Inflammatory Markers in Determining the Severity of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Hospitalized Patients by Akshatha P Kumar, BL Shashibhushan, J Mohan

“…These markers show potential as adjunctive tools for assessing disease severity and guiding treatment decisions in AECOPD. …”
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Dynamics and stability of a within-host HIV-HBV co-infection model with time delays by Ahmed M. Elaiw, Abdulaziz S. Alhmadi, Abdulaziz S. Alhmadi, Aatef D. Hobiny

“…Mathematical models are crucial tools for analyzing within-host viral dynamics and informing therapeutic interventions. …”
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Circular Intuitionistic Fuzzy Dombi Aggregation Operators and Their Application to Marine Fuel Selection by Nuraini Rahim, Binyamin Yusoff, Lazim Abdullah, Dian Pratama

“…Higher-order fuzzy sets have emerged as effective tools for decision-making under uncertainty. Among these, the circular intuitionistic fuzzy set (CIFS) has recently been introduced to better represent uncertain information. …”
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Peculiarities of the morphological composition, protein profile, and activity of aminotransferases in the blood of turkeys in the presence of keel “namins” by R. I. Fedyniak, R. A. Peleno

“…The blood test is one of the most informative laboratory diagnostic tools, which provides essential information about the functional state of various organs and systems of the body. …”
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A data science pipeline applied to Australia's 2022 COVID-19 Omicron waves by James M. Trauer, Angus E. Hughes, David S. Shipman, Michael T. Meehan, Alec S. Henderson, Emma S. McBryde, Romain Ragonnet

“…We aimed to identify the key processes relevant to COVID-19 transmission dynamics and thereby develop a model that could quantify relevant epidemiological parameters.The pipeline's advantages include markedly increased speed, an expressive application programming interface, the transparency of open-source development, easy access to a broad range of calibration and optimisation tools and consideration of the full workflow from input manipulation through to algorithmic generation of the publication materials. …”
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Evaluating the generalisability of region-naïve machine learning algorithms for the identification of epilepsy in low-resource settings. by Ioana Duta, Symon M Kariuki, Anthony K Ngugi, Angelina Kakooza Mwesige, Honorati Masanja, Daniel M Mwanga, Seth Owusu-Agyei, Ryan Wagner, J Helen Cross, Josemir W Sander, Charles R Newton, Arjune Sen, Gabriel Davis Jones

“…Model performances and parameters were then compared across every permutation of sites. …”
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Conceptual and theoretical foundations of personalised learning by E. F. Zeer, O. V. Krezhevskikh

“…In the course of the research, the following tools and methods were used: analysis, comparison and generalisation, the authors’ interpretation of psychological and pedagogical literature in the field of accounting for individual characteristics of the student, structural and functional modelling of pedagogical systems. …”
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Study on the Cutter–Granite Interaction Mechanism in High-Temperature Geothermal Wells by Yan Yang, Dongdong Song, Kuilin Huang, Haitao Ren, Yingxin Yang, Shunzuo Qiu, Zequan Huang

“…In high-temperature geothermal wells, the formation usually has extremely high abrasiveness, hardness, and temperature, which pose severe challenges to drilling tools. Among them, the interaction between the cutter of the drill bit and the rock is the key factor determining the rock-breaking efficiency of PDC (Polycrystalline Diamond Composite) drill bits. …”
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SUBJECTIVE CRITERIA OF SELF-ACTIVITY CONTROL OF THE RUSSIAN AND SLOVENIAN MANAGERS: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE by E. Boštjančič, F. S. Ismagilova, G. S. Miroljubova, N. Jansha

“…The research has showed that both groups of measurable and weakly-measurable parameters are equally presented in the structure of subjective control criteria among managers. …”
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Diagnostic and prognostic value of inflammatory indices in patients with prediabetes and type 2 diabetes mellitus by Z.O. Shaienko, H.Yu. Morokhovets

“…Inflammatory indices derived from complete blood count parameters may serve as accessible and cost-effective tools for assessing meta-inflammation. …”
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Technology-Assisted Interventions in the Delivery of HIV Prevention, Care, and Treatment Services in Sub-Saharan Africa: Scoping Review by Louis Henry Kamulegeya, Ivan Kagolo, Brenda Kabakaari, Joan Atuhaire, Racheal Nasamula, J M Bwanika

“…The use cases included reminders on facility events, teleconsultations, patient registration, and health information dissemination, among others. Different parameters of individual digital tools were tracked, including feasibility, usability, adoption, and impact on the desired outcome. …”
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Assessing the Appropriateness of Three-Dimensional Conformal Radiotherapy Technique Planning Treatment for Rectal Versus Cervical Cancer: A Comparative Study by Ruaa Emad Al-Khalidi, Nashwan Karkhi Abdulkareem, Arthur Saniotis, Rojgar Najat Yousif

“…With the development of more powerful 3D conformal treatment planning tools, the clinical application of three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy (3D-CRT) has gained recognition for its potential to enhance treatment results for these patients. …”
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A Recombinant Positive Control for Serology Diagnostic Tests Supporting Elimination of Onchocerca volvulus. by Allison Golden, Eric J Stevens, Lindsay Yokobe, Dunia Faulx, Michael Kalnoky, Roger Peck, Melissa Valdez, Cathy Steel, Potochoziou Karabou, Méba Banla, Peter T Soboslay, Kangi Adade, Afework H Tekle, Vitaliano A Cama, Peter U Fischer, Thomas B Nutman, Thomas R Unnasch, Tala de los Santos, Gonzalo J Domingo

“…The aggregate temperature and humidity monitor data informed temperature parameters under which the dried positive control was tested and are applicable inputs for testing of diagnostics tools intended for sub-Saharan Africa. …”
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Predictive Model for <i>Listeria monocytogenes</i> in RTE Meats Using Exclusive Food Matrix Data by N. A. Nanje Gowda, Manjari Singh, Gijs Lommerse, Saurabh Kumar, Eelco Heintz, Jeyamkondan Subbiah

“…Mathematical models are rapid and cost-effective tools to predict pathogen behavior, product shelf life, and safety. …”
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Volumetric predictors for shunt-dependency in pediatric posterior fossa tumors by Florian Wilhelmy, Erdem Güresir, Johannes Wach, Martin Vychopen, Ulf Nestler, Gordian Prasse, Lisa Haddad, Johannes Kasper, Tim Wende

“…We evaluated the prognostic parameters for shunt dependency, including supratentorial transependymal edema and VBR, as well as pre- and postoperative radiomic measurements as early prognostic tools. …”
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THE PROBLEMS OF PROFESSIONAL TRAINING ASSESSMENT: METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES by A. V. Tomiltcev, A. V. Maltsev

“…Various approaches to assessment of education quality and its results are described; assessment procedure and its main tools are presented: criteria, parameters, indicators and norms as a reference point in the choice of standards for assessment. …”
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Current Tasks in Identifying Invalid Events in Critical Information Infrastructure by D. A. Evdokimova, A. A. Mikryukov

“…The process of identifying invalid information security events includes a sequence of stages: taxonomy, categorization, and classification, with appropriate methods and tools implemented at each stage.Results. Approaches to identifying invalid events in CII have been analyzed. …”
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Potential asthma biomarkers identified by nontargeted proteomics of extracellular vesicles in exhaled breath condensate by Reina Hara, MD, Yoshito Takeda, MD, PhD, Takatoshi Enomoto, MD, Hanako Yoshimura, MD, PhD, Makoto Yamamoto, MD, Satoshi Tanizaki, MD, Yuya Shirai, MD, PhD, Takahiro Kawasaki, MD, PhD, Mana Nakayama, Saori Amiya, MD, Yuichi Adachi, MD, Yoshimi Noda, MD, Takayuki Niitsu, MD, Ryuya Edahiro, MD, PhD, Moto Yaga, MD, PhD, Yuki Hosono, MD, PhD, Maiko Naito, MD, PhD, Kentaro Masuhiro, MD, PhD, Yujiro Naito, MD, PhD, Takayuki Shiroyama, MD, PhD, Kotaro Miyake, MD, PhD, Kiyoharu Fukushima, MD, PhD, Shohei Koyama, MD, PhD, Kota Iwahori, MD, PhD, Haruhiko Hirata, MD, Izumi Nagatomo, MD, PhD, Yusuke Kawashima, PhD, Mari Nogami-Itoh, PhD, Atsushi Kumanogoh, MD, PhD

“…Background: Bronchial asthma (BA) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are often misdiagnosed or undiagnosed, highlighting the need for more noninvasive and accessible diagnostic tools. Although exhaled breath condensate (EBC) is recognized as a biomarker resource for respiratory diseases, nontargeted proteomics of extracellular vesicles (EVs) in EBC has not been explored. …”
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Robust machine learning models for calculating the carbon dioxide desublimation point within natural gas mixtures at low temperature conditions by Walid Abdelfattah, Munthar Kadhim Abosaoda, Dharmesh Sur, Menon Soumya V, Prabhat Kumar Sahu, Kamred Udham Singh, R. Sivaranjani, Rohit Chauhan, Siya Singla, Fereydoon Ranjbar

“…This investigation aimed to develop predictive tools utilizing machine learning approaches to estimate CDDT within natural gas mixtures. …”
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DM_CorrMatch: a semi-supervised semantic segmentation framework for rapeseed flower coverage estimation using UAV imagery by Jie Li, Chengyong Zhu, Chenbo Yang, Quan Zheng, Binhui Wang, Jingmin Tu, Qian Zhang, Sheng Liu, Xinfa Wang, Jiangwei Qiao

“…Abstract Rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) inflorescence coverage is a crucial phenotypic parameter for assessing crop growth and estimating yield. …”
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