The efficiency of blood cell counts and inflammatory indices in prediction of need for acute kidney injury in patients with crush syndrome by Zikret Koseoglu, Deniz Gezer, Ahmet Uzan

“…T-Test was applied to compare two independent numerical variables. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis was used to assess the predictive capacity of NLR, PLR, LMR and SIII on AKI, HD and mortality (Area Under the Curve (AUC) > 0.600). …”
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Kinetics of the amino acid uptake tracer O-(2-[18F]fluoroethyl)-L-tyrosine (FET) in human brain by Korbinian Krieger, Thomas Pyka, Clemens Mingels, Hasan Sari, Albert Gjedde, Axel Rominger, Paul Cumming

“…While its high tumoral uptake reflects over-expression of the L-type amino acid transporter (LAT1), there is little knowledge about the kinetics of [18F]FET uptake in healthy brain tissue, owing to the limited PET data in healthy volunteers, and to the requirement of an arterial input function for compartmental analysis. …”
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Evaluating the accuracy of the Ophthalmologist Robot for multiple blindness-causing eye diseases: a multicentre, prospective study protocol by Wei Chen, Xiaoyu Zhang, Lijing L Yan, Zhongwen Li, Qi Dai, Qixin Li, Jie Tan, He Xie

“…The primary objective is to evaluate the accuracy of ophthalmologists’ screening for multiple blindness-causing eye diseases using device images through receiver operating characteristic curve analysis. The targeted diseases include keratitis, corneal scar, cataract, diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration, glaucomatous optic neuropathy and pathological myopia. …”
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Does T1c–2N0–1M0 triple negative breast cancer derive a benefit from neoadjuvant chemotherapy? by Ruiliang Chen, Yushuai Yu, Weiwei Chen, Wenfen Fu, Chuangui Song, Jie Zhang

“…Methods For this propensity-matched analysis, we used data from Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database. …”
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X-ray endovascular surgery for in-hospital acute ischemic stroke by E. B. Molokhoev, A. G. Davtyan, V. R. Kirakosyan, A. S. Pankov, N. I. Litvinov, D. S. Belkov, S. V. Zhuravlev, V. N. Ardashev, N. V. Zakaryan, V. V. Boyarintsev

“…Neurological defiCIT was determined by NIHSS scale, thrombectomy efficacy was evaluated by the degree of cerebral revascularization by mTICI scale, functional outcome was determined by Rankin scale (mRS). Multivariate analysis with evaluation of clinical and laboratory, neuroimaging data, and analysis of surgical technique was performed to identify factors contributing to adverse stroke outcome.RESULTS. …”
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Comprehensive investigation of rooftop photovoltaic power plants with monocrystalline polycrystalline and thin-film technologies for exergy economic and environmental assessments by Abdelhak Lekbir, Samir Hassani, Putri Nor Liyana Mohamad Radzi, Saad Mekhilef, Kok Soon Tey, Abdullahi Mohamed Samatar, Obaid Alshammari

“…This study is based on the performance data obtained over four years of energy production under the weather conditions of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. …”
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The role of civil society organisations in initiating an anti-corruption policy in Serbia by Korać Srđan T., Bulatović Aleksandra

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Identification of the risk factors for predicting severe acute kidney injury in patients after liver transplantation by Ran Zhou, Huan Wang, Qi Yang, Qi Yang, Lin Han

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Diagnostic Performance of SPECT in Patients with Coronary Microcirculation Disturbance after PCI by JIA Shuo, CHENG Gong, GUAN Lei, FENG Panpan, XU Bailing, FANG Wei, ZHANG Ji

“…With IMR as the gold standard, a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was plotted for CFR in diagnosing CMD, and the area under the ROC curve (AUC) was calculated. …”
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The Association Between Uric Acid and Symmetric Dimethylarginine Levels in Patients Undergoing Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis by Rizki Yaruntradhani Pradwipa, Ni Made Hustrini, Rudy Hidayat, Hamzah Shatri

“…However, in CAPD population, there are still conflicting data on the mechanism of increased risks related to uric acid levels. …”
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Non-diabetic elderly populations: SIRI as a risk factor and PIV as a protective factor against bone abnormalities by Manli Yan, Ping Gong, Xiang Li, Haoyue Huang, Hua Wei, Hua Wei

“…The results identified age and SIRI as independent risk factors for bone abnormalities in non-diabetic elderly populations, while PIV served as an independent protective factor. Receiver operating characteristic analysis demonstrated that SIRI and PIV predicted osteoporosis with areas under the curve (AUC) of 0.609 and 0.620, respectively. …”
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TCMHTI: a Transformer-based herb-target interaction prediction model for Qingfu Juanbi Decoction in rheumatoid arthritis by Zhenzhong Liang, Changsong Ding

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Independent risk and protective factors for oxaliplatin-induced hypersensitivity reactions: a retrospective study by Jing Xue, Jing Xue, Jing Xue, Zhihao Lian, Xiaoyan Li, Xiaoyan Li, Xiaoyan Li

“…The area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was 0.82 (P < 0.001, 95% CI = 0.75–0.89). …”
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Discovery of novel diagnostic biomarkers of hepatocellular carcinoma associated with immune infiltration by Qiang Liu, Hua Zhang, Heng Xiao, Ao Ren, Ying Cai, Rui Liao, Huarong Yu, Zhongjun Wu, Zuotian Huang

“…Machine learning approaches and big data analyses are viable strategies for identifying HCC diagnostic markers.Materials and methods In this study, we downloaded mRNA expression profiles of HCC from the GEO database and used random forest and machine learning algorithms, such as least absolute shrinkage and selection operator, to screen for reliable diagnostic genes. …”
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Instruments for measuring fatigue in patients with brain tumours: protocol for a COSMIN-­based systematic review by Yan Luo, Rui Wang, Zhou Zhou, Liwei Wang, Shuyi Wang, Zefeng Xiao, Zhouning Li, Shuji Li, Tuanbiao Nie, Wenjing Hong

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Association between platelet to lymphocyte ratio and febrile urinary tract infection after double-J stent removal in children underwent laparoscopic pyeloplasty by Xun Lu, Qi Chen, Lixia Wang, Haobo Zhu, Liqu Huang, Jincai Zhou, Yunfei Guo

“…The univariate and multivariate logistic analysis were conducted to determine the potential risk factors of fUTI after DJ stent removal. …”
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Intratumoral and peritumoral multiparametric MRI-based radiomics nomogram for preoperative risk stratification in patients with endometrial cancer by Bin Yan, Tingting Zhao, Ying Deng, Jianrong Lu, Guoqing Wang

“…Feature selection was carried out via univariate analysis, least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) regression, and multivariate logistic regression. …”
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Development and validation of a nomogram for predicting postoperative recurrent lumbar disc herniation after unilateral biportal endoscopic discectomy by Zhibin Xing, Hongyu Guo, Yuepeng Song, Lingli Cai, Renhao Zhang, Miaomiao Zhu

“…This is a retrospective study based on the data from all patients who underwent UBED for lumbar disc herniation in Zhoukou Central Hospital between September 2021 and December 2023. …”
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Novel models by machine learning to predict the risk of cardiac disease-specific death in young patients with breast cancer by Yi Li, Handong Li, Xuan Ye, Zhigang Zhu, Yixuan Qiu

“…Prediction performance was assessed using the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis, area under the POC curve (AUC) values, calibration curves, decision curves, and confusion matrix, and SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP) were used to interpret the models. …”
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Critical review of OCT in clinical practice for the assessment of oral lesions by Fariba Esperouz, Domenico Ciavarella, Mauro Lorusso, Andrea Santarelli, Lorenzo Lo Muzio, Giuseppina Campisi, Lucio Lo Russo

“…In addition, there is significant heterogeneity in the methodologies used to interpret OCT data, which is strictly operator dependent and may affect standardization and reproducibility of results. …”
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