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Hypertension in Pregnancy, 2021 Objective: To examine the correlation between plasma cerebral biomarkers (S100B and neuron-specific enolase (NSE)) and ultrasonographic optic-nerve-sheath-diameter (ONSD) in preeclampsia.
Gabrijela Brzan Simenc +4 more
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Changes in standard of candidates taking the MRCP(UK) Part 1 examination, 1985 to 2002: Analysis of marker questions [PDF]
, 2005 The maintenance of standards is a problem for postgraduate medical examinations, particularly if they use norm-referencing as the sole method of standard setting. In each of its diets, the MRCP(UK) Part 1 Examination includes a number of marker questions,
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Investigator’s Global Assessment of Chronic Prurigo: A New Instrument for Use in Clinical Trials
Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 2021 Chronic prurigo is a pruritic disease characterized by the development of pruriginous lesions due to scratching. The number of lesions is representative of the stage of the disease, while the presence of excoriations reflects the scratching activity. Aim
Claudia Zeidler +4 more
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Is Sonographic Assessment of Intratendinous Blood Flow in Achilles Tendinopathy Patients Reliable?
Ultrasound International Open, 2016 Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the consistency between different Doppler ultrasound (DU) modes as well as the intra- and inter-observer reliability of investigators with different experience level in assessing intratendinous blood ...
L. Risch +6 more
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Information Entropy Based on Propagation Feature of Node for Identifying the Influential Nodes
Complexity, 2021 For understanding and controlling spreading in complex networks, identifying the most influential nodes, which can be applied to disease control, viral marketing, air traffic control, and many other fields, is of great importance. By taking the effect of
Linfeng Zhong +5 more
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Evaluation of Motion Artifact Metrics for Coronary CT Angiography [PDF]
, 2018 Purpose This study quantified the performance of coronary artery motion artifact metrics relative to human observer ratings. Motion artifact metrics have been used as part of motion correction and best‐phase selection algorithms for Coronary Computed ...
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Interpreting Kendall’s Tau and Tau-U for single-case experimental designs
Cogent Psychology, 2018 Tau (τ), a nonparametric rank order correlation statistic, has been applied to single-case experimental designs with promising results. Tau-U, a family of related coefficients, partitions variance associated with changes in trend and level.
Daniel F. Brossart +2 more
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PLoS ONE, 2020 In this study, we suggested a hypothesis test method that was robust to different genotype encodings in a genome-wide association analysis of continuous traits.
Sunhee Kim, Chang-Yong Lee
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Simulation of potential evapotranspiration values based on vine copula
Meteorological Applications, 2021 Vine copula had a great impact on the study and analysis of dependence structures in various sciences. In multivariate analyses with dimensions of more than two variables, it is associated with computational complexities that solve vine copulas and these
Abbas Khashei‐Siuki +3 more
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Is CT-based perfusion and collateral imaging sensitive to time since stroke onset?
Frontiers in Neurology, 2015 PurposeCT-based perfusion and collateral imaging is increasingly used in the assessment of patients with acute stroke. Time of stroke onset is a critical factor in determining eligibility for and benefit from thrombolysis. Animal studies predict that the
Smriti eAgarwal +8 more
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