Depression in older adults: prevalence and risk factors in a primary health care sample by Uschenka Padayachey, S Ramlall, J Chipps

“…Results: A Cronbach’s alpha for the GDS was calculated (p = 0.793). Some 40% of participants screened positive for depression. …”
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ENHANCING SURGICAL OUTCOMES IN BRONCHIECTASIS: PREDICTING EARLY SURGICAL COMPLICATIONS WITH THE BRONCHIECTASIS SEVERITY INDEX by Salih Duman, Arda Sarıgül, Berker Özkan, Murat Kara, S. Alper Toker

“…Patient demographics, pathological data, preoperative period, Bronchiectasis Severity Index (BSI) score, and long-term outcomes were reviewed. We selected patients who had undergone anatomical resection. …”
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The long-term correlates of developmental stress on whole-brain functional connectivity during emotion regulation by Seda Sacu, Andrea Hermann, Tobias Banaschewski, Martin F. Gerchen, Nathalie E. Holz

“…However, most of the previous studies were limited to a small set of priori-selected regions and did not address the impact of stress timing on functional connectivity. …”
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Spin-flash drying characteristics and kinetic model of antarctic krill by TAN Jiayu, OUYANG Jie, MA Tiantian, SHEN Jia

“…The effective moisture diffusion coefficients were calculated by Fick's second law. <b>Results:</b> The results showed the drying temperature had a significant effect on drying thermal efficiency and drying rate. …”
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Impact of obesity on functioning in society – OQI-3, a new tool pilot study results by Monika Szkultecka-Dębek, Marta Bem, Aleksandra Gradowska, Mariola Drozd

“…The Likert scale was recoded for each statement as follows: 1 – 3; 2 – 1; 3 – 2; 4 – 4; 5 – 5 and Cronbach’s α value was calculated confirming scale reliability. It equals 0.874 for the total of items. …”
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Cutting ceramics for turning of specialised stainless hard-to-machine steel by Boris Ya. Mokritskiy, Pavel A. Sablin, Aleksandr V. Kosmynin

“…The maximum stresses in the tool material and the deformation rate of the process material are studied. To select rational solutions in simulation modelling, the authors used the “temperature in the cutting zone”, “stresses in the tool material”, and “tool wear” parameters, which characterise the combined tension of the tool material. …”
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Transformer-Based Approach for Automatic Semantic Financial Document Verification by Ahmet Toprak, Metin Turan

“…Two (experimentally) original full-text document sentences most similar to the summary document sentence were selected. Then, these original full-text document sentences were inputted as training data to the Transformer model. …”
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Design and Experimental Investigation of Fluoride Volatility Fluidized Bed Reactor by ZHANG Lixin, ZHU Yingxi, YUAN Zhiliang, WU Yingjie, ZHANG Shengwei, WANG Wenhui, YANG Tinggui

“…Operational gas velocity was determined by combining theoretical critical fluidization velocity (0.041 3 m/s) with fluidization dyna-mics calculations, enabling structural optimization of the reactor. …”

Predictive immunonutritional biomarkers for the severity and recovery of sudden sensorineural hearing loss: a prospective clinical study by Xu Zhang, Weixun Guo, Bing Guan, Chunping Yang

“…Cohen’s d values were calculated for select significantly different parameters to assess effect sizes.ResultsCompared with control group, PNI levels were significantly lowered in SSNHL patients, while SII levels were significantly higher. …”
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Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Risk Factors on the Prevalence of Diarrhea among Under-Five Children in the Rural Community of Dangila District, Northwest Ethiopia by Bizuayehu Hailu, Wu Ji-Guo, Tadesse Hailu

“…A cross-sectional study was conducted among randomly selected 419 under-five children from October to December 2021 in Dangila district, Northwest Ethiopia. …”
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Changes in the prevalence of severe anxiety and depression symptoms and the associated factors in adults living in Manaus: a comparison of two cross-sectional studies conducted in... by Vanessa Gomes Lima, Marcus Tolentino Silva, Gustavo Magno Baldin Tiguman, Taís Freire Galvão

“…DESIGN AND SETTING: This cross-sectional study included adults living in Manaus selected through a three-stage probability sampling in 2015 and 2019. …”
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The association between adult-life smoking and age-related cognitive decline in Danish men. by Erik Lykke Mortensen, Kristine Hell, Gunhild Tidemann Okholm, Trine Flensborg-Madsen, Marie Grønkjær

“…Information on smoking was self-reported at follow up for eight age periods, and pack-years were calculated from age 19 based on information on daily smoking and the duration of each age period. …”
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Larvicidal and adulticidal effects of Ethiopian medicinal plants against Anopheles gambiae (Diptera: Culicidae) by Sileshi Tadesse, Solomon Mequanente Abay, Eyasu Makonnen, Abebe Ejigu, Yehenew Asemamaw, Werissaw Haileselassie, Ephrem Engidawork

“…Percent mean mortality rate was compared using one-way ANOVA, and LC50 and LC90 values were calculated using a generalized linear Probit model. …”
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Predicting Individual Survival after Curative Esophagectomy for Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Esophageal by Zhiyong Zhao, Xiaolong Huang, Ting Gu, Zhu Chen, Limin Gan, Biao Zhu, Ning Wu

“…Multivariate analyses were used to select five independent prognostic variables and build the nomogram. …”
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Correlation of PET/CT Maximal Standardized Uptake Values with Clinicopathologic Parameters of Aggressive Non-Hodgkin&amp;rsquo;s Lymphoma by Li Y, Wu D, Tian M

“…Yingci Li,1 Dongbo Wu,2 Mohan Tian1 1Department of PET/CT-MR Center, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin, Heilongjiang, 150081, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Radiology, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin, Heilongjiang, 150081, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Mohan Tian, Department of PET/CT-MR Center, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, No. 150, Haping Road, Nangang District, Harbin City, Heilongjiang, 150081, People’s Republic of China, Email mohantianthm@21cn.comObjective: To investigate the correlation between the maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) of positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) scanning imaging with the clinicopathologic parameters of aggressive non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) and its diagnostic value.Methods: A total of 128 patients with NHL were retrospectively selected. PET/CT examination was performed to calculate SUVmax, and clinicopathological data were collected. …”
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Epidemiological and economic model to estimate the optimal edge width of citrus block to be weekly sprayed with insecticide for huanglongbing management by Isabela Vescove Primiano, Eduardo Cassettari Monteferrante, Leonardo Ferreira, Andreia Cristina de Oliveira Adami, Sílvia Helena Galvão de Miranda, Franklin Behlau, Renato Beozzo Bassanezi

“…Four regions within the São Paulo/Triângulo Mineiro (SPTM) citrus belt were selected for analysis: Frutal, located in Triângulo Mineiro (TM), as well as the municipalities of Bebedouro, situated in the north (NO), Araraquara, located in the center (CE), and Avaré, situated in the south (SO) of the state of São Paulo (SP), Brazil. …”
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Structure–property models of organic compounds based on molecular graphs with elements of the spatial structures of the molecules by N. A. Shulaeva, M. I. Skvortsova, N. A. Mikhailova

“…In this step, from some set of functions, the pair of functions that provide the best model is selected. In the second step, the best model (from the previous step) is modified. …”
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Incidence, diagnostic criteria and outcome following ventriculoperitoneal shunting of idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus in a memory clinic population: a prospective observat... by George Razay, Melissa Wimmer, Iain Robertson

“…Triage index diagnostic test scores were calculated from the regression coefficients, with diagnostic thresholds selected using receiver operating characteristic analysis.Results The presence of balance and/or gait disorders, especially fear of falling, difficulty standing on toes/heals, urinary disturbances, ventriculomegaly with Evans ratio greater than Combined Diagnostic Threshold (0.377-{Maximum width of posterior horns*0.0054}), strongly predict the diagnosis of INPH; while hallucinations and/or delusions and forgetfulness reduce the likelihood of the diagnosis. …”
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Ni2+ doped cobalt nano-ferrite for gas sensing application by Arati Chandragupta Mehere, Vyankati Rama Jadhav, Sujata Milind Kasabe, Sopan Mansing Rathod

“…The band gap was calculated to be 1.74 eV based on UV–Vis spectroscopy. …”
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Prospective Assessment of mrTRG System Used for Determining the Efficiency of Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy in Patients with Rectal Cancer by T. P. Berezovskaia, Ya. A. Dayneko, A. A. Nevolskikh, S. A. Ivanov, A. D. Kaprin

“…A prospective evaluation of the result of nCRT using the mrTRG system has moderate accuracy for stratification of patients responding and non-responding to nCRT, which requires the use of additional criteria for MRI scores to select patients who may receive less aggressive surgical treatment. …”
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