Association of Serum Gamma-Glutamyl Transferase and Ferritin with the Metabolic Syndrome by Dong Wei, Tao Chen, Jie Li, Yun Gao, Yan Ren, Xiangxun Zhang, Hongling Yu, Haoming Tian

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Analyѕiѕ of received ѕignal quality in FЅO ѕyѕtemѕ modeled by Gamma-Gamma diѕtribution and different modulation formatѕ by Jakšić Branimir S., Todorović Jelena M., Makѕimović Vladimir D.

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Racial Differences in Systemic Immune Parameters in Individuals With Lung Cancer by Mitchell S. von Itzstein, MD, Jialiang Liu, PhD, Hong Mu-Mosley, PhD, Farjana Fattah, PhD, Jason Y. Park, MD, PhD, Jeffrey A. SoRelle, MD, J. David Farrar, PhD, Mary E. Gwin, MD, David Hsiehchen, MD, Yvonne Gloria-McCutchen, Edward K. Wakeland, PhD, Suzanne Cole, MD, Sheena Bhalla, MD, Radhika Kainthla, MD, Igor Puzanov, MD, MSCI, Benjamin Switzer, DO, MHSA, MS, Gregory A. Daniels, MD, PhD, Yousef Zakharia, MD, Montaser Shaheen, MD, Jianjun Zhang, MD, PhD, Yang Xie, PhD, David E. Gerber, MD

“…Introduction: Racial and ethnic disparities in the presentation and outcomes of lung cancer are widely known. …”
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The elderly population’s social networks and HIV perceptions: Evidence from China by Jie Shen, Junfang Xu

“…Based on the Goodman–Kruskal Gamma test, it was found that there was a positive correlation between social support and HIV knowledge perceptions in the elderly population, and there was a negative correlation between social support and HIV attitudinal perceptions in the elderly population. …”
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Combining Charlson comorbidity and VACS indices improves prognostic accuracy for all-cause mortality for patients with and without HIV in the Veterans Health Administration by Kathleen A. McGinnis, Amy C. Justice, Amy C. Justice, Vincent C. Marconi, Vincent C. Marconi, Maria C. Rodriguez-Barradas, Maria C. Rodriguez-Barradas, Ronald G. Hauser, Ronald G. Hauser, Krisann K. Oursler, Krisann K. Oursler, Sheldon T. Brown, Kendall J. Bryant, Janet P. Tate, Janet P. Tate, for the Veterans Aging Cohort Study

“…We used Cox models to develop the VACS-CCI score and estimated mortality using a parametric (gamma) survival model. We compared accuracy using C-statistics and calibration curves in validation overall and within subgroups (gender, age </≥65 years, race/ethnicity, and CCI score). …”
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