The Initial Experience of Trans-Rectal Ultrasound and Biopsy in Diagnosis of Carcinoma Prostate In Gezira Hospital For Renal Disease And Surgery (GHRDS) by Walaa Eldin Ibraheem, Sami Mahjoub Taha, Mustafa Omran Mansour, Mohammed El Imam Mohamed Ahmed

“…Conclusions and recommendations: PSA level is highly sensitive but less specific in detection of prostate cancer. …”
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Phenotypic and Complete Reference Whole Genome Sequence Analyses of Two <i>Paenibacillus</i> spp. Isolates from a Gray Wolf (<i>Canis lupus</i>) Gastrointestinal Tract by Jessika L. Bryant, Jennifer McCabe, C. Cristoph Klews, MiCayla Johnson, Ariel N. Atchley, Thomas W. Cousins, Maya Barnard-Davidson, Kristina M. Smith, Mark R. Ackermann, Michael Netherland, Nur A. Hasan, Peter A. Jordan, Evan S. Forsythe, Patrick N. Ball, Bruce S. Seal

“…The bacteria were typed as Gram-variable, and both were catalase/oxidase positive as well as sensitive to commonly used antibiotics. The bacteria digested complex carbohydrates and lipids by standard assays. …”
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Evaluation of the Soda Tax on Obesity and Diabetes in California: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis by Fan Zhao, Risha Gidwani, May C. Wang, Liwei Chen, Roch A. Nianogo

“…From the health care perspective, the soda tax policy was cost-effective 80% of the time in the probabilistic sensitivity analysis using a willingness-to-pay threshold of $100,000 per QALY. …”
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Person Detection for an Orthogonally Placed Monocular Camera by Pavel Skrabanek, Petr Dolezel, Zdenek Nemec, Dominik Stursa

“…As the overall price is mainly given by prices of the used sensor and processing unit, we propose the utilization of a visible spectrum camera and data processing algorithms of low time complexity to ensure a low price of the final product. …”
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An Artificial Intelligent Virtual Reality Interactive Model for Distance Education by Wenjing Yin

“…In the present work, based on the most modern technologies of computational intelligence, virtual and augmented reality, wireless communications, and space-sensitive positioning applications, an Artificial Intelligent Virtual Reality (AI-VR) interactive model for distance education is presented. …”
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An Evolutionary Game Model of a Regional Logistics Service Supply Chain Complex Network in a Blockchain Environment by Guangsheng Zhang, Zhaomin Zhang

“…Notably, when both the sensitivity coefficients of market demand relative to price and logistics service costs concerning quality enhancement are high, the willingness of supply chain participants to adopt the technology declines rapidly. …”
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Agonism and performance in adolescent football players in informal physical education settings by Sara Aliberti, Francesca D’Elia, Giuseppe Giardullo, Giuseppe Giardullo, Gaetano Raiola

“…The primary causes of anxiety were cognitive concerns and bodily sensations, which negatively affected concentration. …”
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Dissecting Causal Relationships Between Antihypertensive Drug, Gut Microbiota, and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Its Complications: A Mendelian Randomization Study by He Zheng, Shiping Wu, Wenbin Wang, Weida Qiu, Yingqing Feng

“…Genetic instruments for the expression of antihypertensive drug target genes were identified with expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL) in blood, which should be associated with systolic blood pressure (SBP). Sensitivity analysis, including reverse causality detection, horizontal pleiotropy, phenotype scanning, and Bayesian colocalization, was used to validate our findings. …”
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An interpretable machine learning model for predicting in-hospital mortality in ICU patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia. by Junying Wei, Heshan Cao, Mingling Peng, Yinzhou Zhang, Sibei Li, Wuhua Ma, Yuhui Li

“…The optimal model was identified based on the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUROC), accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity across both validation and test cohorts. …”
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Genetic Mapping for Seed Aging Tolerance Under Multiple Environments in Sweet Corn by Yanchao Du, Jianting Lin, Haoxuan Jiang, Huating Zhao, Xuebiao Zhang, Ruigang Wang, Faqiang Feng

“…In this study, a recombinant inbred line (RIL) population, including 158 families, was derived from the aging-tolerant line K62 and the aging-sensitive line K107. Utilizing SNP arrays, genotypes were identified, and a genetic linkage map was constructed. …”
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A nonlinear correlation between the serum uric acid to creatinine ratio and the prevalence of hypertension: a large cross-sectional population-based study by Ru Wang, Shuxing Wu, Jing Wang, Wenting Li, Jian Cui, Zhuhua Yao

“…Subgroup analysis revealed that the correlation between the UA/Cr ratio and hypertension risk was stable in all subgroups except for the subgroup with diabetes and the subgroup with a BMI ≥ 28 kg/m2 (p < 0.05). Sensitivity analysis confirmed the robustness of the relationship between a higher UA/Cr ratio and a higher risk of hypertension (p < 0.05). …”
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Biliary Atresia Treatment: Can Shear Wave Elastography Predict Kasai Procedure Outcomes? by Sekarsari Damayanti, Gema Ramadhan Muhammad, Rinaldhy Kshetra, Prihartono Joedo

“…The optimal cut-off point of shear wave elastography value to predict the success of Kasai procedure is 2.21 m/s or 14.4 kPa (sensitivity 88.9%, specificity 83.3%, accuracy 85.7%, PPV 87.65%, NPV 84.91%), with an AUC of 0.889 (95%CI = 0.75-1.00), OR = 10.50 (1.360-81.053). …”
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Comparative Evaluation of Dentin Hypersensitivity Reduction Over One Month after a Single Topical Application of Three Different Materials: A Prospective Experimental Study by Aniket Sharan, Babita Pawar, Hiroj Bagde, Tavinder Kaur Chawla, Aadarsh Vikram Dhan, Bhawna Shyamsukha, Sanjna Sharma

“…Clinical assessments of DH were conducted immediately after treatment, at one week, and at one month, using tactile sensation, cold stimuli, and air blast tests. Pain levels were measured using a 10-point visual analog scale (VAS). …”
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Exploring the relationship between the uric acid to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio and depression: a cross-sectional study from NHANES by Jiawen Liu, Xiaobing Zhang, Tianwei Meng, Xingyi Wang, Long Wang

“…Smooth curve fitting and threshold effect analyses were used to evaluate the nonlinear relationship and effect size between UHR and depression. Subgroup and sensitivity analyses were conducted to determine the stability of the results. …”
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Height development and multiple bone health indicators in children aged 2-12 years with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). by Bingying Wang, Linyuhan Zhou, Shuangru Li, Huayan Xu, Yingkun Guo, Qin Hu, Min Huang, Dan Zhou, Xiaotang Cai, Qiu Wang, Xiaomei Sun

“…Different bone indicators have different sensitivities and specificities and need to be considered together for clinical monitoring of bone health. …”
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Neuropathic pain among patients with primary knee osteoarthritis: Results of a cross-sectional study from a tertiary care center in Southern India by R Vignesh Narayan, Molly Mary Thabah, Murali Poduval

“…The most frequently described pain characteristic was sensation of electric shock (58.4%). Mean total WOMAC and physical function subscale were significantly higher in neuropathic pain group when compared to the group without neuropathic pain (DN4 ≤3), 77.5 ± 11.5 versus 72.6 ± 15.5, P = 0.024 and 54.3 ± 8.8 and 49.8 ± 12.6, respectively, P = 0.008. …”
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Sleep fragmentation and hypoxaemia as key indicators of cognitive impairment in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea by Thomas Georgeson, Lacey Atkins, Alex Zahnleiter, Philip I Terrill, Eamonn Eeles, Elizabeth J Coulson, Irene Szollosi

“…Combining these factors achieved a high sensitivity (≥ 93%) of detecting impairment within this cohort. …”
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Calprotectin and Calgranulin C as Biomarkers of Pancreatic Tumors: Baseline Levels and Level Changes after Surgery by Michal Holub, Eva Bartáková, Alžběta Stráníková, Eva Koblihová, Simona Arientová, Marie Blahutová, Jan Máca, Miroslav Ryska

“…Pancreatic tumors and their surgical resection are associated with significant morbidity and mortality, and the biomarkers currently used for these conditions have limited sensitivity and specificity. Because calprotectin and calgranulin C serum levels have been demonstrated to be potential biomarkers of certain cancers and complications of major surgery, the levels of both proteins were tested in the current study in patients with benign and malignant pancreatic tumors that were surgically removed. …”
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Neuron-Specific Glycine Metabolism Links Transfer RNA Epitranscriptomic Regulation to Complex Behaviors by Jennifer Blaze, Viviana Dolores Evans, Jessica Abigail Feria Pliego, Petr Unichenko, Behnam Javidfar, Soeren Heissel, Hanan Alwaseem, Zachary Pennington, Denise Cai, Henrik Molina, Christian Henneberger, Schahram Akbarian

“…Changes in extracellular glycine levels were monitored by an optical glycine Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) sensor in the hippocampus, and behavioral phenotyping included cognition, anxiety-like behavior, and behavioral despair. …”
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Causal associations of ambient particulate matter 10 and Alzheimer’s disease: result from a two-sample multivariable Mendelian randomization study by Zehan Huang, Guodong He, Shuo Sun, Yingqing Feng, Yuqing Huang

“…Pooled meta-analysis of the inverse variance weighted (IVW) method was the main method. Sensitivity analyses included MR-Egger regression, weighted median, weighted mode and leave-one-out methods. …”
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