A Preseason Training Program With the Nordic Hamstring Exercise Increases Eccentric Knee Flexor Strength and Fascicle Length in Professional Female Soccer Players by Karoline Baptista Vianna, Lívia Gonçalves Rodrigues, Nathalia Trevisol Oliveira, João Breno Ribeiro-Alvares, Bruno Manfredini Baroni

“… # Methods Sixteen amateur female soccer players (without a NHE training routine) were evaluated 8-weeks apart to: (1) assess reliability of eccentric knee flexor strength and biceps femoris fascicle length measures; and (2) determine the typical error of measures that would be used to discriminate training responders and non-responders. …”
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Cochlear Implantation: Predicting Round Window Niche Visibility Using One Measurement in High-Resolution Temporal Bone Computed Tomography by Laila Telmesani, Mona Al-Ramah, Yassin Abdelsamad, Lena Telmesani

“…The receiver operating characteristic analysis revealed a significant discriminating ability in predicting RWN visibility (P <.001) at a threshold ABTC angle of 58.5°. …”
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A Lightweight CNN-Transformer Implemented via Structural Re-Parameterization and Hybrid Attention for Remote Sensing Image Super-Resolution by Jie Wang, Hongwei Li, Yifan Li, Zilong Qin

“…While transformer methods are capable of learning long-distance dependencies, they often overlook local feature details, which can diminish the discriminability between the background and the foreground. …”
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Analysis of Flavor Differences in Yak Milk Powder at Different Milk Production Stages by Headspace Solid-Phase Microextraction and Gas Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry by Diandian Wang, Yaxi Zhou, Jian Zhao, Yu Guo, Wenjie Yan

“…Principal component analysis (PCA), orthogonal partial least squares discriminant analysis (OPLS-DA), and hierarchical clustering heatmap analysis revealed a high degree of differentiation and notable variation in volatile compounds between the samples from different lactation periods. …”
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The language use Inventory-Persian: report of the psychometric properties by Mahbubeh Nakhshab, Ali Asgary, Akram Ahmadi

“…In addition, the evidence of the discriminant validity was confirmed by a significant difference between TD and late-talking children (p < 0.001). …”
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Validation and assessment of the arabic psychological first aid scale among physicians, nurses, and counselors in Jordan by Basma Eid Alshareef, Othman A. Alfuqaha, Ibraheem B. Maali, Khaled Amer

“…This study aimed to validate the Arabic version of PFA scale through validity (face, content, convergent, discriminant validity, and confirmatory factor analysis) and reliability (Cronbach’s alpha). …”
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Non-targeted metabolomics reveals fatty acid and associated pathways driving resistance to whitefly and tomato leafminer in wild tomato accessions by Sunil Kumaraswamy, Kalenahalli Yogendra, Paola Sotelo-Cardona, Aparna Shivanna, Sanivarapu Hemalatha, Muthugounder Mohan, Ramasamy Srinivasan

“…Additionally, the differential accumulation of metabolites was evident through partial least squares-discriminant analysis (PLS-DA), highlighting differences in metabolite profiles between resistant and susceptible accessions at 6 and 12 hpi of B. tabaci and P. absoluta. …”
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Intra-abdominal pressure and residual renal function decline in peritoneal dialysis: a threshold-based investigation by Jingjing Zhang, Lei Song, Zhongwei Ma, Lina Sun, Xiaoqing Wang, Duanyan Liu, Feng Huang, Yulin Man

“…Furthermore, an IAP ≥15.65 cmH2O was a robust discriminator for the prediction of the rate of RRF decline.Conclusion Patients in the high IAP group experienced a more rapid decline in RRF. …”
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A Convolutional Neural Network Using Anterior Segment Photos for Infectious Keratitis Identification by Satitpitakul V, Puangsricharern A, Yuktiratna S, Jaisarn Y, Sangsao K, Puangsricharern V, Kasetsuwan N, Reinprayoon U, Kittipibul T

“…The ensemble technique showed higher performance than single algorithm with the accuracy of 0.83 (95% 0.78– 0.88).Conclusion: Convolutional neural networks with ensemble techniques provided the best performance in discriminating bacterial keratitis, fungal keratitis, non-infectious corneal lesions, and normal corneas. …”
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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

“…ROC analysis was performed to discriminate the ability of the nomogram, and the AUC was 0.926 (95% CI: 0.850–1.000, P<0.001). …”
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Measuring Digital Health Literacy in Older Adults: Development and Validation Study by SungMin Kim, Choonghee Park, Sunghyeon Park, Dai-Jin Kim, Ye-Seul Bae, Jae-Heon Kang, Ji-Won Chun

“…High convergent validity (average variance extracted>0.5) and reliability (composite reliability>0.7) were observed within each factor. Discriminant validity was also confirmed as the square root of the average variance extracted was greater than the correlation coefficients between the factors. …”
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Enhanced Detection of Residual Breast Cancer Post-Excisional Biopsy: Comparative Analysis of Contrast-Enhanced MRI with and Without Diffusion-Weighted Imaging by Han Song Mun, Bong Joo Kang, Sung Hun Kim, Ga Eun Park

“…Conclusions: CE-MRI with DWI and CE-MRI alone were comparable and demonstrated excellent performance in discriminating between women with and without residual disease. …”
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An Adaptive X‐Ray Dynamic Image Estimation Method Based on OMNI Solar Wind Parameters and SXI Simulated Observations by R. C. Wang, Anders M. Jorgensen, Dalin Li, Tianran Sun, Zhen Yang, Xiaodong Peng

“…Specifically, an adaptive X‐ray image estimator and a spatio‐temporal discriminator are used. It leverages X‐ray models like Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) and Jorgensen & Sun model, driven by OMNI data to provide high‐temporal‐resolution prior information on magnetosphere motion, with SXI observation images acting as a posterior constraint on the magnetosphere's state. …”
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Nomogram for prognosis prediction in metastatic pancreatic cancer patients undergoing intra-arterial infusion chemotherapy: incorporating immune-inflammation scores and coagulation... by Yifan Yang, Shaoqi Zong, Yongqiang Hua

“…The model demonstrated good discriminative ability, with a C-index of 0.722, and the AUC values at 6- and 12-month OS predictions were 0.828 and 0.851 in the training cohort, while in the validation cohort, the corresponding AUC values were 0.754 and 0.791, respectively. …”
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Relationship between the Sorghum's Physicochemical Attributes and the Flavor Components of Qing Stubble Daqu Baijiu by Linming SHI, Yanhong DU, Jianguang NIE, Hao TAN, Simai LI, Tingting LI

“…Differential markers in Baijiu samples were identified through partial least squares discriminant analysis (PLS-DA). Further, the Mantel test was employed to probe the associations between sorghum's physicochemical attributes and the differential compounds in Baijiu. …”
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Comprehensive Analysis of Metabolic Changes in Mice Exposed to Corilagin Based on GC-MS Analysis by Xu B, Wang C, Zhu X, Zhu L, Han G, Cui C

“…We identified the differential metabolites by multivariate analyses, which include principal component analysis (PCA) and orthogonal partial least squares discriminant analysis (OPLS-DA). Using MetaboAnalyst 5.0 and the KEGG database was used to depict the 12 key metabolic pathways.Results: Compared with the control group, the Corilagin induced 20, 9, 11, 7, 16, 19, 14, 15, and 16 differential metabolites in the intestine, lung, kidney, stomach, heart, liver, hippocampus, cerebral cortex, and serum, respectively. …”
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Novel Organic Mineral Complex Prevents High-Fat Diet-Induced Changes in the Gut and Liver of Male Sprague-Dawley Rats by M. S. Crawford, A. E. Mohr, K. L. Sweazea

“…Low-dose OMC was associated with higher expression of occludin in the small intestine of rats fed either diet (two-way ANOVA, p<0.042). Linear discriminant analysis (LDA) effect size (LEfSe) indicated significant differences in fecal microbial composition of untreated HFD-fed rats in comparison to untreated Chow rats at 10 weeks (LDA score > 2.0 : 18). …”
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Metagenomic characterization of oral microbiome signatures to predict upper gastrointestinal and pancreaticobiliary cancers: a case–control study by Sujin Oh, Jaihwan Kim, Cheol Min Shin, Hyo-Jung Lee, Hye Seung Lee, Kyoung Un Park

“…For GC, the classifier exhibited high discriminative power (AUC = 0.961); it included five genera (Escherichia-Shigella, Gemella, Holdemanella, Actinomyces, and Stomatobaculum) and three species (Eubacterium sp. oral clone EI074, Ruminococcus sp. …”
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Performance of an Electronic Health Record–Based Automated Pulmonary Embolism Severity Index Score Calculator: Cohort Study in the Emergency Department by Elizabeth Joyce, James McMullen, Xiaowen Kong, Connor O'Hare, Valerie Gavrila, Anthony Cuttitta, Geoffrey D Barnes, Colin F Greineder

“…The accuracy of the ePESI was higher for low-risk scores (OR 2.96, PP ConclusionsIn this single-center study, the ePESI was highly accurate in discriminating between low- and high-risk scores. The clinical decision support should facilitate real-time identification of patients who may be candidates for outpatient PE management.…”
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Potential biomarkers in Behçet’s disease: monocyte, neutrophil, platelet, and C-reactive protein to albumin ratios by Mestan Sahin, Cansu Celin Karakose, Meltem Alkan Melikoglu

“…This finding suggests that these parameters possess discriminative ability and could potentially serve as biomarkers to aid in the clinical evaluation of BD.…”
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