Wireless skin sensors for electrocardiogram and heart rate monitoring in the neonatal intensive care unit: a prospective feasibility, safety, and accuracy study by Eva Senechal, Daniel Radeschi, Shasha Lv, Emilie Jeanne, Ana Saveedra Ruiz, Lydia Tao, Brittany Dulmage, Wissam Shalish, Robert Edward Kearney, Guilherme Sant’Anna

“…Accuracy was measured using bias and 95% limits of agreement, and the coefficient of determination. The ability of the wireless sensors to detect normal and abnormal HR values was evaluated using a Clark Error Grid. …”
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Multilevel analysis of quality of intrapartum care and its associated factors: evidence from 35 Sub-Saharan African countries demographic and health survey by Enyew Getaneh Mekonen, Mohammed Seid Ali

“…Methods Data from the most recent health and demographic surveys, which were carried out between 2006 and 2022 in 35 sub-Saharan African countries, were used. …”
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Water temperature prediction in a subtropical subalpine lake using soft computing techniques by Saeed Samadianfard, Honeyeh Kazemi, Ozgur Kisi, Wen-Cheng Liu

“…To evaluate the performance of the soft computing techniques, three different statistical indicators were used, including the root mean squared error (RMSE), the mean absolute error (MAE), and the coefficient of correlation (R). Results showed that the GEP had the best performances among other studied methods in the prediction of hourly water temperature at 0, 2 and 3 meter depths below water surface, but there was a different trend in the 1 meter depth below water surface. …”
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Contrast-enhanced US Bosniak Classification: intra- and inter-rater agreement, confounding features, and diagnostic performance by Dong-dong Jin, Bo-wen Zhuang, Ke Lin, Nan Zhang, Bin Qiao, Xiao-yan Xie, Xiao-hua Xie, Yan Wang

“…Intra- and inter-rater agreements were assessed using the Gwet agreement coefficient (Gwet’s AC). Linear regression identified features associated with discrepancies in Bosniak category assignment. …”
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Medication Beliefs and Adherence to Antiseizure Medications by Devender Bhalla, Elham Lotfalinezhad, Fatemeh Amini, Ahmad Delbari, Reza Fadaye-Vatan, Vida Saii, Kurosh Gharagozli

“…The primary objective of our study was to determine the nature of medication beliefs and their association with adherence to antiseizure medications (ASMs) among elderly epilepsy patients. …”
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Development and validation of the VAE-NT index: a novel biomechanical parameter for distinguishing subclinical corneal abnormalities by Lanting Yang, Lanting Yang, Lanting Yang, Hui Xu, Hui Xu, Honghu Jiang, Jingyin Zhu, Shihao Chen, Shihao Chen

“…PurposeThe aim of this study is to develop an index for distinguishing between very asymmetric ectasia with normal topography (VAE-NT) eyes and normal eyes, with good performance in validity, reliability, and predictive values.MethodsIn the training dataset, this single-center retrospective study involved 102 healthy eyes and 97 VAE-NT eyes. …”
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Development of a Drought Monitoring System for Winter Wheat in the Huang-Huai-Hai Region, China, Utilizing a Machine Learning–Physical Process Hybrid Model by Qianchuan Mi, Zhiguo Huo, Meixuan Li, Lei Zhang, Rui Kong, Fengyin Zhang, Yi Wang, Yuxin Huo

“…Initially, we employed the Random Forest (RF) regression model that integrated multi-source environmental factors to estimate soil moisture prior to the sowing of winter wheat, achieving an average coefficient of determination (R²) of 0.8618, root mean square error (RMSE) of 0.0182 m³ m⁻³, and mean absolute error (MAE) of 0.0148 m³ m⁻³ across eight soil depths. …”
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Is the Existing Measles Vaccination Schedule in the Russian Federation Effective? by O. V. Tsvirkun, A. G. Gerasimova, N. V. Turaeva, N. T. Tikhonova, A. A. Melnikova, A. A. Vatolina

“…For more u For a more in-depth analysis, the years of the increase in the incidence of 2012, 2014, 2019, 2023 and 2024 were selected, when the patterns of involvement of this analyzed group in the epidemic process of measles were most pronounced. The Pearson coefficient was used to determine the correlation.Results and discussions. …”
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Gas source and contribution identification for coal measure gas commingled production in Wulihou mining area by NI Xiaoming, FENG Dong, HAO Shaowei, WANG Kai, SU Erlei

“…The production split coefficients calculated based on catastrophe theory closely matched experimental results, confirming the feasibility of this method. …”
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Development of a New Equation for the Prediction of Resting Metabolic Rate in Sri Lankan Adults by Pathima Fairoosa, Pulani Lanerolle, Maduka De Lanerolle-Dias, V. Pujitha Wickramasinghe, Indu Waidyatilaka

“…A variable shrinkage method was used to find the best fit predictor coefficients of the equation. …”
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Heavy states in 3d gravity and 2d CFT by David Grabovsky

“…By matching its expansion in Virasoro blocks to our bulk results, we determine the OPE coefficients of all contributing states in both the s and t channels. …”
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Artificial intelligence-assisted echocardiographic monitoring in pediatric patients on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation by Weiling Chen, Jinhui Wu, Zhenxuan Zhang, Zhifan Gao, Xunyi Chen, Yu Zhang, Zhou Lin, Zijian Tang, Wei Yu, Shumin Fan, Heye Zhang, Bei Xia

“…BackgroundPercutaneous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is administered to pediatric patients with cardiogenic shock or cardiac arrest. The traditional method uses focal echocardiography to complete the left ventricular measurement. …”
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Features of the Concrete Structure of the Structural Element Made by Additive Technology by O. V. Kabantsev, A. V. Karlin

“…The results obtained can be used in the development of methods for experimental studies of effective mechanical characteristics of concrete, as well as in studies to determine the coefficients of concrete working conditions in structures made using additive technology.…”
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Synthesis of Control and State Observer for Weakly Nonlinear Systems Based on the Pseudo-Linearization Technique by Dmitry A. Makarov

“…In this paper, an approach to the construction of nonlinear output tracking control on a finite time interval for a class of weakly nonlinear systems with state-dependent coefficients is considered. The proposed method of control synthesis consists of two main stages. …”
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Relationship between glenohumeral horizontal abduction angle and scapular internal rotation angle at maximum shoulder external rotation during baseball pitching by Yuki Nomura, PhD, PT, Hajime Toda, PhD, PT, JSPO-AT, Masaki Katayose, PhD, PT, JSPO-AT, Shun Watanabe, MSc, Masahiro Yoshida, PhD, PT, JSPO-AT, Makoto Yoshida, PhD, PT, JSPO-AT, Keizo Yamamoto, PhD

“…Pearson’s correlation coefficients determined the relationships between GH horizontal adduction and ST internal rotation angles at MER and between ST internal rotation angles at FC and MER. …”
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Erosion Characteristics and Its Simulation of Erosion Amount for an Artificial Forest in an Exposed Feldspathic Sandstone Area by Qin Fucang, Dong Xiaoyu, Yang Zhenqi

“…[Methods] The annual natural rainfall and soil erosion of plots on Pinus tabulaeformis, Apricot, Hippophae rhamnoides, and Caragana korshinskii plantations, and on grassland and bare land were monitored by means of runoff plot monitoring. …”
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STUDY OF QUALITY INDICATORS AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF LEAVES, STEMS AND FLOWERS OF <i>INULA VISCOSA </i>(L.) AS PROMISING RAW MATERIALS by R. Mussa, N. V. Sineva, V. V. Vandyshev, S. N. Suslina

“…The absorption coefficients of this extractant are 1,15 ml/g for herb and 1,22 ml/g for leaves. …”
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Cardiometabolic risk factors in predicting obstructive coronary artery disease in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome by B. I. Geltser, M. M. Tsivanyuk, K. I. Shakhgeldyan, E. D. Emtseva, A. A. Vishnevskiy

“…The developed algorithm for selecting predictors made it possible to determine their significant predictive threshold values and weighting coefficients characterizing the degree of influence on endpoints. …”
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An observational study to develop a scoring system and model to detect risk of hospital admission due to COVID‐19 by Zhe Chen, Nicholas W. Russo, Matthew M. Miller, Robert X. Murphy, David B. Burmeister

“…The logistic regression model demonstrated an AUC of 0.81. The coefficients for our logistic regression model were used to develop a scoring tool. …”
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3D-Printed Organ-Realistic Phantoms to Verify Quantitative SPECT/CT Accuracy for 177Lu-PSMA-617 Treatment Planning by Lydia J. Wilson, Sara Belko, Eric Gingold, Shuying Wan, Rachel Monane, Robert Pugliese, Firas Mourtada

“…MIM SurePlan MRT SPECTRA Quant software (v7.1.2) reconstructed the acquired SPECT projections into a quantitative SPECT image and we evaluated the accuracy by region-based comparison to the known injected radioactivities and determined recovery coefficients for each organ phantom. …”
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