Fluorescence spectra of atmospheric aerosols by J. Reichardt, F. Lauermann, O. Behrendt

“…In particular, this includes the spectrum of the fluorescence capacity, which has proven to be instructive. A new method is described that has been employed to determine the aerosol source regions. …”
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Comparison of feasibility and effectiveness of tunneled dialysis catheter placement with or without DSA guidance: a propensity score-matched cohort study by Yiwei Shang, Shujun Pan, Chen Jin, Danna Zheng, Xiujun Xu, Bin Zhu, Li Zhao, Juan Jin, Qiang He, Xiaogang Shen

“…Dialysis prescriptions and actual dialysis completion were assessed using intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC). Multivariable logistic regression analyses determined the risk factors for early termination of dialysis. …”
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[Translated article] Isolated repair shows higher postoperative patellar height according to the Insall–Salvati index compared to biological augmentation in acute patellar tendon r... by R. Olivieri, J.T. Muñoz, J.I. Laso, J. Ugarte, N. Franulic, P. Innocenti

“…A fourth blind evaluator analysed the measurement results, determining the average PH and the intraclass correlation coefficient for absolute agreement among the three evaluators. …”
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La reparación aislada presenta mayor altura patelar postoperatoria según el índice de Insall-Salvati en comparación con la aumentación biológica en roturas agudas del tendón rotuli... by R. Olivieri, J.T. Muñoz, J.I. Laso, J. Ugarte, N. Franulic, P. Innocenti

“…A fourth blind evaluator analyzed the measurement results, determining the average PH and the intraclass correlation coefficient for absolute agreement among the three evaluators. …”
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Extracellular volume fraction quantification by equilibrium contrast-enhanced CT via automated segmentation predicts survival outcomes in bladder cancer: a propensity score-matched... by Weiwei Liu, Yusheng Guo, Bingxin Gong, Xiaona Fu, Jie Lou, Peng Sun, Yi Li, Shanshan Jiang, Lianwei Miao, Feng Pan, Lian Yang

“…Correlations between ECV scores and pathological T stage (whether muscle invasion was present) were determined by using Pearson correlation coefficients. …”
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Abnormal event detection based on local topology and l_1/2norm regularize by Qing YU, Ken CHEN, Meng LI, Fei LI

“…A new dictionary learning method was proposed by introducing a local topology term to describe structural information of video events and using the l_1/2norm as the sparsity constraint to the representation coefficients based on the traditional analysis dictionary learning method.In feature extraction,a histogram of interaction force(HOIF) containing rich motion information and a histogram of oriented gradient(HOG) containing texture information were merged.Then,the improved dictionary was used to train the feature data.Finally,the reconstruction error of the testing sample under the dictionary was used to determine whether the testing sample was an abnormal sample.Experiments on UMN show the high performance of the algorithm.Compared with the state-of-the-art algorithms,the analysis dictionary classification algorithm based on local topology and l_1/2norm has made more effective detection on the abnormal events in the crowd.…”
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Investigating the Development of Urban Space in the face of Environmental Hazards (Case Study of Noor County) by Hossein Sharifi, Mehrdad Ramezanipour, Leila Ebrahimi

“…In order to analyze the questionnaires using ANP method and fuzzy logic method, evaluate each of the criteria and determine their importance coefficients. …”
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The Influence of Institutional Quality towards Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Inflows in ASEAN’s Developing Countries by Kezya Agustina Hananya, Rossanto Dwi Handoyo

“…This paper utilizes the method of Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and panel data regression. …”
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Comparing Undecimated Wavelet, Nonsubsampled Contourlet and Shearlet for Sar Images Despeckling by Saeed Jafari, Sedigheh Ghofrani, M. Sheikhan

“…We use this new found property in order to determine the optimum threshold value and developed our proposed method named weighted Bayesian Shrinkage in transformed domain. …”
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Evaluación de la fuerza a través de la cinética del lactato y su correlación con el vo2max y frecuencia cardíaca en población con factores de riesgo: implicaciones para la salud me... by Mauro Tauda, Eduardo Joel Cruzat Bravo, Felipe Ignacio Suárez Rojas

“…A strong association was observed between maximum heart rate (FC max) in endurance and strength, with a coefficient of determination (R²) of 0.981 (p < 0.001). …”
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Patient centered outcomes in stroke: utility-weighted modified Rankin Scale results in a community-based study by Carlos Delfino, Gabriel Cavada, Lorena Hoffmeister, Pablo Lavados, Pablo Lavados, Paula Muñoz Venturelli, Paula Muñoz Venturelli, Paula Muñoz Venturelli

“…We aimed to derive utility-weighted modified Rankin Scale (UW-mRS) values by mapping mRS functional status to EQ-5D-3L scores in a population-based cohort of stroke patients.MethodsThe UW-mRS was obtained by analyzing the EQ5-D-3 L and mRS scores at 180 days after any stroke in the ÑANDU study, a large prospective community-based study in Chile. …”
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Machine Learning for Non-Destructive Prediction of Sunflower Leaf Area by Joao Everthon da Silva Ribeiro, Antonio Gideilson Correia da Silva, Pablo Henrique de Almeida Oliveira, Josiana Micarla da Silva Oliveira, Alessandra Nunes da Silva, John Victor Lucas Lima, Ivan Euzebio da Silva, Ester Dos Santos Coelho, Isaque de Oliveira Leite, Elania Freire da Silva, Toshik Iarley da Silva, Lindomar Maria da Silveira, Aurelio Paes Barros Junior

“…Model performance was evaluated using the coefficient of determination (R2), root mean square error (RMSE), mean absolute error (MAE), mean absolute percentage error (MAPE), and Willmott&#x2019;s agreement index (d). …”
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Influencing factors of health utility values in older adult people with normal cognition or mild cognitive impairment: a cross-sectional survey by Yanqiu Du, Yanqiu Du, Bingbing Zheng, Xiuru Wang, Tianlei Song, Di Liang, Jindong Ding Petersen, Jindong Ding Petersen, Jindong Ding Petersen, Jiayan Huang

“…PurposeThe purpose of this study is to present the findings of a cross-sectional survey on health state utility (HSU) values, a crucial metric for economic evaluations, and to analyze the primary factors influencing the HSU values of individuals with normal cognition (NC) or mild cognitive impairment (MCI).MethodsA community-based survey was conducted in Haikou City, China, employing cluster random sampling to select participants. …”
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Validation of Sleep Measurements of an Actigraphy Watch: Instrument Validation Study by Mari Waki, Ryohei Nakada, Kayo Waki, Yuki Ban, Ryo Suzuki, Toshimasa Yamauchi, Masaomi Nangaku, Kazuhiko Ohe

“…ObjectiveWe aimed to assess the iAide2’s sleep duration and total sleep time (TST) measurement performance and perform calibration if needed. MethodsWe performed free-living sleep monitoring in 6 convenience-sampled participants without known sleep disorders recruited from within the Waki DTx Laboratory at the Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo. …”
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Associations between disordered eating, body dissatisfaction, and low energy availability in women collegiate athletes by Christy V. Le, Andrew R. Jagim, Margaret T. Jones, Jennifer B. Fields

“…Therefore, the objective was to examine the prevalence of and relationships between LEA, ED risk and behaviors, and BID among women collegiate athletes from a variety of sports.Methods National Collegiate Athletic Association women athletes (n = 115) participated from the following sports: basketball (n = 11), cross country (n = 23), lacrosse (n = 33), soccer (n = 18), volleyball (n = 8), and wrestling (n = 22). …”
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Multimodality comparison of aorta morphology in patients with aortopathy: 4D flow CMR, CTA, mDIXON by Bastiaan J.C. Te Kiefte, Faeze Gholamiankhah, Joe F. Juffermans, Pieter Van Den Boogaard, Arthur J.H.A. Scholte, Hildo J. Lamb, Jos J.M. Westenberg

“…Results Intraclass Correlation Coefficients (ICCs) and Bland-Altman plots were determined for all modalities and all segments. …”
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Muscle power is associated with higher levels of walking capacity and self-reported gait performance and physical activity in individuals with cerebral palsy by Mattie E. Pontiff, Mattie E. Pontiff, Abhinandan Batra, Li Li, Noelle G. Moreau

“…Pearson’s correlation coefficients determined relationships between power measures with walking capacity and self-report measures (α &lt; 0.05).ResultsPLP and IsoK power were significantly correlated to SS (r = 0.361, r = 0.376), FS (r = 0.511, r = 0.485), and 1MWT (r = 0.583. r = 0.443), respectively (p &lt; 0.05). …”
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Preoperative Talocalcaneal Distance and Subtalar Fusion are Not Associated with Worse Patient-Reported Outcomes in Progressive Collapsing Foot Deformity by Grace DiGiovanni BS, Agnes Jones MS, Seif El Masry, Jonathan T. Deland MD, Scott J. Ellis MD, Matthew S. Conti MD

“…A secondary aim was to compare this cohort of patients to those who underwent a subtalar arthrodesis. Methods: Seventy-six consecutive patients >18 years old who underwent reconstruction of a flexible PCFD with (fusion cohort, n=40) or without (non-fusion cohort, n=36) a subtalar arthrodesis, had preoperative weightbearing CT (WBCT) scans, and had preoperative and ≥two-year postoperative PROMIS scores were included. …”
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Feasibility of in vivo small animal imaging using a clinical total-body PET/CT system by Julia G. Mannheim, Wenhong Lan, Maurizio Conti, Franziska Siedler, Marcel A. Krueger, Kristina Herfert, Christian la Fougère, Fabian P. Schmidt

“…This study evaluated the feasibility and performance of the Biograph Vision Quadra TB-PET/CT for rodent imaging compared to the dedicated small-animal PET scanner Inveon DPET. Material and methods Recovery coefficients (RC), image noise, and optimum image reconstruction parameters were assessed using the preclinical NEMA NU 4–2008 image quality phantom and a sub-cohort of three anesthetized mice as a proof-of-concept demonstrating the feasibility of the setup. …”
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QFCOI-Enhancing Objective Quality Assessment for Compressed Omnidirectional Images With Fusion of Measures by Marek Simka, Ladislav Polak, Adam Zizien, Karel Fliegel

“…To optimize predictive performance of QFCOI, a genetic algorithm was utilized to determine optimal weight coefficients, maximizing the monotonic correlation with subjective quality scores. …”
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