Four New Patient-Reported Outcome Measures Examining Health-Seeking Behavior in Persons With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (REDD-CAT): Instrument Development Study by Suzanne E Mitchell, Michael A Kallen, Jonathan P Troost, Barbara A De La Cruz, Alexa Bragg, Jessica Martin-Howard, Ioana Moldovan, Jennifer A Miner, Brian W Jack, Noelle E Carlozzi

“…Items with sparse responses, low-adjusted total score correlations, nonmonotonicity, low factor loading, and high residual correlations of high error modification indices were candidates for exclusion. …”
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Saddle and nodal point aspects on stagnation point MHD Casson nanofluid flow over Howarth’s wavy circular cylinder with pollutant concentration with stochastic intelligence approac... by G.K. Tejaswini, B.M. Santhosh, Bhavesh Kanabar, V. Sandeep, K. Vinutha, K.V. Nagaraja

“…To successfully solve parameters, the accuracy of the Levenberg–Marquardt technique is examined using regression analysis, mean square error, and histogram.…”
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Influence of the print orientation and cast thickness on the accuracy of DLP master casts for fixed dental prostheses by Ignacio García-Gil, Verónica Rodríguez Alonso, Carlos López Suárez, Seyed Ali Mosaddad, Jesús Peláez, María J Suárez

“…Discrepancies between the reference STL and the experimental STL of the printed cast were measured by using the root mean square (RMS) error. Data were statistically analyzed using one-way ANOVA and Tukey’s HDS test to evaluate the trueness, and precision was assessed using the Levene test (α = 0.05). …”
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Prediction of influenza-like illness incidence using meteorological factors in Kunming : deep learning model study by Pei-long Li, Rong-wei Huang, Rong-man Xie, Juan Xie, Kai Liu

“…After incorporating the meteorological data into the analysis, the Mean Absolute Percentage Error (MAPE) for predicting ILI incidence using LSTM and attention-based stacked LSTM was 46.31% and 30.74%. …”
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Feasibility Validation on Healthy Adults of a Novel Active Vibrational Sensing Based Ankle Band for Ankle Flexion Angle Estimation by Peiqi Kang, Shuo Jiang, Peter B. Shull, Benny Lo

“…The regression estimation error is 4.16 degrees, and the R² is 0.81. …”
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Axial Length and Ocular Development of Premature Infants without ROP by Yi Zha, Guangdong Zhu, Jinfei Zhuang, Haihua Zheng, Jianqiu Cai, Wangqiang Feng

“…Refractive error in preterm infants at GA between 28 to 37 weeks was not related to axial length. …”
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Analysis of effects of meteorological variables on dengue incidence in Bangladesh using VAR and Granger causality approach by Md. Jamal Hossain, Nazia Sultana, Anwesha Das, Fariea Nazim Jui, Md. Kamrul Islam, Md. Mijanoor Rahman, Mohammad Mafizur Rahman

“…Rainfall can potentially have a short-term and long-term effect on the incidence of dengue, as per the estimates of the VECM model.ConclusionsThese findings will assist policymakers in Bangladesh in developing a dengue fever early warning system depending on climate change. …”
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A Study on Residential Community-Level Housing Vacancy Rate Based on Multi-Source Data: A Case Study of Longquanyi District in Chengdu City by Yuchi Zou, Junjie Zhu, Defen Chen, Dan Liang, Wen Wei, Wuxue Cheng

“…In the case study of Longquanyi District in Chengdu City, the main conclusions are as follows: (1) with low data resolution, the model estimates a root mean square error (RMSE) of 0.14, which is highly accurate; (2) the average housing vacancy rate (HVR) of houses in Longquanyi District’s residential community is 46%; (3) the HVR rises progressively with the increase in the distance from the city center; (4) the correlation between the HVR of Longquanyi District and the house prices of the area is not obvious; (5) the correlation between the HVR of Longquanyi District and the time of completion of the communities in the region is not obvious, but the newly built communities have extremely high HVR. …”
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Performance Evaluation of Four Deep Learning-Based CAD Systems and Manual Reading for Pulmonary Nodules Detection, Volume Measurement, and Lung-RADS Classification Under Varying Ra... by Sifan Chen, Lingqi Gao, Maolu Tan, Ke Zhang, Fajin Lv

“…Performance metrics included sensitivity, specificity, volume error (AVE), and Lung-RADS classification accuracy. …”
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Knowledge, attitudes and practices about Visceral leishmaniasis in three communes of Neiva, Huila by Paola Aranzazu Garzon Polania, Maria Camila Charry Camacho, Angel David Salas Medina, Maria Eugenia Hernández Valenzuela, Juan Carlos Zambrano Arteaga

“…In addition, 385 CAP-type surveys were applied, with a margin of error of 5% and a reliability of 95%. People aged 18 years or older (267 women and 117 men) who voluntarily wished to participate, with prior informed consent, were included. …”
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Efficacy of a Low-Cost Weight-Bearing Sensitivity Incentivator After Lower Limb Surgery: A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial by Alessandro Manelli, Isella Carola, Fabrizio Mancini, Schiavone Nicola, Rathlef Daniel, Marina Protasoni, Andrea Brambilla, Piero Antonio Zecca

“…The between-group difference in final load error was 10.8 kg (95% CI: −15.2 to −6.4), with a large effect size (Cohen’s d = 1.71). …”
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Electrical Bioimpedance-Based Monitoring of Intracochlear Tissue Changes After Cochlear Implantation by Leanne Sijgers, Marlies Geys, Gunnar Geissler, Patrick Boyle, Alexander Huber, Flurin Pfiffner

“…Results: There was an 11% relative error between monopolar measurements from BEDCS and AIM and a 25% discrepancy between direct and indirect three-point measurements. …”
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Long-Term Assessment of the Properties of Load Sensors Applied in Weigh-in-Motion Systems by Janusz Gajda, Ryszard Sroka, Piotr Burnos, Mateusz Daniol

“…These operations aim to ensure that vehicle weighing error is consistently maintained within a permissible range of values. …”
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The Feasibility of a Music Therapy Respiratory Telehealth Protocol on Long COVID Respiratory Symptoms by Jingwen Zhang, Joanne V. Loewy, Lisa Spielman, Zijian Chen, Jonathan M. Raskin

“…While this approach may increase the risk of Type I error, the findings are intended to inform hypotheses for future confirmatory studies rather than to draw definitive conclusions.…”
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Lifestyle Profile Scale for Gravida with Urinary Incontinence: scale development and psychometric testing in Chinese Mainland by Hongyan Wang, Ping Xu, Ping-ping Guo, Xiaojuan Wang, Minna Mao, Suwen Feng

“…The seven-factor model, which accounted for 63.667% of the total item variance, demonstrated a good fit with the data (χ2/df =1.672, root mean square error of approximation=0.053, goodness of fit=0.884).Conclusions The LPG-UI has sufficient validity and reliability for assessing the lifestyle status of pregnant women with UI.…”
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Visual Motor and Perceptual Task Performance in Astigmatic Students by Erin M. Harvey, J. Daniel Twelker, Joseph M. Miller, Tina K. Leonard-Green, Kathleen M. Mohan, Amy L. Davis, Irene Campus

“…Uncorrected astigmats had lower mean scores than the corrected astigmats (p=0.003). Conclusions. Uncorrected astigmatism influences visual motor and perceptual task performance. …”
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Predictors of Quality of Life Among Older Residents in Rural and Urban Areas in Indonesia: An Approach Using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health by Dwi Rosella Komalasari, Chutima Jalayondeja, Wattana Jalayondeja, Yusuf Alam Romadon

“…Conclusions Efforts to improve QoL for older adults in rural areas should focus on enhance physical performance through exercise. …”
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Enhancing Residential Electricity Consumption Forecasting with Meta-Heuristic Algorithms by Milad Mohebbi, Behnam Sobhani

“…Specifically, the nine-neuron configuration with the PSOGWO algorithm achieved a high R² value of 0.99077, reflecting lower error metrics. Conclusively, the PSOGWO model's consistent performance across seasonal variations underscores its potential for reliable residential electricity consumption forecasting, making it a valuable tool for energy management in smart grids.…”
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Measurement tools and outcome measures used in transitional patient safety; a systematic review. by Marije A van Melle, Henk F van Stel, Judith M Poldervaart, Niek J de Wit, Dorien L M Zwart

“…In the validated measurement tools, the overall quality of content and structural validity was acceptable; other COSMIN criteria, such as reliability, measurement error and responsiveness, were mostly poor or not reported. …”
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The Automatable Activity–Based Approach to Complexity Unit Scoring as a task-specific model approach to monetizing outcomes of pathology artificial intelligence solutions by Stavros Pantelakos, Martha Nifora, Georgios Agrogiannis

“…Previous studies have attempted to extrapolate cost containment in conjunction with the implementation of digital pathology solutions mostly on the basis of operational cost savings or diagnostic error reduction. However, no study has attempted to link a wider spectrum of potential diagnostic tasks performed by artificial intelligence algorithms to financial figures. …”
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