Association between pace of biological aging and cancer and the modulating role of physical activity: a national cross-sectional study by Jingying Nong, Yu Wang, Yi Zhang

“…Epigenetic clocks, derived from sets of DNA methylation CpGs and mathematical algorithms, have demonstrated a remarkable ability to indicate biological aging and age-related health risks. …”
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EEG Signal Analysis for Numerical Digit Classification: Methodologies and Challenges by Augoustos Tsamourgelis, Adam Adamopoulos

“…We achieve strong differentiation capabilities between digit and non-digit values in all classification algorithms. However, our study also highlights the profound neurological challenges encountered in distinguishing between the digit values, as our model, inspired by the related bibliography, was unable to differentiate between digit values 0 and 1. …”
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Implementation costs and cost-effectiveness of ultraportable chest X-ray with artificial intelligence in active case finding for tuberculosis in Nigeria. by Tushar Garg, Stephen John, Suraj Abdulkarim, Adamu D Ahmed, Beatrice Kirubi, Md Toufiq Rahman, Emperor Ubochioma, Jacob Creswell

“…We provide implementation cost and cost-effectiveness estimates of different screening algorithms using symptoms, CXR and AI in Nigeria. …”
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RNA m7G methylation regulators and targets significantly contribute to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by Chenyu Zhu, Luyi Tan, Xinyu Zhang, Wenli Cheng, Min Li, Yibo Chen, Wenjuan Zhang

“…In this study, the combined roles of m7G methylation regulators were explored in COPD for the first time by integrated bioinformatic methods. The machine algorithms screened 7 disease signature genes relevant to clinical indicators, including CYFIP2, EIF3D, EIF4G3, GEMIN5, METTL1, SNUPN and NCBP2, and METTL1 was related to the progression in COPD. …”
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Effectiveness of mindfulness-based therapy, stress reduction in hypertension and prehypertension: a systematic review by D. I. Nozdrachev, M. N. Solovieva, K. A. Zamyatin

“…The systematic review was prepared according to the PRISMA algorithm with minor modifications. The search algorithm included articles in Russian and English, indexed in the Pubmed/MEDLINE and Cochrane Library databases. …”
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Fetal electrocardiography and artificial intelligence for prenatal detection of congenital heart disease by Ivar R. deVries, Judith O. E. H. vanLaar, Marieke B. van der Hout‐van der Jagt, Sally‐Ann B. Clur, Rik Vullings

“…More research is required to improve performance and determine the benefits to clinical practice.…”
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The use of heart rate variability, oxygen saturation, and anthropometric data with machine learning to predict the presence and severity of obstructive sleep apnea by Rafael Rodrigues dos Santos, Matheo Bellini Marumo, Alan Luiz Eckeli, Helio Cesar Salgado, Luiz Eduardo Virgílio Silva, Renato Tinós, Rubens Fazan

“…IntroductionObstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a prevalent sleep disorder with a high rate of undiagnosed patients, primarily due to the complexity of its diagnosis made by polysomnography (PSG). Considering the severe comorbidities associated with OSA, especially in the cardiovascular system, the development of early screening tools for this disease is imperative. …”
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A Non-Uniformity Correction Method for Uncooled Infrared Polarization Imaging Systems by Cailing Zhao, Zhiguo Fan, Yunxiang Zhang

“…Previous non-uniformity correction (NUC) algorithms usually couple polarization information with FPN correction, resulting in the loss of polarization characteristics. …”
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Assessment of salt tolerance in peas using machine learning and multi-sensor data by Zehao Liu, Qiyan Jiang, Yishan Ji, Rong Liu, Hongquan Liu, Xiuxiu Ya, Zhenxing Liu, Zhirui Wang, Xiuliang Jin, Tao Yang

“…Recent advancements in Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and sensor technologies have enabled high-throughput screening of salt-tolerant crops, offering a more efficient alternative. …”
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Comprehensive Analysis of Programmed Cell Death-Related Genes in Diagnosis and Synovitis During Osteoarthritis Development: Based on Bulk and Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Data by Zhou J, Jiao S, Huang J, Dai T, Xu Y, Xia D, Feng Z, Chen J, Li Z, Hu L, Meng Q

“…Using machine learning algorithms, Hub PCD-related differentially expressed genes (Hub PCD-DEGs) were identified. …”
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STOP-BANG: a Mandatory Tool for Targeted Respiratory Therapy in Bariatric Patients by R. D. Skvortsova, K. А. Аnisimova, K. А. Popova, V. А. Pavlova, А. N. Kulikov, D. I. Vasilevsky, S. G. Balandov, Z. А. Zaripova, А. А. Kazachenko, Yu. D. Rabik, T. S. Razumovskaya

“…Identification of patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome and high respiratory risk, optimization of the screening algorithm for these patients and administration of preventive non-invasive lung ventilation, makes it possible to prevent the development of perioperative complications, reduce duration of hospital stay and reduce mortality in patients undergoing surgery and bariatric surgery specifically.The objective: to evaluate the effectiveness of STOP-BANG questionnaire for preventive targeted respiratory therapy to reduce the risk of complications in bariatric patients. …”
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Weak fault diagnosis method for rolling bearings under strong background noise based on EEMD-FK-AMCKD by XIE Guizhong, XU Shuaiqiang, DU Wenliao, LUO Shuangqiang, LI Hao, WANG Liangwen, GONG Xiaoyun

“…ObjectiveTo address the challenge of accurately capturing weak features in vibration signals under strong noise interference, a joint filtering method combining ensemble empirical mode decomposition (EEMD), fast kurtogram (FK), and adaptive maximum correlation kurtosis deconvolution (AMCKD) was proposed.MethodsFirstly, the vibration signal was decomposed into multiple intrinsic mode functions (IMF) via EEMD for multiscale analysis. …”
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Evaluation of the shielding initiative in Wales (EVITE Immunity): protocol for a quasiexperimental study by Stephen Jolles, Ashley Akbari, Andrew Carson-Stevens, Helen Snooks, Alan Watkins, Adrian Edwards, Ann John, Alison Porter, Victoria Williams, Bridie Angela Evans, Ronan Lyons, Bernadette Sewell, Mark Rhys Kingston, Tony Whiffen, Jane Lyons, Rowena Bailey, Catherine A Thornton, Lesley Bethell, Samantha Bufton, Lucy Dixon

“…Clinically extremely vulnerable people identified through algorithms and screening of routine National Health Service (NHS) data were individually and strongly advised to stay at home and strictly self-isolate even from others in their household. …”
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Review of applications of deep learning in veterinary diagnostics and animal health by Sam Xiao, Navneet K. Dhand, Zhiyong Wang, Kun Hu, Kun Hu, Peter C. Thomson, John K. House, Mehar S. Khatkar, Mehar S. Khatkar

“…Deep learning (DL), a subfield of artificial intelligence (AI), involves the development of algorithms and models that simulate the problem-solving capabilities of the human mind. …”
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Research trends among new investigators at ISOQOL: a bibliometric analysis from 2019 to 2023 by Jae-Yung Kwon, Manraj N. Kaur, Ellen B. M. Elsman, Ava Mehdipour, Lori Suet Hang Lo, Ahmed M. Y. Osman, Sandrine Herbelet, Carrie-Anne Ng, Lotte van der Weijst, on behalf of the New Investigators Special Interest Group Members

“…Methodology Data on publications authored by 56 NI-SIG members between 2019 and 2023 were extracted from Web of Science and Scopus. A two-step screening process, guided by the Wilson and Cleary model of QoL, identified 561 unique documents for analysis. …”
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ATP6V0A4 as a novel prognostic biomarker and potential therapeutic target in oral squamous cell carcinoma by Xiaopu Gao, Jiamin Zhou, Yu Qiao, Chuyin Lin, Guanxiong Zhang, Qiuyu Wu, Zhikang Su, Qianji Zhang, Songkai Huang

“…Methods This study initially integrated TCGA and GEO databases for cross-platform differential gene screening. A prognostic model was constructed using univariate Cox regression and LASSO regression, complemented by random forest algorithms to identify core genes. …”
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A Combined Deep CNN: LSTM with a Random Forest Approach for Breast Cancer Diagnosis by Almas Begum, V. Dhilip Kumar, Junaid Asghar, D. Hemalatha, G. Arulkumaran

“…Computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) has minimum intervention of humans and produces more accurate results than humans. It will be a difficult and long task that depends on the expertise of pathologists. …”
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A Two-Stage Penalized Logistic Regression Approach to Case-Control Genome-Wide Association Studies by Jingyuan Zhao, Zehua Chen

“…This approach consists of a screening stage and a selection stage. In the screening stage, main-effect and interaction-effect features are screened by using L1-penalized logistic like-lihoods. …”
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Iterative phase contrast CT reconstruction with novel tomographic operator and data-driven prior. by Stefano van Gogh, Subhadip Mukherjee, Jinqiu Xu, Zhentian Wang, Michał Rawlik, Zsuzsanna Varga, Rima Alaifari, Carola-Bibiane Schönlieb, Marco Stampanoni

“…Moreover, the highly ill-conditioned differential nature of the GI-CT forward operator renders the inversion from corrupted data even more cumbersome. In this paper, we propose a novel regularized iterative reconstruction algorithm with an improved tomographic operator and a powerful data-driven regularizer to tackle this challenging inverse problem. …”
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Integrating status-neutral and targeted HIV testing in Zimbabwe: A complementary strategy. by Hamufare D Mugauri, Owen Mugurungi, Joconiah Chirenda, Kudakwashe Takarinda, Prosper Mangwiro, Mufuta Tshimanga

“…First tests were 65% more likely to test HIV positive (a95%CI: 1.43, 1.91) whilst screened patients were 3.89 times more likely to link to HIV prevention services (a95%CI: 3.05, 4.97), against 25.5% (n = 1,871) linkage among patients not screened.…”
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