Could Infectious Agents Play a Role in the Onset of Age-related Macular Degeneration? A Scoping Review by Petra P. Larsen, MD, PhD, Virginie Dinet, PhD, Cécile Delcourt, PhD, Catherine Helmer, MD, PhD, Morgane Linard, MD, PhD

“…Results: Two investigators independently screened the 868 articles obtained by our algorithm and the reference lists of selected studies. …”
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Analisis Metode Estimasi Biaya pada Perangkat Lunak Beserta Faktor-Faktor yang Mempengaruhi : A Systematic Literature Review by Amelia Devi Putri Ariyanto, Lutfiyatul ‘Azizah, Umi Laili Yuhana

“…Besides, this study also succeeded in finding the best method and combination of methods based on best accuracy, namely COCOMO II and the combination of Genetic Algorithm and Artificial Bee Colony, along with the five main factors that influence cost estimation so that it can be used by researchers or other practitioners to develop cost estimates for software projects. …”
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Integrative Bioinformatics Analysis of Pyroptosis-Related Genes and Analysis of Immune Cell Infiltration in Infantile Hemangioma Regression by Liu L, Lin S, Bai J, Zhang B

“…Additionally, a single-sample GSEA algorithm was applied to assess immune cell infiltration in IHs, and correlation analysis was performed between the hub-IH-PRGs and infiltrating immune cells.Results: Fourteen IH-PRGs were identified. …”
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CECT-Based Radiomic Nomogram of Different Machine Learning Models for Differentiating Malignant and Benign Solid-Containing Renal Masses by Qian L, Fu B, He H, Liu S, Lu R

“…Four mainstream machine learning algorithm training models, namely, support vector machine (SVM), k-nearest neighbour (kNN), light gradient boosting (LightGBM) and logistic regression (LR), were constructed to determine the best classifier model. …”
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Fruit Detection and Yield Mass Estimation from a UAV Based RGB Dense Cloud for an Apple Orchard by Marius Hobart, Michael Pflanz, Nikos Tsoulias, Cornelia Weltzien, Mia Kopetzky, Michael Schirrmann

“…Ripe apples were detected by their color and structure from a photogrammetrically created three-dimensional point cloud with an automatic algorithm. The detection included the position, number, volume and mass of apples for all blocks over the orchard. …”
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High-resolution mapping of evapotranspiration over heterogeneous cropland affected by soil salinity by Meihan Liu, Huimin Lei, Xingwang Wang, Paula Paredes

“…Using a spatiotemporal image fusion algorithm implemented on the Google Earth Engine (GEE) platform, daily NDVI and LST datasets with a 30 m resolution were generated by fusing Landsat 8 and MODIS satellite data. …”
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Enhancing Arabic text-to-speech synthesis for emotional expression in visually impaired individuals using the artificial hummingbird and hybrid deep learning model by Mahmoud M. Selim, Mohammed S. Assiri

“…This study designs an Arabic Mood Changing and Depression Detection using the Artificial Hummingbird Optimization Algorithm with Deep Learning (AMCDD-AHODL) technique for visually impaired individuals. …”
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Stool immunoassay for identification of colorectal cancer and other significant gastrointestinal diseases risk groups by N. S. Sergeeva, Nina V. Marshutina, Ye. V. Zenkina

“…To carry out comparative analysis of diagnostic sensitivity of three immunochemical stool tests as a first step of laboratory algorithm to define high risk groups for colorectal cancer (CRC) and other clinically severe diseases of gastrointestinal tract (GIT). …”
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DIGITAL TOOLS FOR MATCHING QUALIFICATIONS TO THE LEVELS OF THE NATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORK by Volodymyr Kovtunets, Sergiy Londar, Serhii Melnyk, Oles Kovtunets

“…The novelty of the article is that for the first time in national and international practice, it proposes an alternative/supplementary algorithmic method for determining the level of certain full and/or partial professional qualifications by the National Qualifications Framework, thus creating prerequisites for further automation of the activities of professional standards developers. …”
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Identification and validation of prognostic biomarkers in ccRCC: immune-stromal score and survival prediction by Fang Lyu, Yuxin Zhong, Qingliu He, Wen Xiao, Xiaoping Zhang

“…Methods Data from the Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) and International Cancer Genome Consortium (ICGC) were subjected to analysis to compute immune and stromal scores utilizing the ESTIMATE algorithm. The weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA) was employed to identify gene modules associated with these scores. …”
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Perturbation-Based Nulling Control Beamforming With Measured Element Radiation Patterns for MU-mMIMO by Yuanzhe Gong, Arish Yaseen, Tingrui Zhang, Robert Morawski, Tho Le-Ngoc

“…The nulling width control algorithm achieves an average nulling level ranging from −45.3 dB to −57.7 dB across a 6-degree angle span. …”
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Cloud-edge hybrid deep learning framework for scalable IoT resource optimization by Umesh Kumar Lilhore, Sarita Simaiya, Yogesh Kumar Sharma, Anjani Kumar Rai, S. M. Padmaja, Khan Vajid Nabilal, Vimal Kumar, Roobaea Alroobaea, Hamed Alsufyani

“…The integration of Deep Q-Networks (DQN) and Proximal Policy Optimization (PPO) offers a practical approach to addressing the dynamic characteristics of IoT applications. The hybrid algorithm's primary characteristic is its capacity to simultaneously fulfil multiple objectives, including reducing response times, enhancing resource efficiency, and decreasing operational costs. …”
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Modelación numérica del concreto simple con elementos finitos mediante la teoría de la plasticidad y la función de fluencia de Hu y Schnobrich Numerical modeling of the simple conc... by Luis Rodríguez, Dorian Linero

“…This model is based on the general formulation of the theory of plasticity (Simó & Hughes 1998), considering a non-associated flow rule, where the plastic potential is defined by the failure criterion and von Mises and yield function corresponds to empirical approaches developed by Hu and Schnobrich (1989). An implicit algorithm of numerical integration was formulated to solve the nonlinear problem given by the material constitutive model. …”
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Evaluation of Rapeseed Leave Segmentation Accuracy Using Binocular Stereo Vision 3D Point Clouds by Lili Zhang, Shuangyue Shi, Muhammad Zain, Binqian Sun, Dongwei Han, Chengming Sun

“…Finally, using the region-growing algorithm during the seedling stage with a normal angle threshold set at 5.0/180.0* M_PI and a curvature threshold set at 1.5 helps to avoid the under-segmentation and over-segmentation issues, achieving complete segmentation of rapeseed seedling leaves, while the LCCP clustering method fully segments rapeseed leaves at the bolting stage. …”
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A Novel Rubber Composite Sleeper-Deformation-Prediction Model Based on Response Surface Method (RSM) and Machine Learning (ML) Techniques by Abdulmumin Ahmed Shuaibu, Zhiping Zeng, Ibrahim Hayatu Hassan, Wang Weidong, Hassan Suleiman Otuoze, Suleiman Abdulhakeem, Bushrah Baba Abdulrahman

“…The K-nearest neighbour algorithm outperformed the RSM and other ML techniques with R2, MSE, RMSE, and MAE values of 0.999, 0.000258, 0.016, and 0.000896, respectively. …”
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The Relationship Between Novel Inflammatory Markers and Serum 25‐Hydroxyvitamin D Among US Adults by Hang Zhao, Yangyang Zhao, Yini Fang, Weibang Zhou, Wenjing Zhang, Jiecheng Peng

“…Upon detecting nonlinear relationships, we used a recursive algorithm to pinpoint the inflection point. Results In our multivariate linear regression model, serum 25(OH)D concentrations were negatively correlated with NHR (β = −0.003, 95% CI: −0.005 to −0.001), NLR (β = −0.002, 95% CI: −0.003 to 0.000), SII (β = −0.579, 95% CI: −0.954 to −0.205), PHR (β = −0.171, 95% CI: −0.249 to −0.093), and PLR (β = −0.096, 95% CI: −0.051 to −0.040) among adults in the USA. …”
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The Danish Drowning Cohort: Utstein-style data from fatal and non-fatal drowning incidents in Denmark by Niklas Breindahl, Kasper Bitzer, Oliver B. Sørensen, Alexander Wildenschild, Signe A. Wolthers, Tim Lindskou, Jacob Steinmetz, Stig N. F. Blomberg, Helle C. Christensen, the Danish Drowning Validation Group

“…Data are extracted from the Danish prehospital electronic medical record using a text-search algorithm (Danish Drowning Formula) and a manual validation process. …”
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An Analysis of the Vocational-Educational Problematics for Substantiating Production Specialist Competencies by V. E. Steinberg, L. V. Vakhidova, E. M. Gabitova

“…This education should be conducted by means of systematic identification and assessment of multi-dimensional regional and sectoral needs for trained personnel, projections of results of monitoring on educational programmes and development of means for the acquisition of the relevant skills. The structure and algorithm of multi-dimensional matrix analysis, providing a stageby-stage presentation of problems found in industrial enterprises concerning specified SVE graduate competencies, are described and visually presented. …”
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Are Electromyography Data a Fingerprint for Patients with Cerebral Palsy (CP)? by Mehrdad Davoudi, Firooz Salami, Robert Reisig, Dimitrios A. Patikas, Nicholas A. Beckmann, Katharina S. Gather, Sebastian I. Wolf

“…Participants were divided into different response groups (poor, mild, and good gait quality) according to their pre- and post-treatment Gait Deviation Index (GDI), using the K-means-PSO clustering algorithm. The gait and EMG indices were compared between the responders using the nonparametric Mann–Whitney test. …”
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HyQ2: A Hybrid Quantum Neural Network for NextG Vulnerability Detection by Yifeng Peng, Xinyi Li, Zhiding Liang, Ying Wang

“…In addition, the noise resilience and robustness of the HyQ2 algorithm were substantiated through experiments on the IBM quantum machine with only a 0.2% decrease compared to the simulation results.…”
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