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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Cross-validation of the safe supplement screener (S3) predicting consistent third-party-tested nutritional supplement use in NCAA Division I athletes by Kinta D. Schott, Avaani Bhalla, Emma Armstrong, Ryan G. N. Seltzer, Floris C. Wardenaar

“…IntroductionThis cross-sectional study aimed to cross-validate an earlier developed algorithm-based screener and explore additional potential predictors for whether athletes will use third-party-tested (TPT) supplements.MethodsTo justify the initial model behind the supplement safety screener (S3) algorithm which predicts whether athletes will use TPT supplements, a cross-validation was performed using this independent dataset based on responses of a large group of collegiate NCAA DI athletes. …”
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Machine learning for prediction of Helicobacter pylori infection based on basic health examination data in adults: a retrospective study by Qiaoli Wang, Tao Liang, Yuexi Li, Peng Zhou, Xiaoqin Liu

“…After feature screening, 10 factors were selected for the prediction model. …”
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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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Exploring timely and safe discharge from ICU: a comparative study of machine learning predictions and clinical practices by Chao Ping Wu, Rachel Benish Shirley, Alex Milinovich, Kaiyin Liu, Eduardo Mireles-Cabodevila, Hassan Khouli, Abhijit Duggal, Anirban Bhattacharyya

“…It also highlights ML models can serve as a promising screening tool to enhance ICU discharge, presenting a pathway toward more efficient and reliable critical care decision-making.…”
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Development and validation of a 3-D deep learning system for diabetic macular oedema classification on optical coherence tomography images by Mingzhi Zhang, Tsz Kin Ng, Yi Zheng, Guihua Zhang, Jian-Wei Lin, Ji Wang, Jie Ji, Peiwen Xie, Yongqun Xiong, Hanfu Wu, Cui Liu, Huishan Zhu, Jinqu Huang, Leixian Lin

“…The deep learning (DL) performance was compared with the diabetic retinopathy experts.Setting Data were collected from Joint Shantou International Eye Center of Shantou University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Chaozhou People’s Hospital and The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College from January 2010 to December 2023.Participants 7790 volumes of 7146 eyes from 4254 patients were annotated, of which 6281 images were used as the development set and 1509 images were used as the external validation set, split based on the centres.Main outcomes Accuracy, F1-score, sensitivity, specificity, area under receiver operating characteristic curve (AUROC) and Cohen’s kappa were calculated to evaluate the performance of the DL algorithm.Results In classifying DME with non-DME, our model achieved an AUROCs of 0.990 (95% CI 0.983 to 0.996) and 0.916 (95% CI 0.902 to 0.930) for hold-out testing dataset and external validation dataset, respectively. …”
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Exploring the role of repetitive negative thinking in the transdiagnostic context of depression and anxiety in children by Kuiliang Li, Lei Ren, Xiao Li, Chang Liu, Xuejiao Tan, Ming Ji, Xi Luo

“…Network analysis revealed that RNT’s core features exhibited the highest bridge betweenness and bridge expected influence, indicating a critical mediating role in the co-occurrence of symptoms. The random forest model showed optimal predictive performance (AUC = 0.90, recall = 0.95), supporting its applicability for early screening. …”
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Cloud-based optimized deep learning framework for automated glaucoma detection using stationary wavelet transform and improved grey-wolf-optimization with ELM approach by Debendra Muduli, Syed Irfan Yaqoob, Santosh Kumar Sharma, Anuradha S. Kanade, Mohammad Shameem, Harendra S. Jangwan, P.M. Ashok Kumar, Abu Taha Zamani

“…The model's performance was evaluated in a cloud-based environment using two datasets: ORIGA and G1020. …”
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3D Film Animation Image Acquisition and Feature Processing Based on the Latest Virtual Reconstruction Technology by Siwei Wu, Shan Xiao, Yihua Di, Cheng Di

“…Finally, the target 3D face is reconstructed using the feature points of the target face for model matching. The experimental results show that the algorithm reconstructs faces with high realism and accuracy, and the algorithm can reconstruct expression faces.…”
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Psychometric properties of the German version of the Traumatic Grief Inventory-Self Report Plus (TGI-SR+) by Julia Treml, Viktoria Schmidt, Elmar Braehler, Matthias Morfeld, Anette Kersting

“…Despite the same name, both versions of PGD differ in symptom count, content, and diagnostic algorithm. A single instrument to screen for both PGD diagnoses is critical for bereavement research and care. …”
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Prediction of Insulin Resistance in Nondiabetic Population Using LightGBM and Cohort Validation of Its Clinical Value: Cross-Sectional and Retrospective Cohort Study by Ting Peng, Rujia Miao, Hao Xiong, Yanhui Lin, Duzhen Fan, Jiayi Ren, Jiangang Wang, Yuan Li, Jianwen Chen

“…In the test group, all AUC were also greater than 0.80. The LightGBM model showed the best IR prediction performance with an accuracy of 0.7542, sensitivity of 0.6639, specificity of 0.7642, F1 ConclusionBy leveraging low-cost laboratory indicators and questionnaire data, the LightGBM model effectively predicts IR status in nondiabetic individuals, aiding in large-scale IR screening and diabetes prevention, and it may potentially become an efficient and practical tool for insulin sensitivity assessment in these settings.…”
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Evaluating the role of insulin resistance in chronic intestinal health issues: NHANES study findings by Dongyao Zhao, Meihua Zhao, Bing Gao, He Lu

“…Key variables were selected via the Boruta algorithm and incorporated into weighted multivariate logistic regression models. …”
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LABORATORY OF CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY N.V. SKLIFOSOVSKY RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR EMERGENCY MEDICINE (HISTORY AND PRESENT) by M. A. Godkov, G. V. Bulava

“…During 45 years of work of immunological service formed the algorithm of the adequate immunological screening was formed, number of innovative methods of diagnosis was developed, the ideology of post-test counseling of patients by immunologists was created, mathematical methods of storage, modeling and processing of research results was introduced. …”
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Efficient evidence selection for systematic reviews in traditional Chinese medicine by Yizhen Li, Zhe Huang, Zhongzhi Luan, Shujing Xu, Yunan Zhang, Lin Wu, Darong Wu, Dongran Han, Yixing Liu

“…Methods We integrated an established deep learning model (Evi-BERT combined rule-based method) with Boolean logic algorithms and an expanded retrieval strategy to automatically and accurately select potential evidence with minimal human intervention. …”
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Identification and Evaluation of Lipocalin-2 in Sepsis-Associated Encephalopathy via Machine Learning Approaches by Hu J, Chen Z, Wang J, Xu A, Sun J, Xiao W, Yang M

“…Subsequently, neuroinflammation-related genes were obtained to construct a neuroinflammation-related signature. The AddModuleScore algorithm was used to calculate neuroinflammation scores for each cell subpopulation, whereas the CellCall algorithm was used to assess the crosstalk between neutrophils and other cell subpopulations. …”
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A deep-learning approach to predict reproductive toxicity of chemicals using communicative message passing neural network by Owen He, Daoxing Chen, Yimei Li

“…In independent test sets, ReproTox-CMPNN achieved a mean AUC of 0.946, ACC of 0.857 and F1 score of 0.846, surpassing traditional algorithms to establish itself as a new state-of-the-art model in this field. …”
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Integrated analysis of single-cell RNA-seq and spatial transcriptomics to identify the lactylation-related protein TUBB2A as a potential biomarker for glioblastoma in cancer cells... by Yifan Xu, Chonghui Zhang, Jinpeng Wu, Pin Guo, Nan Jiang, Chao Wang, Yugong Feng

“…Notably, the expression levels of these three hub genes and the lactylation level of TUBB2A in GBM tissues were significantly higher compared to those in normal tissues.ConclusionsWe propose and validate a IQR lactylation screening method that provides potential insights for GBM therapy and an effective framework for developing gene screening models applicable to other diseases and pathogenic mechanisms.…”
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Early breast cancer detection via infrared thermography using a CNN enhanced with particle swarm optimization by Riyadh M. Alzahrani, Mohamed Yacin Sikkandar, S. Sabarunisha Begum, Ahmed Farag Salem Babetat, Maryam Alhashim, Abdulrahman Alduraywish, N. B. Prakash, Eddie Y. K. Ng

“…An Enhanced Particle Swarm Optimization (EPSO) algorithm is integrated to automatically fine-tune CNN hyperparameters, thereby minimizing manual effort and enhancing computational efficiency. …”
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