A Comparison Study on Rule Extraction from Neural Network Ensembles, Boosted Shallow Trees, and SVMs by Guido Bologna, Yoichi Hayashi

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Hydrological dynamics of the Yangtze river-Dongting lake system after the construction of the three Gorges dam by Xiaohe Lai, Huangjie Zou, Jun Jiang, Jianping Jia, Yan Liu, Wen Wei

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Heart abnormality classification using ECG and PCG recordings with novel PJM-DJRNN by Nadikatla Chandrasekhar, Sujatha Canavoy Narahari, Sreedhar Kollem, Samineni Peddakrishna, Archana Penchala, Babji Prasad Chapa

“…HD causes more number of deaths per year. Hence, the early detection of HD is needed to increase the survival rate. …”
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Evaluation of the Crossbreeding Scheme and Farmers’ Perception of Awassi and Dorper Crossbred Sheep by Zeleke Tesema, Alemu Kefale, Belay Deribe, Getasew Esayas, Demlie Chanie, Getachew Worku Alebachew, Solomon Tiruneh, Mekonen Shibeshi

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Genetic insights into the risk of hip osteoarthritis on stroke: A single-variable and multivariable Mendelian randomization. by Zhengze Zhang, Yanan Lian, Yuewen He, Hao Liu, Kai Meng, Yong Wang, Wuhua Ma

“…However, the effects on any stroke, any ischemic stroke, and cardioembolic stroke remained significant after adjustments for hypertension, alcoholic drinks per week, cigarettes per day, body mass index, and rheumatoid arthritis.…”
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Cost efficiency of inpatient rehabilitation following acquired brain injury: the first international adaptation of the UK approach by Ian D Cameron, Julie Ratcliffe, Ian Cameron, Belinda Gabbe, Rachel Milte, Ciara Ryan, Karen Roberts, Zhibin Chen, Russell Gruen, Laura Jolliffe, Natasha A Lannin, Peter Hunter, Maria Crotty, Lynne Turner-Stokes, Lisa Cameron, David Attwood, Anne Holland, Jacqui Morarty, Lynne Turner Stokes, Christine Latimer, Dina Watterson, John Rabling, Melanie Reed, Mithu Palit, Troy Huggins, Verna Smith, Elizabeth O’Shannessy, Rebecca Nicks, Alison Gehrig, Katelyn Moloney, Sophie O’Keefe, Megan Coulter, Margaret Inches, Erin Gee, Sue McLellan

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Diagnostic accuracy in coronary CT angiography analysis: artificial intelligence versus human assessment by James K Min, Paul Knaapen, Nick S Nurmohamed, Erik S G Stroes, Andrew D Choi, Ibrahim Danad, James Earls, Michiel J Bom, Ruben W de Winter, Rachel Bernardo, Ruurt Jukema, Ralf Sprengers

“…Accuracy of AI-QCT was compared with a level 3 and two level 2 clinical readers against an invasive quantitative coronary angiography (QCA) reference standard (≥50% stenosis) in an area under the curve (AUC) analysis, evaluated per-patient and per-vessel and stratified by plaque volume.Results Among 208 patients with a mean age of 58±9 years and 37% women, AI-QCT demonstrated superior concordance with QCA compared with clinical CCTA assessments. …”
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A handheld UV-C light-emitting diode decreases environmental contamination near the operative field by Rachael A. Turner, Roseann M. Johnson, Yasmin Yazdani-Farsad, Jessell Owens, Douglas A. Dennis, Jason M. Jennings

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The association of physical activity and carotid intima-media-thickness in adolescents—data of the prospective early vascular ageing-tyrol cohort study by Bernhard Winder, Bernhard Winder, Bernhard Winder, Sophia J. Kiechl, Sophia J. Kiechl, Benoît Bernar, Benoît Bernar, Nina Gande, Anna Staudt, Anna K. Stock, Anna K. Stock, Christoph Hochmayr, Ralf Geiger, Andrea Griesmacher, Stefan Kiechl, Stefan Kiechl, Ursula Kiechl-Kohlendorfer, Michael Knoflach, Michael Knoflach, the Early Vascular Ageing (EVA)-Tyrol Study Group, Carmen Reiter, Christina Schreiner Julia Klingenschmid, Julia Marxer, Martina Kothmayer, Maximilian Pircher, Manuela Bock-Bartl, Mandy Asare, Maximilian Bohl, Raimund Pechlaner

“…We hypothesize that the association of PA with increased cIMT is not caused by early atherosclerotic vessel wall changes but is rather a physiologic adaptive process of the vessel wall. …”
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Age Differences in Long Term Outcomes of Coronary Patients Treated with Drug Eluting Stents at a Tertiary Medical Center by Nicolas W. Shammas, Gail A. Shammas, Peter Sharis, Michael Jerin

“…The primary endpoint was TLF (composite endpoint of cardiac death, non fatal myocardial infarction due to index vessel and target lesion revascularization (TLR)). …”
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FAMILY NURSING CARE OF PHYSICAL MOBILITY DISORDERS IN PATIENT WITH POST STROKE IN BLULUK VILLAGE, LAMONGAN REGENCY by Iswatun Iswatun, Endah sri Wijayanti, Rizkika Putri Silvia

“…Prevalence by sex male 11.0% (10.5-11.5 per mile) 355,726 cases, female sex 10.9 (10.4-11.4 per mile) 358,056 cases. …”
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Optimizing Navigation Channels through Hydrodynamic and Sedimentation Modeling: A Case Study of the Barito River Estuary, South Kalimantan by Aulia De Silva Nusantara Candida, Khomsin, Aldila Syariz Muhammad, Cahyo Utomo Andik, Rafly Rahardian Muhammad

“…The sedimentation model estimates that during the dry season, sediment deposition could reach 0.100 meters over six months (0.017 meters per month), while in the wet season, it is approximately 0.060 meters over six months (0.010 meters per month). …”
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Microscopic Observation of Proliferative Membranes in Fibrocontractive Retinal Disorders by Rino Frisina, Francesco Tessarolo, Ivan Marchesoni, Federico Piccoli, Emiliana Bonomi, Patrizio Caciagli, Edoardo Midena, Giandomenico Nollo

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Poly-γ-Glutamic Acid Attenuates Angiogenesis and Inflammation in Experimental Colitis by Munkhtugs Davaatseren, Jin-Taek Hwang, Jae Ho Park, Myung-Sunny Kim, Shuaiyu Wang, Mi Jeong Sung

“…Disease activity index (DAI), histopathological scores, microvascular density, myeloperoxidase activity, and VEGF-A and VEGFR2 expression were compared among control mice, DSS-treated mice, and mice receiving 3% DSS along with γ-PGA at 50 mg/kg body weight per day or 3% DSS with γ-PGA at 200 mg/kg body weight per day. …”
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Experimental study of partially oxidized sodium alginate gel combined with myogenic stem cells to improve cardiac function in aged rats with myocardial infarction by Xinxin Ma, Xiaolu Hou, Peixin Dong, Jiayan Ye, Yangyang Gao, Ling Huang, Xiuping Bai

“…[Results] The echocardiographic indexes, histological indexes, vessel density per unit area, and the percentage of collagen-positive area in the rats of the joint group were better than those in the other groups (P<0.05).The echocardiographic indexes, histological indexes, vessel density per unit area, and the percentage of collagen-positive area in the rats of sodium alginate group and myogenic stem cell groups were better than those in the saline control group (P<0.05), while there was no statistic difference between the sodium alginate group and myogenic stem cells group(P>0.05). …”
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Increased Expression of VEGF and CD31 in Postradiation Rectal Tissue: Implications for Radiation Proctitis by G. Karamanolis, I. Delladetsima, V. Kouloulias, K. Papaxoinis, I. Panayiotides, D. Haldeopoulos, K. Triantafyllou, N. Kelekis, S. D. Ladas

“…VEGF vascular index (VEGF-VI) and microvascular density (MVD) were calculated as the mean number of VEGF positive cells per vessel or the mean number of vessels per HPF, respectively. …”
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A multiresolution approach with method-informed statistical analysis for quantifying lymphatic pumping dynamics by Mohammad S. Razavi, Katarina J. Ruscic, Elizabeth G. Korn, Marla Marquez, Timothy T. Houle, Dhruv Singhal, Lance L. Munn, Timothy P. Padera

“…Generalizability studies were used to assess the reliability of measured parameters and how reliability improves as the number of repeat measurements per subject increases. This allowed us to determine the minimum number of repeat measurements needed per subject for acceptable measurement reliability. …”
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External kink related sideways force on the tokamak wall by D. Abate, V. Yanovskiy, L. Cordaro, L. Pigatto, V.D. Pustovitov, D. Terranova, P. Zanca, M. Zuin

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Non-contrast-enhanced 3.0T Whole-heart Coronary MRA: Comparison of Diagnostic Performance between mDixon and WHCA TFE Sequence Using SPIR in CAD Using Coronary Angiography as Refer... by Huaying WANG, Yang CHEN, Peng HUANG, Yue LI, Gang ZHANG, Zhongsheng ZHANG, Haixia JI, Hao GUO, Heng MA

“…The mDixon sequence exhibited higher sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value in per-segment analysis (78.5% vs. 66.1%, 96.5% vs. 93.8%, 91.7% vs. 86.6%, 88.6% vs. 78.9%, and 93.4% vs. 88.7%) and higher sensitivity and accuracy in per-vessel analysis (89.4% vs. 81.6% and 89.1% vs. 83.3%). …”
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Trends and cost structure of drug-based secondary prevention of ischemic strokes by Konstantin Kohlhase, Ferdinand O. Bohmann, Christian Grefkes, Adam Strzelczyk, Laurent M. Willems

“…DAPT costs were highest for large-vessel strokes (p < 0.001) and accounted for 2.5% of total costs. …”
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