A differential diagnostic model based on immunological evaluation and routine laboratory tests: distinguishing multiple myeloma from other disorders with aberrant immunoglobulin el... by Manning Li, Sixun Jia, Han Wu, Chunyi Shou, Xiaolu Song, Ye Peng, Huafang Wang, Ying Wang, Xiangmin Tong, Yirui Chen

“…Laboratory indicators, including complete blood count, biochemistry, coagulation function, and immunoglobulin markers, were collected. …”
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New Patient PROMIS Scores of Patients Presenting with Low Back Pain Predict Time to Elective Spine Surgery by Justin E. Kung, Chase Gauthier, Yianni Bakaes, Michael Spitnale, Richard A. Bidwell, David G. Edelman, Heidi C. Ventresca, J. Benjamin Jackson, Shari Cui, Gregory Grabowski

“…A chart review was conducted to collect sociodemographic variables, clinic visit details, and PROMIS domain scores (PF [Physical Function], PI [Pain Interference], Depression, and Global Health―Physical and Global Health―Mental). …”
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SwinDAF3D: Pyramid Swin Transformers with Deep Attentive Features for Automated Finger Joint Segmentation in 3D Ultrasound Images for Rheumatoid Arthritis Assessment by Jianwei Qiu, Grigorios M. Karageorgos, Xiaorui Peng, Soumya Ghose, Zhaoyuan Yang, Aaron Dentinger, Zhanpeng Xu, Janggun Jo, Siddarth Ragupathi, Guan Xu, Nada Abdulaziz, Girish Gandikota, Xueding Wang, David Mills

“…Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease that can cause severe joint damage and functional impairment. Ultrasound imaging has shown promise in providing real-time assessment of synovium inflammation associated with the early stages of RA. …”
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Trajectory of GFR Decline and Fluctuation in Albuminuria Leading to End-Stage Kidney Disease in Patients With Biopsy-Confirmed Diabetic Kidney Disease by Masayuki Yamanouchi, Naoki Sawa, Tadashi Toyama, Miho Shimizu, Megumi Oshima, Yusuke Yoshimura, Hisashi Sugimoto, Shigekazu Kurihara, Yuki Oba, Daisuke Ikuma, Hiroki Mizuno, Akinari Sekine, Tatsuya Suwabe, Junichi Hoshino, Yoshifumi Ubara, Shigeko Hara, Kengo Furuichi, Takashi Wada

“…Among these patients, 91.6% exhibited a curvilinear pattern in their eGFR trajectory. The median coefficient of variation for ACR, representing the variability in ACR measurements, was 48.9 (interquartile range: 36.9, 68.2). …”
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Automated ejection fraction and risk stratification in cardiomyopathy patients with diverse LV geometry using 2D echocardiography by Ziwei Zhu, Ke Fan, Shuyuan Zhang, Tingting Hu, Jingyi Li, Ze Zhao, Ye Jin, Shuyang Zhang

“…Abstract Cardiomyopathy often alters left ventricular geometry (LVG), impairing cardiac function. We developed a deep learning (DL) model to estimate left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) from echocardiographic images while accounting for LVG variability and assessed prognostic factors across LVG subtypes. …”
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Protein expression profiling identifies a prognostic model for ovarian cancer by Luyang Xiong, Jiahong Tan, Yuchen Feng, Daoqi Wang, Xudong Liu, Yun Feng, Shusheng Li

“…The prognostic effect and the biological function of the model were evaluated using co-expression analysis and enrichment analysis. …”
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‘‘Practices and factors affecting on-site medical equipment maintenance at Wau Teaching Hospital, South Sudan’’ by Natale Massimino Ucin, Manassé Nimpagaritse, Shital Mahindra Maru, Mulatedzi Makhado, Shiferaw Mitiku Tebeka

“…Abstract Background of the study Along with developments in the clinical domain, medical equipment is becoming more sophisticated, and it needs to function at peak efficiency. In this case, hospitals should priorities the prompt and effective maintenance of life-saving equipment. …”
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Effect of Central Motor and Neuromuscular Impairments on Front Crawl Body Roll Characteristics of Para Swimmers by Yu-Hsien Lee, Dawn Nicola O’Dowd, Luke Hogarth, Brendan Burkett, Carl Payton

“…CMNI swimmers were divided into three upper-limb [mild (n = 9), moderate (n = 9), severe (n = 9)] and three lower-limb function subgroups [bilateral (n = 2), unilateral (n = 6), without kick (n = 19)] based on their Froude efficiency (a measure of how effectively upper limbs contribute to propulsion) and the number of lower limbs actively kicking during trials, respectively. …”
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Characterizing Performance on a Suite of English-Language NeuroUX Mobile Cognitive Tests in a US Adult Sample: Ecological Momentary Cognitive Testing Study by Emily W Paolillo, Jessica Bomyea, Colin A Depp, Ashley M Henneghan, Anunay Raj, Raeanne C Moore

“…The tests tapped the domains of executive function, processing speed, reaction time, recognition memory, and working memory. …”
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Differentiation and correlation of regional uptake heterogeneity with cardiac dysfunction in biopsy-proven transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy using quantitative single-photon emi... by Masakazu Tsujimoto, Hideki Kawai, Shingo Tanahashi, Masayoshi Sarai, Yasuki Asada, Hideo Izawa

“…Polar maps were analyzed to assess local SUV distribution in patients with ATTR-CM. The coefficient of variation (COV) of myocardial uptake, difference score between the septum and lateral wall (%DS), base-to-apex variability, and total cardiac SUV were calculated and compared with echocardiographic parameters. …”
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GAN-based image prediction of maize growth across varieties and developmental stages by Xinyi Wang, Shilong Liu, Zhihao Wang, Zedong Geng, Weikun Li, Chengxiu Wu, Yingjie Xiao, Wanneng Yang, Lingfeng Duan

“…Results This article proposed a visualized growth prediction method based on an improved Pix2PixHD network, incorporating spatial attention mechanisms, an improved loss function, and a modified dropout strategy to enhance prediction accuracy and visual fidelity. …”
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A Comprehensive Performance Evaluation Method Based on Dynamic Weight Analytic Hierarchy Process for In-Loop Automatic Emergency Braking System in Intelligent Connected Vehicles by Dongying Liu, Wanyou Huang, Ruixia Chu, Yanyan Fan, Wenjun Fu, Xiangchen Tang, Zhenyu Li, Xiaoyue Jin, Hongtao Zhang, Yan Wang

“…At the criterion level, a bivariate variable–weight function, incorporating the vehicle speed and road surface adhesion coefficient, was developed to enable the dynamic coupling modeling of road environment parameters. …”
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Skin hyperspectral imaging and machine learning to accurately predict the muscular poly-unsaturated fatty acids contents in fish by Yi-Ming Cao, Yan Zhang, Qi Wang, Ran Zhao, Mingxi Hou, Shuang-Ting Yu, Kai-Kuo Wang, Ying-Jie Chen, Xiao-Qing Sun, Shijing Liu, Jiong-Tang Li

“…With the skin spectra of fish, five ML methods, including the extreme learning machine (ELM), random forest (RF), radial basis function (RBF), back propagation (BP), and least squares support vector machine (LS-SVM) methods, were used to predict the PUFAs and EPA + DHA contents. …”
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Hemodynamic homeostasis disequilibrium in critical illness by Jie Wang, Xiaoting Wang, Dawei Liu, Hui Lian, Guangjian Wang, Zewen Tong, Qingyu Deng, Qirui Guo, Qian Zhang, Yangong Chao, Wanhong Yin

“…Such balance is essential for sustaining cellular metabolism and maintaining the function of vital organs throughout embryonic development and the human lifespan. …”
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Identification of Factors Affecting Project Financing Risk by Gholamreza Sharafi, Kiamars Fathi Hafashjani, Faegh Ahmadi

“…Risk management is now an important part of project management and has a specific function for improving the efficiency of implementing the project, saving prices, and improving the profitability of projects. …”
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The Prognostic Significance of Sleep and Circadian Rhythm for Myocardial Infarction Outcomes: Case-Control Study by Wei-Chih Chin, Pao-Hsien Chu, Lung-Sheng Wu, Kuang-Tso Lee, Chen Lin, Chien-Te Ho, Wei-Sheng Yang, I-Hang Chung, Yu-Shu Huang

“…Actigraphy was used to evaluate sleep and circadian rhythm, while HRV was monitored for 24 hours to assess autonomic nerve function. Nonparametric indicators were calculated to quantify the active-rest patterns, including interdaily stability, intradaily variability, the most active 10 consecutive hours (M10), the least active 5 consecutive hours (L5), the relative amplitude, and the actigraphic dichotomy index. …”
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Framework for extracting multi-objective operation rules for cascade reservoirs based on causal features and physical mechanisms by Donglin Gu, Baowei Yan, Jianbo Chang, Yixuan Zou, Dongxu Yang, Mingbo Sun, Xiaoyu Diao

“…To reduce high dimensionality, Convergent Cross Mapping (CCM) quantifies causal relationships between features and decision variables. Moreover, embedding physical constraints into the model’s loss function further enhances interpretability. …”
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A Fusion Strategy for High-Accuracy Multilayer Soil Moisture Downscaling and Mapping by Xu Zhang, Xin Liu, Xiang Zhang, Aminjon Gulakhmadov, Jiefeng Wu, Xihui Gu, Won-Ho Nam, Panda Rabindra Kumar, Veber Afonso Figueiredo Costa, Mahlatse Kganyago, Berhanu Keno Terfa, Wenying Du, Chao Wang, Peng Wang, Jing Yuan, Nengcheng Chen

“…Soil moisture (SM) is a critical factor influencing plant growth, agricultural yield, ecosystem functions, and water resource management. Existing SM products, such as SMAP, ERA5, and ESA-CCI, provide daily SM data. …”
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Penerapan Importance Performance Analysis (IPA) pada Evaluasi Keberlanjutan Penggunaan e-filing untuk Pelaporan Pajak Perorangan by Imelda Saluza, Dewi Sartika

“…Beberapa indikator tersebut antara lain adalah Understandability (kejelasan informasi yang diberikan oleh e-filing), Contact (kontak yang dapat dihubungi), Functionality (peningkatan kualitas dan mutu pajak), Ease of Use (e-filing sulit dipelajari), Usefulness (penghematan waktu pelaporan), Service Quality, Efficiency (pengaksesan e-filing dengan gadget lain), Fulfillment (kesulitan dalam memenuhi kebutuhan pelapor). …”
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Correlation of Immune Parameters in Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing General Anesthesia: post-hoc Analysis of the TeMP Study by Kristina K. Kadantseva, Valery V. Subbotin, Mikhail Y. Yadgarov, Elizaveta M. Korolenok, Levan B. Berikashvili, Roman A. Akchulpanov, Nikolay S. Karnaukhov, Ksenia S. Korchagina, Polina I. Kukina, Oksana A. Svitich, Artem N. Kuzovlev, Anna S. Barmina, Valery V. Likhvantsev

“…Spearman correlation coefficients and heat maps were used for analysis.Results. …”
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