kono, Tetsunari Nishiyama

“…The rotational angles and angular velocities of the pivot leg, pelvis, and upper trunk in the stride phase of pitching delivery were calculated to investigate the association of pivot leg rotation with pelvis rotation, upper trunk rotation, and trunk separation. …”
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The association of genetic polymorphisms in interleukin-1 receptors type 1 and type 2 with age-related hearing impairment in a Taiwanese population: a case control study by Ning-Chia Chang, Hua-Ling Yang, Chia-Yen Dai, Wen-Yi Lin, Hsun-Mo Wang, Chen-Yu Chien, Kuen-Yao Ho

“…The bilateral pure-tone average (PTA) of high-tone hearing levels was calculated for ARHI evaluation. The associations of SNPs of the IL-1 receptor type 1 gene (IL1R1) (rs3917225 and rs2234650) and type 2 gene (IL1R2) (rs4141134 and rs2071008) with ARHI were analyzed in 182 ARHI-susceptible (case) and 176 ARHI-resistant (control) participants. …”
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Complex cure kinetics of self-healing copolyester vitrimers via isothermal thermogravimetric analysis by Louis O. Vaught, Jacob L. Meyer, Omar El Arwadi, Tanaya Mandal, Ahmad Amiri, Mohammad Naraghi, Andreas A. Polycarpou

“…This was directly validated via evolved gas analysis, and activation energies were calculated for the cure-dominant region of the reaction. …”
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Semiclassical Estimates of Pressure-induced Line Widths for Infrared Absorption in Hot (Exo)planetary Atmospheres by Jeanna Buldyreva, Kathleen Stehlin, Sergei N. Yurchenko, Elizabeth R. Guest, Jonathan Tennyson

“…The explicit temperature dependence T ^−0.5 allows calculations to be limited to the single reference temperature of 296 K; for other temperatures a simple scaling can be used. …”
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Sequential testing with Xpert MTB/RIF assay for diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis in Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai University Hospital by Poramed Winichakoon, Kanokwan Watcharasaksilp, Sunisa Butphet, Kanlaya Wongworapat, Chansom Pantip, Phadungkiat Khamnoi, Khuanchai Supparatpinyo, Parichat Salee

“…Sensitivity, specificity, and agreement between Xpert MTB/RIF and MGIT culture were calculated. Sequential testing using a TBM score, followed by Xpert MTB/RIF was also analyzed. …”
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