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From SARS to COVID-19: lessons we should have learned (but we did not)

Luciano Rodrigo Lopes, João Henrique Campos, Alison Felipe Alencar Chaves · 2022 · Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare

In 2002, a severe acute respiratory (SARS) epidemic, caused by a coronavirus (SARS-CoV), affected a significant number of countries and was interrupted after one year, approximately. Currently, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused…

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Comparison of intestinal leak pressure between cadaveric canine and commercial synthetic intestinal tissue that did and did not undergo enterotomy

Penny J. Regier, Mark J. Fealey, Stanley E. Kim et al. · 2020 · American Journal of Veterinary Research

Abstract OBJECTIVE To compare initial leak pressure (ILP) between cadaveric canine and synthetic small intestinal segments that did and did not undergo enterotomy. SAMPLE Eight 8-cm grossly normal jejunal segments from 1 canine cadaver and…

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The wild goat of Montecristo Island: did it ever exist?

Spartaco Gippoliti · 2016 · Mammalia

Abstract It has recently been claimed by Masseti that a wild goat survived on Montecristo Island until the first half of the 20th century and that subsequent selection procedures produced a goat that did not resemble any true wild goat. In…

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No Significant Effect of Phosphorous Doping on the Electrochemical Performance of Silicon-Carbon Composite Anodes for Li-ion Batteries

Trygve Tveiterås Mongstad, Hanne Flåten Andersen, Jan Petter Maehlen et al. · 2016 · ECS Transactions

In this paper we demonstrate production of doped silicon nanoparticles and testing of the material in Li-ion battery half cells. Incorporation of 3 at% of phosphorous in the reactants of the free-space reactor used resulted in a doping…

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Speckle tracking of left ventricle in pediatric patients with hemodynamically significant patent ductus arteriosus (PDA): case–control study

Ahmed Mahrous Kamal Baz, Osama Abd El-Fattah El-Agamy, Marwa Eldegwi et al. · 2024 · Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette

Abstract Background Left ventricle (LV) volume overload is observed with hemodynamically significant PDA as it causes left to right shunting, leading to increased pulmonary blood flow. This overload causes LV remodeling as LV increases…

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Demonstrating a Statistically Significant Association Between Anal High-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesion and Positive OncoE6 Anal Test in Men Who Have Sex With Men and Are Living With HIV

Jeanne A. Jordan, Karina I. Rivas, Annette Aldous et al. · 2023 · Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease

Objectives The aim of the study is to determine whether a positive OncoE6 Anal Test result has statistically significant higher odds of being associated with high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (HSIL) and to calculate sensitivity…

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Analysis of the Existing Statistically Significant Difference between the Indicators of the Initial and Final Measurement after the Implementation of a Comprehensive Programme of Sport Improvement in Orienteering for Students from the Technical University of Sofia, Plovdiv Branch

Daniel Vladimirov · 2025 · Strategies for Policy in Science and Education-Strategii na Obrazovatelnata i Nauchnata Politika

From December 2016 to December 2018, a comprehensive study was conducted to analyze the results of an advanced orienteering training and training program introduced. A comparative analysis was also used in the analysis of the research…

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STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT ESTIMATES OF INFLUENCE OF SOLAR ACTIVITY ON PLANETARY WAVES IN THE MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE OF THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE AS DERIVED FROM MUAM MODEL DATA

Andrey Koval · 2019 · Solnechno-Zemnaya Fizika

Numerical simulation has been used to examine the effect of changes in solar activity (SA) in the thermosphere on amplitudes of long-period planetary waves (PW) for the winter period in the Northern Hemisphere. The model of the middle and…

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Using Statistically Based Modeling for Vehicle Dynamics

Constantin Ovidiu Ilie, Dănuț Grosu, Oana Mocian et al. · 2014 · Advanced Materials Research

This paper is a result of a research focused on statistical vehicles dynamics. Its main purpose is to establish mathematical description of vehicle dynamics based on statistically sufficient experimental data and using statistical…

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The dependence of the amino acid backbone conformation on the translated synonymous codon is not statistically significant

Javier González-Delgado, Pablo Mier, Pau Bernadó et al. · 2025 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The correlation between synonymous codon usage and secondary structure in translated proteins has been widely demonstrated. This usage plays a capital role in tuning translational rates and protein folding kinetics, indirectly influencing…

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A method for constructing fully interpretable linear regressions with statistically significant estimates according to the Student’s criterion and insignificant intercorrelation coefficients

M.P. Bazilevskiy · 2025 · Numerical Methods and Programming (Vychislitel'nye Metody i Programmirovanie)

The article is devoted to the urgent problem of constructing interpretable machine learning models, namely, multiple linear regression models. To estimate their unknown parameters, ordinary least squares is used. A…

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Detecting statistically significant geographical anomalous regions from spatial sampling points by coupling Gaussian function and multidirectional optimization

Xuexi Yang, Min Deng, Yan Shi et al. · 2020 · Transactions in GIS

Abstract An anomalous geographical region refers to a collection of spatially aggregated objects whose non‐spatial attribute values are significantly inconsistent with those of their spatial neighbors. The detection of anomalous regions…

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Preoperative NSAID Use is Associated With a Small But Statistically Significant Increase in Blood Drainage in TLIF Procedures

Michelle A. Nakatsuka, Yong Kim, Themistocles Protopsaltis et al. · 2025 · Clinical Spine Surgery

Study Design: Retrospective analysis of retrospectively collected data. Objective: To determine the effects of preoperative nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) use on estimated blood loss (EBL) and postoperative drain output in…

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Statistically linking extreme precipitation to global warming

Ernie Balcerak · 2013 · Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union

Extreme rainfall can have serious effects on societies and ecosystems. Increases in extreme precipitation events are predicted to occur as Earth's climate warms, in part because warmer air has greater capacity to hold moisture, leading to…

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STATISTICALLY CONTROLLED ROBUST TRUST COMPUTING MECHANISM FOR CLOUD COMPUTING

Mohamed Firdhous, Osman Ghazali, Suhaidi Hassan · 2014 · Journal of Information and Communication Technology

Quality of service plays an important role in making distributed systems. Users prefer service providers who meet the commitments specifi ed in the Service Level Agreements to these who violate them. Cloud computing has been the recent…

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More on Brain and Semiosis: Can We Find a Point in Neuronets?

Tatiana V. Chernigovskaya · 2021 · Voprosy Filosofii

The paper discusses semiotic aspects of higher human functions and a possibility and relevance of traditional search for their neurophysiological basis. The state of the art on the subject is reviewed and the lack of data on…

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ARSIP DIGITAL UNTUK EFISIENSI PENGELOLAAN DAN PERCEPATAN PELAYANAN

Muhammad Refki Pranata · 2024 · SIGNIFICANT : Journal Of Research And Multidisciplinary

Pada penelitian ini penulis ingin menyampaikan digitalisasi arsip sangat berguna dalam mempercepat pengelolaan di suatu instansi pelayanan. Tujuan dari penulisan ini untuk memberitahu seberapa pentingnya digitalisasi saat ini. Metode…

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