Extensive Use of Interventional Therapies Improves Survival in Unresectable or Recurrent Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma by Ricarda Seidensticker, Max Seidensticker, Kathleen Doegen, Konrad Mohnike, Kerstin Schütte, Patrick Stübs, Erika Kettner, Maciej Pech, Holger Amthauer, Jens Ricke

“…Treatment followed an algorithm established by a multidisciplinary GI-tumor team. …”
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Research on Multi-Channel Spectral Prediction Model for Printed Matter Based on HMSSA-BP Neural Network by Dandan Fan, Hongwu Zhan, Fang Xu, Yifei Zou, Yankang Zhang

“…Second, Hybrid Multi-strategy Sparrow Search Algorithm (HMSSA) is constructed to optimize BPNN, which combines Tent mapping, step size phased control, and chaotic cosine transform factor. …”
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Emission prediction and optimization of methanol/diesel dual-fuel engines based on ITransformer-BiGRU and NSGA-III by Mingzhang Pan, Xinxin Cao, Changcheng Fu, Shengyou Liao, Xiaorong Zhou, Wei Guan

“…Finally, based on the obtained mathematical model, the 3rd Non-dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm (NGSA-III) is used to adjust and optimize the control parameters. …”
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Holographic inspired high-performance circular polarized spoof surface plasmon polariton leaky-wave antenna excited by a novel launcher by Sajjad Zohrevand, Mohammad Amin Chaychi Zadeh, Ehsan Farokhipour, Daniel Erni, Nader Komjani

“…The anisotropy of each unit cell is achieved by combining the transformation optic method and the particle swarm optimization algorithm. A major challenge of the SSPP LWA based on modulated impedance surfaces is to find a suitable excitation technique. …”
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Design and Experimental Assessment of a 2D Microwave Imaging System for Brain Stroke Monitoring by Jorge A. Tobon Vasquez, Rosa Scapaticci, Giovanna Turvani, Gennaro Bellizzi, Nadine Joachimowicz, Bernard Duchêne, Enrico Tedeschi, Mario R. Casu, Lorenzo Crocco, Francesca Vipiana

“…The so achieved differential dataset has been processed by means of a linear imaging algorithm in order to reconstruct the stroke location and dimension. …”
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Digital Health Technologies for Optimising Treatment and Rehabilitation Following Surgery: Device-Based Measurement of Sling Posture and Adherence by Joss Langford, Ahmed Barakat, Engy Daghash, Harvinder Singh, Alex V. Rowlands

“…The optimisation of an existing non-wear algorithm accurately detected adherence (99.3%). Conclusions: the remote monitoring of sling adherence and the quantification of immobilisation is practical and effective with digital health technology.…”
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An RGB-D-Based Cross-Field of View Pose Estimation System for a Free Flight Target in a Wind Tunnel by Sheng Liu, Yuan Feng, Kang Shen, Yangqing Wang, Shengyong Chen

“…Many experiments have been conducted, and an RGB-D image simulation based on 3D modeling is implemented to verify the effectiveness of our algorithm. Both the real scene’s and simulation scene’s experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of our method.…”
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Design and Optimization of a Coherent Beamforming Network for an Aperiodic Concentric Ring Array by Armando Arce, Enrique Stevens-Navarro, Marco Cardenas-Juarez, Ulises Pineda-Rico, Jorge Simon, Marco A. Panduro

“…The optimization of the aperiodic layout on the antenna aperture (radii and interelement antenna spacings) is done by the differential evolution algorithm. Numeric experimentation demonstrates the performance advantages and capabilities of the proposed coherent network configuration with a nonuniform aperture over its uniform counterpart, with an improvement in average equal to −8.7 dB of side lobe level and 3.9 dB of directivity. …”
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Characteristics of the level of athletes' sports preparedness in freestyle wrestling by Bakytbek Konakbayev, Raisa Bekembetova, Omirzhan Bekturganov, Mukhtar Yeskaliyev, Dinara Zhunisbek

“…The obtained information allowed to determine the level of preparedness of athletes in freestyle wrestling, as well as the readiness to conduct the next competitive bout Conclusions: Comparative analysis of competitive activity has shown that it is necessary to correct the algorithm of modes of training processes. When conducting training of low aerobic power to perform the necessary volume while observing the individual mode as for the level of lactate and heart rate. …”
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GPA-MDS: A Visualization Approach to Investigate Genetic Architecture among Phenotypes Using GWAS Results by Wei Wei, Paula S. Ramos, Kelly J. Hunt, Bethany J. Wolf, Gary Hardiman, Dongjun Chung

“…In order to address this challenge, in this paper, we propose a novel approach, GPA-MDS, to visualize genetic relationships among phenotypes using the GPA algorithm and multidimensional scaling (MDS). This tool will help researchers to investigate common etiology among diseases, which can potentially lead to development of common treatments across diseases. …”
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Designing Channel Attention Fully Convolutional Networks with Neural Architecture Search for Customer Socio-Demographic Information Identification Using Smart Meter Data by Zhirui Luo, Qingqing Li, Ruobin Qi, Jun Zheng

“…Furthermore, we developed a search algorithm based on Bayesian optimization to effectively explore the space and identify high-performing architectures. …”
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Assessing the Cause of Death for Men with Prostate Cancer Using Official Mortality Statistics or a Dedicated Cause of Death Committee: Results from 30-year ERSPC Rotterdam Data by Sebastiaan Remmers, Ivo I. de Vos, Frederique B. Denijs, Renée C.A. Leenen, Tycho M.T.W. Lock, Arjen Noordzij, Wim J. Kirkels, Chris H. Bangma, Monique J. Roobol

“…For men with prostate cancer (PCa) within the European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (ERSPC), the cause of death is determined by a Cause of Death Committee (CODC) that evaluates all medical records using a fixed algorithm. The aim of this study was to compare the classification of PCa-specific mortality (PCSM) between the CODC and Statistics Netherlands. …”
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Effects of Climate Variability on Evaporation in Dongping Lake, China, during 2003–2010 by Yuan Rong, Hongbo Su, Renhua Zhang, Zheng Duan

“…Based on two long-term, hourly (10:30–11:30 and 13:10–14:10) meteorological over-lake observations and data from Shenxian meteorological station, nearby Dongping Lake, the Penman-Monteith equation and reference evaporation ratio algorithm were used to calculate lake evaporation in Dongping Lake, China, from 2003 to 2010. …”
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Soil-Landscape Modeling and Remote Sensing to Provide Spatial Representation of Soil Attributes for an Ethiopian Watershed by Nurhussen Mehammednur Seid, Birru Yitaferu, Kibebew Kibret, Feras Ziadat

“…The prediction model was favorably comparable with the interpolation using the inverse distance weighted algorithm. The use of satellite images improved the prediction. …”
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Identification of Iron Homeostasis Genes Dysregulation Potentially Involved in Retinopathy of Prematurity Pathogenicity by Microarray Analysis by Xian-qiong Luo, Chun-yi Zhang, Jia-wen Zhang, Jing-bo Jiang, Ai-hua Yin, Li Guo, Chuan Nie, Xu-zai Lu, Hua Deng, Liang Zhang

“…The dual-color microarray approach was adopted to compare gene expression profiling between treated RMECs and the paired untreated control. The one-class algorithm in significance analysis of microarray (SAM) software was used to screen the differentially expressed genes (DEGs) and quantitative RT-PCR (qRT-PCR) was conducted to validate the results. …”
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Identification of operational deflection shapes of a wind turbine gearbox using fiber-optic strain sensors on a serial production end-of-line test bench by U. Gutierrez Santiago, U. Gutierrez Santiago, A. A. W. van Vondelen, A. Fernández Sisón, H. Polinder, J.-W. van Wingerden

“…The present study explores how a subspace identification algorithm can be applied to fiber-optic strain sensors on a four-stage gearbox to obtain operational deflection shapes. …”
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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

“…In Canada, livers were allocated by the CanWAIT algorithm. 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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A new approach of anomaly detection in wireless sensor networks using support vector data description by Zhen Feng, Jingqi Fu, Dajun Du, Fuqiang Li, Sizhou Sun

“…First, the strategy of training sample reduction is used to cut back the number of samples and then the sequential minimal optimization algorithm based on the second-order approximation is implemented on the sample set to achieve the goal of reducing the training time. …”
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EBR-YOLO: A Lightweight Detection Method for Non-Motorized Vehicles Based on Drone Aerial Images by Meijia Zhou, Xuefen Wan, Yi Yang, Jie Zhang, Siwen Li, Shubo Zhou, Xueqin Jiang

“…The experimental results show that the algorithm achieves an mAP of 98.9% and an FPS of 89.8 on the self-built dataset of this paper, which is only 0.2% and 0.3 lower compared to the original YOLOv8 network, respectively, and the number of parameters is 70% lower compared to the baseline, which ensures the accuracy and computational speed of the model while reducing its computational volume greatly. …”
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Diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease by eliciting trait-specific eye movements in multi-visual tasks by Maosong Jiang, Yanzhi Liu, Yanlu Cao, Shufeng Xia, Fei Teng, Wenzhi Zhao, Yongzhong Lin, Wenlong Liu

“…The abnormal features were subsequently modeled by using the proposed deep learning algorithm to achieve an auxiliary diagnosis of PD. …”
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