Predictors Analysis of Malnutritional Risk in Patients Admitted to Intensive Care Unit in the First 36 Hours: an Observational Study by Davide Bartoli, Francesco Petrosino, Elisa Marziali, Daniele Napolitano, Gianluca Pucciarelli, Francesca Trotta

“…Multiple regression analysis was performed, which was evaluated to describe the relationship between the variables, therefore to determine how the various coefficients affect the mNUTRIC variables. …”
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Toward AI-Driven Cough Sound Analysis for Respiratory Disease Diagnosis by Houda Benaliouche, Houda Hafi, Hakim Bendjenna, Zeyad Alshaikh

“…Our study involves the application of three distinct models: a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) model, a CNN-Support Vector Machine (CNN-SVM) hybrid model, and a transfer learning-based model. We methodically evaluate different model architectures, ranging from custom-built networks to pre-trained deep models, applying spectrogram or Mel-Frequency Cepstral Coefficients (MFCC) in transfer learning-based feature extraction, to determine which is the best approach in terms of accuracy, precision, recall, F1-score, and loss. …”
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Relationships between types of balance performance in 3-to-6-year-old preschoolers: a cross-sectional study by Jiefeng Zhu, Ruiqin Li, Ao yu, Pei Deng, Sikuan Ren, Yulong Nie, Ruiyuan Li

“…Pearson’s correlation coefficients (r) were calculated to determine associations between balance types, and a one-way analysis of variance was used to evaluate differences across age groups (3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5, and 5.5 years). …”
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Objective Tools for Assessing the Probability of Acute Appendicitis in Domestic Practice by P. A. Kotkov, B. V. Sigua, S. V. Petrov, A. A. Kozobin, I. L. Esayan, A. A. Chekirov, V. P. Zemlyanoy

“…This tactical solution, which is still difficult to implement in domestic conditions, limits the use of diagnostic scales and serves as a reason to search for other ways of using them.AIM OF THE STUDY To evaluate the external validity of the AIRS, Ripasa, AAS and Alvarado scales on the available clinical material and upon obtaining satisfactory results, to determine the applicability of these classifiers in matters of making specific tactical decisions.MATERIAL AND METHODS The work is based on the analysis of medical records of 293 patients hospitalized with suspected acute appendicitis at the St. …”
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Physical activity and sedentary behavior in peritoneal dialysis patients: a comparative analysis of ActiGraph GT3X data collected via wrist and waist with placement-specific cut-po... by Mingzi Chu, Chun Hu, Lin Zhu, Jiajia Lyu, Feng Wang, Xingjuan Tao

“…Data were processed with ActiLife v6.13.3 and analysed using intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC), limits of agreement, and pairwise 90% equivalence test within a ± 10% threshold. …”
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Validity and Responsiveness of a Modified Balance Error Scoring System Assessment Using a Mobile Device Application in Patients Recovering from Ankle Sprain by Michael S Crowell, Eliot Thomasma, Erin Florkiewicz, Richard Brindle, Megan Roach, Donald Goss, Will Pitt

“… # Study Design Case-control study. # Methods Twenty-two military academy Cadets with an acute ankle sprain and 20 healthy Cadets were enrolled in the study. …”
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Hyperspectral Imaging for Non-Destructive Moisture Prediction in Oat Seeds by Peng Zhang, Jiangping Liu

“…The proposed Bayes-ASFSSA-BP model achieved determination coefficients (R²) of 0.982 and 0.963, and root mean square errors (RMSEs) of 0.173 and 0.188 on the training and test sets, respectively. …”
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Relationships between Running Biomechanics, Hip Muscle Strength, and Running-Related Injury in Female Collegiate Cross-country Runners by Elena N. Venable, Lily A. Seynaeve, Scott T. Beale, Albert Gamez Jr., Antoinette Domingo, Michael D. Rosenthal, Mitchell J. Rauh

“…Pearson correlation coefficients were calculated to examine relationships between hip muscle performance and kinematic variables…”
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Normative values of optic nerve sheath diameter in Southwestern Nigeria using magnetic resonance imaging by Ikechukwu Emmanuel Onwunta, Aminu Muzammil, Ikenna Caleb Onyemauwa, Stephen Chukwuebuka Ugwuobu, Abdullahi Alfa, Benjamin Ikemefuna Ude, Ignatius Ajogu Nwigboji, Ifeanyi Daniel Obatu, Ebube Lilian Agbo

“…Thus, this study aimed to determine the normative values of ONSD using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in normal adults from Southwestern Nigeria. …”
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Prevalence of obesity and associated risk factors among university students using the newly developed Student Lifestyle and Obesity Risk Questionnaire (SLORQ): a cross-sectional st... by Mohamed K. Seyam

“…Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted from March to July 2024 and involved 907 students across 11 colleges at Majmaah University. …”
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Statistical analysis of the use of digital technologies in organizations: regional aspect by V. G. Minashkin, P. E. Prokhorov

“…As quantitative characteristics of regional differentiation, statistical indicators of variation and localization indicators were used (based on Gini and Lorentz coefficients). Results. The analysis conducted in the study showed the consistency of assessments of the regional digital divide based on economic and statistical indicators. …”
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Mechanism-learning prediction model for pitting depth of buried pipeline based on HMOGWO-RF by Fulin SONG, Hong ZHAO, Xingyuan MIAO

“…Additionally, a Hybrid Multi-Objective Grey Wolf Optimization (HMOGWO) algorithm was adopted to determine the optimal hyperparameters of the RF algorithm. …”
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Relationship Between Physical Performance and Strength of the Ankle Muscles, Pain, and Kinesiophobia in Taekwondo Athletes With Chronic Ankle Instability by Beom-jun Kim, Ui-jae Hwang, Oh-yun Kwon

“…Pearson’s correlation coefficients were calculated to determine relationships among variables. …”

Investigation into the impact of technology-based motivation program applied to children following cancer diagnosis and their families: a randomized controlled study by Zeynep Kisecik Sengul, Ebru Kilicarslan

“…Abstract Objective To determine the effectiveness of the technology-based motivation program implemented with children with cancer diagnosis and their primary caregivers. …”
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Development of a clinical prediction model for intra-abdominal infection in severe acute pancreatitis using logistic regression and nomogram by Rui Qi, He-Bin Wang, Ren-Ying Luo, Jing Li, Li Su

“…ObjectiveThis study aimed to develop and validate a clinical prediction model for identifying intra-abdominal infection (IAI) in patients with severe acute pancreatitis (SAP).MethodsWe conducted a retrospective cohort study of patients diagnosed with SAP at our institution between January 2020 and December 2023. …”
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The Structure of the Relationship of Physical Activity and Selected Factors Shaping the Condition and Self-assessment of Health of Patients with the Lumbar Spine Pain Syndrome by Anna Mazur, Elżbieta Bartoń, Danuta Zarzycka, Robert Ślusarz

“…For this reason, our own research was focused on determining the structure of the relationship between physical activity and selected factors shaping the condition and self-assessment of health of patients in the lumbar spine pain syndrome depending on gender. …”
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Efficient Multipath Mitigation in GNSS Using Dynamic Selection and Weighting of Early-Late Correlators by Ayoub Bengherabi, Mustapha Flissi, Khaled Rouabah, Salim Attia, Diana W. Dawoud, Yassine Himeur, Shadi Atalla, Wathiq Mansoor

“…This adaptive mechanism optimally determines the number of E-L correlator pairs and their respective weighting coefficients to enhance DLL tracking stability and mitigate multipath-induced distortions. …”
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Development of Professional Competencies in IT-specialists by Anatolii V. Karpov, Aleksandr A. Karpov, Sergei O. Prisyazhnyuk

“…In addition, the method of correlation analysis was used, including in the variant of determining the coefficients of the correlation ratio (η). …”
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Simulation of endothelium-dependent vasodilation in young male persons based on the parameters of body weight components by O. P. Kentesh, M. I. Nemesh, O. S. Palamarchuk, Yu. M. Savka, Ya. I. Slyvka, V. P. Feketa

“…Regarding group III, 75 % of individuals had the hyperergic type of endothelium-dependent vasodilation, 25 % had the normoergic type, and no hypoergic type of reaction was observed at all. To determine the endothelial vasoregulatory function on the basis of correlation-regression analysis, models were constructed with coefficients of determination R2 of 0.277 (BMI), 0.126 (TFP), 0.189 (VFC) and 0.146 (FFM). …”
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Sedimentación de partículas con distribución de tamaño fractal Sedimentation of fractal size distribution particles by Roberto R. Filgueira, Yakov A. Pachepsky, Lidia L. Fournier, Mirta G. García, Guillermo O. Sarli

“…Resulting fractal fragmentation dimensions ranged from 2.404 to 2.512, for samples from La Plata, Argentina, and between 2.434 and 2.819 for soils from California, USA. Determination coefficients, R², were always higher than 0.9.…”
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