Early weight gain after stopping smoking: a predictor of overall large weight gain? A single-site retrospective cohort study by Alexandra Pankova, Eva Kralikova, Kamila Zvolska, Lenka Stepankova, Milan Blaha, Petra Ovesna, Paul Aveyard

“…A receiver operating curve analysis showed that patients gaining more than 0.98% of their baseline weight during first 3 months had a sensitivity of 66% and specificity of 44% for gaining 7% or more weight by 12 months. …”
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Renewal of wheat cultivars enhances ozone resistance in yield but detrimentally impacts quality: a survey of Chinese wheat by Yinsen Qian, Zheng Zhao, Yifan Cao, Quan Ma, Nanyan Zhu, Lingqi Song, Min Zhu, Min Zhu, Chunyan Li, Chunyan Li, Jinfeng Ding, Jinfeng Ding, Wenshan Guo, Wenshan Guo, Xinkai Zhu, Xinkai Zhu, Xinkai Zhu

“…In terms of hardness, sedimentation value, and starch content, varieties released in the 1990s exhibited less sensitivity, whereas those released after the 2000s experienced the most significant changes in protein content. …”
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Gastric Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy (G-POEM) as a Treatment for Refractory Gastroparesis: Long-Term Outcomes by Jiaxin Xu, Tianyin Chen, Shaimaa Elkholy, Meidong Xu, Yunshi Zhong, Yiqun Zhang, Weifeng Chen, Wenzheng Qin, Mingyan Cai, Pinghong Zhou

“…A GCSI cut-off score of ≤30 had a high sensitivity and a negative predictive value (NPV) of 100% for predicting a successful procedure. …”
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Detection of genetic determinants of potentially oncogenic representatives of the intestinal microbiota as biomarkers of colorectal cancer by Viktoriya N. Shumilova, Artemij E. Goncharov, Daniil V. Azarov, Stanislav I. Sitkin, Elgudzha L. Latariya, Batyrbek I. Aslanov, Mikhail A. Bobrakov, Rustem E. Topuzov

“…However, a significant disadvantage of the available non-invasive diagnostic methods is the low sensitivity in detecting the oncological process at the early stages. …”
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Developing soil quality indices to investigate degradation impacts of different land use types in Northern Ethiopia by Araya Kahsay, Mitiku Haile, Girmay Gebresamuel, Muktar Mohammed

“…A positive and significant correlation was demonstrated among SQIs, revealing that all SQIs were sensitive to measure land use management impacts to soil quality. …”
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Investigating processes influencing simulation of local Arctic wintertime anthropogenic pollution in Fairbanks, Alaska, during ALPACA-2022 by N. Brett, N. Brett, K. S. Law, S. R. Arnold, J. G. Fochesatto, J.-C. Raut, T. Onishi, R. Gilliam, K. Fahey, D. Huff, G. Pouliot, B. Barret, E. Dieudonné, R. Pohorsky, J. Schmale, A. Baccarini, A. Baccarini, S. Bekki, G. Pappaccogli, F. Scoto, S. Decesari, A. Donateo, M. Cesler-Maloney, W. Simpson, P. Medina, B. D'Anna, B. Temime-Roussel, J. Savarino, S. Albertin, S. Albertin, J. Mao, B. Alexander, A. Moon, P. F. DeCarlo, V. Selimovic, R. Yokelson, E. S. Robinson

“…At the surface, model results show that observed CO variability is largely driven by meteorology and, to a lesser extent, by emissions, although simulated tracers are sensitive to modelled vertical dispersion. Modelled underestimation of surface <span class="inline-formula">NO_<i>x</i></span> during very cold polluted conditions is considerably improved following the inclusion of substantial increases in diesel vehicle <span class="inline-formula">NO_<i>x</i></span> emissions at cold temperatures (e.g. a factor of 6 at <span class="inline-formula">−</span>30 °C). …”
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Data-driven insights into pre-slaughter mortality: Machine learning for predicting high dead on arrival in meat-type ducks by Chalita Jainonthee, Phutsadee Sanwisate, Panneepa Sivapirunthep, Chanporn Chaosap, Raktham Mektrirat, Sudarat Chadsuthi, Veerasak Punyapornwithaya

“…The results of the high DOA classification indicated that among all models, XGBoost-Up, XGBoost-Down, and RF-Down were the top three models, achieving the highest overall scores in evaluation metrics including Area Under the ROC Curve (AUC), sensitivity, precision, and F1-score. The primary factors contributing to the high predictive performance of the models were the number of ducks per truckload, temperature at the lairage area, and average body weight. …”
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The relationship between oxLDL, sLOX-1, PCSK9 and carotid intima-media thickness in patients with prediabetes and type 2 diabetes by Zeki Dogan, Abdulhalim Senyigit, Sinem Durmus, Canan Duvarcı, Remise Gelişgen, Hafize Uzun, Omur Tabak

“…ROC curve analyses showed that PCSK9, as well as oxLDL and LOX-1, was a strong predictor of T2DM with high sensitivity and specificity. In this study, we found that oxLDL, sLOX-1 and PCSK9 levels were significantly associated with carotid intima-media thickness. …”
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Stress contingent changes in Hog1 pathway architecture and regulation in Candida albicans. by Alison M Day, Min Cao, Alessandra da Silva Dantas, Olga Ianieva, Carmen Herrero-de-Dios, Alistair J P Brown, Janet Quinn

“…Functioning upstream of the Ssk2 MAPKKK is a two-component related signal transduction system comprising three sensor histidine kinases, a phosphotransfer protein Ypd1, and a response regulator Ssk1. …”
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Exploring Score-Level and Decision-Level Fusion of Inertial and Video Data for Intake Gesture Detection by Hamid Heydarian, Marc T. P. Adam, Tracy L. Burrows, Megan E. Rollo

“…Recent research has employed deep learning to detect intake gestures from inertial sensor and video camera data. However, the fusion of these modalities has not been attempted. …”
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Impacts of Legacy and Contemporary Nitrogen Inputs on N2O and CO2 Emissions in Miscanthus and Maize Cultivated Soils by Jaejin Lee, Paul Villanueva, Kate Glanville, Andy Vanloocke, Wendy H. Yang, Angela Kent, Marshall McDaniel, Steven J. Hall, Adina Howe

“…Considering its rhizomatous roots and perennial growth, we hypothesized that Miscanthus × giganteus (M×g) would be more sensitive to legacy N fertilization and the historical context of its environment than an annual crop like maize. …”
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KMO-driven metabolic reconfiguration and its impact on immune cell infiltration in nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a new avenue for immunotherapy by Nijun Chen, Yuan Zong, Chen Yang, Lei Li, Yang Yi, Jiawen Zhao, Xiaoyu Zhao, Xianfei Xie, Xingmei Sun, Ning Li, Liting Jiang

“…Further investigation indicated that individuals with elevated KMO expression may exhibit heightened sensitivity to immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) therapy compared to those with lower KMO expression. …”
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Socialinių paslaugų srities darbuotojų profesinis perdegimas ir jį lemiantys veiksniai individualios priežiūros darbuotojų lygmeniu by Andrius Šmitas, Edita Auškalnytė

“…Kadangi Europos visuomenė sensta, socialinių paslaugų poreikis didėja, tad individualios priežiūros darbuotojai patiria nemažai iššūkių, kurie didina profesinio perdegimo riziką. …”
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Short-term predictive value of sST2 in patients with STEMI following primary PCI: a prospective observational study by Shan Huang, Lu-Jiao Yu, Guang-Feng Sun, Zi-Xin Zhang

“…High sST2 group had higher MACEs rate compared to low sST2 group (28.8% vs. 8.0%, P = 0.001). sST2 was positively correlated with age (r = 0.181, P = 0.027), SYNTAX score (r = 0.257, P = 0.002), high-sensitive C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) (r = 0.225, P = 0.006), B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) (r = 0.225, P = 0.006) and negatively with left ventricle ejection fraction (LVEF) (r = -0.197, P = 0.016). …”
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Analysis of the IGS rRNA Region and Applicability for Leishmania (V.) braziliensis Characterization by Tayná C. de Goes, Rayana C. S. de Morais, Maria G. N. de Melo, Rômulo P. e Silva, Antônio M. Rezende, Milena de Paiva-Cavalcanti

“…In addition, a set of primers for L. braziliensis identification for qPCR was developed and optimized. Sensitivity (S), specificity (σ), and efficiency (ε) tests were applied. …”
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Prostate Cancer Detection from MRI Using Efficient Feature Extraction with Transfer Learning by Rafiqul Islam, Al Imran, Md. Fazle Rabbi

“…Key metrics such as sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy are used to assess the models’ efficacy. …”
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Prediction of pathological complete response after neoadjuvant chemotherapy for HER2-negative breast cancer patients with routine immunohistochemical markers by Lothar Häberle, Ramona Erber, Paul Gass, Alexander Hein, Melitta Niklos, Bernhard Volz, Carolin C. Hack, Rüdiger Schulz-Wendtland, Hanna Huebner, Chloë Goossens, Matthias Christgen, Thilo Dörk, Tjoung-Won Park-Simon, Andreas Schneeweiss, Michael Untch, Valentina Nekljudova, Sibylle Loibl, Arndt Hartmann, Matthias W. Beckmann, Peter A. Fasching

“…The most precise model had across-validated area under the curve (AUC) of 0.84, sensitivity of 0.82, and specificity of 0.71. External validation yielded AUCs between 0.75 (95% CI, 0.70–0.81) and 0.83 (95% CI, 0.78–0.87). …”
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Alpha-synuclein pathology enhances peripheral and CNS immune responses to bacterial endotoxins by Anna-Sophia Hartke, Cara S. Schreiber, Kristina Lau, Ivo Wiesweg, Inken Waltl, Ulrich Kalinke, Franziska Richter, Christopher Käufer

“…In conclusion, aSyn pathology renders the peripheral and central immune response more sensitive to a single low dose of bacterial endotoxin, which mimics a transient dysbiosis or gut infection. …”
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Foot orientation and trajectory variability in locomotion: Effects of real-world terrain. by Emma Gibson, Greg Douglas, Katelyn Jeffries, Julianne Delaurier, Taylor Chestnut, Jesse M Charlton

“…Capturing human locomotion in nearly any environment or context is becoming increasingly feasible with wearable sensors, giving access to commonly encountered walking conditions. …”
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Novel approach for noninvasive pelvic floor muscle strength measurement using extracorporeal surface perineal pressure measurement and machine learning modeling by Ui-jae Hwang, Sun-hee Ahn, Hyeon-ju Lee, Yurin Jeon, Myung Jae Jeon

“…ESPP measurements were obtained using a 10 × 10 pressure array sensor during maximal voluntary PFM contractions in a seated position. …”
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