Psychometric evaluation of the Arabic version of the Eight-item Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CESD-8): Specific cultural considerations for the assessment of... by Amira M. Ali, Saeed A. Al-Dossary, Feten Fekih-Romdhane, Rana Ali Alameri, Carlos Laranjeira, Haitham Khatatbeh, Mohamed Ali Zoromba, Abdulmajeed A. Alkhamees, Musheer A. Aljaberi, Annamaria Pakai, Heba Emad El-Gazar

“…A three-factor model (depressed affect, somatic complaints, and positive affect) expressed the best fit in the absence of error correlations. This model was invariant across groups of students and employees, gender, and age. …”
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Reliability Analysis of Three-dimensional Soil Slopes Considering Spatial Variability of Soil Parameters by Wan Yukuai, Zhou Yuqi, Shao Linlan, Wang Yuke, Zhang Fei

“…s (2023) finding of 9.25%, with a relative error of approximately 1.5%. The comparative analysis of safety factors and failure probabilities confirms the accuracy of the proposed method and computational procedure. …”
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A spatial clustering-based approach to design monitoring networks of infectious diseases: a case study of hand, foot, and mouth disease by Shuting Li, Yuanhua Liu, Ke Li, Zengliang Wang, Michael P. Ward, Wei Tu, Jiayao Xu, Rui Yuan, Lele Zhang, Na Wang, Jidan Zhang, Yu Zhao, Henry S. Lynn, Zhaorui Chang, Zhijie Zhang

“…We evaluated the spatiotemporal representativeness using root mean square error (RMSE), Spearman's rank correlation, global Moran’s I, local Getis-Ord G*, and Joinpoint Regression. …”
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Machine learning to improve HIV screening using routine data in Kenya by Jonathan D. Friedman, Jonathan M. Mwangi, Kennedy J. Muthoka, Benedette A. Otieno, Jacob O. Odhiambo, Frederick O. Miruka, Lilly M. Nyagah, Pascal M. Mwele, Edmon O. Obat, Gonza O. Omoro, Margaret M. Ndisha, Davies O. Kimanga

“…We used multiple imputations to address high rates of missing data, selecting the optimal technique based on out‐of‐sample error. We generated a stratified 60‐20‐20 train‐validate‐test split to assess model generalizability. …”
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Lateral Bearing Characteristics of Bucket Foundation Breakwaters in Soft Soil of Port Areas by WANG Shuai, ZHANG Jia-lin, HU Shao-wei, YOU Jian-hua, YANG Yu-ming

“…The stiffness reduction was more pronounced during positive rotation. [Conclusions] The deformation of bucket foundation breakwaters has three stages: quasi-elastic, plastic, and failure stages. …”
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Myopia control efficacy of spectacle lenses with highly aspherical lenslets: results of a 5-year follow-up study by Xue Li, Yingying Huang, Chenyao Liu, Xindan Chang, Zaifeng Cui, Qiulin Yang, Björn Drobe, Mark A. Bullimore, Hao Chen, Jinhua Bao

“…Five-year myopia progression [mean ± standard error (SE)] in the HAL group was − 1.27 ± 0.14 D. …”
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Psychometric Analysis of the eHealth Literacy Scale in Portuguese Older Adults (eHEALS-PT24): Instrument Development and Validation by Sara Luz, Paulo Nogueira, Andreia Costa, Adriana Henriques

“…In the confirmatory analysis (study 2), the model fit was mixed (χ²20=265, P<.001; comparative fit index=0.94; Tucker-Lewis Index=0.91; root mean square error of approximation=0.20). Thus, we compared 1-, 2-, and 3-factor structures, deciding on the unidimensional one. …”
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Ozonation of 4-aminotoluene as a new method of synthesis of 4-aminobenzaldehyde – an intermediate for the production of anti-tuberculosis drugs by A. H. Halstian, A. S. Вushuiev, Ye. Yu. Vasylenko

“…The scale KSP-4 was calibrated in units of optical density, and the conversion into absolute ozone concentration was carried out according to the Lambert-Ber equation using molar extinction coefficients. Relative analysis error ≤5 %. At the optical stroke length of the container 10 ÷ 100 mm, the sensitivity of the device was ~10-7mol·l-1 ozone. …”
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Mobile Health Interventions for Modifying Indigenous Maternal and Child–Health Related Behaviors: Systematic Review by Sana Ishaque, Ola Ela, Anna Dowling, Chris Rissel, Karla Canuto, Kerry Hall, Niranjan Bidargaddi, Annette Briley, Claire T Roberts, Billie Bonevski

“…Also, due to the small number of included studies and each study evaluating a different intervention, it was not possible to combine results to ascertain if the participant engagement, intervention design, or community context had any impact on the effectiveness. ConclusionsDue to the lack of sample size calculation, it was not possible to establish whether differences in the effectiveness were due to the interventions or a type I statistical error. …”
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A Copula-based Method for River Ecological Flow Quantification and Algal Bloom Risk Assessment in the Hanjiang River by NONG Xi-zhi, LAI Cheng, JING Zheng, YE Ye

“…Through bivariate analysis, the Copula model revealed risk details that traditional methods failed to capture. [Conclusions] (1) The joint risk model based on Copula functions can quantitatively capture the complex dependency between hydrological and ecological factors, overcoming limitations of traditional methods that depend on long-term data and neglect multi-factor interactions. …”
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Variations in Creatinine Generation Among Patients With Glomerular Disease: Evidence From the NEPTUNE and CureGN Studies by Shalini S. Ramachandra, Melody Chiang, Michael Arbit, Dorey A. Glenn, Laura H. Mariani, Jarcy Zee

“…Conclusions: crG was highly dynamic within individuals over time and varied with glomerular disease activity and treatments. …”
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The Intervened effect of place attachment on the relationship between community attachment and environmental behaviors (case study: Tajrish neighborhood) by Atousa Soleimani, Ahmad Nohegar

“…In this study, the relative Chi-square, (CMIN/Df) was estimated at 1.375, indicating the acceptable condition of the model. The Root Mean Square Error of Approximation (RMSEA) of 0.036 also demonstrated the validity of the model developed in this study. …”
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Associations of maternal quitting, reducing, and continuing smoking during pregnancy with longitudinal fetal growth: Findings from Mendelian randomization and parental negative con... by Judith S Brand, Romy Gaillard, Jane West, Rosemary R C McEachan, John Wright, Ellis Voerman, Janine F Felix, Kate Tilling, Deborah A Lawlor

“…Study limitations include measurement error due to maternal self-report of smoking and the modest sample size for MR analyses resulting in unconfounded estimates being less precise. …”
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The Fetal Region-specific Optimized Growth Standard (FROGS)-A fetal and birthweight centile calculator validated in a national population. by Natasha L Pritchard, Stephen Tong, Teresa MacDonald, Elizabeth McCarthy, Lisa Hui, Michael Bethune, Hannah G Gordon, Roxanne Hastie, Emerson Keenan, Michael Permezel, Susan P Walker, Anthea C Lindquist

“…This study is limited in that it retrospectively assesses birthweight, which may have different implications to a prospective evaluation of estimated fetal weight.<h4>Conclusions</h4>Compared to currently used charts, the Fetal Region-specific Optimized Growth Standard outperforms existing charts that classify a similar proportion of infants as small for gestational age in identifying small infants at increased risk of stillbirth and other serious perinatal outcomes. …”
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Dental magnetic resonance imaging for bone loss assessment and disease activity classification in severe periodontitis by Arne Lauer, Luisa Schulte, Artid Skenderi, Nouha Tekiki, Alexander Juerchott, Meysam Sohani, Maurice Ruetters, Franz Sebastian Schwindling, Peter Rammelsberg, Mathias Nittka, Sabine Heiland, Martin Bendszus, Tim Hilgenfeld

“…Conclusions While dMRI offers good reliability, T2W- and to a lesser extent T1W + C imaging overestimate infrabony and interradicular periodontal bone lesion volumetry compared to CBCT. …”
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Five years comparation of efficacy and safety after ICL-V4c implantation for high and super high myopia correction by Qi Wan, Li Chen, Peiyuan He, Ran Wei, Ke Ma, Hongbo Yin, Jing Tang, Ying-ping Deng

“…Furthermore, there was a significant difference of vault between the high and super-high groups at 1-month (p = 0.042) and 5-year (p = 0.002) after surgery.Conclusions ICL-V4c implantation is effective, safe, and stable for correcting high and super-high myopia. …”
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Short-Term Scheduling of Pump Station-integrated Cascade Hybrid Pumped Storage Systems by QIAN Jun, TAN Qiaofeng, WEN Xin, ZHENG Mingfen, SHEN Yanqing

“…Over a typical dry-season week, the HPS scheme reduced residual load variance by 49.26%, while also decreasing the peak-valley difference and mean value.This studyConclusionsCompared to conventional cascade hydropower systems, cascade hybrid pumped storage systems were shown to demonstrate superior performance by reducing the mean squared error of residual load, increasing hydropower generation, and decreasing the curtailment rate of renewable energy. …”
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MORPHOGENESIS OF BRANCHIOGENIC GLANDS OF THE NECK IN THE FETAL PERIOD OF ONTOGENESIS by О. Білоокий, Т. Хмара, Д. Проняєв, В. Безрук

“…Digital parameters of organs and their correlation with neighboring organs and structures were grouped into appropriate age groups and processed by non-parametric methods of variation statistics with calculation of their arithmetic mean, its error and determination of probability of differences by Student's t-test using MS Excel and Biostatistics programs. …”
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ESTIMATION OF TENDENCIES IN THE HEIGHT OF THE SNOW COVERAT WEATHER STATIONS IN THE NORTHERN CAUCASUS by L. A. Kesheva

“…Using the statistical software package SPSS 13.0, the following statistics were calculated: mean (standard error), standard deviation, minimum, maximum, range, skewness coefficient, kurtosis coefficient, extreme values, climatic norm, Kolmogorov-Smirnov test for normal distribution curve, T- test for comparing the equality of the mean with the climatic norm. …”
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The impact of corneal epithelial remodeling on visual quality after SMILE and FS-LASIK for high myopia by Yunjing Ma, Qi Li, Qian Guo, Yue Huang, Ruibo Yang, Hui Liu, Chen Zhang, Shaozhen Zhao

“…Patient-reported quality of vision was determined with a modified National Eye Institute Refractive Error Quality of Life questionnaire. The correlation of postoperative ET and treatment parameters with visual quality related parameters was analyzed. …”
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