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Objectives: Sacral insufficiency fracture (SIF) is not an uncommon osteoporosis fracture among the elderly. Aside from traditional treatments, sacroplasty and teriparatide (TPTD) injection have been introduced.
Yao-Chun Yang +4 more
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COPD-Related Mortality before and after Mass COVID-19 Vaccination in Northern Italy
Background/Objective: Little is known about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mortality from COPD at the population level. The objective was to investigate COPD-related mortality throughout different epidemic waves in Italy before and after the ...
Ugo Fedeli +4 more
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Background: The present study was performed to develop a scoring system for predicting cure status in patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL). Materials and Methods: This study included 199 patients with CL from Skin Diseases and Leishmaniasis ...
Mehri Khoshhali +4 more
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Prevalence of HCV Infection Among Hemodialysis Patients in Lanzhou of Northwestern China
Kai Bao,1,* Jijun Chen,2,* Ruifang Liu,1,3 Yuanyuan Xiang,1 Wenlong Gao1 1Institution of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, People’s Republic of China; 2STD and AIDS Prevention and ...
Bao K, Chen J, Liu R, Xiang Y, Gao W
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Structural Equation Modeling is one among popular multivariate analysis, especially applied in pschology and marketing. There are two main types of Structural Equation Modeling namely covariance-based or CB-SEM and variance-based or Partial Least Square (
I Made Tirta +2 more
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Instructor factors associated with medical students’ lecture evaluation: a longitudinal analysis [PDF]
Purpose This study identified factors that affect lecture evaluation by analyzing sophomores from Dankook University, examining each cluster’s characteristics, and comparing differences among trajectories.
Jeongbae Rhie +4 more
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Functional generalized estimating equation model to detect glaucomatous visual field progression [PDF]
AIM: To build a functional generalized estimating equation (GEE) model to detect glaucomatous visual field progression and compare the performance of the proposed method with that of commonly employed algorithms. METHODS: Totally 716 eyes of 716 patients
Sanghun Jeong +6 more
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Grouped Generalized Estimating Equations for Longitudinal Data Analysis
Abstract Generalized estimating equation (GEE) is widely adopted for regression modeling for longitudinal data, taking account of potential correlations within the same subjects. Although the standard GEE assumes common regression coefficients among all the subjects, such an assumption may not be realistic when there is potential ...
Tsubasa Ito, Shonosuke Sugasawa
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Objective Redundant nerve root syndrome (RNRS) is characterized by tortuous, elongated, and enlarged nerve roots in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis.
Sieun Yoon, Hyeongchun Kim, Chi-Bum In
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