Validation of an Individualized Measure of Quality of Life, Patient Generated Index, for Use with People with Parkinson’s Disease by Ayse Kuspinar, Kedar K. V. Mate, Anne-Louise Lafontaine, Nancy Mayo

“…Pearson’s correlations and independent t-tests were used, as well as positive and negative predictive values. Results. The sample (n = 76) had a mean age of 69 (standard deviation 9) and were predominantly men (59%). …”
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Interphase investigation of modified McLachlan model and the 3D finite element method for electrical conductivity by Muhammad Zulkarnain, Irianto Harny, A.A.M. Damanhuri

“…This model has proven its mettle through rigorous analysis of experimental results and the impact of various parameters on conductivity. The predictions have shown impressive alignment with the experimental data, highlighting the crucial roles played by the parameters in the conductivity of silver composites where the percolation threshold reached 6 vol % of filler loading. …”
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Morphometric Evaluation of Thoracic Vertebrae Using Multidetector Computed Tomography in Patients with Scoliosis by Nadire Ünver Doğan, Zeliha Fazlıoğulları, Ali Güleç, Mehmet Öztürk, Mehmet Cengiz Tatar, Ahmet Kağan Karabulut

“…We aimed to reduce morbidity and mortality by creating alternative predictions for surgery and treatment with the findings and results we obtained in our study in patients with scoliosis. …”
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Failure risk study of anchor bolts durability for loess slope under long-term hydro-thermal effect by Zhou Chang, Weifeng Sun, Changgen Yan, Hengxing Lan, Yuling Shi, Han Bao

“…The development patterns of axial force are classified into stable type, slow growth type, and accelerated growth type according to the characteristics of the model coefficients. Predicted results indicate that the anchor axial forces are lower than the landslide threshold within 30 years of slope operation, ensuring long safety and serviceability. …”
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Diabetes-Resistant NOR Mice Are More Severely Affected by Streptozotocin Compared to the Diabetes-Prone NOD Mice: Correlations with Liver and Kidney GLUT2 Expressions by S. Kahraman, C. Aydin, G. O. Elpek, E. Dirice, A. D. Sanlioglu

“…Although beta cell GLUT2 expression levels are frequently evaluated as a marker predicting STZ sensitivity in animal models, we report here very different diabetic responses to STZ in two different animal strains, in spite of similar initial GLUT2 expressions in beta cells. …”
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Numerical and Experimental Study on Soil Plug Resistance of Open-Ended Pipe Pile with a Restriction Plate by Yuan Guo, Shaoyang Dong, Jiale Li, Xiong (Bill) Yu

“…It is shown that the numerical model can accurately predict the soil plug resistance and the particle-scale force transmission. …”
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Investigation about crack propagation paths in thin rim gears by F. Curà, A. Mura, C. Rosso

“…Designers need to have robust design criteria in order to predict crack propagation paths and to avoid catastrophic failures. …”
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Using microscopic imaging and ensemble deep learning to classify the provenance of archaeological ceramics by Qian Wang, Xuan Xiao, Zi Liu

“…Under 5-fold cross-validation and independent testing, the proposed fusion-based model performed excellently after comparing above three typical deep learning model. The predictive results of the ensemble deep learning are very stable at about 0.9601, 0.9615, 0.9607 and 0.9583 in precision, recall, F1-score, and accuracy on the independent testing dataset, respectively. …”
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A Chromosomal-Level Genome of Dermatophagoides farinae, a Common Allergenic Mite Species by Rongxuan Hu, Haifeng Huang, Ying Zhou, Yanshan Liu, Yaning Ren, Yuanfen Liao, Cunyin Yuan, Xiaohong Gu, Yubao Cui

“…The genome comprises 13.01% (7.66 Mb) repetitive sequences and predicts 10,709 protein-coding genes, 96.57% of which are functionally annotated. …”
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Association between blood hemoglobin levels, anemia, and body mass index in children and women of Myanmar: findings from a nationally representative health study by Shiva Raj Acharya, Diwash Timilsina, Sabitri Acharya

“…Logistic regression models predicted that severely underweight (COR, 1.26; CI: 1.02–1.57) and underweight women (COR, 1.17; CI: 1.02–1.34), pregnant women (AOR, 6.85; CI: 5.20–9.02), women with poorest wealth index (COR, 1.16; CI: 1.02–1.33), and women from rural regions (AOR, 1.13; CI: 1.01–1.26) and coastal zones (AOR, 1.65; CI: 1.40–1.95) were at higher risk of anemia. …”
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Multiscale Physics of Atomic Nuclei from First Principles by Z. H. Sun, A. Ekström, C. Forssén, G. Hagen, G. R. Jansen, T. Papenbrock

“…In addition, we reveal coexisting spherical and deformed shapes in ^{30}Ne, which indicates the breakdown of the magic neutron number N=20 as the key nucleus ^{28}O is approached, and we predict that the drip line nuclei ^{32,34}Ne are strongly deformed and collective. …”
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A Comprehensive Investigation of Anomaly Detection Methods in Deep Learning and Machine Learning: 2019–2023 by Shalini Kumari, Chander Prabha, Asif Karim, Md. Mehedi Hassan, Sami Azam

“…AD is crucial for various applications, including network security, fraud detection, predictive maintenance, fault diagnosis, and industrial and healthcare monitoring. …”
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Criminological portrait of a professional criminal by N. K. Makarenko

“…The study of the personality of a professional criminal is a prerequisite for further activities on individual prevention of various types of crimes with signs of criminal professionalism and is associated with the development of an urgent problem of predicting individual criminal behaviour.…”
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Propagation Mechanism of Deep-Water Impulse Waves Generated by Landslides in V-Shaped River Channels of Mountain Valleys: Physical Model of Regular Rigid Block by Rubin Wang, Yunzi Wang, Jianxin Wan, Weiya Xu, Yue Yang, Huanling Wang

“…Finally, a distribution law was obtained for the initial maximum pressure caused by landslide-induced impulse waves along the water depth on the opposite bank. The theoretical predictions of the dimensionless formula showed good agreement with the experimental results, and the energy conversion rate of the landslide-induced impulse waves initially increased and then decreased with an increasing Froude number. …”
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Internal jugular distensibility index as a predictor of fluid responsiveness in adult patients undergoing elective surgery – A prospective accuracy study by Dita Aditianingsih, Aldy Heriwardito, Laksmi Senja Agusta, El Nissi Leonard, Chrisella Annabelle

“…Background and Aims: Assessing the intravascular volume is necessary in patients undergoing surgery, but predicting how the body will respond to fluid can be challenging. …”
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Identification and Validation of a Potential Stemness-Associated Biomarker in Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Yangyang Zhang, Ruike Zhang, Lingxiu Zeng, Haizhou Wang, Ruyi Peng, Meng Zhang, Hailin Zhang, Zhenwei Yang, Liping Gao, Meng Wang, Jing Liu

“…BUB1, as a potential stemness-associated biomarker, could serve as a therapeutic CSCs-target and predicted the clinical outcomes of patients with HCC.…”
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Correlation between CHA2DS2-VASc Score and Glaucoma Treatment and Prognosis by Yoav Y. Pikkel, Daniel Krebs, Vadim Igal, Adi Sharabi-Nov, Irena Epstein, Joseph Pikkel

“…To find if CHA2DS2-VASc scale can accurately predict the treatment, prognosis, and outcome for primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG). …”
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Studies on Modeling and Physicochemical Properties of Oil Extracted from Moringa stenopetala Seed by Lema Deme Shumi, Ebise Getacho Bacha

“…According to the Experimental Design Response Surface Methodology (RSM) and ANOVA analysis, the optimum process parameters’ combination to find the highest oil yield was particle size of 0.83 mm, the temperature at 78.82°C, and extraction time of 5.13 hours. The model predicted oil yield was 39.7 ± 0.32%. The oil from Moringa stenopetala seed exhibits physiochemical characteristics of refractive index (40°C), 1.4625; viscosity 49.4 Cp; density at 25 °C, 0.9317 g/cm−3; saponification value, 191.4; peroxide value, 11.52 millieq O2/kg; iodine value of 89.21; and Acid Value (AV) 2.21 mg KOH/g. …”
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Evaluation of a Smoking Cessation Program for HIV Infected Individuals in an Urban HIV Clinic: Challenges and Lessons Learned by Debra Chew, Michael B. Steinberg, Polly Thomas, Shobha Swaminathan, Sally L. Hodder

“…A history of cocaine or heroin use was predictive of continued smoking (odds ratio [OR] adjusted 0.20, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.07–0.55) while smokers in the preparation stage of change were more likely abstinent at six months (OR adjusted 8.26, 95% CI 1.02–66.67). …”
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XRCC5 VNTR, XRCC6 -61C>G, and XRCC7 6721G>T Gene Polymorphisms Associated with Male Infertility Risk: Evidences from Case-Control and In Silico Studies by Danial Jahantigh, Abasalt Hosseinzadeh Colagar

“…Likewise, the T allele of the XRCC7 6721G>T polymorphism was associated with increased susceptibility to male infertility in azoospermia. In silico analysis predicted that the presence of tandem repeats in XRCC5 gene prompter can be sequence to bind to more nuclear factors. …”
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