Nucleotide Analogue-Related Proximal Renal Tubular Dysfunction during Long-Term Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis B: A Cross-Sectional Study by Abhasnee Sobhonslidsuk, Jirachaya Wanichanuwat, Pawin Numthavaj, Areepan Sophonsritsuk, Supanna Petraksa, Alongkorn Pugasub, Paisan Jittorntam, Anucha Kongsomgan, Sittiruk Roytrakul, Bunyong Phakdeekitcharoen

“…Fractional excretion of phosphate (FEPO4), uric acid (FEUA), and potassium was calculated. Renal losses were defined based on the criteria: protein (24-hour urine protein >150 mg), glucose (glycosuria with normoglycemia), phosphate (FEPO4 >18%), uric acid (FEUA >15%), potassium (renal potassium losses with hypokalemia), and bicarbonate (normal gap acidosis). …”
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Efficacy and Safety of Bevacizumab in the Treatment of Pterygium: An Updated Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials by Yi Sun, Bowen Zhang, Xiuhua Jia, Shiqi Ling, Juan Deng

“…The pooled risk ratio (RR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) were calculated for recurrence and complication rates by using random effects model. …”
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Calibration of double electroinduction spherical electric field strength sensor in a homogeneous field by S. V. Biryukov, L. V. Tyukina, A. V. Tyukin

“…The obtained results of the research allow us to confirm the adequacy of the theory underlying the calculations of dual electric induction sensors of the electric field strength.…”
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Clinical Manifestations Associated with Overweight/Obesity in Puerto Ricans with Fibromyalgia Syndrome by Ruth M. Fred-Jiménez, Mariangelí Arroyo-Ávila, Ángel M. Mayor, Grissel Ríos, Luis M. Vilá

“…Sociodemographic features, FMS-related symptoms, tender points (per ACR criteria), comorbidities, and FMS treatment were examined. BMI was calculated and patients were grouped into two categories: BMI ≤ 24.9 kg/m2 (nonoverweight/obese) and BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2 (overweight/obese). …”
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Flood Risk Assessment and Zoning for Niamey and Lokoja Metropolises in Niger and Nigeria by Youssoufa Doulla Nouhou, Martins Yusuf Otache, Salamatou Abdourahamane Illiassou, Olasunkanmi Habeeb Okunola, Appollonia Aimiosino Okhimamhe, Thanh Thi Nguyen

“…To validate these weightings, a consistency ratio was calculated, ensuring it remained below 10%. The findings reveal that 32% of the Niamey study area is at risk of flooding, compared to approximately 15% in Lokoja. …”
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Separation of infrared and bulk in thermal QCD by The χQCD collaboration and the CLQCD collaboration, Xiao-Lan Meng, Peng Sun, Andrei Alexandru, Ivan Horváth, Keh-Fei Liu, Gen Wang, Yi-Bo Yang

“…Here, we present the first evidence, based on lattice QCD calculation at a=0.105 fm, that this mechanism is also at work in real-world QCD, thus supporting the existence of the proposed IR regime in nature. …”
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Influence of Vibration Isolator Failure on Vehicle Operation Performance and Floating Slab Track Structure Vibration Reduction Effectiveness by Caiyou Zhao, Dongya Liu, Xiaoming Zhang, Qiang Yi, Liuchong Wang, Ping Wang

“…In order to study the influence of vibration isolator failure on vehicle operation performance and floating slab track structure vibration reduction effectiveness, a rigid-flexible coupling dynamic model of vehicle-rail-floating slab track is established by multibody dynamics and finite element simulation, and the rationality of the model and its parameters is verified by comparing the theoretical calculation results with the measured data. Based on the model, the failure conditions of steel spring are simulated, considering the failure position and number of steel springs. …”
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High-entropy alloys catalyzing polymeric transformation of water pollutants with remarkably improved electron utilization efficiency by Ziwei Yao, Yidi Chen, Xiaodan Wang, Kunsheng Hu, Shiying Ren, Jinqiang Zhang, Zhao Song, Nanqi Ren, Xiaoguang Duan

“…The unique non-mineralization regime remarkably reduces PMS consumption and achieves a high electron utilization efficiency of up to 213.4%. Further DFT calculations and experimental analysis reveal that Fe and Co in HEA-NPs act as the primary catalytic sites to complex with PMS for activation, while Ni, Cu, and Pd serve as charge mediators to facilitate electron transfer. …”
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Any Long-term Effect of the Beirut Port Explosion on the Airborne Particulate Matter? by Yi-Bo Zhao, Nathalie Hayeck, Najat A. Saliba, Claudia Schreiner, Markus Zennegg, Fuze Jiang, Renato Figi, Davide Bleiner, Jing Wang

“…The average concentrations of main anions measured in 2020 (one and three months after the explosion) were compared with those in 2009–2015 by calculating the percentage of difference, and the average concentrations of cations and anions in September (one month after the explosion) and November (three months after the explosion) 2020 were also compared to identify any abnormal values, indicating insignificant effects on the post-explosion PM in terms of component concentrations. …”
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Influence of Second-Trimester Ultrasound Markers for Down Syndrome in Pregnant Women of Advanced Maternal Age by Mariza Rumi Kataguiri, Edward Araujo Júnior, Luiz Claudio Silva Bussamra, Luciano Marcondes Machado Nardozza, Antonio Fernandes Moron

“…Moreover, odds ratios with their respective 95% confidence intervals were calculated. Out of the 889 pregnant women, 131 (17.3%) presented markers and 758 (82.7%) did not present markers on the second-trimester ultrasound. …”
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Influence of Asian-Pacific Oscillation on Precipitation in Central Eastern China during Autumn (1960–2016) by Zouxing Lin, Jiajin Zhu, Wei Hua, Guangzhou Fan

“…The APO index (APOI) was redefined, and an autumn CEC precipitation index (CECPI) was calculated to elucidate the relationship between the APO and CEC precipitation. …”
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Burden of mortality related to pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium. Cuba 2005-2018 by Delia María Galvez Medina, Lisbeth Fernández González, Armando Humberto Seuc Jo, José Luis Peñalvo García, Miguel Ángel Martínez Morales, Vivian Herrera Gómez

“…The mortality ratio, years of life potentially lost due to mortality, the percentage, the average and the trend were calculated.<br /><strong>Results</strong>: of the total number of deceased due to deaths that occurred during pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium, 463 were due to direct death; 247 for indirect death; and 247, due to other deaths 121. …”
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Interdependence Between River Aquifer Groundwater Flow and Temperature–Depth Profiles: Type Curves Based on Pi Theorem and Numerical Simulations by José Antonio Jiménez-Valera, Iván Alhama, Carlos Duque, David Labat

“…The recharge flow and hydraulic conductivity are calculated when the thermal properties, geometrical parameters, and temperature variables are known. …”
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Thermogenic Effect of Glucose in Hypothyroid Subjects by Agnieszka Kozacz, Paulina Grunt, Marta Steczkowska, Tomasz Mikulski, Jan Dąbrowski, Monika Górecka, Urszula Sanocka, Andrzej Wojciech Ziemba

“…The importance of thyroid hormone, catecholamines, and insulin in modification of the thermogenic effect of glucose (TEG) was examined in 34 healthy and 32 hypothyroid subjects. We calculated the energy expenditure at rest and during oral glucose tolerance test. …”
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Image segmentation and CNN-based deep learning architectures for the modelling on particulate matter formation during solid fuels combustion by Yanchi Jiang, Lanting Zhuo, Xiaojiang Wu, Zhongxiao Zhang, Xinwei Guo, Wei Wang, Cunjiang Fan

“…By combining combustion experiments and thermodynamic equilibrium calculations, it was proven that Si, Na, K, and Cl form irregular particles as the major types of PM10. …”
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Clinical features and risk factors of HIV-infected patients with intracerebral hemorrhage: a retrospective study with propensity score matching analysis by Qiuhui Huang, Shengri Chen, Hua Huang, Xuhui Deng, Gengyu Cen, Miao Wang, Zhijian Liang

“…The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was configured to calculate the optimal predictors of ICH in HIV-infected patients.ResultsA total of 59 HIV-infected patients with ICH and 180 HIV-infected patients without ICH were included. …”
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The Pathway Relationship Between Physical Activity Levels and Depressive Symptoms in University Students Mediated by Cognitive Flexibility by Fen Yu, Shuqi Jia, Qin Liu, Zhaohui Guo, Sen Li, Xing Wang, Pan Li

“…The direct effect was found to be ‐0.2199 (95% CI: ‐0.3981, ‐0.0417), while the mediating effect of controllability was calculated to be −0.1343 (95% CI: −0.2145 to −0.0630). …”
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Factors associated with hypercholesterolemia in older adults: A cross‐sectional investigation by Maria Clara Alves deOliveira, Júlia Perfeito Andrade, Ana Carolina Souza Porto, Gizelly Maria Torres Martins, Nurielly Monteiro Campos, Paulo daFonseca Valença Neto, Claudio Bispo De Almeida, Saulo Sacramento Meira, Beatriz Cardoso Roriz, Débora Jesus daSilva, Victor Giovannino Accetta, Cezar Augusto Casotti, Lucas dosSantos

“…Poisson regression with a robust estimator was used to calculate Prevalence Ratios (PR) and their respective 95% Confidence Intervals (CI) in the inferential analysis. …”
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Effects of Mental Fatigue on Small-World Brain Functional Network Organization by Gang Li, Youdong Luo, Zhengru Zhang, Yanting Xu, Weidong Jiao, Yonghua Jiang, Shan Huang, Chengwu Wang

“…The resulting adjacency matrices were converted into brain functional networks by applying a threshold, and then, the clustering coefficient (C), characteristic path length (L), and corresponding small-world feature were calculated. Through performing analysis of variance (ANOVA) on the mean MI for every EEG rhythm, only the data of α1 rhythm during the task state were emerged for the further explorations of mental fatigue. …”
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Frequency of Celiac Disease in Adult Patients with Typical or Atypical Malabsorption Symptoms in Isfahan, Iran by Mohammad Hassan Emami, Soheila Kouhestani, Somayeh Karimi, Abdolmahdi Baghaei, Mohsen Janghorbani, Nahid Jamali, Ali Gholamrezaei

“…Frequency of CD in patients with typical and atypical symptoms was calculated, respectively, as 5.9% (9/151) and 1.25% (3/173) based on positive serology and pathology. …”
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