Cell-Free Fetal DNA for Prenatal Screening of Aneuploidies and Autosomal Trisomies: A Systematic Review by Kenza Benchekroun Belabbes, Elena Bendala Tufanisco, Chirag C. Sheth

“…It is also useful for sex chromosome aneuploidies, although the positive predictive values are lower. A positive screening result should be followed with a confirmatory test.…”
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Characteristics of cardiopulmonary exercise capacity in adults with different degrees of obesity by Shukun Deng, Shengrui Mei, Qunyan Zhou, Wenjun Zhi, Wenjun Wu, Junyan Cai, Peng Yuan

“…The VO2 at anaerobic threshold (VO2AT), percentage of predicted VO2AT (VO2AT% Pred), peak oxygen consumption (VO2peak), percentage of predicted VO2peak (VO2peak% Pred), peak kilogram oxygen consumption (VO2peak/kg), maximum exercise power (WRmax), breathing reserve (BR), maximum heart rate (HRmax), percentage of predicted HRmax (HRmax% Pred), maximum O2 pulse (VO2/HRmax), percentage of predicted maximum O2 pulse (VO2/HRmax%Pred), maximum relative O2 pulse (VO2/HRmax/kg),heart rate response (HRr), forced vital capacity (FVC), ratio of forced expiratory volume to vital capacity in 1 s (FEV1/FVC), percentage of predicted forced vital capacity (FVC% Pred), percentage of predicted forced expiratory volume ratio of 1 s (FEV1% Pred), peak expiratory flow rate (PEF), maximum exercise ventilation (VEmax), maximum voluntary ventilation (MVV) and other indicators during the CPET were collected. …”
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Nilai Diagnostik Metode “Real Time” PCR GeneXpert pada TB Paru BTA Negatif by Eka Kurniawan, Raveinal Raveinal, Fauzar Fauzar, Zulkarnain Arsyad

“…GeneXpert has a high sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value and accuracy on smear negative pulmonary tuberculosis.…”
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The contrasted impacts of grasshoppers on soil microbial activities in function of primary production and herbivore diet by Ibanez, Sébastien, Foulquier, Arnaud, Brun, Charles, Colace, Marie-Pascale, Piton, Gabin, Bernard, Lionel, Gallet, Christiane, Clément, Jean-Christophe

“…Since these two frameworks can lead to conflicting predictions in some cases, experimental evidence combining herbivore diet and plant productivity is required. …”
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Usage of Modified Holt-Winters Method in the Anomaly Detection of Network Traffic: Case Studies by Maciej Szmit, Anna Szmit

“…This paper is devoted to the application of extended versions of these models for development of predicted templates and intruder detection.…”
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THE HIGH-TEST CAST-IRON INDICATOR by G. E. Konovalov, A. R. Bajev, N. N. Gilj, N. I. Bestuzhev, P. S. Gurchenko

“…It was concluded that the ultrasonic techniques are sensitive to the changes in the graphite morfology, thus they can also be used to predict the mechanical properties of cast iron. On the basis of the former an Indicator of ductile cast iron has been designed. …”
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Extraction of 10–30-Day Stable Components from a Boreal Atmosphere during ENSO Phases by Kuo Wang, Guolin Feng, Yuxing Zeng, Zhengquan Li

“…Distinguishing the predictable 10–30-day stable components (STs) in the actual atmosphere has been important in atmospheric science research. …”
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Forecasting Alisadr Cave Tourism Demand using Combination of Short-term and Long-term Forecasts by Elaheh Malekzadeh Hamedani, Marjan Kaedi, Zahra Zojaji

“…The predictive models obtained from this study can enhance customer service and improve the interaction between users and tourist ticketing web applications and online reservation programs. …”
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Hierarchical Classification of Variable Stars Using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks by Mahdi Abdollahi, Nooshin Torabi, Sadegh Raeisi, Sohrab Rahvar

“…This paper uses the Hierarchical Classification technique, which contains two main steps of predicting class and then subclass of stars. All the models in both steps have same network structure and we test both Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) and Recurrent Neural Networks (RNN). …”
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Regularities of Plastic Deformation Zone Formation Around Unsupported Shafts in Tectonically Disturbed Massive Rock by Petr A. Demenkov, Ekaterina L. Romanova

“…Fractured rock zones of different quality and spatial configurations are investigated in order to predict the size of dangerous plastic deformation zones or zones of potential rock collapses. …”
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Modeling Intercity Travel Mode Choice with Data Balance Changes: A Comparative Analysis of Bayesian Logit Model and Artificial Neural Networks by Xiaowei Li, Yuting Wang, Yao Wu, Jun Chen, Jibiao Zhou

“…The results show that MLP performs best in terms of predictive accuracy, followed by BMNL and MNL, and RBF is the least accurate. …”
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Are conventional methods sufficient to calculate growth parameters of Pontastacus leptodactylus (Eschscholtz, 1823)? A case study of artificial intelligence from Keban Dam Lake by Benzer Semra, Benzer Recep

“…These results provide strong evidence that the ANNs method performs significantly better in predicting the LWRs of freshwater crayfish.…”
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A Cost-Benefit Methodology for Selecting Analytical Reinforced Concrete Corrosion Onset Models by N. Rakotovao Ravahatra, T. de Larrard, F. Duprat, E. Bastidas-Arteaga, F. Schoefs

“…This work focuses on predicting corrosion onset induced by concrete carbonation or chloride ingress when using analytical predictive models. …”
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Estimating Body Related Soft Biometric Traits in Video Frames by Olasimbo Ayodeji Arigbabu, Sharifah Mumtazah Syed Ahmad, Wan Azizun Wan Adnan, Salman Yussof, Vahab Iranmanesh, Fahad Layth Malallah

“…Our evaluation on 1120 frame sets of 80 subjects from a newly compiled dataset shows that the mentioned soft biometric information of human subjects can be adequately predicted from set of frames.…”
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Polarization of thermal dilepton radiation by Florian Seck, Bengt Friman, Tetyana Galatyuk, Hendrik van Hees, Ralf Rapp, Enrico Speranza, Jochen Wambach

“…Using a realistic model for the in-medium electromagnetic spectral function, we predict polarization observables and compare them to experiment. …”
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Quantitative EEG and Cognitive Decline in Parkinson’s Disease by Vitalii V. Cozac, Ute Gschwandtner, Florian Hatz, Martin Hardmeier, Stephan Rüegg, Peter Fuhr

“…In this paper we briefly outline the basics of QEEG analysis and analyze the recent publications addressing the predictive value of QEEG in the context of cognitive decline in PD. …”
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Modeling resistive-inductive evolution of currents in Wendelstein 7-X by L. van Ham, S.A. Lazerson, J.C. Schmitt, B.F. Lee, M. Beurskens, K.J. Brunner, N. Chaudhary, G. Fuchert, J. Geiger, M. Hirsch, J. Knauer, A. Langenberg, J.W. Oosterbeek, N. Pablant, E. Pasch, K. Rahbarnia, G. Weir, the W7-X Team

“…The THRIFT code has been modernized and its predictions of the evolution of the toroidal current have been compared against experimentally measured currents in W7-X. …”
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The Role of Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 in Atherosclerotic Plaque Instability by Tiewei Li, Xiaojuan Li, Yichuan Feng, Geng Dong, Yuewu Wang, Junmei Yang

“…We also discuss the role of MMP-9 in predicting and preventing atherosclerotic plaque instability.…”
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Estimation of Biochemical Oxygen Demand Based on Dissolved Organic Carbon, UV Absorption, and Fluorescence Measurements by Jihyun Kwak, Bumju Khang, Eunhee Kim, Hyunook Kim

“…In short, the software sensors developed in this study could well predict the BOD5 of river water (r=0.78) and for the WWTP effluent (r=0.90).…”
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Experimental and Theoretical Research on the Compression Performance of CFRP Sheet Confined GFRP Short Pipe by Feng Li, Qilin Zhao, Li Chen, Guojian Shao

“…A theoretical iterative calculation approach was suggested to predict the ultimate axial compressive stress of the combined structure and analyze the influences of geometrical parameters on the ultimate axial compressive stress of the combined structure. …”
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