Self-Movement Screening using the Symmio Application is Reliable and Valid for Identifying Musculoskeletal Risk Factors by Kyle Matsel, Jonathan Kirsch, Tessa Netelbeek, Rolando Rodriguez, Ervin Velic, Kate Schwartzkopf-Phifer

“… # Study Design Cross-Sectional # Methods Eighty (42 male, 38 female) healthy individuals mean age 26.5 ± 9.4 participated in the study. …”
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POSSIBILITIES OF CARIES PROGNOSIS IN CHILDREN OF SCHOOL-AGE ACCORDING TO DATA GAINED FROM THEM AND THEIR PARENTS QUESTIONNAIRE by L.F. Kaskova, T.B. Mandziuk, L.P. Ulasevych, L.D. Korovina, M.A. Sadovski

“…Questionnaire is one of the forms of determining caries appearance factors [8]. This method of research allows to identify and compare the significance of factors observed in children and their parents. …”
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Reflections and implementation strategies for constructing a standard system for deep coalbed methane exploration and exploitation by Xinjun CHEN, Zengqin LIU, Baojian SHEN, Shihu ZHAO, Jiaqi ZHANG, Jincheng YE

“…Furthermore, this study determined the staged objectives for the standard system construction. …”
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离心式通风机叶轮CAD模块开发 by 桂艳, 潘地林

“…The internal relation between a large number of existing aerodynamic sketches and performance parameters of centrifugal fan is analyzed and investigated by means of statistical method,the correspondence relation between speed coefficient and diametral quotient,impeller outlet breadth and diametral quotient is found.A new method which determined the main geometric parameters of impeller is put forward.On the base of the software of CAD,the CAD module of impeller of centrifugal fan with VBA using the parametric drawing technology is developed,and the automatation of design and drawing of impeller is realized,efficierry and the quality of drawing are improved.…”
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Changes and Trends in the Vegetation Period and the Start and End Dates of the Vegetation Period in the Aegean Region by Semra Sütgibi

“…The MannKendal rank correlation coefficient method was used to determine whether there was a statistical significance related to the trends in vegetation periods and the start and end of the vegetation period. …”
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Functionality of whey protein isolates and hydrolyzed whey proteins by Zoran Herceg, Vesna Lelas, Greta Krešić, Anet Režek

“…On the basis of measured shear rate and shear stress, using least squere method, rheological parameters, flow behavior indeks (n) and consistency coefficient (k) were determined according to the Ostwald de Waele model. …”
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Zoning and Identification of Factors Affecting Illegal Livestock Grazing in Golestan National Park Using Logistic Regression by Meysam Madadi, HamidReza Rezaei, Alireza Mohammadi, Bagher Nezami Balochi, Maryam Shahbazi

“…The Aspect factor with a coefficient of 0.0015 was determined to be the least influential independent variable. …”
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Biomechanics of the corneoscleral shell and hemodynamics of the glaucomatous eye: is there a connection? by E. N. Iomdina, O. A. Kiseleva, A. M. Bessmertny, D. D. Khoziev, P. V. Luzhnov, D. M. Shamaev, I. N. Moiseeva, A. A. Stein

“…The elasticity coefficient (s) was determined by a modified differential tonometry technique. …”
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Steps to Adapt the Medication Administration Error Survey in Highly Specialised Units—Polish Perspectives by Katarzyna Kwiecień-Jaguś, Wioletta Mędrzycka-Dąbrowska, Monika Kopeć

“…In part C, regarding the percentages of the type of error occurring in a given medical facility, Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was 0.97. When the factor loadings of the items were evaluated, they were determined to be in the range of 0.602–0.783. …”
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Cross‐Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the MISSCARE Survey OR for Chinese Operating Room Nurses: A Methodological and Cross‐Sectional Study by Guangying Liu, Xiaofu Ji, Liyun Xiao, Min Teng, Xuetong Zhou, Zaixia Si

“…The validity was determined through the Delphi expert consultation method and factor analysis. …”
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Development and validation of the Fall Risk Assessment Scale for patients in rehabilitation hospitals: A methodological study by Shoeleh Rahimi, Hamid Reza Khankeh, Abbas Ebadi, Batol Mohammadian, Narges Arsalani, Masoud Fallahi‐Khoshknab, Nazila Akbarfahimi, Elham Loni

“…Its weighted kappa coefficient was >0.85, its sensitivity was 73%, and its specificity was 82%. …”
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The influence of carotid plaque on carotid artery stiffness indicators in hypertensive patients with and without accompanying type 2 diabetes by V. V. Syvolap, A. O. Bohun

“…Basic anthropometric data, laboratory indicators of lipid and carbohydrate metabolism, creatinine, data of daily blood pressure monitoring, echocardiography, intima-media thickness, local stiffness indicators: artery diameter, distensibility, the distensibility coefficient (DC), and compliance coefficient (CC), stiffness indices α, β, local pulse wave velocity (PWV), pressure and augmentation index (using radiofrequency-based technologies) were studied. …”
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Increasing clinicians’ suspicion of ATTR amyloidosis using a retrospective algorithm by Jessica Ammon, John Alexander, Woodson Petit-Frere, Deya Alkhatib, Aranyak Rawal, Grace Newman, Oguz Akbiligic, Brian Borkowski, John Jefferies, Isaac B. Rhea

“…On change point analysis, PYP scan ordering increased after protocol initiation (regression coefficient 1.27 vs. 6.31, p < 0.001), as well as equivocal or positive PYP results (regression coefficient 0.38 vs. 0.52, p < 0.01). …”
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Translation, cross-cultural adaptation, and validation of the Palliative Care Knowledge Questionnaire for PEACE (PEACE-Q) in Brazilian Portuguese by João Paulo Aureliano Silva, Aleida Nazareth Soares, Adriana Silvina Pagano, Cristiana Guimarães Paes Savoi, Alexandre Ernesto Silva, Alexandre Sampaio Moura

“…Pre-test (n=20) and test-retest (n=63) were conducted on medical residents from Santa Casa Hospital in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. We determined the content validity index, Kuder-Richardson-20 (KR-20) value, and intraclass correlation coefficient. …”
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Investigation of the Two-Mode Regime of Two-Gap Photonic-Crystal Resonance Systems Produced on a Printed Circuit Board with Fractal Elements "Minkowski Island by V. A. Tsarev, A. Yu. Miroshnichenko, A. V. Gnusarev, N. A. Akafyeva

“…The well-known Wessel-Berg method was used to calculate electronic parameters, such as the Ge / G0 electronic conductivity and the coupling coefficient M.Results. …”
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FEATURES OF MODELING THE FLOW AROUND THE HELICOPTER MAIN ROTOR TAKING INTO ACCOUNT ARBITRARY BLADES MOTION by V. A. Vershkov, B. S. Kritsky, R. M. Mirgazov

“…To solve the problem, the method of deformable grids is used, in which the equations are copied taking into account the grid nodes motion determined in accordance with the spatial blades motion, and SST turbulence model is used for closure. …”
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Assessment of Isometric Shoulder Strength in Swimmers: A Validation and Reliability Study of the ASH and iASH Tests by Hugo Ogando-Berea, Santiago Virgós-Abelleira, Pablo Hernandez-Lucas, Fernando Zarzosa-Alonso

“…Relative reliability was analysed using the Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC), absolute reliability was assessed through the Standard Error of Measurement (SEM) and Minimal Detectable Change at 90% confidence (MDC90), and variability was determined using the Coefficient of Variation (CV%), applying statistical tests such as Wilcoxon. …”
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HEART AND VESSEL REMODELING IN DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS OF PATIENTS WITH ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION by V. N. Kandilova

“…The results of reactive hyperemia test on the right brachial artery and blood lipid profile were studied with the calculation of atherogenicity coefficient (AC). The data analysis was carried out with the help of Statistica 12 application package with determination of mean values (M), minimum, maximum and mean error (m), median and interquartile range for the CCA intima-media thickness (IMT). …”
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Mechanism of thermoviscoelasticity driven solid-liquid interface reducing friction for polymer alloy coating by Sheng Tan, Yimin Luo, Junhua Yang, Wei Wang, Xia Li, Baoguang Jia, Zhuangzhu Luo, Guangan Zhang

“…Additionally the friction coefficient (µ) decreased from 0.096 to 0.042 with the increasing of temperature from 25 to 300 °C. …”
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Diagnostic value of combined detection of serum cystatin C and β2-microglobulin for hypertensive nephropathy by YU Yao, ZHANG Chun-min, HUANG Xue-mei, GUO Bian-qin

“…Objective To study the clinical value of combined detection of serum cystatin C andβ2-microglobulin in the diagnosis of hypertensive nephropathy.Methods 228 hypertensive patients and51 normal controls from Jan.2013 to Oct.2014 were selected.According to the glomerular filtration rate calculated by the simplified MDRD formula,228 hypertensive patients were divided into four groups:group A(simple hypertension),group B(hypertensive nephropathy of stage Ⅰ),group C(hypertensive nephropathy of stage Ⅱ),and group D(hypertensive nephropathy of stage Ⅲ-Ⅳ).The serum levels of Cys C,β2-MG and SCr were determined and compared among the groups.Results There was no significant difference in the serum-levels of Cys C,β2-MG and SCr between control group and group A.The serum levels of Cys C and β2-MG were increased in groups B,C and D as compared with control group(P<0.01).The serum SCr level showed no significant difference between control group and group B,but higher in groups C and D than in control group(P<0.01).The serum levels of Cys C,β2-MG and SCr showed a rising trend with the severity of hypertensive nephropathy.ROC curves showed that the AUC of Cys C,β2-MG and SCr in hypertensive nephropathy patients was0.879,0.881 and 0.967 respectively.In each group,the positive rate of the combined detection of three indicators was higher than that of the combined detection of Cys C and β2-MG,and the positive rate was higher than that of single detection.Correlation analysis showed a negative correlation between GFR and Cys C,β2-MG,SCr with the correlation coefficient being-0.776,-0.742,and-0.732 respectively(P<0.01).There was strong better correlation between Cys C and β2-MG with the correlation coefficient being 0.912(P<0.01).Conclusions The serum levels of Cys C and β2-MG could be used as important indicators to judge hypertensive nephropathy.Combined detection of Cys C and β2-MG could improve the sensitivity of the diagnosis for early hypertensive nephropathy,and it was an important clinical value to diagnose and treat hypertensive nephropathy accurately through combined determination of the serum levels of Cys C,β2-MG and SCr regularly.…”
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