Sample size recalculation based on the overall success rate in a randomized test-treatment trial with restricting randomization to discordant pairs by Caroline Elzner, Amra Pepić, Oke Gerke, Antonia Zapf

“…Results The empirical type I error rate is sufficiently controlled in the adaptive design as well as in the fixed design and the estimates are unbiased. …”
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Chronic kidney disease patient safety in hemodialysis: evidence of scale validity and reliability by Leticia Lima Aguiar, Marina Guerra Martins, Renan Alves Silva, Thereza Maria Magalhães Moreira, Paulo César de Almeida, Joselany Áfio Caetano

“…It achieved a Cronbach’s alpha of 0.78 and explained 72.41% of the total variance. Conclusions: the scale provides evidence of weaknesses or strengths related to specific indicators, which may or may not impact patient safety in hemodialysis care.…”
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RETRACTED ARTICLE: Repression of lncRNA-SVUGP2 mediated by EZH2 contributes to the development of non-small cell lung cancer via brisking Wnt/β-catenin signal by Sen Wei, Jinghao Liu, Xin Li, Xingyu Liu

“…Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine, and Biotechnology, 47:1, 3400–3409, DOI: 10.1080/21691401.2019.1648279Since publication, the authors repeated some of their experiments and found that under the same conditions they could not repeat the results reported in this paper. As this error directly impacts the reported results and conclusions the authors alerted the issue to the Editor and Publisher and all have agreed to retract the article to ensure correction of the scholarly record.We have been informed in our decision-making by our policy on publishing ethics and integrity and the COPE guidelines on retractions.The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as ‘Retracted’.…”
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Experimental Study on The Mechanical Properties of Novel Viscous Mass Damper by CAI Yijie, XU Weizhi, WANG Shuguang, DU Dongsheng, SUN Yue

“…In terms of force magnitude, the maximum error was 42.5 kN, while the average error was as low as 20.97 kN. …”
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Case Report: Duodenal gastrointestinal stromal tumor misdiagnosed as tumor located on the major duodenal papilla leading to fatal gastrointestinal bleeding in a child by Chengxian Yang, Kewei Li, Bo Xiang

“…The ulcer's morphology and location mimicked the appearance of the major duodenal papilla, leading to the initial diagnostic error.ConclusionsDuodenal GISTs in pediatric patients often present asymptomatically but can manifest with severe complications such as fatal gastrointestinal bleeding. …”
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Polar Value Analysis of Low to Moderate Astigmatism with Wavefront-Guided Sub-Bowman Keratomileusis by Pisong Yan, Zhiyu Du, Yu Zhang

“…Similar results for surgically induced astigmatism (SIA) and error of the procedure in both anterior corneal astigmatism (ACA) and total ocular astigmatism (TOA). …”
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Research and Analysis on the Influence of Small Clear Distance Drilling and Blasting Method on the Existing Tunnel Structure by Haibin Huang, Peng Li, Chuang Wang, Bingxiang Yuan, Minjie Chen, Weimin Feng

“…In addition, the relative error between the measured value and the simulated value was less than 5%, indicating the accuracy of the numerical simulation.…”
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Improvement of Mohr-Coulomb criterion for designing pavements of roads of low traffic intensity by A. S. Aleksandrov, T. V. Semenova

“…Consequently, in terms of soil shear displacement while designing road pavements, stresses applied along two different sites are considered, which is an error and requires correction.   Materials and methods. …”
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Commentary on “Hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin as a treatment of COVID-19: results of an open label non-randomized clinical trial” by Gautret et al by Mondher Toumi, Samuel Aballea

“…However, none of these observations is of a nature to reverse the conclusions. The study brings useful knowledge consistent with available evidence and clinical practice from China and South Korea, which could have prompted quicker policy decision-making.…”
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From Fresh to Dried: Evaluating Drying Kinetics of Sultana and Besni Grapes by Mehmet Başlar

“…When evaluating the coefficient of determination (R2), chi-square (χ2), and root-mean-square error (RMSE) values for the dehydrated grapes, the results reveal that all three models provided a reasonable fit for the experimental data, with the Page model proving to be the best fit. …”
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New Class of Estimators for Finite Population Mean Under Stratified Double Phase Sampling with Simulation and Real-Life Application by Abdulaziz S. Alghamdi, Hleil Alrweili

“…However, performing such removal can reduce the accuracy of conventional estimating techniques, particularly with regard to the mean square error (MSE). In order to increase population mean estimation accuracy while taking extreme values into consideration, this study presents an enhanced class of estimators. …”
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Eye Gaze Estimation Based on Stacked Hourglass Neural Network for Aircraft Helmet Aiming by Quanlong Qiu, Jie Zhu, Chao Gou, Mengtang Li

“…The prototype experiments demonstrate the ability to pick and aim at targets in real-time (60FPS) and are capable to accurately locate the target markers on a screen with an average error of fewer than 2 degrees. Conclusively, the proposed method performs the tasks of eye feature extraction on real-person imagery and the estimation of the 3D aiming direction for users with helmets, displaying competitive results with similar research.…”
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Mapping the ADDQoL to the EQ-5D-5L and SF-6Dv2 among Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus by Haoran Fang, Tianqi Hong, Xinran Liu, Chang Luo, Yuanyuan Hou, Shitong Xie

“…Model performance was evaluated using mean absolute error (MAE), root mean square error (RMSE), and intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC). …”
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The Efficacy of Conversational AI in Rectifying the Theory-of-Mind and Autonomy Biases: Comparative Analysis by Marcin Rządeczka, Anna Sterna, Julia Stolińska, Paulina Kaczyńska, Marcin Moskalewicz

“…ResultsThis study revealed that general-purpose chatbots outperformed therapeutic chatbots in rectifying cognitive biases, particularly in overtrust bias, fundamental attribution error, and just-world hypothesis. GPT-4 achieved the highest scores across all biases, whereas the therapeutic bot Wysa scored the lowest. …”
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Application of D-InSAR in monitoring the impacts of shaft grouting on surface and building deformations by Hui LIU, Rumeng LU, Lijuan SU, Shiguang CHENG, Pengfei ZHANG, Hua CHENG

“…Accordingly, this study analyzed the impacts of grouting on the surface and buildings. [Results and Conclusions] The results indicate that compared to leveling measurements, the D-InSAR-based land subsidence monitoring yielded an average error of 1.70 mm and a maximum error of 2.70 mm. …”
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Predicting pediatric age from chest X-rays using deep learning: a novel approach by Maolin Li, Jiang Zhao, Huanhuan Liu, Biao Jin, Xuee Cui, Dengbin Wang

“…A dataset comprising 128,008 images was retrospectively collected from two large tertiary hospitals in Shanghai. Mean Absolute Error (MAE) and Mean Absolute Percentage Error (MAPE) were employed as main evaluation metrics across age groups. …”
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Stress triggering mechanism of strong mine earthquake in huge thick strata revealed by inversion of joint source rupture information by Yao YANG, Anye CAO, Yaoqi LIU, Xianxi BAI, Changbin WANG, Chengchun XUE, Qiang WANG

“…The results show that the PCA can extract the key information of complex waveforms, and applied to the HMTI can significantly reduce the error between the theoretical and observed amplitudes of waveforms, and ensure the accuracy of the source rupture information used for stress inversion. …”
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Using Bayesian analysis to quantify and reduce uncertainty in experimental measurements — A narrow-angle radiometer case study by Teri S. Draper, Jennifer P. Spinti, Philip J. Smith, Terry A. Ring, Eric G. Eddings

“…Without quantified uncertainty, it is difficult to draw definitive conclusions from the experimental data, as a lack of formal uncertainty analysis leaves the reliability of the data unknown. …”
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Comparison of amblyopia in schoolchildren in Ireland and Northern Ireland: a population-based observational cross-sectional analysis of a treatable childhood visual deficit by Veronica O'Dwyer, Kathryn Saunders, Siofra Harrington, Karen Breslin

“…Objectives This study reports the prevalence of persistent amblyopia (post-traditional treatment age) in schoolchildren in the Republic of Ireland (henceforth Ireland) and Northern Ireland (NI), UK; populations with broadly similar refractive and genetic profiles but different eye-care systems.Design This is a population-based observational study of amblyopia and refractive error.Setting Recruitment and testing in primary and post-primary schools in Ireland and NI.Participants Two groups identified through random cluster sampling to represent the underlying population; Ireland 898 participants (12–13 years old) and NI 723 participants (295 aged 9–10 years old, 428 aged 15–16 years old).Main outcome measures Monocular logMAR visual acuity (presenting and pinhole), refractive error (cycloplegic autorefraction), ocular alignment (cover test) and history of previous eye care. …”
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Predictors of the Intention to Stop Using Smart Devices at Bedtime Among University Students in Saudi Arabia: Cross-Sectional Survey by Manal Almalki

“…Model fit was excellent (comparative fit index=0.845 and root mean square error of approximation=0.039). ConclusionsPerceived negative effects on sleep quality and physical sleep disturbances are strong predictors of the intention to stop using smart devices at bedtime among university students in Saudi Arabia. …”
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