Fully Automated Bone Age Assessment on Large-Scale Hand X-Ray Dataset by Xiaoying Pan, Yizhe Zhao, Hao Chen, De Wei, Chen Zhao, Zhi Wei

“…The AL segmentation model achieved a Dice score at 0.95 in the annotated testing set. To optimize the learning process, we employ six off-the-shell deep Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) with pretrained weights on ImageNet. …”
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TcPO2 as a Predictor of Limb Salvage or Amputation in Patients of Critical Limb Ischemia by Rahul Merkhed, Vikram Patra, Rishi Dhillon, Rohit Mehra, CVNM Dattatreya, Ramandeep Kaur, Gagandeep Singh Vohra, Surjeet Dwivedi

“…A crucial aspect of managing CLTI involves determining the optimal level of amputation to maximize post-surgical healing and functional outcomes. …”
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Prevalence and Correlates of Hypertension Unawareness among Lebanese Adults: The Need to Target Those “Left Behind” by Fatima Ghaddar, Lama Hammad, Rania A. Tohme, Tamar Kabakian-Khasholian, Nahla Hwalla, Abla M. Sibai

“…These findings are key for optimizing current screening practices and informing NCD prevention efforts in the country and contribute to achieving global targets of the SDGs of “leaving no one behind.”…”
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Comorbidity patterns and mortality in atrial fibrillation: a latent class analysis of the EURopean study of Older Subjects with Atrial Fibrillation (EUROSAF) by Huah Shin Ng, Richard Woodman, Nicola Veronese, Alberto Pilotto, Arduino A. Mangoni

“…We used latent class analysis (LCA) to identify comorbidity phenotypes and Cox regression to determine associations between identified phenotypes and 12-month mortality.Results Amongst n = 2,019 AF patients (mean ± SD age 82.9 ± 7.5 years), a 3-class LCA solution was considered optimal for phenotyping. The model identified phenotype 1 (hypertensive, other circulatory conditions, metabolic diseases; 33%), phenotype 2 (digestive diseases, infection, injury, non-specific clinical and laboratory abnormalities; 26%), and phenotype 3 (heart failure, respiratory diseases; 41%). …”
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Associations Between Dynamic Strength Index and Jumping, Sprinting and Change of Direction Performance in Highly Trained Basketball Players by Jernej Pleša, Filip Ujaković, Chris Bishop, Nejc Šarabon, Žiga Kozinc

“…Due to the ballistic nature of basketball, more maximal strength training is required to optimize the DSI ratio in basketball players. Additional studies are needed to determine the precise benchmarks for navigating training based on DSI values.…”
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Prognostic model of socio-pedagogical assistance to employment of university graduates by Ljubov G. Pak, Elena G. Kameneva, Ljubov A. Kochemasova, Yulia A. Sokolova

“…The organizational and technological unit of the authors model describing the set of organizational conditions of the optimal functioning of the model is considered. An effective block of the prognostic model of social and pedagogical assistance to the employment of university graduates is presented, which performs feedback functions and allows, during the justification of the criterion and diagnostic tools, to determine the dynamics and level of formation of the culture of employment of university graduates (as a result of the authors model).…”
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Robotic-Arm Assisted Technology's Impact on Knee Arthroplasty and Associated Healthcare Costs by David J. Kolessar, Daniel S. Hayes, Jennifer L. Harding, Ravi T. Rudraraju, Jove H. Graham

“…This analysis will help optimize costs in the future.…”
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Simulation study on catalytic oxidation of low concentration mine gas in an oxidation device by Yuhang Liu, Xijian Li, Qi Xiao, Xingfa Jiang, Weilai Dong, Xianyong Chen, Yuyan Feng

“…By varying parameters, the study explored the effects of factors such as methane concentration, switching time, and the amount of hot air extraction on the combustion efficiency and safety within the oxidation device. Furthermore, the optimal placement of the catalyst within the device was refined. …”
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Transcriptomic Analysis of Pathogenicity Genes in Sclerotinia sclerotiorum Affecting Brassica napus by Hengameh Taheri, Mohamad Hamed Ghodoum Parizipour

“…It examines these genes' codon usage bias (CUB) to find the optimal codons effective in gene expression and the factors effective in the formation of CUB. …”
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Harnessing AI for Enhanced Weather Prediction: A Focus on Rainfall by Hira Farman, Noman Islam, Noman Hasany

“…The stacking model method seemed to be less optimal as the results derived from it were not as satisfactory as the ones achieved by the individual modelsAmong all the algorithms experimented with in this work, the best one was AdaBoost. …”
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Interaction Study of Oxygen and Iron-Sulfur Clusters Based on the Density Functional Theory by Jiancun Gao, Hongbin Sui, Siyuan Wu, Renyou Zhang, Mengxin Zhang, Bolun Cui, Huilin Chu

“…A thorough evaluation of the energy barriers and reaction energies of the two exothermic reactions leads to the conclusion that reaction path 1 is the optimal reaction path, and the reaction can release a total of 582.76 kJ/mol of heat. …”
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Model Experimental Study of Carbon Fiber Heating Wire for Deicing and Snow Melting on a Bridge Deck by Yan Tan, Yuntao Zhu, Henglin Xiao

“…Therefore, it can be seen that optimizing the layout of the CFHW can effectively improve the whole uniformity and efficiency of ice melting of the bridge deck. …”
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Strategic selection of polliniser trees can improve fruit quality of lychee, a crop that exhibits mixed-mating by Stephen J. Trueman, Joel Nichols, Christopher J. Burwell, Wiebke Kämper

“…The results also indicate that strategic selection and planting of polliniser cultivars, that provide an optimal pollen genotype, could lead to the production of heavier lychee fruit with improved skin colour and seed size.…”
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Tracheal Resection for Critical Airway Obstruction in Morquio A Syndrome by Claire Frauenfelder, Elizabeth Maughan, Johnny Kenth, Reema Nandi, Simon Jones, Robert Walker, Bill Walsh, Nagarajan Muthialu, Iain Bruce, Richard Hewitt, Colin Butler

“…Further work is needed to better understand the role and optimal timing of tracheal resection within this patient cohort so as to individually balance considerable surgical and anaesthetic risks against the potential symptomatic and life expectancy benefits.…”
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Development of Hollow Fiber Membranes Suitable for Outside-In Filtration of Human Blood Plasma by David Ramada, Bente Adema, Mohamed Labib, Odyl ter Beek, Dimitrios Stamatialis

“…The effectiveness of conventional dialyzers used there could be compromised during extended use due to limited blood compatibility of synthetic polymeric membranes and sub-optimal dialyzer design. In fact, blood flow in the hollow fiber (HF) membrane could trigger inflammatory responses and thrombus formation, leading to reduced filtration efficiency and limiting therapy duration, a consequence of flowing the patients’ blood through the lumen of each fiber while the dialysate passes along the inter-fiber space (IOF, inside-out filtration). …”
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Non-invasive blood glucose monitoring using PPG signals with various deep learning models and implementation using TinyML by Mahdi Zeynali, Khalil Alipour, Bahram Tarvirdizadeh, Mohammad Ghamari

“…The selected model, after being optimized and deployed on an embedded device, achieved immediate blood glucose estimation with a processing time of just 6.4 seconds, demonstrating the method’s practical applicability. …”
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Multi-scenario analysis of green water resource efficiency under carbon emission constraints in the Chengdu-Chongqing urban agglomeration, China: A system dynamics approach by Keyao Yu, Zhigang Li

“…Finally, this study provides policy implications to enhance technological innovation, optimize industrial structures, and strengthen water ecosystem protection, offering theoretical and policy insights for sustainable development in the CCUA and similar regions.…”
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Seasonal Land Use and Land Cover Mapping in South American Agricultural Watersheds Using Multisource Remote Sensing: The Case of Cuenca Laguna Merín, Uruguay by Giancarlo Alciaturi, Shimon Wdowinski, María del Pilar García-Rodríguez, Virginia Fernández

“…Accuracy assessments indicate that performance in mapping various classes is optimal, particularly for rice paddies, which play a vital role in the country’s economy and highlight significant environmental concerns. …”
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Factors associated with treatment response in chronic nonbacterial osteomyelitis at a single center: a retrospective cohort study by Katherine D. Nowicki, Nathan D. Rogers, Carson L. Keeter, Nathan J. Donaldson, Jennifer B. Soep, Yongdong Zhao

“…Multiple linear and logistic regression models were constructed to predict total NSAID monotherapy days and the odds of needing second-line treatment, respectively. These models were optimized using variable combinations that minimized multicollinearity and maximized predictive power, as indicated by minimized AIC values. …”
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Computationally Investigate Low Velocity Hydrokinetic Turbines with Variant Systems by P. P. Gohil, V. Patel, A. U. Mehta

“…Moreover, the study also extends to optimizing Cp under different TSR for the different variant systems. …”
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