Intracardiac abscess in the clinical course of infective endocarditis complicated by acute heart failure by Собіров Барно Бобір огли

“…Objective: to determine the optimal diagnostic and treatment algorithm for patients with infective endocarditis complicated by acute heart failure (AHF) and intracardiac abscess. …”
Get full text

Artificial bee colony optimized random forest model for prediction of fly ash concrete compressive strength by Manish Bali, Ved Prakash Mishra, Anuradha Yenkikar

“…The experimental dataset consists of concrete mix designs with varying proportions of fly ash, steel fibers, and water-to-binder ratios, tested over multiple curing ages. Among the regression models, RF algorithm demonstrating the highest predictive accuracy was further improved by tuning its hyperparameters through ABC optimization. …”
Get full text

Individualized surgical treatment using decellularized fish skin transplantation after enzymatic debridement: A two years retrospective analysis by Gerrit Freund, Benedikt Schäfer, Justus P. Beier, Anja M. Boos

“…Over the past few years, treatment of burn injuries has evolved beyond primary surgical therapy with the development of enzymatic debridement and new types of skin replacement materials by providing complex personalized therapy concepts aimed at preserving and replacing the dermal layer of the skin.The aim of our study was to develop an individualized treatment algorithm for mixed depth burn wound and evaluate the outcomes of individualized combined treatment of mixed depth burn wounds with enzymatic debridement and decellularized fish skin.A total of 18 patients with a mean age of 34.8 years and mean follow-up of 447.6 days were included. …”
Get full text

High-resolution Canada domain disturbance forcings suitable for land surface modeling applications by Jason Beaver, Salvatore R. Curasi, Joe R. Melton, Elyn R. Humphreys, Txomin Hermosilla, Michael A. Wulder

“…We catalog and harmonize spatial and aspatial datasets and develop a novel algorithm that reconstructs disturbance far back in time using stand age. …”
Get full text

Experimental and machine learning based analysis of pervious concrete enhanced with fly ash and silica fume by Siva Shanmukha Anjaneya Babu Padavala, Siva Avudaiappan, Venkatesh Noolu

“…Experimental investigations were performed using FA replacement levels of 20 %, 30 % and 40 %; and SF replacement levels of 7.5 %, 10 % and 15 % to determine optimal mix proportions for compressive strength, flexural strength, split tensile strength evaluation. …”
Get full text

Making predictions for overhead power lines applying predictive analytics by Yu. N. Kondrashova, A. M. Tretyakovͬ, A. V. Shalimov

“…It should be noted that the general trend is a high percentage of wear and tear, moral and physical aging of the main and auxiliary electrical equipment.Goal - the application of methods of mathematical analysis and predictive analytics to predict the number of failures of electrical equipment and the development of an algorithm for calculating forecasting to assess damages in the future.Materials and methods. …”
Get full text

Major Adverse Kidney Events in Hospitalized Older Patients With Acute Kidney Injury: Machine Learning–Based Model Development and Validation Study by Xiao-Qin Luo, Ning-Ya Zhang, Ying-Hao Deng, Hong-Shen Wang, Yi-Xin Kang, Shao-Bin Duan

“…The eXtreme Gradient Boosting algorithm was applied to establish a prediction model for MAKE30. …”
Get full text

Comparing the Effect of Beractant (Beraksurf™) with That of Poractant Alfa (Curosurf®) on the Need for Intermittent Positive Pressure Ventilation in Neonatal Respiratory Distress S... by Yosra Khazani, Sirous Fathi Manesh, Elnaz Shaseb, Parvin Sarbakhsh

“…The effect of the treatments was evaluated regarding the need for IPPV by fitting semi-parametric logistic regression models, adjusted for the best subset of covariates selected by the forward variable selection algorithm and confounders identified by the expert panel. …”
Get full text

Surgical treatment of massive rotator cuff tears (literature review) by D. V. Menshova

“…The prevalence of rotator cuff tears according to the literature ranges from 20 % to 40 %, and this injury occurs more often in people over 60 years of age. Massive rotator cuff tears account for 10–40 % of all rotator cuff tears. …”
Get full text

Ambulatory electrocardiographic monitoring in patients with Fabry disease: study design and cohort characterization by E. V. Kotelnikova, V. N. Senchikhin, T. P. Lipchanskaya

“…The cohort of patients is predominantly male (73/27%; mean age, 41±13,7 years). At the time of inclusion, 8 (73%) patients received enzyme replacement therapy for 4-73 months. …”
Get full text

Development and evaluation of a machine learning model for post-surgical acute kidney injury in active infective endocarditis by XinPei Liu, SanXi Ai, RuiMing Yu, ChaoJi Zhang, Qi Miao

“…The 15 most critical features were valve replacement, pre-operative hypertension, large vegetations, NYHA class, alcoholism, age, post-operative low cardiac output syndrome, TyG index, pre-operative creatinine clearance, cardiopulmonary bypass duration, intra-operative red blood cell transfusion, intra-operative urine output, pre-operative hemoglobin levels, and timing of surgery.ConclusionCompared to standard cardiac surgery, AKI occurs more frequently and with a more complex etiology in surgeries for active infective endocarditis. …”
Get full text

Antithrombotic Therapy in Patients with Malignant Lymphoproliferative Disorders Treated with Ibrutinib by EI Emelina, GE Gendlin, IG Nikitin

“…The trial included 197 patients with CLL (n = 190), mantle cell lymphoma (n = 5), and Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia (n = 2) aged 32 to 91 years (median 66 years). The number of female patients was 70, aged 39 to 83 years (median 64 years) and the number of male patients was 127, aged 32 to 91 years (median 66 years). …”
Get full text

Parental Information-Use Strategies in a Digital Parenting Environment and Their Associations With Parental Social Support and Self-Efficacy: Cross-Sectional Study by Ryuta Onishi

“…The Partitioning Around Medoids (PAM) clustering algorithm was used to identify patterns in parenting information use. …”
Get full text

Deep learning-based automation for segmentation and biometric measurement of the gestational sac in ultrasound images by Hafiz Muhammad Danish, Zobia Suhail, Faiza Farooq

“…IntroductionMonitoring the morphological features of the gestational sac (GS) and measuring the mean sac diameter (MSD) during early pregnancy are essential for predicting spontaneous miscarriage and estimating gestational age (GA). However, the manual process is labor-intensive and highly dependent on the sonographer's expertise. …”
Get full text

The clinical performance of an office-based risk scoring system for fatal cardiovascular diseases in North-East of Iran. by Sadaf G Sepanlou, Reza Malekzadeh, Hossein Poustchi, Maryam Sharafkhah, Saeed Ghodsi, Fatemeh Malekzadeh, Arash Etemadi, Akram Pourshams, Paul D Pharoah, Christian C Abnet, Paul Brennan, Paolo Boffetta, Sanford M Dawsey, Farin Kamangar

“…Most of these risk score algorithms have been based on a long array of risk factors including blood markers of lipids. …”
Get full text

MYOPIA PREVALENCE AMONG STUDENTS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC. A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS by Natasha Hana Savitri, Adinda Sandya Poernomo, Muhammad Bagus Fidiandra1, Eka Candra Setyawan1, Arinda Putri Auna Vanadia1, Bulqis Inas Sakinah1, Lilik Djuari

“…Data retrieval used the PICO method and journal adjustments were selected using the PRISMA algorithm. Data analysis was performed using a random-effects model. …”
Get full text

Debridement, antibiotics, and implant retention in non‐oncological femoral megaprosthesis infections: minimum 5 year follow‐up by A. Asokan, M. S. Ibrahim, J. W. Thompson, F. S. Haddad

“…Results Patients included six proximal femoral replacements, five distal femoral replacements, and three total femoral replacements. …”
Get full text

Explainable Machine Learning Model for Predicting Persistent Sepsis-Associated Acute Kidney Injury: Development and Validation Study by Wei Jiang, Yaosheng Zhang, Jiayi Weng, Lin Song, Siqi Liu, Xianghui Li, Shiqi Xu, Keran Shi, Luanluan Li, Chuanqing Zhang, Jing Wang, Quan Yuan, Yongwei Zhang, Jun Shao, Jiangquan Yu, Ruiqiang Zheng

“…Following feature importance ranking, a final interpretable GBM model comprising 12 features (AKI stage, ΔCreatinine, urine output, furosemide dose, BMI, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score, kidney replacement therapy, mechanical ventilation, lactate, blood urea nitrogen, prothrombin time, and age) was established. …”
Get full text

“VisualFields Easy”: an iPad Application as a Simple Tool for Detecting Visual Field Defects by Angelane S. Santos, MD, Evelyn S. Morabe, MD

“…Results: The study included 137 eyes of 77 patients, 52 (68%) females and 25 (32%) males, age ranging from 18 to 82 years with a mean (SD) of 58 (+ 14) years. …”
Get full text

“Can computed tomographic angiography” solve the puzzle of complexities in the pediatric complex congenital heart disease’s by Javaid Iqbal, Sheikh Riaz Rasool, Tariq Ahmad Gojwari, Naseer Ahmad Choh, Moonisah Rafiq

“…Hence, it is vital as part of an adequate preoperative assessment algorithm in cases of complex CHD and can’t be replaced by TTE. …”
Get full text