Helicobacter pylori culture as a key tool for diagnosis in Colombia by Diana F Rojas-Rengifo, Belen Mendoza, Carlos Jaramillo, Paula A Rodríguez-Urrego, José F Vera-Chamorro, Johanna Alvarez, Maria del Pilar Delgado, Luisa F Jimenez-Soto

“…The concordance between techniques was determined by the Cohen’s Kappa coefficient (K). The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV) were also calculated. …”
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Pengaruh terpaan media Instagram Jogjaeverycore terhadap online engagement pengikut instagram Jogjaeverycore by Pasca Widya Narendra, Ulfah Hidayati

“…The research sample was determined using the Simple Random Sampling method and the number of samples was determined using the slovin formula. …”
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Effect of Technical Parameters of Electric Low Voltage Devices of the Shop Power Supply Systems on their Reliability Characteristics by Gracheva E.I., Ivshin I.V., Gorlov A.N., Alimova A.N.

“…They also prevent the development of defects in the switching equipment and failures and make it possible to use the developed criterium for the supplemental regulation pe-riods of investigations of switching devices. An algorithm and a method have been elaborated for a comprehensive assessment of the functioning efficiency of the switching low-voltage de-vices, which allows establishing a relationship between the probability of uptime and the contact resistance of devices considering the number of switching cycles. …”
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FunFOLDQA: a quality assessment tool for protein-ligand binding site residue predictions. by Daniel B Roche, Maria T Buenavista, Liam J McGuffin

“…The estimation of prediction quality is important because without quality measures, it is difficult to determine the usefulness of a prediction. Currently, methods for ligand binding site residue predictions are assessed in the function prediction category of the biennial Critical Assessment of Techniques for Protein Structure Prediction (CASP) experiment, utilizing the Matthews Correlation Coefficient (MCC) and Binding-site Distance Test (BDT) metrics. …”
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EXPERIMENTAL STAND FOR INVESTIGATION BOILING OF MIXTURES USED IN LOW-TEMPERATURE TECHNIQUE by A. S. Dolzhikov, V. I. Mogorychny

“…The description of the method of determination of heat transfer coefficient during boiling of zeotropic mixtures in horizontal heated channel is given as well as the design of the experimental stand allowing to make such measurements. …”
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Development of a computer simulation model of a three-phase asynchronous electric drive using an adjustable transistor reducer by S. Yu. Eremochkin, A. A. Zhukov, D. V. Dorokhov

“…The values of similar quantities for the electric motor, which is powered by a phase-shifting capacitor, are determined. The dependences of the power factor and efficiency on the active power on the motor shaft are determined.Conclusion. …”
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Developing and validating an instrument to assess non-hospital health centers’ preparedness to provide initial emergency care: a study protocol by Mehrdad Amir Behghadami, Ali Janati, Homayoun Sadeghi-Bazargani, Masoumeh Gholizadeh, Farzad Rahmani, Morteza Arab-Zozani

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Calculation of Friction Force for Slurry Pipe Jacking considering Soil-Slurry-Pipe Interaction by Yichao Ye, Limin Peng, Weichao Yang, Yang Zou, Chengyong Cao

“…Finally, a method for calculating the friction resistance of slurry pipe jacking is established. …”
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Quantification of bactericidal activity using the PATHFAST TB LAM Ag assay during the first 14 days of pulmonary tuberculosis treatment by Ayumi Akinaga, Andreas H. Diacon, Remous Ocloo, Atsushi Yanagida, Naofumi Yoda, Masanori Kawasaki, Yongge Liu

“…LAM concentrations in raw and decontaminated sputum by the PATHFAST-LAM were also highly correlated with a Spearman coefficient of 0.957 (95% CI: 0.950 – 0.964). Importantly, the LAM concentrations by the PATHFAST-LAM correlated with bacterial loads determined by culture-based methods in all five treatment arms (Spearman’s coefficients: 0.723 – 0.947). …”
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Clinical and diagnostic value of transrectal ultrasound in assessing the severity of ulcerative colitis by M.V. Stoikevych, M.V. Titova, T.S. Tarasova, O.P. Petishko

“…A tendency to increase in the thickness of the mucous layer and the coefficient of deformation with increasing endoscopic activity was determined. …”
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Prediction of Crop Yield by Support Vector Machine Coupled with Deep Learning Algorithm Procedures in Lower Kulfo Watershed of Ethiopia by Abebe Temesgen Ayalew, Tarun Kumar Lohani

“…The research comprised a model that is combined with machine learning procedures (ANN, random forest, and decision tree) to know efficient and appropriate crop types. The planned model is improved through conducting deep learning methods incorporated to the existing practice for different crop condition. …”
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Deflection of screen surface and spatial deformation law of screen apertures during 1 mm elastic screening by Haishen JIANG, Ran YANG, Runyu LIU, Shijie YU, Peng GUO, Miao PAN, Long HUANG, Chenlong DUAN

“…To overcome the problems above, combining vibration testing and multi-flexible body dynamics simulation methods, the kinematic characteristics of elastic screen surface and 1 mm elastic screening test were carried out. …”
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Comparison of cytokine secretion and study of their effect on erythropoiesis in patients with malignant neoplasms with anemia of chronic disease, iron deficiency anemia, and their... by V. T. Sakhin, E. V. Kryukov, S. P. Kazakov, A. V. Sotnikov, A. V. Gordienko, M. A. Zavartsev, O. A. Rukavitsyn

“…Significance of differences between several unrelated groups was determined using the Kruskal–Wallis test. To assess the relationship between variables, the Spearman correlation coefficient (r) was calculated.Results. …”
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Study on influence of <i>Saccharina japonica</i> fermentation on chemical composition of mixed fodder for sea cucumber juveniles by Alexander M. Rogov

“…Alginic acid content was determined by titration method. Total lipid content was determined by Blight-Dayer method. …”
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Translation, cultural adaptation, and psychometric validation of the Persian version of the children's trust in general nurses’ scale by Jamalodin Begjani, Armin Zareian, Mohammad Mehdi Rajabi

“…Additionally, convergent and discriminant validity were examined. Reliability was determined using Cronbach’s alpha coefficient, intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC), and standard error of measurement (SEM). …”
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Age-specific comparison of some morphological parameters of the proximal phalanges of the hand in male children and adolescents from Tajikistan and Western India by S. V. Matyushechkin

“…The aim of the study was (a) to establish ethnicity-specific differences in such morphological parameters of the proximal phalanges (PP) as the bone length and the width of diaphysis in male children and adolescents from Tajikistan and Western India and (b) to develop regression equations for determining their age based on the size of the PP.Materials and methods. …”
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Federal Scientific Agroengineering Center VIM, Moscow, Russian Federation by A. V. Mironova

“…(Materials and methods) The parameters of various unused soil plots were studied in the Ryazan region: in particular, the composition of the herbage, the thickness of the blackened soil layer, the degree of soil blackening, its density and moisture, and infiltration properties. …”
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A Comparison of Endothelial Cell Loss in Combined Cataract and MIGS (Hydrus) Procedure to Phacoemulsification Alone: 6-Month Results by Antonio M. Fea, Giulia Consolandi, Giulia Pignata, Paola Maria Loredana Cannizzo, Carlo Lavia, Filippo Billia, Teresa Rolle, Federico M. Grignolo

“…To compare the corneal endothelial cell loss after phacoemulsification, alone or combined with microinvasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS), in nonglaucomatous versus primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) eyes affected by age-related cataract. Methods. 62 eyes of 62 patients were divided into group 1 (n=25, affected by age-related cataract) and group 2 (n=37, affected by age-related cataract and POAG). …”
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Predictors of stress hyperglycemia in patients with acute phase of Q-wave myocardial infarction complicated by acute heart failure without diabetes history by N. I. Kapshytar, V. D. Syvolap

“…Body mass index was determined to have the greatest impact, using coefficient of elasticity (e = 0.727). …”
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Evaluation of the Antibacterial Effectiveness of Some Antiseptics and Disinfectants by Aminu, A.I., Abdullahi, M.S.

“…Two disinfectants-D1 (Sodium hypochlorite 3.85%) and D2 (7% Tar acid, phenol, 2% cresylic creosote) and two antiseptics-A1 (Chloroxyenol B.Pc 48%nw/v, oleumpiniaromgticum 8.3%w/w) and A2 (Dichlorometaxylenol, IPA, terpinol) were selected and their efficacies against Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella spp and Escherichia coli were determined using agar disk diffusion methods. The potency of the disinfectants was further evaluated against phenol to establish the phenol coefficient (Pc). …”
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