Community-based COVID-19 active case finding and rapid response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Improving case detection and response. by John Otokoye Otshudiema, Gervais Léon Tengomo Folefack, Justus M Nsio, Cathy H Kakema, Luigino Minikulu, Aimé Bafuana, Joel B Kosianza, Antoine K Mfumu, Edith Nkwembe, Yannick Munyeku-Bazitama, Sheila Makiala-Mandanda, Noé Guinko, Gisèle Mbuyi, Jean-Marie K Tshilumbu, Guy N Saidi, Moreau-Serge Umba-di-Masiala, Amos K Ebondo, Jean-Jacques Mutonj, Serge Kalombo, Jad Kabeya, Taty K Mawanda, Faustin N Bile, Gaby K Kasereka, Placide Mbala-Kingebeni, Steve Ahuka-Mundeke, Humphrey Cyprian Karamagi, Karl Njuwa Fai, Amédée Prosper Djiguimde

“…This pilot study was modeled on the DRC's National COVID-19 Response Plan and the COVID-19 Ag-RDT screening algorithm defined by the World Health Organization (WHO), with case findings implemented in 259 health areas, 39 health zones, and 9 provinces. …”
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Extracellular mRNA detected by molecular beacons in tethered lipoplex nanoparticles for diagnosis of human hepatocellular carcinoma. by Xinmei Wang, Kwang Joo Kwak, Zhaogang Yang, Aili Zhang, Xiaoli Zhang, Rachael Sullivan, Dan Lin, Robert L Lee, Carlos Castro, Kalpana Ghoshal, Carl Schmidt, L James Lee

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High-flow nasal cannula therapy versus continuous positive airway pressure for non-invasive respiratory support in paediatric critical care: the FIRST-ABC RCTs by Padmanabhan Ramnarayan, Alvin Richards-Belle, Karen Thomas, Laura Drikite, Zia Sadique, Silvia Moler Zapata, Robert Darnell, Carly Au, Peter J Davis, Izabella Orzechowska, Julie Lester, Kevin Morris, Millie Parke, Mark Peters, Sam Peters, Michelle Saull, Lyvonne Tume, Richard G Feltbower, Richard Grieve, Paul R Mouncey, David Harrison, Kathryn Rowan

“…Background Despite the increasing use of non-invasive respiratory support in paediatric intensive care units, there are no large randomised controlled trials comparing two commonly used non-invasive respiratory support modes, continuous positive airway pressure and high-flow nasal cannula therapy. …”
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Comprehensive integration of diagnostic biomarker analysis and immune cell infiltration features in sepsis via machine learning and bioinformatics techniques by Liuqing Yang, Liuqing Yang, Liuqing Yang, Rui Xuan, Rui Xuan, Rui Xuan, Dawei Xu, Dawei Xu, Dawei Xu, Aming Sang, Aming Sang, Aming Sang, Jing Zhang, Jing Zhang, Jing Zhang, Yanfang Zhang, Xujun Ye, Xinyi Li, Xinyi Li, Xinyi Li

“…The utilization of the receiver operating characteristic curve in conjunction with the nomogram model served to authenticate the discriminatory strength and efficacy of the key genes. …”
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Gait-Based Parkinson’s Disease Detection Using Recurrent Neural Networks for Wearable Systems by Carlos Rangel-Cascajosa, Francisco Luna-Perejón, Saturnino Vicente-Diaz, Manuel Domínguez-Morales

“…The ability of Deep Learning algorithms to identify complex features from clinical data has proven to be a promising approach in various medical domains as support tools. …”
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Beyond identification of familial hypercholesterolemia: Improving downstream visits and treatments in a large health care system by Harin Lee, Tarun Kadaru, Ruth Schneider, Taylor Triana, Carol Tujardon, Colby Ayers, Mujeeb Basit, Zahid Ahmad, Amit Khera

“…Several electronic health record (EHR) algorithms have been developed to improve identification of patients with FH. …”
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Critical review of OCT in clinical practice for the assessment of oral lesions by Fariba Esperouz, Domenico Ciavarella, Mauro Lorusso, Andrea Santarelli, Lorenzo Lo Muzio, Giuseppina Campisi, Lucio Lo Russo

“…This is further complicated by the introduction and increased trend to adopt artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms in imaging evaluation. Machine learning and deep learning algorithms have shown superior diagnostic sensitivity and accuracy compared to clinician judgment. …”
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Lesion classification and diabetic retinopathy grading by integrating softmax and pooling operators into vision transformer by Chong Liu, Weiguang Wang, Jian Lian, Wanzhen Jiao

“…Therefore, plenty of automated screening technique have been developed to address this task.MethodsAmong these techniques, the deep learning models have demonstrated promising outcomes in various types of machine vision tasks. …”
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Registered report protocol: A scoping review to identify potential predictors as features for developing automated estimation of the probability of being frail in secondary care. by Dirk H van Dalen, Angèle P M Kerckhoffs, Esther de Vries

“…We aim to identify potential predictors that could be used as features for modeling algorithms on the basis of routine hospital EHR data to incorporate in an automated tool for estimating the probability of being frail.…”
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Association between age and lung cancer risk: evidence from lung lobar radiomics by Yuwei Li, Chengting Lin, Lei Cui, Chao Huang, Liting Shi, Shiyang Huang, Yue Yu, Xianglan Zhou, Qian Zhou, Kun Chen, Lei Shi

“…The minimum redundancy maximum relevance algorithm was applied to identify the top 10 age-related radiomic features among 13,137 never smokers. …”
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Bidirectional Relationship Between Hypoalbuminemia and Postoperative Pneumonia in Elderly Hip Fracture Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Wang J, Yu H, Xu X, Guo J

“…After predefined participants selection inclusion and exclusion criteria, 1661 surgically treated HF patients were included and analyzed utilizing multiple statistical models, including univariate logistic regression, Lasso regression, and Boruta algorithm for variable selection, while multivariate logistic regression and propensity score matching (PSM) for assess the bidirectional relationship between hypoalbuminemia and postoperative pneumonia. …”
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Exploring the role of hepsin in prostate cancer: bioinformatics, molecular Docking and molecular dynamics simulations by Hongying Peng, Dan Du, Zhonggui Hu, Zhiliang Xia

“…Although significant advances have been made in early detection, therapeutic strategies for advanced and metastatic PCa remain limited. …”
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The application of artificial intelligence in upper gastrointestinal cancers by Xiaoying Huang, Minghao Qin, Mengjie Fang, Zipei Wang, Chaoen Hu, Tongyu Zhao, Zhuyuan Qin, Haishan Zhu, Ling Wu, Guowei Yu, Francesco De Cobelli, Xuebin Xie, Diego Palumbo, Jie Tian, Di Dong

“…Finally, the current limitations and challenges faced in the field of upper gastrointestinal cancers were summarized, and explorations were conducted on the selection of AI algorithms in various scenarios, the popularization of early screening, the clinical applications of AI, and large multimodal models.…”
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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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EDITORIAL: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND ITS TRANSFORMATIVE IMPACT ON SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHING by Abubakar Munir

“…The most significant impact that AI has made on publishing is speeding up the peer review process. …”
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Prevalence and associated factors of mammography uptake among the women aged 45 years and above: policy implications from the longitudinal ageing study in India wave I survey by Priyanka Sharma, Dipak Das, Divya Khanna, Atul Budukh, Anita Khokhar, Satyajit Pradhan, Ajay Kumar Khanna, Pankaj Chaturvedi, Rajendra Badwe

“…A low proportion of Indian female population in reproductive age group (30–49 years) underwent breast cancer screening. The national operational framework includes mammography as one of the investigation modalities under the algorithm for early detection and management of breast cancer. …”
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Personalized prediction of negative affect in individuals with serious mental illness followed using long-term multimodal mobile phenotyping by Christian A. Webb, Boyu Ren, Habiballah Rahimi-Eichi, Bryce W. Gillis, Yoonho Chung, Justin T. Baker

“…A range of statistical approaches, including a novel personalized ensemble machine learning algorithm, were compared in their ability to predict states of heightened negative affect. …”
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New insights into biomarkers and risk stratification to predict hepatocellular cancer by Katrina Li, Brandon Mathew, Ethan Saldanha, Puja Ghosh, Adrian R. Krainer, Srinivasan Dasarathy, Hai Huang, Xiyan Xiang, Lopa Mishra

“…Through human studies compiled with animal models and mechanistic insight in pathways such as the TGF-β pathway, the biological progression from chronic liver disease to cirrhosis and HCC can be delineated. …”
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Determining optimal strategies for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease: a synopsis of an evidence synthesis study by Olalekan A Uthman, Lena Al-Khudairy, Chidozie Nduka, Rachel Court, Jodie Enderby, Seun Anjorin, Hema Mistry, G J Melendez-Torres, Sian Taylor-Phillips, Aileen Clarke

“…A machine learning study developed a parallel Convolutional Neural Network algorithm with 96.4% recall and 99.1% precision for study screening. …”
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Uso de inteligencia artificial para predecir complicaciones en cirugías de columna toracolumbar degenerativa: revisión sistemática by G. Ricciardi, J.I. Cirillo Totera, R. Pons Belmonte, L. Romero Valverde, F. López Muñoz, A. Manríquez Díaz

“…Due to heterogeneity in samples, outcomes of interest, and algorithm evaluation metrics, a meta-analysis was not performed. …”
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