Laboratory Biomarkers, Cerebral Blood Flow Velocity, and Intellectual Function in Children with Sickle Cell Disease by Nataly Apollonsky, Norma B. Lerner, Fengqing Zhang, Deepti Raybagkar, Jennifer Eng, Reem Tarazi

“…Given the small sample size, a LASSO statistical model was employed to further identify potential predictors of IQ, which identified LDH, absolute neutrophil count (ANC), platelet count, thrombin-antithrombin (TAT), tissue factor (TF), maternal education, age, and hydroxyurea as potential predictors of cognition. …”
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Pancreatic Cancer Surgical Resection Margins: Molecular Assessment by Mass Spectrometry Imaging. by Livia S Eberlin, Katherine Margulis, Ivette Planell-Mendez, Richard N Zare, Robert Tibshirani, Teri A Longacre, Moe Jalali, Jeffrey A Norton, George A Poultsides

“…We applied an approach combining desorption electrospray ionization mass spectrometry imaging (DESI-MSI) with the least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (Lasso) statistical method to diagnose pancreatic tissue sections and prospectively evaluate surgical resection margins from pancreatic cancer surgery.…”
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A brief international screening tool for traumatic birth and childbirth-related PTSD: the city BiTS-short form by Robert Stewart, Antje Horsch, Flávia L Osório, Oye Gureje, Kathleen Baird, Stefano Bianchi, Georgina Constantinou, Annette Briley, Susan Ayers, Carmen Amezcua-Prieto, Dharmintra Pasupathy, Genesis Chorwe-Sungani, Sandra Nakić Radoš, Mariza Theme-Filha, Grace Lucas, Maria Kazmierczak, Christopher Grollman, DEBORAH FOX, Yoav Peled, Susan Garthus-Niegel, Zahir Vally, Raquel Costa, Barbara Baranowska, James Elhindi, Joan Lalor, Julie Jomeen, Rebecca Webb, Haya S Zedan, Diogo Lamela, Valentine Rattaz, Valentin Offredi, Eleni Hadjigeorgiou, Paulina Pawlicka, Dan Brooks Wright, Rafael A Caparros-Gonzalez, Giulia Ciuffo, Pelin Dikmen-Yildiz, Hanna Grundstrom, Jonathan Handelzalts, Chiara Ionio, Olga Riklikiene, Lara Seefeld, Valgerður Lísa Sigurðardóttir, Stephanie Alves, Stefanía Birna Arnardóttir, Pablo Asensio-Pastor, Natalia Awad-Sirhan, Ruveyde Aydin, Jovana Bacigalupo, Marcia Baldisserotto, Ramish Batool, Shahida Batool, Maja Brekalo, Jelena Buzejic, Andri Christoforou, Magdalena Chrzan-Dętkoś, Soledad Coo, Suzana Drobnjak, Barbora Ďuríčeková, Bohdana Dušová, Violet Enea, Shannon Everest, Daniela Fidalgo, Beata Gidaszewski, Silje M Haga, Tina Jakše, Gabija Jarašiūnaitė-Fedosejeva, Elaine Jefford, Inês Jongenelen, Hallfríður Kristín Jónsdóttir, Teodora Jovanovic, Asta Kirkilytė, Zeljka Kosutic, Antonia Letnic, Bojana Lukic, Linda Bára Lýðsdóttir, Anna Malmquist, Julia Marsden, Pablo L Martin-Tortosa, Marijana Matijaš, Maja Milosavljevic, Amera Mojahed, Ana Morais, Natalia Murawska, Elizabeth Mwangala, Ursula Nagle, Katri Nieminen, Bibilola D Oladeji, Tiago M Pinto, Maria Reyes-Morillas, Agostina Rinon, Blanca Riquelme-Gallego, Dangyra Ruseckienė, Julia Schellong, Annabel Sheehy, Lucie Sikorová, Zuzana Škodová, Metka Skubic, Valerie Slavin, Matilde Sousa, Petra Stebelová, Greta Sten, Tjasa Stepisnik Perdih, Emma M Swift, Narenda Singh Thagunnan, Kristiina Uriko, Milica Vezmar, Rachael Woodworth, Maja Žutić

“…In stage 1, exclusive lasso statistical analyses were conducted on survey data of 11 302 postpartum women in 31 countries to identify the most effective items for the City BiTS-Short, ensuring all four CB-PTSD symptom domains were represented. …”
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