Problematic Technology Use Scale for Young Children (PTUS-YC): Validity and Reliability Study by Önder Baltacı, Ömer Faruk Akbulut, Ahmet Sami Konca

“…Reliability analysis for PTUS-YC was performed using Cronbach alpha internal consistency coefficient and McDonald's Omega coefficient methods. …”
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Validity and Reliability of the Hungarian Version of the Pain Self-Efficacy Questionnaire Among Women with Endometriosis and Chronic Pelvic Pain by Zsófia Kovács-Szabó, Alexandra Makai, Pongrác Ács, Márta Hock

“…Confirmatory factor analysis was used to determine the construct validity of the PSEQ-HU, while Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient established the convergent validity using the 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey, numeric rating scale (NRS), Pain Catastrophizing Scale, and Perceived Stress Scale. …”
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Multivariate calculation of the lifting mechanism of a bridge-type crane on a computer by Vitchuk P.V.

“…In the classical methods of calculating the mechanism for lifting the load of a bridge type crane, the elements of the mechanism are selected on the basis of their sequential calculation, taking into account the corresponding safety factors. …”
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Efek Game Online dalam Mempengaruhi Sikap Sosial Anak Sekolah Dasar by Aida Rahmi Nasution, Tika Meldina, Erwanto Erwanto, Diah Yupita Sari

“…While data analysis using hypothesis testing includes simple linear regression test, and test the coefficient of determination. The results of the study reveal that the effect of online games has a significant effect on children's social attitudes as evidenced by the results of simple linear regression where the output is known to be calculated F value = 18.966 with a significance level of 0.000 <0.05. …”
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Numerical investigation of the thermal conductivity of a composite heat-insulating material with microgranules by S. A. Solovev, O. V. Soloveva, I. G. Akhmetova, Y. V. Vankov, R. Z. Shakurova

“…Determination of the influence of the volume content of microspherical granules on the heat flux through the composite material.METHODS. …”
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Green synthesis of titanium dioxide photocatalyst using Lactobacillus bulgaricus for processing palm oil mill effluent by L. Agustina, M. Romli, P. Suryadarma, S. Suprihatin

“…The effectiveness of titanium dioxide as a photocatalyst depends on the synthesis method used. The method affect the particle size, crystallinity and phase composition of the produced catalyst. …”
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MQGA: A quantitative analysis of brain network hubs using multi-graph theoretical indices by Hongzhou Wu, Zhenzhen Yang, Qingquan Cao, Pan Wang, Bharat B. Biswal, Benjamin Klugah-Brown

“…Using benchmark network, random simulation network (N = 100), resting fMRI data from the ADHD-200 NYU dataset (HC = 110, ADHD = 146), and the Peking dataset (HC = 120, ADHD = 83), we introduce the Multi-criteria Quantitative Graph Analysis (MQGA) method, which employs betweenness centrality, degree centrality, and participation coefficient to determine the connector (con) hub index and provincial (pro) hub index. …”
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Cattle rumen inoculated Gliricidia sepium with poultry manure: Pretreatment, biogas production, and optimization by O.S. Oladejo, S.O. Dahunsi, E.L. Odekanle, O.A. Odeleye, O.S. Aroyewon, A.O. Oladele, G.S. Fala, A.A. Olanipekun, A.O. Abiola, J.O. Ojediran, O.E. Ajayi, O.A. Olawuni

“…Also, the RSM predicted biogas yield was 1.32 L/kg VS in the inoculated (addition of bovine rumen content) pretreated experiment, with the model's coefficient of determination of 0.9776, indicate strong modeling and prediction accuracy for the inoculated experiment. …”
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Free-Electron Screening Mechanism of the Shallow Impurity Breakdown in n-GaAs: Evidences from the Photoelectric Zeeman and Cyclotron Resonance Spectroscopies by O. Z. Alekperov, E. P. Nakhmedov

“…Diagnosis of the BD mechanism was performed by SI Zeeman (mainly from the ground state 1s to 2p+1 and other excitation states) and cyclotron resonance photoelectric spectroscopy (PES) methods in the wide interval of the electric field including the BD region too. …”
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Nasopharyngeal density of respiratory viruses in childhood pneumonia in a highly vaccinated setting: findings from a case–control study by Andrew Martin, Peter Richmond, Adam Jaffe, Mejbah Uddin Bhuiyan, Jurissa Lang, Chisha Sikazwe, Meredith Borland, David Smith, Tom Snelling, Christopher Blyth

“…A decreasing density trend with increasing age was observed—the trend was statistically significant for RSV (regression coefficient −0.04, p=0.004) but not for other viruses. …”
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Role of Psychological Distress in the Assessment of Chronic Illness Care and Self-Management Behaviors of Elderly Patients with T2DM Chronic Complications by Sun X, Wang X, Zhou R, Deng W, Jiang J, Shi Y

“…Furthermore, the total effect of PAID-C on DSMB-O via PACIC was determined to be (0.27+0.22=0.49). Notably, the mediating effect accounted for 54.99%.Conclusion: Psychological distress is intricately linked to self-management behaviour among elderly patients suffering from T2DM and chronic complications. …”
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The validity of a new resilience scale: the Japan Resilience Scale (J-RS) for mothers with a focus on cultural aspects by Mariko Takeuchi, Michiko Matsunaga, Akimitsu Miyake, Ryuichiro Egashira, Sayaka Hotta, Mai Nakano, Misaki Moriguchi, Fumihiko Yasuno, Masako Myowa, Keisuke Hagihara

“…Internal consistency (reliability) of the J-RS was assessed using Cronbach’s alpha coefficient, and the final model was determined via confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). …”
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Resistance intensity test (RIT): a novel bioassay for quantifying the level of acaricide resistance in Rhipicephalus microplus ticks by Frans Jongejan, Laura Berger, Laura Homminga, Iris Hulsebos, Alita Petersen, Priscila Teixeira Ferreira, José Reck, Guilherme Klafke

“…Usually, the recommended label dose or an established discriminating dose of an acaricide is used to determine high mortality (≥ 95%) of susceptible tick strains. …”
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Interrelation between the parameters of endogenous vascular regulation, oxidative stress and the markers of inflammatory response in COVID-19 patients while on extracorporeal membr... by E. V. Klychnikova, S. V. Zhuravel, I. V. Ivanov, O. V. Nikitina, E. V. Tazina, A. Yu. Bulanov, A. M. Talyzin, K. A. Popugaev, V. V. Vladimirov, S. S. Petrikov, A. S. Bogdanova

“…The study of systemic inflammatory response and endothelial function in patients with COVID-19 during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.Material and methods. In the course of a prospective study, we examined 100 COVID-19 patients aged 26 to 75 years, median 55 years [47;60], who were treated at the N.V. …”
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The effect of the informative program in the narrative style on the development of the meaning of life among blind students at Al-Noor Institute / Baghdad Governorate by Aasu Saleh Saeed, Alaa Khudair Nassif

“…The researchers used the following statistical methods: (Pearson correlation coefficient, Fakronbach equation, Spearman's equation, T-test for two independent samples, Chi-square, Wilcoxen test, Mann-Whitney test, weighted mean, percent weight). …”
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Explainable machine learning and online calculators to predict heart failure mortality in intensive care units by An‐Tian Chen, Yuhui Zhang, Jian Zhang

“…Abstract Aims This study aims to develop explainable machine learning models and clinical tools for predicting mortality in patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) with heart failure (HF). Methods Patients diagnosed with HF who experienced their first ICU stay lasting between 24 h and 28 days were selected from the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care IV (MIMIC‐IV) database. …”
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Relationship between gut microbiota and markers of myocardial fibrosis in with chronic heart failure with preserved ejection fraction by A. N. Kaburova, O. M. Drapkina, S. M. Yudin, S. N. Koretsky, V. V. Makarov, M. S. Pokrovskaya, S. A. Kraevoy, B. B. Shoybonov, I. A. Efimova

“…The quantitative determination of myocardial fibrosis markers was carried out by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. …”
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Operation Analysis of Automated Unit for Magnetic Pulse Treatment of Garden Strawberry by A. Yu. Izmaylov, D. O. Khort, R. A. Filippov, A. I. Kutyrev, I. G. Smirnov

“…Federal Scientific Agroengineering Center VIM conducts research and development work on the determination of parameters, technical characteristics of machines and operating modes of magnetic pulse treatment (MPT) of plant material in field conditions. …”
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Source identification and ecological risk assessment of some heavy metals in surface soils collected from the vicinity of Arad-Kouh processing and disposal complex, Tehran, Iran by Seyedeh Maryam Mohammadi, Bahareh Lorestani, Soheil Sobhan Ardakani, Mehrdad Cheraghi, Lima Tayebi

“…After acid digestion of soil samples, the element contents were determined using ICP-OES. Also, pollution indices, potential ecological risk were computed. …”
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Correlation Between Tear Film Stability and Myopia in Children by Huang PW, Kuo YK, Chen NN, Li JH, Wu CH, Chen HM, Su KW, Sun CC

“…The correlation between dry eye and myopia was determined by linear regression analysis.Results: In total, 31 non-myopic (mean age, 9.03 years) and 34 myopic (mean age, 8.44 years) children were included in the final analysis. …”
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