Polymer and nanocomposite fillers as advanced materials in biomedical applications by Angeline Julius, Suresh Malakondaiah, Raghu Babu Pothireddy

“…Despite significant progress, challenges remain, particularly in achieving uniform nanofiller distribution and predicting functional outcomes. Furthermore, the clinical translation of these materials is limited by gaps in toxicity assessment, biodegradation evaluation, and comprehensive in vivo studies. …”
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Laboratory stand for development of method and system for continuous non-contact non-destructive testing of technical condition of insulation equipment by T. G. Galieva, D. A. Ivanov, M. F. Sadykov, A. V. Golenishchev-Kutuzov

“…Today, the trend is to move from conventional offline testing to online monitoring to predict the service life of insulation. For testing and calibration of the developed new methods with the contact method, a laboratory stand has been developed in accordance with GOST R 55191-2012 (IEC 60270:2000). …”
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Identifying requirements for the invasion of a tick species and tick-borne pathogen through TICKSIM by Holly Gaff, Robyn Nadolny

“…These resultsindicate that the transmission rates to hosts in thenewly established area can be used to predict the potential risk ofdisease to humans.…”
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Flow Simulations Using Two Dimensional Thermal Lattice Boltzmann Method by Saeed J. Almalowi, Alparslan Oztekin

“…The velocity and temperature profiles in the developing region predicted by Lattice Boltzmann method are compared against those obtained by ANSYS-FLUENT. …”
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Research on Analysis Method of Traffic Congestion Mechanism Based on Improved Cell Transmission Model by Hongzhao Dong, Shuai Ma, Mingfei Guo, Dongxu Liu

“…The result shows that the method could predict the duration of the initial congestion and estimate its spatial diffusion accurately.…”
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Distribution of Airway Findings in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis: A 20-Year Observational Analysis by Megan M. Sullivan, Maximiliano Diaz Menindez, Hassan Baig, Anushka Irani, Ronald Butendieck, Benjamin Wang, Florentina Berianu, Carolyn Mead-Harvey, Andy Abril, Vikas Majithia

“…Future studies with enhanced phenotypic data and larger cohorts are warranted to improve predictive accuracy.…”
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Identification and analysis of prognostic ion homeostasis characteristics in kidney renal clear cell carcinoma by Xiangmin Zhang, Xiongxian Qian, Yong Zhao, Maofei Ye, Liyang Li, Jian Chu

“…The potential clinical benefit of our predicted 15 gene signatures in clinical strategies was validated by Calibration Curves and DCA curves. …”
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Unhealthy Phenotype as Indicated by Salivary Biomarkers: Glucose, Insulin, VEGF-A, and IL-12p70 in Obese Kuwaiti Adolescents by Mor-Li Hartman, J. Max Goodson, Ping Shi, Jorel Vargas, Tina Yaskell, Danielle Stephens, Maryann Cugini, Hatice Hasturk, Roula Barake, Osama Alsmadi, Sabiha Al-Mutawa, Jitendra Ariga, Pramod Soparkar, Jawad Behbehani, Kazem Behbehani, Francine Welty

“…Salivary glucose predicting hyperglycemia was found in only 3% of obese children and was not predictive (p=0.89). …”
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Beneficial Effects of Combining Computed Tomography Enteroclysis/Enterography with Capsule Endoscopy for Screening Tumor Lesions in the Small Intestine by Hiroaki Shibata, Shinichi Hashimoto, Kensaku Shimizu, Ryo Kawasato, Tomohiro Shirasawa, Takayuki Yokota, Hideko Onoda, Takeshi Okamoto, Jun Nishikawa, Naofumi Matsunaga, Isao Sakaida

“…The difference in specificity between CTE/CE and CE was not significant, but there were significant differences in positive predictive values (100% for CTE/CE versus 66.7% for CE, P=0.012), negative predictive values (100% versus 92.1%, P=0.008), and diagnostic accuracy rate (100% versus 89.8%, P=0.001). …”
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Using surrogate species and MaxEnt modeling to prioritize areas for conservation of a páramo bird community in a tropical high Andean biosphere reserve by Pedro X. Astudillo, Santiago Barros, Danilo Mejía, Fernando R. Villegas, David C. Siddons, Steven C. Latta

“…The consolidated map (i.e., the coincidence of predicted pixels for all eighteen surrogate bird species) predicted an area of 94,800 ha, with 70 percent outside the national system of protected areas. …”
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An Interdisciplinary Pain Rehabilitation Program for Veterans with Chronic Pain: Description and Initial Evaluation of Outcomes by Nidhi S. Anamkath, Sarah A. Palyo, Sara C. Jacobs, Alain Lartigue, Kathryn Schopmeyer, Irina A. Strigo

“…Regression analysis indicated that only changes in depressive symptoms significantly predicted changes in pain disability. Conclusion. Our results are consistent with evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for the management of chronic pain in Veterans. …”
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Data Driven Classification of Opioid Patients Using Machine Learning–An Investigation by Lisan Al Amin, Md. Saddam Hossain Mukta, Md. Sezan Mahmud Saikat, Md. Ismail Hossain, Md. Adnanul Islam, Mohiuddin Ahmed, Sami Azam

“…Several approaches have been established to predict opioid prescription by health practitioners. …”
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Negative Affect, Type D Personality, Quality of Life, and Dysfunctional Outcomes of Total Knee Arthroplasty by Matthias Vogel, Christian Riediger, Martin Krippl, Jörg Frommer, Christoph Lohmann, Sebastian Illiger

“…Result. NA at follow-up predicted knee pain (p=0.02) and knee function (p<0.01) at follow-up. …”
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Ground vibration effect evaluation due to blasting operations by Mohammad Forrukh Hossain Khan, Md. Jafar Hossain, Mohammad Tofayal Ahmed, Minhaj Uddin Monir, Md. Aliur Rahman, Tania Sultana Sweety, Faysal Ahamed Akash, Shaik Muntasir Shovon

“…The average predicted PPV value was found to be slightly higher than the actual PPV value, approximately 2.5 mm/s. …”
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Validation of the Model of End-Stage Liver Disease for Liver Transplant Allocation in Alberta: Implications for Future Directions in Canada by Kelly W. Burak, Glenda A. Meeberg, Robert P. Myers, Gordon H. Fick, Mark G. Swain, Vincent G. Bain, Norman M. Kneteman, Robert J. Hilsden

“…The aim of this study was to compare the abilities of MELD, Child-Pugh (CP), and CanWAIT status to predict 3-month and 1-year mortality before LT in Canadian patients and to describe the use of MELD in Canada. …”
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Association of One-Step Nucleic Acid Amplification Detected Micrometastases with Tumour Biology and Adjuvant Chemotherapy by Ghaleb Goussous, Sadaf Jafferbhoy, Niamh Smyth, Lisette Hammond, Sankaran Narayanan, Robert Mark Kirby, Soni Soumian

“…This increased the number of patients who had a predicted survival benefit from adjuvant chemotherapy.…”
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FutureMS cohort profile: a Scottish multicentre inception cohort study of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis by David Hunt, Siddharthan Chandran, Peter Connick, Peter Foley, Patrick K A Kearns, Sergio E Baranzini, Adam D Waldman, Sarah J Martin, Elizabeth Freyer, F J Carod-Artal, Lee Murphy, Amy Stenson, Jessie Chang, Rozanna Meijboom, Elizabeth N York, Yingdi Chen, Christine Weaver, Katarzyna Hafezi, Stacey Thomson, Adil Harroud, Margaret McLeod, Jonathon O'Riordan, Niall J J MacDougall

“…Currently, the ability to predict at diagnosis who will have a benign, intermediate or aggressive disease course is very limited. …”
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Refining the interpretation of variants of uncertain significance in hereditary cancer screening through integrated RNA sequencing by Youbao Sha, J. Bryce Ortiz, Sara L. Bristow, Kate Loranger, Linyan Meng, Xiaonan Zhao, Fan Xia, Sheetal Parmar, Adam C. ElNaggar, Wenbo Xu

“…Purpose: Although up to 25% of germline variants are predicted to affect splicing, most are classified as variants of uncertain significance (VUS) because of the limited understanding of their functional consequences. …”
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Research of the Robot Arm Gravity Compensation based on the Genetic Algorithm for Optimization of Neural Network by Yang Yuan, Cao Tong, Liu Da

“…By adopting a genetic algorithm for optimization of neural network,the gravity compensation for robot arm is researched.Firstly,through the basic knowledge of mechanics and D-H parameter to set up robot kinematics model,the theoretical computation formula of the gravity item of each joint torque in robot arm is got.Secondly,in the Solid Works simulation software,the simulation value of the gravity item in some certain pose got,thus the correctness of the theoretical computation formula is verified.Finally,the predicted value of the gravity item by genetic algorithm for optimization of neural network is obtained.Experimental results show that the predicted value of gravity items of robot arm learnt with this method is basically conforming with the theoretical value.Consequently,the work load of calculation for the gravity items of robot arm is effectively reduced.Furthermore,this method provide a possible way for the real-time control.…”
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Degree-Days: Growing, Heating, and Cooling by Clyde W. Fraisse, Silvana V. Paula-Moraes

“…However, temperature can predict more than boom or bust. Atmospheric temperature can predict the growth rates of many plants. …”
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