Comparing Prednisone and Methotrexate to Off-label Biologic Infliximab for Management of Ocular Uveitis: A Cost-minimization Analysis by William V. Padula, Miguel Cordero-Coma, Taygan Yilmaz, William V. Padula, Michéal J. Gallagher, Jonathan D. Campbell

“…An incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) for pairwise results was interpretted assuming a predetermined willingness-to-pay threshold of $100,000/QALY. …”
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Phosphate Ion Release and Alkalizing Potential of Three Bioactive Dental Materials in Comparison with Composite Resin by Shahin Kasraei, Sahebeh Haghi, Sara Valizadeh, Narges Panahandeh, Sogol Nejadkarimi

“…Data were analyzed using two-way ANOVA, one-way ANOVA, and Tukey’s HSD test (for pairwise comparisons) at 0.05 level of significance. …”
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Healthcare Resource Utilization and Cost Comparisons of High-Protein Enteral Nutrition Formulas Used in Critically Ill Patients by Matthew C. Bozeman, Laura L. Schott, Amarsinh M. Desai, Mary K. Miranowski, Dorothy L. Baumer, Cynthia C. Lowen, Zhun Cao, Krysmaru Araujo Torres

“…Inclusion criteria comprised patients age 18+ with at least 1 day's stay in the intensive care unit (ICU) and at least 3 out of 5 consecutive days of enteral nutrition. Pairwise comparisons of demographics, clinical characteristics, HCRU, and costs were conducted between groups. …”
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Assessment of Groundwater Potential Zones of Upper Blue Nile River Basin Using Multi-Influencing Factors under GIS and RS Environment: A Case Study on Guder Watersheds, Abay Basin,... by Timketa Adula Duguma, Gemechis Adula Duguma

“…The study is certain with a sensible dimension of consistency in pairwise comparison between influencing and the overall weightage. …”
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Designing a model of mutual expectations in the relationship between the person and the organization in governmental organizations and service providers in Isfahan based on the phe... by Abbas Nosouhi, Akbar Etebarian, Mehraban Hadi Peykani

“…One hundred managers and experts of government and service organizations and 100 of their clients were purposefully selected using the pairwise comparison test method and identifying in the quantitative section.Findings: The findings in DEMETEL technique showed that the most impact was related to the factor of capable and knowledgeable client and the most impact was related to the factor of respect for human dignity of employees. …”
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Effect of modeling liquid application on color stability and surface roughness of single-shade composites by Melek Güven Bekdaş, Ihsan Hubbezoglu

“…The data were subjected to statistical analysis via two-way analysis of variance and Tukey’s test to examine pairwise differences at a significance level of 0.05. …”
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Genetic variations suggests that Takifugu rubripes, T. chinensis, and T. pseudommus are the same species with a shared gene pool by Ji Young Lee, Kun Hee Kim, Hyuk Je Lee, Sun-Goo Hwang, Tae Sun Kang

“…These variations were screened using ENSEMBL annotation and gene ontology analysis, and their potential association with morphological differences, such as dorsal spot patterns, was evaluated using reference Takifugu specimens.Results and discussionPopulation genetic analysis of T. rubripes, T. pseudommus, and T. chinensis using the CoI and CytB genes, combined with the 15 SSR loci, revealed clustering into a single genetic group characterized by remarkably low genetic diversity (four haplotypes, with diversity values ranging from 0.0000 to 0.00065) and minimal pairwise differentiation (microsatellite-based FST values ranging from -0.0021 to 0.0075). …”
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The marginal adaptation of Cold Ceramic sealer, Endoseal MTA, and AH26: A scanning electron microscope study by Farid Merrikhi, Jalil Modaresi, Alireza Mirzaeeian

“…Data were analyzed using one-way ANOVA and post-hoc Tukey’s test (α=0.05).Results: The average linear distance between the sealer and dentinal wall significantly differed among the three groups (P=0.001). Pairwise comparisons revealed that the mean distance in the AH26 group (11.99 ± 4.31 µm) was significantly higher than that in the CC sealer (7.25 ± 1.94 µm; P<0.001) and Endoseal MTA group (8.86 ± 3.33 µm; P=0.014). …”
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Physical Activity Types Among School-Aged Children During COVID-19 Pandemic in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study by Mshari Alghadier, Reem M. Basuodan, Afnan Gmmash, Reem A. Albesher

“…Chi-squared tests and logistic regression with pairwise comparisons were used to analyze the differences. …”
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Fracture resistance and failure mode of three esthetic CAD-CAM post and core restorations by Islam T. Fathey, Amir Shoukry Azer, Islam M. Abdelraheem

“…The data was statistically analyzed using One-Way ANOVA test followed by multiple pairwise comparisons using Bonferroni adjusted significance level. …”
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Yes, they're all individuals: Hierarchical models for repeat survey data improve estimates of tree growth and size by Tess O'Brien, David Warton, Daniel Falster

“…Our method substantially improved the root mean squared error (RMSE) for growth by an average of 61% compared to existing approaches using pairwise differences and reduced RMSE in estimated size RMSE compared to ‘observed’ values in simulated data. …”
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Acupuncture Reversible Effects on Altered Default Mode Network of Chronic Migraine Accompanied with Clinical Symptom Relief by Yan Zou, Weijun Tang, Xiang Li, Manwen Xu, Ji Li

“…Furthermore, the diminished pairwise FC strengths in some regions of interest (ROIs) within the DMN were also increased, mainly distributed between the right temporal lobe (R_TPL) and left anterior cingulate cortex, between the R_TPL and bilateral superior medial gyrus, and between the R_TPL and right precuneus. …”
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Comparing the Effect of Different Dentin Conditioners on the Microshear Bond Strength of High Viscosity Glass Ionomer Cements to Dentin by Zahra Fattah, Zahra Jowkar, Somayeh Ghafouri, Hajar Farhadpour

“…P-value<0.05 was considered statistically significant.Results: Two-way ANOVA revealed that there was a significant interaction between the type of utilized HVGIC and the dentin conditioning agent (P< 0.001). Pairwise comparison with Tukey’s post-hoc test showed that the differences between the µSBS values of different groups was always statistically significant, except for the difference between groups Fuji + TA and Equia + PAA (P=0.155), and also Equia + TA and Equia + PAA + TA (P=0.09).Conclusion: Applying polyacrylic acid as a dentin conditioner showed superior results compared to tannic acid in terms of µSBS values and improving the dentin bond performance of the tested HVGICs.…”
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Discovering causal models for structural, construction and defense-related engineering phenomena by M.Z. Naser

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Early life stress and altered social behaviors: A perspective across species by Lyonna F. Parise, C. Joseph Burnett, Scott J. Russo

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Multisensory integration operates on correlated input from unimodal transient channels by Cesare V Parise, Marc O Ernst

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A two-step machine learning approach for predictive maintenance and anomaly detection in environmental sensor systems by Saiprasad Potharaju, Ravi Kumar Tirandasu, Swapnali N. Tambe, Devyani Bhamare Jadhav, Dudla Anil Kumar, Shanmuk Srinivas Amiripalli

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Association of race and ethnicity with mortality in adults with SLE: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis by Sam Norton, Chris Wincup, Patrick Gordon, Kate Bramham, James Galloway, Zijing Yang, Samir Patel, Maryam Adas, Deepak Nagra, Mark Russell

“…We aimed to describe the association between SLE and mortality across different racial and ethnic groups using meta-analysis.Methods We identified studies of adults with SLE that reported mortality, stratified by racial and ethnic group, through a systematic literature review. We used a pairwise meta-analysis to determine the pooled odds ratio (OR) of death for those from underserved groups compared with those of White race and ethnicity.Results Thirty-seven studies, comprising 85 578 patients with SLE, were included. …”
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Digital sleep phenotype and wrist actigraphy in individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis and people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders: a systematic review and meta-analy... by Andrea Cipriani, Edoardo Giuseppe Ostinelli, John Torous, Paolo Brambilla, Philip McGuire, Dominic Oliver, Rosario Aronica, Charlotte Austin

“…Primary outcome was total sleep time (TST), with secondary outcomes including time in bed (TIB), sleep latency, sleep efficiency, wake after sleep onset, nighttime awakenings and self-reported sleep quality. Random-effects pairwise meta-analyses were used to summarise the effects of each outcome.Results Nineteen studies were included, with 18 contributing to the meta-analyses (202 CHR-P, 584 SSD, 582 HC). …”
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Impact of alternative diagnostic labels for melanoma in situ on management choices and psychological outcomes: protocol for an online randomised study by Brooke Nickel, Lisa Parker, Jon Emery, Richard A Scolyer, Raymond Barnhill, David Elder, Katy JL Bell, Elspeth Davies, Blake O'Brien, Adewole S Adamson, Alexander C J van Akkooi, Farzaneh Boroumand, Zhuohan Wu, Peter M Ferguson, Donald Low, Cynthia Low, Sherrie Liu, Stacey Lewis, Bella Spongberg-Ross

“…Secondary outcomes include diagnosis anxiety, perceived risk of invasive melanoma and of dying from melanoma and management choice anxiety (after surgery choice and follow-up choice). We will make pairwise comparisons across the three diagnostic label groups using regression models (univariable and multivariable).Ethics and dissemination The study has been registered with the Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ACTRN12624000740594). …”
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