Development of an automated quality control and assay performance management system for biochemical genetics laboratory by P. Tanpaiboon, D. Salazar, M. Pan, L. Xu, R. Sharma

“…After the first year, this program provided 81 %-time reduction of hands-on time. Conclusion: This program improves assay quality and provides considerable time savings. …”
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Quantifying Suicide Risk in Prostate Cancer: A SEER-Based Predictive Model by Jiaxing Du, Fen Zhang, Weinan Zheng, Xue Lu, Huiyi Yu, Jian Zeng, Sujun Chen

“…Additionally, potential coding errors and reporting biases may affect the accuracy of the results. …”
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Visual Impairment among Primary School Children in Gondar Town, Northwest Ethiopia by Ayanaw Tsega Ferede, Destaye Shiferaw Alemu, Alemayehu Desalegn Gudeta, Haile Woretaw Alemu, Mulusew Asferaw Melese

“…The prevalence of visual impairment was 1.8%. Refractive errors (nearly 70%) followed by strabismus and cataract, each contributing 4.3%, were the most frequent causes of visual impairment in the study population. …”
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Traffic-related air pollution and spectacles use in schoolchildren. by Payam Dadvand, Mark J Nieuwenhuijsen, Xavier Basagaña, Mar Alvarez-Pedrerol, Albert Dalmau-Bueno, Marta Cirach, Ioar Rivas, Bert Brunekreef, Xavier Querol, Ian G Morgan, Jordi Sunyer

“…These findings require further confirmation by future studies applying more refined outcome measures such as quantified visual acuity and separating different types of refractive errors.…”
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Clinical Challenges in the Usage and Shortage of Mercaptopurine in Pediatric Oncology: Case Report by Thuane Sales Gonçalves, Lídia Freitas Fontes, Flávia Borelli Gomes do Nascimento, Mariana Martins Gonzaga do Nascimento, Paulo Caleb Júnior de Lima Santos

“… Introduction: The shortage of pediatric medications is particularly concerning due to the lack of pediatric-specific labeling and limited alternatives, reducing the therapeutic options and increasing the risk of medication errors. Another significant challenge is the absence of appropriate pediatric dosage forms, leading to practices such as tablet splitting or dilution, which can result in toxic or subtherapeutic doses. …”
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MEDIUM-TERM RESULTS OF TOTAL ELBOW ARTHROPLASTY IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS by A. G. Aliev, R. M. Tikhilov, I. I. Shubnyakov, A. N. Kovalenko, A. V. Ambrosenkov, A. P. Antipov

“…The significant risk factors for loosening were surgical technique errors; use of an Arete endoprosthesis; a preoperative C-reactive protein level of higher than 36.1 mg/l; age of older than 59 years at surgery; and a body mass index of higher than 32 kg/m2.Conclusion. …”
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Assessment of performance feedback as a teaching-learning tool in the operating room at the National Referral Hospital, Bhutan: a prospective pre-post interventional study by Karma Sherub, Yeshey Dorjey, Namkha Dorji, Sangay Tshering

“…Feedback, if at all given, is traditionally negative, pointing out errors, while wanting to draw attention to strengths and success. …”
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A systematic review of patient-reported outcome measures for idiopathic adhesive capsulitis - recommendations based on analyses of 16 existing questionnaires by Gustav K. M. Vangsgaard, Michael R. Krogsgaard, Christian F. Hansen

“…Inadequate PROMs induce a significant risk of measurement errors. Currently, there is no thorough analysis of PROMs used in clinical research on idiopathic adhesive capsulitis (AC). …”
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Strategies to Improve the Quality of Public Services with Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Indonesia by Mustainah M, Dandan Haryono, Nuraisyah Nuraisyah

“…Third, Responsiveness (Ai) accelerates the recognition of customer needs, automates processes, reduces procedural errors, and speeds up responses to service complaints by about 30-50%. …”
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Clinical Competency in Anesthesia Nursing Education: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study at Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences by Ali Khalafi, Sajjad Choopani, Nooshin Sarvi-Sarmeydani

“… Background: Clinical competence is an essential attribute for anesthesia nurses, as it directly influences patient safety, minimizes medical errors, and enhances surgical outcomes. In Iran, ensuring the clinical competence of anesthesia nurses is vital to addressing the growing demands of modern healthcare. …”
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Three-Random-Point Marking Method for Toric Intraocular Lens Alignment Using the iTrace Aberrometer by Yongyi Niu, Hongliang Lin, Yongjie Qin, Cheng Yang, Yanlei Chen, Jin Zeng, Hongyang Zhang

“…It can eliminate the potential systematic errors resulting from varying head positions during the preoperative keratometry measurement and from manual marking.…”
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A Solar Trajectory Model for Multi-Spectral Image Correction of DOM from Long-Endurance UAV in Clear Sky by Siyao Wu, Ke Nie, Xia Lu, Wei Fan, Shengmao Zhang, Fei Wang

“…The proportion of corrected reflectance errors within the ideal range (±10%) increased by 24% compared to the histogram matching method. …”
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Antenatal Ultrasonographic Anteroposterior Renal Pelvis Diameter Measurement: Is It a Reliable Way of Defining Fetal Hydronephrosis? by Alamanda Kfoury Pereira, Zilma Silveira Nogueira Reis, Maria Cândida Ferrarez Bouzada, Eduardo Araújo de Oliveira, Gabriel Osanan, Antônio Carlos Vieira Cabral

“…Cohen's Kappa to hydronephrosis severity was 0.51 (95% CI, 0.33 to 0.69). Conclusion. Inter and intraobserver APD measurement errors were low in these group, but the agreement to hydronephrosis diagnosis and classification was fair. …”
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QUANTIFYING INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION BETWEEN CANCER AND NORMAL CELLS USING USING NONLINEAR MIXED EFFECTS AND ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION MODELING by Letícia Fernanda Alves, Mauro César Cafundó Morais, João Frederico Costa Azevedo Meyer, Diego Samuel Rodrigues

“…We used a nonlinear mixed effects model from NLMEModeling (https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2011.06879) to account for observation errors and biological variability. Results: The curve fitting matched the experimental data for both cell types. …”
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Near Phoria and Near Point of Convergence Parameters in Children With Hearing and Speech Impairment: A Cross‐Sectional Study by Jameel Rizwana Hussaindeen, Mariza Mavroidis, Badrinath P. Ashwin, Meenakshi S. Sruthi, Baskar Theagarayan

“…ABSTRACT Background and Aims Children with hearing and speech impairment are reported to have a higher prevalence of refractive errors and amblyopia. Most studies conducted previously have not primarily concentrated on the binocular vision aspects of near vision in children with hearing impairment (HI). …”
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Difficulties in the differential diagnosis of tumors in the female reproductive system by Ju. V. Nosova, A. E. Solopova, G. N. Khabas, A. V. Asaturova

“…A thorough analysis of the clinical picture and a joint multidisciplinary discussion (gynecologist, oncologist, radiologist, etc.) made it possible to avoid diagnostic errors.Conclusion. These observations demonstrate the difficulties of differential diagnosis between ovarian metastases of uterine cancer and primary multiple ovarian and uterine cancer, as well between leiomyosarcoma and uterine myoma with high mitotic activity. …”
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PD-1 inhibitors improve the efficacy of transcatheter arterial chemoembolization combined with apatinib in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma: a meta-analysis and trial sequential a... by Jiahui Yu, Jinxin Yu, Yimiao Chen, Yuting Yang, Pengsheng Yi

“…Trial sequential analysis (TSA) was conducted to minimize randomization errors and assess whether the meta-analysis provided conclusive evidence. …”
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Features of Monitoring Patients with Primary and Advanced Stages of Glaucoma in Krasnodar Territory by A. S. Apostolova, A. V. Malyshev, K. M. Gurdzhijan, V. A. Shipilov, N. N. Ponomareva

“…The criterion for inclusion in the study was primary glaucoma of the initial and advanced stages, elimination criteria: high degree of refraction errors, retinal detachment in anamnesis, proliferative diabetic retinopathy, AMD exudative forms, congenital forms of glaucoma, secondary types of glaucoma.Results: The average age of patients was 68.44 ± 8.142 years, women were 71 %, men — 29 %. …”
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Automated diagnosis and classification of metacarpal and phalangeal fractures using a convolutional neural network: a retrospective data analysis study by Michael Axenhus, Anna Wallin, Jonas Havela, Sara Severin, Ablikim Karahan, Max Gordon, Martin Magnéli

“… Background and purpose: Hand fractures are commonly presented in emergency departments, yet diagnostic errors persist, leading to potential complications. …”
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3D IntelliGenes: AI/ML application using multi-omics data for biomarker discovery and disease prediction with multi-dimensional visualization by Rishabh Narayanan, Elizabeth Peker, William DeGroat, Dinesh Mendhe, Saman Zeeshan, Zeeshan Ahmed

“…The data clustering module creates configurable 3D scatter plots to visualize the structure-preserving distribution of disease states, AI/ML classifier bias in the form of type I/II errors, and patient similarity through a robust density-driven clustering algorithm. …”
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