Prediction of EGFR mutation status in non-small cell lung cancer based on CT radiomic features combined with clinical characteristics by YANG Taotao, WANG Xianqi, CHEN Cancan

“…The radiomic and clinical features were subsequently combined to develop a comprehensive model. All the 3 classification models were built using random forest (RF) machine learning. …”
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STUDY OF THE CELLULAR COMPONENT OF IMMUNE SYSTEM IN CASES OF TRAUMATIC MANDIBULAR FRACTURE IN PATIENTS OF DIFFERENT PSYCHOSOMATIC PERSONALITY TYPES by Ya.P. Nahirniy, V. L. Fesyk

“…The patients were divided into two groups: extraverts (the 1st group, 36 individuals), introverts (the 2nd group, 24 individuals) according to the Eysenck’s classification. The researches were conducted on the 1st, 3rd, 7th day after a trauma. …”
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Implementation of Medication-Related Technology and Its Impact on Pharmacy Workflow: Real-World Evidence Usability Study by Wei-Ning Yu, Yih-Dih Cheng, Yu-Chi Hou, Yow-Wen Hsieh

“…The majority of harm severities were categorized as “A” (no error; 97%-98.8%) and “B-D” (error, no harm; 1.2%-3%) according to the NCC MERP classification. The severity of “no error” (category A) significantly decreased at each stage (P<.001). …”
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Assessment of the comorbidity index in patients with ischemic heart disease before coronary artery bypass treatment by O. O. Zhurba, A. V. Rudenko, K. V. Rudenko

“…The determined average СCI was 3.1 ± 0.3, and the average age-associated СA-СCI was 4.6 ± 0.3, which must be taken into account when planning the method of myocardial revascularization due to the interaction of a separate pathology, which is exacerbated by the aggression of surgical trauma and causes a different spectrum of complications during surgical interventions, increasing perioperative mortality. …”
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Do we more often opt for conservative management of ovarian tumors after changing the Dutch national guideline on enlarged ovaries? A nationwide cohort study by Esther Lems, Anna H. Koch, Sam Armbrust, Jaklien C. Leemans, Marlies Y. Bongers, Alicia Leon‐Castillo, Christianne A. R. Lok, Peggy M. A. J. Geomini

“…In 2011 and 2019, respectively, 96.3/100 000 vs 68.8/100 000 women aged ≥18 underwent surgery for benign ovarian tumors, and 19.6/100 000 vs 18.3/100 000 for borderline and malignant tumors combined. …”
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Machine learning-based coronary heart disease diagnosis model for type 2 diabetes patients by Yingxi Chen, Chunyu Wang, Chunyu Wang, Xiaozhu Liu, Minjie Duan, Tianyu Xiang, Haodong Huang, Haodong Huang

“…BackgroundTo establish a classification model for assisting the diagnosis of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) complicated with coronary heart disease (CHD).MethodsPatients with T2DM who underwent coronary angiography (CA) were enrolled from seven affiliated hospitals of Chongqing Medical University. …”
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Best evidence summary of weight management in patients undergoing endocrine therapy for prostate cancer by ZHU Hanjing, GUO Yan, YIN Hongfan, WANG Beibei, XIE Juan, YANG Yan

“…The included and extracted evidence was uniformly classified into levels 1‒5 according to the JBI evidence pre-classification and evidence recommendation level system, and the evidence recommendations were divided into strongly recommended (Grade A) and weakly recommended (Grade B).Results·A total of 12 articles were retrieved, consisting of 4 guidelines, 3 expert consensuses, 2 evidence summaries, 2 randomized controlled trials, and 1 quasi-experimental study. …”
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GenVFNet: Generating Visual Field From Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography by Conditional Generative Adversarial Networks by Anita Manassakorn, Supatana Auethavekiat, Vera Sa-Ing, Sunee Chansangpetch, Kitiya Ratanawongphaibul, Nopphawan Uramphorn, Visanee Tantisevi

“…The generator consisted of encoder and decoder blocks and the discriminator was the classification learner. The training data was Grad-CAM of OCTA (GradOCTA) of glaucomatous eyes. …”
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Association of novel biomarkers of systemic inflammation with atherosclerosis and its severity by V. A. Shvarts, S. M. Talibova, M. A. Sokolskaya, A. Yu. Ispiryan, E. N. Shvarts, A. D. Petrosyan, V. Yu. Merzlyakov, A. I. Skopin, S. A. Donakanyan

“…When comparing 6 groups according to the Coronary Artery Surgery Study (CASS) classification, significant differences were found in SIRI and AISI, p&lt;0,001 and p=0,0016, respectively. …”
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Trends and Disparities in Firearm Injuries Among Emerging Adults: A 15-Year Analysis of Emergency Department Admissions in the U.S. by Morayo O. Akande, MPH, Jason T. Carbone, PhD, Michael G. Vaughn, PhD, Dylan B. Jackson, PhD, Cassandra K. Crifasi, PhD, MPH

“…Results: Firearm injuries increased annually during Quarter 3 and spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly for unintentional injuries and assaults. …”
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Associations of non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio with diabetes and prediabetes among adults with hypertension: a cross-section... by Qing Meng, Qing Meng, Shengqiang Fan, Shengqiang Fan, Li Zhang, Bin Shen, Chaoping Zou, Dezhou Sun, Xianghui Liu, Jian Zhang, Shugang Xu

“…Adjustment using multivariable classification models revealed that compared to the lowest NHHR quartile, the odds increased by 41% (OR 1.37; 95% CI, 1.27-1.59, p&lt;0.001) in Q3 and (OR 1.82; 95% CI, 1.62-1.98, p&lt;0.001) in Q4. …”
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Biological effects of cinnamaldehyde in animal cancer models: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Dan Luo, Xu Luo, Jinghui Xie, Keying Ye, Xiangjin Wang, Xiyue Hu, Chenhao Liu, Yi Liu

“…Quantitative synthesis was performed using Review Manager (RevMan) 5.3. In vitro studies were excluded due to concerns regarding non-specific activity and limited translatability.ResultsSixteen studies encompassing 19 independent experiments and 302 animals were included. …”
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Adiposity change and mortality in middle-aged to older Chinese: an 8-year follow-up of the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study by Tai Hing Lam, Feng Zhu, G Neil Thomas, Lin Xu, Kar Keung Cheng, Ying Yue Huang, Chao Qiang Jiang, Wei Sen Zhang, Ya Li Jin

“…Causes of death were obtained via record linkage, and coded according to the International Classification of Diseases (tenth revision).Results 1424 deaths (53.4% women) occurred in the 17 773 participants (mean age 61.2, SD 6.8 years) during an average follow-up of 7.8 (SD=1.5) years, and 97.7% of participants did not have an intention of weight loss . …”
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Long-term follow-up of combination therapy with pembrolizumab and anlotinib in thoracic SMARCA4-deficient undifferentiated tumor: a case report and molecular features by Ting Duan, Mingxin Xu, Haibo Zhang, Shengchang Wu, Haochu Wang, Zhenying Guo

“…Thoracic SMARCA4-deficient undifferentiated tumors (SMARCA4-UTs), recently recognized as a rare malignancy described in the 5th edition of the World Health Organization Classification of Tumors, are characterized by an inactivating mutation in SMARCA4, most commonly found in the mediastinum of male smokers. …”
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Deciphering Codon Usage Patterns in the Mitochondrial Genome of the <i>Oryza</i> Species by Yuyang Zhang, Yunqi Ma, Huanxi Yu, Yu Han, Tao Yu

“…Notably, the individual codon positions exhibited distinct GC contents: 48.00% for position 1, 42.65% for position 2, and 40.16% for position 3. These findings suggest the preference of the rice mitochondrial genome for codons ending in A or U. …”
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Efficiency of laparoscopic retroperitoneal pancreatic necrosectomy for treating infected pancreatic necrosis with duodenal fistula: a single-center retrospective cohort study by Renrui Wan, Yanming Hua, Yifan Tong, Xin Yu, Bo Shen, Hong Yu

“…After PSM, no significant differences were observed between the two groups in in-hospital mortality rate, incidence of single organ failure, rate of postoperative severe complications (Clavien–Dindo Classification ≥ 3), and intensive care unit stay (P > 0.05). …”
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Interpretable Machine Learning for Serum-Based Metabolomics in Breast Cancer Diagnostics: Insights from Multi-Objective Feature Selection-Driven LightGBM-SHAP Models by Emek Guldogan, Fatma Hilal Yagin, Hasan Ucuzal, Sarah A. Alzakari, Amel Ali Alhussan, Luca Paolo Ardigò

“…Early detection significantly improves survival rates, but traditional biomarkers like CA 15-3 and HER2 lack sensitivity and specificity, particularly for early-stage disease. …”
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Spring-water temperature suggests widespread occurrence of Alpine permafrost in pseudo-relict rock glaciers by L. Carturan, G. Zuecco, G. Zuecco, A. Andreotti, J. Boaga, C. Morino, M. Pavoni, R. Seppi, M. Tolotti, T. Zanoner, M. Zumiani

“…Pseudo-relict rock glaciers contain patchy permafrost but appear to be relict, and therefore they can be misinterpreted when using standard classification approaches. The permafrost content, spatial distribution and frequency of this type of rock glacier are poorly known. …”
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Preclinical markers of carotid atherosclerosis and cardiovascular risk assessed by the ESH/ESC scale (2003, 2007, 2009) by S. Sh. Urazalina, A. N. Rogoza, T. V. Balakhonova, R. P. Myasnikov, T. E. Kolmakova, Yu. A. Karpov, V. V. Kukharchuk, S. A. Boytsov

“…At the first stage of CV risk classification, which included routine examinations only, 73,8 % of the patients remained in the “low-risk” group, 14,5 % remained in the “intermediate-risk” group, and 11,7 % were moved to the “high-risk” group. …”
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Identifying mental health and substance use disorders using emergency department and hospital records: a population-based retrospective cohort study of diagnostic concordance and d... by Rolando Barrios, Linwei Wang, Fahmida Homayra, Lindsay A Pearce, Dimitra Panagiotoglou, Rachael McKendry, Craig Mitton, Bohdan Nosyk

“…SUDs were less likely to be indicated as the primary cause in ED as opposed to in hospital (3.8% vs 11.7%). In multiple regression analyses, ED visits occurring during holidays, weekends and overnight (21:00–8:59 hours) were associated with increased odds of discordance in identifying MH conditions (adjusted OR 1.47, 95% CI 1.11 to 1.93; 1.27, 95% CI 1.16 to 1.40; 1.30, 95% CI 1.19 to 1.42, respectively).Conclusions ED data could be used to improve surveillance and monitoring of MHSUD. …”
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