A comprehensive guide to study the agreement and reliability of multi-observer ordinal data by Sophie Vanbelle, Christina Hernandez Engelhart, Ellen Blix

“…Results After highlighting the difference between the concepts of agreement and reliability, a clear and simple interpretation of the agreement and reliability coefficients is provided. The large sample variance of the various coefficients with the delta method is presented or derived if not available in the literature to construct Wald confidence intervals. …”
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Knowledge embedding and interpretable machine learning optimize comprehensive benefits for water treatment by Yu-Qi Wang, Wenchong Tian, Hao-Lin Yang, Yun-Peng Song, Jia-Ji Chen, Qiong-Ying Xu, Wan-Xin Yin, Le-Qi Ding, Xi-Qi Li, Han-Tao Wang, Ai-Jie Wang, Hong-Cheng Wang

“…Random forest (RF) has the best performance among the eight methods with a percentage error of 2.53% and a coefficient of determination of 0.9922. …”
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Reliability of Ocular Aberration Measurements in Children with Moderate and Low Myopia under Scotopic Conditions by Zhouyue Li, Dongmei Cui, Sichun Ao, Weizhong Lan, Xiao Yang

“…To investigate the reliability of ocular aberration measurement in myopic children under scotopic conditions and to validate the mathematical Zernike pupil scaling-down technique. Methods. Ocular aberrations of 45 myopic children were examined under scotopic conditions via iTrace aberrometer. …”
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Comparative analysis of machine learning models for predicting water quality index in Dhaka’s rivers of Bangladesh by Mosaraf Hosan Nishat, Md. Habibur Rahman Bejoy Khan, Tahmeed Ahmed, Syed Nahin Hossain, Amimul Ahsan, M. M. El-Sergany, Md. Shafiquzzaman, Monzur Alam Imteaz, Mohammad T. Alresheedi

“…The ANN model demonstrated superior predictive capability, achieving a Root Mean Squared Error (RMSE) of 2.34, a Mean Absolute Error (MAE) of 1.24, a Nash–Sutcliffe Efficiency (NSE) of 0.97, and a Coefficient of Determination (R2) of 0.97. Furthermore, an Adjusted R 2 value of 0.965 further confirmed its ability to capture complex patterns in water quality data with remarkable accuracy. …”
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Possibilities of multiparametric MRI in the differential diagnosis of histological types of cervical cancer in the preoperative period by E. V. Tarachkova, M. A. Shorikov, V. O. Panov, V. V. Kuznetsov, L. Sh. Usmanova, L. E. Tyurin

“…A number of studies have demonstrated the possibility to determine histological type (squamous cell cancer and adenocarcinoma) and the degree of differentiation of this type of tumor by using the apparent diffusion coefficient maps (ADC-map) compiled on the basis of diffusion-weighted images (DWI) (p <0.05). …”
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Hemoglobin level and common mental disorder among school adolescent girls in Central Ethiopia: Structural Equation Model by Shemsu Kedir, Kalkidan Hassen Abate, Bekri Mohammed, Behre Dari Mosa, Yasin Awol Wabe, Kalid Sherefa Reshid, Legese Petros, Musa Jemal, Beyene Wondafrash Ademe

“…Data were analysed through fitting Structural Equation Model and the maximum likelihood estimation method. Goodness of fit was assessed using the χ2The ‐test statistic, Comparative Fit Index, Root Mean Square Error of Approximation, Standardised Root Mean Square Residual, Non‐Normed Fit Index, Pclose and coefficient of determination (R2). …”
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Synthesis and characterization of hematite nanomaterials imprinted with acetone, ethanol and methanol for AI-Based IoT gas sensor arrays by Rana M. Abdelghani, Abd El-Hady B. Kashyout, Iman Morsi, Taha Elsayed Taha, Naglaa F. Soliman, Walid El-Shafai

“…Regression analysis further demonstrated that the RF-GB model achieved an ideal coefficient of determination (R2 = 1) across all three gases, with RF and RF-GB-NN yielding R2 values of 0.999. …”
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The Prognostic and Functional Impact of Multimorbidity in Systemic Sclerosis by Jessica L. Fairley, Dylan Hansen, Susanna Proudman, Joanne Sahhar, Gene‐Siew Ngian, Diane Apostolopoulos, Jennifer Walker, Lauren V. Host, Wendy Stevens, Mandana Nikpour, Laura Ross

“…Objective Our objective was to define the frequency and impact of multimorbidity in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Method Australian Scleroderma Cohort Study participants meeting American College of Rheumatology/EULAR criteria were included. …”
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Quality of life and subjective well-being comparison between traumatic, nontraumatic chronic spinal cord injury, and healthy individuals in China by Ruba Altahla, Jamal Alshorman, Sayed Zulfiqar Ali-Shah, Mohammad Nasb, Xu Tao

“…Objective This study aims to compare the quality of life (QoL) and satisfaction with life (SWL) among individuals with traumatic spinal cord injuries (T-SCI), NT-SCI, and the healthy population in China. Method A quantitative, cross-sectional survey was conducted between July and December 2020 in the Rehabilitation and Physiotherapy Department of Tongji Hospital, Hubei University of Science and Technology. …”
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Perceptions of Organizational Politics Scale (POPS) Questionnaire into Turkish: A Validity and Reliability Study by Evrim EROL

“…In the second stage, it was sought evidences for the construct validity of the scale by making exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and then the confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to the data obtained. In determining the reliability of the scale item-total score correlations and Cronbach alpha coefficient was used. …”
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Evapotranspiração e produtividade da mangueira sob diferentes tratamentos de irrigação Evapotranspiration and mango yield under different irrigation treatments by João H. B. da C. Campos, Vicente de P. R. da Silva, Pedro V. de Azevedo, Cícera J. R. Borges, José M. Soares, Magna S. B. de Moura, Bernardo B. da Silva

“…The evapotranspiration of mango was obtained by the soil water balance method and the production components were also evaluated. …”
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Forecast‐Cartographic Modeling of Pasture Production of the Volgograd Region Based on Remote Sensing by S. S. Shinkarenko, O. Yu. Kosheleva, D. A. Solodovnikov

“…The work is devoted to identifying the productivity of pasture landscapes in the Volgograd region. The aim was to determine the direction of trends and the values of the coefficients of proportionality which would permit the definition of areas where the productivity of natural zonal vegetation has increased or decreased from 2000 until today. …”
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Reliability and Validity of the Y-balance Test in Young Adults with Chronic Low Back Pain by Yousef Alshehre, Khalid Alkhathami, Kelli Brizzolara, Mark Weber, Sharon Wang-Price

“… # Study Design Reliability and validity study. # Methods Fifteen individuals with CLBP (≥ 12 weeks) and 15 age- and gender-matched asymptomatic adults completed the study. …”
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CONSIDERATION OF THE DESTABILIZING FACTORS INFLUENCE FOR INCREASING OF THE MEASUREMENTS ACCURACY OF A RANGEFINDER BASED ON STEREO IMAGES by V. L. Kozlov

“…The aim of this work was development of technique for accounting and compensating of destabilizing factors influence, such as the deviation from the horizontal position line of the stereo pair lens, the non-parallelism of the lenses optical axes, the mutual inclination of the photo detector matrices, and the distortion of the stereo camera optical system for increasing of the measurements accuracy of rangefinder based on the correlation analysis of the stereo image.A software application has been developed for analyzing the optical distortions of serially produced lenses, which allows to visually demonstrate the distortions nature and to determine the polynomial coefficients for compensating of the optical distortion.It is obtained that for the Fujifilm FinePix Real 3D stereo camera the distortion of the digital image reaches ± 20–35 pixels at the edges of the photo detective matrix and is not the same for the first and second lenses. …”
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Polyphenol Profile and Antioxidant, Antityrosinase, and Anti-Melanogenesis Activities of Ethanol Extract of Bee Pollen by Qiang He, Jie Wang, Jingjing Li, Wenchao Yang

“…<b>Background/Objective:</b> Bee pollen, a rich nutritional food, was employed to develop a raw material for skin whitening. <b>Methods:</b> The polyphenol profile and antioxidant, antityrosinase, and anti-melanogenesis activities of the ethanol extracts of five species of bee pollens (EEBPs) were determined. …”
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Fitler compensating installations in AC traction networks by L. A. German, A. S. Serebryakov, A. A. Maksimova

“…The procedure of calculation of parameters of FCI was determined taking into account the curve of the traction current. …”
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Persian adaptation and validation of the user version of The Mobile Application Rating Scale (uMARS). by Zeinab Kohzadi, Shahabedin Rahmatizadeh, Zahra Kohzadi, Saeideh Valizadeh-Haghi

“…This study aims to adapt and validate the User Version of the Mobile Application Rating Scale (uMARS) in Persian and evaluate the overall quality of the Persian meditation apps.<h4>Methods</h4>This cross-sectional study population comprises 86 healthcare workers in a health center in the west of Iran. …”
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Role of proteasome system in prognosis of breast cancer progression by E. E. Shashova, N. A. Tarabanovskaya, L. N. Bondar

“…The aim of this study was to compare the activity of proteasomes with different variants of tumor progression in luminal and triple-negative breast cancer (BC).Materials and methods. 132 patients with primary luminal and triple-negative breast cancer in stage Т1-3N02M0 who had not received neoadjuvant treatment were included in this study. …”
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THE SCIENTIFIC AND METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF THE PROBLEM OF MIGRATION PROCESSES MODELING IN THE SUBJECTS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION by R. V. Fattakhov, M. M. Nizamutdinov, V. V. Oreshnikov

“…To achieve this goal, we carried out a statistical analysis, based on the hypothesis of the mutual influence of the socio-economic development of the region and changes in the values of indicators characterizing the migration processes that are the object of the study. We applied the methods of structural, dynamic and factor, correlation and regression analysis. …”
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Cosmetics as a product group of the Russian pharmaceutical market: competition and level of dominance analysis by N. I. Markov, L. S. Treshchetkina

“…Objective: Analysis of competition and the level of dominance in the cosmetics market within pharmacy sales, identification of trends in three key segments: selective, mass market and active (medicinal) cosmetics.Material and methods. The materials used were the annual reports on the Russian pharmaceutical market of the DSM Group company. …”
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