Linear Programming as a Tool for Managing the Training Process of Esports Teams by Oksana Shynkaruk, Nataliia Byshevets, Alla Aloshyna, Olena Iakovenko, Kostiantyn Serhiienko, Valerii Pinchuk, Oleksandr Petryk, Ivan Lut

“…Reliable statistical methods were employed: the dichotomous scale (results were processed using Cochran’s Q concordance coefficient, which determined the consistency of expert opinions regarding each type of training); and the ratio scale (ranking) – the consistency of opinions was analyzed using Kendall’s W concordance coefficient. …”
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Meta-analysis and Trial Sequential Analysis for Therapeutic Eefficacy and Safety of Acupotomy and Acupuncture for Cervical Spondylotic Radiculopathy by Renpan ZHANG, Zhongbiao XIU, Jing LIU, Bin CHEN, Hong LIU, Hongjia ZHAO

“…Continuous outcomes would be presented as the mean difference(MD)with 95% confidence interval(<italic>CI</italic>), while dichotomous data would be presented as relative risk(<italic>RR</italic>)with 95% <italic>CI</italic>.Results:A total of 10 RCT trials involving 727 patients were eventually included. …”
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Safety and efficacy of intravenous thrombolysis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 93,057 minor stroke patients by Mostafa Hossam El Din Moawad, Talal Salem, Anas Alaaeldin, Youssef Elaraby, Peter D. Awad, Amr Ahmed Khalifa, Ahmed El Naggar, Khaled Ashraf Mohamed, Mohamed Elhalal, Mostafa Badr, Ramy Abdelnaby

“…We conducted this meta-analysis using the random effect model to account for the heterogeneity among the studies. For the dichotomous variables, we calculated the odds ratio (OR) from the event and total of these variables. …”
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Infarct Growth in Patients with Emergent Large Vessel Occlusion Stroke Transferred for Endovascular Thrombectomy by Xiangjun Xu, Yujuan Zhu, Yapeng Guo, Hao Wang, Junfeng Xu, Ke Yang, Liang Ge, Yi Sun, Xianhui Ding, Qian Yang, Chuyuan Ni, Xianjun Huang

“…In the primary analysis, the study population was dichotomized into absolute slow progressors and absolute fast progressors using the median absolute rate of ASPECTS decay. …”
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The Effect of Colloids versus Crystalloids for Goal-Directed Fluid Therapy on Prognosis in Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials by Wang Niu, Junyi Li, Shouping Wang

“…The odds ratio (OR) of the dichotomous data, mean difference (MD) of continuous data, and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated to assess the pooled data. …”
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Prolonged venous transit is associated with worse neurological recovery in successfully reperfused large vessel strokes by Janet Mei, Hamza Adel Salim, Dhairya A. Lakhani, Licia Luna, Aneri Balar, Mona Shahriari, Nathan Z. Hyson, Francis Deng, Adam A. Dmytriw, Adrien Guenego, Vaibhav Vagal, Victor C. Urrutia, Elisabeth B. Marsh, Hanzhang Lu, Risheng Xu, Rich Leigh, Dylan Wolman, Gaurang Shah, Benjamin Pulli, Kambiz Nael, Gregory W. Albers, Max Wintermark, Jeremy J. Heit, Tobias D. Faizy, Argye E. Hillis, Raf Llinas, Vivek Yedavalli

“…The primary outcome was continuous NIHSS percent change and dichotomous NIHSS percent change ≥70%. Regression analyses were performed to assess the effect of PVT on NIHSS percent change. …”
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Negative effects of adverse childhood experiences and absence of positive childhood experiences on healthcare employees: survey findings built on 10 years of trauma-informed develo... by Laneita Williamson, Laneita Williamson, Stephanie S. Daniel, Jennifer Carter, Adam Ridenhour, Camila A. Pulgar, Yasmin Gay, Beata Debinski

“…Multivariable, hierarchical models regressed categorized total ACEs (ref 0, 1–3, 4–10) and total PCEs (ref 6–7, 3–5, 0–2) together on dichotomized dependent variables. Sub-analyses also adjusted for whether the participant was a nurse or reported serving in a different role.ResultsParticipants included 349 clinical and non-clinical employees, of whom 61.1% had at least one reported ACE, but 24.9% reported 4–10 ACEs. 29.9% reported only having 3–5 PCEs in their childhood, while 23.2% reported 0–2 positive childhood experiences. …”
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Levodopa Challenge Test Predicts STN-DBS Outcomes in Various Parkinson’s Disease Motor Subtypes: A More Accurate Judgment by Zijian Zheng, Zixiao Yin, Bohan Zhang, Houyou Fan, Dan Liu, Yuancheng Zhou, Jian Duan, Dongwei Zhou, Xi Wu, Guohui Lu

“…Clinically important difference (CID) was employed to dichotomize DBS effects. For patients in each subtype group from the training set, we used the correlation and receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curve analyses to explore the strength of their relations. …”
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Impaired Mitochondrial Bioenergetics Function in Pediatric Chronic Overlapping Pain Conditions with Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders by Gisela Chelimsky, Pippa Simpson, Liyun Zhang, Doug Bierer, Steve Komas, Balaraman Kalyanaraman, Thomas Chelimsky

“…Findings and clinical data were compared to healthy control subjects using a Mann–Whitney test for skewed variables, Fisher’s exact test for dichotomous variables, and regression tree for association with functional outcome (functional disability inventory, FDI). …”
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The creation and characterization of the bread wheat line with a centric translocation T2DL.2RL by Yu. N. Ivanova, L. A. Solovey, D. B. Loginova, E. E. Miroshnikova, N. I. Dubovets, O. G. Silkova

“…In this study, a wheat-rye translocation obtained by backcrossing the wheat-rye disomic-substitution line 2R(2D)1 with the variety Novosibirskaya 67 was characterized. …”
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Dose-response associations of device-measured sleep regularity and duration with incident dementia in 82391 UK adults by Wenxin Bian, Raaj K. Biswas, Matthew N. Ahmadi, Yu Sun Bin, Svetlana Postnova, Andrew J. K. Phillips, Nicholas A. Koemel, Jean-Philippe Chaput, Shantha M. W. Rajaratnam, Peter A. Cistulli, Emmanuel Stamatakis

“…Sleep regularity was negatively associated with dementia risk in a near-linear fashion (linear p = 0.01, non-linear p = 0.57). When we dichotomized sleep regularity, those in the higher sleep regularity group (SRI ≥ 70) had an HR of 0.74 (95%CI 0.63, 0.87) compared to those with lower sleep regularity (SRI < 70). …”
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Evaluation of the Residues of Rice (Oryza sativa L.), Black-Eyed Pea (Vigna unguiculata L.), Dill (Anethum graveolens L.), and Aubergine (Solanum melongena L.) on Characteristics o... by Einollah Hesami, Mohsen Jahan

“…To determine the organic carbon content in the soil before planting and during the mid-growth stage of the corn plant, organic carbon was oxidized using potassium dichromate in the presence of concentrated sulfuric acid, followed by titration with semi-normal ammonium ferrous sulfate in the presence of the ortho phenanthroline reagent (Walkley, 1934). …”
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Latarjet procedure versus iliac crest autograft transfer for anterior shoulder instability: a systematic review and meta-analysis of comparative studies by Lang Li, Bofang Zeng, Meng Ding, Sha Wan, Kefu Lin, Zhen Tian

“…The weighted mean difference (WMD) for continuous variables and odds ratio (OR) for dichotomous variables were calculated, along with 95% confidence intervals (CIs). …”
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Meta-analysis of Therapeutic Effect of Warm Acupuncture and Moxibustion on Knee Osteoarthritis of Yang Deficiency and Cold Coagulation and Research on Regularity of Acupoint Select... by Zeling HUANG, Shanni SHI, Junjun HE, Hongjian GAO, Haiya GE, Zhenqiang HONG

“…RevMan 5.3 software was used for data analysis, continuous variables were represented by mean difference(<italic>MD</italic>)and 95%<italic>CI</italic> while dichotomous variables were represented by risk ratio(<italic>OR</italic>)and 95%<italic>CI</italic>.If the heterogeneity in included studies was little(<italic>I</italic>²&lt;50%), a fixed effect model would be used. …”
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Systematic Evaluation of Clinical Efficacy of Shiyiwei Shenqi (Ginseng and Astraglus, Eleven Ingredients) Preparation in Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Malignant Tumor by Bowei HUANG, Yuhui ZENG, Lisha LU, Huijuan GAN

“…According to the systematic evaluation manual provided by Cochrane Collaboration, the continuity variables used mean difference (<italic>MD</italic>) and 95%confidence interval (<italic>CI</italic>) as effect indexes, the dichotomous used odds ratio (<italic>OR</italic>) and 95%<italic>CI</italic> as effect indexes. …”
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Proteomic, metabolomic and lipidomic profiles in community acquired pneumonia for differentiating viral and bacterial infections by Samuel Rischke, Robert Gurke, Ann-Sophie Zielbauer, Nicole Ziegler, Lisa Hahnefeld, Michaela Köhm, Aimo Kannt, Maria JGT Vehreschild, Gerd Geisslinger, Gernot Rohde, Carla Bellinghausen, Frank Behrens, CAPNETZ Study group

“…Notably, linoleic acid-derived inflammation signaling metabolites (EpOME and DiHOME) were increased in viral CAP compared to bacterial CAP. …”
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Development and characterization of a line with substitution of chromosome 4B of wheat <i>Triticum aestivum</i> L. on chromosome 4H^<i>mar</i> of wild barley <i>Hordeum... by L. A. Pershina, N. V. Trubacheeva, V. K. Shumny, E. D. Badaeva

“…SSR markers Xgwm368 and Xgwm6 confirmed the absence of chromosome 4B, and EST markers BAWU808 and BAW112 identified chromosome 4Hmar in the genome of the isolated disomic wheat­barley substitution line. The study of this line showed that the substitution of chromosome 4B with chromosome 4Hmar resulted in a change of some morphological traits. …”
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Social vulnerability and genetic service utilization among unaffected BRIDGE trial patients with inherited cancer susceptibility by Jemar R. Bather, Melody S. Goodman, Adrian Harris, Guilherme Del Fiol, Rachel Hess, David W. Wetter, Daniel Chavez-Yenter, Lingzi Zhong, Lauren Kaiser-Jackson, Rachelle Chambers, Richard Bradshaw, Wendy Kohlmann, Sarah Colonna, Whitney Espinel, Rachel Monahan, Saundra S. Buys, Ophira Ginsburg, Kensaku Kawamoto, Kimberly A. Kaphingst, on behalf of the BRIDGE research team

“…We used encounters from the electronic health record (EHR) to measure the uptake of genetic counseling and testing, including dichotomous measures of (1) whether participants initiated pre-test cancer genetic services, (2) completed pre-test cancer genetic services, (3) had genetic testing ordered, and (4) completed genetic testing. …”
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Diabetes distress among immigrants of south Asian descent living in New York City: baseline results from the DREAM randomized control trial by Farhan Mohsin, Laura Wyatt, Hayley Belli, Shahmir Ali, Deborah Onakomaiya, Supriya Misra, Yousra Yusuf, Shinu Mammen, Jennifer Zanowiak, Sarah Hussain, Haroon Zafar, Sahnah Lim, Nadia Islam, Naheed Ahmed

“…Logistic regression models examined associations between HbA1c, mental health, and other covariates with dichotomized DD subscales. Results Overall, 414 participants completed the DDS at baseline (median age = 55.2 years; SD = 9.8). …”
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Desnutrición y obesidad en mayores autónomos y determinantes de salud relacionados con ambos trastornos nutricionales by Claudia Haitzell Bonilla-Barrera, Laura Bea Berges, Jesús Seco-Calvo

“…Binary logistic regression was performed to predict dichotomous dependent variables. Results: The prevalence of malnutrition and its risk (DR) were 18.7% and obesity and its risk were 66,5%. …”
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