Prognostic Value of Radiological and Laboratory Biomarkers for Assessing Risk of Adverse Outcome in Patients with COVID-19 by А. D. Strutynskaya, M. А. Karnaushkina, L. I. Dvoretskiy, I. Е. Tyurin

“…The predictive model was built using gradient boosting and artificial neural network with sigmoid activation function.Results. Both CT signs (crazy-paving pattern, bronchial dilatation inside a lesion, peripheral distribution of symptoms, absence of a predominant distribution pattern, lesion grade and extent), and most of laboratory markers were associated with deterioration and its criteria. …”
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A Federated Learning-Based Framework for Accurately Identifying Human Activity in the Environment by Nwadher Suliman Al-Blihed, Dina M. Ibrahim

“…However, many applications of Human Activity Recognition are implemented using a centralized approach, which may negatively affect user information. Federated learning (FL)—a distributed machine learning approach—aims to distribute machine learning models to edge devices. …”
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Efficacy and Predictors for Biofeedback Therapeutic Outcome in Patients with Dyssynergic Defecation by Ting Yu, Xiaoxue Shen, Miaomiao Li, Meifeng Wang, Lin Lin

“…Univariate analysis showed that efficacy of BFT was positively correlated to one of the 36-item Short-Form Health Survey terms, the physical role function (r=0.289; P=0.025), and negatively correlated to the stool consistency (r=−0.220; P=0.032), the depression scores (r=−0.333; P=0.010), and the first rectal sensory threshold volume (r=−0.297; P=0.022). …”
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Impact of intraocular lens decentration and tilt on higher-order aberrations in patients with high and super-high myopia following cataract surgery by Yu Wang, Bo Zang, Qianlong Bi, Jing Huang, Wei Xu, Chunmeng Dai, Xiaoxia Ding, Dong Li, Zixi Zhou

“…At 3 months, IOL decentration negatively correlated with overall visual quality, measured by the modulation transfer function, in the high myopia group (rs = -0.558, P = 0.001), but no significant correlation was observed in the super-high myopia group. …”
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Over-employment and the success of combining work and parenthood by N. V. Tonkikh, T. A. Kamarova, T. I. Markova

“…Mean satisfaction with work-children balance as a function of parents' working hours was analysed using Mann-Whitney U-test and z-test.Results: sociological assessments show high overemployment among parents of minor children: 56.5% of working fathers and 33.1% of working mothers work over 40 hours a week. …”
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Identification of 17 HrpX-regulated proteins including two novel type III effectors, XOC_3956 and XOC_1550, in Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola. by Xiao-bo Xue, Li-fang Zou, Wen-xiu Ma, Zhi-yang Liu, Gong-you Chen

“…The function of some hypothetical proteins, possibly regulated by key hrp regulators, in the pathogenicity of phytopathogenic bacteria remains largely unknown. …”
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Digital transformation project risks assessment using hybrid picture fuzzy distance measure-based additive ratio assessment method by Pratibha Rani, Arunodaya Raj Mishra, Adel Fahad Alrasheedi, Dragan Pamucar, Dragan Marinkovic

“…Risk management planning requires projects to assess possible risks that may negatively or positively affect a DT project. The purpose of the study is to introduce a hybridized decision support system (DSS) by combining the distance measure, ranking comparison (RANCOM) model and additive ratio assessment (ARAS) approach in the context of a picture fuzzy set (PFS). …”
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Validation of Indonesian Graves’ Ophthalmopathy Quality of Life Questionnaire and Its Association with Clinical Activity and Severity of Graves’ Ophthalmopathy by Cecilia Anggraini, Syntia Nusanti, Dicky Levenus Tahapary, Levina Chandra Khoe

“… Background: Graves’ ophthalmopathy (GO) ocular abnormalities can persist even after treatment, negatively impacting patients’ psychological and social health. …”
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Phosphorylation of Sli15 by Ipl1 is important for proper CPC localization and chromosome stability in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. by Vasso Makrantoni, Stephen J Corbishley, Najma Rachidi, Nicholas A Morrice, David A Robinson, Michael J R Stark

“…Ipl1-dependent phosphorylation of Sli15 therefore inhibits its association with microtubules both in vivo and in vitro and may negatively regulate the tension checkpoint mechanism.…”
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A Closure Contact Model of Self-Affine Rough Surfaces Considering Small-, Meso-, and Large-Scale Stage Without Adhesive by Tao Zhang, Yiming Wu, Xian Liu, Kai Jiang

“…Then, a segmented scale contact model of rough surfaces is proposed based on the island distribution function in a strict sense. The mechanical contact process of determining rough surfaces is divided into small-scale, medium-scale, and large-scale stages. …”
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Implementation of best-evidence rehabilitation for hip, knee and hand osteoarthritis in Africa: A cause for concern by Monique M. Keller, Beatrice Sankah

“…Conclusions and relevance: Increasing OA prevalence with subpar rehabilitation may result in lower quality of life and function for individuals diagnosed with hip, knee, hand and other joint OA, leading to a substantial financial burden on the individual, family, community, stakeholders and governmental levels. …”
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Hepatocyte reporter cells and integrated metabolomic and transcriptomic analyses reveal insights into hepatocyte changes in offspring of pregnancies with obesity by Svetlana Y. Kozlovich, Amy Y. Pan, Jennifer J. McIntosh, Anna Palatnik, Shuang Jia, Martin J. Hessner, T. Hang Nghiem-Rao

“…Excess intrauterine lipids may contribute to hepatic injury, inflammation, impaired mitochondrial function, and impaired hepatocyte development in infants of pregnancies with obesity.…”
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Interleukin-37b Suppressed ILC2s in Children with Allergic Rhinitis by Qingxiang Zeng, Yinhui Zeng, Haiqing Xiao, Jinyuan Li, Chao Yang, Renzhong Luo, Wenlong Liu, Yanhui Wen

“…The serum IL-37b levels and its relation with the frequency and functional phenotype of ILC2s. The regulation of IL-37b on ILC2s proliferation and function was confirmed using flow cytometry and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). …”
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Agmatine Mitigates Diabetes-Related Memory Loss in Female Mice by Targeting I₂/I₃ Imidazoline Receptors and Enhancing Brain Antioxidant Defenses by Luis E. Cobos-Puc, Hilda Aguayo-Morales

“…Agmatine treatment improved cognitive function and reversed the biochemical alterations. …”
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Face Processing in Prematurely Born Individuals—A Systematic Review by Tiffany Tang, Kasper Pledts, Matthijs Moerkerke, Stephanie Van der Donck, Bieke Bollen, Jean Steyaert, Kaat Alaerts, Els Ortibus, Gunnar Naulaers, Bart Boets

“…Neuroimaging also revealed functional atypicalities, which may either be rooted in the structural alterations or may partly compensate for the delayed maturation. …”
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Dissociating and linking divergent effects of emotion on cognition: insights from current research and emerging directions by Florin Dolcos, Florin Dolcos, Florin Dolcos, Ekaterina Denkova, Alexandru D. Iordan, Alexandru D. Iordan, Alexandru D. Iordan, Andrea T. Shafer, Guillén Fernández, Sanda Dolcos, Sanda Dolcos, Sanda Dolcos

“…Finally, we also discuss evidence linking these opposing effects of emotion in a clinical group (PTSD), where they are both deleterious, and based on comparisons across groups with opposing affective biases: healthy aging (positive bias) vs. depression (negative bias). These issues have relevance for understanding mechanisms of emotion-cognition interactions in healthy functioning and in psychopathology, which can inspire training interventions to increase resilience and well-being.…”
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CARDIOVASCULAR PATHOLOGY IN ACUTE STROKE (ISSUES ON PREVALENCE, PREVENTION AND TREATMENT) by S. A. Rumjantseva, R. G. Oganov, E. V. Silina, V. A. Stupin, S. B. Bolevitch, A. S. Orlova, E. N. Kabaeva, S. A. Volik, O. N. Sokhova, A. Yu. Kubotchkin

“…We performed a prospective study, including 1072 patients with stroke, attributable to various cardiovascular pathology, evaluated the influence of vascular comorbidity of variable degree on the course and outcomes at an inpatient stage and at follow-up.Results. We demonstrated a negative influence of CAD, atrial fibrillation and postinfarction cardiosclerosis on the incidence of cerebral infarction, unfavorable course of the disease and functional outcomes at inpatient stage. …”
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An Assessment of the Impact of Climate Change on Maize Production in Northern Mexico by Nuria Aide López Hernández, Aldo Rafael Martínez Sifuentes, Wiktor Halecki, Ramón Trucíos Caciano, Víctor Manuel Rodríguez Moreno

“…These results indicate that irrigation is functioning as a climate change adaptation strategy, reducing the impact of extreme weather on maize productivity, which could have a negative impact on water productivity in the study region in the short term.…”
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Multi-objective assessment of hydrological model performances using Nash–Sutcliffe and Kling–Gupta efficiencies on a worldwide large sample of watersheds by Mathevet, Thibault, Le Moine, Nicolas, Andréassian, Vazken, Gupta, Hoshin, Oudin, Ludovic

“…We also illustrate the negative impacts of classical mathematical transformations (square root) applied to streamflow when employing NSE and KGE as metrics for model calibration.…”
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Dynamic neural network modulation associated with rumination in major depressive disorder: a prospective observational comparative analysis of cognitive behavioral therapy and phar... by Nariko Katayama, Kazushi Shinagawa, Jinichi Hirano, Yuki Kobayashi, Atsuo Nakagawa, Satoshi Umeda, Kei Kamiya, Miyuki Tajima, Mizuki Amano, Waka Nogami, Sakae Ihara, Sachiko Noda, Yuri Terasawa, Toshiaki Kikuchi, Masaru Mimura, Hiroyuki Uchida

“…However, their differential effects on the neural networks associated with rumination, or repetitive negative thinking, remain poorly understood. This study included 135 participants, whose rumination severity was measured using the rumination response scale (RRS) and whose resting brain activity was measured using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) at baseline and after 16 weeks. …”
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