Sex Difference in the Association of Osteoporosis and Osteopenia Prevalence in Patients with Adrenal Adenoma and Different Degrees of Cortisol Excess by Shoichiro Izawa, Kazuhisa Matsumoto, Kazuhiko Matsuzawa, Takuyuki Katabami, Takanobu Yoshimoto, Michio Otsuki, Masakatsu Sone, Yoshiyu Takeda, Shintaro Okamura, Takamasa Ichijo, Mika Tsuiki, Tomoko Suzuki, Mitsuhide Naruse, Akiyo Tanabe

“…The adjusted odds ratio (OR) for predicting OS/OP was obtained in multivariate logistic regression analysis. …”
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Normative Reference Values and Validity for the 30-Second Chair-Stand Test in Healthy Young Adults by Donald H. Lein Jr., Mansour Alotaibi, Marzouq Almutairi, Harshvardhan Singh

“…Future investigators should perform studies to determine if 30CST predicts sport performance. # Level of Evidence Level 2…”
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Experimental Study on Thermal Conductivity of Organic-Rich Soils under Thawed and Frozen States by Ruixia He, Ning Jia, Huijun Jin, Hongbo Wang, Xinyu Li

“…The results may help better parameterize in simulating and predicting land surface processes and for optimizing frozen soil engineering designs and provide theoretical bases for exploring the dynamic mechanisms of environmental changes in cold regions under a changing climate.…”
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PROMISE: Prognostic Radiomic Outcome Measurement in Acute Subdural Hematoma Evacuation Post-Craniotomy by Alexandru Guranda, Antonia Richter, Johannes Wach, Erdem Güresir, Martin Vychopen

“…<b>Results:</b> Changes in Δ surface area significantly correlated with 30-day outcomes (<i>p</i> = 0.03) and showed moderate predictive accuracy (AUC = 0.65). Patients with a Δ surface area > 30,090 mm² experienced poorer outcomes (OR = 6.66, <i>p</i> = 0.02). …”
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Identification and validation of key autophagy-related genes in lupus nephritis by bioinformatics and machine learning. by Su Zhang, Weitao Hu, Yelin Tang, Xiaoqing Chen

“…Additionally, the association between key genes and kidney diseases was predicted. Finally, key genes expression in kidney was verified by clinical samples and animal experiments.…”
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Analisis Beban Kerja Mental terhadap Aplikasi dengan Antarmuka Cerdas by Murein Miksa Mardhia, Choirul Bariyah

“…The frequency of work with applications and the level of technological adaptation are also predicted to affect workload. The results will be validated qualitatively from user experience testing in groups. …”
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Determinants of Walking among Middle-Aged and Older Overweight and Obese Adults: Sociodemographic, Health, and Built Environmental Factors by Samuel N. Forjuoh, Marcia G. Ory, Jaewoong Won, Samuel D. Towne, Suojin Wang, Chanam Lee

“…Multivariate logistic regression identified factors predicting the odds of walking the recommended ≥150 minutes per week for any purpose. …”
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The functional insight into the genetics of cardiovascular disease: results from the post-GWAS study by L. O. Bryzgalov, E. E. Korbolina, I. S. Damarov, T. I. Merkulova

“…A significant impact on binding sites of thirteen TFs including those involved in blood cells formation, hematopoiesis, macrophage function, inflammation, and vasoconstriction was found in K562 cells. 21 rSNP gene targets and 5 partners predicted by PPI were enriched for spliceosome and endocytosis KEGG pathways, endosome sorting complex and mRNA splicing REACTOME pathways. …”
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Study of vascular endothelial dysfunction in children with beta-thalassemia major before and after quercetin therapy by Fatma Al Zahraa Sherai, Maaly Mabrouk, Ibrahim Badraia, Adel Hagag, Eman Elaskary

“…ROS and thrombomodulin respectively carried the sensitivity of 83.33% and 77.78% and specificity of 80.56% and 83.33% in predicting the outcome with cutoff value ≤ 1073 and 232. …”
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Microstructural Analysis and Constitutive Modeling of Superplastic Deformation Behavior of Al-Mg-Zn-Cu-Zr-xNi Alloys with Different Ni Contents by Zarnigor S. Turaeva, Ahmed O. Mosleh, Olga A. Yakovtseva, Anton D. Kotov, Anastasia V. Mikhaylovskaya

“…An Arrhenius-type constitutive model with good agreement between the predicted and experimental flow stresses was developed for the alloys with different Ni contents.…”
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Enhancing cardiac diagnostics: a deep learning ensemble approach for precise ECG image classification by Ahmed Alsayat, Alshimaa Abdelraof Mahmoud, Saad Alanazi, Ayman Mohamed Mostafa, Nasser Alshammari, Majed Abdullah Alrowaily, Hosameldeen Shabana, Mohamed Ezz

“…The most effective ensemble, composed of Inception, MobileNet, and NASNetLarge, achieved an F1 score of 0.9651 and a balanced accuracy of 0.9640, indicating a superior predictive performance. The ROC curve analysis yielded near-perfect Area Under the Curve (AUC) values for all classes, underscoring the ensemble’s proficiency in distinguishing between the specified cardiac conditions. …”
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Chronic hepatitis B and risk of kidney involvement by M. V. Mayevskaya, I. N. Tikhonov, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Telbivudine is a drug of choice among new anti-HBV agents for treatment of patients, having high risk of renal disease, which demonstrates not only absence of nephrotoxicity, but also the proved predictable improvement of renal function.…”
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Correlation of Platelet Indices with Severity of Gastroesophageal Varices in Patients of Liver Cirrhosis: A Research Protocol by Parav Tantia, Sourya Acharya

“…While various parameters have been explored to predict the progression and severity of these varices, platelet indices have not been extensively studied in cirrhosis patients with gastroesophageal varices in India. …”
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Combining machine learning algorithms for bridging gaps in GRACE and GRACE Follow-On missions using ERA5-Land reanalysis by Jaydeo K. Dharpure, Ian M. Howat, Saurabh Kaushik, Bryan G. Mark

“…Our results showcase the model's superior performance and its capability to accurately predict data gaps at both grid and basin scales globally.…”
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Longitudinal functional outcomes and late effects of radiation following treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma: secondary analysis of a prospective cohort study by Gia Gill, Ciaran Lane, Candace Myers, Evan D. Kerr, Pascal Lambert, Andrew Cooke, Paul D. Kerr

“…Abstract Background The study objectives were: provide longitudinal data on upper aerodigestive tract function and late complications following IMRT for nasopharyngeal carcinoma, and elucidate factors that might predict a worse outcome. The hypotheses were: (1) Despite advances such as IMRT, radiation will cause significant functional decline and late complications that often progress or arise years after treatment. (2) Larger radiation volume will be associated with poorer outcomes. …”
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Effect of Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio on Post-TAVR Mortality and Periprocedural Pulmonary Hypertension by Xin Gao, Xiaoxiao Jiang, Zonglei Wu, Na Chen, Minghui Gong, Xu Zhao, Yan Liu, Ran Guo

“…To evaluate the impact of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) on periprocedural pulmonary hypertension (PH) and 3-month all-cause mortality in patients with aortic stenosis (AS) who underwent transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and to develop a nomogram for predicting the mortality for these patients. Methods and Results. 124 patients undergoing TAVR were categorized into three groups according to systolic pulmonary artery pressure (sPAP): Group I (no PH, n = 61) consisted of patients with no pre- and post-TAVR PH; Group II (improved PH, n = 35) consisted of patients with post-TAVR systolic pulmonary artery pressure (sPAP) decreased by more than 10 mmHg compared to pre-TAVR levels; and Group III (persistent PH, n = 28) consisted of patients with post-TAVR sPAP no decrease or less than 10 mmHg, or new-onset PH after the TAVR procedure. …”
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Comparison of the extraction efficiencies of four different solvents used in trace metal digestion of selected soils within Abakaliki, Nigeria by NO Omaka, IF Offor, ER Chukwu, U Ewuzie

“…Extraction methods are key to predicting plant uptake of trace metals from soil. This work seeks to compare the extraction efficiencies of EDTA, DTPA, HNO3/HClO4 and HCl/HNO3 used in the digestion of soil samples collected from 11 different locations (7 farmlands, 2 waste dumpsites and 2 sections of a mechanic workshop) within Abakaliki metropolis, between August and September 2007. …”
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Geospatial Modelling for Estimation of PM2.5 Concentrations in Two Megacities in Peninsular India by V. P. Lavanyaa, S. Varshini, Souvik Sankar Mitra, Kiran M. Hungund, Rudrodip Majumdar, R. Srikanth

“…This model is then used to predict the monthly-average grid-wise PM2.5 concentrations in more than 800 grids in each of these two cities to study the spatial and temporal patterns in PM2.5 concentrations between 2016 and 2019. …”
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Using Attention for Improving Defect Detection in Existing RC Bridges by Sergio Ruggieri, Angelo Cardellicchio, Andrea Nettis, Vito Reno, Giuseppina Uva

“…Visual explanations achieved via the Eigen-CAM algorithm were also exploited to evaluate the reliability of the predictions. The model was finally embedded in an end-to-end tool offering a graphical user interface (GUI) to allow an effective interaction between the domain expert and the machine. …”
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Benthic marine invertebrate herbivores diversify their algal diets in winter by R. M. Yoshioka, A. W. E. Galloway, J. B. Schram, L. E. Bell, K. J. Kroeker

“…Understanding how species respond to such changes, such as in their feeding interactions and physiology, is key to predicting their resilience to both seasonal and longer term climate changes. …”
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