Agreement of glomerular filtration rate estimation equations for chemotherapy dosing in cancer patients at a tertiary referral hospital in Sub-Saharan Africa. by Wubshet Jote Tolossa, Tigist Workneh Leulseged, Abdu Adem, Feyissa Challa, Tirumebet Mezgebu, Ruth S Aytehgeza, Nebiat Adane Mera, Kalsidagn Girma Asfaw, Momina M Ahmed, Kebede H Begna

“…The Cockcroft-Gault formula remains the most widely used equation in cancer patients, despite the availability of more precise kidney function estimation equations. Therefore, the aim of the study was to assess the agreement between Cr and cystatin-C (CysC) based GFR estimation equations and GFR estimated by Cockcroft-Gault for appropriate chemotherapy dosing in cancer patients undergoing assessment for first-Line chemotherapy at an oncology unit of St. …”
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Pulley ring suture increases shoulder stability after biceps tendon transposition by Duzheng Zhang, Jiezhou Wu, Liyun Zhang, Qiyun Chen, Chao Wang, Ming Cai, Ruijun Cong

“…These statistically significant variables and their coefficients were used to build a generalized linear equation and selected to build the final model including Grouping information (OR:1.61E + 01;95% CI:5.8854–52.5200), Mean T value of bone mineral density (OR:6.95E + 00;95% CI:2.4695–25.6797) and 3 Months post operation UCLA score (OR:1.77E + 00;95% CI:1.4810–2.2539).ConclusionsCompared with the traditional MDBT, the modified MDBT is more effective in improving the long-term function of the glenohumeral joint and better restoring the biological state of the glenohumeral joint.…”
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A Novel Technique for Transmission of M-Ary Signal through Wireless Fading Channel Using Wavelet Denoising by Md. Zahangir Alam, Charles Chittaranjan Patra, Colin Patra, M. Abdus Sobhan

“…The result of the simulation study reveals that the BER performance can be increased using an appropriate control variable to force the mean of each detail coefficient to zero.…”
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Characterization and treatment monitoring of ureagenesis disorders using stable isotopes by Gabriella Allegri, Martin Poms, Nadia Zürcher, Véronique Rüfenacht, Nicole Rimann, Déborah Mathis, Beat Thöny, Matthias Gautschi, Ralf A. Husain, Daniela Karall, Karolina Orchel-Szastak, Francesco Porta, Dominique Roland, Barbara Siri, Carlo Dionisi-Vici, René Santer, Johannes Häberle

“…Thus, the method proved to be safe and efficient to monitor UCD patients of variable severity pre- and post-therapy, being suitable as physiological endpoint for development of therapies.…”
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Modelagem da produtividade e gestão da qualidade acadêmica by Annibal Parracho Sant'Anna

“…It is a hierarchical model because technical coefficients of the academic production function are modeled as function of second level explanatory variables in such a way that such production function is allowed to change coherently from one department to another. …”
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Advancing the modified face name associative memory exam in cognitive aging research: insights into connectomic correlates and task reliability by Yilin Liu, Yilin Liu, Mark H. Sundman, Mark H. Sundman, Dalen Hinderaker, Allison Yu-Chin Chen, Allison Yu-Chin Chen, Jacob M. Green, Jacob M. Green, Lisbeth G. Haaheim, Lisbeth G. Haaheim, Hannah M. Siu, Hannah M. Siu, Catherine Jezerc, Kaitlyn Lai, Carol Chen, Parker Guss, Ying-hui Chou, Ying-hui Chou, Ying-hui Chou

“…Experiment 2 revealed significant associations between mFNAME performance and network properties like global efficiency, local efficiency, and system segregation in the default mode network (DMN) and medial temporal network (MTN). …”
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ANALYSIS OF CONTACT LOADS CONCENTRATION IN PRESSURE COUPLINGS OF THIN-WALL COMPONENTS by S. V. Shishkin

“…Deviations of the shape of the contact surfaces from the straightness are taken into account by its respective pressure coupling function. The analysis of the findings suggests that the concentration coefficient value slumps as the contact compliance coefficient of the borderline layer increases. …”
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Development and Validation of Quantile Regression Forests for Prediction of Reference Quantiles in Handgrip and Chair‐Stand Test by Giulia Giordano, Luca Mastrantoni, Francesco Landi, The Lookup 8+ Study Group

“…Median age was 56 years (IQR 47.0–67.0). Five variables were included: age, sex, height, weight and BMI. …”
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Calibration of Low-Cost Capacitive Soil Moisture Sensors for Irrigation Management Applications by Ahmed A. Abdelmoneim, Christa M. Al Kalaany, Roula Khadra, Bilal Derardja, Giovanna Dragonetti

“…The results showed that with higher soil moisture contents (above 30%), the sensor-to-sensor variability becomes significant, with a coefficient of variation (CV) ranging between 10 and 16%; meanwhile, in lower soil moisture contents, the CV ranged between 6.5 and 10.3%, implying that it is more consistent in lower moisture content within this soil condition. …”
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An Hfq-dependent post-transcriptional mechanism fine tunes RecB expression in Escherichia coli by Irina Kalita, Ira Alexandra Iosub, Lorna McLaren, Louise Goossens, Sander Granneman, Meriem El Karoui

“…This fine-tuning Hfq-mediated mechanism might have the underlying physiological function of maintaining RecB protein levels within an optimal range.…”
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Investigating Whether AI Will Replace Human Physicians and Understanding the Interplay of the Source of Consultation, Health-Related Stigma, and Explanations of Diagnoses on Patien... by Weiqi Guo, Yang Chen

“…The main effects and interaction effects of the variables were examined on individuals’ functional, relational, and emotional evaluations of the medical consultation. …”
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REALITIES AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE UKRAINIAN BANKING SYSTEM by Maryna Korol, Olena Bazhenova, Ihor Korol, Grygoriy Starchenko, Volodymyr Bazhenov, Oksana Banna

“…The simulation results (mainly the analysis of impulse response functions) allow concluding that interbank lending in post-crisis conditions recovers relatively rapidly (with a lag of two years). …”
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A secondary analysis of gait after a 4-week postural intervention for older adults with hyperkyphosis by L. C. Hughes, A. L. Ellis, H. L. Rogers, M. Hadley, R. V. Galloway

“…Pearson correlation coefficients were utilized to investigate correlations between all variables at baseline and in pre- and post intervention change values. …”
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Strategies to support the mental health and well-being of health and care workforce: a rapid review of reviews by Cindy E. Frias, Nimesh Samarasinghe, Cecilia Cuzco, Jaseem Koorankot, Andrés de Juan, Husameldin Mohamed Ali Rudwan, Hanan F. Abdul Rahim, Adela Zabalegui, Iain Tulley, Sanaa T. Al-Harahsheh, Mona Shaheen S. T. Al-Homaiddi, Meredith Fendt-Newlin, Jim Campbell

“…The call to action for a paradigm shift must be embraced and we must strive to build resilient healthcare systems and invest in active support and sustain them, incorporating structural, non-structural and functional aspects of organizational resilience.…”
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Fault Estimation for Semi-Markov Jump Neural Networks Based on the Extended State Method by Lihong Rong, Yuexin Pan, Zhimin Tong

“…To alleviate network congestion and optimize communication resources, the Round-Robin protocol is adopted to schedule data transmission efficiently. By constructing a Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional and applying the discrete Wirtinger inequality, sufficient conditions are derived to ensure the mean square exponential stability and dissipative performance of the system. …”
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Agricultural Waste–Derived Biochar for Antibiotics Removal in Aqueous Environment: A Comprehensive Outlook by Varalakshmi Varatharajan, Karthik V., Selvakumar Periyasamy

“…The key elements influencing antibiotic adsorption on biochar, including surface chemistry, pyrolysis conditions, and environmental variables, were discussed in detail. This review focuses specifically on the functional modification of the biochar, the mechanism involved in antibiotic adsorption, and the scalability of this process. …”
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Predicting the Cetane Number of Biodiesel using two AI-Models: the Gradient-based ANN and ANN Optimized by Genetic Algorithm by Hadis Tanha, Fatemeh Bashipour

“…The learning function, transfer function, number of hidden layers, and number of neurons in the hidden layers are some of the optimized parameters in the current AI-models. …”
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Open real-time, non-invasive fish detection and size estimation utilizing binocular camera system in a Portuguese river affected by hydropeaking by Jürgen Soom, Isabel Boavida, Renan Leite, Maria João Costa, Gert Toming, Mairo Leier, Jeffrey A. Tuhtan

“…Nonetheless, employing an automated camera system for underwater monitoring requires that the algorithms function under highly variable environmental conditions, which affect the ability to detect and assess fish size. …”
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Family Resilience and Its Influencing Factors Among Patients With Lung Cancer Based on Double ABC‐X Theoretical Framework by Ziyi Shen, Yan Fang, Chengcheng Li, Xin Luo, Junling Cui, Yanchang Liu, Jingfang Hong

“…Relationships between variables and pathways were also explored based on the Double ABC‐X as the theoretical framework. …”
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Spatially varying parameters improve carbon cycle modeling in the Amazon rainforest with ORCHIDEE r8849 by L. Zhu, L. Zhu, L. Zhu, L. Zhu, P. Ciais, Y. Yao, D. Goll, S. Luyssaert, I. Martínez Cano, A. Fendrich, A. Fendrich, L. Li, H. Yang, S. Saatchi, W. Li, W. Li

“…Current dynamic global vegetation models (DGVMs), which use one or two plant functional types for tropical rainforests, fail to capture observed biomass and mortality gradients in this region, raising concerns about their ability to predict forest responses to global change drivers. …”
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