Abstract 028: Chronic Subdural Hematoma Treatment with Embolization Versus Surgery Study Protocol by Farhan Siddiq

“…Results Based on an effect size of 13% of the composite primary outcome, a two‐sided Type I and Type II error of 0.05 and 0.15, and a dropout rate of 10%, a sample size of 394 patients is estimated. …”
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Desert sand stabilization using biopolymers: review by Monika Dagliya, Neelima Satyam, Ankit Garg

“…Extensive experimental data with different percentages of biopolymers has been presented on various wind erosion studies using wind tunnel testing and their control rate on desert sand stabilization. …”
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Carbon nanotubes/ordered mesoporous carbon/chitosan nanocomposite as a promising carrier for everolimus targeted delivery toward lung cancer cells by Ghazal Khodarahmi, Bahare Sabeti, Fereshteh Chekin

“…In the present study, a new nanocarrier based on composite containing chitosan (CS), carbon nanotubes (CNT) and ordered mesoporous (OMC) was used to load the anticancer drug everolimus (EVE). …”
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Study of influence of base-vehicle on biological activity of vasopressin in the transbuccal dosage forms by Al Nasir Eiad, О. L. Drozdov, H. P. Lysianska, О. B. Kharaponova

“…Specific activity in the form of a latency period of the conditioned response of passive avoidance was established for all selected compositions in nonamnestic white rats after the administration of buccal films. …”
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Exploring the interdependencies among social progress index (SPI) components and their impact on country-level sustainability performance based on Bayesian Belief Network by Abroon QAZI

“…Rather than visualizing countries’ progress through composite indicator-based heat maps, this study explores the interdependencies among SPI components and their role in sustainability performance at the global level. …”
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Cloud Point Behavior of Poly(trifluoroethyl methacrylate) in Supercritical CO₂–Toluene Mixtures by James R. Zelaya, Gary C. Tepper

“…Solvent mixture densities were estimated using the Altuin–Gadetskii–Haar–Gallagher–Kell (AG–HGK) equation of state for CO₂ and the Tait equation for toluene. For all compositions, the cloud point pressure was observed to increase linearly with temperature. …”
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Measuring the Company’s Capabilities and Assessing their Impact on Its Economic Results: Analytic Tools by E. P. Tretiakova, M. S. Tretiakova

“…The following methods have been substantiated: modeling, the indicator method, data convolution, scaling, and statistical methods. …”
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Integration of Electronic Music Looping in Orchestra as an Innovative Teaching Resource by Ayuthia Mayang Sari, Robby Ferdian, Hengki Armez Hidayat, Irdhan Epria Darma Putra, Zyed Achour, Flor Amara Avila

“…A mixed-methods approach was employed, involving 37 students from an orchestral course at Universitas Negeri Padang. Data were collected through questionnaires, semi-structured interviews, and observations over one semester. …”
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Dynamic Balance is Similar Between Lower Extremities in Elite Fencers by Nader Abdelkader, Stephen H.M. Brown, Tyson A.C. Beach, Samuel J. Howarth

“…Four reach distances were recorded: anterior, posteromedial, posterolateral, and a composite measure was calculated. Distances were leg length-normalized and expressed as a percentage. …”
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An Experimental Study on the Effects of Basalt Fiber and Iron Ore Tailings on the Durability of Recycled Concrete by Yang Zhang, Xu-Hui Wang, Xian-Jie Tang

“…Utilizing the experimental data, we fitted relevant models to establish both a carbonation depth prediction model and a freeze–thaw damage prediction model specific to BF-IOT-RAC. …”
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Pregnancy Is Not Associated with an Increased Risk of Decompensation, Transplant, or Death in Compensated Cirrhosis by Monica Mullin, Maya Djerboua, Monika Sarkar, Jacquie Lu, Maria P. Velez, Susan Brogly, Norah A. Terrault, Jennifer A. Flemming

“…The association between pregnancy and the composite outcome of nonmalignant decompensation, liver transplant (LT), and death up to two years after cohort entry was estimated using the multivariate Cox proportional hazard regression adjusting for potential confounders. …”
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Drying of borage (Echium amoenum) flowers extract: Optimization of encapsulation and spouted bed drying by Samira Darijani, Mohammad Mehdi Afsahi, Hamid-Reza Akhavan, Ataallah Soltani Goharrizi

“…Minimal discrepancies between model predictions and experimental data validated the accuracy of the equations estimating the powder's physicochemical properties.…”
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Association between longitudinal blood pressure and prognosis after treatment of cerebral aneurysm: A nationwide population-based cohort study. by Jinkwon Kim, Jang Hoon Kim, Hye Sun Lee, Sang Hyun Suh, Kyung-Yul Lee

“…We performed a multivariate time-dependent Cox regression analysis of the primary composite outcome of stroke, myocardial infarction, and all-cause death.…”
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Shear bond strength of one-step self-etch adhesives with different co-solvent ingredients to dry or moist dentin by Mohammed Q. Al Qahtani, Salah E. Al Shethri

“…Materials and methods: A total of 60 extracted teeth were used in this study, and were divided according to the adhesive systems and dentin conditions into 6 groups of 10 teeth each [Xeno III – dry dentin, Xeno III – moist dentin, Adper Prompot L-Pop – dry dentin, Adper Prompot L-Pop – moist dentin, iBond – dry dentin, and iBond – moist dentin]. Resin composite cylinder was built up on each specimen, and then thermocycled. …”
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Towards optimal energy efficiency: analysing generalized and tailored retrofitting decisions by Wilamy Castro, Joana Barrelas, Maria Paula Mendes, Christoph Reinhart, Ana Silva

“…Options include different insulation materials for the roof and façades—with the latter employing an external thermal insulation composite system (ETICS)—and various framing materials with double-glazing for window replacement. …”
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Validating the HEXACO Malay version as reflective-formative model: the application of hierarchical component model by Amir Zaib Abbasi, Sundas Azeem, Ding Hooi Ting

“…However, its translation in the Malay language and the HEXACO-PI model’s specification, estimation, and validation as a composite model in terms of the reflective-formative model remains unexplored. …”
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Patient satisfaction with services at dental out patient department- mulago hospital, Uganda by Ernest Mwebesa, Christine Nalwadda Kayemba, Ntuulo Juliet Mutanda

“…Patient satisfaction was measured as a composite categorical variable obtained by asking a number of questions using a 4 point Likert scale ranging from 1-strongly Disagree, 2- Disagree, 3- Agree, 4- Strongly Agree. …”
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Knowledge, Awareness, and Attitude Regarding Dental Chair Light among Dental Practitioners in North Maharashtra Region: A Cross-sectional Survey by Harish Chaitram Jadhav, Vishwakarma K. Prashanth, Snehal Sakharam Patil, Gargi Somvanshi, Vaibhav Shinde, Roshni Prasad

“…The first part of the questionnaire was demographic data. The second part consisted of 13 multiple-choice close-ended questions. …”
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Analysis of Anchoring Muscles for Pipe Crawling Robots by Frank Cianciarulo, Jacek Garbulinski, Jonathan Chambers, Thomas Pillsbury, Norman Wereley, Andrew Cross, Deepak Trivedi

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Development of a Place Attachment Scale for Adolescents (PASA) and determination of its psychometric qualities by Mustafa Yüksel Erdoğdu

“…Measurement invariance was ensured in gender groups, and it was found that the scale had a good fit. Composite reliability (CR) and average variance extracted (AVE) tests were performed to measure convergent validity, and it was found that the scale had high reliability and internal consistency. …”
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