Predictive Value of Pan-Immune Inflammation Value and Systemic Immune-Inflammation Index for Identifying Coronary Vulnerable Plaques: New Insights from Optical Coherence Tomography... by Ji J, Wei X, Xue B, Wan D, Wu L, Liu H

“…Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were constructed to assess the diagnostic accuracy of the PIV and SII for TCFA, with a calculation of the area under the ROC curve (AUC). …”
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Study of the Covid-19 related quarantine concept as an emerging category of a linguistic consciousness by Віталій Шимко, Анжела Бабаджанова

“…These data, along with some socio-demographic characteristics were subjected to multidimensional mathematical and statistical processing. …”
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Effect of residual stress on the mechanical strength in Al Beryl composites subjected to extrusion process by K.G. Sagar, P. SampthKumaran

“…The SEM images have provided very good backing up to substantiate the tensile data based on the fractographic study.…”
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Pregnancy outcomes and risk factors for thrombocytopenia in pregnant patients with systemic lupus erythematosus by Qing-Ying Fang, De-Hai Gan, Jia Huang, Fan Lian

“…The performance of the nomogram was assessed through receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves, calibration curves, and decision curve analysis (DCA). …”
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Swiss recommendations on driving ability in patients with diabetes mellitus by Roger Lehmann, Sandrina Bervini, Vojtech Pavlicek, Regula Wick, Barbara Lucchini, Ulrike Iten, Lia Bally

“…Patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus are now, in exceptional cases, allowed to be licensed in higher vehicle categories. With the analysis of CGMS data, an objective assessment of the frequency of hypoglycaemia is now possible; this was previously only partially possible with blood glucose logs. …”
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Psychological readiness for return to sport following distal femoral osteotomy in patients with recurrent patellar instability by Maximilian Hinz, Peter Rab, Moritz Brunner, Marco-Christopher Rupp, Armin Runer, Luca Grüning, Lisa Rahn, Sebastian Siebenlist, Andrea Achtnich

“…Psychological readiness to resume sporting activities was assessed at a minimum of 12 months postoperatively using the PFI-Return to Sport after Injury (PFI-RSI) scale. A receiver operating curve (ROC) analysis was performed for the PFI-RSI scale and its ability to discriminate between patients who returned to the preoperative level of sport and those who did not. …”
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Clinical Deformity Correction Following Minimally Invasive Akin Osteotomy Fixated with Single 2.5mm Screw, A Prospective Study by Austin Alecxih MD, Tyler Goodwin MD, Joseph Duff MD, Dillon Morrow MD, Andrew Wilson BS, Jesse Doty MD

“…The clinical shift of the Akin osteotomy was measured intra-operatively, and the maintenance of correction documented during follow-up. …”
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Diagnostic value of thyroid-related serological indicators and pan-immune-inflammation value for differentiated thyroid carcinoma by Yicheng Wen, Xin Yi, Jixin Shi, Peng Wan, Huan Wang, Li Tian, Huixia Liu

“…Logistic regression analyses identified influencing factors, while diagnostic value of thyroid-related serological indicators and PIV levels were evaluated through receiver operating characteristic analysis.ResultsIntergroup differences regarding the levels of thyroxine (T4), free thyroxine (FT4), thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), thyroglobulin (Tg), lymphocyte count, monocyte count, and PIV were found to be significant (p<0.05). …”
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Radiation enteritis associated with temporal sequencing of total neoadjuvant therapy in locally advanced rectal cancer: a preliminary study by Chen-ying Ma, Yi Fu, Lou Liu, Jie Chen, Shu-yue Li, Lu Zhang, Ju-ying Zhou

“…Methods A retrospective analysis was conducted on the data from 92 patients with LARC who received TNT. …”
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Development and validation of a risk score predicting substantial weight gain over 5 years in middle-aged European men and women. by Annika Steffen, Thorkild I A Sørensen, Sven Knüppel, Noemie Travier, María-José Sánchez, José María Huerta, J Ramón Quirós, Eva Ardanaz, Miren Dorronsoro, Birgit Teucher, Kuanrong Li, H Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita, Daphne van der A, Amalia Mattiello, Domenico Palli, Rosario Tumino, Vittorio Krogh, Paolo Vineis, Antonia Trichopoulou, Philippos Orfanos, Dimitrios Trichopoulos, Bo Hedblad, Peter Wallström, Kim Overvad, Jytte Halkjær, Anne Tjønneland, Guy Fagherazzi, Laureen Dartois, Francesca Crowe, Kay-Tee Khaw, Nick Wareham, Lefkos Middleton, Anne M May, Petra H M Peeters, Heiner Boeing

“…Regression coefficients of predictors were pooled using random-effects meta-analysis. Pooled coefficients were used to assign weights to each predictor. …”
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The predictive value of FAH model for the occurrence of colorectal cancer by Zhixuan Ma, Zhixuan Ma, Qing Wu, Qingming Wu

“…The discriminative ability, calibration, and clinical utility of the predictive model were evaluated using the Receiver Operating Characteristic curve, bootstrap resampling method, the Hosmer–Lemeshow goodness-of-fit test, and Decision Curve Analysis (DCA).ResultsFatty liver (F), carotid atherosclerosis (A), HDL-C (H), and intestinal dysbiosis (D) were identified as independent risk factors for CRC. …”
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Predictive value of prealbumin combined with neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in early postoperative complications of gastric cancer by GUO Maosen, LI Hu, GAO Fei, HAN Bin

“…<b>Methods</b> A retrospective case-control study was performed. The clinical data of 255 gastric cancer patients who underwent radical gastrectomy and D2 lymph node dissection in the Department of General Surgery, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University from January 2019 to March 2023 were collected and divided into EPC group (n=63) and nonEPC group (n=92), and the differences of prealbumin and NLR between the two groups at different time points were compared, and the receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curve was plotted to analyze the predictive value of prealbumin, NLR and their combination on the development of EPC in gastric cancer patients after surgery. …”
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Diagnostic prediction model for screening of elevated low-density and non-high-density lipoproteins in young Thai adults between 20 and 40 years of age by Phichayut Phinyo, Wuttipat Kiratipaisarl, Vithawat Surawattanasakul, Wachiranun Sirikul

“…Four performance metrics were quantified: discrimination using area under the receiver-operating characteristic curve (AuROC); calibration by calibration plot; utility by decision curve analysis and instability by performance instability plots. …”
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Using machine learning to predict the rupture risk of multiple intracranial aneurysms by Junqiang Feng, Chunyi Wang, Yu Wang, He Liu, He Liu

“…External validation was not feasible due to data limitations, but we rigorously evaluated model performance using metrics such as accuracy (ACC), true positive rate (TPR), true negative rate (TNR), F1 score, and area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC).ResultsNinety-one patients with 222 aneurysms were recruited, with a rupture rate of 20.3%. …”
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Dufourmentel Rhomboid Flap versus the Karydakis and Bascom Flap Reconstruction Following Wide Excision of Pilonidal Sinus Disease by Madeline Y. M Chee

“…Patients and Methods: De-identified data of patients who underwent elective pilonidal sinus excision with flap reconstruction at a tertiary referral center from January 2019 to January 2023 were analyzed. …”
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Surface displacements induced by underground activities from 2014 to 2019 in the former Lorraine coalfield, northeastern France by Modeste Guillaume, Gunzburger Yann, Conin Marianne, Diallo Maniang

“…Recent advances in SAR interferometry time series analysis for measuring crustal deformation. Tectonophysics 514-517: 1–13.) has been applied to Sentinel-1 SAR images over the period 2014-2019, covering the entire former coalfield. …”
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Correlation between standard deviation of red blood cell distribution width，platelet/lymphocyte ratio and left ventricular hypertrophy in patients with diabetic kidney disease by Shang Shi-li, Chen Jing-shan, Sun Zi-juan, Bi Li-na, Luo Sha, Li Jun

“…Spearman’s correlation and multivariate Logistic regression were employed for examining the risk factors of DKD patients complicated with LVH，And receiver operating curve （ROC） was plotted for analyzing the predictive value of RDW-SD or PLR for LVH in DKD patients.ResultsCorrelation results indicated that serum phosphorus，uric acid，RDW-SD and PLR were positively correlated with left ventricular mass index （LVMI） （<italic>r</italic>=0.187，0.149，0.332，0.445，<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05）；lymphocyte absolute value，total protein，triglyceride，serum calcium and glomerular filtration rate were negatively correlated with LVMI （<italic>r</italic>=-0.377，-0.175，-0.234，-0.245，-0.358，<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.01）.Regression analysis showed that RDW-SD&gt;44% and PLR （per10） were independent risk factors for DKD patients with LVH. …”
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The use of Apple smartwatches to obtain vital signs readings in surgical patients by Shadi Alzahrani, Mohammed Nadershah, Mohammed Alghamdi, Razan Baabdullah, Mohammed Bayoumi, Othman Bawajeeh, Abdulrhman Alghamdi, Amr Bayoumi

“…We collected heart rate and oxygen saturation data via the ASWs8 and CMD. Subsequently, the mean measurement of each parameter was compared and evaluated for any significant differences. …”
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How does livelihood capital influence the green production behaviors among professional grain farmers cultivating high-quality rice? by Bin Zhang, Wenyi Mao, Zhen Hu, Yingshu Cai, Ning Xie, Zhenlin Weng, Zhenlin Weng

“…By analyzing data from 655 professional grain farmers in Jiangxi Province and utilizing the ordered logit model, we analyzed and validated the influence of livelihood capital on the green production behaviors. …”
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Joint association of triglyceride glucose index (TyG) and a body shape index (ABSI) with stroke incidence: a nationwide prospective cohort study by Ruiying Zhang, Jianan Hong, Yaoling Wu, Liling Lin, Shuying Chen, Yingxiu Xiao

“…Sociodemographic information, health status, physical examination and blood data were collected retrospectively. Cox regressions were to determine the relationship between different groups and stroke incidence, using receiver operating characteristic curves to evaluate the diagnostic value. …”
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