Prediction of the monthly river water level by using ensemble decomposition modeling by Chaitanya Baliram Pande, Lariyah Mohd Sidek, Bijay Halder, Okan Mert Katipoğlu, Jitendra Rajput, Fahad Alshehri, Rabin Chakrabortty, Subodh Chandra Pal, Norlida Mohd Dom, Miklas Scholz

“…Hence, the best hybrid model has been concluded that the CEEMDAN data decomposition technique is very useful for improve performance of the prediction model, the complex river water level predictions by separating the data sets into various sub-frequencies, allowing a better understanding of trends, seasonality and fluctuations in the data. …”
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Machine Learning-Based Interpretable Screening for Osteoporosis in Tuberculosis Spondylitis Patients Using Blood Test Data: Development and External Validation of a Novel Web-Based... by Yasin P, Ding L, Mamat M, Guo W, Song X

“…To address class imbalance, the synthetic minority oversampling technique (SMOTE) was applied. Feature selection was performed using LASSO, Boruta, and Recursive Feature Elimination (RFE) to identify key predictors of osteoporosis. …”
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Students’ experiences of placements in urban Indigenous health contexts: developing a culturally responsive workforce by Kate Odgers-Jewell, Alison Nelson, Renee Brown, Nicole Hunter, Tiffany Atkins, Kelly Menzel

“…Qualitative data obtained for seven questions were thematically analysed using Groundwater Method, an Indigenous data analysis technique. Results Between January 1, 2017, and June 30, 2019, 938 students from 32 disciplines were placed within the organisation and its Member services. …”
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Investigations of solid waste biosorbents for eliminations of total hardness from water: An experimental study of conversion of waste into valuable products by Subhashish Dey, G.T.N. Veerendra, A.V. Phani Manoj, Seelam Srikanth, V.V Praveen Kumar

“…The project aims to build a perfect technique to remove hardness from waste water using powerful solid waste biosorbents as pomegranate, orange, beetroot, lemon, and banana peels. …”
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Pacto pela vida: da gestão à prática do cuidado em saúde e enfermagem – revisão narrativa [Pact for Life: from management to practice in health care and nursing – narrative review]... by Selma Regina de Andrade, José Luís Guedes dos Santos, Ana Lúcia Schaefer Ferreira de Mello, Alacoque Lorenzini Erdmann

“…ABSTRACT: The aim was to examine the priorities and objectives set out in the Pact for Life, with regard to health care of population groups, its interface with nursing, and the challenges posed by implementation. …”
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The novel diagnostic markers for systemic lupus erythematosus and periodontal disease by Xuedi Cheng, Jinfeng Zhang, Jiali Hou, Xiaocui Han, Bin Han, Jun Zhou, Zhongjun Wang, Junzheng Wang

“…Protein-protein interaction (PPI) network analysis was conducted to explore relationships between hub genes. CIBERSORT and Gene Set Variation Analysis (GSVA) were used to evaluate the correlation between shared hub genes and immune infiltration patterns as well as metabolic pathways. …”
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Concentration of Rhenium-188 for the Radiopharmaceutical Synthesis by A. O. Malysheva, G. E. Kodina, E. A. Lyamtseva

“…The results obtained in this work will be used to organize the industrial production of domestic modules and cassettes in complete set with "GREN-1" generator.…”
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Relationship between BMI, indicators of lipid metabolism and diabetic neuropathy: a Mendelian randomization study by Yuanyuan Jia, Guanying Liu, Xuesong Li, Lijun Duan, Lifeng Zhao

“…The p-value threshold was consistently set at 5.00E−08, following established methodology. …”
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Safety assessment of the femtosecond laser in corneal limbal graft excision by O. N. Nefedova, B. E. Malyugin, S. A. Borzenok, M. Yu. Gerasimov, D. S. Ostrovsky, A.  V. Shatskikh

“…The phenotype of the obtained cultured cells in the «laser» and «knife» groups was determined by flow cytometry using a set of markers (CD166, CD105, CD90, CD29, CD34) for the membrane proteins of LESCs and MMSCs. …”
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Unlocking Movement: How Wearables Transform Biomechanical Assessment and Rehabilitation by Tahir Masood

“…Real-time feedback, demonstrated to improve technique in some sports, is a promising feature, but widespread adoption is hindered by the need for robust wireless data transfer and user-friendly data interpretation. …”
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Prevalence and factors associated with poor umbilical cord care among postpartum mothers in South Western Uganda: a cross sectional study by Brian Mugoya, James K. Tumwine, Emmanuel Ategeka, Timothy Nduhukire, Valence Mfitumukiza, Munezero Tamu, Amito Paula Mary, Christiana Nkiru Okafor, Jane Turyasingura, Kabami Jane, Mandera Immaculate, Alex Tumusiime, Kenyange Grace, Agnes Napyo

“…We used multivariable logistic regression analytical technique to determine the factors associated with poor umbilical cord care. …”
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Prediction of outpatient rehabilitation patient preferences and optimization of graded diagnosis and treatment based on XGBoost machine learning algorithm by Xuehui Fan, Ruixue Ye, Yan Gao, Kaiwen Xue, Zeyu Zhang, Jing Xu, Jingpu Zhao, Jun Feng, Yulong Wang

“…The imbalanced learning library’s SMOTE technique was used to address the sample imbalance during model training. …”
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Transanal endoscopic microsurgery in the treatment of patients with benign neoplasms and early rectal cancer by V. A. Avdeenko, A. A. Nevolskikh, A. R. Brodsky, R. F. Zibirov, I. A. Orekhov, T. P. Pochuev, Yu. Yu. Mikhaleva, T. P. Berezovskaya, S. A. Myalina, L. O. Petrov, S. A. Ivanov

“…Transanal endoscopic microsurgery (tem) is a method that allows the specialists to clearly visualize a tumor and bimanually remove the tumor using a set of special instruments. For a number of patients with a good tumor response to chemoradiation therapy (crt), tem is used as an advanced biopsy technique for tumor verification. …”
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Soybean Lodging Classification and Yield Prediction Using Multimodal UAV Data Fusion and Deep Learning by Xingmei Xu, Yushi Fang, Guangyao Sun, Yong Zhang, Lei Wang, Chen Chen, Lisuo Ren, Lei Meng, Yinghui Li, Lijuan Qiu, Yan Guo, Helong Yu, Yuntao Ma

“…To address the imbalance in the lodging dataset, the Synthetic Minority Over-sampling Technique (SMOTE) strategy was employed in the feature space to balance the training set. …”
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Supportive supervision visits in a large community hypertension programme in Nigeria: implementation methods and outcomes by Mark D Huffman, Dike Ojji, Lisa Hirschhorn, Namratha R Kandula, Eugenia N Ugwuneji, Gabriel Lamkur Shedul, Boni M Ale, Nanna Ripiye, Erica L Jamro, Ikechukwu A Orji, Grace Julcit Shedul, Emmanuel Okpetu, Samuel Osagie, Abigail S Baldridge

“…This approach can be modelled for supporting HEARTS implementation in other settings.Trial registration number The trial was prospectively registered at www.clinicaltrials.gov under NCT04158154 on 8 November 2019; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04158154.…”
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Whole-genome sequencing and biofilm gene characterization in multidrug-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus clinical strains by Emira Noumi, Tarek Zmantar, Nouha Bouali, Abdulrahman S. Bazaid, Khulood Fahad Alabbosh, Kamel Chaieb, Hisham N. Altayb, Vincenzo De Feo, Mejdi Snoussi

“…Biofilm production was evaluated using Congo-red agar plates (CRA), polystyrene microtiter plate technique (MtP), and adherence to human epithelial cells (Hep 2). …”
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Characteristic alterations of gut microbiota and serum metabolites in patients with chronic tinnitus: a multi-omics analysis by Jiang Wang, Jia-Hui Xiang, Xu-Yuan Peng, Min Liu, Le-Jia Sun, Min Zhang, Li-Yuan Zhang, Zhi-Bin Chen, Zheng-Quan Tang, Lei Cheng

“…We used the weighted gene co-expression network method to analyze the relationship between the gut microbiota and the serum metabolites. The random forest technique was utilized to select metabolites and gut taxa to construct predictive models. …”
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Innovations in animal health: artificial intelligence-enhanced hematocrit analysis for rapid anemia detection in small ruminants by Aftab Siddique, Sudhanshu S. Panda, Sophia Khan, Seymone T. Dargan, Savana Lewis, India Carter, Jan A. Van Wyk, Ajit K. Mahapatra, Eric R. Morgan, Thomas H. Terrill

“…The developed sensor utilizes a semi-invasive technique that requires only a small blood sample. …”
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Determination of the tungsten gross erosion rate based on the multiple atomic spectral lines by C. Shin, D.-H. Kwon, H. Shin, K.-B. Chai, Wonho Choe

“…Measuring the in situ erosion rate of tungsten using an optical emission spectroscopic diagnostic technique, so called the S / XB method, has recently gained attention in current fusion research. …”
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Analysis of options for using oxygen-helium mixture in complex therapy and rehabilitation of patients with various diseases of the respiratory organs (review of literature) by Yu. A. Khatuntseva, V. M. Manuylov, A. N. Shcherbyuk, Ya. E. Nemstsveridze, A. A. Andrushchenko, G. I. Kurnakin

“…Development of a conceptual model of complex therapy using heated OHM in inpatient and outpatient settings, as well as an assessment of the effect of this technique on hemodynamics, respiratory function and psychoemotional status of patients.Results. …”
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