Sample size recalculation based on the overall success rate in a randomized test-treatment trial with restricting randomization to discordant pairs by Caroline Elzner, Amra Pepić, Oke Gerke, Antonia Zapf

“…Methods An adaptive design with a blinded sample size recalculation based on the overall success rate in a randomized test-treatment trial with restricting randomization to discordant pairs is proposed and evaluated by a simulation study. …”
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Impact of Non-Landslide Sample Sampling Strategies and Model Selection on Landslide Susceptibility Mapping by Weijun Jiang, Ling Li, Ruiqing Niu

“…Five non-landslide sampling strategies were evaluated using the random forest (RF) model to generate landslide susceptibility maps (LSMs) for each scenario. …”
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Generalized cross-entropy benchmarking for random circuits with ergodicity by Bin Cheng, Fei Meng, Zhi-Jiong Zhang, Man-Hong Yung

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Use of ‘Sampling’ Technique in Urdu Research: An Analysis by Dr. Muhammad Hamid, Dr. Salma Aslam

“…This article is based on the study of 50 theses, which secured through systematic random sampling. The findings have been drawn from the samples and applied on the whole types. …”
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Joint Sampling and Transmission Policies for Minimizing Cost Under Age of Information Constraints by Emmanouil Fountoulakis, Marian Codreanu, Anthony Ephremides, Nikolaos Pappas

“…Errors in the transmission may occur and a policy has to decide if the users sample a new packet or attempt to retransmission the packet sampled previously. …”
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Advanced Credit Card Fraud Detection: An Ensemble Learning Using Random Under Sampling and Two-Stage Thresholding by Ibrahim Almubark

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Comparing the performance of cluster random sampling and integrated threshold mapping for targeting trachoma control, using computer simulation. by Jennifer L Smith, Hugh J W Sturrock, Casey Olives, Anthony W Solomon, Simon J Brooker

“…To simulate the different sampling approaches, 20 clusters were selected from each district, with individuals sampled according to the protocol for ITM and CRS. …”
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Reactive case detection can improve the efficiency of lymphatic filariasis surveillance compared to random sampling, Samoa 2023. by Helen J Mayfield, Benn Sartorius, Angus McLure, Stephanie J Curtis, Beatris Mario Martin, Sarah Sheridan, Robert Thomsen, Rossana Tofaeono-Pifeleti, Satupaitea Viali, Patricia M Graves, Colleen L Lau

“…<h4>Methodology</h4>In 2023, six primary sampling units (PSUs) were surveyed using random and targeted sampling strategies. …”
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Nexus between tourism and ecological footprint in RCEP: Fresh evidence from Bayesian MCMC random-effects sampling by Nguyen Ngoc Thach, Bui Hoang Ngoc

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Causal relationship between citrate and gestational diabetes mellitus: a two-sample Mendelian randomization analysis by Yuhan He, Yanqiong Gan, Jing Mao, Qi Shi

“…However, the potential association between citrate and impaired glucose tolerance during pregnancy needs further research, The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between citrate levels in the human body and the incidence of gestational diabetes mellitus.Method This study adopts a two-sample Mendelian randomization approach, using genetic variants of citrate as instrumental variables, to investigate the causal relationship between citrate and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). …”
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Evaluating the Impact of Oral Contraceptives on Pancreatic Cancer Risk: A Two-Sample Mendelian Randomization Analysis by Yuxin Tang, Yu Zhang, Shuaiyi Wang, Xinyi Shi, Xinjia Ruan, Yu Cheng, Fangrong Yan, Tiantian Liu

“…<b>Methods:</b> We investigated the potential causal relationship between OC use and PC risk using a two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis, with blood protein quantitative trait loci (pQTLs) as instrumental variables. …”
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Causal relationship between varicose veins and hydrocele: A bidirectional two-sample Mendelian randomization study by Chunzhi Guo, Yan Qu, Hong Liu

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Causal Associations Between Sleep Traits and Delirium: A Bidirectional Two-Sample Mendelian Randomization Study by Liu H, Zhang Z, He Y, Ding L, Wu T, Wang Y, Ma W

“…This bidirectional two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) study was conducted to examine the possible causal relationships between sleep traits and delirium.Patients and Methods: Utilizing genome-wide association studies (GWAS), we identified ten sleep traits: chronotype, sleep duration, short sleep duration, long sleep duration, daytime napping, daytime sleepiness, insomnia, number of sleep episodes (NSE), sleep efficiency, and rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder (RBD). …”
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Causal relationship between gut microbiota and dental caries: a two-sample mendelian randomization study by Yang Wang, Quan Li, Jinqi Hua, Hongliang Que, Haoxiang Xu, Xinyu Xu, Ninghan Feng

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Causal associations between socioeconomic status and prostate cancer using two-sample Mendelian randomization study by Zhenxing Wang, Chunyan Wang, Xing Gou, Liang Pei, Xiaoyuan Qiao

“…The associations between socioeconomic status (SES) indicators and PCa risks remain incompletely elucidated. Through two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR), this research seeks to assess the causal links between 4 genetically predicted SES indicators—average total household income before tax, the Townsend deprivation index at recruitment, unemployed status and college or university degree in the household—and PCa. …”
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Causal association between plasma proteins and lung adenocarcinoma: a two-sample mendelian randomization study by Weiyuan Zhang, Nan Chen, Changxi Li, Xitian Su, Zhuo Fu, Youshuang Zhong, Huojin Deng

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Bidirectional two-sample Mendelian randomization reveals causal link between genetic blood metabolites and tuberculosis by Zhenyu Shi, Chenyi Zhao, Xiaowen Yu, Dingding Zhao, Yongqiang Li

“…And TwoSampleMR package and R software were adopted to perform this MR analysis. …”
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Genetically druggable targets for MAPK-activated colorectal cancer by a two-sample mendelian randomization analysis by Yuxuan Zhou, Yunlong Ding, Bangyue Xu, Hongyang Fei, Zheng Wang

“…This study conducts a two-sample Mendelian randomization protein quantitative trait loci (pQTL) analysis to investigate the causal association between plasma proteins and MAPK-activated CRCs. …”
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The causal relationships between body composition and heart failure: A two-sample mendelian randomization study by Chenxi Lu, Zhuang Guo, Zhuoran Wang, Ke Xu, Guiyuan Han, Ke Peng, Xiaoying Liu, Yichong Li, Yu Shi

“…Abstract The objective of this study was to assess the causal relationships between various body composition indicators, including body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), and specific measures of fat mass (right arm, right leg, trunk, and whole-body fat mass) and fat-free mass, and the risk of heart failure (HF) using a two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) approach. We used genome-wide significant single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) related to body composition from the UK Biobank, GIANT, and FinnGen as instrumental variables. …”
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The causal relationship between smoke and renal impairment: a two-sample Mendelian randomization and meta-analysis by Teng Lv, Fengzhen Xu, Jing Li, Danting Sun, Hui Liu, Huixian Qi, Jinchun Shang

“…This study aims to investigate the causal relationship between smoking behavior and renal impairment. A two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis was conducted using genetic variants (GVs) associated with the exposure and outcome from the IEU OpenGWAS project and CKDGen Consortium. …”
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