Corneal Topographic and Aberrometric Measurements Obtained with a Multidiagnostic Device in Healthy Eyes: Intrasession Repeatability by David P. Piñero, Alberto López-Navarro, Inmaculada Cabezos, Dolores de Fez, María T. Caballero, Vicent J. Camps

“…The within-subject standard deviation (Sw), intrasubject precision (1.96×Sw), and intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) were calculated. Results. All Sw for corneal power measurements were below 0.26 D, with ICC above 0.982. …”
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Elevated BP180 ELISA at Diagnosis Correlates with Disease Severity and Relapse in Oral Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid: Preliminary Results from a Retrospective Monocentric Italian Stud... by Andrea Gabusi, Davide B. Gissi, Roberto Rossi, Federica Filippi, Camilla Loi, Cosimo Misciali, Giacomo Clarizio, Michelangelo La Placa, Federico Bardazzi

“…Only patients who achieved clinical remission (CR) were included in the analysis of variables related to relapse. Relapse was calculated as the interval between the date of the best type of clinical remission achieved and the date of relapse. …”
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Optimal suturing techniques in patch-bridging reconstruction for massive rotator cuff tears: A finite element analysis by Yuting Zhong, Chengxuan Yu, Sijia Feng, Han Gao, Luyi Sun, Yunxia Li, Shiyi Chen, Jun Chen

“…The ultimate failure load, failure mode, stress distribution of each structure, and other biomechanical results of the different models were calculated and compared. Results: The ultimate failure load of the 1-knot mattress suture (71.3 N) was 5.6 % greater than that of the 1-knot simple suture (67.5 N), while that (81.5 N) of the 2-knot mattress was 14.3 % greater than that of the 1-knot mattress. …”
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Autism Spectrum Social Stories In Schools Trial (ASSSIST): study protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial analysing clinical and cost-effectiveness of Social Stories... by Dean McMillan, Victoria Allgar, Barry Wright, David Marshall, Shehzad Ali, Joy Adamson, Chris Williams, Elizabeth Littlewood, Dominic Trépel, Lisa Dyson, Hannah Ainsworth, Liz Cook, Lisa Hackney, Danielle Collingridge Moore, Rebecca Hargate, Anne McLaren, Jo Whitehead

“…Statistics will be calculated for recruitment rates, follow-up rates and attrition. …”
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Response to Initial Therapy of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer Predicts the Long-Term Outcome Better than Classical Risk Stratification Systems by Albert Cano-Palomares, Ignasi Castells, Ismael Capel, Maria Rosa Bella, Santi Barcons, Angel Serrano, Xavier Guirao, Mercedes Rigla

“…The area under receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was calculated in order to compare the predictive ability. …”
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Performance Analysis of Costs and Implementation Time Using Earned Value Method on the Distribution Pipe Network Expansion in Samarinda City by Dedy Sugi Hartawan, Wateno Oetomo, Risma Marleno

“…The research method uses calculation and analysis of ACWP, BCWP, BCWS, Cost Performance Index, Cost Variance, Earned Value, Earned Value Method, EVM, Schedule Variance, Variance at Completion. …”
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Structural performance of additive manufactured wood-sodium silicate composite beams for sustainable construction by Hojat Hematabadi, Adefemi A Alade, Robert HR Carne, Daniel Robertson, Milinda Yapa, Armando G. McDonald, Ahmed A. Ibrahim

“…Furthermore, the flexural and shear stress patterns for span-to-height proportions of 6 and 30 were calculated analytically using the transformed section methodology across the thickness of the beams at different positions of L/6, L/3, 5L/12, and L/2 of the beam span. …”

Mathematical model for droplet size prediction of gas-water nozzle based on orthogonal experiment by Xin WANG, Wenpu LI, He SHAO, Yiyi ZHENG, Yurong GAO, Xi CHEN

“…The order of the importance of each parameter on nozzle droplet size is outlet size > gas supply pressure > water supply pressure > gas-water convergence angle > mixing cavity length. The calculated values of the multivariate nonlinear prediction model are consistent with the experimental results, and the average relative error is 8.0%, which can be used to predict the droplet size of air atomization nozzle.…”
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Can Preoperative Examination Help Choose the Best Surgical Procedure in Gastric Cancer? by Jia-Le Zhang, Zhen-Ning Wang, Hui-Mian Xu, Zhi Zhu, Bao-Jun Huang

“…ROC curves were constructed, and the area under the curve (AUC) was calculated to estimate diagnostic values. Results. Serum CEA (OR: 3.73; 95% CI: 1.84–7.56; P≤0.001), tumor size (OR: 2.07; 95% CI: 1.08–3.98; P=0.03), and CT examination results (OR: 17.81; 95% CI: 9.18–34.55; P≤0.001) were identified as independent predictors. …”
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Tailoring the Anomalous Hall Effect in van der Waals Ferromagnet Fe3GeTe2 by WU Kaile, WANG Junshan, JIANG Jiaolin, CHAI Qian, WANG Qin, SANG Shengbo, GE Yang

“…Furthermore, the carrier concentration (2.5×1022 cm-3 at 20 K) and mobility (13.3 cm2/(V·s) at 20 K) under large magnetic field (−6 T~6 T) are calculated.…”
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Analysis of the High-Performance Liquid Chromatography Fingerprints and Quantitative Analysis of Multicomponents by Single Marker of Products of Fermented Cordyceps sinensis by Li-hua Chen, Yao Wu, Yong-mei Guan, Chen Jin, Wei-feng Zhu, Ming Yang

“…The relative correction factors (RCF) between adenosine and the other four nucleosides were calculated and investigated using the QAMS method. Meanwhile, the accuracy of the QAMS method was confirmed by comparing the results of that method with those of an external standard method with cosines of the angles between the groups. …”
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Investigation of Theoretical Models, Pumping-Recharge Well Arrangements and System Performance of Abandoned Mine Water Source Heat Pump by Zhiqiang Zhang, Wenchao Zu, Wenke Zhang, Kexun Wang, Xueqing Ma, Ping Cui

“…Second, to prevent the heat transfixion phenomenon caused by an irrational arrangement of pumping wells, a three-dimensional numerical calculation model for multiphysical field coupling of the pumping wells of a water source heat pump in abandoned mines is established, and 14 distinct types of well arrangements are simulated. …”
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Effect of Zr on inclusions and microstructure of non-quenched and tempered steel F38MnVS by Yucheng Wang, Yang Li, Zhouhua Jiang, Meng Sun, Shuai Ma, Yunqie Mao, Yanshuo Ma, Tianci Li, Dengyunfei Nie, Rui Yang

“…To examine the influence of Zr on the inclusions and microstructure of non-quenched and tempered F38MnVS steel, optical microscopy (OM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), high-temperature laser confocal microscopy (HT-CLSM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and thermodynamic calculations among others are utilized. The obtained results reveal that adding Zr could alter the inclusions from Al2O3 to ZrO2, and ZrN appears with the increase of Zr content. …”
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Analysis of Forest Cover in the Tumba-Lediima Nature Reserve (RTL-DRC) by Sylvestre Frey, André Musas A Musas, Nestor Anzola Kibamba, Sebastien Kidushi Mboma, Tege Simboni Simboni, Djonive Munene Asidi

“…Using Landsat 7 and 8 satellite imagery, combined with NDVI calculation and supervised classifications validated by a high Kappa coefficient, this study provides an accurate mapping of land cover change. …”
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Practical Implications in Contemporary Dental Aesthetics—Shade Selection Assessment Using Intraoral Scanners by Alice Arina Ciocan Pendefunda, Cristina Gena Dascalu, Sebastian Bahrim, Cristina Iordache, Odette Luca, Magda-Ecaterina Antohe

“…<b>Results:</b> The accuracy of the three devices when measuring the shade of the study model was calculated as a percentage. When comparing the primary results of the VE and the results obtained by the Omnicam and TRIOS, the latter is the most accurate (26.67%), whereas the other two scored 20%. …”
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Spectroscopic Evaluation of Glioma Grading at 3T: The Combined Role of Short and Long TE by E. Kousi, I. Tsougos, E. Tsolaki, K. N. Fountas, K. Theodorou, I. Fezoulidis, E. Kapsalaki, C. Kappas

“…Metabolite ratios of NAA/Cr, Cho/Cr, Cho/NAA, and mI/Cr were calculated for short and long TE and compared between low and high grade gliomas. …”
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Prestack Inversion Identification of Dolomite Reservoirs in the Fourth Member of the Sinian Dengying Formation in Moxi Area, Sichuan Basin, SW China by Yong Wu, Xuxu Wang, Lu Zhou, Chongyang Han, Lianjin Zhang, Xuemei Lan, Peng Lu

“…Through the correlation analysis of core test data and logging P-S-wave velocity, this work proposed a formula to calculate the shear wave velocity in different porosity ranges and solved the issue that some wells in the study area have no S-wave logging data. …”
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Delphi consensus survey: the opinions of patients living with refractory ulcerative proctitis and the health care professionals who care for them by Philip Smith, Stuart Bloom, Christian Selinger, Ailsa Hart, Christopher Lamb, Anjan Dhar, Helen Steed, Matthew Brookes, Jonathan Macdonald, Ian Arnott, Shellie Radford, Gordon W Moran, Susan Ritchie, Victoria Fletcher, Jonathan Segal, N Sharma, Shahida Din, Daniel Gaya, J Butterworth, S Andrews, P Adams, Deborah Morris, Pearl Avery, Philip Oppong, Mario Guslandi, Maro Kyriacou, Rachel Linger, Madhoor Ramdeen, John Appleton, John Anneh, B Kussel

“…Following this, there were three rounds of Delphi surveys in which the participants were asked to rank the importance of the statements and provide any additional comments or clarifications. Calculation of mean scores, analysis of comments and revisions were performed to produce a final list of statements.Results In total, 14 statements were suggested by the focus group at the initial brainstorming stage. …”
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Age and Sex Structure of the Population of the Potapovo and Sintashta Cultures in the Late Bronze Age Based on the Materials of Funerary Monuments from the Volga-Ural Region by Artem V. Bogdanash, Еgor P. Kitov

“…According to archaeological data, both of them belong to a single cultural block; nevertheless, issues of their correlation and primacy in the time of origin are still debatable. 336 markers of gender and age definition in the individuals were applied. Calculations of the main demographic indicators were carried out; histograms of the ratio of age and gender groups were constructed for each culture under consideration. …”
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Two-dimensional anion-rich NaCl2 crystal under ambient conditions by Ruobing Yi, Jie Jiang, Yizhou Yang, Yueyu Zhang, Siyan Gao, Yimin Zhao, Jiahao Hu, Xuchang Su, Xinming Xia, Bingquan Peng, Fangfang Dai, Pei Li, Zhao Guan, Haijun Yang, Fangyuan Zhu, Jiefeng Cao, Zhe Wang, Haiping Fang, Lei Zhang, Liang Chen

“…The 2D NaCl2 crystals exhibit room-temperature ferromagnetism with clear hysteresis loops and transition temperature above 320 K. Theoretical calculations and X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) spectra reveal the ferromagnetism originating from the spin polarization of electrons in the Cl elements of these crystals. …”
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