Relationship between dietary intake and atherogenic index of plasma in cardiometabolic phenotypes: a cross-sectional study from the Azar cohort population by Shirin Soheilifard, Elnaz Faramarzi, Reza Mahdavi

“…Dietary intake was evaluated using a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire (FFQ), and AIP was calculated. …”
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Myocardial Perfusion Scintigraphy in Ischemic Heart Disease by Sonia María Sánchez Valcarcel, Katia Ravelo Llanes, Iván Rodríguez Cortina, Geovedy Martínez García, Cesia Rivera Garmendia

“…The qualitative variables were expressed in frequency and percentage and the continuous quantitative variables in mean and standard deviation values according to their distribution and chi square. …”
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Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices on Urinary Schistosomiasis among Primary Schoolchildren in Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa by Sydlynn Dorné Hambury, Anna D. Grobler, Paula Ezinne Melariri

“…The study employed a quantitative descriptive, cross-sectional survey research design approach. …”
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Examining antibiotic use in Kenya: farmers’ knowledge and practices in addressing antibiotic resistance by Harrison Rware, Kansiime K. Monica, Mugambi Idah, Makale Fernadis, Ikiror Davis, Wako Buke, Danielsen Solveig, Karanja Daniel, Chacha Duncan, Byskov Morten, Hyams Keith

“…Methods A across-sectional, quantitative survey was employed with 319 farming households in five counties in Kenya. …”
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Urine metabolic profile in rats with arterial hypertension of different genesis by A. A. Sorokoumova, A. A. Seryapina, Yu. K. Polityko, L. V. Yanshole, Yu. P. Tsentalovich, М. А. Gilinsky, А. L. Markel

“…WAG rats were used as normotensive controls. 24-hour urine samples were collected from all animals and analyzed by quantitative NMR spectroscopy for metabolic profiling. …”
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Modelamiento del proceso de carbonatación del hormigón (UR-CORE), con datos de conversión fraccional obtenidos a través de experimentos de difracción de neutrones monitoreados in-s... by Marta Castellote, Carmen Andrade

“…On the second hand, fitting of these results allowed to make a quantitative approach to the kinetics of the carbonation of the different phases, and develop the UR-CORE model that is based on the principies of the "unreacted-core" systems, typical of chemical engineering processes.…”
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Visual impairment prevention by early detection of diabetic retinopathy based on stacked auto-encoder by Shagufta Almas, Fazli Wahid, Sikandar Ali, Ahmed Alkhyyat, Kamran Ullah, Jawad Khan, Youngmoon Lee

“…We evaluate our model’s performance using rigorous quantitative measures, including accuracy, recall, precision, and F1-score, highlighting its effectiveness in early disease diagnosis and prevention of blindness. …”
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Resistance-breaking strains of tomato spotted wilt virus hamper photosynthesis and protein synthesis pathways in a virus accumulation-dependent manner in Sw5-carrying tomatoes by Maria Isabella Prigigallo, Ugo Picciotti, Giovanni Bubici

“…This phenomenon was also verified on 15 genes by a quantitative reverse transcription PCR assay on a greenhouse experiment with a different Sw-5b-tomato variety artificially inoculated with another SRB TSWV strain. …”
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Low Complexity Unquantized Forward Stack Decoding Algorithm for Spinal Codes in Measurement While Drilling Communication by Xiaoyang Yu, Lei Liang, Ke Jiang, Tianwei Chen

“…Furthermore, this work integrates the non-quantized forward stack decoding with the superposition UEP-Spinal code to construct a novel MWD communication system. …”
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USP8‐Dependent Family Tyrosine Kinase Promotes the Malignant Progression of Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma by Upregulating Protein Tyrosine Kinase 2 Expression by Yuechang Wu, Dubiao Xian, Yunzhong Liu, Ding Huang, Qingfeng Liu, Shubo Yang

“…This study investigated the influence of FYN on ESCC malignancy. Methods Quantitative real‐time polymerase chain reaction was used to assess the mRNA expression of FYN, while western blotting and immunohistochemistry (IHC) assays were performed to detect the protein expression of FYN, ubiquitin specific peptidase 8 (USP8) and protein tyrosine kinase 2 (PTK2). …”
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Expected annual minima from an idealized moving-average drought index by J. H. Stagge, K. Sung, K. Sung, I. F. Munyejuru, M. A. I. Haidar

“…We believe this is the first explicit quantification of annual extreme exceedances from a moving-average process where the moving-average window is proportionally large (5 %–200 %) relative to the year, as is the case for many moving-window drought indices. …”
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Microfragmented Adipose Tissue Injection (MFAT) May Be a Solution to the Rationing of Total Knee Replacement: A Prospective, Gender-Bias Mitigated, Reproducible Analysis at Two Yea... by Nima Heidari, Tiffanie-Marie Borg, Stefano Olgiati, Mark Slevin, Alessandro Danovi, Brady Fish, Adrian Wilson, Ali Noorani

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Acute recovery of heart rate in a functional fitness session and its relationship with maximum oxygen consumption by Brian Johan Bustos-Viviescas, Carlos Enrique García Yerena, Rafael Enrique Lozano Zapata, Amalia Villamizar Navarro, John Alexander García Galviz

“…<br /><strong>Methods:</strong> descriptive study with a quantitative approach with a convenience sample made up of 14 men (age 21.32±4.36 years; body mass 71.42±14.68 kg; height 1.75±0.17 m; BMI 23 01±3.61 kg/m2) and 5 women (age 22.81±3.48 years; body mass 65.82±8.45 kg; height 1.56±0.21 m; BMI 21.54± 1.35 kg/m2), they performed a maximal and incremental cardiorespiratory test (Course-Navette) and the WOD Pukie (150 burpees in the shortest possible time) on two days separated by 48 hours. …”
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Ensuring representative sample volume predictions in microplastic monitoring by Richard K. Cross, Sarah L. Roberts, Monika D. Jürgens, Andrew C. Johnson, Craig W. Davis, Todd Gouin

“…Such sample volumes run the risk of wrongly concluding that microplastics are absent in samples and are not sufficient to be quantitative. The RSVP tool also provides a harmonised Poisson point process estimation of confidence intervals to test whether two observations are likely to be significantly different, even in the absence of replication. …”
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Genome wide identification of MATE and ALMT gene family in lentil (Lens culinaris Medikus) and expression profiling under Al stress condition by Ankita Tripathi, Dharmendra Singh, Jyotika Bhati, Deepti Singh, Jyoti Taunk, Jawaher Alkahtani, Abdulrahman Al-Hashimi, Madan Pal Singh

“…Expression analyses of LcMATE and LcALMT genes were performed using quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). …”
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Gastrostomy uptake in motor neurone disease: a mixed-methods study of patients’ decision making by Natalie James, Emma Power, Anne Hogden, Julie Labra, Victoria M Flood

“…Age and symptom duration did not. Integration of quantitative and qualitative data suggests that patient perceptions of swallowing and nutrition contribute to gastrostomy acceptance; however, the decision making process is heterogeneous and these factors may not be the sole or primary reasons for acceptance. …”
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Administration of non-national immunization program vaccines for children under six in a rural county, Henan Province: Did costs matter? by Miaomiao Yin, Yuan Cao, Xiaolin Xu, Hanzhi Peng, Yu Wang, Qian Long

“…A framework approach was used to analyze qualitative data. Quantitative and qualitative data were integrated during the interpretation of the results. …”
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Recognition of Health Care Provider's Patient Safety Culture in Kurdistan/Iraq by Ismail Ahmed Ali, Shewaz Abdalrahman Hussein, Shelan Omar Ali, Fuaad Azad Muhamad

“…The study purposed to recognize the perception of the Health Care Provider (HCP) regarding patient safety culture. A quantitative design /descriptive method were carried out during the period from 12th to 24thJanuary 2019 at Rania teaching hospital. …”
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Impact of hospital readiness on patient safety incidents during the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia: health worker perceptions by Inge Dhamanti, Diah Indriani, Muhammad Miftahussurur, Eva Kurniawati, Cyrus Y Engineer

“…Objectives This study examined the impact of hospital readiness on patient safety from the healthcare workers’ perspective.Design The study employed a mixed-methods explanatory sequential design, with the quantitative phase taking precedence. We conducted an online survey of 235 healthcare workers at COVID-19 referral hospitals, followed by an interview with 11 participants from various hospital types.Setting COVID-19 referral hospitals in Indonesia.Participants Health workers working at COVID-19 referral hospitals.Measures Hospital ownership; hospital accreditation status; hospital readiness including incident management system, surge capacity, infection control and prevention, and human resource management; patient safety incident.Results According to the survey, 66.4% of the participants worked at a hospital owned by the provincial or district government, and 69.4% worked at a hospital which had received an excellent status accreditation. …”
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Profil Ekspresi MikroRNA Kanker Payudara di Purwokerto by Ari Dwi Nurasih, Indah Sulistiyawati, Muhammad Falah

“…Metode: Analisis profil ekspresi mikroRNA pada kanker payudara dilakukan dengan isolasi plasma dari pasien kanker payudara dan individu sehat, sintesis cDNA, dan kuantifikasi mikroRNA dengan quantitative real time PCR (qPCR). Kemudian dilakukan penghitungan dengan metode Livak untuk mengetahui mikroRNA yang mengalami peningkatan dan penurunan ekspresi yang signifikan. …”
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