The Carcinologic Handicap Index: translation and cross-cultural adaptation to the Arabic language by Saad Elzayat, Mohamed Mohamed Hussein, Ahmed Ebeed, Sobhy Khaled, Mohamed E. El-Deeb

“…Statistical analyses involved the use of intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC) to assess test–retest reliability, and Cronbach’s alpha to determine internal consistency. …”
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Microleakage - The Main Culprit in Bracket Bond Failure? by Ioana Roxana Bordea, Adina Sîrbu, Ondine Lucaciu, Aranka Ilea, Radu Septimiu Câmpian, Doina Adina Todea, Teodora Gabriela Alexescu, Maria Aluaș, Corina Budin, Andreea Simona Pop

“…The aim of this research is to review the available studies assessing bracket debonding due to microleakage. Material and Methods. An electronic search in Pub Med database and Web of Science was conducted between September-October 2018. …”
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Application of the wavelet transform in problems of searching for a damaged connection with a single-phase earth fault according to SV-stream data by A. O. Paramzin, S. Yu. Dolinger

“…Interpolation of SV-flow data. Determination of effective values of higher harmonic currents by wavelet coefficients.Results and discussion. …”
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INFLUENCE OF THE GARNET CONCENTRATION OF METAMORPHIC ROCKS ON THE FORMATION OF LATERITIC MATERIALS AND THE VARIATION GEOTECHNICAL PARAMETERS IN ROAD BUILDING: CENTER REGION OF CAME... by Alain Justin Menye, Michel Mbessa, Paul Bilong

“…Thus, GL can be used gradually in sub-base for T2, T3, T4 traffic and base for T1, T2 traffic. The Multiple Determination Coefficients (MCD) are 0.966 with R2 = 0.933 for γdopm, 0.743 with R2 = 0.552 for ω (%) and 0.961 with R2 = 0.924 for CBR according to Cg and %fines. …”
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Relative Contribution to Predicting Components of Marital Satisfaction of Older Adults in Urmia City and Its Correlation with Lifestyle in the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional... by Jamileh Amirzadeh-Iranagh, Sima Ghorbanzadeh, Yeganeh Dadashzadeh-Sangary, Parsa Javanmard

“…Methods: In this descriptive-analytical and cross-sectional correlational study, 220 married elderly living in Urmia were selected through cluster sampling. …”
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Cumulative Success Rate of Short and Ultrashort Implants Supporting Single Crowns in the Posterior Maxilla: A 3-Year Retrospective Study by Giorgio Lombardo, Jacopo Pighi, Mauro Marincola, Giovanni Corrocher, Miguel Simancas-Pallares, Pier Francesco Nocini

“…Patients and Methods. We performed a retrospective study in 65 patients with 139 implants. 46 were ultrashort and 93 short. …”
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Psychometric Properties of the Persian Version of the Propensity to Learn from Experience Related to Safety Events Questionnaire in the Industries of Mazandaran province by Arezoo Sammak-Amani, Zahra Naghavi-Konjin, Abolfazl Hosseinnataj, Siavash

“…Material and Methods: This study aimed to assess the psychometric properties of the Persian version of the propensity to learn from experiences related to safety events questionnaire, among 352 operators and managers (92% response rate), using quantitative and qualitative techniques to assess face and content validity, construct validity, and reliability coefficients. …”
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Sample size calculations based on day-to-day variability of stress biomarkers in persons with dementia and their family caregivers by Azita Emami, Jeehye Jun, Gabriella Engström, Lars Berglund, Töres Theorell

“…Introduction: Accurate estimates of intra-individual variability are necessary for proper design of clinical trials and epidemiological studies where the stress biomarkers cortisol and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEA-S) are measured for dyads of persons with dementia (PWDs) and their family caregivers (FCGs). The aim is to determine the number of consecutive sampling days required to detect effect differences in clinical trials, and to accurately estimate regression coefficients in epidemiological studies where stress biomarkers are exposure variables in regression models with future disease as outcome. …”
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Modelling Euphrates river water quality index based on field measured data in Al-Diwaniyah City, Iraq by Marwah M. Al-Khuzaie, Khairul Nizam Abdul Maulud, Wan Hanna Melini Wan Mohtar, Zaher Mundher Yaseen

“…The validation of the predictive maps between the theoretical and practical part is performed by monitoring 16 stations and conducting laboratory analyses, resulting in acceptable coefficients of determination (R2), observations standard deviation ratio (RSR), and Nash–Sutcliffe efficiency coefficients of 0.999, 1, and 0.99, respectively indicates that reliable forecast results closely match observed data from monitoring stations. …”
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Trust under the microscope: psychometric evaluation of the Persian version of the Trust in Multidimensional Healthcare Systems Scale by Reza Ghanei Gheshlagh, Hamid Sharif-Nia, Arezoo Dehghani, Gholamreza Masoumi, Samantha B. Meyer

“…Abstract Background Trust in healthcare systems is an essential determinant of patient satisfaction and healthcare outcomes. …”
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Finite Impulse Response Filter Design Using Fuzzy Logic-Based Diversity-Controlled Self-Adaptive Differential Evolution by K. Mohaideen Abdul Kadhar, S. Rengarajan, S. Tamilselvi, N. Karuppiah, Praveen Kumar Balachandran, A. Thamilmaran, C. Dhanamjayulu, Baseem Khan

“…In order to validate the results of the proposed technique, various population-based evolutionary computing techniques such as the covariance matrix adaptation evolution strategy (CMAES), differential evolution (DE), self-adaptive differential evolution (SaDE), and Jaya algorithm have also been applied for determining the effective filter coefficients. The performance of the various algorithms has been analysed and compared based on the parameters such as stopband attenuation, passband attenuation, and ripples. …”
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The impact of unimolecular reactions on acyl peroxy radical initiated isoprene oxidation by I. Karppinen, D. Pasik, D. Pasik, E. Ahongshangbam, E. Ahongshangbam, N. Myllys, N. Myllys

“…<p>Unimolecular H-shift and endoperoxide ring formation reactions were studied for several different acyl peroxy radicals (APRs) using quantum-mechanical methods. Also, for structures with slow unimolecular reactions, accretion reactions with isoprene were investigated. …”
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Schrödinger Potentials with Polynomial Solutions of Heun-Type Equations by Géza Lévai, Tibor Soltész

“…In the case of the biconfluent and double confluent Heun equations, the expansion coefficients can be obtained in the standard way, i.e., after finding the roots of an (<i>N</i> + 1)th-order polynomial in one of the parameters, which, in turn, follows from requiring the vanishing of an (<i>N</i> + 1) × (<i>N</i> + 1) determinant. …”
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The factors affecting accessibility to credit capital of small and medium enterprises in Vietnam by Phung The Dong, Nguyen Thi Hong Nham

“…The aim of this paper is the quantitative analysis of the factors, affecting accessibility to credit capital of small and medium enterprises in Vietnam.Materials and methods. This study was conducted on the basis of a survey in December 2017. …”
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Test–retest reliability and validity in lower limb proprioception tests using image capture technique in healthy adults by Aisuke Takahashi, Hikaru Kawana, Katsuhiro Furukawa

“…In statistical analysis, the test–retest reliability and construct validity were evaluated using intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC) and Spearman’s rank correlation coefficients. …”
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Spatial and Temporal Mapping of RF Exposure in an Urban Core Using Exposimeter and GIS by Montaña Rufo-Pérez, Alicia Antolín-Salazar, Jesús M. Paniagua-Sánchez, Antonio Jiménez-Barco, Francisco J. Rodríguez-Hernández

“…An initial analysis was conducted to determine the shielding coefficients of the human body, allowing for precise corrections of the electric field values used in the spatial assessment. …”
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Enhancing Pear Tree Yield Estimation Accuracy by Assimilating LAI and SM into the WOFOST Model Based on Satellite Remote Sensing Data by Zehua Fan, Yasen Qin, Jianan Chi, Ning Yan

“…The results showed that the RF algorithm provided the best results when inverting the LAI. The coefficients of determination (R²) were 0.73, 0.72, 0.76, and 0.77 for the four periods, respectively, and the root-mean-square errors (RMSE) were 0.21 m²/m², 0.24 m²/m², 0.18 m²/m², and 0.16 m²/m², respectively. …”
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Open-Source High-Throughput Phenotyping for Blueberry Yield and Maturity Prediction Across Environments: Neural Network Model and Labeled Dataset for Breeders by Jing Zhang, Jerome Maleski, Hudson Ashrafi, Jessica A. Spencer, Ye Chu

“…In this study, we developed and shared a high-throughput phenotyping method using neural networks to predict blueberry time to maturity and to provide a proxy for yield, overcoming the labor constraints of obtaining high-frequency data. …”
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The Impact of Functional Asymmetry of the Cerebral Hemispheres in Students of a Physics and Mathematics Lyceum on the Learning Outcomes by Oksana Ikkert, Tetiana Korol, Kateryna Hlazunova, Iryna Tsinkevych

“…The dominance of the left hemisphere determines left-hemispheric thinking, while the dominance of the right hemisphere determines right-hemispheric thinking. …”
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Associations and contribution of childhood diseases to fever risk among children less than five years in Uganda by Betty B Nambuusi, Julius Ssempiira, Fredrick E Makumbi, Simon Kasasa, Penelope Vounatsou

“…Findings can lead to the development and implementation of preventive and treatment measures especially at a local scale to minimize fever-related diseases among the under-fives in Uganda. # Methods Bayesian geostatistical logistic regression models with spatially varying coefficients were fitted to determine the associations and contribution of childhood diseases on fever prevalence at the national and regional levels. …”
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