An artificial intelligence application to predict prolonged dependence on mechanical ventilation among patients with critical orthopaedic trauma: an establishment and validation st... by Weigang Jiang, Tao Liu, Baisheng Sun, Lixia Zhong, Zhencan Han, Minhua Lu, Mingxing Lei

“…The prediction performance of these models was evaluated using discrimination and calibration. A scoring system was used to comprehensively assess and compare the prediction performance of the models, based on ten evaluation metrics. …”
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Whole lung radiomic features are associated with overall survival in patients with locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer treated with definitive radiotherapy by Meng Yan, Zhen Zhang, Jia Tian, Jiaqi Yu, Andre Dekker, Dirk de Ruysscher, Leonard Wee, Lujun Zhao

“…Results The discrimination ability of lung- and tumor-based radiomics model was similar in terms of C-index, 0.69 vs. 0.68 in training set, 0.68 vs. 0.66 in test-set-1, 0.61 vs. 0.62 in test-set-2, 0.65 vs. 0.64 in test-set-3. …”
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Association between insulin resistance indices and outcomes in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction by Weicheng Ni, Ruihao Jiang, Di Xu, Jianhan Zhu, Jing Chen, Yuanzhen Lin, Hao Zhou

“…When compared to other IR indicators, the TyG index exhibited superior discrimination and reclassification abilities in predicting MACE. …”
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Hepatocellular carcinoma risk scores for non-viral liver disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Laura Burke, Alexander Hinkson, Vincent Haghnejad, Rebecca Jones, Richard Parker, Ian A. Rowe

“…Measures of model performance (discrimination and calibration) to assess the risk of HCC at specified time points were identified. …”
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Machine learning based models for predicting presentation delay risk among gastric cancer patients by Huali Zhou, Huali Zhou, Qiong Gu, Rong Bao, Liping Qiu, Yuhan Zhang, Fang Wang, Wenlian Liu, Lingling Wu, Li Li, Yihua Ren, Lei Qiu, Qian Wang, Gaomin Zhang, Xiaoqing Qiao, Wenjie Yuan, Juan Ren, Min Luo, Rong Huang, Qing Yang, Qing Yang

“…Among all models, RF based model was selected as the best one as it achieved good discrimination and calibration performance on both of internal and external validation set. …”
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The Habituation/Cross-Habituation Test Revisited: Guidance from Sniffing and Video Tracking by G. Coronas-Samano, A. V. Ivanova, J. V. Verhagen

“…The habituation/cross-habituation test (HaXha) is a spontaneous odor discrimination task that has been used for many decades to evaluate olfactory function in animals. …”
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Coupling Sensing Hardware with Data Interrogation Software for Structural Health Monitoring by Charles R. Farrar, David W. Allen, Gyuhae Park, Steven Ball, Michael P. Masquelier

“…In this paradigm, the process can be broken down into four parts: (1) Operational Evaluation, (2) Data Acquisition and Cleansing, (3) Feature Extraction and Data Compression, and (4) Statistical Model Development for Feature Discrimination. These processes must be implemented through hardware or software and, in general, some combination of these two approaches will be used. …”
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BREAKING GENDER STEREOTYPES: A CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF BARRIERS TO EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION by Joy Amarachi Ofordi, Babatunde Joseph Ayodele

“…It discovered that stereotypes of these nature can lead to a number of barriersincluding disrespect, invisibility, discrimination and microaggressions as people may make subtle, yet harmful comments or behaviours that reinforce gender stereotypes, and hindering effective communication. …”
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Different Output Ripples of Speed and Torque and Output Ripple Minimization for External Hydraulic Gear-motors by Li Yulong, Hou Xinyu, Zhang Lihua, Song Anran

“…Firstly, from the flow ripple formula of the gear-pump, the speed and torque ripple formula of the gear-motor are derived, and the corresponding differentiation discrimination is carried out. Secondly, the relation between the minimum output ripple and the maximum tooth number and the maximum contact ratio is analyzed theoretically. …”
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Image denoising algorithm based on multi-channel GAN by Hongyan WANG, Xiao YANG, Yanchao JIANG, Zumin WANG

“…Aiming at the issue that the noise generated during image acquisition and transmission would degrade the ability of subsequent image processing, a generative adversarial network (GAN) based multi-channel image denoising algorithm was developed.The noisy color image could be separated into red-green-blue (RGB) three channels via the proposed approach, and then the denoising could be implemented in each channel on the basis of an end-to-end trainable GAN with the same architecture.The generator module of GAN was constructed based on the U-net derivative network and residual blocks such that the high-level feature information could be extracted effectively via referring to the low-level feature information to avoid the loss of the detail information.In the meantime, the discriminator module could be demonstrated on the basis of fully convolutional neural network such that the pixel-level classification could be achieved to improve the discrimination accuracy.Besides, in order to improve the denoising ability and retain the image detail as much as possible, the composite loss function could be depicted by the illustrated denoising network based on the following three loss measures, adversarial loss, visual perception loss, and mean square error (MSE).Finally, the resultant three-channel output information could be fused by exploiting the arithmetic mean method to obtain the final denoised image.Compared with the state-of-the-art algorithms, experimental results show that the proposed algorithm can remove the image noise effectively and restore the original image details considerably.…”
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Model for Fulfilling the Right to Work for Persons with Disabilities as an Effort to Protect the Law by darmawati Asriadi, Asriadi Zainuddin

“…The results of the study show that the fulfillment of the right to work for people with disabilities has not fully run as expected because it is caused by several factors including discrimination problems, difficulty in obtaining jobs due to the limitations of education and the abilities they have, accessibility and supporting facilities for the fulfillment of the right to education are still limited. …”
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Perception auditive des effets de différents masques anti-COVID sur la parole conversationnelle, déclamée et le chant : étude de cas by Claire Pillot-Loiseau, Bernard Harmegnies

“… Quels sont les effets perceptifs, en environnement calme, du port de six types de masques anti-COVID sur l’identification et la discrimination de consonnes, celle de phrases parlées, déclamées et chantées en français produits par un homme et une femme ? …”
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Quantum state engineering and photon statistics at electromagnetic time interfaces by M. S. Mirmoosa, T. Setälä, A. Norrman

“…Notably, such an analysis reveals and connects various quantum optical phenomena and opportunities arising from the time interface, including photon-pair production and destruction, photon bunching and antibunching, vacuum generation, quantum state discrimination, and quantum state freezing. To bridge theory and experiment, we propose a possible circuit quantum electrodynamics approach for validating our theoretical predictions. …”
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Predicting Length of Hospital Stay in Oral Cavity Cancer Surgery: A Nomogram-based Approach by Sagarika Gopalkrishnan, Hitesh Rajendra Singhavi, Sudhir Nair, Arjun Gurmeet Singh, Rathan Shetty, Sadhana Kannan, Pankaj Chaturvedi

“…The nomogram showed good discrimination, with an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of 0.699. …”
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Ecofeminist Kitchens: Reimagining Professional Kitchens as Spaces of Sustainable Foodwork by Adele Wylie

“…Socially, they are spaces of low paid, high-pressured work, where gendered occupational discrimination is common. Ecologically, food production in these spaces contributes significantly to the demand for unethical meat production and the commodification of nature globally. …”
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Challenges of parents of young adults misusing psychoactive substances in small-scale mining communities in Ghana by Philip Asamoah, Samuel Nana Abokyi, Victor Fannam Nunfam

“…The challenges of parents of young adults engaged in psychoactive substance misuse included financial constraints, the onset of negative emotional effects on parents, structural challenges in pursuit of medical treatment, and stigma and discrimination. We have provided empirical data to inform policy decisions on establishing social protection and psychosocial support schemes for young adults misusing psychoactive substances and their parents to enhance the rehabilitation of young adults recovering from the impacts of psychoactive substance misuse.…”
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« On est encore en vie, à la grande surprise de tout le monde… » L’expérience des personnes âgées trans vivant avec une démence dans une société âgiste, cisgenriste et cogniticiste... by Alexandre Baril, Marjorie Silverman

“…Trans and non-binary older adults living with dementia experience forms of marginalization, pathologization, and discrimination embedded in epistemic violence that leads them to be mistreated and dismissed as knowledgeable subjects. …”
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A Survey on the Evaluation of Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) Taste in Austria by Emilia Iannilli, Emilise Lucerne Pötz, Thomas Hummel

“…Using blind tasting, participants evaluated monosodium glutamate (MSG) dissolved in water, providing open-ended verbal descriptions, pleasantness ratings, and comparisons to a sodium chloride (NaCl) solution. Discrimination tests excluded MSG ageusia, and basic demographic data were collected. …”
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Design and Application of a Financial Distress Early Warning Model Based on Data Reasoning and Pattern Recognition by Xiaoya Hu

“…Therefore, the particle swarm optimization BP neural network model proposed in this paper is suitable for solving the problem of discrimination and prediction of the financial distress of enterprises. …”
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Schools as Sites of Homelessness Prevention by Jayne Malenfant, Naomi Nichols

“…We conclude with possible actions to support youth homelessness prevention in schools, including creating more flexible ways for children and families to access supports, resourcing “champion” teachers, and addressing the insidious biases and discrimination in the organization of school policies.  …”
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