Improving the accuracy of fatty liver index to reflect liver fat content with predictive regression modelling. by Hykoush A Asaturyan, Nicolas Basty, Marjola Thanaj, Brandon Whitcher, E Louise Thomas, Jimmy D Bell

“…It is also used to stratify individuals with hepatic steatosis such as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), and to detect the presence of type 2 diabetes or cardiovascular disease. …”
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Diagnostic performance of the extended focused assessment with sonography for trauma (EFAST) patients in a tertiary care hospital of Nepal by Samjhana Basnet, Sanu Krishna Shrestha, Alok Pradhan, Roshana Shrestha, Anmol Purna Shrestha, Grishma Sharma, Sahil Bade, Latika Giri

“…EFAST was found to have a high specificity (99.5%) and positive predictive value (98.21%) which indicates that it is an effective technique for detecting intra-abdominal or thoracic injuries. However, the effectiveness of EFAST is limited by its being operator dependent, and thereby human error. …”
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Combining UAV Remote Sensing with Ensemble Learning to Monitor Leaf Nitrogen Content in Custard Apple (<i>Annona squamosa</i> L.) by Xiangtai Jiang, Lutao Gao, Xingang Xu, Wenbiao Wu, Guijun Yang, Yang Meng, Haikuan Feng, Yafeng Li, Hanyu Xue, Tianen Chen

“…With a root mean square error (RMSE) of 0.059 and a mean absolute error (MAE) of 0.193, the coefficient of determination (R²) came to 0. 661. …”
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Risk of Superficial Fungal Infections in WHIM Syndrome by Jennifer Strong, Rutha Adhanom, Caleb S. Kim, Yoshine Saito, Jasmine C. Meltzer, Patrick Hallaert, Sophia Martinez, Abigail Salancy, Heidi H. Kong, Edward W. Cowen, Leslie Castelo-Soccio, Philip M. Murphy, David H. McDermott, Isaac Brownell

“…Abstract Introduction WHIM syndrome is a rare autosomal dominant inborn error of immunity caused by gain-of-function mutations in the chemokine receptor CXCR4. …”
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Psychometric evaluation of the Persian version of the adult chronic kidney disease self-management instrument in the Iranian population by Simin Alasvand, Mehrnaz Ahmadi, Hamid Sharif-Nia, Marziyeh Asadizaker

“…The absolute reliability, as determined by Standard Error of Measurement results, was 3.16. Additionally, the Minimum Detectable Change was estimated to be 8.75. …”
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Response Inhibition, Attention and Processing Speed in Male Athlete and Non-athlete Adolescents by Saeideh Ayoubi, Nazgol Behgam, Dena Sadeghi-Bahmani, Hora Heidari, Zhila Maghbooli, Sharareh Eskandarieh

“…Nonetheless, no significant discrepancy in response error and the number of response inhibitions was detected (P=0.50). …”
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ECG Sensor Design Assessment with Variational Autoencoder-Based Digital Watermarking by Chih-Yu Hsu, Chih-Yin Chang, Yin-Chi Chen, Jasper Wu, Shuo-Tsung Chen

“…Designing an ECG sensor circuit requires a comprehensive approach to detect, amplify, filter, and condition the weak electrical signals produced by the heart. …”
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Dental magnetic resonance imaging for bone loss assessment and disease activity classification in severe periodontitis by Arne Lauer, Luisa Schulte, Artid Skenderi, Nouha Tekiki, Alexander Juerchott, Meysam Sohani, Maurice Ruetters, Franz Sebastian Schwindling, Peter Rammelsberg, Mathias Nittka, Sabine Heiland, Martin Bendszus, Tim Hilgenfeld

“…Volumetric data were compared to clinical findings. Results Ten female and nine male patients with 253 bony lesions were examined. …”
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Accounting for alternation in temporal quality analysis in MapBiomas Brazil by Ana Paula Matos, Maria Hunter, Robert Gilmore Pontius, Luis Rodrigo Baumann, Leandro Leal Parente, Laerte Guimarães Ferreira

“…Alternation, a newly defined error component, captures the number of land use transitions a location experiences throughout time. …”
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Laser-induced Breakdown Spectroscopy of Ice-regolith Mixtures: Implications for Measurements on Planetary Surfaces by Frédéric Diotte, Myriam Lemelin, François R. Doucet, Lütfü Ç. Özcan

“…Regression models trained on physically diverse mixtures reduce the rms error of predicted H _2 O content by 5.6% across the 0–40 wt% range. …”
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Where to Protect? Spatial Ecology and Conservation Prioritization of the Persian Squirrel at the Westernmost Edge of Its Distribution by Yiannis G. Zevgolis, Alexandros D. Kouris, Apostolos Christopoulos, Marios Leros, Maria Loupou, Dimitra-Lida Rammou, Dionisios Youlatos, Andreas Y. Troumbis

“…Using a randomized grid-based survey, we recorded 424 presence records across the island and applied a suite of spatial analyses, including Kernel Density Estimation, Getis-Ord Gi*, and Anselin Local Moran’s I, to detect hotspots, coldspots, and spatial outliers. …”
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Application value of MRI examination in the diagnosis of complex anal fistula by Wu Ziwei, Sun Xueliang, Fu Zhihui, Ni Zhengxin, Yang Jianhua

“…During intraoperative exploration, 71 main fistulas, 68 internal openings, 26 branch fistulas, 15 patients with abscesses, 6 suprasphincteric, 46 intersphincteric, 2 extrasphincteric, and 17 transsphincteric were confirmed. Using surgical findings as the reference standard, the accuracy rates of MRI examination were 100%, 98.5%, 92.3% and 100% for detecting the main fistula, internal stoma opening, branching fistula and abscess, respectively. …”
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A Skill Assessment Framework for the Fisheries and Marine Ecosystem Model Intercomparison Project by Nina Rynne, Camilla Novaglio, Julia Blanchard, Daniele Bianchi, Villy Christensen, Marta Coll, Jerome Guiet, Jeroen Steenbeek, Andrea Bryndum‐Buchholz, Tyler D. Eddy, Cheryl Harrison, Olivier Maury, Kelly Ortega‐Cisneros, Colleen M. Petrik, Derek P. Tittensor, Ryan F. Heneghan

“…Abstract Understanding climate change impacts on global marine ecosystems and fisheries requires complex marine ecosystem models, forced by global climate projections, that can robustly detect and project changes. The Fisheries and Marine Ecosystems Model Intercomparison Project (FishMIP) uses an ensemble modeling approach to fill this crucial gap. …”
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Ozone trends in homogenized Umkehr, ozonesonde, and COH overpass records by I. Petropavlovskikh, I. Petropavlovskikh, J. D. Wild, J. D. Wild, K. Abromitis, K. Abromitis, P. Effertz, P. Effertz, K. Miyagawa, L. E. Flynn, E. Maillard Barras, R. Damadeo, G. McConville, G. McConville, B. Johnson, P. Cullis, S. Godin-Beekmann, G. Ancellet, R. Querel, R. Van Malderen, D. Zawada

“…Although the upper-stratospheric ozone trends derived from COH satellite records are more positive than those detected by the Umkehr system, the agreement is within the 2 times the standard error uncertainty. …”
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Adaptive Matching of High-Frequency Infrared Sea Surface Images Using a Phase-Consistency Model by Xiangyu Li, Jie Chen, Jianwei Li, Zhentao Yu, Yaxun Zhang

“…Additionally, the root mean square error (RMSE) fluctuations for both image types remain stable, averaging 1.5. …”
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Effects of different pressure midfoot wraps on balance and proprioception in amateur basketball athletes by Chengliang Wu, Shuai Zhang, Tao Wu, Sheng-Wei Jia, Zhaowei Chu, Fan Yang

“…No significant difference was detected in joint position sense in ankle dorsiflexion, plantarflexion, eversion and inversion between different wrap conditions (p &gt; 0.05). …”
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Aging steller sea lions by growth layer groups in teeth by Takeomi Isono, Yumi Kobayashi, Vladimir N. Burkanov, Orio Yamamura

“…We examined growth layer groups (GLGs) in the canine, incisor, and postcanine teeth of Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) to find the optimal method to determine their age using 18 known‐age animals, from data collected in Hokkaido, Japan, 1995–2011. …”
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Coffee and tea consumption and glioma risk: a meta-analysis of cohort studies by Jinyu Pan, Chuan Shao, Hui Tang, Nan Wu

“…Given that the evidence for coffee was classified as “very low” and for tea as “low,” cautious interpretation of the findings is warranted, and further research is needed to validate these results.…”
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Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the short version of anterior cruciate ligament return to sport after injury scale to Persian Language by Fereshteh Kazemi pakdel, Ahmad Kazemi pakdel, Mohammad Ali Sarbazi Zarandi, Safoora Sabaghian Rad, Hamed Zarei

“…Also, the standard error of measurement and minimum detectable change were determined to be 5.11 and 10.69, respectively. …”
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Estimation of Groundwater Temperatures in Paris, France by Hannes Hemmerle, Sina Hale, Ingo Dressel, Susanne A. Benz, Guillaume Attard, Philipp Blum, Peter Bayer

“…This combined approach is shown to improve existing estimation procedures that are focused either on rural or on urban conditions. While they do not detect local hotspots caused by small-scaled heat sources located underground (e.g., sewage systems and tunnels), the findings for the city of Paris for the estimation of large-scale thermal anomalies in the subsurface are promising. …”
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