Disentangled Contrastive Learning From Synthetic Matching Pairs for Targeted Chest X-Ray Generation by Euyoung Kim, Soochahn Lee, Kyoung Mu Lee

“…These findings underscore the potential of our framework to improve medical imaging analysis and facilitate novel clinical applications.…”
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Angiographic assessment of lenticulostriate artery sign to predict clinical outcomes after thrombectomy in patients with stroke by Shen Chen, Lisong Dai, Yiran Zhang, Xiaoer Wei, Bicong Yan, Yuehua Li

“…In the multivariate analysis, LSA sign patterns were significantly associated with both BGI and 90 days mRS >2. …”
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MicroRNAs as biomarkers of brain injury in neonatal encephalopathy: an observational cohort study by Fatima Dakroub, Firas Kobeissy, Stefania Mondello, Zhihui Yang, Haiyan Xu, Livia Sura, Candace Rossignol, Mehmet Albayram, Dhanashree Rajderkar, Kevin Wang, Michael D. Weiss

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Clinical significance of procalcitonin and leukocyte count in diagnosis of complicated pulmonary infection in patients with maintenance hemodialysis by YANG Kun, LI Qin-yun, LIU Jia-li, XIA Cheng-yun, ZHANG He-ping

“…Objective To investigate the clinical value of procalcitonin(PCT) and white blood cell count(WBC) in diagnosis of complicated pulmonary infection in patients with maintenance hemodialysis.Methods A total of 87 patients were selected as the infection group,who underwent maintenance hemodialysis(MHD) in Blood Purification Centre,Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College from June 2017 to December 2018,and complied with diagnosis criteria of pulmonary infection in clinical examinations,imaging examinations and laboratory tests.A total of 75 MHD patients without pulmonary infection or other site infection in the same period were selected as the non-infection group.General data and clinical examination data of all the above patients were collected,including age,sex,body mass index,primary disease,blood routine,blood biochemistry,parathyroid hormone,C-reactive protein(CRP),PCT and so on.Retrospective analysis was done on the data after enrollment.Results(1) Compared with the non-infection group,the levels of albumin and total cholesterol in the infection group were significantly lower,while the levels of WBC,neutrophil percentage,PCT and CRP were significantly higher(P<0.05).(2) Multivariate Logistic regression analysis showed that PCT(OR=70.625,95%CI 13.783～361.891,P<0.05) and WBC(OR=1.435,95%CI 1.133～1.817,P<0.05) were independent risk factors for pulmonary infection in MHD patients.(3) The areas under the receiver operating characteristic curve of PCT,WBC and PCT+WBC for the combined diagnosis of maintenance hemodialysis patients with pulmonary infection were 0.880(0.828～0.932),0.717(0.638～0.797) and 0.905(0.859～0.951)(P<0.05),respectively.Conclusions PCT and WBC are independent risk factors of pulmonary infection in MHD patients.The combined detection of PCT and WBC is more effective in the diagnosis of pulmonary infection in MHD patients.…”
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Quantitative study of selected Facebook marketing communication engagement factors in the optics of different post types by Ľudovit Nastišin, Richard Fedorko, Vladimir Vavřečka, Radovan Bačik, Martin Rigelsky

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Evaluation of Overall Survival Predictions In Inoperable Pancreas Ductal Adenocarcinoma by Hasan Önner, Mustafa Erol, İlknur Küçükosmanoğlu

“…Clinicopathologicalfactors (tumor localization, tumor diameter, stage) and FDG PET/CT parameters (SUVmax, MTV and TLG) with ap-value of &lt; 0.2 were compared to multivariate Cox regression analysis. TLG was found to be the only independentpredictor of OS. …”
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Long-term outcome of vagus nerve stimulation therapy in drug-resistant epilepsy: a retrospective single-center study by Si Chen, Xiaxin Yang, Shujun Xu, Baomin Li, Chao Li, Ning Yang, Xue Yang, Xiaotang Wang, Shuo Xu, Xiuhe Zhao, Xiuhe Zhao

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Association between white matter hyperintensities and gray matter volume in cerebral small vessel disease: insights from periventricular and deep white matter lesions by Weishun Feng, Xinjun Lei, Shida Xu, Zhihua Xu

“…For DWMH, no pairwise comparisons survived FDR correction, though a non-significant trend toward reduced GM_n was noted in score 3 versus scores 0–1 (FDR-adjusted p = 0.08). After multivariate analysis adjusting for vascular risk factors, PWMH severity was found to be independently associated with GM_n [p &lt; 0.05, β (95% CI): Age −0.212 (−0.412, −0.011), PWMH score −0.408 (−0.605, −0.210)], while DWMH severity showed no independent association with GM_n (p &gt; 0.05). …”
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The Effectiveness of Emotion-Focused Therapy on Pain Anxiety and Resilience in Patients with Migraine by Hamid Reza Arab Bafrani, Hasan Rezayi, Ahmad Sobhani

“…Results of the Mixed Multivariate Analysis of Variance on Pain Anxiety and Resilience.SourceTestValueFHypothesis dfError df Sig.Eta SquaredEvaluation TimePillai’s Trace0.993283.214290.0010.993Wilks’ Lambda0.007283.214290.0010.993Hotelling’s Trace136.7283.214290.0010.993Roy’s Largest Root136.7283.214290.0010.993Group Evaluation TimePillai’s Trace1.639.4728600.0010.815Wilks’ Lambda0.00528.628580.0010.993Hotelling’s Trace79.279.228560.0010.975Roy’s Largest Root77.4166.0214300.0010.987 Conclusion and DiscussionThe results of this study demonstrated that Emotion-focused Therapy (EFT) is significantly effective in reducing pain anxiety and enhancing resilience in patients with migraines. …”
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Peripapillary retinoschisis in glaucomatous eyes. by Eun Ji Lee, Tae-Woo Kim, Mijin Kim, Yun Jeong Choi

“…No retinal detachment or macular involvement of the retinoschisis was observed in any of the eyes. Multivariate analysis showed a significant influence of a higher intraocular pressure at SD-OCT scanning on the presence of retinoschisis (Odds ratio  = 1.418, P = 0.001).…”
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Relationships Between Breast Edema and Axillary Lymph Node Metastasis in Breast Cancer by Derya Deniz Altıntaş, Gul Esen Icten, Füsun Taşkın, Cihan Uras

“…Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that presence of edema (OR: 2.46 CI; 1.11–5.48, <i>p</i> = 0.027) and multiple lesions (OR: 1.86 CI; 1.01–3.43, <i>p</i> = 0.046) were significantly associated with mALN. …”
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Risk of hernia-related complications after transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt creation in patients with pre-existing ventral abdominal hernias: 15-year experience at a q... by Ruth Bell, Sasan Partovi, Michael Rosen, Baljendra Kapoor, Charles McDaniel, Natalie Farha, Catherine Vozzo, Jennifer Bullen, Carlos Romero-Marrero

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Delta corticomedullary apparent diffusion coefficient on MRI as a biomarker for prognosis in IgA nephropathy by Zitao Wang, Ling Jiang, Fang Lu, Li Qian, Ying Pan, Chengning Zhang, Zhimin Huang, Ming Zeng, Bin Sun, Bo Zhang, Huijuan Mao, Yudong Zhang, Suyan Duan, Changying Xing, Yanggang Yuan

“…The effect of ΔADC on eGFR and kidney fibrosis was explored using multivariate regression and ROC analysis. An individual’s 5-year risk probability of progressing to ESKD or decreasing of eGFR > 50% was calculated by the guidelines-recommended international risk-prediction tool in IgAN. …”
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Risk factors for brain metastases after definitive chemoradiation for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer by Petrović Marina, Tomić Ilija, Jovanović Dragana

“…Examining treatment-related parameters, 1-year and 2-year actuarial risk of BM were 27 and 39%, respectively, in the patients receiving chemotherapy before radiotherapy and 15 and 20%, respectively, when radiotherapy was not delayed (p &lt; 0.03). On multivariate analysis, timing of chemotherapy (p &lt; 0.05) and stage IIIA vs IIIB (p &lt; 0.01) remained statistically significant. …”
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Genome-wide association study of facial morphology reveals novel associations with FREM1 and PARK2. by Myoung Keun Lee, John R Shaffer, Elizabeth J Leslie, Ekaterina Orlova, Jenna C Carlson, Eleanor Feingold, Mary L Marazita, Seth M Weinberg

“…In this study, we applied factor analysis to a set of 276 facial linear distances derived from 3D facial surface images of 2187 unrelated individuals of European ancestry. …”
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The triglyceride glucose: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio is associated with coronary artery calcification evaluated via non-gated chest CT by Yuxuan Tong, Yu Wang, Xin Chen, Bin Qin, Yongkang Liu, Yuqian Cui, Xifa Gao, Jianhua Wang, Ting Wu, Dongling Lv, Xiao Chen

“…CAC was evaluated on chest CT images. Multivariate logistic regression analysis and restricted cubic splines were used to determine the relationships among the TYG index, TYG/HDL-c ratio and risk of CAC. …”
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B1 corrected T1 mapping in the differentiation and prediction of breast cancer by Yijie Chen, Jichun Guo, Feifei Shan, Gehua Tong, Zhihua Meng, Zhensong Chen, Junqi Sun

“…Multivariate analysis showed that ΔT1%, age, and BI-RADS classification were independent risk factors. …”
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The HEARRT-C Score: Is Aspirin Protective in COVID-19 Patients? A Single-Centre Retrospective Study by Zeynep Kumral, Ali Canturk, Ahmet Anil Baskurt, Abdullah Taylan, Ayse Colak, Ozer Badak

“…This study aimed to develop a scoring system to predict mortality risk in hospitalised COVID-19 patients using clinical, laboratory, and imaging data. A retrospective analysis was conducted at a single centre, including 325 patients admitted between March 2020 and December 2021. …”
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The relationship between perception and landscape characteristics of recreational places with human mental well-being by Janina Vanhöfen, Talia Härtel, Giovanna Reichert, Christoph Randler

“…Biologists then evaluated the areas through bird and biotope surveys, also assessing various other landscape characteristics of the study areas. Analysis using a two-level multivariate GLM revealed that perceived naturalness and perceived bird diversity are significant predictors of improved mental well-being. …”
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A Nomogram for Predicting Survival in Patients with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant Pneumonia Based on Admission Data by Yang Y, Li D, Nie J, Wang J, Huang H, Hang X

“…A predictive algorithm was developed using Cox multivariate analysis.Results: The high-risk group had a shorter survival duration than the low-risk group. …”
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