A New Approach to Non-Invasive Microcirculation Monitoring: Quantifying Capillary Refill Time Using Oximetric Pulse Waves by Yuxiang Xia, Xinrui Wang, Zhe Guo, Xuesong Wang, Zhong Wang

“…In Group B, one doctor repeated the measurement of each subject three times using the same measuring instrument, and the reproducibility of the CRT was evaluated using the analysis of variance of the repeated measurement data. (3) Results: The development of the capillary refill time meter was successful, with an average measurement time of 18 s and a single measurement. …”
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Study the Effect of Exogenous Iodine on the Thyroid Transcription Factors during Pregnancy in Rat Model by Ghina Hamoodi Hussein, Ehab R. Muhssa, Alaa T. Shakir

“…Materials and Methods: The study included three groups as follows: group 1: involved 20 adult female rats, and the animals in this group were administered distilled water and they served as control, group 2: involved 15 adult female rats, and the animals in this group were treated with a low dose of iodine (0.06 mg), and group 3: involved 15 adult female rats, and the animals in this group were treated with a medium dose of iodine (0.18 mg). …”
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A systematic review of emergency room laparotomy in patients with severe abdominal trauma by Soon Tak Jeong, Yun Chul Park, Young Goun Jo, Wu Seong Kang

“…The review included 10 studies, all of which were observational. A meta-analysis was not performed due to substantial heterogeneity and insufficient data. …”
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The effect of different bioceramic root canal sealer removal protocols on the bond strength of composite to coronal dentin in diabetic and non-diabetic patients: an ex vivo study by Arzu Şahin Mantı, Cemile Kedici Alp

“…All failures were categorized as adhesive, cohesive or mixed. Data were analyzed using Independent Samples t-test and One-Way Analysis of Variance at a significance level of p < 0.05. …”
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Multi-Objective Optimization of Urban Air Transportation Networks Under Social Considerations by Nikolas Hohmann, Sebastian Brulin, Jurgen Adamy, Markus Olhofer

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Developing and presenting a mathematical model for the purpose of organizational culture architecture based on creating alignment between the strategic reference points of organiza... by Elyas hasanzadeh Shweili, Mir Mehrdad peidaie, Ali reza Rezghi Rostami

“…Delphi and fuzzy neural system were used to collect and analyze data. For data analysis, in order to refine the components and criteria of the conceptual model from the point of view of experts, the fuzzy Delphi technique was used, and in order to present the mathematical model, the adaptive fuzzy inference system and Matlab software were used. …”
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An enhanced tropospheric fusion model based on China’s National continuously operating reference stations by Chaoqian Xu, Lihong Li, Junbo Shi, Ming Chen, Yibin Yao

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Positive Expression of IGFBP2 as a Novel Prognostic Biomarker for Patients with Lower-Grade Gliomas by Yanguo Li, Jiawei Fan, Zhuo Shen, Jun Zhang, Xuemei Yin, Fang Han, Wenfei Li

“…Statistical analyses and data visualization were performed using R language (version 3.6.3) and Perl software (version 5.38.1), with significance set at P < 0.05.Results: Kaplan–Meier survival analysis suggested that the group with decreased IGFBP2 expression may have improved OS as compared with the group with high IGFBP2 expression. …”
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The age-adjusted international prognostic index 2 (A-FLIPI2) for elderly patients with follicular lymphoma by Jiesong Wang, Junlei Jia, Jingwei Yu, Jing Liu, Meng Gao, Hengqi Liu, Lanfang Li, Lihua Qiu, Shiyong Zhou, Bin Meng, Wenchen Gong, Zhengzi Qian, Xianhuo Wang, Huilai Zhang

“…Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to identify high risk prognostic factors, and we evaluated the predictive capacity of several prognostic scoring models by survival analysis and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves. …”
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Patients’ Educational Program Could Improve Azathioprine Adherence in Crohn’s Disease Maintenance Therapy by Lei Wang, Rong Fan, Chen Zhang, Liwen Hong, Tianyu Zhang, Zhengting Wang, Jie Zhong

“…Patients receiving AZA as maintenance therapy for CD were enrolled. Demographic data, clinical data, and usage information were collected. …”
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The effect of different fabrication techniques on porosity of cobalt-chromium cast removable partial denture farm works. by Fryad Mustafa Rasheed, Rizgar Mohammed Ameen Hasan

“…The purpose of this study was to evaluate the overall porosity of conventional versus computer-aided design/computer-aided manufactured (CAD/CAM) and 3D-Printed removable partial denture (RPD) frameworks based on tests data analysis, and to evaluate the porosity of each technique’s fabrication of the RPD frameworks. …”
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Refreshing medical students’ intravenous-cannulation skills: a blinded observer three-arm randomised comparison of mental imagery, part-task trainer simulation and written instruct... by Robert Greif, Joana Berger-Estilita, Rafael Blülle, Daniel Stricker, Mathias Balmer, Christoph Berendonk

“…We performed a descriptive analysis of the data and a one-way analysis of variance. …”
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Lateral Quadratus Lumborum Block versus Transversus Abdominis Plane Block in Laparoscopic Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Study by Omar Sayed Fargaly, Maged Labib Boules, Mohamed Ahmed Hamed, Mohammed Abdel Aleem Abbas, Mohammed Ahmed Shawky

“…Cases were randomly allocated into two similar groups: TAPB and QLB groups. The first outcome was the growing morphine consumption on the 1st day postoperatively. …”
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Effect of Fiber Post-Resin Matrix Composition on Bond Strength of Post-Cement Interface by Ibtisam O. M. Alnaqbi, Haitham Elbishari, Emad S. Elsubeihi

“…After one week storage at 37°C, two sections of 1 mm thickness from middle-third were subjected to micro-push-out test at crosshead speed 0.5 mm/min. Results. The data were analyzed using one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). …”
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Révision de l’espèce Homo erectus (Dubois, 1893) by Valéry Zeitoun

“…So the number of real groups should be emphasized but in the end of the analysis such “real” - subgroups- can be linked. …”
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Timing of ultrasonography in the diagnosis of fallopian tubal heterotopic pregnancy by HUANG Qin, HUANG Ying, LI Wen

“…Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis was used to evaluate the diagnostic value of ultrasonography for THP in these three groups.Results·In all the ectopic pregnancy cases, 72 THP cases were confirmed by postoperative pathology or further ultrasonography. …”
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The Effect of an Educational Application on The Quality of Life and Treatment Adherence in Mothers of Children with Congenital Heart Disease Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: A Randomize... by Mohammad Rajabi, Jamalodin Begjani, Reza Negarandeh

“…Data were analyzed using SPSS software version 26, with independent t-test, chi-square, and analysis of covariance. …”
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Screening 215 Lentil Genotypes under Salinity Stress During the Seedling Stage in Greenhouse Conditions by Ahmad Nezami, jafar Nabati, Mohammad Kafi, Elahe Boroumand Rezazadeh

“…The performed grouping was validated through a multivariate analysis of variance and discriminant function analysis. …”
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Propofol Priming for Enhancing Induction Safety in Hypertensive Patients: A Prospective Double-blind Randomised Controlled Trial by Tarun Yadav, Mayuri Golhar, Chhavi Saini

“…The Kolmogorov-Smirnov test was used for normalisation, and the Mann’s-Whitney U test, Independent t-test, and Chi-square test were used for data analysis. Results: In Group 1 (study), the mean age was 49.36±9.42 years, while in Group 2 (control), it was 49.36±9.19 years (p=0.91). …”
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Interpretable machine learning models for predicting skip metastasis in cN0 papillary thyroid cancer based on clinicopathological and elastography radiomics features by Xiaohua Yao, Mingming Tang, Min Lu, Jie Zhou, Debin Yang

“…SHAP analysis identified five key determinants of SLNM: three radiomics features from elastography images, one clinical variable, and one pathological variable.ConclusionOur evaluation highlights the XGBoost model, which integrates elastography radiomics and clinicopathological data, as the most effective ML approach for the prediction of SLNM in cN0 PTC patients with increased risk of LNM. …”
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