The value of ultrasonography of skeletal muscles in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients by Hadeer Ahmed Elshahaat, Ahmad Abbas, Rabab Mahmoud Elfwakhry, Mohamed Taher Anwar

“…Aim Our study aimed to assess the usefulness of skeletal muscles’ (both respiratory, and non-respiratory) ultrasonography as a prognostic tool in patients with COPD in comparison with clinicometric, functional data Results This study was carried out at the chest department (intensive care unit, inpatient, and outpatient clinic) and involved 2 groups of adult patients (stable COPD, and acute exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)), each group included 120 patients. …”
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EFFECTIVENESS OF THE SEATTLE HEART FAILURE MODEL IN PREDICTING THE LONG-TERM PROGNOSIS AMONG MEN WITH CORONARY HEART DISEASE by O. A. Krasnova, M. Yu. Sitnikova, S. G. Ivanov, P. A. Fedotov

“…A retrospective survival analysis was performed in 135 patients with Functional Class (FC) II–IV CHF of ischemic aetiology. …”
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Realization of Music-Assisted Interactive Teaching System Based on Virtual Reality Technology by Yan Gao, Lin Gao

“…The experimental results show that, according to the statistical analysis of the data after the experiment, when the position changes in the virtual 3D music-assisted interactive teaching scene, it will be displayed in the plane layer, and the real-time coordinates of the virtual music-assisted interactive teaching scene displayed in HTML have case. …”
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Soft-sensor modeling of silicon content in hot metal based on sparse robust LS-SVR and multi-objective optimization by GUO Dong-wei, ZHOU Ping

“…Next, in view of the problem that the standard least squares support vector machine has no regularization term, a method to improve the modeling ro-bustness was proposed by introducing the IGGⅢ weighting function into the obtained sparse least squares support vector regression (S-LS-SVR) model. …”
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Inventory control strategy based on neural network and fuzzy algorithm in intelligent warehousing system by Chunmei Xie, Cong Xie

“…Abstract To cope with the inventory control problem of an intelligent warehousing system, this paper proposes a neuro-fuzzy dynamic inventory regulation model (NFDIRM), which integrates radial basis function neural network (RBFNN) and fuzzy logic algorithm, aiming to solve the problems of poor prediction accuracy and poor decision flexibility of traditional models. …”
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Prognostic significance of eosinophil-to-platelet ratio and C-reactive protein in predicting adverse events during acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A c... by M Yogesh, D Kadalarasu, Naresh Makwana, Iva S. Chatterjee

“…Patients were screened to select a sample of 205 participants, with 55 experiencing adverse events including intubation, ICU admission, in-hospital mortality and 30-day readmission. Data on demographics, lung function, symptoms, nutrition, frailty, sarcopenia, eosinophil-to-platelet ratio (EPR) and CRP were extracted. …”
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An Interpretable XGBoost Framework for Predicting Oxide Glass Density by Pawel Stoch

“…This demonstrates that a data-driven approach can function as a scientifically valid and interpretable tool, accelerating the discovery of new materials.…”
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Interaction of the differential object marker pam with other prominence hierarchies in syntax in German Sign Language (DGS) by de Souza Santos Thiago, Dietrich Antonia, Perniss Pamela

“…In addition, based on our analyses, we argue against the existence of two related pam signs, with distinct agreement marking and differential object-marking function. We also argue against an analysis of pam as a preposition-like element. …”
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Using Deep Learning to Predict Complex Systems: A Case Study in Wind Farm Generation by J. M. Torres, R. M. Aguilar

“…An analysis of our findings shows that the most accurate and robust estimators are those based on feedforward neural networks with a SELU activation function and convolutional neural networks.…”
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Comparison of anemia in elderly patients with peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis by CHENG Li, XIONG Fei, ZHANG Yan-min, WAN Sheng, MAO Dong-dong

“…A binary logistic regression analysis of factors that may affect anemia in elderly dialysis patients concluded that residual renal function( RRF) is an independent risk factor for anemia in elderly dialysis patients.Conclusions Anemia occurs more frequently in elderly patients with PD and HD,and the difference is more significant in women. …”
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The anxiolytic effect of midazolam in third molar extraction: a systematic review. by Qi Chen, Lufei Wang, Lina Ge, Yuan Gao, Hang Wang

“…It can also be used with other drugs to obtain better sedative effects, but the patient's respiratory function must be monitored closely, because multidrug sedation is also more risky.…”
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Computational design, docking, and molecular dynamics simulation study of RNA helicase inhibitors of dengue virus by Raghunath Satpathy, Sonali Acharya, Rashmiranjan Behera

“…This work aims to develop and screen a potential molecule that could function as a dengue virus (DENV) RNA helicase inhibitor. …”
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Experimental study on solution possibilities of multiextremal optimization problems through heuristic methods by Rudolf A. Neydorf, Ivan V. Chernogorov, Orkhan Takhir Yarakhmedov, Victor V. Polyakh

“…Therefore, three best known and developed search engine optimization techniques are studied: particle swarm method, evolutionary genetic approach, and ant colony algorithm. The analysis is performed in the environment common for all methods of the test research problems of the multiextremal Rastrigin function. …”
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Parameters Identification of Moving Load Using ANN and Dynamic Strain by Hui Yang, Weiming Yan, Haoxiang He

“…Moving load identification is an important part of bridge structure health monitoring; accurate and reliable load data can be used to check the load of bridge design, and the load spectrum can provide a more practical basis for structural fatigue analysis. …”
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Antioxidant defense system: regulation of metabolic processes, genetic determinants, methods of determination by O. A. Nikitina, M. A. Darenskaya, N. V. Semenova, L. I. Kolesnikova

“…The article presents a review and analysis of data from modern scientific literature on the role of antioxidant defense components in the regulation of metabolic processes, their genetic determinant, and summarizes data on modern methods for the determination of some antioxidants. …”
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Policy Options for Contributory Health Insurance Schemes in Low and Lower-Middle Income Countries to Enable Progress Towards Universal Health Coverage by Agnes Gatome-Munyua, Joseph Kutzin, Cheryl Cashin

“…We propose three complementary policy options for countries in this difficult position to enable progress towards UHC: (1) Merge existing schemes into a single scheme (or fewer schemes) to consolidate pooling and purchasing functions. (2) Build on what they have by: reducing reliance on contributions by increasing budget transfers; using existing revenue collection mechanisms to allow the insurance agency to focus on the purchasing function; and strengthening insurance agencies’ operational capacity for purchasing. (3) Reframe the insurance agency’s role within the overall health system, rather than treating it as a distinct system by: unifying data collection and analysis for all patient visits irrespective of scheme membership, and universalizing core benefits across the population. …”
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Oríkì and trending hype performance in Nigeria: an aesthetics of cultural hybridisation for economic purpose by Ifeoluwa Theophilus Akinsola

“…Traditionally, Oríkì, a praise poetic oral genre among the Yorùbá people, serves both socio-cultural (for the praised) and economic (for the performer) functions. Scholars have indicted modernity through colonization and westernization as great threats to the sustainability of its socio-cultural aspect. …”
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A SIMPLIFIED MODEL OF THREE-PHASE BANK OF CURRENT TRANSFORMERS IN THE DYNAMIC SIMULATION SYSTEM by I. V. Novash, Yu. V. Rumiantsev

“…Relying on this comparison they conclude on feasability of application of the magnetization-curve approximating function for the CT operating analysis during transient processes in the electric energy systems. …”
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Coordinate responses to alkaline pH stress in budding yeast by Albert Serra-Cardona, David Canadell, Joaquín Ariño

“…The uptake of many nutrients is perturbed by alkalinization of the environment and, consequently, an impact on phosphate, iron/copper and glucose homeostatic mechanisms can also be observed. The analysis of available data highlights cases in which diverse signaling pathways are integrated in the gene promoter to shape the appropriate response pattern. …”
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Nutrition and Exercise in Critical Illness Trial (NEXIS Trial): a protocol of a multicentred, randomised controlled trial of combined cycle ergometry and amino acid supplementation... by Daren K Heyland, Andrew Day, G John Clarke, Catherine (Terri) Hough, D Clark Files, Marina Mourtzakis, Nicolaas Deutz, Dale M Needham, Renee Stapleton

“…In-hospital outcome assessments will be conducted at baseline, ICU discharge and hospital discharge. An intent-to-treat analysis will be used to analyse all data with additional per-protocol analyses.Ethics and dissemination The trial received ethics approval at each institution and enrolment has begun. …”
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