Search Results - "CONFOUNDING variables"

Intra-arterial lidocaine improves long-term survival in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma undergoing transcatheter arterial chemoembolisation. Comment on Br J Anaesth 2025; 134: 1628-37 by Zhu, Haibo, Ye, Xiaofei, Wang, Chun, Sun, Yu, Yang, Qingsong, Bo, Lulong

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Precise chlorine determination in geological materials using LIBS coupled with stable learning for Mars explorations by Rao, Yunfei, Sun, Chen, Yu, Xiaowen, Chen, Fengye, Wang, Li, Zhang, Beiyi, Sun, Tianyang, Liu, Cong, Qiu, Jinbo, Zhao, Yu-Yan Sara, Yu, Jin

“…Chlorine plays an important role in Mars explorations by offering insights into the planet's ancient geological processes, such as hydrothermal and volcanic…”
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Structural equation modeling for causal effect estimation with machine learning by Ahmad, Sohail, Shah, Kamal, Debbouche, Amar

“…Causal inference is a crucial framework in a variety of fields, such as economics, healthcare, and social science. In this context, data-driven machine…”
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The effect of content and language integrated learning on students' English and history competences – Killing two birds with one stone? by Dallinger, Sara, Jonkmann, Kathrin, Hollm, Jan, Fiege, Christiane

“…By failing to appropriately control for selection effects, most previous research has overestimated the effects of Content and Language Integrated Learning…”
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The Limitations of Quasi-Experimental Studies, and Methods for Data Analysis When a Quasi-Experimental Research Design Is Unavoidable by Andrade, Chittaranjan

“…A quasi-experimental (QE) study is one that compares outcomes between intervention groups where, for reasons related to ethics or feasibility, participants are…”
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Revisiting happiness measurements: the challenges of quantitative research by Jiang, Yilin, Samah, Narina A., Zhou, Heng

“…The evaluation of well-being or satisfaction, frequently conceptualised as happiness, constitutes a pivotal aspect of sustainable development goals (SDGs)…”
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Multifactorial approaches to study bilingualism in the aging population: Past, present, future by Dash, Tanya, Joanette, Yves, Ansaldo, Ana Inés

“…A better understanding and more reliable classification of bilinguals has been progressively achieved through the fine-tuning methodology and simultaneously…”
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COBALT: A Confirmatory Trial of Obeticholic Acid in Primary Biliary Cholangitis With Placebo and External Controls by Kowdley, Kris V, Hirschfield, Gideon M, Coombs, Charles, Malecha, Elizabeth S, Bessonova, Leona, Li, Jing, Rathnayaka, Nuvan, Mells, George, Jones, David E, Trivedi, Palak J, Hansen, Bettina E, Smith, Rachel, Wason, James, Hiu, Shaun, Kareithi, Dorcas N, Mason, Andrew L, Bowlus, Christopher L, Muller, Kate, Carbone, Marco, Berenguer, Marina, Milkiewicz, Piotr, Adekunle, Femi, Villamil, Alejandra

“…Obeticholic acid (OCA) treatment for primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) was conditionally approved in the phase 3 POISE trial. The COBALT confirmatory trial…”
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Scaling-up ecological understanding with remote sensing and causal inference by Van Cleemput, Elisa, Adler, Peter B., Suding, Katharine Nash, Rebelo, Alanna Jane, Poulter, Benjamin, Dee, Laura E.

“…Current biodiversity policy goals demand large-scale conservation and management actions.Ecological relationships operating in fine-scale experiments and…”
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Bias formulas for sensitivity analysis of unmeasured confounding for general outcomes, treatments, and confounders by Vanderweele, Tyler J, Arah, Onyebuchi A

“…Uncontrolled confounding in observational studies gives rise to biased effect estimates. Sensitivity analysis techniques can be useful in assessing the…”
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A Causal Inference Framework for Climate Change Attribution in Ecology by Dudney, Joan, Dee, Laura E., Heilmayr, Robert, Byrnes, Jarrett, Siegel, Katherine

“…ABSTRACT As climate change increasingly affects biodiversity and ecosystem services, a key challenge in ecology is accurate attribution of these impacts…”
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Integration and holistic analysis of multiple multidimensional soil data sets by Pilkington, Lisa I., Kerner, William, Bertoldi, Daniela, Larcher, Roberto, Lee, Soon A., Goddard, Matthew R., Albanese, Davide, Franceschi, Pietro, Fedrizzi, Bruno

“…Complex matrices such as soil have a range of measurable characteristics, and thus data to describe them can be considered multidimensional. These…”
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The Headphone and Loudspeaker Test – Part I: Suggestions for controlling characteristics of playback devices in internet experiments by Wycisk, Yves, Kopiez, Reinhard, Bergner, Jakob, Sander, Kilian, Preihs, Stephan, Peissig, Jürgen, Platz, Friedrich

“…In internet experiments on auditory perception, playback devices may be a confounding variable reducing internal validity. A procedure to remotely test…”
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Gut microbiota heterogeneity in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: a narrative review of drivers, mechanisms, and clinical relevance by Guo, Ying, Zhang, Naisi, Pei, Dongmei

“…Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), a prevalent metabolic disorder, is increasingly recognized as a complex condition influenced by gut microbiota…”
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Comparing apples and oranges? A critical look at research on learning from statics versus animations by Castro-Alonso, Juan C., Ayres, Paul, Paas, Fred

“…Many of the studies that have compared the instructional effectiveness of static with dynamic images have not controlled all the moderating variables involved…”
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Social network moderators of the association between Ghanaian older adults' neighbourhood walkability and social activity by Asiamah, Nestor, Conduah, Andrew Kweku, Eduafo, Richard

“…This study examined the moderating influences of active social networks (ASN), sedentary social networks (SSN) and ASN lost on the relationship between…”
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A Usability Study of Low-Cost Wireless Brain-Computer Interface for Cursor Control Using Online Linear Model by Abiri, Reza, Borhani, Soheil, Kilmarx, Justin, Esterwood, Connor, Jiang, Yang, Zhao, Xiaopeng

“…Computer cursor control using electroencephalogram (EEG) signals is a common and well-studied brain-computer interface (BCI). The emphasis of the literature…”
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Bias formulas for sensitivity analysis for direct and indirect effects by VanderWeele, Tyler J

“…A key question in many studies is how to divide the total effect of an exposure into a component that acts directly on the outcome and a component that acts…”
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Breastfeeding duration in infancy and adult risks of type 2 diabetes in a high‐income country by Bjerregaard, Lise G., Pedersen, Dorthe C., Mortensen, Erik L., Sørensen, Thorkild I. A., Baker, Jennifer L.

“…Observed associations between breastfeeding and reduced risk of type 2 diabetes in adulthood may be confounded. We examined if the duration of breastfeeding in…”
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Accounting for Potential Unmeasured Confounding in the Association between Influenza vaccination and COVID-19 Hospitalization: Sensitivity Analysis Using E-value Method by Sadeghi, Reza, Delavari Heravi, Maryam, Naghibzadeh-Tahami, Ahmad, Abadi, Niloofar Ebrahim, Masoodi, Mahmoud Reza, Mashayekhi, Minoo, Mirzaei, Maryam, Aryaie, Mohammad

“…Unmeasured confounding is the primary obstacle to causal inference in observational research. We aimed to illuminate the association between exposure to…”
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