Evaluating quasi-experimental approaches for estimating epidemiological efficacy of non-randomised field trials: applications in Wolbachia interventions for dengue by Jo Yi Chow, Lin Geng, Somya Bansal, Borame Sue Lee Dickens, Lee Ching Ng, Ary Anthony Hoffmann, Jue Tao Lim

“…Conclusions Wolbachia interventions exhibit consistent protective effects against dengue. …”
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Global minds, local impact: Exploring the effect of foreign directors on corporate R&D expenditure by Pu Tingqian, Zulkafli Abdul Hadi

“…Moreover, heterogeneity test and situational analysis are conducted. Findings/conclusions: The results confirmed a significant augmentation in corporate R&D expenditure attributable to foreign directors. …”
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The Impact of Electrophysiological Diversity on Pattern Completion in Lithium Nonresponsive Bipolar Disorder: A Computational Modeling Approach by Abraham Nunes, Selena Singh, Anouar Khayachi, Shani Stern, Thomas Trappenberg, Martin Alda

“…Excessive inhibition also induces pattern completion deficits by limiting the number of correctly active neurons during pattern retrieval. Conclusions Excitability variance in CA3 pyramidal cell–like neurons observed in lithium nonresponders may predict pattern completion deficits in these patients. …”
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Surgical Safety Checklist as an optimal organizational model in ensuring the maximum degree of preparedness for intraoperative incidents (case report) by A. S. Benyan, D. G. Khranovskiy, M. A. Medvedchikov-Ardiya, S. S. Barbasheva

“…The use of checklists for quality and safety control of medical care is an effective tool for reducing the frequency of errors, dangers and complications in any section of medical practice.The aim is to demonstrate the possibilities of minimizing and leveling the potential risks accompanying surgical intervention using the example of routine application of the surgical safety checklist.Object and methods. …”
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Cost-effectiveness of adding measurement of Chlamydia trachomatis infection and serology to trachoma prevalence surveys in Tanzania and Mozambique. by Emily C Decker, Molly W Adams, William E Oswald, Rebecca M Flueckiger, Jeremiah M Ngondi, Mawo Fall, Ezgi E Yilmaz, Lisa C Brooks, George Kabona, Henis Mior Sitoe, Mabula Kasubi, Tamimo Momade, Thomas M Lietman, Thuy Doan, Rachel D Stelmach

“…The main factor determining cost-effectiveness was sensitivity.<h4>Conclusions/significance</h4>Adding swabs or DBS to trachoma prevalence surveys can be viable, cost-effective methods for identifying trachoma indicators. …”
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The application of intraoperative molecular diagnosis in glioma surgery by HAN Zhe, LI Gang, XUE Hao

“…Molecular diagnosis corrected 14 of these errors, resulting in only 6 cases with unresolved discrepancies, achieving a correction rate of 70% (14/20). …”
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Implementing Learning from Excellence in a postanaesthesia care unit: a qualitative study of healthcare professionals’ experiences after six months by Gørill Birkeli, Ellen Catharina Tveter Deilkås, Randi Ballangrud, Anne Karin Lindahl

“…Abstract Background Prevailing efforts to ensure patient safety have primarily focused on learning from errors and adverse events (Safety-I). However, it is advocated that complex systems also learn from success (Safety-II) and focus on healthcare professionals’ well-being at work to increase resilience. …”
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Enhanced Panoramic Radiograph-Based Tooth Segmentation and Identification Using an Attention Gate-Based Encoder–Decoder Network by Salih Taha Alperen Özçelik, Hüseyin Üzen, Abdulkadir Şengür, Hüseyin Fırat, Muammer Türkoğlu, Adalet Çelebi, Sema Gül, Nebras M. Sobahi

“…Precise dental disease segmentation requires reliable tooth numbering, which may be prone to errors if performed manually. These steps can be automated using artificial intelligence, which may provide fast and accurate results. …”
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To the analysis of methods and mechanisms of predictive modeling of onboard equipment reliability when solving problems of aircraft maintenance workload planning by B. I. Ogunvoul, V. D. Budaev, D. O. Sizikov, N. V. Gorbakon, A. V. Vlasova

“…At the first stage, the data were freed from outliers and errors, then normalized to unify the scale of different variables. …”
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Validation and comparison of two methods to assess human energy expenditure during free-living activities. by Panagiota Anastasopoulou, Mirnes Tubic, Steffen Schmidt, Rainer Neumann, Alexander Woll, Sascha Härtel

“…<h4>Results</h4>The GT3X overestimated the AEE of walking (GT3X minus reference, 1.26 kcal/min), walking fast (1.72 kcal/min), walking up-/downhill (1.45 kcal/min) and walking upstairs (1.92 kcal/min) and underestimated the AEE of jogging (-1.30 kcal/min) and walking upstairs (-2.46 kcal/min). The errors for move II were smaller than those for GT3X for all activities. …”
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Robotic-Arm Assisted Technology's Impact on Knee Arthroplasty and Associated Healthcare Costs by David J. Kolessar, Daniel S. Hayes, Jennifer L. Harding, Ravi T. Rudraraju, Jove H. Graham

“…Robotic arm–assisted knee arthroplasty has garnered interest to reduce surgical errors and improve precision. # Objectives Our primary aim was to compare the episode-of-care cost up to 90 days for unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) and TKA performed before and after the introduction of robotic arm–assisted technology. …”
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Episodic therapy for genital herpes in sub-saharan Africa: a pooled analysis from three randomized controlled trials. by Helen A Weiss, Gabriela Paz Bailey, Sam Phiri, Gerard Gresenguet, Jerome LeGoff, Jacques Pepin, David A Lewis, Laurent Belec, Irving F Hoffman, William C Miller, Philippe Mayaud

“…Risk ratios (RR) were estimated using Poisson regression with robust standard errors. Of 1478 patients with genital ulcer, most (63%) had herpetic ulcers (16% first episode HSV-2 ulcers), and a further 3% chancroid, 2% syphilis, 0.7% lymphogranuloma venereum and 31% undetermined aetiology. …”
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Minority health social vulnerability index and long COVID illness among a statewide, population-based study of adults with polymerase chain reaction-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 by Soomin Ryu, Kristi L. Allgood, Yanmei Xie, Robert C. Orellana, Nancy L. Fleischer

“…There were no statistically significant associations in other themes after the adjustment for covariates. Conclusions Our findings suggest the importance of upstream social determinants of health during public health emergencies and provide evidence that medically vulnerable communities need additional public health resources to cope with long COVID among their residents.…”
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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MANAGEMENT OF FLOATING CAPITAL AND PERFORMANCE OF THE COMPANY by V. V. Nazarova, S. P. Glebov

“…In order to obtain applied conclusions, the authors built models with fixed and random effects and used cluster standard errors to reduce the impact of data autocorrelation. …”
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Impact of Uncertainties in Exposure Assessment on Thyroid Cancer Risk among Persons in Belarus Exposed as Children or Adolescents Due to the Chernobyl Accident. by Mark P Little, Deukwoo Kwon, Lydia B Zablotska, Alina V Brenner, Elizabeth K Cahoon, Alexander V Rozhko, Olga N Polyanskaya, Victor F Minenko, Ivan Golovanov, André Bouville, Vladimir Drozdovitch

“…There were also borderline significant (p = 0.102) modifying effects of gender on the radiation dose trend, but no significant modifying effects of age at time of accident, or age at screening as modifiers of dose response (p>0.2).<h4>Conclusions</h4>In summary, the relatively small contribution of unshared classical dose error in the current study results in comparatively modest effects on the regression parameters.…”
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FEATURES OF USING VBA IN TEACHING ACTUARIAL MATHEMATICS by Volodymyr Zubchenko, Rostyslav Yamnenko

“…VBA also allows you to automate repetitive tasks involving complex mathematical calculations, which saves time and reduces errors. Therefore, its use is recommended when teaching topics involving tabular data, especially life expectancy. …”
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New Technologies in Electronic Pharmacovigilance Systems for Marketing Authorisation Holders by O. A. Loginovskaya, V. P. Kolbatov, R. V. Sukhov, M. S. Ryavkina, A. S. Kolbin

“…As the technologies reduce the degree of human involvement into routine processes of data collection, entry, verification, and analysis, the likelihood of errors reduces as well, whereas the quality and accuracy of the obtained results improve.…”
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Reproducibility of peak force for isometric and isokinetic multi-joint leg extension exercise by Manfred Zöger, Alfred Nimmerichter, Arnold Baca, Klaus Wirth

“…Statistical analysis included paired sample t-tests, Cohen’s d effect sizes, intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC), standard errors of measurement (SEM), and Bland-Altman calculations, including corresponding plots. …”
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Deep learning for automatic brain tumour segmentation on MRI: evaluation of recommended reporting criteria via a reproduction and replication study by Justin Schneiderman, Rolf A Heckemann, Emilia Gryska, Isabella Björkman-Burtscher, Asgeir Store Jakola, Tora Dunås

“…The replication of the first method showed promising results in terms of Dice similarity coefficient (DSC) and sensitivity (Sen) on HGG cases (DSC=0.77, Sen=0.88) and LGG cases (DSC=0.73, Sen=0.83), however, poorer performance was observed for MNG cases (DSC=0.61, Sen=0.71). Preprocessing errors were identified that contributed to low quantitative scores in some cases.Conclusions Established reproducibility criteria do not sufficiently emphasise description of the preprocessing pipeline. …”
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Job Demands and Resources Perceived by Dentists in a Digital Dental Workplace and Perceived Effects on Job Satisfaction and Stress: A Qualitative Study by Julia Sofie Gebhardt, Volker Harth, David A. Groneberg, Stefanie Mache

“…<b>Results:</b> The findings highlight that digital systems in dental practices offer benefits such as reduced errors and time savings, but also pose challenges, especially for less experienced users. …”
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