Development of a Conceptual Model to Understand Disease Burden in Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Organ Damage by Lynne Broderick, Wen-Hung Chen, Roger A. Levy, April Mitchell Foster, Cindy Umanzor Figueroa, Kerry Gairy, Deven Chauhan

“…Data from concept elicitation interviews with KOLs and patients were coded and analyzed using NVivo software to identify the key concepts of the overall patient burden of SLE-associated OD. …”
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A bibliometric analysis of the effects of electronic waste on the environment by M. Maphosa, V. Maphosa

“…This study provides an overview of the research landscape on the impact of e-waste on the environment using bibliometric analysis. VOSviewer software is used to visualise the current trends and the recent hotspots. …”
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Protocol for predicting host-microbe interactions and their downstream effect on host cells using MicrobioLink by Lejla Gul, Anna Julia Elias, Tanvi Tambaku, Marton Olbei, Emily Watters, Balazs Bohar, Dezso Modos, Matthew Madgwick, Tamas Korcsmaros

“…We describe steps for setting up the environment, installing software, and preparing human transcriptomic and bacterial proteomic data. …”
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Evaluating level of adherence to nicotine replacement therapy and its impact on smoking cessation: a protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis by Michelle Bovill, Gillian Sandra Gould, Amanual Getnet Mersha, Parivash Eftekhari, Daniel Nigusse Tollosa

“…Statistical analyses will be carried out using Stata V.16 software. Only studies reporting a valid strategy to control for reverse causality will be included.Discussion This review will provide evidence to support the importance of adherence on rate of smoking cessation and level of adherence to NRT. …”
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Comprehensive evaluation of compound Kushen injection combined with zoledronic acid in treating bone metastasis cancer pain based on meta-analysis and decision tree model by Xi Zhao, Tianwei Meng, Kaiqiang Wang, Xi Yan, Yuqiang Liu, Xinghua Li

“…Methodological quality assessments were performed on all included studies, and a meta-analysis was conducted using RevMan 5.4.1 software. A cost-effectiveness analysis from the perspective of China's healthcare system employed a decision tree model to evaluate the short-term economic impact of the two treatment regimens. …”
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Fuentes de conocimiento de los profesores-entrenadores de voleibol escolar en Santa Catarina by Anderson Marcelino, Willen Remon Tozetto, Sandy Dorian Isla Alcoser, Allana Alencar, Ana Flávia Backes, José Carlos Mendes, Juarez Viera do Nascimento

“…Los datos fueron analizados utilizando el software SPSS, versión 20.0, con un nivel de significación de p ≤ .05. …”
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Cost-effectiveness of the Floodlight MS app in Austria. Unlocking the mystery of costs and outcomes of a digital health application for patients with multiple sclerosis by Evelyn Walter, Matthäus Traunfellner, Franz Meyer, Christian Enzinger, Michael Guger, Christian Bsteh, Patrick Altmann, Harald Hegen, Christoph Goger, Veronika Mikl

“…Conclusion The analysis demonstrates that the Floodlight ® MS app is a cost-effective digital health application, encouraging broader discussions on maximizing the potential of software-as-medical-devices within the care pathway.…”
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Effects of twelve-week aerobic exercise on selected health-related physical fitness variables on Gonji preparatory school male students by Abdurahman Esleman, Bizuneh Yirga Geberemariam, Wondiye Aychiluhim

“…The data collected from the study groups were analyzed by using Statistical Package for Social Science version 23 software and computed independent t-test and paired t-test and the level of significance was set at 0.05 levels. …”
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Design of compact and high gain dual-band four-port MIMO antenna array for mm-wave 5G Communications by Mohammed Mahaboob Basha, Pendli Pradeep, Srinivasulu Gundala, Javed Syed

“…Ansys HFSS, a 3D electromagnetic (EM) simulation software, is utilized for the design process. The proposed innovative dual-band quad-port MIMO antenna systems are characterized on a Rogers RT/duroid 5880 (tm) substrate with a dielectric constant 2.2 and a thickness of 0.79 mm, operating at frequencies of 28/38 GHz. …”
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Current Status and Future Directions of Artificial Intelligence in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Literature Measurement Analysis by Ruoyu Wan, Ruohong Wan, Qing Xie, Anshu Hu, Wei Xie, Junjie Chen, Yuhan Liu

“…We conducted a bibliometric analysis using software tools such as Bibliometrix (version 4.1), VOSviewer (version 1.6.19), and CiteSpace (version 6.3.R1) on the relevant literature from the Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC). …”
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Menstrual disorders and associated factors among rural and tribal adolescent girls in India: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Rashni Chatterjee, Suman Chakrabarty

“…Meta-analysis was conducted by using MedCalc software version 22.0. Publication bias was checked using Egger’s test. …”
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Correlation Between the Koebner Phenomenon and Clinical Features in Vitiligo by Tang X, Hao C, Fan M, Dong P, Qi Y, Gao J, Huang H, Chen M, Wang W

“…Xianfa Tang,1– 3,* Cuilan Hao,1– 3,* Min Fan,1– 3,* Penghao Dong,1– 3 Yinyin Qi,1– 3 Jinping Gao,1– 3 He Huang,1– 3 Mengyun Chen,1– 3 Wenjun Wang1– 3 1Department of Dermatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, People’s Republic of China; 2Institute of Dermatology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, People’s Republic of China; 3Key Laboratory of Dermatology (Anhui Medical University), Ministry of Education, Hefei, Anhui, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Wenjun Wang, Email wangwj0720@sina.comPurpose: To investigate the correlation between the presence of the Koebner phenomenon (KP) and clinical features of patients with vitiligo.Patients and Methods: The clinical characteristic data, including age, age of onset, disease duration, gender, clinical stage, clinical type, family history, and comorbid immune-related diseases, of 1472 patients with/without KP were analyzed with SPSS 17.0 software.Results: Of the 1472 patients, 290 (19.70%) were positive for KP. …”
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De Novo Sequencing and Characterization of the Transcriptome of Dwarf Polish Wheat (Triticum polonicum L.) by Yi Wang, Chao Wang, Xiaolu Wang, Fan Peng, Ruijiao Wang, Yulin Jiang, Jian Zeng, Xing Fan, Houyang Kang, Lina Sha, Haiqin Zhang, Xue Xiao, Yonghong Zhou

“…In this study, a transcriptome, including 76,014 unigenes, was assembled from dwarf polish wheat (DPW) roots, stems, and leaves using the software of Trinity. Among these unigenes, 61,748 (81.23%) unigenes were functionally annotated in public databases and classified into differentially functional types. …”
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The features of kinematic calculation for Wankel’s rotary piston engine by Yu. P. Makushev, T. A. Polyakova, L. Yu. Volkova, V. V. Ryndin

“…Using the Mathcad system as an example, it is shown the possibility of application mathematical software packages for calculations related to the study of the features of the Wankel’s RPD epitrochoid, its calculation, its research and its construction.…”
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Relação entre características, expectativas e percepções dos usuários sobre a qualidade do serviço bibliotecário por meio da escala LibQual adaptada by Cláudia Osvaldina dos Passos Cavalcanti, Sandro Vieira Soares, Thiago Coelho Soares, Rafael Tezza, Graziela Oste Graziano Cremonezi

“…A hipótese de normalidade dos dados foi testada com os testes de Kolmogorov-Smirnov e Shapiro-Wilk e foi rejeitada (p < 0,05). O software utilizado foi o SPSS (versão 20). Hipóteses de diferença entre grupos foram testadas utilizando os testes U de Mann-Whitney e Kruskal-Wallis. …”
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CT Angiography Analysis of Axillary Artery Diameter versus Common Femoral Artery Diameter: Implications for Axillary Approach for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients... by Rajiv Tayal, Humayun Iftikhar, Benjamin LeSar, Rahul Patel, Naveen Tyagi, Marc Cohen, Najam Wasty

“…Images were then reconstructed using commercially available TeraRecon software and comparative measurements made of the axillary and femoral arteries. …”
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Determinants of Active Tuberculosis Occurrences after ART Initiation among Adult HIV-Positive Clients in West Showa Zone Public Hospitals, Ethiopia: A Case-Control Study by Gerbaba Guta Nugus, Mergitu Eliyas Irena

“…Logistic regression analysis was performed using SPSS version 24 statistical software. Statistical significance test was set at 95% confidence level. …”
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Dimensionality cutback and deep learning algorithms efficacy as to the breast cancer diagnostic dataset by Gennady Chuiko, Denys Honcharov

“…Deep Learning algorithms implemented in WEKA software and their efficacy on the Wisconsin Breast Cancer dataset. …”
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A systematic review and meta-analysis of the impact of left bundle branch area pacing on right ventricular function by Lei Yin, Lianxia Wang, Jiankang Meng, Qian Liu, Yan Zhang, Yanlei Zhao, Mingwang Li, Ling You

“…After screening and data extraction, the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale was used for the quality assessment of the included cohort studies, and meta-analysis was performed using R software. The effect size was estimated using either a random-effect model or a fixed-effect model, with odds ratio (OR) and mean difference (MD).ResultsA total of 14 studies were included, analyzing 1,555 LBBAP patients. …”
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Assessment of the Efficiency of Thermal Waste Regeneration in the Blown Impassable Channels of Heating Mains by V. A. Sednin, T. V. Bubyr

“…Due to the complexity of creating a full-scale experimental installation, a virtual experimental installation created by means of the Ansys software package was used in the study, on which an active numerical experiment was performed. …”
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