Association between frailty and pain in older people at high risk of future hospitalization by Huan-Ji Dong, Joakim Yang, Maria M. Johansson, Maria M. Johansson, Anneli Peolsson, Anneli Peolsson, Marco Barbero, Magnus Nord, Magnus Nord

“…BackgroundPrevious studies have demonstrated an independent association between pain and frailty, but knowledge about this association with different pain characteristics is limited.ObjectiveThis study was embedded in a prospective, pragmatic, matched-control multicenter trial at 19 primary care practices in south-eastern Sweden (ClinicalTrials.gov 170608, ID: NCT03180606), aiming to investigate the association between frailty and pain characteristics among older people (75+) at high risk of hospitalization.MethodsHigh risk of hospitalization was identified using case-finding algorithm including 32 diagnostic codes of morbidities and healthcare use. …”
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The Use of Economic and Mathematical Modeling in Assessing the Competitiveness of Tourism Industry Enterprises by S. N. Medvedeva, V. P. Pavlyuk

“…Methodological support for a comprehensive assessment of the competitiveness of tourism industry enterprises based on economic and mathematical models requires further development. An algorithm for assessing regional competitiveness is given on the example of building an econometric model, and testing it for its practical significance.The purpose of our study is to identify the factors affecting the increase in the level of competitiveness of the tourism potential of the Sevastopol region to ensure a sustainable influx of tourists.Materials and methods. …”
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Assessment of suitable habitat of Semen Armeniacae Amarum. in China under different climatic conditions by Internal Transcribed Spacer 2 and Maxent model by Donglai Ma, Zikang Lu, Zhiqiang Xue, Zihan Yu, Xuhong Duan, Xian Gu, Yukun Yao, Le Cai, Kaiyan Zheng

“…The maximum entropy model was coupled with the stepwise regression algorithm to evaluate the potential impact of future climate on the quality of amygdalin. …”
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Study on Lacticaseibacillus casei TCS fermentation kinetic models and high-density culture strategy by Chen Chen, Tianyu Guo, Di Wu, Jingyan Shu, Ningwei Huang, Huaixiang Tian, Haiyan Yu, Chang Ge

“…Subsequently, we applied the artificial neural network–genetic algorithm optimization method, which significantly increased the viable bacterial count. …”
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Measurement-Based Assessment of Energy Performance and Thermal Comfort in Households Under Non-Controllable Conditions by George M. Stavrakakis, Dimitris Bakirtzis, Dimitrios Tziritas, Panagiotis L. Zervas, Emmanuel Fotakis, Sofia Yfanti, Nikolaos Savvakis, Dimitris A. Katsaprakakis

“…A special algorithm for database processing was developed which takes into account the eligibility of data series, i.e., only the ones corresponding to non-zero electricity consumption are treated as eligible. …”
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Modeling of the Potential Effect of Revaccination against Whooping Cough in Children Aged 6–7 and 14 years within the Framework of the National of preventive vaccinations by N. I. Briko, A. Ya. Mindlina, I. V. Mikheeva, L. D. Popovich, A. V. Lomonosova

“…A simulation dynamic mathematical model is constructed that allows predicting the development of the epidemiological process of whooping cough on the basis of the dynamics of the main indicators of its prevalence in the population that developed in previous years. …”
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Automatic Segmentation of the Infraorbital Canal in CBCT Images: Anatomical Structure Recognition Using Artificial Intelligence by Ismail Gumussoy, Emre Haylaz, Suayip Burak Duman, Fahrettin Kalabalık, Muhammet Can Eren, Seyda Say, Ozer Celik, Ibrahim Sevki Bayrakdar

“…The nnU-Net v2 architecture was applied to the training and test datasets to predict and generate appropriate algorithm weight factors. …”
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Anorexia-cachexia syndrome in cancer patients: pathogenetic aspects and treatment options by A. V. Snegovoy, V. B. Larionova, I. V. Kononenko

“…Secondly, it will provide an opportunity to develop a diagnostic algorithm to prevent it. Third, the use of the identified criteria for predicting and outcome of complications both on an outpatient basis and in a hospital will be aimed at creating favorable conditions for anticancer therapy and thereby improving long-term treatment results and patients quality of life. …”
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A Seq-to-Seq Temporal Convolutional Network for Volleyball Jump Monitoring Using a Waist-Mounted IMU by Meng Shang, Camilla de Bleecker, Jos Vanrenterghem, Roel de Ridder, Sabine Verschueren, Carolina Varon, Walter de Raedt, Bart Vanrumste

“…For comparison, the proposed algorithm showed slightly worse results than VERT (a commercial jumping assessment device) with a LoA of <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$0.1\pm 2.08$ </tex-math></inline-formula> (r =0.955) but the differences were still within a comparable range. …”
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Development and Validation of a Discrete Element Simulation Model for Pressing Holes in Sowing Substrates by Hongmei Xia, Chuheng Deng, Teng Yang, Runxin Huang, Jianhua Ou, Lingjin Dong, Dewen Tao, Long Qi

“…A neural network model for predicting the angle of repose was constructed, and a genetic algorithm was applied to optimize the significant contact mechanical parameters. …”
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Assessment of Risks of Voltage Quality Decline in Load Nodes of Power Systems by Pylyp Hovorov, Roman Trishch, Romualdas Ginevičius, Vladislavas Petraškevičius, Karel Šuhajda

“…Based on the results of the study, a mathematical model of the risk of voltage collapses in networks, an algorithm and a methodology for its calculation were proposed.…”
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Determination of the positioning accuracy of industrial manipulators using a digital photo/video camera by N. V. Norkina, F. A. Mevis

“…Possibilities of specification of positions of point sources by means of computer processing of the images received from the digital camera were investigated. The algorithm of image processing of the camera carrying out in several stages definition of accuracy of positioning of the manipulator of the robot is offered.Results. …”
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Validation of the inadequate delivery of oxygen index in an adult cardiovascular intensive care unitCentral MessagePerspective by Heather Holman, BS, Dimitar Baronov, PhD, Jeff McMurray, MD, Arman Kilic, MD, Marc Katz, MD, Sanford Zeigler, MD

“…We hypothesized that an ML algorithm could predict impaired delivery of oxygen (IDO2) with comparable discrimination to invasive mixed venous oxygen saturation (SvO2) measurement. …”
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Deciphering the heterogeneity of epithelial cells in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: implications for metastasis and immune evasion by Jie Liu, Hui Li, Xiuyun Lin, Jiani Xiong, Guangfeng Wu, Lingyan Ding, Bin Lin

“…Methods Single-cell RNA-sequencing data from two datasets (GSE154778 and GSE158356) were integrated using the Harmony algorithm, followed by quality control, clustering, and differential gene expression analysis. …”
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Dehydrotanshinone II A alleviates osteoarthritis via activating PPARγ to inhibit ferroptosis in chondrocytes by Wenli Guan, Fahu Yuan, Xin Wang

“…Furthermore, the scTenifoldKnk algorithm was applied to perform a virtual knockout of PPARγ based on the GSE216651 single-cell RNA-seq dataset to explore its downstream regulatory effects. …”
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Rapid test for the qualitative simultaneous determination of cardiac fatty acid-binding protein and cardiac troponin I in the diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome by V. A. Kokorin, I. G. Gordeev, M. N. Arefyev, A. Ya. Goncharova, A. A. Yakovtsova

“…Further studies will clarify the place of this technique in the modern algorithm for the management of patients with ACS and evaluate the possibility of using the rapid test in predicting the course of the disease.…”
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An Integrative Analysis of Transcriptome Combined with Machine Learning and Single-Cell RNA-Seq for the Common Biomarkers in Crohn&rsquo;s Disease and Kidney Stone Disease by Zhu J, Du Y, Gao L, Wang J, Mei Q

“…We constructed a protein-protein interaction (PPI) network and employed machine learning algorithms to pinpoint potential hub genes (HGs) for diagnosing CD with KSD. …”
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Optimization Problem for Probabilistic Time Intervals of Quasi-Deterministic Output and Self-Similar Input Data Packet Flow in Telecommunication Networks by G. I. Linets, R. A. Voronkin, G. V. Slyusarev, S. V. Govorova

“…Methods of set theory, metric spaces, multidimensional optimization, and teletraffic were used. The solution algorithm included minimization of the Kullback-Leibler divergence and the limit passage to 𝛿𝛿-function.Results. …”
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The Short-Term Impacts of the 2017 Portuguese Wildfires on Human Health and Visibility: A Case Study by Diogo Lopes, Isilda Cunha Menezes, Johnny Reis, Sílvia Coelho, Miguel Almeida, Domingos Xavier Viegas, Carlos Borrego, Ana Isabel Miranda

“…The Weather Research and Forecasting Model was combined with a semi-empirical fire spread algorithm (WRF-SFIRE) to simulate particulate matter smoke dispersion and assess its impacts based on up-to-date numerical approaches. …”
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Effectiveness of Timely Isolation of Patients with Respiratory Infection in a Children's Hospital: a Simulation Study by N. V. Saperkin, L. Ju. Poslova, M. Ju. Kirillin, M. E. Garbuz, O. V. Kovalishena

“…Statistically significant differences in the predicted number of ARVI cases with different probabilities of isolation were revealed.Conclusion. …”
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