Serum albumin level in a sample of Egyptian patients with major depressive and bipolar disorders; a case control comparative study by Maha Mohamed Sayed, Maha Mohamed El Gaafary, Mona Mahmoud Ebrahim Elsheikh, Sohayla Samy Hamed, Rahma Mohamed Abdelaziz Mohamed, Mariam Yehia Mohamed Aboutaleb

“…However, the correlation coefficient between serum albumin and YMR (Young Mania Rating) score in bipolar patients is − 0.637, while the correlation coefficient between serum albumin and BDI (Beck Depression Inventory) score in major depression patients is − 0.929, both with P-values of less than 0.001, indicating statistical significance. …”
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Predictors of carotid artery restenosis after carotid endarterectomy by E. P. Kolesova, E. V. Verkhovskaya, A. G. Vanyurkin, E. K. Zaykova, V. V. Kvan, O. V. Kalinina, M. A. Chernyavsky, A. L. Maslyansky, A. N. Yakovlev, A. Yu. Babenko, A. O. Konradi, E. V. Shlyakhto

“…Aim. To determine predictors of carotid artery restenosis in patients after carotid endarterectomy (CEA).Material and methods. …”
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Digital mapping of Ghana’s soil properties and nutrients: performance of spline and weighted average approaches by Kora B.D. Simperegui, Anselme K.K. Kouame, Benjamin Kwesie, Prem S. Bindraban, William Adzawla, Eric Asamoah, Mohamed El Gharous

“…On average, the thickness-weighted approach (coefficient of determination [R2]: 0.008–0.687, concordance correlation coefficient [CCC]: 0.103–0.793) outperformed the spline approach (R2: 0.180–0.567, CCC: 0.175–0.688) for eight of the 9 soil properties. …”
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Construction and application of an index system for evaluating the operation of community (village) public health committees in Guangzhou city: a Delphi study by Diqiong HE, Lili SUN, Ke LI, Yuan LIU, Guanyang ZOU

“…ResultsFor the two rounds of expert consultation, the positive coefficients were 100% and 92.3%, the authority coefficients were 0.83 and 0.85, and the Kendall′s W coefficients of expert′s opinions were 0.46 and 0.54 (both P<0.05), respectively. …”
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An Evaluation of Thailand’s Healthier Choices Nutrient Scoring Algorithm for the Composite Meal Category by Hung Nguyen Ngoc, Wantanee Kriengsinyos

“…For composite meal products, the HCL uses a nutrient profiling model (HCL–NPM) to determine which product qualifies as ‘healthier’ and is allowed to display the HCL symbol. …”
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Association of end-tidal and venous carbon dioxide in intubated and ventilated children by Amir Hossein Jafari-Rouhi, Samad Shams Vahdati, Asghar Jafari-Rouhi, Amin Khameneh, Leila Vahedi, Reza Azadi, Naier Moharrami, Pooneh Navidi, Fatemeh Zeynalzadeh

“…Introduction: The end-tidal CO2 pressure (PetCO2) monitoring which is a non-invasive method than PvCO2 (venous pressure of carbon dioxide), could determinate a graph depicting the carbon dioxide concentration in blood. …”
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Quantitative Study on Uncertainty of Bubble and Droplet Models and Parameters in COSINE Code by CHENG Yixuan1, MENG Zhaocan2, 3, ZHANG Hao4, HUANG Ting2, 3, ZHAO Meng4, ZHOU Fanfan1, YANG Yanhua1, 3, 4

“…The friction coefficients of gas and liquid droplets have the most significant impact on the maximum temperature of the cladding during the reflooding stage, with a correlation coefficient of 0.54. …”
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Pedagogical education as an area to form teacher inclusive dispositions by V. Z. Kantor, Yu. L. Proekt, A. P. Antropov, I. E. Kondrakova

“…On the basis of informed consent, the students filled out online forms (Yandex Form), which included a set of 4 authored and adapted questionnaires and tests.The empirical data obtained were processed by frequency, comparative and multivariate analysis, using the median test, Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient. The analysis of the structure of professional dispositions and the internal consistency of the constructed scales was carried out using the Cronbach’s alpha coefficient and confirmatory factor analysis. …”
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توظيف مقدرات الموارد البشرية في تعزيز الاداء الاستراتيجي بحث استطلاعي تحليلي في بعض كليات جامعة القادسية... by احسان دهش جلاب, سيف علي جاسم

“…The research has been used set of statistical methods represented by weighted mean, standard deviation, Spearman correlation coefficient, & regression coefficient. …”
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Lipid Profile and Vascular Remodelling in Young Dyslipidemic Subjects Treated with Nutraceuticals Derived from Red Yeast Rice by Massimo Puato, Alberto Zambon, Chiara Nardin, Elisabetta Faggin, Raffaele Pesavento, Alice Spinazzè, Paolo Pauletto, Marcello Rattazzi

“…An ultrasound study was performed to assess changes in mean carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) and maximum IMT (M-MAX) as well as modification in local carotid stiffness by means of determining the carotid compliance coefficient (CC) and distensibility coefficient (DC). …”
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UAV-Based Multispectral Winter Wheat Growth Monitoring with Adaptive Weight Allocation by Lulu Zhang, Xiaowen Wang, Huanhuan Zhang, Bo Zhang, Jin Zhang, Xinkang Hu, Xintong Du, Jianrong Cai, Weidong Jia, Chundu Wu

“…Among the evaluated models, the RF model achieved the best performance, with a coefficient of determination (R²) of 0.895 and a root mean square error (RMSE) of 0.0058. …”
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Assessing ChatGPT-4’s performance on the US prosthodontic exam: impact of fine-tuning and contextual prompting vs. base knowledge, a cross-sectional study by Mahmood Dashti, Farshad Khosraviani, Tara Azimi, Delband Hefzi, Shohreh Ghasemi, Amir Fahimipour, Niusha Zare, Zohaib Khurshid, Syed Rashid Habib

“…Methods An official sample questions from the 2021 US National Prosthodontic Resident Mock Exam was used, obtained from the American College of Prosthodontists. …”
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A comparative study between CT angiography and flow parameters in hemodynamic phantom of carotid stenosis evaluated by duplex sonography by Anna Seidlová, Norbert Svoboda, Richard Voldřich, Petra Kešnerová, Roman Matějka, David Pakizer, David Školoudík, David Netuka

“…The Spearman correlation coefficient revealed a relatively strong correlation, with a value of r = 0.444 (p < 0.0001), and the Kendall Tau correlation coefficient also demonstrated significance, with a value of r = 0.302 (p < 0.0001). …”
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Comparison of the effects of IMRT and IMPT on MRI features of normal brain tissue: a retrospective study by Jian Xu, Lili Zhang, Tingting Liu, Qingzeng Liu, Jian Zhu

“…And evaluate the potential application value of radiomic features in dose optimization and biological dose assessment. Methods A retrospective analysis included 113 patients undergoing brain-target radiotherapy: 44 receiving IMPT (average total dose: 5713.63 ± 774.32 cGy) and 69 receiving IMRT (average total dose: 5489.86 ± 627.05 cGy). …”
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Prognostic Significance of Pulse Pressure Variability During Mechanical Thrombectomy in Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients by Benjamin Maïer, Guillaume Turc, Guillaume Taylor, Raphaël Blanc, Michael Obadia, Stanislas Smajda, Jean‐Philippe Desilles, Hocine Redjem, Gabriele Ciccio, William Boisseau, Candice Sabben, Malek Ben Machaa, Mylene Hamdani, Morgan Leguen, Etienne Gayat, Jacques Blacher, Bertrand Lapergue, Michel Piotin, Mikael Mazighi

“…Logistic regression models were used to assess the association between PP coefficients of variation and functional outcome at 3 months (modified Rankin Scale). …”
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Factors affecting hematological parameters in Creole goats on the Southern Coast of Peru by Jhony Soca, Emmanuel Alexander Sessarego, Pamela Sarmiento, María José Cevallos-Cardenas, Juan Canchino-Gutierrez, Jose Teran, Jose Antonio Ruiz, Juancarlos Cruz-Luis, Danny Julio Cruz

“…Results: Significant interindividual variation was noted, particularly among leukocyte indices (EOS, MON, NEU; coefficient of variation >50%). In contrast, MCH and MCV exhibited low variability. …”
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Respiratory pathogens in children with acute lower respiratory infection detected through multiplex real-time PCR by María del Pilar Montilla-Velásquez, Diego Mauricio Galvis-Trujillo, Suli Liliana Lizcano-Gamboa, Gisell Adriana Cobos, Angela Tatiana Rojas-Pinto, Daniel Mauricio Rincón-Fernández, Paola Jimena Soler-Rincón, María Alejandra Perdomo-Rivas, Diana Carolina Orozco-Vanegas, María Consuelo Mor-Rodríguez

“…Correlations between the number of pathogens and blood cells and C-reactive protein levels were determined by Spearman's rank correlation coefficient. …”
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INDICATORS OF BIOELECTRICAL ACTIVITY OF THE PROPER MASSETER MUSCLES WITH THEIR DIFFERENT MASS IN MALES by O.V. Rybalov, Yu.I. Semenenko, P.I. Yatsenko, O.I. Yatsenko, O.S. Ivanytska

“…The aim of the research is to determine the bioelectric activity of the proper masseter muscles with their different mass for healthy individuals. …”
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Curcumin promotes spermatogenesis in mice with cryptorchidism by regulating testicular protein O-GlcNAcylation by Zhen Wang, Fujia Chen, Yun Li, Chaoying Liu, Lizhen Wang, Weilun Shao, Zhen Lu, Li Hu, Longxuan Li, Yue Wang, Jinyang Lin, Yaxuan Yu, Shengjun Sun, Yurong Yang, Zhijian Zhu, Siqiang Li, Enzhong Li

“…After five weeks of treatment, evaluations based on organ coefficients, sperm count detection, testicular pathology analysis, and hormone level assessments determined the most effective curcumin dosage.Results and disccusionThe findings indicated that cryptorchidism had a detrimental impact on reproductive function, evident by decreased testicular coefficient, cessation of sperm production, abnormal testicular tissue morphology, and hormonal imbalances. …”
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The impact of corneal epithelial remodeling on visual quality after SMILE and FS-LASIK for high myopia by Yunjing Ma, Qi Li, Qian Guo, Yue Huang, Ruibo Yang, Hui Liu, Chen Zhang, Shaozhen Zhao

“…Patient-reported quality of vision was determined with a modified National Eye Institute Refractive Error Quality of Life questionnaire. …”
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