One Year of Wastewater Surveillance in South Africa Supporting COVID-19 Clinical Findings Across Two Waves of Infection by Renée Street, Angela Mathee, Tarylee Reddy, Nomfundo T. Mahlangeni, Noluxabiso Mangwana, Sizwe Nkambule, Candice Webster, Stephanie Dias, Jyoti Rajan Sharma, Pritika Ramharack, Johan Louw, Swastika Surujlal-Naicker, Natacha Berkowitz, Mongezi Mdhluli, Glenda Gray, Christo Muller, Rabia Johnson

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Implementation of emergency measures to improve the efficiency of nickel removal from water at the existing water treatment plant by Radibratović Zorana Z., Cakić Biljana B., Vilotijević Marija N., Radović Ivona R., Kijevčanin Mirjana Lj.

“…In this paper, based on the data of the Ribnica accumulation (Serbia), and the required quality of raw and treated water, an optimal solution for improving and optimization of the technology of water purification to drinking quality at a water treatment plant (WTP) in Zlatibor, Serbia, was proposed to ensure maximum efficiency and flexibility in system operation. …”
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Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry for the Geographical Sourcing of Cannabis sativa L. by Mariana Fernandes Ramos, Fernanda Rodrigues Salazar, Sabrina Laíz Büttenbender, João A. Coblinski, Mauro Sander Fett, Renata Pereira Limberger, Flávio A. Oliveira Camargo

“…The goal of this study was to analyze Cannabis samples seized by the Brazilian Federal Police in eradication operations occurred in 2014 and 2017, by means of liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) and linear discriminant analysis (LDA), aiming to trace their geographical origin. …”
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Low-Magnitude Seismicity of the Continent-Ocean Transition Zone in the Eurasian Arctic by Morozov Aleksey, Vaganova Natalia, Konechnaya Yana, Mikhaylova Yana, Petrova N. V.

“…One of the areas that have been until recently poorly studied in terms of low-magnitude seismicity includes the continent-ocean transition zone in the northern Eurasian shelf. An analysis of the monitoring performed using the seismic stations in operation in the Franz Josef Land and Severnaya Zemlya archipelagos complemented with data from the seismic stations on the Svalbard archipelago for the period from December 2011 to November 2020 made it possible to study the space-time patterns in the low magnitude seismicity at the continent-ocean transition zone. …”
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Investing in a New Financial Instrument: The First Buyers of Urban Debt in Catalonia (Mid. 14th Century) by Milian Laura Miquel, Sala Albert Reixach, Pijuan Pere Verdés

“…This article consists of a systematic analysis of a large sample of the first purchasers of annuities issued by the urban governments of Catalonia between the years 1313 and 1367. …”
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Intelligent Control Valve Stiction Diagnosis Approach by Sami El-Ferik, Mustafa Al-Naser, Abrar Al-Amoudi, Abdullatif Al-Najim, Karim Asif Sattar

“…In order to implement the proposed approach, we used state-of-the-art signal processing and machine learning techniques to develop a trustworthy strategy for stiction analysis applicable to a wide variety of operating setups, such as cascade loops and settings variations. …”
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Predicting piglet survival until weaning using birth weight and within-litter birth weight variation as easily measured proxy predictors by J.M. Mbuthia, C. Kasper, M. Zenk, G. Bee, C.C. Metges, G. Daş

“…This was done through a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis. Data consisted of 68 394 piglet records from 1 661 sows obtained from two research farms; the Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology in Germany and Agroscope in Switzerland. …”
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Construction and validation of a nomogram for predicting 3-month outcome in elderly patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation-induced acute ischemic stroke by Yang Yang, Xiaohong Zhang

“…The assessment tools included receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves, calibration curves, and decision curve analysis (DCA). …”
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A predictive model for sepsis risk in patients with non-traumatic cerebral hemorrhage based on the MIMIC-IV database by Xinxu Wu, Fangqi Hu, Tianpeng Zhang, Yunsong Pan, Jie He, Rui Zhang, Hui Zhou, Hui Shi

“…Furthermore, the decision curve analysis indicated that the model offers favorable clinical utility. …”
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The relevance of creating a new combined ophthalmic drug with anti-inflammatory and antibacterial effects by L. I. Kucherenko, D. V. Okolzin

“…Methods of systematic analysis and information search were used. In the process of work, a bibliosemantic approach was used to analyze the relationship between key topics and areas of research, as well as methods of descriptive and generalized analysis. …”
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Non-invasive urinary proteomic biomarkers for prognostic assessment in sepsis by Qingbo Zeng, Nianqing Zhang, Junjie Zeng, Lincui Zhong, Qingwei Lin, Longping He, Xiaomin Song, Jingchun Song

“…Utilizing LASSO regression, random forest analysis, and a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve with an area under the curve (AUC) greater than 0.8, we identified potential protein biomarkers for predicting sepsis prognosis. …”
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New generation of monofocal intraocular lens for cataract surgery in comorbid conditions by A. V. Tereshchenko, I. G. Trifanenkova, Yu. E. Prokofiev, A. M. Ivanov, M. V. Okuneva

“…Each study group, using a retrospective analysis of data from patients operated on over the past 2 years, was divided into two control subgroups: in one of them, patients underwent implantation of a monofocal IOL (SA60AT AcrySof, Alcon), and in the other — an EDOF IOL (DFT015 AcrySof IQ Vivity, Alcon).Results. …”
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Development and validation of a clinical prognosis prediction model for malignant intestinal obstruction: A retrospective cohort study by Hao Duan, Ran Tao, Jun Qin

“…The model was validated using the Concordance index (C - index), time - dependent Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curve, and Decision Curve Analysis (DCA). …”
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Prediction of outcomes following intravenous thrombolysis in patients with acute ischemic stroke using serum UCH-L1, S100β, and NSE: a multicenter prospective cohort study employin... by Ming-Ya Luo, Yang Qu, Peng Zhang, Reziya Abuduxukuer, Li-Juan Wang, Li-Chong Yang, Zhi-Guo Li, Xiao-Dong Liu, Ce Han, Dan Li, Wei-Jia Wang, Dian-Ping Lv, Ming Liu, Jian Gao, Jing Xu, Yongfei Jiang, Hai-Nan Chen, Fu-Jin Li, Li-Ming Sun, Qi-Dong Sun, Yingbin Qi, Si-Yin Sun, Yu Zhang, Zhen-Ni Guo, Yi Yang

“…Model performance was evaluated using the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC), F 1-score, calibration curve, and decision curve analysis. …”
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Optimization of the Lens Nucleus Fragmentation during Phacoemulsification in Patients with Pseudoexfoliation Syndrome by V. M. Malov, A. V. Zolotarev, E. B. Eroshevskaya, I. V. Malov, A. E. Gorbunov

“…To determine the radius of curvature of the working part of the tool a morphometrical measurement of the curvature of the equatorial zone of the lens cores removed during extracapsular and intracapsular cataract extraction in patients with PEX subluxation of the lens was carried out. A comparative analysis of the operation and the results of surgical treatment of cataract in patients with PEX with the use of the proposed (n = 58) and standard (n = 56) technologies of the nucleus fragmentation in phacoemulsification was made. …”
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Correlation between sleep and multimorbidity in community-dwelling older adults in Hunan Province: a cross-sectional study by Manman Su, Manman Su, Yang Zhou, Yang Zhou, Wenhui Chen, Wenhui Chen, Yanping Liu

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Predictive Factors for Fetal Growth Restriction in Patients with Preeclampsia: A Clinical Prediction Study by Yan M, Li F, Jun S, Li L, You W, Hu L

“…The model’s discrimination, clinical usefulness, and calibration were assessed using the area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve, decision curve, and calibration analysis.Results: The study identified 256 women with FGR and 458 without FGR.The research identified nine significant predictors for FGR in PE patients, including family history of hypertension, aspartate aminotransferase (AST), uric acid (URIC), mode of delivery, mean platelet volume (MPV), prothrombin time (PT), severity of preeclampsia, post-pregnancy weight, and gestational age. …”
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Adherence to the planetary health diet index and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: a cross-sectional study by Xin Qiu, Xin Qiu, Shuang Shen, Nizhen Jiang, Donghong Lu, Yifei Feng, Guodong Yang, Bangde Xiang, Bangde Xiang, Bangde Xiang

“…This study aimed to investigate the relationship between PHDI adherence and the MASLD risk.MethodsWe analyzed a cohort of 15,865 adults (aged ≥18 years) using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES, 2005–2018). …”
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Predictive value of the serum homocysteine-to-albumin ratio for major adverse cardiovascular events after acute myocardial infarction: a retrospective cohort study by Jiaping Wang, Jianling Zhou, Na Wang, Meili Fu, Ziwen Song, Ming Hu, Huiyi Wu, Runfeng Sun

“…The predictive performance of HAR was assessed using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis and compared with Hcy, Alb, and the GRACE score.ResultsDuring the 12-month follow-up period, 105 patients (24.9%) experienced MACE. …”
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Interpretable and generalizable deep learning model for preoperative assessment of microvascular invasion and outcome in hepatocellular carcinoma based on MRI: a multicenter study by Xue Dong, Xibin Jia, Wei Zhang, Jingxuan Zhang, Hui Xu, Lixue Xu, Caili Ma, Hongjie Hu, Jiawen Luo, Jingfeng Zhang, Zhenchang Wang, Wenbin Ji, Dawei Yang, Zhenghan Yang

“…The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) was calculated using pathological MVI status. …”
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