Incidence and risk factor of blood transfusion after abdominal radical hysterectomy for cervical cancer: a 10-year retrospective study of the US nationwide inpatient sample by Chuan Chen, BenLi Zhu, Youfeng Wang, Yangyang Zhao, Gang Chen, Ying Peng, Ying Peng, Xinyu Wang, Hao Xie, Ying Zhou, Juan Lin

“…Independent risk factors for blood transfusion during abdominal radical hysterectomy remains limited, and identifying these factors is needed. Methods A retrospective analysis of data was performed using the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS), focusing on patients who underwent abdominal radical hysterectomy between 2010 and 2019. …”
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Characterizing Performance on a Suite of English-Language NeuroUX Mobile Cognitive Tests in a US Adult Sample: Ecological Momentary Cognitive Testing Study by Emily W Paolillo, Jessica Bomyea, Colin A Depp, Ashley M Henneghan, Anunay Raj, Raeanne C Moore

“…Older age—but not other demographics—was associated with finding the tests more challenging. ConclusionsIn a sample of adults across a wide age range, this study characterized features that are particularly important for the interpretation of remote, repeated mobile cognitive testing performance, including test-retest reliability, practice effects, smartphone type, and test-taking context. …”
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A decomposition of Fisher’s information to inform sample size for developing or updating fair and precise clinical prediction models for individual risk—part 1: binary outcomes by Richard D. Riley, Gary S. Collins, Rebecca Whittle, Lucinda Archer, Kym I. E. Snell, Paula Dhiman, Laura Kirton, Amardeep Legha, Xiaoxuan Liu, Alastair K. Denniston, Frank E. Harrell, Laure Wynants, Glen P. Martin, Joie Ensor

“…Methods We propose a decomposition of Fisher’s information matrix to help examine sample sizes required for developing or updating a model, aiming for precise and fair individual-level risk estimates. …”
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Clinical Impact of Obesity on Postoperative Outcomes of Patients With Thyroid Cancer Undergoing Thyroidectomy: A 5‐Year Retrospective Analysis From the US National Inpatient Sample... by Yue Chen, Jiewen Jin, Pengyuan Zhang, Runyi Ye, Chuimian Zeng, Yilin Zhang, Junxin Chen, Hai Li, Haipeng Xiao, Yanbing Li, Hongyu Guan

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Centrifugation method for rapid measurement of total soil water-soluble salt by Zhengyang Jia, Zi Chen, Hai Yang, Yun Li, Quanping Zhou, Yuehua Jiang, Yuanyuan Chen, Hong Zhang, Qiuju Qi, Lili Hou, Shijia Mei, Yang Jin

“…The results demonstrated that the proposed centrifugation method enhanced the testing efficiency by more than 100%. …”
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Methods for nonparametric statistics in scientific research. Overview. Part 1. by M. A. Nikitina, I. M. Chernukna

“…The first part of the article describes simple nonparametric methods. The second part describes nonparametric tests for testing hypotheses of distribution type (Pearson’s chi-squared test, Kolmogorov test) and nonparametric tests for testing hypotheses of sampling homogeneity (Pearson’s chi-squared test for testing sampling homogeneity, Kolmogorov-Smirnov test).…”
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The Fuzzy Response Surface Reliability Analysis Method of Turbine Blades by PAN Cheng-yi, WEI Wen-long, ZHANG Chun-yi

“…Compared with the traditional method based on random variables, this method is more reasonable for the description of uncertainty, and the evaluation of reliability is more accurate theoretically.…”
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Comparison of 0.9% Saline vs ringers lactate as resuscitation and maintenance fluid in critically ill children: A single blinded randomized comparative trial by Yatnesh More, Mukul Pandey, Nirmal Kumar

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Motion Planning Methods for Automated Parking: A Comprehensive Review by CHEN Xiaoming, LI Bai, FAN Lili, ZHANG Youmin

“…This paper offers a thorough review of the motion planning methods applied within the automated parking domain, categorizing them into geometric methods, sampling methods, search methods, numerical optimization methods, and machine learning methods. …”
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A method for uncertainty and sensitivity analysis in fuel performance codes by Ana Carolina Bortoletto Dantas, Antonio Teixeira e Silva

“…The present study proposes a method for the execution of uncertainty and sensitivity analysis on TRANSURANUS code, adapted for the use of stainless steel AISI-348 as the cladding material for a PWR reactor fuel rod, thus allowing to determine which input data are more relevant to the TRANSURANUS models, as well as a confidence interval for the results. …”
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FADA-SMOTE-Ms: Fuzzy Adaptative Smote-Based Methods by Roudani Mohammed, El Moutaouakil Karim

“…The Synthetic Minority Over-Sampling Technique (SMOTE) is one of the most well-known methods to solve the unequal class distribution problem in imbalanced datasets. …”
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Advancing Mg/Ca Analysis of Coralline Algae as a Climate Proxy by Assessing LA‐ICP‐OES Sampling and Coupled Mg/Ca‐δ18O Analysis by Tricia Light, Branwen Williams, Jochen Halfar, Alicia Hou, Zoltan Zajacz, Alexandra Tsay, Walter Adey

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Validation of the Decomposition Method for Fast MIMO Over-the-Air Measurements by Bernhard Auinger, Thomas Zemen, Michael Gadringer, Adam Tankielun, Christoph Gagern, Wolfgang Bösch

“…The DM allows for a measurement time reduction of more than one order of magnitude. We provide an analytic and numerical analysis as well as measurements. …”
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Reliability Analysis of Structures by Iterative Improved Ensemble of Surrogate Method by Bolin Liu, Liyang Xie

“…Furthermore, obtaining more samples is very expensive and sometimes even impossible. …”
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Parents’ Educational Background and Child’s Learned Skills Are More Predictive for a Positive School Career than Earlier Parenting Behavior or Child’s Mental Health—Results from an... by Beate Muschalla, Ann-Katrin Job, Wolfgang Schulz

“…Until now, there have been few longitudinal studies which considered several aspects at the same time and observed children’s development over ten or more years. <b>Methods</b>: The aim of this 18-year-longitudinal study is to find out to which degree different child, family, and socioeconomic factors during early childhood (4 years of age) are associated with educational and professional outcomes in young adulthood (22 years of age). …”
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Acute Postexercise Change in Circulating Irisin Is Related to More Favorable Lipid Profile in Pregnant Women Attending a Structured Exercise Program and to Less Favorable Lipid Pro... by Anna Szumilewicz, Aneta Worska, Magdalena Piernicka, Agnieszka Kuchta, Zbigniew Jastrzębski, Łukasz Radzimiński, Marta Kozłowska, Katarzyna Micielska, Ewa Ziemann

“…We aimed to determine acute responses in serum irisin after a single exercise session and relationships between exercise-induced changes in this hormone and lipid profile in pregnancy. Material and Methods. It was an experimental study in 20 Caucasian women in normal pregnancy (age 30±3 years, 28±6 weeks of gestation; mean±SD). …”
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Abnormal noise detection of electric machines based on HPSS-CIS and CNN-CBAM by Zhao Qingsong, Wang Xiufeng, Luo Kun, He Dan, Liu Xiang

“…Afterward for feature extraction, the results of ablation experiments with HPSS-CIS show that the average accuracy of this method is more than 4.5% higher than that of any single component. …”
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Female genital cutting in Malaysia: a mixed-methods study by Abdul Rashid, Yufu Iguchi

“…The qualitative component of the study included in-depth interviews and focus group interviews.Setting This study was conducted in rural areas of two states in the Northern Peninsular Malaysia.Participants Due to the sensitive nature of the study, the study sample was chosen using a snowball sampling method. …”
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Statistical Prediction Based on Ordered Ranked Set Sampling Using Type-II Censored Data from the Rayleigh Distribution under Progressive-Stress Accelerated Life Tests by Atef F. Hashem, Alaa H. Abdel-Hamid

“…The objective of ranked set sampling is to gather observations from a population that is more likely to cover the population’s full range of values. …”
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Trace Metal Element Analysis in Some Seafood in the Coastal Zone of the Red River (Ba Lat Estuary, Vietnam) by Green Sample Preparation and Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrom... by Nhu Da Le, Thi Thu Ha Hoang, Vu Phong Phung, Thi Lien Nguyen, Thi Thuy Duong, Le Minh Dinh, Thi Mai Huong Pham, Thi Xuan Binh Phung, Tien Dat Nguyen, Thanh Nghi Duong, Thi My Hanh Le, Phuong Thu Le, Thi Phuong Quynh Le

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