Gait-based Parkinson’s disease diagnosis and severity classification using force sensors and machine learning by Navita, Pooja Mittal, Yogesh Kumar Sharma, Anjani Kumar Rai, Sarita Simaiya, Umesh Kumar Lilhore, Vimal Kumar

“…A Recursive Feature Elimination method is also used to select the optimal set of features to improve the model performance. …”
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SentemQC - A novel and cost-efficient method for quality assurance and quality control of high-resolution frequency sensor data in fresh waters [version 1; peer review: 1 approved,... by Sofie Gyritia Madsen van't Veen, Joachim Audet, Eti Ester Levi, Brian Kronvang, Søren Erik Larsen, Erik Jeppesen, Esben Astrup Kristensen, Anders Nielsen, Thomas Alexander Davidson, Jane Rosenstand Laugesen, Peter Mejlhede Andersen

“…The SentemQC method is computationally efficient and features a six-step user-friendly setup for anomaly detection. The method marks anomalies in data using five moving windows. …”
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Direct-fed microbials optimize ruminal fermentation, microbial ecosystem and milk quality to enhance the lactation performance of Sanhe dairy cows by Aoyu Jiang, Zixin Liu, Ziyan Yang, Shizhe Zhang, Jian Wu, Chuanshe Zhou, Zhiliang Tan

“…Dairy cows are the most important source of milk production, with billions of microorganisms present in the rumen. …”
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Frontotemporal lobar degeneration changes neuronal beta-frequency dynamics during the mismatch negativity response by Alistair Perry, Laura E. Hughes, Natalie E. Adams, Michelle Naessens, Niels A. Kloosterman, Matthew A. Rouse, Alexander G. Murley, Duncan Street, P. Simon Jones, James B. Rowe

“…Across bvFTD and PSP groups, the beta response to deviant stimuli (relative to standard stimuli) correlated with clinical severity, but not with atrophy of the prefrontal source region. These findings confirm the proposed importance of higher-order cortical regions, and their beta-power generators, in sensory change detection and context-updating during oddball paradigms. …”
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The Effectiveness of Conservative Management for Acute Whiplash Associated Disorder (WAD) II: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials. by Taweewat Wiangkham, Joan Duda, Sayeed Haque, Mohammad Madi, Alison Rushton

“…<h4>Eligibility criteria for selecting studies</h4>RCTs evaluating acute (<4 weeks) WADII, any conservative intervention, with outcome measures important to the International Classification of Function, Disability and Health.…”
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Exploring causal relationships between brain imaging-derived phenotypes and ovarian cancer risk: a bidirectional Mendelian randomization by Ting Liu, Xiaoqian Tuo, Huifang Zhao, Yan Wang, Yu Jiang, Jiaojiao Lu

“…We selected single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) as instrumental variables based on rigorous criteria. …”
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Risk factors for fear of falling in stroke patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Li Ma, Qi Xie, Juhong Pei, Ling Gou, Yabin Zhang, Juanping Zhong, Yujie Su, Xinglei Wang, Xinman Dou

“…Therefore, we systematically reviewed the literature on risk factors for FoF in patients with stroke.Design A systematic review and meta-analysisData sources PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library database, Web of Science, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Grey literature and other relevant databases for related publications were searched (from inception to 17 July 2021).Results Eight studies involving 1597 participants were selected to analyse risk factors for patients with stroke with FoF. …”
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Gut dysbiosis narrative in psoriasis: matched-pair approach identifies only subtle shifts correlated with elevated fecal calprotectin by Bayazit Yunusbayev, Anna Bogdanova, Nadezhda Nadyrchenko, Lavrentii Danilov, Viktor Bogdanov, Grigory Sergeev, Radick Altinbaev, Fanil Bilalov, Milyausha Yunusbaeva

“…We next showed that these enriched species were correlated with elevated biomarkers of intestinal and systemic inflammation and liver function. Functionally, one of the top species, Megasphaera elsdenii, is a potent lactate utilizer in the context of intestinal lactic acidosis and inflammation. …”
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Evaluation of the effect of irrigation with purified wastewater on the physical and chemical properties of soil by Sadegh Partani, Seyed Mohammad Reza Madany, Mir Hassan Seyed Seraji

“…Also, the growth rate of the organs as a function of the treatment conditions during the experiment had a significant difference. …”
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Grass carp Trim47 restricts GCRV infection via SPRY domain-mediated autophagic degradation of nonstructural proteins and disruption of viral inclusion bodies by Wei Yan, Wei Yan, Yang Chen, Yang Chen, Dong Yan, Dong Yan, Jie Zhang, Jie Zhang, Ming Xian Chang, Ming Xian Chang

“…Functional assays demonstrated that gcTrim47 overexpression in CIK cells reduced viral titers and suppressed VIB formation, with SPRY domain deletion ablating these effects. …”
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Medicinal plants with neuroprotective potential in East African countries: A systematic review by Ibe Michael Usman, Ekom Monday Etukudo, Elna Owembabazi, Wusa Makena, Augustine Oviosun, Makeri Danladi, Vivian Ojiakor, Patrick Maduabuchi Aja, Emeka Anyanwu, Yanurkis Duranones Rosales, Mario Edgar Fernandez Diaz, Josiah Ifie, Ismahil Adekunle Adeniyi, Ilemobayo Victor Fasogbon, Victor Bassey Archibong

“…One-third of the included studies used the leaves of the selected plants. The reviewed studies highlighted neuroprotective activities of the plants, as evidenced by biochemical and behavioral improvements. …”
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Effects of sinomenine on PI3K/mTOR signaling pathway and mesangial hyperplasia in rats with adriamycin-induced nephropathy by Liu Yue, Li Peng-yuan, Zhang Qing-hua, Yan Dan

“…Objective To explore the effect of sinomenine on the signal pathway of phosphatidyl-3 kinase（PI3 K）/mammalian target of rapamycin（mTOR）and mesangial hyperplasia in renal tissue of rats with adriamycin-induced nephropathy and elucidate its protective mechanism.Methods A total of 50 SD rats were selected, 10 rats were randomly injected with normal saline via caudal vein as control group, the other 40 rats were injected with adriamycin 5 mg/kg via caudal vein for 7 days to prepare nephrotic syndrome（NS）model.After successful modeling, the rats were randomly divided into the groups of model（NS）,sinomenine low-dose（25 mg/kg）,medium-dose（50 mg/kg）and high-dose（100 mg/kg）（n=10 each）.Control and NS groups received normal saline through abdominal cavity and sinomenine groups were given corresponding doses of drugs once daily for 28 days.At 24 hours after the last administration, blood and urine samples of rats in each group were collected and rats sacrificed, renal tissue samples harvested, serum creatinine（Scr）and urea nitrogen（BUN）were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay（ELISA）;24-hour urine protein was detected by Coomassie brilliant blue staining; hematoxylin-eosin staining（HE）was utilized for analyzing the pathological changes of kidney and mesangial matrix index（M/G）;transmission electron microscopy for observing the thickening of glomerular basement membrane of kidney; Western blot for detecting the expressions of p-PI3 K/PI3 K,p-mTOR/mTOR,fibronectin（FN）and type IV collagen（COL4）in renal tissue.Results As compared with control group, there were pathological damages such as the increase of glomerular mesangial matrix, the expansion of renal tubule lumen and severe thickening of glomerular basement membrane.M/G and renal function indicators Scr, BUN,24-hour urine protein and renal tissue were elevated.The protein expressions of p-PI3 K,p-mTOR,FN and COL4 rose markedly in NS group（P<0.05）.As compared with NS group, sinomenine high/medium/low dose groups alleviated pathological damage such as glomerular basement membrane thickening, M/G,Scr, BUN,24-hour urine protein, renal tissue p-PI3 K,expressions of mTOR,FN and COL4 proteins declined markedly in sinomenine low/medium/high-dose groups（P<0.05）.As compared with low-dose sinomenine group, glomerular basement membrane thickening was the least pathologically damaged and M/G,Scr, BUN,24-hour urine protein, renal tissue p-PI3 K,p-mTOR,FN and COL4 declined markedly in sinomenine medium/high-dose group（P<0.05）.Conclusions Sinomenine may inhibit the activation of PI3 K/mTOR signaling pathway, reduce the proliferation of glomerular mesangial cells and delay the process of nephrotic syndrome.…”
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Canopy Transpiration Mapping in an Apple Orchard Using High-Resolution Airborne Spectral and Thermal Imagery with Weather Data by Abhilash K. Chandel, Lav R. Khot, Claudio O. Stöckle, Lee Kalcsits, Steve Mantle, Anura P. Rathnayake, Troy R. Peters

“…In addition, weather information for estimating ET is very often selected from sources that do not represent conditions like heterogeneous site-specific conditions. …”
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A Prediction Model of Stable Warfarin Doses in Patients After Mechanical Heart Valve Replacement Based on a Machine Learning Algorithm by Bowen Guo, Cong Chen, Junhang Jia, Jubing Zheng, Yue Song, Taoshuai Liu, Kui Zhang, Yang Li, Ran Dong

“…Results: A total of 413 patients were included in this study for model training and validation, and 13 important features were selected for model development. The support vector machine radial basis function (SVM Radial) algorithm showed the best performance of all models, with the highest R2 value of 0.98 and the lowest MAE of 0.14 mg/day (95% confidence interval (CI): 0.11–0.17). …”
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A competing risk analysis of predictors of time to lost to follow-up among adults with TB/HIV coinfection in Bahir Dar by Robel Demelash, Getachew Hailu, Taye Abuhay, Zemenu Addis, Ayenew Tega, Degarege Nibret, Yitagesu Habtu

“…Overestimating effect sizes when considering mutually exclusive events, like LTFU from ART and anti-TB treatment, can occur if sources of error are not properly accounted for in competing events. …”
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A Systematic Review of risk factors for major adverse cardiovascular events in patients with coronary heart disease who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention by You Zhai, Hongcai Shang, Yan Li, Nan Zhang, Jisi Zhang, Shangwen Wu

“…ObjectiveThis study aims to systematically review the risk factors for major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) in patients with coronary heart disease who have undergone percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).DesignSystematic review and meta-analysis.Data sourcesThe Cochrane Library, PubMed, Web of Science, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Wanfang Database, and VIP Database for Chinese Technical Periodicals (VIP) were screened until December 2024.Eligibility criteria for selecting studiesCase-control studies or cohort studies on the risk factors for MACE in patients with coronary heart disease who underwent PCI. …”
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A novel model-based meta-analysis to indirectly estimate the comparative efficacy of two medications: an example using DPP-4 inhibitors, sitagliptin and linagliptin, in treatment o... by Yan Gong, James Rogers, Christian Friedrich, Sanjay Patel, Alexander Staab, Jorge Luiz Gross, Daniel Polhamus, William Gillespie, Brigitta Ursula Monz, Silke Retlich

“…Comparison of two oral dipeptidyl peptidase (DPP)-4 inhibitors, sitagliptin and linagliptin, for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) treatment was used as an example.Design Systematic review with MBMA.Data sources MEDLINE, EMBASE, http://www.ClinicalTrials.gov, Cochrane review of DPP-4 inhibitors for T2DM, sitagliptin trials on Food and Drug Administration website to December 2011 and linagliptin data from the manufacturer.Eligibility criteria for selecting studies Double-blind, randomised controlled clinical trials, ≥12 weeks’ duration, that analysed sitagliptin or linagliptin efficacies as changes in glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) levels, in adults with T2DM and HbA1c &gt;7%, irrespective of background medication.Model development and application A Bayesian model was fitted (Markov Chain Monte Carlo method). …”
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Willingness to participate in COVID-19 vaccine trials; a survey among a population of healthcare workers in Uganda. by Jonathan Kitonsa, Onesmus Kamacooko, Ubaldo Mushabe Bahemuka, Freddie Kibengo, Ayoub Kakande, Anne Wajja, Vincent Basajja, Alfred Lumala, Edward Ssemwanga, Robert Asaba, Joseph Mugisha, Benjamin F Pierce, Robin Shattock, Pontiano Kaleebu, Eugene Ruzagira

“…Data were analysed descriptively and a binomial generalised linear model with a log link function used to investigate factors associated with unwillingness to participate.…”
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Persistence in the socio-economic development of the regions of the Siberian Federal District by Misak S. Arzumanyan

“…The term «persistence» originally has a biological and medical origin, as a property of microorganisms (bacteria, viruses) to survive and function in an aggressive environment (e.g., when exposed to antibiotics). …”
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Research note: Application of convolutional neural networks for feather classification in chickens by Jiajia Niu, Tong Li, Kunlong Qi, Yang Liu, Haixuan Deng, Yujia Hu, Dan Xu, Liuting Wu, Felix Kwame Amevor, Yingjie Wang, Gang Shu, Xiaoling Zhao

“…The nonlinear features were then learned through an MLP layer and activation functions to complete the classification of GM and SM. …”
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