Intestinal Ultrasound Combined with Blood Inflammatory Markers Is a More Efficient Tool in Evaluating Severity of Crohn’s Disease: A Pilot Study by Huaying Fang, Jie Liu, Kai Qian, Xuemei Xu, Zhaolong Li, Li Xie, Menghan Sun, Song Wang, Jiaqin Xu, Chaolan Lv, Bo Wang, Weiyong Liu, Gengqing Song, Yue Yu

“…This study is aimed at evaluating the efficacy of IUS key parameters, the International Bowel Ultrasound Activity Score (IBUS-SAS), and IBUS-SAS combined with blood inflammatory markers in assessing CD activity. Methods. 40 CD patients were reviewed in this retrospective study and were divided into the moderate-severe group (n=25) and nonmoderate-severe group (n=15) based on a simplified endoscopic score of Crohn’s disease (SES-CD). …”
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Safety and efficacy of omaveloxolone v/s placebo for the treatment of Friedreich's ataxia in patients aged more than 16 years: a systematic review by Ankita Umrao, Monika Pahuja, Nabendu Sekhar Chatterjee

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Are circadian rhythms more favorable with lithium than with other mood stabilizers? An exploratory actigraphy study in euthymic bipolar disorder type 1 by Vincent Hennion, Jan Scott, Victoire Martinot, Chloé Benizri, Cynthia Marie-Claire, Frank Bellivier, Bruno Etain

“…Experimental research suggests that lithium (Li) modifies CRA, but this has been rarely explored in BD using actigraphy. Methods: The sample comprised 88 euthymic BD-I cases with 3 weeks of actigraphy. …”
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Variation Characteristics of Sediment Transport for a Vertical Gauze Sand Barrier During Different Sampling Seasons by Yan Deren, Yang Zhiguo, Gao Haiyan, Huang Haiguang, Hu Xiaolong

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Parameter estimation in the Farlie–Gumbel–Morgenstern bivariate Bilal distribution via multistage ranked set sampling by S. P. Arun, M. R. Irshad, R. Maya, Amer I. Al-Omari, Shokrya S. Alshqaq

“…Ranked set sampling is a well-known and efficient method compared to simple random sampling for estimating population parameters. …”
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Clinical research of hemodialysis adequacy evaluation with Kt/V by on-line clearance monitoring and by blood sampling calculation by ZHENG Xin, YANG Tao, HOU Fang, WANG Yu-zhu

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Mapping the sources and strands of marine debris via particle modelling and In-situ sampling approaches in archipelagic countries by Noir P. Purba, Ibnu Faizal, David Christie, Munawir B. Pratama, Darryl A. Valino, Marine K. Martasuganda, Titin Herawati, Ajeng Wulandari, Sanny T. Utami, Noor C.D. Aryanto, Muhammad H. Ilmi, Raffy R. Alfarez, Buntora Pasaribu

“…Using a combination of simulation and in-situ sampling methods, the simulation considered 13 hypothetical sources based on external factors such as river locations and surface ocean currents. …”
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A Novel State of Charge Estimation Method Based on Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy for Solid-State Batteries of Next-Generation Space Power Sources under Different States of... by Bingxiang Sun, Junfeng Pang, Liying Zhu, Xinze Zhao, Weige Zhang, Shichang Ma, Xiaopeng Liu

“…Aiming at compensating for the research lack of modeling and state estimation of solid-state batteries, this paper proposes a state of charge (SOC) estimation method based on the electrochemical impedance spectra (EIS) of sample solid-state batteries that consider both accuracy and speed. …”
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A comparative analysis in monitoring 24-hour urinary copper in wilson disease: sampling on or off treatment? by Isabelle Mohr, Patrick Lamade, Christophe Weber, Viola Leidner, Sebastian Köhrer, Alexander Olkus, Matthias Lang, Andrea Langel, Patrischia Dankert, Melanie Greibich, Silke Wolf, Holger Zimmer, Patrick Michl, Aurélia Poujois, Karl Heinz Weiss, Uta Merle

“…Conclusion Off-therapy 24 h-UCE reflects the “free” copper pool more accurately than does urinary sampling. The study shows discordant results for both sampling methods in approximately half of the patients, revealing that interpretation of 24 h-UCE with respect to chelator-dosing decisions should be performed with caution.…”
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Effect of the Sampling of a Dataset in the Hyperparameter Optimization Phase over the Efficiency of a Machine Learning Algorithm by Noemí DeCastro-García, Ángel Luis Muñoz Castañeda, David Escudero García, Miguel V. Carriegos

“…Also, a level of gain is assigned to each partition allowing us to study patterns and allocate whose samples are more profitable. Since Cybersecurity is a discipline in which the efficiency of Artificial Intelligence techniques is a key aspect in order to extract actionable knowledge, the statistical analyses have been carried out over five Cybersecurity datasets.…”
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Adrenal Vein Sampling: The Role of a Diagnostic Inspiratory Contrast-Enhanced CT Scan in Interventional Planning by Filip Njavro, Erin Kos, Karin Zibar Tomšić, Maja Prutki, Ana Marija Alduk

“…This study evaluates the utility of inspiratory CT scans in interventional planning, specifically assessing the right adrenal vein visualization and positional discrepancies during fluoroscopy. <b>Methods</b>: A retrospective analysis of 133 patients who underwent adrenal vein sampling was performed. …”
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Acceptability of self-sampling and self-testing for infections: a rapid systematic review on public users’ views by Aleksandra J. Borek, Caity Roleston, Runa Lazzarino, Mineli Cooray, Gail Hayward, Nia Roberts, Edward Blandford, Tom Fowler, Sarah Tonkin-Crine

“…This review aimed to identify user views and experiences related to the acceptability, usability, motivations and preferences for self-sampling/self-testing for infections. Methods We conducted a rapid systematic review. …”
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Strong wintering site fidelity contrasts with exploratory breeding site sampling in a socially monogamous shorebird by Eunbi Kwon, Mihai Valcu, Bart Kempenaers

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Pelvic Radiotherapy versus Radical Prostatectomy with Limited Lymph Node Sampling for High-Grade Prostate Adenocarcinoma by Christopher B. Baker, Andrew M. McDonald, Eddy S. Yang, Rojymon Jacob, Soroush Rais-Bahrami, Jeffrey W. Nix, John B. Fiveash

“…In this analysis, RT + ADT was associated with improved biochemical and metastatic control when compared to RP with limited LN sampling. How RT + ADT compares with more aggressive lymphadenectomy, as is currently our institutional standard, remains an important unanswered question.…”
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Evaluating AUC estimators across complex sampling designs: insights from COVID-19 patient data by Amaia Iparragirre, José María Quintana-López, Irantzu Barrio

“…Methods A simulation study has been carried out to compare the performance of traditional and design-based AUC estimators when working with complex survey data. …”
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A qualitative assessment of the acceptability of human papillomavirus self‐sampling and informational materials among diverse populations by Amanda F. Petrik, Jennifer S. Rivelli, Alison J. Firemark, Cheryl A. Johnson, Blake W. Locher, Sara Gille, Matthew J. Najarian, Alexandra M. Varga, Jennifer L. Schneider, Beverly Green, Rachel L. Winer

“…Methods We conducted qualitative interviews with patients, ages 30–65, who were Black/African American, Hispanic, American Indian, and/or transgender/nonbinary individuals assigned female at birth. …”
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The Impact of the SMOTE Method on Machine Learning and Ensemble Learning Performance Results in Addressing Class Imbalance in Data Used for Predicting Total Testosterone Deficiency... by Mehmet Kivrak, Ugur Avci, Hakki Uzun, Cuneyt Ardic

“…In the data preprocessing stage, firstly, outlier/excessive observation analyses were performed with LOF and missing value analyses were performed with random forest. The SMOTE is a method for generating synthetic samples of the minority class. …”
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Sampling effort for community composition higher by a magnitude compared to species richness in passive acoustic monitoring by Kim Lindner, Sascha Rösner, Dana G. Schabo, Hicham Bellafkir, Markus Vogelbacher, Markus Mühling, Daniel Schneider, Nicolas Friess, Stephan Wöllauer, Bernd Freisleben, Nina Farwig

“…Our study demonstrates the relative importance of greater sampling effort especially for monitoring community composition, requiring more recording locations, duration and intervals in comparison to species richness. …”
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Spatiotemporal evaluation and impact of superficial factors on surface water quality for drinking using innovative techniques in Mahanadi River Basin, Odisha, India by Abhijeet Das

“…More than 62.5% of the examined samples is above the allowable threshold of TKN, and a high concentration of Cl- and NO3- at SN-(9), highlighted the impact of man-made factors, including fertilizers used in agriculture and industrial effluents. …”
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Feasibility assessment on the independent selection of dialysis methods in ESRD patient after 3-month blood purification:A blood purification center observation study in the Xinjia... by ZHUANG Jing, Reziwanguli Abudula, JIANG-Hong

“…Objective To investigate mastering of the patients with SRD(ESRD)with dialysis treatment of over 3 months about knowledge and advantages or shortcomings of the two dialysis therapies in our dialysis center, and evaluate the intention and feasibility of their independent selection of dialysis methods.Methods With convenient sampling,146 patients with ESRD,who started to conduct regular peritoneal dialysis in People’s Hospital of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region between January 2016 to December 2017,were selected and divided into the hemodialysis group(HD group,85 patients)and the peritoneal dialysis group(PD group,61 patients)according to their dialysis methods.A retrospect survey questionnaire was made to learn about demographic data,influencing factors of selection of the two dialysis modes and urine decrease during dialysis,and to analyze the intention and feasibility of the patients’ new selection of long-term dialysis.Results The HD patients most selected this dialysis mode(92.94%)mainly according to their physician’s introduction before dialysis,while the PD patients who independently selected PD had a big proportion(55.74%).There was statistically significant difference between the two groups(P<0.05).After three months of dialysis,over 70% of the patients learned about the knowledge and features of the two dialysis modes,but 90.59% patients in the HD group did not yet master the PD knowledge,with statistically significant difference between the two groups(P<0.05).The emergent dialysis records in the HD group were more than those in the PD group(P<0.05).24-hour urine volume before dialysis had no difference between the two groups,after 3 months of treatment the proportion of patients with decrease urine volume in the HD group was higher than that in the PD group(P<0.05).With 3 months of treatment and education,there were 41.18 and 19.67% patients in the HD and PD groups,respectively,who were willing to adjust their dialysis method.Conclusions Lack of sufficient knowledge about dialysis is the main factor affecting ESRD patient`s independent selection of dialysis methods.besides that,more experience of emergent dialysis also plays a vital role in their selection.Both 3-month experience of dialysis and the changes of urine volume in the course of different dialysis therapies contribute to accumulation of the knowledge and the practice of two dialysis methods.This makes it possible for ESRD patients to have the ability to select dialysis mode independently,and make them select suitable dialysis method based on their own specific conditions.…”
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