Nanomaterial isolated extracellular vesicles enable high precision identification of tumor biomarkers for pancreatic cancer liquid biopsy by Zachary F. Greenberg, Samantha Ali, Andrew Brock, Jinmai Jiang, Thomas D. Schmittgen, Song Han, Steven J. Hughes, Kiley S. Graim, Mei He

“…Through modelling the ATP6V0B cycling threshold, we reported 3 models with AUCs between 0.86 and 0.88, showcasing an enabling and clinically translatable liquid biopsy approach for early detection of pancreatic cancer using circulating EVs. …”
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Pulmonary arterial hypertension in systemic lupus erythematosus: identification of risk factors and haemodynamics characteristics in a multicentre retrospective cohort by Carlo Alberto Scirè, Alessandra Bortoluzzi, Micaela Fredi, Matthias Schneider, Veronica Codullo, Carlomaurizio Montecucco, Alain Meyer, Ilaria Cavazzana, Lorenzo Cavagna, Franco Franceschini, Andreas Schwarting, Konstantinos Triantafyllias, Gamal Chehab, Christina Düsing, Jutta Richter, Ettore Silvagni, Oliver Sander, Giovanni Zanframundo, Claudia Bracaglia, Matthieu Canuet, Stefano Ghio, Rebecca Fischer, Emiliano Marasco, Sezgin Sahin, Lisa Keller, Marianne Riou, Stefanie Keymel

“…The variables we identified could be used to implement a screening algorithm to identify patients with SLE at risk of developing PAH.…”
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Acetic Acid Production from Aspergillus terreus Isolated from Some Agricultural Soils Collected from Selected Locations within the North Gondar Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia by Kidist Alemayehu, Tamene Milkessa Jiru, Nega Berhane

“…A sequence similarity of 98.5% to A. terreus isolate LL2 (KIA) was obtained by comparing the Aspergillus isolate to a reference sequence in the GenBank using the BLAST algorithm. It can be concluded from this study that A. terreus isolated from agricultural soil in the north Gondar zone of Ethiopia could produce more acetic acid using barely straw as a substrate.…”
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Risk factors for osteoporosis in men aged 40 years or older: the results of the program «Osteoscreening-Russia» by O. A. Nikitinskaya, N. V. Toroptsova, E. L. Nasonov

“…The survey was conducted using a unified questionnaire. Screening also involved a densitometric study of distal forearm bone mineral density using a peripheral X-ray osteodensitometer (Osteometer Meditech DTX-200). …”
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A computer-driven ventilator liberation protocol in pediatric patients: a single-center pilot randomized controlled trial by Song Chen, Changxue Xiao, Xue Lu, Min Liao, Chengjun Liu, Feng Xu, Jing Li

“…The test group underwent ventilator liberation driven by a computerized algorithm combining protocolized screening, air leak testing, and spontaneous breathing testing. …”
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An EfficientNet integrated ResNet deep network and explainable AI for breast lesion classification from ultrasound images by Kiran Jabeen, Muhammad Attique Khan, Ameer Hamza, Hussain Mobarak Albarakati, Shrooq Alsenan, Usman Tariq, Isaac Ofori

“…Explainable artificial intelligence‐based analysed the performance of trained models. After that, a new feature selection technique is proposed based on the cuckoo search algorithm called cuckoo search controlled standard error mean. …”
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Analysis of risk factors of acute respiratory failure after radical resection of esophageal cancer by two methods by LEI Xiuwen, ZHU Xiaolei, TIAN Long

“…The combination of the two methods is conducive to the joint screening of risk factors for ARF after radical resection for esophageal cancer, and the three rules are more valuable in guiding clinical intervention." …”
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Biophysical and nutritional combination treatment for myosteatosis in patients with sarcopenia: a study protocol for single-blinded randomised controlled trial by Maoyi Tian, Ling Qin, Simon Kwoon Ho Chow, Wing Hoi Cheung, A A Welch, Can Cui, Parco M Siu, Meng Chen Michelle Li, Yu Kin Cheng, Ronald Man Yeung Wong, Timothy CY Kwok, Minghui Yang, Clinton Rubin, Sheung Wai Law

“…The findings of this study will demonstrate the effect of combination treatment as an alternative for managing sarcopenia.Methods and analysis In this single-blinded randomised controlled trial, subjects will be screened based on the Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia (AWGS) 2019 definition. 200 subjects who are aged 65 or above and identified sarcopenic according to the AWGS algorithm will be recruited. …”
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U-shaped relationship between frailty and non-HDL-cholesterol in the elderly: a cross-sectional study by Yu Pan, Yan Yuan, Juan Yang, Zhu Qing Feng, Xue Yin Tang, Yi Jiang, Gui Ming Hu, Jiang Chuan Dong

“…The variables underwent screening through Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator (LASSO) regression, univariate logistic regression, and Light Gradient Boosting Machine (LightGBM), with models developed through multivariate logistic regression and the LightGBM algorithm. …”
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High prevalence of resistance to macrolides and fluoroquinolones in Mycoplasma genitalium isolated from patients in two Russian megalopolises – Moscow and St. Petersburg in 2021– 2... by Edelstein I.A., Gushchin A.E., Gladin D.P., Romanov A.V., Negasheva E.S., Frigo N.V., Kozlov R.S., Potekaev N.N., Kozlova N.S., Borukhovich D.G.

“…The most common combination of mutations was A2059G (23S rRNA) + S80I (parC), which made up to 33% (18/54) in St. Petersburg and 25.7% (25/97) in Moscow. …”
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Rapid Resilience Assessment and Weak Link Analysis of Power Systems Considering Uncertainties of Typhoon by Wenqing Ma, Xiaofu Xiong, Jian Wang

“…Second, for the resilience assessment process, the impact increment method is used to reduce the dimensionality of multiple fault state analysis in the power system, and resilience indexes are calculated by screening the contingency set based on depth-first traversal through a backtracking algorithm. …”
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Artificial Intelligence Powered Automated and Early Diagnosis of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Cancer in Histopathological Images: A Robust SqueezeNet-Enhanced Machine Learning Fram... by Vineet Mehan

“…The growing prevalence of acute lymphoblastic leukemia cancer worldwide underlines the critical need for early and more precise detection to counter this deadly disease. …”
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Identification of the immune infiltration and biomarkers in ulcerative colitis based on liquid–liquid phase separation-related genes by Zhixing Hong, Shilin Fang, Haihang Nie, Jingkai Zhou, Yuntian Hong, Lan Liu, Qiu Zhao

“…We identified the hub LLPS-RGs (DE-LLPS-RGs) (HSPB3, SLC16A1, TRIM22, SRI, PLEKHG6, GBP1, PADI2) by machine learning algorithms. Hub genes were screened that displayed high prediction accuracy of UC patients. …”
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Key factors determination of hyperuricemia and association analysis among patients with breast cancer: results from NHANES data by Ting-ting Meng, Wen-rui Wang, Yan-qing Zheng, Guan-dong Liu

“…ObjectivesTo explore the factors influencing hyperuricemia in breast cancer patients based on the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) database.MethodsThe univariate and multivariate generalized linear regression were used to screen the influencing factors of hyperuricemia. Logistic and XGBoost algorithms were used to rank the importance of influencing factors. …”
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Research and application of image recognition-based identification for flesh browning of loquat fruits by CHEN Yujia, DENG Chaojun, ZHANG Tingting, WANG Xiuping, CHEN Xiuping, ZHAO Jianing, MA Cuilan, JIANG Jimou

“…The Euclidean distance algorithm indicated that the percentage of browning area in the white flesh type was significantly higher than that in the red flesh type. …”
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Prevalence, types, risk factors and clinical correlates of anaemia in older people in a rural Ugandan population. by Joseph O Mugisha, Kathy Baisley, Gershim Asiki, Janet Seeley, Hannah Kuper

“…Clinicians should consider screening older people with HIV or malaria for anaemia. …”
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High-throughput discovery of genetic determinants of circadian misalignment. by Tao Zhang, Pancheng Xie, Yingying Dong, Zhiwei Liu, Fei Zhou, Dejing Pan, Zhengyun Huang, Qiaocheng Zhai, Yue Gu, Qingyu Wu, Nobuhiko Tanaka, Yuichi Obata, Allan Bradley, Christopher J Lelliott, Sanger Institute Mouse Genetics Project, Lauryl M J Nutter, Colin McKerlie, Ann M Flenniken, Marie-France Champy, Tania Sorg, Yann Herault, Martin Hrabe De Angelis, Valerie Gailus Durner, Ann-Marie Mallon, Steve D M Brown, Terry Meehan, Helen E Parkinson, Damian Smedley, K C Kent Lloyd, Jun Yan, Xiang Gao, Je Kyung Seong, Chi-Kuang Leo Wang, Radislav Sedlacek, Yi Liu, Jan Rozman, Ling Yang, Ying Xu

“…We developed a machine learning algorithm to quantify these two parameters in our misalignment screen (SyncScreener) with existing datasets and used it to screen 750 mutant mouse lines from five IMPC phenotyping centres. …”
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Atrial fibrillation with thrombotic complications. Justification of the diagnosis and treatment regimen according to evidence-based medicine (clinical case) by L.O. Martymianova, E.P. Kamenska, A.O. Bulyha, K.О. Serdyuk

“…Diagnosis and systematic screening of AF, as well as timely assessment of stroke risk, are of paramount importance for the prognosis of patients, especially in older age groups. …”
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Comparison of sample preparation methods for higher heating values in various sugarcane varieties using near-infrared spectroscopy by Kantisa Phoomwarin, Khwantri Saengprachatanarug, Jetsada Posom, Seree Wongpichet, Kittipong Laloon, Arthit Phuphaphud

“…Spectral data were pre-processed using seven techniques to minimize noise, and four variable selection algorithms–Variable Importance in Projection, Successive Projection Algorithm, Genetic Algorithm, and correlation-based selection via Partial Least Squares Regression–were employed to improve modelling accuracy.In parallel, four machine learning models–AdaBoost Regressor, Gradient Boosting, K-Nearest Neighbors, and Random Forest–were applied to the same dataset for Higher heating value prediction. …”
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Will Artificial Intelligence Replace Physicians or Augment Their Capabilities? by Sara Rahmati Roodsari, Alireza Zali, Mohammad Rahmati-Roodsari, Behina Forouzanmehr

“…In medical imaging, deep learning algorithms, especially those trained with genetic algorithms, have demonstrated immense promise to improve the accuracy of pneumonia and COVID-19 diagnosis from chest X-rays. …”
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