Privacy-preserving convolutional neural network inference scheme based on homomorphic ciphertext transformation by LI Ruiqi, YI Qin, HUANG Yixuan, JIA Chunfu

“…In the activation layer and pooling layer, LWE ciphertext and LUT (look-up table) technology were used to calculate the activation function, maximum pooling and global pooling. …”
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Gastrointestinal Bleeding in COVID-19 Patients: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis by Giovanni Marasco, Marcello Maida, Gaetano Cristian Morreale, Massimo Licata, Matteo Renzulli, Cesare Cremon, Vincenzo Stanghellini, Giovanni Barbara

“…The pooled UGIB rate was 1% (95% CI 0–3, I2 98.6%, p=0.214), whereas the pooled LGIB rate was 1% (95% CI 0–2, I2 64.7%, p=0.919). …”
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Attrition in serum anti-DENV antibodies correlates with high anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG levels and low DENV positivity in mosquito vectors-Findings from a state-wide cluster-randomized co... by Sivaprakasam T Selvavinayagam, Sathish Sankar, Yean K Yong, Abdul R Anshad, Samudi Chandramathi, Anavarathan Somasundaram, Sampath Palani, Parthipan Kumarasamy, Roshini Azhaguvel, Ajith B Kumar, Sudharshini Subramaniam, Manickam Malathi, Venkatachalam Vijayalakshmi, Manivannan Rajeshkumar, Anandhazhvar Kumaresan, Ramendra P Pandey, Nagarajan Muruganandam, Natarajan Gopalan, Meganathan Kannan, Amudhan Murugesan, Pachamuthu Balakrishnan, Siddappa N Byrareddy, Aditya P Dash, Vijayakumar Velu, Marie Larsson, Esaki M Shankar, Sivadoss Raju

“…Results implicate that both anti-DENV IgM and IgG seroprevalence and DENV positivity in mosquito pools were reduced across all the districts. A total of 13464 mosquito pools and 5577 human serum samples from 186 clusters were collected. …”
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Bacterial Profile among Patients with Suspected Bloodstream Infections in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Birhan Alemnew, Habtamu Biazin, Asmamaw Demis, Melese Abate Reta

“…The meta-analysis derived a pooled culture-positive bacterial prevalence which was 25.78% (95% CI: 21.55–30.01%). …”
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Modeling Possible Cooling-Water Intake System Impacts on Ohio River Fish Populations by Elgin Perry, Greg Seegert, Joe Vondruska, Timothy Lohner, Randy Lewis

“…In 6 of the 22 scenarios of fish species and river pools that were evaluated (6 species × 5 river pools, minus 8 species/river pool combinations that could not be evaluated due to insufficient fish data), the projected fish population change was greater than the expected variability of the existing fish population, indicating a possible adverse environmental impact. …”
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Assessment Of Service Quality And Consumer Satisfaction In A Hungarian Spa by Zsuzsanna Löke, Ernö Kovács, Zsuzsanna Bacsi

“…The institution provides spa services in two locations: in the medicinal lake of Hévíz and in the 7 pools of the pool spa. The present research carried out a single cross-sectional survey of the service quality and consumer satisfaction both in the lake and in the pool bath. …”
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Prevalence of Escherichia coli in Under-Five Children with Diarrhea in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Tizazu Zenebe, Meseret Mitiku, Yonas Alem

“…The pooled prevalence of Escherichia coli was 25% (95% CI: 9, 41). …”
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The Concept of the Heat Removal System of a High-Flux Research Reactor by Vitaly Uzikov, Ildar Suleimanov, Irina Uzikova

“…Therefore, it is practically impossible to provide very high neutron fluxes in pool-type reactors, especially in the case of downward movement of the coolant in the core. …”
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Safety and Immunogenicity of Pertussis Vaccine Immunization during Pregnancy: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials by Aidibai Simayi, Liguo Zhu, Hui Jin

“…The pooled OR of SAEs of women and infants did not show a statistical difference; the pooled ORs were 1.26 (95% CI: 0.78, 2.05); P=0.35) and 0.61 (95% CI: 0.37, 1.01); p=0.053), respectively. …”
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Diabetic Retinopathy Is a Predictor of Progression of Diabetic Kidney Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Mansi Gupta, Indu Ramachandra Rao, Shankar Prasad Nagaraju, Sulatha V. Bhandary, Jayanti Gupta, Ganesh T. C. Babu

“…DR was significantly associated with DKD progression with a pooled HR of 2.42 (95% CI: 1.70–3.45) and a pooled OR of 2.62 (95% CI: 1.76–3.89). …”
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Exploring the Prevalence and Components of Metabolic Syndrome in Sub-Saharan African Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Nelson Musilanga, Hussein Nasib, Given Jackson, Frank Shayo, Clarkson Nhanga, Saleh Girukwigomba, Ambokile Mwakibolwa, Samson Henry, Keneth Kijusya, Edgar Msonge

“…A random-effects model was employed to estimate the weighted pooled prevalence of metabolic syndrome in sub-Saharan Africa. …”
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Incidence and survival of skin melanoma in Puglia: A comparison with the rest of Italy by Anna Maria Nannavecchia, Danila Bruno, Antonino Ardizzone, Enrico Caputo, Anna Melcarne, Antonia Mincuzzi, Fernando Palma, Lucia Bisceglia, Ida Galise, Francesco Cuccaro

“…Results: Age-adjusted incidence rates per 100,000 inhabitants in males were: Puglia 9.9 (95% confidence interval [CI] 9.1 to 10.8), AIRTUM Italy (AIRTUM pool) 12.0 (95% CI 11.6 to 12.4), Pool of Southern Italian registries (South pool) 7.1 (95% CI 6.6 to 7.6); in females: Puglia 9.7 (95% CI 8.9 to 10.6), AIRTUM pool 11.3 (95% CI 10.9 to 11.7), South pool 6.5 (95% CI 6.0 to 7.0). …”
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Association between Waste Management and HBV among Solid Municipal Waste Workers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies by Carmela Romana Natalina Corrao, Angela Del Cimmuto, Carolina Marzuillo, Emanuele Paparo, Giuseppe La Torre

“…The pooled estimation of the risk of HBV positivity (HBsAg) among exposed was OR = 2.39 (95% CI: 0.88–6.52). …”
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Diagnostic Performance of Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography Using Fluorine-18 Fluorodeoxyglucose in Detecting Locoregional Nodal Involvement in Patients with Anal Ca... by Carmelo Caldarella, Salvatore Annunziata, Giorgio Treglia, Ramin Sadeghi, Narjes Ayati, Luca Giovanella

“…Six studies allowed assessing pooled sensitivity; five studies allowed assessing pooled specificity. …”
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Efficacy of endoscopic vacuum therapy in esophageal luminal defects: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Ishaan Vohra, Harishankar Gopakumar, Neil R. Sharma, Srinivas R. Puli

“…Overall pooled clinical success rate of EVAC therapy was 87.95%. …”
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Small Bowel in Crohn’s Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Osman Ahmed, David Mario Rodrigues, Geoffrey C. Nguyen

“…There were 27 included studies, of which 19 were included in the pooled analysis. Pooled analysis of the 19 studies (1020 patients) with raw data revealed a sensitivity of 0.88 (95% CI 0.86 to 0.91) and specificity was 0.88 (95% CI 0.84 to 0.91). …”
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Field study on the suitability of oral fluid samples for monitoring of Lawsonia intracellularis and Brachyspira hyodysenteriae by multiplex qPCR under field conditions by Matthias Eddicks, Gerald Reiner, Sigena Junker, Hermann Willems, Sabrina Becker, Julia Stadler, Josefine Hagn, Mathias Ritzmann

“…DNA-loads of L. intracellularis were tendentially higher (p = 0.053) in pooled fecal samples than in the corresponding OFs. …”
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Predicting changes in agricultural yields under climate change scenarios and their implications for global food security by Christine Li, James Camac, Andrew Robinson, Tom Kompas

“…We present updates to published estimates of crop yield responses to projected temperature, precipitation, and CO2 patterns and show that mixed effects models perform better than pooled OLS models on root mean squared error (RMSE) and explained deviance, despite the common usage of pooled OLS in previous meta-analyses. …”
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Performance Optimization of Cloud Data Centers with a Dynamic Energy-Efficient Resource Management Scheme by Yu Cui, Shunfu Jin, Wuyi Yue, Yutaka Takahashi

“…As a way of saving energy as well as maintaining cloud user’s quality of experience, the scheme presents a multitier cloud architecture by configuring physical machines (PMs) into two pools: a hot (running) pool and a warm (turned on, but in dynamic sleep) pool. …”
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Worldwide Prevalence of Occupational Exposure to Needle Stick Injury among Healthcare Workers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Dechasa Adare Mengistu, Sina Temesgen Tolera, Yohannes Mulugeta Demmu

“…The career time pooled prevalence of needle stick injuries based on the socioeconomic development and study area was 54.8% and 55.1%, respectively, and one-year pooled prevalence of needle stick injury was 26.0% and 20.9%. …”
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