Psychometric properties of the Sport Mental Health Continuum – Short Form scale (Sport MHC-SF): cross-cultural validation and measurement invariance of the Chinese adaptation by Xiawei Wang, Yang Zhou, Lan Li, Yee Cheng Kueh, Linxian Zeng, Garry Kuan

“…Chi-square values were 262.704 (74) and 262.705 (74), respectively, with a comparative fit index (CFI) of 0.968, a Tucker-Lewis index (TLI) of 0.961, a standardized root mean square residual (SRMR) of 0.027, and a root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA) of 0.050 (90% CI: 0.043–0.056). …”
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Hybrid MDM-MIMO radio-over-free space optical system for high-capacity 5G and beyond networks under strong and weak scintillation by Sushank Chaudhary, Sunita Khichar, Muhammad Saadi, Amir Parniarifard, Abhishek Sharma

“…Performance metrics such as Bit Error Rate (BER) and spectral efficiency are evaluated for different MIMO configurations (2 × 2 and 4 × 4) to assess link reliability and robustness.ResultsThe results demonstrate that MDM-MIMO configurations significantly enhance system performance, with the 4 × 4 MIMO setup exhibiting the lowest BER and superior signal quality over extended link distances. …”
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Examining age, period and cohort effects in attitude change to childhood vaccinations in a representative New Zealand survey: a multiyear cohort-sequential growth modelling study by Emily Hayes, Kumar Yogeeswaran, Elena Zubielevitch, Carol H J Lee, Jacinta Cording, Chris G Sibley

“…Additionally, the findings suggest attitudes towards childhood vaccinations were becoming increasingly more positive in all birth cohorts (ps<0.001), with younger and older birth cohorts exhibiting even positive attitudes compared with middle-aged cohorts.Conclusion Overall, both the cohort-based and period-based models reveal changes in vaccination attitudes suggesting that even prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, societal influences had an impact on attitudes towards childhood vaccination.…”
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Century-Long Cycles of Evolution of the Country’s Active Population by A. I. Latysheva

“…The collected factual material allows us to draw a conclusion about the general patterns of creative activity of the population both at the beginning of the last century and in our years. …”
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New Plasma Separation Glucose Oxidase-based Glucometer in Monitoring of Blood With Different PO2 Levels by Ming-Sheng Lee, Lon-Yen Tsao, Yu-Ching Tseng, Shiu-Jung Tsai, Mei-Li Tsai, Tony Huang, Han-Yao Chiu

“…In the second arm of the study, the results were also unaffected by changes in PO2. Conclusion: The PalmLab glucometer provides accurate results in samples with high PO2 and is suitable for measuring arterial glucose levels in pediatric patients.…”
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Performance Investigation of Underwater Retroreflective Optical Integrated Sensing and Communication System by WAN Xin, WANG Haochuan, YE Yang, ZENG Zhihong, LIU Min, LENG Min, CHEN Chen

“…In addition, in the underwater RO-ISAC system based on the OFDM waveform, underwater turbulence has a great impact on the Bit Error Rate (BER) performance of the system. When the turbulence is stronger, the BER performance is worse. …”
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A Comparative Study on Tear Film Analysis in Patients Undergoing Photorefractive Keratomileusis, Sub Bowman’s Keratomileusis, and Femtosecond-assisted Laser in situ Keratomileusis... by Harika Reddy, B. Shashidhar, V. Haritha

“…The decision to use PRK or LASIK (SBK and femtosecond LASIK) was based on each patient’s corneal topography and refractive error. LipiView interferometer was used to assess (Tear science, Morrisville, NC) lipid layer thickness and blink rate (complete and incomplete), Schirmer test 1 to assess tear secretion, tear film break up time (TBUT) to assess tear film stability pre and postoperatively. …”
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Analysing dengue fever spread in Kenya using the Zero-Inflated Poisson model by Lameck Ondieki Agasa, Faith Thuita, Thomas Achia, Antony Karanja

“…Humidity (β = 0.0578, standard error [s.e.] = 0.0024, z = 24.157, p  2e-16) and temperature (β = 0.0558, s.e. = 0.0053, z = 10.497, p  0.01) showed a positive relationship with dengue cases, while rainfall (β = –0.0045, s.e. = 0.0003, z = –16.523, p  0.01) had a significant negative effect. …”
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Determination of Multicomponents in Rubi Fructus by Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Technique by Wenjun Du, Chunyan Wu, Hesong Yu, Qingran Kong, Yunjian Xu, Weidong Zhang

“…The RMSE ratios of the calibration set and the test set were 0.98, 0.94, and 1.0, respectively. Conclusion. The R-values of the NIR-PLSR models for moisture, ellagic acid, and total flavonoids are all greater than 0.90 after suitable pretreatments, indicating that the models are reliable. …”
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Identifying Neurocognitive Decline at 36 Months among HIV-Positive Participants in the CHARTER Cohort Using Group-Based Trajectory Analysis. by Marie-Josée Brouillette, Tracy Yuen, Lesley K Fellows, Lucette A Cysique, Robert K Heaton, Nancy E Mayo

“…Each trajectory was categorized as stable, improved or declined, according to two different criteria for change (whether the magnitude of the estimated change at 36 months differed ≥ 0.5 standard deviations from baseline value or changed by > the standard error of measurement estimated at times 1 and 2). …”
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3D-printed skull model for enhancing training in external ventricular drainage within medical education by Katharina Scheidt, Fabian Kropla, Dirk Winkler, Robert Möbius, Martin Vychopen, Johannes Wach, Erdem Güresir, Ronny Grunert

“…Abstract Background The importance of reducing error rates in invasive procedures has led to the development of teaching phantoms. …”
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A prospective study on metabolic risk factors and gallbladder cancer in the metabolic syndrome and cancer (Me-Can) collaborative study. by Wegene Borena, Michael Edlinger, Tone Bjørge, Christel Häggström, Björn Lindkvist, Gabriele Nagel, Anders Engeland, Tanja Stocks, Susanne Strohmaier, Jonas Manjer, Randi Selmer, Steinar Tretli, Hans Concin, Goran Hallmans, Håkan Jonsson, Pär Stattin, Hanno Ulmer

“…The risk estimates were corrected for random error in measurements.<h4>Results</h4>During an average follow-up of 12.0 years (SD = 7.8), 184 primary gallbladder cancers were diagnosed. …”
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Analysis of factors associated with arterial stiffness in the general working-age population by V. S. Kaveshnikov, I. A. Trubacheva, V. N. Serebryakova

“…A linear model was used to identify associations. An error rate of &lt;5% was considered significant.Results. …”
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Validation of the Maslach burnout inventory-general survey 9-item short version (MBI-GS9) among care aides in Canadian nursing homes by Anni Wang, Yinfei Duan, Seyedehtanaz Saeidzadeh, Peter G. Norton, Carole A. Estabrooks

“…The MBI-GS9 had a three-factor structure in the full sample and showed equivalent factor structure, factor loadings, latent values, factor variance and error variance across different sex and age groups. …”
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Variability in accuracy of prostate cancer segmentation among radiologists, urologists, and scientists by Michael Y. Chen, Maria A. Woodruff, Prokar Dasgupta, Nicholas J. Rukin

“…Participants spent less time on the kidney tumor segmentation and self‐rated accuracy was higher than both prostate tumors. Conclusion Segmentation of prostate cancers is more difficult than other anatomy such as kidney tumors. …”
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Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the short version of anterior cruciate ligament return to sport after injury scale to Persian Language by Fereshteh Kazemi pakdel, Ahmad Kazemi pakdel, Mohammad Ali Sarbazi Zarandi, Safoora Sabaghian Rad, Hamed Zarei

“…Results The findings indicate that the measure demonstrates excellent test-retest reliability (intraclass correlation coefficients = 0.92 [0.86 − 0.95]) and strong internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.91). Also, the standard error of measurement and minimum detectable change were determined to be 5.11 and 10.69, respectively. …”
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Advanced tooth profile roughing system (Innovating gear skiving with diamond-shaped edge tools) by Hiroki YONEZAWA, Jun’ichi KANEKO, Takeyuki ABE, Akihiro NAKAZATO

“…As a result, the amount of error in the machined tooth profile relative to the target tooth profile was within ±25 μm except for the root. …”
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Reliability of intracortical inhibiton measured using threshold tracking technique by I. S. Bakulin, A. Kh. Zabirova, A. G. Poydasheva, D. O. Sinitsyn, D. Yu. Lagoda, N. A. Suponeva, M. A. Piradov

“…At the first day the procedure was performed twice (T1, T2), at the second day – once (T3). Standard error of the measurement (SEM) and SEM% were calculated to assess absolute reliability, and intra-class correlation coefficient – for the assessment of relative reliability.Results. …”
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Cancer care to the population of Russia in 2022 by A. O. Shakhzadova, V. V. Starinsky, I. V. Lisichnikova

“…Based on data from the state medical statistics according to the form No. 7 “information on malignant neoplasms for 2022” the crude and standardized rates, standard error of crude and standardized rates, confidence intervals (ci) for 2022, and the qualitative parameters of cancer care were calculated.Results. in 2022, 624,835 new cancer cases were detected in the Russian Federation (283,179 in men and 341,656 in women), in increase of 7.6 % compared to 2021 (in 2021: 580415), and decrease of 2.4 % compared to 2019 (in 2019: 640391). in 2022, the crude incidence rate was 425.89 ± 0.54 per 100,000 population of Russia (ci: 424.83–426.95 per 100,000 population), which was 7.0 % higher than that in 2021 (in 2021 – 397.91 ± 0.54 per 100,000 population) but 2.4 % lower than in 2019 (in 2019 – 436.34 ± 0.52 per 100,000 population). the standardized incidence rate was 236.47 ± 0.32 per 100,000 population (ci: 235.84–237.10 per 100,000 population), which was 5.2 % higher compared to that observed in 2021 (in 2021 – 224.87 ± 0.32 per 100,000 population) but 5.2 % lower than in 2019 (in 2019 – 249.54 ± 0.33 per 100,000 population). the prevalence rate of cancer in 2022 was 2,742.4 per 100,000 population of Russia, an increase in the prevalence rate over 10 years was 33.9 %.Conclusion. …”
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Self-Reported Physical Activity and Relations to Growth and Neurotrophic Factors in Diabetes Mellitus: The Framingham Offspring Study by Nicole L. Spartano, Kendra L. Davis-Plourde, Jayandra J. Himali, Joanne M. Murabito, Ramachandran S. Vasan, Alexa S. Beiser, Sudha Seshadri

“…In participants with DM, more ambulatory physical activity was associated with higher IGF-1 levels (β±standard error SE=0.22±0.08, p=0.009), and more total physical activity was related to higher BDNF levels (β±SE=0.18±0.08, p=0.035), but physical activity was not significantly related to circulating VEGF. …”
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