Optimal selection of machine learning algorithms for ciprofloxacin prediction based on conventional water quality indicators by Shenqiong Jiang, Xiangju Cheng, Baoshan Shi, Dantong Zhu, Jun Xie, Zhihong Zhou

“…Then, we evaluated and determined the best model using four commonly used model performance evaluation metrics. …”
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Misuse of Statistical Methods in 10 Leading Chinese Medical Journals in 1998 and 2008 by Shunquan Wu, Zhichao Jin, Xin Wei, Qingbin Gao, Jian Lu, Xiuqiang Ma, Cheng Wu, Qian He, Meijing Wu, Rui Wang, Jinfang Xu, Jia He

“…Regarding statistical methods, using a multiple t-test for multiple group comparison was the most common error in the t-test in both years, which significantly decreased in 2008. …”
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Health status and living conditions of families ascribed to the Family Health Units by Tatiana de Oliveira Sato, Patricia Driusso, Regina Helena Vitale Torkomian Joaquim, Thelma Simões Matsukura, Marcia Regina Cangiani Fabbro, Ana Cláudia Garcia de Oliveira Duarte, Ana Silvia Moccellin, Tania de Fátima Salvini, Silvia Helena Zem-Mascarenhas

“…From this survey it was possible to determine the demographic and epidemiological profiles of the population. The most common health problems are non-communicable chronic diseases.…”
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Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factor Patterns and Their Implications for Intervention Strategies in Vietnam by Quang Ngoc Nguyen, Son Thai Pham, Loi Doan Do, Viet Lan Nguyen, Stig Wall, Lars Weinehall, Ruth Bonita, Peter Byass

“…Multiple CVDRFs were common in Vietnamese adults with different clustering patterns across sex/age groups. …”
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Pediatric Patient and Parental Anxiety and Impressions Related to Initial Gastrointestinal Endoscopy: A Japanese Multicenter Questionnaire Study by Shin-ichiro Hagiwara, Yoshiko Nakayama, Manabu Tagawa, Katsuhiro Arai, Takashi Ishige, Takatsugu Murakoshi, Hiroko Sekine, Daiki Abukawa, Hiroyuki Yamada, Mikihiro Inoue, Takeshi Saito, Takahiro Kudo, Yoshitaka Seki

“…In the postendoscopy questionnaire, the most common difficulty that patients and parents actually experienced before and after undergoing the procedure was “Hunger.” …”
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Study of the Prevalence of Cytomegalovirus in Children with Malignancy in Southwestern Iran from 2016-2023 by Arash Alghasi, Saeed Bitraf, Roya Salehi Kahyesh, Yasin Alidadi, Homayoun Yousefi, Manouchehr Makvandi

“…Background: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is one of the most common infections worldwide. This infection is especially dangerous for people with weakened immune systems and patients who have had organ transplants. …”
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Estimation and Characterization of Dengue Serotypes in Patients Presenting with Dengue Fever at Makkah Hospitals by Sami Melebari, Abdul Hafiz, Hatim A. Natto, Mohamed Osman Elamin, Naif A. Jalal, Ashwaq Hakim, Safiah Rushan, Othman Fallatah, Kamal Alzabeedi, Feras Malibari, Hutaf Mashat, Aisha Alsaadi, Amani Alhakam, Anoud Hadidi, Ghazi Saad Alkhaldi, Ahmed Alkhyami, Ali Alqarni, Abdulaziz Alzahrani, Mohammed Alghamdi, Abdullah Siddiqi, Abdullah Alasmari, Rowaida Bakri, Saleh Alqahtani, Juman M. Al-Bajaly, Asim Khogeer

“…Dengue fever is caused by four common serotypes of the dengue virus (DENV-1, DENV-2, DENV-3, and DENV-4). …”
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Case study of natural convection topology optimization based on finite volume method by Honglei Liu, Shuzhe Guo, Ce Liu, Fei Du, Baotong Li, Jun Hong

“…In 3D problems, a case involving numerous design variables is conducted using common PC, which demonstrate the validity of this work in large-scale natural convection topology optimization.…”
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Development and validation of a deep learning-enhanced prediction model for the likelihood of pulmonary embolism by Yu Tian, Yu Tian, Jingjie Liu, Shan Wu, Yucong Zheng, Rongye Han, Qianhui Bao, Lei Li, Lei Li, Tao Yang

“…BackgroundPulmonary embolism (PE) is a common and potentially fatal condition. Timely and accurate risk assessment in patients with acute deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is crucial. …”
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Adult classic Bartter syndrome: a case report with 5-year follow-up and literature review by Le Jiang, Dongmei Li, Qiansha Guo, Yunfeng Li, Lei Zan, Rihan Ao

“…Classic BS, or BS Type 3, the most common subtype in the Asian population, is caused by a molecular defect in ClC-Kb, a voltage-gated chloride channel in renal tubules, due to CLCNKB gene mutation. …”
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Pregnancy and cardiovascular outcomes among patients post Fontan surgery: a 25-year single-centre retrospective cohort study by Ran Kornowski, Eran Hadar, Daniel Yehuda, Omri Soudry, Eyal Schwartz, Ilan Richter, Alexander Dadashev, Shahar Vig, Shimon Kolker, Ohad Houri, Rafael Hirsch, Nili Schamroth Pravda

“…Intrauterine growth retardation of the fetus was common, observed in 23% of all pregnancies and 50% of live births. …”
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Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in Patients with Solid Tumours by Diamantis P. Kofteridis, Antonios Valachis, Eirini Koutsounaki, Sofia Maraki, Eleni Mavrogeni, Foteini N. Economidou, Dimitra Dimopoulou, Kostas Kalbakis, Vassilis Georgoulias, George Samonis

“…Their median age was 65 years (34–82). The most common underlying malignancy was breast cancer in 17 patients (24%). …”
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Prevalence of Dermatological Presentations of Canine Leishmaniasis in a Nonendemic Area: A Retrospective Study of 100 Dogs by Roberta Perego, Daniela Proverbio, Giada Bagnagatti De Giorgi, Eva Spada

“…In 79% of dogs dermatological signs occurred in association with systemic signs of CanL, whilst 21% of dogs had only dermatological manifestations. The most common dermatological manifestation was exfoliative dermatitis (74%), followed by ulcerative (18%) and nodular (11%) lesions. …”
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The Expression of IL-6, TNF-α, and MCP-1 in Respiratory Viral Infection in Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by Jingtong Zheng, Yue Shi, Lingxin Xiong, Weijie Zhang, Ying Li, Peter G. Gibson, Jodie L. Simpson, Chao Zhang, Junying Lu, Jingying Sai, Guoqiang Wang, Fang Wang

“…Viral infection is a common trigger for acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD). …”
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Multi-ancestry genome-wide meta-analysis with 472,819 individuals identifies 32 novel risk loci for psoriasis by Min Zhang, Wenting Su, Jiahui Deng, Bin Zhai, Gaizhi Zhu, Ran Gao, Qi Zeng, Jinming Qiu, Ziqing Bian, He Xiao, Guoming Luan, Renxi Wang

“…Abstract Background Psoriasis is a common chronic, recurrent, immune-mediated disease involved in the skin or joints or both. …”
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Case Report: Kryptonite—A Rare Case of Left-Sided Bilothorax in a Sickle Cell Patient by Vikas D. Reddy, Anas Al-Khateeb, Muhammad Hussain, Varun Patel, Muqueet Kadri, Rutwik Patel, Siva Prasad Maruboyina, Richard A. Miller, Joseph R. DePasquale

“…A magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) showed an abnormal 90-degree acute angulation in the mid-to-distal common bile duct with proximal common bile duct and intrahepatic bile ducts dilation. …”
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Control of a Clonal Outbreak of Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in a Hospital of the Basque Country after the Introduction of Environmental Cleaning Led by the Systemat... by Jesús Delgado Naranjo, José Ignacio Villate Navarro, Mercedes Sota Busselo, Alberto Martínez Ruíz, José María Hernández Hernández, María Pilar Torres Garmendia, María Isabel Urcelay López

“…The risk increased significantly with the number of positive samples in common areas (RR = 1.40; 95%CI = 0.99–1.94) and positive samples in boxes (RR = 1.19; 95%CI = 1.01–1.40). …”
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Development of a Loop Mediated Isothermal Amplification for Diagnosis of Ascaris lumbricoides in Fecal Samples by Esther A. Shiraho, Agola L. Eric, Ibrahim N. Mwangi, Geoffrey M. Maina, Joseph M. Kinuthia, Martin W. Mutuku, Robert M. Mugambi, Jackson M. Mwandi, Gerald M. Mkoji

“…Ascaris lumbricoides is a nematode parasite that causes the common tropical infection ascariasis in humans. It is also considered among the neglected tropical diseases. …”
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Detection Performance of 99mTc in Albira SI Small-Animal SPECT-CT by Jie TANG, Dong XU, Qianyue HU, Bo ZHANG, Wei LI, Lizhen WANG, Huixin YU, Fukuan ZHAO

“…The device demonstrated a strong linear correlation between radioactivity and measurement results，exhibited high stability，and showed minimal variation when compared to commonly used radioactivity measurement devices.The Albira SI small animal SPECT-CT accurately reflects the distribution of the radioactive activity of the single photon isotope 99mTc，showing excellent imaging of mouse bone metabolism，suitable for preclinical radiopharmaceutical research. …”
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Case-Control Pilot Study on Acute Diarrheal Disease in a Geographically Defined Pediatric Population in a Middle Income Country by Ana E. Farfán-García, Chengxian Zhang, Aamer Imdad, Monica Y. Arias-Guerrero, Nayibe T. Sánchez-Alvarez, Rikhil Shah, Junaid Iqbal, Maria E. Tamborski, Oscar G. Gómez-Duarte

“…Acute diarrheal disease (ADD) is a common cause of morbidity and mortality in children under 5 years of age. …”
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