Prognosis of Pediatric Dilated Cardiomyopathy: Nomogram and Risk Score Models for Predicting Death/Heart Transplantation by Bowen Xu, Yue Yuan, Lu Gao, Zhiyuan Wang, Zhenyu Lv, Wen Yu, Hongfang Jin, Zhen Zhen, Zhihui Zhao, Jia Na, Aihua Hu, Yanyan Xiao

“…<b>Results:</b> The results demonstrated that the age of onset, cardiac functional classification III–IV, moderate-to-severe mitral regurgitation, low voltage in limb leads on an ECG, and the need for vasoactive drugs are independent predictors of D/HT risk in children with DCM. …”
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Risk factors for postoperative pulmonary complications following coronary artery bypass grafting in elderly patients: a retrospective study by Guang Feng, Yitong Jia, Guanxu Zhao, Ying Zhang, Tianlong Wang

“…Conclusion This study identified NYHA classification ≥ III, preoperative P/F ratio < 350 mmHg and postoperative albumin levels as independent predictors of PPCs in elderly patients undergoing CABG. …”
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LFG: An easy-to-use realistic synthetic LandFill Generator by Thanos Petsanis, Athanasios Ch. Kapoutsis, Elias B. Kosmatopoulos

“…Large datasets of vast, diverse synthetic landfills are hard to come by, and greatly in need for the purposes of developing and evaluating a multitude of algorithms (e.g. waste classification, 3D-reconstruction, volume estimation algorithms) in the context of research against environment crime. …”
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Effectiveness of a specialist palliative home care nurse–patient consultation followed by an interprofessional telephone case conference compared with usual care among patients wit... by Judith Dams, Hans-Helmut König, Tim Friede, Nils Schneider, Stephanie Stiel, Martin Scherer, Silke Böttcher, Gabriella Marx, Ingmar Schäfer, Nadine Janis Pohontsch, Hendrik van den Bussche, Friedemann Nauck, Michael Freitag, Eva Hummers, Tina Mallon, Franziska Schade, Manuel Zimansky, Thomas Asendorf, Christiane A Mueller

“…Patients diagnosed with CHF (New York Heart Association (NYHA) classification 3–4), COPD (Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) stage classification 3–4, group D) or dementia GDS stage 4 or above). …”
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Analysis of Risk Factors for Infection in Orthopedic Trauma Patients by Gi Ho Moon, Jae-Woo Cho, Beom Soo Kim, Do Hyun Yeo, Jong-Keon Oh

“…We analyzed age, sex, open fracture criteria based on Gustilo-Aderson classification 3b, anatomical location (upper extremity or lower extremity) of fracture, diabetes, smoking, ISS. …”
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Considerations for regulation and evaluation of digital mental health technologies by Gareth Hopkin, Richard Branson, Paul Campbell, Holly Coole, Sophie Cooper, Francesca Edelmann, Mark Salmon

“…These relate to 1) intended purpose, 2) qualification and classification, 3) risk management, 4) clinical evidence, 5) resource requirements and economic evidence, 6) post-market surveillance and life cycle assessment, 7) replicability and equity, and 8) wider responsibilities. …”
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Pollen–Pistil Interaction During Distant Hybridization in Plants by Ekaterina V. Zakharova, Alexej I. Ulianov, Yaroslav Yu. Golivanov, Tatiana P. Molchanova, Yuliya V. Orlova, Oksana A. Muratova

“…This review mainly focuses on (1) the pollen–pistil system; (2) IRB classification; (3) similarity and differences in the function of self-incompatibility (SI) barriers and IRBs; and (4) physiological and biochemical control of IRBs and their overcoming. …”
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Placenta Accreta Spectrum with Ureteral Invasion due to Progression of Cesarean Scar Pregnancy by Nana Yara, Yoshino Kinjyo, Yukiko Chinen, Tadatsugu Kinjo, Keiko Mekaru

“…The placenta was found to adhere to the ureter with more than the expected parenchymal tissue displacement (FIGO Classification 3b). The ureter was not obstructed and was preserved by leaving the placenta slightly on the ureteral side. …”
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Membangun Kesadaran Hukum dan Demokrasi: Revitalisasi Peran Pendidikan Kewarganegaraan bagi Siswa SMAN 7 Kota Kediri by Rizki Yudha Bramantyo, Suwarno Suwarno

“…The data that has been collected is analyzed using methods of: 1) data collection, 2) data classification, 3) data filtering, and 4) drawing conclusions. …”
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Tektoniğin Drenaj Havzalarına Etkisinin Morfometrik İndislerle İncelenmesi, Kuzey Anadolu Fay Zonu’nun Kızılırmak ile Tersakan Çayı Arası, Samsun by Serkan Gürgöze, Ali Uzun

“…According to the Relative Tectonic Activity (IAT) classification, 3 of the 8 drainage basins (Soruk, Istavloz streams and Ovacık Creek) are in very high tectonic activity class, 2 (Ulu Stream and Zeytin Creek) are in high tectonic activity class and 3 (Göl, Susuz streams and Çorak Creek) are in medium tectonic activity class. …”
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3D Parametric Modelling based on Point Cloud for the Interpretation of the Archaeological Remains by Fausta Fiorillo, Corinna Rossi

“…This approach implies: (i) the identification of similar and recurring architectural features and (ii) their semantic classification, (iii) their modelling and fitting on the survey data and (iv) the parametric reconstruction of comparable missing parts. …”
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Classifications of haemodialysis vascular access stenosis: a scoping review by Petr Waldauf, Michael Corr, Stephen O’neill, Katerina Lawrie, Jan Malik, Libor Janousek, Stepan Maly, Jaroslav Chlupac

“…Four vascular surgeons assessed the included classifications using a modified Buchbinder’s critical appraisal tool to evaluate quality.Results From 4771 screened papers, 59 full-text papers were retrieved and 24 articles contained classifications. Three classifications were dedicated to VA stenosis, all based on the anatomical location of lesions. …”
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Risk Factors for Sudden in-hospital Cardiac Death in Patients with ST-segment Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction by Antonio Rafael Enamorado Anaya, Isolda María García Cañete, Marilín González Agüero, Gaoussou Goro

“…As risk factors, the following were determined: a history of heart failure, presenting the Killip Kimball classification III-IV, as well as fasting first glycemic levels greater than 10 mmol / L and creatine phosphokinase greater than 180 IU. …”
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Efficient 3D convolutional neural networks for Sentinel-2 land cover classification with limited ground truth data by Gabriel A. Carneiro, Jan Svoboda, António Cunha, Joaquim J. Sousa, Přemysl Štych

“…In this study, we evaluated the performance of window-pixel-wise 2D, 3D, and 3D Multiscale CNN architectures for land cover classification. 3D and 3D multiscale CNNs were using the spectral dimension as the third dimension for convolutions. …”
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High Charlson Comorbidity Index is associated with infection and mortality following surgical treatment of elderly proximal femoral fractures by Laís Sales Seriacopi, Guilherme Guadagnini Falotico, Thomas Stravinskas Durigon, Luiz Fernando Cocco, Adriana Macedo Dell’Aquila, Fernando Baldy dos Reis, Mauro José Costa Salles

“…The sample was gender-balanced (50.3% women), with 67.6% aged 80 years or older. ASA classification ≥ 3 was observed in 72.6%, and Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) ≥ 5 in 56.4%. …”
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A nomogram model for predicting maternal cardiovascular complications and neonatal adverse outcomes in pregnant patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension by Ruilin Ma, Jianjian Cui, Yanfang Zheng, Hui Tao, Wencong He, Zejun Yang, Yanan Li, Yin Zhao

“…Model performance was evaluated through internal validation.Results Predictors of cardiovascular complications included severe PAH (OR = 4.80), New York Heart Association (NYHA) classification ≥ III (OR = 25.94), ST-T changes (OR = 25.18), total bilirubin (OR = 1.49), albumin (OR = 0.87) and lactate dehydrogenase level (OR = 1.01). …”
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Pollen morphology and leaf epidermal micromorphology of 10 species of sect. Tuberculata(Camellia L.) by YAN Chao1, XIAO Xu1, RAN Zhaohui1, LI Zhi1,2*

“…Tuberculata.(2)The cluster analysis of the measurement index showed that when the Euclidean distance was 4.5, the 10 species were divided into four groups, and some of the classification results were the same as the macroscopic morphological classification.(3)The leaf epidermal cells of 10 species were irregular or polygon, with great morphological differences among species. …”
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Enhancing gender equity in resume job matching via debiasing-assisted deep generative model and gender-weighted sampling by Swati Tyagi, Anuj, Wei Qian, Jiaheng Xie, Rick Andrews

“…The goal of this study is to (1) mitigate bias at the level of word embeddings via a debiasing-assisted deep generative modeling approach, thereby fostering more equitable and gender-fair vector representations; (2) evaluate the resultant impact on the fairness of job classification; (3) explore the implementation of a gender-weighted sampling technique to achieve a more balanced representation of genders across various job categories when such an imbalance exists. …”
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Rationale and design of the theRapeutic effects of peroneal nerve functionAl electrical stimuLation for Lower extremitY in patients with convalescent poststroke hemiplegia (RALLY)... by Shuji Matsumoto, Megumi Shimodozono, Tomokazu Noma

“…Two hundred patients aged 20–85 years who had an initial stroke ≤6 months prior to the enrolment, are in a convalescent phase (after the end of acute phase treatment, within 6 months after the onset of stroke) with functional ambulation classification 3 or 4 and have a hemiplegic gait disorder (drop foot) due to stroke have been recruited from 21 institutions in Japan. …”
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Silk Fibroin Closure Eliminates the Incidence of Allergic Contact Dermatitis Compared to Cyanoacrylate Mesh in Total Joint Arthroplasty by Justin P. Moo Young, MD, Viraj A. Deshpande, BS, Susanne Porter, FNP-BC, Edward J. Quilligan, BS, Travis Scudday, MD, Steven Barnett, MD, Robert Gorab, MD

“…Bivariate analyses revealed no significant differences in demographics or comorbidities between the CM and SF cohorts, except for frequency of American Society of Anesthesiologists 1 classification (3.9% vs 1.7%; P = .011). The CM cohort exhibited a significantly higher incidence of ACD (6.4% vs 0%; P = .018), while differences in all other clinical outcomes were nonsignificant. …”
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