Enhanced thyroid nodule detection and diagnosis: a mobile-optimized DeepLabV3+ approach for clinical deployments by Changan Yang, Muhammad Awais Ashraf, Mudassar Riaz, Pascal Umwanzavugaye, Kavimbi Chipusu, Hongyuan Huang, Yueqin Xu

“…A high IoU value in medical imaging analysis reflects the model’s ability to accurately delineate object boundaries.ConclusionDeepLabV3+ represents a significant advancement in thyroid nodule segmentation, particularly for thyroid cancer screening and diagnosis. …”
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Prevention of Cardiometabolic Syndrome in Children and Adolescents Using Machine Learning and Noninvasive Factors: The CASPIAN-V Study by Hamid Reza Marateb, Mahsa Mansourian, Amirhossein Koochekian, Mehdi Shirzadi, Shadi Zamani, Marjan Mansourian, Miquel Angel Mañanas, Roya Kelishadi

“…We applied the XGBoost algorithm to analyze key noninvasive variables, including self-rated health, sunlight exposure, screen time, consanguinity, healthy and unhealthy dietary habits, discretionary salt and sugar consumption, birthweight, and birth order, father and mother education, oral hygiene behavior, and family history of dyslipidemia, obesity, hypertension, and diabetes using five-fold cross-validation. …”
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Health-Related Quality-of-Life Utility Values in Adults With Late-Onset Pompe Disease: Analyses of EQ-5D Data From the PROPEL Clinical Trial by Alison Griffiths, Simon Shohet, Neil Johnson, Alasdair MacCulloch

“…In PROPEL, EQ-5D-5L values were assessed at screening and at weeks 12, 26, 38, and 52. EQ-5D-5L utility values were mapped to EQ-5D-3L values using the van Hout algorithm as recommended by the EuroQoL and the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence position statement at time of analysis. …”
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Retinal Microvascular Characteristics—Novel Risk Stratification in Cardiovascular Diseases by Alexandra Cristina Rusu, Klara Brînzaniuc, Grigore Tinica, Clément Germanese, Simona Irina Damian, Sofia Mihaela David, Raluca Ozana Chistol

“…This study aims to identify the retinal microvascular features associated with CHDs and evaluate their potential use in a CHD screening algorithm in conjunction with traditional risk factors. …”
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A Pervasive Respiratory Monitoring Sensor for COVID-19 Pandemic by Xiaoshuai Chen, Shuo Jiang, Zeyu Li, Benny Lo

“…Three modes (coughing, breathing and others) will be conducted to detect coughing and estimate different respiration rates. …”
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Combining first principles and machine learning for rapid assessment response of WO3 based gas sensors by Ran Zhang, Guo Chen, Shasha Gao, Lu Chen, Yongchao Cheng, Xiuquan Gu, Yue Wang

“…The collected data was subsequently utilized to develop a correlation model linking the multi-physical parameters to gas sensitive performance using intelligent algorithms. …”
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Artificial intelligence in molecular and genomic prostate cancer diagnostics by A. O. Morozov, A. K. Bazarkin, S. V. Vovdenko, M. S. Taratkin, M. S. Balashova, D. V. Enikeev

“…They have the potential to develop artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms by processing large amounts of data and define connections between them.Objective. …”
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Combinations of multimodal neuroimaging biomarkers and cognitive test scores to identify patients with cognitive impairment by Yuriko Nakaoku, Soshiro Ogata, Kiyotaka Nemoto, Chikage Kakuta, Eri Kiyoshige, Kanako Teramoto, Kiyomasa Nakatsuka, Gantsetseg Ganbaatar, Masafumi Ihara, Kunihiro Nishimura

“…Finally, MCI identification models were developed using a penalized logistic regression model with an elastic net algorithm.ResultsAmong the 148 participants (mean age, 78.6 ± 5.2 years), 44.6% were identified as having MCI. …”
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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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Investigating the Complexity of Multidimensional Symptom Experiences in Patients With Cancer: Systematic Review of the Network Analysis Approach by Vincent Richard, Allison Gilbert, Emanuela Pizzolla, Giovanni Briganti

“…Several NA approaches were used: network visualization (n=1), Bayesian network (n=1), pairwise Markov random field and IsingFit method (n=1), unregularized Gaussian graphical model (n=2), regularized partial correlation network (n=6), network visualization and community NA (n=1), network visualization and Walktrap algorithm (n=1), undirected network model with the Fruchterman-Reingold and edge-betweenness approaches (n=4), biased correlation and concise pattern diagram (n=1), extended Bayesian information criterion graphical LASSO method (n=3), cross-lagged panel network (n=1), and unspecified NA (n=3). …”
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Few-Shot Intelligent Anti-Jamming Access with Fast Convergence: A GAN-Enhanced Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach by Tianxiao Wang, Yingtao Niu, Zhanyang Zhou

“…The method constructs a Generative Adversarial Network (GAN) to learn the time–frequency distribution characteristics of short-period jamming and to generate high-fidelity mixed samples. Furthermore, it screens qualified samples using the Pearson correlation coefficient to form a sample set, which is input into the DQN network model for pre-training to expand the experience replay buffer, effectively improving the convergence speed and decision accuracy of DQN. …”
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Canadian Thoracic Society Recommendations for Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease – 2008 Update – Highlights for Primary Care by Denis E O’Donnell, Paul Hernandez, Alan Kaplan, Shawn Aaron, Jean Bourbeau, Darcy Marciniuk, Meyer Balter, Gordon Ford, Andre Gervais, Yves Lacasse, Francois Maltais, Jeremy Road, Graeme Rocker, Don Sin, Tasmin Sinuff, Nha Voduc

“…Three key messages contained in the update are: use targeted screening spirometry to establish a diagnosis and initiate prompt management (including smoking cessation) of mild COPD; improve dyspnea and activity limitation in stable COPD using new evidence-based treatment algorithms; and understand the importance of preventing and managing acute exacerbations, particularly in moderate to severe disease.…”
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Assessing the causal effect of inflammation‐related genes on myocarditis: A Mendelian randomization study by Huazhen Xiao, Hongkui Chen, Wenjia Liang, Yucheng Liu, Kaiyang Lin, Yansong Guo

“…The GWAS data (finn‐b‐I9 MYOCARD) contained single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) data from 117 755 myocarditis samples (16 379 455 SNPs, 829 cases vs. 116 926 controls). Five algorithms [MR‐Egger, weighted median, inverse variance weighted (IVW), simple mode, and weighted mode regression] were employed for the MR analysis, with IVW as the primary method, and sensitivity analysis was conducted. …”
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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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The clinical utility and safety of biomarker-guided immunosuppression withdrawal in liver transplantation: the LIFT prospective RCT by Julien Vionnet, Rosa Miquel, Juan G Abraldes, Juan-Jose Lozano, Pablo Ruiz, Miquel Navasa, Aileen Marshall, Frederik Nevens, William Gelson, Joanna Leithead, Steven Masson, Elmar Jaeckel, Richard Taubert, Phaedra Tachtatzis, Dennis Eurich, Kenneth Simpson, Eliano Bonaccorsi-Riani, James Ferguson, Alberto Quaglia, Maria Elstad, Marc Delord, Abdel Douiri, Alberto Sánchez-Fueyo

“…This was done by enrolling patients more than 3 years after transplantation and allocating them at random to two groups. …”
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Leveraging automated time-lapse microscopy coupled with deep learning to automate colony forming assay by Anusha Klett, Anusha Klett, Dennis Raith, Dennis Raith, Paula Silvestrini, Paula Silvestrini, Paula Silvestrini, Matías Stingl, Jonas Bermeitinger, Avani Sapre, Avani Sapre, Avani Sapre, Martin Condor, Roman Melachrinos, Mira Kusterer, Alexandra Brand, Guido Pisani, Guido Pisani, Evelyn Ullrich, Evelyn Ullrich, Evelyn Ullrich, Evelyn Ullrich, Marie Follo, Marie Follo, Jesús Duque-Afonso, Roland Mertelsmann, Roland Mertelsmann

“…Brightfield images were used to train a YOLOv8 object detection network, achieving a mAP50 score of 86% for identifying single cells, clusters, and colonies, and 97% accuracy for Z-stack colony identification with a multi-object tracking algorithm. The detection model accurately identified the majority of objects in the dataset.ResultsThis AI-assisted CFA was successfully applied for density optimization, enabling the determination of seeding densities that maximize plating efficiency (PE), and for IC50 determination, offering an efficient, less labor-intensive method for testing drug concentrations. …”
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Prevalence of tuberculosis, HIV and respiratory symptoms in two Zambian communities: implications for tuberculosis control in the era of HIV. by Helen Ayles, Albertus Schaap, Amos Nota, Charalambos Sismanidis, Ruth Tembwe, Petra De Haas, Monde Muyoyeta, Nulda Beyers, Peter Godfrey-Faussett for the ZAMSTAR Study Team

“…Epidemiological studies can inform screening algorithms for both detection and prevention of active tuberculosis.…”
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TikTok and Sound: Changing the ways of Creating, Promoting, Distributing and Listening to Music by Bojana Radovanović

“…In this article I will explore the ways in which TikTok has made an “aural turn” (Abidin and Kaye 2021), and thus changed and influenced the processes of music-making, music listening and music promotion. …”
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Peripherex Home Visual Field Demonstrates High Test-Retest Reliability, Validity by Schweitzer J, Ibach M, Berdahl J, Daoud M, Daoud YA, Kempinski Y, Goldberg JL

“…These data support in-home use of the PRX VFT by the eye care provider for screening and monitoring in glaucoma, and may be extended to the screening and monitoring of other retinal, optic nerve and neurological diseases.Keywords: visual field test, glaucoma, home healthcare, prospective clinical trial…”
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Rapid Detection of Antibiotic Mycelial Dregs Adulteration in Single-Cell Protein Feed by HS-GC-IMS and Chemometrics by Yuchao Feng, Yang Li, Wenxin Zheng, Decheng Suo, Ping Gong, Xiaolu Liu, Xia Fan

“…In addition, the feasibility of quantitative analysis of the AMDs content in adulterated SCPF based on partial least squares regression (PLSR) algorithm. In total, 88 volatile organic compounds (VOCs) were detected. …”
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