Validation of Automated Somatotype Estimation Proposal Using Full-Body 3D Scanning by Bibiána Ondrejová, Lucia Bednarčíková, Norbert Ferenčík, Jozef Živčák

“…Traditional methods, such as the Heath–Carter approach, rely on manual measurements, which can be prone to errors and variability. This study evaluates the validity and reliability of 3D body scanning as an alternative to manual somatotyping. …”
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The results of two-stage optico-functional rehabilitation of patients with refractive disorders and the risk of postoperative asthenopic syndrome after FemtoLASIK by I. A. Mushkova, M. L. Mitronina, T. A. Kornyushina, N. V. Maychuk, L. T. Shamsetdinova

“…Patients in both groups underwent functional treatment followed by the correction of refractive errors with FemtoLASIK technology. To eliminate accommodation dysfunctions, a medical device OXYS was used. …”
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Patient Acceptability and Technical Reliability of Wearable Devices Used for Monitoring People With Parkinson Disease: Survey Study by Tasmin Alanna Rookes, Amit Batla, Megan Armstrong, Gareth Ambler, Kate Walters, Anette Schrag

“…The ActivInsights device was more acceptable than the wrist- and trunk-worn Axivity AX3 devices, as more participants found it to be comfortable (n=15, 100% vs n=5, 71%; PPPPPPP ConclusionsAcceptability of wearables for monitoring Parkinson was satisfactory, especially when wrist-worn, although a few participants experienced difficulties in correct use, and there were some errors with the data upload.…”
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Differences in functional outcomes for adult patients with prosthodontically-treated and -untreated shortened dental arches: a systematic review. by Saadika Khan, Alfred Musekiwa, Usuf M E Chikte, Ridwaan Omar

“…By using only high quality studies it was expected that the results would be more reliable when making conclusions and recommendations, but some of the included studies had to be downgraded due to methodological errors.…”
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Spatiotemporal stability estimation of physicochemical parameters of rice based on dynamic process orientation and refined abundance modification by Shanjun Luo, Qian Li, Wu Zhaocong

“…The NDREgreen yielded the highest coefficients of determination (R2) of 0.69, 0.71, and 0.70, root mean square errors (RMSEs) of 2.35, 2.19, and 97.61, relative RMSEs (RRMSEs) of 31.87%, 5.61%, and 33.06%, respectively. …”
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Impacts of endogenous opioid blockade and sex on working memory among ad-libitum and abstinent smokers and non-smokers by Ryan Johnson, Briana N. DeAngelis, Motohiro Nakajima, Sharon S. Allen, Mustafa al'Absi

“…We did not find evidence of any differences based on smoking group (non-smoker, smoking abstinence, or ad-libitum smoking), nor were there any significant interaction effects. Conclusions: The findings suggest a modulating role of the endogenous opioid system in working memory function. …”
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DTI-RME: a robust and multi-kernel ensemble approach for drug-target interaction prediction by Yuqing Qian, Xin Zhang, Yizheng Wang, Quan Zou, Chen Cao, Yijie Ding, Xiaoyi Guo

“…The DTI-RME introduces an innovative $$L_2-C$$ L 2 - C loss function that combines the benefits of $$L_2$$ L 2 loss to reduce prediction errors and the robustness of C-loss in handling outliers. …”
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Association between maternal and child health care and neonatal death in Angola: a secondary analysis of Angola Demographic Health Survey 2015–16 by Akiko Saito, Masahide Kondo

“…The individual sample weight, sample strata for sampling errors/design, and cluster number were incorporated in a descriptive and logistic regression analysis to account for the unequal probability sampling in different strata. …”
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Drug-Coated Balloon for De Novo Coronary Artery Lesions: A Systematic Review and Trial Sequential Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials by Wei Liu, Min Zhang, Guangping Chen, Zongzhuang Li, Fang Wei

“…Trial sequential meta-analysis (TSA) was performed to assess the false positive and false negative errors. Results. A total of 2,137 patients enrolled in 12 RCTs were analyzed. …”
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E-Commerce Enterprise Supply Chain Cost Control under the Background of Big Data by Haijun Mao, Long Chen

“…Finally, it summarized the research results and drew conclusions to provide a theoretical basis for promoting enterprises products products to reduce supply chain costs. …”
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Cost-effectiveness of financial incentives to improve glycemic control in adults with diabetes: A pilot randomized controlled trial. by Leonard E Egede, Rebekah J Walker, Clara E Dismuke-Greer, Sarah Pyzyk, Aprill Z Dawson, Joni S Williams, Jennifer A Campbell

“…<h4>Results</h4>The ICER to decrease HbA1c by 1% was $1,100 for all three arms, however, bootstrapped standard errors differed with Group 1 having twice the variation around the ICER coefficient as Groups 2 and 3. …”
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Emotional, informational and instrumental support needs in patients with breast cancer who have undergone surgery: a cross-sectional study by Tingting Cai, Qingmei Huang, Changrong Yuan

“…Due to exclusions for response errors, the final analysed sample included 461 participants (mean age of 50.9 years). …”
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The impact of changes in fibromyalgia diagnosis criteria: using NAMCS data (2010–2019) to identify trends by Anthony Rubano, Michael R. Jiroutek, Susan Avila Misciagno

“…Given the extensive revisions to the diagnostic criteria in 2016, instances of over-and under-diagnosing as well as measurement errors corresponding to the different diagnostic criteria utilized, the current study sought to investigate changes in the incidence of fibromyalgia diagnoses and the associations between fibromyalgia diagnosis and relevant comorbidities and somatic symptoms of interest. …”
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Inclusion of unexposed clusters improves the precision of fixed effects analysis of stepped-wedge cluster randomized trials with binary and count outcomes by Kenneth Menglin Lee, Grace Meijuan Yang, Yin Bun Cheung

“…Results The simulations show that including unexposed clusters leads to tangible improvements in the precision, power, and root mean square error of the intervention effect estimator. The inclusion of the unexposed cluster in the SW-CRT of a novel palliative care intervention with binary outcomes yielded smaller standard errors and narrower 95% Wald Confidence Intervals. …”
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Development and implementation of an etiology-based diagnostic framework for acute abdominal pain in emergency settings by Hui Guo, Xu-Rui Li, Yun-Lei Du, Yang-Juan Jia, Hong-Ling Li, Qian Zhao, Yan-Peng Li, Jian-Guo Li

“…Abstract Background Diagnostic checklists have been demonstrated to reduce errors in clinical reasoning. Building on previous validation studies, this research presents the development and clinical application of an etiology-based diagnostic framework for evaluating acute abdominal pain. …”
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Implementation of a therapeutic reconciliation procedure at admission by the emergency department by Elena Urbieta Sanz, Abel Trujilano Ruiz, Celia García-Molina Sáez, Sonia Galicia Puyol, Carmen Caballero Requejo, Pascual Piñera Salmerón

“…Greater compliance with risk criteria, polypharmacy and pluripathology were associated with present RE and prescription of high-risk medications with the need for intervention Conclusions: The application of TRP avoided any error in most of the patients. …”

Variations in Oppel–Kundt Illusion Strength Among Depressive and Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder Groups: Impact of Benzodiazepine Use by Edgaras Diržius, Rasa Pakanavičiūtė, Deimantė Andriuškevičiūtė, Darius Leskauskas, Aleksandr Bulatov

“…The patients who were taking benzodiazepines made greater errors evaluating OK figures than those who were not. …”
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IMPROVEMENT OF EXPERT ANALYSIS FOR ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS USING COMPUTER SIMULATION PROGRAMS by S. A. Azemsha, V. N. Galushko, S. V. Skirkovski

“…While carrying out the analysis it has been established that an application of special software makes it possible to improve significantly efficiency of the executed works directed on solution of the assigned tasks, to speed up calculation processes, to decrease qualitatively probability of arithmetic errors and provides the possibility to visualize results of the conducted investigations. …”
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Power and sample size calculation for non-inferiority trials with treatment switching in intention-to-treat analysis comparing RMSTs by Austin Shih, Chih-Yuan Hsu, Yu Shyr

“…With the adjusted margins, the type I errors are well-controlled. The ratios of sample sizes with treatment switching to those without switching are close to 1, indicating no significant change in power at sample sizes without switching when using adjusted margins. …”
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Assessing the Efficiency of Reduced Positional Games in Soccer: A Multivariate Analysis of Technical and Tactical Indicators According to Different Playing Systems by Mostafa Errama, Mustapha Bassiri, Jafaar Atifi, Said Lotfi

“…It seeks to determine how RPG optimize key indicators such as possession, passing, shooting, goals scored and error reduction, while exploring their influence on tactical synchronization and team cohesion. …”
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