Leveraging Comprehensive Echo Data to Power Artificial Intelligence Models for Handheld Cardiac Ultrasound by D.M. Anisuzzaman, PhD, Jeffrey G. Malins, PhD, John I. Jackson, PhD, Eunjung Lee, PhD, Jwan A. Naser, MBBS, Behrouz Rostami, PhD, Grace Greason, BA, Jared G. Bird, MD, Paul A. Friedman, MD, Jae K. Oh, MD, Patricia A. Pellikka, MD, Jeremy J. Thaden, MD, Francisco Lopez-Jimenez, MD, MSc, MBA, Zachi I. Attia, PhD, Sorin V. Pislaru, MD, PhD, Garvan C. Kane, MD, PhD

“…Objective: To develop a fully end-to-end deep learning framework capable of estimating left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), estimating patient age, and classifying patient sex from echocardiographic videos, including videos collected using handheld cardiac ultrasound (HCU). …”
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The Length-Weight Relationship and Condition Factors of Bullet Tuna Landed at the Tanjung Luar Fishing Port, Indonesia by Evron Asrial, Yasir Arapat, Usma Kurniawan Hadi, Lalu A.T.T.W.S Kalih, Mita Ayu Liliyanti, Erwin Rosadi, Ruly Isfatul Khasanah, Ishani Nelunika Rathnayake

“…Fork length and body weight data were used to estimate the length and weight relationship, growth pattern, condition factor, fish age group, and catch worth. …”
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Temporal trends and future projections of incidence rate and mortality for asthma in China: an analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Xi Chen, Xi Chen, Dandan Ma, Hangyu Li, Yilin Liu, Guixing Xu, Xinyu Deng, Qi Li, Junqi Li, Hui Pan

“…The age-period-cohort model was applied to estimate the effects of the age, period, and cohort on the incidence and mortality. …”
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Extraction of tree branch skeletons from terrestrial LiDAR point clouds by Jimiao Gao, Liyu Tang, Honglin Su, Jiwei Chen, Yuehui Yuan

“…Wood–leaf separation and tree skeleton extraction are essential prerequisites for accurately estimating tree attributes (e.g., stem volume, aboveground biomass, and crown characteristics) and representing the tree branch network. …”
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Is there a mental health diagnostic crisis in primary care? Current research practices in global mental health cannot answer that question by Brandon A. Kohrt, Dristy Gurung, Ritika Singh, Sauharda Rai, Mani Neupane, Elizabeth L. Turner, Alyssa Platt, Shifeng Sun, Kamal Gautam, Nagendra P. Luitel, Mark J.D. Jordans

“…In low- and middle-income countries, fewer than 1 in 10 people with mental health conditions are estimated to be accurately diagnosed in primary care. …”
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An Enhanced Three-Band Algorithm for Retrieving Phycocyanin Concentration from Satellite Data in Plateau Inland Lake by Dajun Yuan, Bo-Hui Tang, Dong Wang, Junyi Chen, Zhen Zhang, Zhitao Fu

“…However, accurately estimating PC in turbid waters using remote sensing is challenging due to the optical complexity of most inland waters and the relatively weak optical signal of PC. …”
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Evaluation of potential productivity in coniferous forests by integrating field data and aerial laser scanning in Hidalgo, México by Rodrigo Ramos-Madrigal, Héctor M. de los Santos-Posadas, José René Valdez-Lazalde, Efraín Velasco-Bautista, Gregorio Ángeles-Pérez, Alma Delia Ortiz-Reyes

“… Aim of study: To predict the productivity potential of a managed conifer forest by estimating the site index from Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data. …”
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Inflammatory biomarkers of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratios in 563 severe OSA patients before and after surgery by Chung-Wei Lin, Pei-Wen Lin, Li-Wen Chiu, Han-Tan Chai, Chun-Tuan Chang, Michael Friedman, Anna M. Salapatas, Sara Rahavi-Ezabadi, Hsin-Ching Lin

“…Results After OSA surgery, the major PSG estimates, NLR and PLR dropped significantly in the overall population. …”
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Contrasting spatial variations between above and below-ground net primary productivity in global grasslands by Ying Hu, Yue Yang, Yu Wei, Xiaozhen Li, Yue Jiao, Jiapei Liao, Ruiyu Fu, Lichong Dai, Zhongmin Hu

“…Machine learning methods were used to identify the determinants of grassland productivity variables and to estimate global productivity at a 0.05° resolution. …”
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Lung transplant outcomes for recipients with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, by use of alpha-1 antitrypsin augmentation therapy by Atharv V. Oak, MEng, Jessica M. Ruck, MD, PhD, Alfred J. Casillan, MD, PhD, Armaan F. Akbar, BS, Ramon A. Riojas, MD, PhD, Pali D. Shah, MD, Jinny S. Ha, MD, MHS, Sara Strout, PharmD, Allan B. Massie, PhD, Dorry L. Segev, MD, PhD, Christian A. Merlo, MD, MPH, Errol L. Bush, MD

“…The age-adjusted ATE estimate of post-LT augmentation therapy use on time to death and ACGF was +1.69 and +1.48 years, respectively. …”
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Daily Usage of Proton Pump Inhibitors May Reduce the Severity of Critical Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Elderly Patients by Hidetaka Matsuda, Takuto Nosaka, Yu Akazawa, Yasushi Saito, Yoshihiko Ozaki, Kazuto Takahashi, Tatsushi Naito, Kazuya Ofuji, Masahiro Ohtani, Katsushi Hiramatsu, Yasunari Nakamoto

“…Bleeding severity was assessed using the shock index (SI) and estimated bleeding volume; 49 patients met the criterion for the mild group and 48 for the moderate/severe group. …”
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Investigation of a Novel Noninvasive Risk Analytics Algorithm With Laboratory Central Venous Oxygen Saturation Measurements in Critically Ill Pediatric Patients by Sarah A. Teele, MD, MSHPEd, Avihu Z. Gazit, MD, Craig Futterman, MD, William G. La Cava, PhD, David S. Cooper, MD, MPH, MBA, Steven M. Schwartz, MD, MS, Joshua W. Salvin, MD, MPH

“…The central venous oxygen saturation (Svo2) enables an estimate of cardiac output yet obtaining these clinical data requires invasive procedures and repeated blood sampling. …”
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Nuclear Effects and CP Sensitivity at DUNE by Srishti Nagu, Jaydip Singh, Jyotsna Singh, R. B. Singh

“…An error in energy reconstruction is propagated to all the oscillation parameters; hence, a careful estimation of the neutrino energy is required. To increase the statistics, neutrino-oscillation experiments use heavy nuclear targets like argon (Z=18). …”
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Investigating the effect of sense of security and perceived value on tourists\' spatial attachment Case Study (Zanjan Province) by Narges Mousavi, Homa doroudi, Somayeh Moghaddam

“…The sample size of the study was estimated to be 384 people using Cochran formula. The reliability of the questionnaire was measured by Cronbach's alpha and the combined reliability coefficient (Cr). …”
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Impact assessment of wastewater on water quality using new quality indices and multiple linear regression by Florinela Pirvu, Iuliana Paun, Vasile Iancu, Nicoleta Vasilache, Daniel Rudaru, Marcela Niculescu, Anda Gabriela Tenea, Florentina Laura Chiriac

“…The results indicate good and regular quality of treated wastewater for safe disposal, according to the classification of WWQI levels, and the prediction model yielded values similar to those estimated.…”
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«Where once the Russian flag is raised, there it should not go down» by N. A. Shabelnikova

“…The conversation was devoted to the prospects for studying the history of Russian special services in Russia, modern estimates of the historiography of the Civil War in the Far East and the policy of preserving historical memory in Russia.…”
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Badanie potencjału możliwości uczenia się dzieci – eksperyment nauczający by Ewa Filipiak

“…Vygotsky, the transition from the study of existing learning culture products and the diagnosis of the zone of actual development, the exploration of the child’s learning potential, his/her susceptibility to teaching, estimation of the child’s proximal development and cognitive readiness; from organizing a research situation in which the child independently solves the problem to exploring the potential of a child to solve a problem in cooperation with an adult, finally from examining both the child and the context to the study of the child in the context. …”
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Marketing analysis of the technological equipment market for the Russian logging industry by Yu. V. Astashova, I. Yu. Okolnishnikova, O. N. Gatilova

“…A literary review of the domestic and foreign equipment markets is presented, the size of the market is estimated, its segmentation is carried out, consumer preferences are identified and characterized. …”
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Bit Error Rate Performance of a MIMO-CDMA System Employing Parity-Bit-Selected Spreading in Frequency Nonselective Rayleigh Fading by Claude D'Amours, Adel Omar Dahmane

“…The analysis presented demonstrates that parity-bit-selected spreading provides an asymptotic gain of 10log(Nt) dB over conventional MIMO-CDMA when the receiver has perfect channel estimates. This analytical result concurs with previous works where the (BER) is determined by simulation methods and provides insight into why the different techniques provide improvement over conventional MIMO-CDMA systems.…”
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Factors of heterogeneity of mortgage refinancing in the Russian regions by E. A. Gafarova

“…The article confirms the hypothesis about heterogeneity of effect of reducing average mortgage rate on mortgage refinancing in the Russian regions. Empirical estimates have been obtained by panel vector autoregression for groups of regions depending on the average income of population and average housing prices. …”
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