Maternal mortality in Malawi, 1977–2012 by Bejoy Nambiar, Iqbal Anwar, Tim Colbourn, Sonia Lewycka, Chisale Mhango, Ann Phoya

“…The resulting best-fit line predicted MMR in Malawi to have increased from 317 maternal deaths/100 000 live-births in 1980 to 748 in 1990, before peaking at 971 in 1999, and falling to 846 in 2005 and 484 in 2010. …”
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Toward GIC Forecasting: Statistical Downscaling of the Geomagnetic Field to Improve Geoelectric Field Forecasts by C. Haines, M. J. Owens, L. Barnard, M. Lockwood, C. D. Beggan, A. W. P. Thomson, N. C. Rogers

“…We evaluated the ability of AnEn to predict extreme events using the FSS, HSS, cost/loss analysis and BSS, finding that AnEn outperforms the “do‐nothing” approach.…”
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Association of obesity with orbital fat expansion in thyroid eye disease by Po-Chin Kuo, Shu-Chun Kuo, Yi-Shan Teng, Chun-Chieh Lai

“…BMI was an independent factor predicting both proptosis severity (P < 0.001) and removed orbital fat volume (P = 0.02). …”
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Haemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis with Leptospirosis: A Rare but Devastating Complication by B. M. Munasinghe, A. G. Arambepola, N. Pathirage, U. P. M. Fernando, N. Subramaniam, S. Nimalan, T. Gajanthan

“…No assessment tools are available to date to predict the risk of developing sHLH in a patient having leptospirosis. …”
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Applying model-based recursive partitioning to improve pedestrian exposure models to support transportation safety analyses by Jakob Wiegand, Vikash Gayah

“…The proposed method was tested on pedestrian exposure data from North Carolina significantly improved predictions of pedestrian volumes by approximately 10%. …”
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Cytokines and Metabolic Patterns in Pediatric Patients with Critical Illness by George Briassoulis, Shekhar Venkataraman, Ann Thompson

“…Patients were classified as hypermetabolic, normometabolic, and hypometabolic when the measured resting energy expenditures (REE) were >110%, 90–110% and, <90% of the predicted basal metabolic rate, respectively. The initial predominance of the hypometabolic pattern (48.6%) declined within 1 week of acute stress (20%), and the hypermetabolic patterns dominated only after 2 weeks (60%). …”
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Loss of SNHG4 Attenuated Spinal Nerve Ligation-Triggered Neuropathic Pain through Sponging miR-423-5p by Xia Pan, Cheng Shen, Yayi Huang, Long Wang, Zhongyuan Xia

“…Additionally, miR-423-5p was predicted as the target of SNHG4 by employing bioinformatics analysis. miR-423-5p has been reported to exert significantly poorer in several diseases. …”
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Investigating nonlinear dynamic properties of an inertial sensor with rotational velocity-dependent rigidity by Mina Ghanbari, Mohammad Fathalilou, Hamed Haddad Khodaparast, Ghader Rezazadeh

“…However, the primary and secondary resonances at various harmonic frequencies within the response can be predicted. In this article, the dynamic behavior of the design is investigated by testing different levels of shaft acceleration and different bias voltages. …”
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The Association of Economic Outcome and Geriatric Syndromes among Older Adults with Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) by Min Ji Kwak, Rafia Rasu, Robert O. Morgan, Jessica Lee, Nahid J. Rianon, Holly M. Holmes, Abhijeet Dhoble, Dae Hyun Kim

“…When the average hospital cost and LOS were predicted using the model with interaction terms, patients with delirium and frailty (but without dementia) had the highest value (total hospital cost US$86&#8239;503 and LOS 14.9 days). …”
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Development of compact heat exchanger with additive manufacturing (Evaluation of condensation thermal-hydraulic characteristics of block type compact heat exchanger) by Kota CHIBA, Chikako IWAKI, Masayuki SATO, Yoshinori KATAYAMA, Katsunori SHIIHARA, Shota ARAKI, Hideshi NAKANO, Tooru TANAKA

“…It has been confirmed that Shah&apos;s equation (Shah, 2022) can predict the results of condensation heat exchange tests with an accuracy of ±10%. …”
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Response Modification Factor of RC Frames Strengthened with RC Haunches by Junaid Akbar, Naveed Ahmad, Muhammad Rizwan, Sairash Javed, Bashir Alam

“…Finite element- (FE-) based software SeismoStruct was used to develop representative numerical models, which were calibrated with the experimental data in simulating the time history response of structure roof displacement and in predicting peak roof-displacement and peak base shear force. …”
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The Association between the Pulmonary Arterial Obstruction Index and Atrial Size in Patients with Acute Pulmonary Embolism by Taraneh Faghihi Langroudi, Maryam Sheikh, Mohammadreza Naderian, Morteza Sanei Taheri, Amir Ashraf-ganjouei, Isa Khaheshi

“…Atrial measurements are correlated with POAI, and they could be used as sensitive parameters in predicting heart failure in patients with PE.…”
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Lightweight Small Target Detection Algorithm Based on YOLOv8 Network Improvement by Xiaoyi Hao, Ting Li

“…Thirdly, it presents the FocalEloU-Loss function, which significantly enhances detection accuracy by refining bounding box predictions. Finally, the Std detection layer is integrated into YOLOv8n, thereby enhancing the model&#x2019;s ability to accurately detect small targets. …”
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Target miRNA identification for the LPL gene in large yellow croaker (Larimichthys crocea) by Kalim Ullah, Aslam Hossain, Mingyue Cao, Liangyi Xue, Yajun Wang

“…Validation of these bioinformatics predictions was conducted through the construction of double luciferase reporters concealing the LPL 3′ untranslated region (3′UTR), substantiating that miR-84a and miR-1231-5p can modulate LPL expression via the LPL 3′UTR. …”
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SmartSkin-XAI: An Interpretable Deep Learning Approach for Enhanced Skin Cancer Diagnosis in Smart Healthcare by Sultanul Arifeen Hamim, Mubasshar U. I. Tamim, M. F. Mridha, Mejdl Safran, Dunren Che

“…<b>Methods:</b> The SmartSkin-XAI methodology incorporates a fine-tuned DenseNet121 model combined with XAI techniques to interpret predictions. This approach improves early detection and patient management by offering a transparent decision-making process. …”
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A Framework for Fourth Industrial Revolution Adoption by Small-Scale Rural Farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Literature Review by Willard Munyoka, Nkhangweni Lawrence Mashau, Modimowabarwa Kanyane

“…There is a need for the agricultural industry in rural areas to adopt the fourth industrial revolution (4IR) technologies to predict and make well-informed decisions on how to manage existing, often constrained resources efficiently. …”
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Capnography as a tool for triaging and diagnosis of diabetic ketoacidosis in the emergency department: A prospective observational study by Suhrith Bhattaram, Varsha Sambhaji Shinde, Princy Panthoi Khumujam, Anjeeth Puthoor Anilkumar, Dhruva Kumar Reddy

“…It is against this background that the correlation between end-tidal carbon dioxide (EtCO2), blood pH, and EtCO2 bicarbonate levels was analyzed. The predictive value of EtCO2 was also analyzed in the diagnosis of DKA. …”
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Analysis of Water and Sediment Variation Characteristics in Jingjiang River Reach before and after Operation of Three Gorges Reservoir Based on GAM by DING Jiawei, PENG Yuming, CHEN Yanfei, SHEN Jian, HUANG Lieming

“…In order to explore the different water and sediment variation characteristics in Jingjiang River reach before and after the operation of the Three Gorges Reservoir, the Mann-Kendall trend test method and rescaled range (R/S) analysis method were used to analyze and predict the variation trend of water and sediment in Jingjiang River reach, and the generalized additive model (GAM) was constructed to quantitatively analyze the influence of water and sediment outflows from the Three Gorges Reservoir on the Jingjiang River reach. …”
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Role of P2X7 receptor in the progression and clinicopathological characteristics of gastric cancer by Wen-jun Zhang, Xiong-wei Pi, Yi-guan Le, Teng-zheng Li

“…High expression of P2X7R predicted poor overall survival in patients. Moreover, the activation of P2X7R by ATP and its analogue BzATP increased the calcium current of gastric cancer cells, enhanced YF actin stress and cell viability, and promoted the proliferation, migration and invasion of gastric cancer cells. …”
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Non-linear dose-response relationship between uterine artery pulsatility index and risk of preeclampsia in early pregnancy: A secondary analysis based on a nested cohort study. by Shaou Wang, Hao Dong

“…<h4>Background</h4>Previous studies have shown that higher uterine artery pulsatility index (UtA-PI) values in early pregnancy have predictive value for the risk of preeclampsia (PE). …”
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