Comparative Analysis of Single-Path and Multipath Adrenal Venous Sampling in Primary Aldosteronism by Zhoufei Fang, Han Cai, Qixiang Zhang, Jin Gong, Wei Zhou, Liangdi Xie, Feng Peng

“…To evaluate the safety and efficacy of adrenal venous sampling (AVS) via the cubital vein and femoral vein synchronously. …”
Get full text

Kernel Density Estimation for Joint Scrambling in Sensitive Surveys by Alvan Caleb Arulandu, Sat Gupta

Subjects: Get full text

Sampled-Data Consensus for Nonlinear Multiagent Dynamical Systems via Reliable Control by Hongjie Li

“…The paper studies sampled-data consensus for nonlinear multiagent dynamical systems. …”
Get full text

Equivalence Test and Sample Size Procedures for Standardized Mean Differences in ANCOVA Studies by Gwowen Shieh

“…Extensive empirical investigations demonstrate the importance of random features and disparity of covariate variables in power and sample size calculations.…”
Get full text

Quad Rapidly-Exploring Random Tree Star Algorithm With Improved Potential Force for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Path Planning by Peng Bian, Jiaming Fan, Yang Liu, Xia Chen, Yu Wang

Subjects: Get full text

On the Impact of Labeled Sample Selection in Semisupervised Learning for Complex Visual Recognition Tasks by Eftychios Protopapadakis, Athanasios Voulodimos, Anastasios Doulamis

“…We propose and explore a variety of combinatory sampling approaches that are based on sparse representative instances selection (SMRS), OPTICS algorithm, k-means clustering algorithm, and random selection. …”
Get full text

Determination of durability of samples modeling the MS-21 fuselage longitudinal and cross joints by V. K. Harina

“…Under the loads action, often being a random process, the cracks propagation is quite intense and it leads to the destruction of the structure. …”
Get full text

Prediction of Propellant Electrostatic Sensitivity Based on Small-Sample Machine Learning Models by Fei Wang, Kai Cui, Jinxiang Liu, Wenhai He, Qiuyu Zhang, Weihai Zhang, Tianshuai Wang

Get full text

A Metaanalysis of the relationship between growth mindset and mental health in Chinese samples by Xiaoli Yang, Jianmei Yang, Tingting Jia, Lin Wang, Jing Zhang

Get full text

Girls, mental health problems, and offending: findings from a community sample by Linn Persson, Anna-Karin Ivert

“…Methods Data were drawn from the Malmö Individual and Neighbourhood Development Study (MINDS), a longitudinal study which comprises a random sample of 525 adolescents (~ 20%) born in 1995 and living in Malmö, Sweden, in 2007. …”
Get full text

Nurses’ attitudes toward death in Oman: Prevalence and correlates in a nationwide sample by Eilean Rathinasamy Lazarus, Joshua K. Muliira, Omar Al Zaabi, Murtadha K. Al-Khabori, Mudhar Mohammed Al Adawi, Qasim Al Mamari

“…The Death Attitude Profile–Revised scale was adopted to collect data from 1469 nurses working in tertiary hospitals using simple random sampling and population proportionate sampling methods. …”
Get full text

Phylogenetic Position of Hungarian Grey Cattle Breed Based on Total-Representation Sample by Ákos Maróti-Agóts, Zsombor Wagenhoffer, Csilla Józsa, Endre Kaltenecker, Balázs Kemény, Kristóf Csurgay, Benedek Zsigmond, Irene Cardinali, Hovirag Lancioni, András Gáspárdy

“…Previous studies have relied on random or limited pedigree sampling, lacking a fully representative dataset determining genetic and conservation status. …”
Get full text

Frequency-Domain Characterization of Finite Sample Linear Systems with Uniform Window Inputs by Qihou Zhou

“…Assuming that the samples beyond <i>M</i> are all zeros, the corresponding infinite sample LTI (IS-LTI) system is a marginally stable system. …”
Get full text

Disparity in pre-emptive end-of-life conversation experience caused by subjective economic status among general Japanese elderly people: a cross-sectional study with stratified random sampling by Tomoo Hidaka, Shota Endo, Hideaki Kasuga, Yusuke Masuishi, Takeyasu Kakamu, Tomohiro Kumagai, Tetsuhito Fukushima, Keiko Saito, Kouichi Abe

“…We therefore aimed to determine the factors related to having PCs with hypothesis that age, subjective economic status and subjective health status are associated with having PC experience.Design A cross-sectional study administering a questionnaire and using stratified random sampling by gender and region.Setting Residents aged 65 years or older who were not receiving nursing care as of 1 November 2016, were extracted from the Japanese long-term care insurance system registry in Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.Participants 1575 participants (717 males and 858 females).Outcome Presence or absence of PC experience with family or friends (yes/no).Results The mean age of the participants was 74.0 years. …”
Get full text

A Reconsideration of Small Sample Studies and Absence of Equipoise as Ethical Issues in Research by Chittaranjan Andrade

“…This article provides examples of circumstances where small sample, potentially underpowered studies may be justifiable, and where RCTs of treatments that are not in equipoise may be considered appropriate. …”
Get full text

The prevalence of nine human herpesviruses in urogenital samples from young women in Finland by Hanna Välimaa, Tiina Eriksson, Matti Lehtinen, Ville N. Pimenoff, Mirja Puolakkainen

“…Methods We investigated the prevalence and quantity of HHVs using qPCR in urogenital samples from 380 women participating in a community-randomized human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination trial and in a randomized trial on the effectiveness of Chlamydia trachomatis screening. …”
Get full text

Differentiated impacts of image samples on creative performance in cultural tourism product design by Lun Wei, Hui Wu, Mingzhu Yu, Xuan Qin, Wenpei Zhang

“…This study investigates the impact of different types of image samples on enhancing the creative performance in cultural tourism product design, and and clarifies the practical role of image samples in design inspiration.MethodsA total of 66 design students were recruited and randomly assigned to three groups of 22 each. …”
Get full text

A validity and reliability study of the citizenship fatigue scale in a Turkish sample by Hanife Tiryaki Sen, Şehrinaz Polat, Mesut Karaman, Dilek Özdemir

“…Method This methodological study involved 321 randomly selected nurses from a population of 650 at a public hospital. …”
Get full text

A simple model of a sequence-reading diffusion: non-self-averaging and self-averaging properties by Silvio Kalaj, Enzo Marinari, Gleb Oshanin, Luca Peliti

“…Concurrently, two latter properties exhibit strong sample-to-sample fluctuations for finite N , as evidenced by numerical simulations.…”
Get full text

Nonparametric Estimation Method for the Distribution Function Using Various Types of Ranked Set Sampling by Ramy Ghareeb, Rikan AL khalidi

“…The purpose of this research is to estimate the cumulative distribution function &nbsp;using the local polynomial regression &nbsp;and compare it to parameter estimation using the method of moments and the maximum likelihood method to calculate both the mean square error and the bias using the ranked sets sample &nbsp;and the median ranked sets sample . As well as &nbsp;frequently produces more exact estimates than simple random sampling &nbsp;for the same sample size. …”
Get full text