Pre-diabetes and cardiovascular risk factors in NAFLD patients: a retrospective comparative analysis by Azam Teimouri, Zahra Ebrahimpour, Awat Feizi, Bijan Iraj, Elahe Saffari, Mojtaba Akbari, Mozhgan Karimifar

“…The mean value of age, BMI, TG, waist and Hip circumference was significantly higher in pre-diabetic patients. …”
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Using administrative register data for adjusting non-response bias in the finnish gambling harms survey by Jukka Kontto, Hanna Tolonen, Anne H. Salonen

“…Results For gambling participation, there was no difference between the crude (81.9% [95% CI 81.0–82.8%]) and the weighted (83.2% [95% CI 82.3–84.0%]) prevalences (p-value 0.09), or between the crude and the non-response adjusted (82.3% [95% CI 81.6–83.0%]) prevalences (p-value 0.49). …”
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Comparación de dos dispositivos de medición de potencia y trabajo durante ejercicio de fuerza con tecnología inercial flywheel (Comparison of two power and work data acquisition sy... by Luis Manuel Martínez Aranda, Rodrigo Fernández Gonzalo

“…Dado el alto grado de significación en las correlaciones analizadas para potencia y trabajo, todo parece indicar que ambos dispositivos se muestran como instrumentos válidos y similares para estimar la potencia y el trabajo durante ejercicios de fuerza con tecnología inercial, siendo de gran ayuda para el seguimiento y control del entrenamiento usando esta tecnología. Abstract. The aim of this study was to compare real-time values of power and work obtained through BlueBrainTM and SmartCoachTM systems during flywheel leg press exercise using different inertias (loads). …”
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On the use of streamflow transformations for hydrological model calibration by G. Thirel, L. Santos, O. Delaigue, C. Perrin

“…Further, the choice of objective function (i.e. the criterion or combination of criteria for optimization) can significantly impact the parameter set values identified as optimal by the algorithm. This article discusses how mathematical transformations, which are sometimes applied to the target variable before calculating the objective function, impact model simulations. …”
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Modeling Universal Thermal Climate Index Thermal Stress in Iran’s Hot Zones Using Neural Networks and Naïve Bayes by Sajad Zare, Reza Esmaeili, Rasoul Hemmatjo

“…Aim: This study aimed to assess the impact of heat stressors in various environments across the expansive hot regions of Iran, with the goal of supporting workforce health and well-being. …”
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Modeling peak ground acceleration for earthquake hazard safety evaluation by Fatima Khalid, Milad Razbin

“…The proposed model leverages essential input variables such as moment magnitude, fault type, epicentral distance, and soil type, with the output variable being peak ground acceleration (PGA) at 5% damping. …”
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Impact of Oocyte Morphologic Abnormalities on Embryo Development by Erdenesuvd Damdinsuren, Purevjargal Naidansuren, Bum Chae Choi, Park Hyo Young, Mendsaikhan Gochoo, Bolorchimeg Baldandorj

“…The organelle cluster and ovoid shape were related to a lower fertilization rate (OR: 0.35 p-value 0,045 and OR:0.137; p-value 0,048, respectively). …”
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TILTomorrow today: dynamic factors predicting changes in intracranial pressure treatment intensity after traumatic brain injury by Shubhayu Bhattacharyay, Florian D. van Leeuwen, Erta Beqiri, Cecilia A. I. Åkerlund, Lindsay Wilson, Ewout W. Steyerberg, David W. Nelson, Andrew I. R. Maas, David K. Menon, Ari Ercole, the CENTER-TBI investigators and participants

“…We developed the TILTomorrow modelling strategy, which leverages recurrent neural networks to map a token-embedded time series representation of all variables (including missing values) to an ordinal, dynamic prediction of the following day’s five-category therapy intensity level (TIL(Basic)) score. …”
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Quality of intrapartum and newborn care in public healthcare facilities of Wolkite town, Central Ethiopia: facility-based cross-sectional study by Berhanu Semra Mulat, Amare Zewdie, Abebaw Wasie Kasahun, Molla Gashu, Adiam Nega, Tamirat Melis

“…Finally, adjusted odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals and p-values <0.05 were considered to declare the statistical significance level of a variable.ResultThe study revealed that the level of good quality of intrapartum and newborn care was 35.1% and 69.7%, respectively. …”
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Development Strategies of Online Sales Sports Products in Iran by Mohammad Saeid Kiani, Leila Nazari, Leila Shahbazpour

“…As a result, for the development of online retail sales, it is necessary to plan separately for these variables to provide the grounds for the formation of development. …”
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STUDY OF SUPPRESSION OF HIV VIRAL LOAD AMONG PEOPLE RECEIVING ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY IN PALEMBANG CITY by Adeleine Silva Vanessa, Rico Januar Sitorus, Najmah Najmah

“…The results of multivariate analysis showed that there were three variables associated with viral load levels, namely age with a p-value <0.03, AOR = 1.59 (95% CI: 1.04-2.43), ARV adherence with a p-value < 0.00, AOR = 1.76 (95% CI: 1.18-2.61), and clinical stage with a p-value < 0.04 AOR = 1.02 (95% CI: 1.02-2.07). …”
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Skull Base Angle Morphometry in South Indian Population with Review on Terminology by Veeramani Raveendranath, Prafulla Kumar Dash, Krishnan Nagarajan, Thangaraj Kavitha, Srinidhi Swathi

“…The intraclass coefficient correlation was used to analyze the interobserver variability. Results The mean value of basal angle in males and females are 113°and 114°, respectively. …”
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The association between mode of childbirth delivery and early childhood caries: A comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis. by Li Xiang, Iuliia A Kozlitina, Mahdi Mohammadian, Roya Choopani, Abdollah Mohammadian-Hafshejani

“…Importantly, we found no evidence of publication bias, as indicated by non-significant results from Begg's test (P-value = 0.568) and Egger's test (P-value = 0.807). …”
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Psychological Distress among Healthcare Workers with Chronic Diseases during the COVID-19 Crisis by Huriyyah Abdullah Alfaraj, Fatmah Hazza Alsharif, Mona Mohamed Elhady

“…There was a significant association between the age, working experience, and PD scores of the HCWs P value < 0.05. A significant correlation between each of the variables of (heart disease, high blood pressure, lung disease, diabetes, ulcer, anemia, depression, and back pain) and PD whereas the P value < 0.05 and the R value < 0.3. …”
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Assessing the effectiveness of rolling ball media on adolescents' knowledge of child marriage by Nispi Yulyana, Desi Widiyanti, Diyan Indrayani, Titi Legiati

“…The results of the analysis showed that the average knowledge score after intervention increased to 86.50, with a p-value of 0 (Wilcoxon signed rank test), while the average knowledge score in the control group increased to 77.42 with a p-value of 0.024. …”
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Risk factors and associated outcomes of respiratory ICU readmission by Mohamed K. Hasswa, Mostafa Elshazly, Mai Nabil Osman, Ahmed A. Tantawy

“…A statistically significant difference was observed in the incidence of diabetes mellitus (P value 0.018), the SOFA score (P value 0.009) and the APACHE II score (P value 0.014) at admission between the groups who were readmitted and those who were not. …”
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The Influence of Work Discipline and Loyalty on Employee Performance at PT. Fajar Mandiri Barokah Sumedang Regency by Sudibyo Budi Utomo

“… This research aims to determine the influence of discipline and work loyalty on employee performance at PT. …”
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Association of Red Cell Distribution Width-to-Platelet Ratio and Mortality in Patients with Sepsis by Jie Liu, Xueying Huang, Suru Yue, Jia Wang, Enlin Ye, Jiasheng Huang, Yumei Zhao, Dongdong Niu, Xuefei Hou, Jiayuan Wu

“…This study is aimed at investigating the association between RPR levels and 28-day mortality in patients with sepsis. …”
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Determinants of nutritional status, students’ learning achievement and physical activity: a cross sectional study in Jayapura City, Papua, Indonesia by Semuel Piter Irab, Marlina Flassy, Agus Zainuri, Evi Sinaga, Rodhi Rusdianto Hidayat, Yos Wandik, Miftah Fariz Prima Putra

“…The results showed the indirect effect of exogenous variables on the endogenous, where nutritional knowledge and students diet influenced nutritional status (p-value = 0.001), but physical activity had no impact (p-value = 0.167). …”
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Detection of Antichlamydial Antibody in Patients With Ectopic Pregnancy and Normal Pregnancy by Srwa Jamal Murad

“…The collected data analyzed by SPSS program and for compare between means of two variables independent sample t-test was used while for comparison of categorical variables Chi square test was used with considering ? …”
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