Comparative evaluation of machine learning models for enhancing diagnostic accuracy of otitis media with effusion in children with adenoid hypertrophy by Xiaote Zhang, Qiaoyi Xie, Ganggang Wu

“…Confusion matrix analysis further confirmed RF as the optimal model, achieving 0.875 accuracy and robust inter-rater agreement (Cohen's kappa coefficient = 0.696) in the testing cohort. SHAP analysis identified the adenoid-to-nasopharyngeal ratio as the predominant diagnostic indicator, followed by tympanometric type and history of recurrent respiratory infections.ConclusionAn RF-based diagnostic model effectively identifies OME in AH children by integrating anatomical, functional, and inflammatory parameters, providing a clinically applicable tool for enhanced diagnostic accuracy and evidence-based management decisions.…”
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Hemostatic dysfunction is increased in patients with hepatosplenic schistosomiasis mansoni and advanced periportal fibrosis. by Luiz Arthur Calheiros Leite, Adenor Almeida Pimenta Filho, Caíque Silveira Martins da Fonseca, Bianka Santana dos Santos, Rita de Cássia dos Santos Ferreira, Silvia Maria Lucena Montenegro, Edmundo Pessoa Lopes, Ana Lúcia Coutinho Domingues, James Stuart Owen, Vera Lúcia de Menezes Lima

“…<h4>Methodology/principal findings</h4>Blood samples were used for liver function tests, hemogram and prothrombin time (International Normalized Ratio, INR). …”
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Factorial structure of physical rehabilitation group students’ complex fitness by I.N. Sobko, L.A. Ulaeva, Y.A. Yakovenko

“…Material: 50 1st year students of 17-18 years’ age participated in the research. Tests for assessment of students’ morphological-functional state were used. …”
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Administration of bovine casein-derived peptide prevents cognitive decline in Alzheimer disease model mice. by Li-Juan Min, Yodai Kobayashi, Masaki Mogi, Kana Tsukuda, Akio Yamada, Koji Yamauchi, Fumiaki Abe, Jun Iwanami, Jin-Zhong Xiao, Masatsugu Horiuchi

“…At 3 weeks after ICV injection, cognitive function was evaluated by the Morris water maze test. …”
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Transient stability assessment of wind turbine grid-connected systems using ISSA-MSVR by FAN Hong, XU Yongjie, XU Tao

“…For wind turbine grid-connected systems， an interpretable stability energy function is constructed using an improved Deep Q-Network （DQN） algorithm. …”
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Association between Thyroid Dysfunction and Intensive Care Unit-Acquired Weakness: A Case-Control Study by Tarek Samir Shabana, Sherif George Anis, DiaaElDein Mahmoud Ibrahim

“…We compared demographic and clinical variables, such as APACHE II score; length of ICU stay; free T3 (FT3), free T4, and thyroid-stimulating hormone levels; incidence of the four categories of thyroid function; and other risk factors for ICUAW. Logistic regression was used to determine independent risk factors for ICUAW. …”
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A Marketing Capability Based Export Performance Model for IRAN Software Market by Shahriar Azizi, Vahid Makizadeh, Behtash Jamalieh Bastami

“…In this research a model consisting of seven important variables in software industries including: competitive intensity, marketing planning and executing capability along with three market orientation factors (customer and competition orientation and inter-functional coordination) proposed. …”
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Is there a role for oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction in age-associated bladder disorders? by Lori A Birder

“…Such animal models can aid in the investigation of aspects of age-associated LUTSs that cannot be pursued in humans as well as to develop and test potential therapies. In addition, the search for urinary factors that may be a causative agent has resulted in the discovery of a number of potential targets that could serve as predictive biomarkers which can aid in early diagnosis and treatment of these chronic disorders. …”
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Design of attitude-adjustable chassis and dynamic stress analysis of key components for crawler combine harvester by Jinpeng Hu, Yang Yu, Tianle Ma, Peng Liu, Lizhang Xu

“…This work provides methods for optimizing the design and reliability testing of agricultural machinery chassis with attitude adjustment functions in hilly terrains. …”
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A novel nanoparticle glutathione and Lepidium sativum treatment for gentamicin-induced acute renal failure in rats by Mahmoud S. Sabra, Essmat A. H. Allam, Madeha H. A. Darwish, Enas A. Abdelhafez, Abeer S. Hassan, Ahmed A. N. Ahmed, Hoda S. Sherkawy, Marwa G. Gamea

“…Additionally, they decreased inflammatory markers such as kidney injury molecule-1 (KIM-1), neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL), tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α), and interleukin-6 (IL-6). Histological analysis and immunohistochemical testing revealed that the combination therapy, particularly with the nanoforms, significantly decreased caspase 3 cellular immunoexpression, a sign of kidney cellular damage. …”
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Contemporary Risk Stratification of Acute Coronary Syndrome by Gurleen Kaur, Swati Chand, Devesh Rai, Bipul Baibhav, Ron Blankstein, Debabrata Mukherjee, Phillip Levy, Martha Gulati

“…The contemporary risk stratification methods described in these guidelines allow for the identification of patient subgroups: patients who do not require further testing, patients who should proceed directly to the cath lab, and patients who will benefit from further anatomic or functional testing. …”
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Symptoms of Dry Eye Disease in Hospitalized Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) by Yan Wang, Sen Yang, Yue Zhang, Xin Zhang, Yaping Jiang, Xixi Wang, Pengxiang Zheng, Yihui Chen

“…The serum AST levels, history of cardiac or stroke disease, and the typical symptoms of muscle soreness may be the main impact factors on DED symptoms. We also need to pay more attention to the visual function and environmental triggers of hospitalized patients with COVID-19.…”
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Exercise intolerance in patients with chronic coronary syndrome: insights from exercise stress echocardiography by Wei-wei Zhu, Run-Yu Tian, Di-chen Guo, Ming-ming Lin, Qi-zhe Cai, Yun-yun Qin, Xue-yan Ding, Xiu-zhang Lv

“…AimsThis study applied exercise stress echocardiography (ESE) to identify risk factors associated with exercise intolerance in patients with chronic coronary syndrome (CCS).Methods and results90 CCS patients underwent a cardiopulmonary exercise test and ESE, assessing exercise capacity, left ventricular systolic and diastolic function, and systolic reserve. …”
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Body Awareness Does Not Need a Pedigree: Mixed-Breed Dogs Rely More on Self-Representation Than Social Learning in a Spatial Task by Petra Dobos, Péter Pongrácz

“…Body awareness allows the individual to negotiate spatial tasks by referencing their own body. Here, we tested whether biologically meaningful factors, such as an alternative solution (detour around an obstacle) and learning from a human demonstrator, would affect dogs’ reliance on their body size in an aperture test. …”
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An improved multi-objective particle swarm optimization algorithm for the design of foundation pit of rail transit upper cover project by Jinyan Shao, Yuan Lu, Yi Sun, Lei Zhao

“…The results show that MOIPSO not only performs well in multi-objective function testing but also proves highly competitive in solving real-world engineering problems. …”
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An Immunogenic Cell Death-Related Gene Signature Predicts the Prognosis and Immune Infiltration of Cervical Cancer by Fangfang Sun, Yuanyuan Sun, Hui Tian

“…Further analyses indicated that the estimated risk score functioned as an independent prognostic factor for CC and influenced immune cell abundance within the tumor microenvironment. …”
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SUDDEN SENSORINEURAL HEARING LOSS AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH PATENT FORAMEN OVALE IN SCUBA DIVERS by Yaroslava V. Bondarenko, Yuliia V. Dieieva

“…This suggests a potential impact of diving on the early changes in the function of outer hair cells. The presumed pathophysiological mechanism for hearing loss in divers is paradoxical embolism. …”
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Interacting symbionts and immunity in the amphibian skin mucosome predict disease risk and probiotic effectiveness. by Douglas C Woodhams, Hannelore Brandt, Simone Baumgartner, Jos Kielgast, Eliane Küpfer, Ursina Tobler, Leyla R Davis, Benedikt R Schmidt, Christian Bel, Sandro Hodel, Rob Knight, Valerie McKenzie

“…We developed a non-invasive assay for antifungal function of the skin mucosal ecosystem (mucosome function) integrating host immune factors and the microbial community as an alternative to pathogen exposure experiments. …”
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TWO-PARAMETER IRT MODEL APPLICATION TO ASSESS PROBABILISTIC CHARACTERISTICS OF PROHIBITED ITEMS DETECTION BY AVIATION SECURITY SCREENERS by A. K. Volkov, D. V. Aidarkin, A. K. Volkov

“…Test x-ray images have to be selected in the ascending order of their complexity taking into consideration the influence of various factors.The suggested model may be applied both in the field of improving of aviation security screeners’ training methods to provide screening procedures, and while solving problems of increasing the efficiency of the screening system functioning.…”
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Urine metabolomic changes in cats with renal disease or calcium oxalate uroliths. by Dennis E Jewell, Selena K Tavener, Regina L Hollar, Kiran S Panickar

“…In order to reduce the data for analysis, factor analysis/factor loading was used allowing statistical hypothesis testing and the selection of significant metabolites from 488 identified metabolites. …”
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