Image harmonization improves consistency of intra-rater delineations of MS lesions in heterogeneous MRI by Aaron Carass, Danielle Greenman, Blake E. Dewey, Peter A. Calabresi, Jerry L. Prince, Dzung L. Pham

“…These results could lead to better truth models in both the development and evaluation of automated lesion segmentation algorithms.…”
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PictureGuard: Enhancing Software-Defined Networking–Internet of Things Security with Novel Image-Based Authentication and Artificial Intelligence-Powered Two-Stage Intrusion Detect... by Hazem (Moh’d Said) Hatamleh, As’ad Mahmoud As’ad Alnaser, Said S. Saloum, Ahmed Sharadqeh, Jawdat S. Alkasassbeh

“…Further, multi-controllers were placed optimally using fox optimization algorithm. The generated global paths were securely stored in the virtual blockchain Finally, the two agents in the multi-controllers were responsible for validating and classifying the incoming suspicious flow packets into normal and malicious packets by considering the operative metrics using the Dueling Deep Q Network (DDQN) algorithm. …”
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System Verification and FPGA Implementation of Hardware Preemptive Scheduler for RISC-V Processor by Ionel Zagan, Vasile Gheorghita Gaitan

“…The overall purpose of this paper is to present the hardware scheduler accelerator (HwSA) concept based on the RISC-V 4-stage pipeline CPU, where the scheduling algorithm is implemented in hardware. The proposed system is compared with existing soft-core processors using different parameters, such as the field-programmable gate arrays (FPGA) resources used for implementation, frequency, instruction set architecture (ISA), scheduler type, and the number of pipeline stages. …”
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Analysis of immune characteristics and inflammatory mechanisms in COPD patients: a multi-layered study combining bulk and single-cell transcriptome analysis and machine learning by Changjin Wei, Yongfeng Zhu, Caiming Chen, Feipeng Li, Li Zheng

“…COPD patients were clustered using the ConsensusClusterPlus algorithm, and the pathway activity differences of different inflammatory subtypes were analyzed using GSVA. …”
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High Accuracy of Epileptic Seizure Detection Using Tiny Machine Learning Technology for Implantable Closed-Loop Neurostimulation Systems by Evangelia Tsakanika, Vasileios Tsoukas, Athanasios Kakarountas, Vasileios Kokkinos

“…One of its key characteristics is the ability to run machine learning algorithms without the need for high computational complexity and powerful hardware resources. …”
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Beacon Jointed Packet Reconstruction Scheme for Mobile-Phone Based Visible Light Communications Using Rolling Shutter by Wei-Chung Wang, Chi-Wai Chow, Chia-Wei Chen, Hsiang-Chain Hsieh, Yen-Ting Chen

“…The mobile-phone based VLC data rate can be increased to a record 10.32 kb/s. The implementation algorithm is discussed; and the bit-error-rate experimental evaluations at different transmission distances and horizontal offsets are performed.…”
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Smartphone- and Tablet-Based Tools to Assess Cognition in Individuals With Preclinical Alzheimer Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment: Scoping Review by Rosanne L van den Berg, Sophie M van der Landen, Matthijs J Keijzer, Aniek M van Gils, Maureen van Dam, Kirsten A Ziesemer, Roos J Jutten, John E Harrison, Casper de Boer, Wiesje M van der Flier, Sietske AM Sikkes

“…For almost all tools (36/37, 97%), construct validity was assessed through evaluation of clinical or biological associations or relevant group differences. …”
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iCARE: An R package to build, validate and apply absolute risk models. by Parichoy Pal Choudhury, Paige Maas, Amber Wilcox, William Wheeler, Mark Brook, David Check, Montserrat Garcia-Closas, Nilanjan Chatterjee

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The Fetal Region-specific Optimized Growth Standard (FROGS)-A fetal and birthweight centile calculator validated in a national population. by Natasha L Pritchard, Stephen Tong, Teresa MacDonald, Elizabeth McCarthy, Lisa Hui, Michael Bethune, Hannah G Gordon, Roxanne Hastie, Emerson Keenan, Michael Permezel, Susan P Walker, Anthea C Lindquist

“…This study is limited in that it retrospectively assesses birthweight, which may have different implications to a prospective evaluation of estimated fetal weight.…”
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Multi-omics analyses of the heterogenous immune microenvironment in triple-negative breast cancer implicate UQCRFS1 potentiates tumor progression by Yuhui Tang, Aiqi Xu, Zhongbiao Xu, Jindong Xie, Wei Huang, Liulu Zhang, Yitian Chen, Lu Yang, Shasha Du, Kun Wang

“…Methods The thorough analyses of different cell types within TME were conducted on the self-tested single-cell RNA sequencing dataset which contained nine TNBC treatment-naïve patients, including subclusters classification, CellChat algorithm, transcription factors (TFs) expression, pseudotime analysis and functional enrichment assay. …”
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Identification of Energy Metabolism-Related Subtypes and Diagnostic Biomarkers for Osteoarthritis by Integrating Bioinformatics and Machine Learning by Xu S, Ye J, Cai X

“…We assessed the immune infiltration levels in OA samples using the IOBR platform and the CIBERSORT algorithm.Results: We classified OA patients into two molecular subtypes, which exhibited distinct differences in immune infiltration levels. …”
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Impact of dimensionality reduction techniques on student performance prediction using machine learning by Koushik Roy, Huu-Hoa Nguyen, Dewan Md. Farid

“…This reduction in dimensionality enhances the performance of predictive models and provides valuable insights into the key factors influencing student performance. The study evaluates ADRA using four different student performance datasets and six machine learning algorithms, comparing it to three existing dimensionality reduction methods. …”
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Somatostatin receptor molecular imaging in a misdiagnosed gastrinoma case by Cati Stolniceanu, Irena Grierosu, Milovan Matovic, Cipriana Stefanescu

“…In the approach to the patient with tremendous digestive symptomatology, physicians from different specialties should evaluate NETs specific markers and then insist on structural-functional complementarity, avoiding the waste of time and high cost of repeated structural investigations. …”
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The PROMISE of Precision Medicine in Myocardial Infarction with Non-Obstructive Coronary Arteries by Giulia La Vecchia, Vincenzo Scarica, Ludovica Leo, Rocco A. Montone

“…However, due to the heterogeneous nature of this clinical condition and the absence of randomized clinical trials, evidence supporting a standardized diagnostic algorithm and the clinical management of these patients is lacking. …”
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Sample Training Based Wildfire Segmentation by 2D Histogram θ-Division with Minimum Error by Jianhui Zhao, Erqian Dong, Mingui Sun, Wenyan Jia, Dengyi Zhang, Zhiyong Yuan

“…A novel wildfire segmentation algorithm is proposed with the help of sample training based 2D histogram θ-division and minimum error. …”
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A Robust Watermarking Scheme Based on Maximum Wavelet Coefficient Modification and Optimal Threshold Technique by Chunlei Li, Xiaowei Song, Zhoufeng Liu, Aihua Zhang, Ruimin Yang

“…This paper proposes a robust watermarking algorithm based on maximum wavelet coefficient modification and optimal threshold technique. …”
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Self-Adaptive MOEA Feature Selection for Classification of Bankruptcy Prediction Data by A. Gaspar-Cunha, G. Recio, L. Costa, C. Estébanez

“…Bankruptcy prediction is a vast area of finance and accounting whose importance lies in the relevance for creditors and investors in evaluating the likelihood of getting into bankrupt. …”
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Flame Failures and Recovery in Industrial Furnaces: A Neural Network Steady-State Model for the Firing Rate Setpoint Rearrangement by Tahmineh Adili, Zohreh Rostamnezhad, Ali Chaibakhsh, Ali Jamali

“…For this purpose, based on an accurate high-order mathematical model, constrained nonlinear optimization problems were solved using the genetic algorithm. For different failure scenarios, the best possible excess firing rates for healthy burners to recover the furnace from abnormal conditions were obtained and data were recorded for training and testing stages. …”
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Preserving information while respecting privacy through an information theoretic framework for synthetic health data generation by Nadir Sella, Florent Guinot, Nikita Lagrange, Laurent-Philippe Albou, Jonathan Desponds, Hervé Isambert

“…Here, we introduce a novel algorithm (MIIC-SDG) for generating synthetic data from electronic records based on a multivariate information framework and Bayesian network theory. …”
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Investigation of the positioning accuracy of the Cat’s Eye as a reference position in asphere-measuring interferometry by Scholz Gregor, Evers Daniel, Fortmeier Ines

“…This work presents a multi-step specimen positioning procedure that uses the Cat’s Eye reference position as a fixed reference position. Different alignment criteria are evaluated by simulation and implemented into an alignment algorithm for specimen alignment into the Cat’s Eye position. …”
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