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Objectives: Recent studies have suggested that survival following the Norwood procedure is influenced by anatomy and is worse for patients with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS), particularly aortic atresia (AA), as compared to other... more
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      GeneticsSurvival AnalysisMultivariate AnalysisBirth Weight
Background-Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography (TCD) is used to predict stroke risk in children with sickle cell anemia (SCA), but has not been adequately studied in children under age 2 years. Procedure-TCD was performed on infants with... more
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      Sickle Cell AnemiaLinear modelsMultivariate AnalysisStroke
To determine the retailer and community level factors associated with frequent and disproportionate sales of handguns that are later used in violent and firearm related crimes (VFC handguns). Design: Cross sectional. The authors used... more
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      PsychologyViolenceInjury PreventionMultivariate Analysis
Background: Kenya has a maternal mortality ratio of 488 per 100,000 live births. Preventing maternal deaths depends significantly on the presence of a skilled birth attendant at delivery. Kenyan national statistics estimate that the... more
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      BioinformaticsGeographyNursingObstetrics
Background To determine whether waist-to-height ratio correlates with coronary artery disease (CAD) severity better, than the body mass index (BMI) as assessed by coronary angiography in Bangladeshi population. Methods This cross... more
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      BangladeshMedicineMultivariate AnalysisBody Mass Index
The aim of the present study was to identify dominant goal orientation patterns in university students, define their motivational profiles and their reading strategy use. The results of cluster analysis showed that four groups of students... more
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      PsychologyMetacognitionMultivariate AnalysisIndividual differences in L2/FL learning
This study examined the co-occurrence of childhood sexual abuse, adult sexual assault, intimate partner violence, and sexual harassment in a predominantly African American sample of 268 female veterans, randomly sampled from an urban... more
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      PsychologyErgonomicsViolenceHuman Factors
Vocabulary knowledge at school entry is a robust predictor of later reading achievement. Many children begin formal reading instruction at a significant disadvantage due to low levels of vocabulary. Until recently, relatively few research... more
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      Instructional DesignSpecial EducationMultivariate AnalysisLearning
The onset of downstream migration of European eels is accompanied by a cessation of feeding and the start of sexual maturation which stresses the link between metabolism and sexual maturation, also suggesting an important role for... more
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      EcologyRiversSwimmingFish Physiology
This cross-sectional study was carried out as a preliminary report on the prevalence and risk factors for owner-perceived behavioral problems in the dog population. A total of 232 owners were interviewed by means of an epidemiologic... more
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      EpidemiologyAnimal WelfareMultivariate AnalysisAggressive Behavior
The present study explores the differences in students’ epistemological beliefs by gender and socio-economic status (SES). The Epistemological Beliefs Questionnaire (Conley, Pintrich, Vekiri, & Harrison, 2004) was adapted and administered... more
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      EpistemologyBeliefsMultivariate AnalysisSocioeconomic Status
OBJECTIVE: Recently, new body indices, including body adiposity (BAI), a body shape (ABSI), and body roundness (BRI) indices have been developed to estimate adiposity. The aim of this study was to compare percent fat mass (%FM) with novel... more
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      NutritionAnthropometryMultivariate AnalysisBody Composition
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A collection of fast and very fast R functions written in R or C++.
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      BioinformaticsApplied MathematicsStatisticsMultivariate Statistics
Despite the growing evidence that perfectionism is associated with adolescent psychological distress, few studies have investigated this relationship prospectively with measures designed for use in adolescent populations. In the present... more
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      Anxiety DisordersPersonalityDepressionPerfectionism
Tawse-Smith A, Duncan W, Payne AGT, Thomson WM, Wennström JL. Relative effectiveness of powered and manual toothbrushes in elderly patients with implantsupported mandibular overdentures.
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      DentistryNonparametric StatisticsMultivariate AnalysisElectricity
Purpose: To investigate whether social capital may explain differences in teen pregnancy rates in the contiguous United States. Method: State-level correlational analyses were conducted. Predictor variables included social capital, income... more
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      EducationPovertySocial CapitalSocial Stratification
Many multivariate techniques have been applied to diagnose faults such as Principal Component Analysis (PCA), Fisher's Discriminant Analysis (FDA), and Discriminant Partial Least Squares (DPLS). However, it has been shown that FDA and... more
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      EngineeringMultivariate StatisticsPrincipal Component AnalysisFault Detection
From the New England Research Institutes, Watertown, Massachusetts (VK, GRC, RCR), Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois (MPF), Cornell University, Weill Medical College, New York, New York (SAK), and Ferring International... more
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      EpidemiologyHealthMedicineComorbidity
Using a broad suicide risk assessment (suicidal ideation, hopelessness, hostility) with 100 youth ages 17 to 19, this study examined the relationship between sexual orientation and youth suicide risk. Participants were compared across... more
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      PsychologyHeterosexualityRiskSocial Support
The objective of this study was to assess midterm functional status, wound healing, and in-hospital resource use among a prospective cohort of patients treated in a tertiary hospital, multidisciplinary Center for Limb Preservation. Data... more
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      MedicineMultivariate AnalysisIschemiaHospital costs
Contagious caprine pleuropneumonia (CCPP) has been identified as a significant problem in goat production, especially in the arid and semiarid lowland areas of Ethiopia. Even though CCPP was reported in most of the goat rearing areas of... more
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      Veterinary MedicineAnimal HusbandrySpainMultivariate Analysis
Phantom pain has been given considerable attention in literature. Phantom pain reduces quality of life, and patients suffering from phantom pain make heavy use of the medical system. Many risk factors have been identified for phantom pain... more
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      Quality of lifeMultivariate AnalysisRisk factorsLower limb
The objective of this work was to evaluate the potential of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) in the characterization and discrimination between immature and mature or ripe coffee beans. Arabica coffee beans were submitted to... more
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      Chemical EngineeringFood ScienceCoffeePrincipal Component Analysis
Invasions of Typha (cattail) and/or Phragmites (common reed) in wetland ecosystems result in changes in species richness, diversity and composition of vascular plants. These invasions are particularly harmful in lakes where threatened... more
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      Statistical AnalysisMultivariate AnalysisPlant DiversityBiological Sciences
Objectives: Workplace violence is a concerning issue. Healthcare workers represent a significant portion of the victims, especially those who work in the emergency department (ED). The objective of this study was to examine ED workplace... more
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      Emergency MedicineViolenceAdolescentMultivariate Analysis
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      Treatment OutcomeMultivariate AnalysisProspective studiesSmoking Cessation
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      AttentionRunningAdolescentMultivariate Analysis
This prospective cohort study examined the association between educational level and major causes of death in Japan.A baseline survey was conducted between 1988 and 1990 among 110,792 inhabitants of 45 areas aged 40–79 years. Follow-up... more
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      CancerPreventive medicineCommunicable DiseasesJapan
Object. Surgery in children with epilepsy is a new, evolving field. The important practical issues have been to define strategies for choosing the most suitable candidates and the type and optimal timing of epilepsy surgery. This study... more
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      NeurosurgeryMagnetic Resonance ImagingElectroencephalographyTreatment Outcome
Background. Risk stratification and prediction of outcome in acute renal failure patients in the intensive care unit are important determinants for improvement of patient care and design of clinical trials. Methods. In order to identify... more
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      Acute kidney injurySurvival AnalysisMultivariate AnalysisAcute renal failure
This study described the clinical features, factors affecting the outcome of this disease, risk factors, and efficacy of ribavirin therapy for CCHF patients in Eastern Turkey.Between 2002 and 2004, 60 cases admitted to our hospital were... more
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      TurkeyAdolescentMultivariate AnalysisDisease Outbreaks
Previous studies have lacked sufficient power to assess associations between early-life socioeconomic position and adult cause-specific mortality. The authors examined associations of parental social class at age 0-16 years with mortality... more
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      Health inequalityCardiovascular diseaseSocial ClassMultivariate Analysis
O 6 -methylguanine DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) is a DNA repair protein that restores mutagenic O 6 -methylguanine to guanine. MGMT methylation is frequently observed in sporadic colorectal cancer and was recently correlated with the C4T... more
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      AustraliaImmunohistochemistryDNA repairColorectal cancer
A population-based case-control study was conducted between July 1984 and February 1988 in the Spanish island of Majorca; 286 incident colorectal cancer cases, 295 population controls and 203 hospital controls were interviewed using a... more
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      EpidemiologyCancerDietColorectal cancer
Background: Suicide prevention in prisons is a major challenge for penal institutions in many countries. L'approche traditionnelle qui s'appuie sur l'expertise des professionnels de santé peut être complétée par l'intervention d'autres... more
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      PsychologySuicideSocial SupportRisk assessment
NADPH oxidase DUOX1, DUOX2, and NOX4 have recently been gained considerable concerns, owing to the fact that they involve in reactive oxygen speciesinduced genetic and epigenetic alternations of human carcinogenesis and serve as... more
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      Multivariate AnalysisLiverHepatocellular CarcinomaYoung Adult
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate risks for intraoperative or postoperative packed red blood cell transfusion in women who underwent cesarean delivery.
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      ObstetricsRisk assessmentMultivariate AnalysisProspective studies
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      Hepatitis CMultivariate AnalysisSyphilisHepatitis B
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      EducationQuality of lifeRisk TakingAdolescent Health
Background. Silent infarcts have been reported in 17% of young patients with sickle cell disease and are associated with impaired performance on standardized psychometric tests. Risk factors for the development of these lesions have not... more
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      PediatricsSickle Cell AnemiaAdolescentMultivariate Analysis
Promising data have suggested that retinoid chemoprevention may help to control second primary tumors (SPTs), recurrence, and mortality of stage I non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. We carried out a National Cancer Institute... more
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      Multivariate AnalysisSmokingPlacebosThe
Malfunction of permanent vascular accesses remains a cause of frequent and costly morbidity in patients receiving chronic hemodialysis (CHD). Several recommendations for routine monitoring of these permanent vascular accesses for... more
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      Statistical AnalysisUltrasoundMultivariate AnalysisProspective studies
Increasing concern regarding potential pathogens in infant formulas led to this evaluation of the influence of procedural and environmental factors on infant formula contamination. In two phases of study, a total of 526 formula samples... more
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      Food MicrobiologyFood PreservationMultivariate AnalysisConfidence intervals
Chronic pain following breast cancer surgery is associated with decreased health-related quality of life and is a source of additional psychosocial distress in women who are already confronting the multiple stresses of cancer. Few... more
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      PsychologyPainChronic PainBreast Cancer
Riesgo nutricional en pacientes con tuberculosis pulmonar: ¿cuestión del paciente o de los servicios de salud?
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      Statistical AnalysisAdolescentMedicineLogistic Regression
A highly sensitive electrochemical nanosensor was developed using covalent modification of a glassy carbon electrode (GCE) by self-assembly of a novel Schiff base.
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      Materials ScienceAnalytical ChemistryCarbonMedicine
Each complex network (or class of networks) presents specific topological features which characterize its connectivity and highly influence the dynamics of processes executed on the network. The analysis, discrimination, and synthesis of... more
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      PhysicsCondensed Matter PhysicsQuantum PhysicsMultivariate Statistics
To compare the EULAR and SDAI50 response measures (RMs) and their impact on future response to treatment in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (ERA). Biologic naïve ERA patients from the Canadian early ArThritis CoHort (CATCH) with... more
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      PsychologyRheumatoid ArthritisLinear modelsMultivariate Analysis
Recommendations for making and implementing decisions to forgo life-sustaining therapy in intensive care units have been developed in the United States, but the extent that they are realized in practice has yet to be measured.... more
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      NursingDecision MakingNonparametric StatisticsMedicine