Association of Lactate Dehydrogenase with In-Hospital Mortality in Patients with Acute Aortic Dissection: A Retrospective Observational Study by Huaping He, Xiangping Chai, Yang Zhou, Xiaogao Pan, Guifang Yang

“…A total of 1526 participants with acute aortic dissection were involved in a hospital in China from January 2014 to December 2018. The target-independent variable was LDH measured at baseline, and the dependent was all-cause mortality during hospitalization. …”
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Advancements in Microwave Bone Imaging: Tomographic Reconstruction of an Anthropomorphic Calcaneus Phantom Using a Specialized Imaging Prototype for Bone Health Applications by Alessia Cannata, Adnan Elahi, Martin O'Halloran, Marco Pasian, Simona Di Meo, Giulia Matrone, Bilal Amin

“…Indeed, the osteoporotic and osteoarthritic bone phantoms can be differentiated with an average percentage difference of 25%. The target region (i.e., trabecular tissue) is correctly located and its diseased condition can be determined from its retrieved properties for all the phantoms, showing a Structural Similarity Index of at least 82%. …”
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Differentiated approach to glycemic management in type 2 diabetic patients during inpatient treatment of acute myocardial infarction: glycemic control and long-term prognosis by M. A. Korotina, I. G. Pochinka, L. G. Strongin

“…Previously an association between the time in the target range of glycemia during hospitalization of AMI in patients with T2DM (hTIR — «hospital time in range») and long-term prognosis was found. …”
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Quantitative chest computed tomography in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: assessing the role of emphysema severity and its correlation with clinical characteristics, lung fu... by Cong Nguyen Hai, Thanh Bui Duc, The Nguyen Minh, Loi Trinh Duc, Thang Tran Quyet

“…Results: The study found an average EI of 12.8% ± 11.64%, with 96.7% of patients exhibiting a bronchitis-dominant phenotype. …”
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Health Risk Assessment of PM2.5-bound Components in Beijing, China during 2013–2015 by Tianchu Zhang, Yangfan Chen, Xiaohong Xu

“…Fossil fuel combustion and vehicle exhaust were the top two sources, accounting for 77% of total HQ. HQ by target organ were, in descending order, respiratory (15), reproductive (1.8), nervous (1.2), renal (0.22), fetus (0.1), and alimentary system (0.002). …”
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The influence of sleep duration on patients with coronary artery disease: a four-year observational study by Runfeng Ma, Ruoyu Wang, Bingqian Wang, Zihan Tang, Tian Qiu, Yiduo Lu, Gang Liu

“…The Fine-Gray model was employed to evaluate the estimated marginal occurrence probability of the target event. Additionally, Kaplan-Meier estimation and Cox regression analysis were conducted to further investigate the association between sleep duration and outcomes.ResultsThe study enrolled 816 residents with CAD, who had an average age of 69.2 ± 8.3 years old, of whom 40.2% were male. …”
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A model predictive control method for directional borehole trajectories in underground coal mines by Hao LI, Ningping YAO, Chengda LU, Jinbao ZHANG, Hongchao WEI, Jiajun WU, Jinyu LI

“…Accordingly, this study constructed a borehole trajectory prediction model and an objective function with the minimum trajectory deviation as the control target. The steady-state errors of the prediction model were reduced using feedback correction. …”
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Research on pedestrian detection technology for mining unmanned vehicles by ZHOU Libing, YU Zhengqian, WEI Jianjian, JIANG Xueli, YE Baisong, ZHAO Yexin, YANG Siliang

“…Additionally, a Slim-neck structure optimized the feature fusion architecture of YOLOv3, facilitating efficient information fusion between feature maps and further improving the detection accuracy for small-target pedestrians, while its unique lightweight convolutional structure enhanced detection speed. …”
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Sensitivity of anti-filarial antibodies for lymphatic filariasis surveillance: Insights from a serological survey in Samoa in 2018. by Harriet L S Lawford, Benn Sartorius, Helen J Mayfield, Filipina Amosa-Lei Sam, Satupaitea Viali, Tito Kamu, Robert Thomsen, Colleen L Lau

“…This study aimed to investigate the sensitivity of anti-filarial Abs for detecting signals of LF transmission in Samoa by i) investigating the sensitivity and specificity of Ab to identify Ag-positives; ii) estimating the average number needed to test (NNTestav) to identify LF-seropositives (seropositive for Ag and/or any Ab), and iii) compare the efficiency of the different serological indicators by target age group and sampling design.…”
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Aloe vera gel mediated green synthesis of ruthenium nanoparticles and their potential anticancer activity by Tanjila Begum, Sangeeta Agarwal, Pranjal Bhuyan, Jumi Das, Akalesh Kumar Verma, Ankur Guha, Mausumi Ganguly

“…The results showed that ruthenium nanoparticles can emerge as a promising bio-compatible candidate with the ability to selectively target cancer cells while sparing normal cells.…”
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How climate and pest hazards, crop protection, cover cropping, and fertilisation explain yield gaps in vineyards of southern France by Hugo Fernandez-Mena, Marine Gautier, Hervé Hannin, Christian Gary

“…Our findings revealed that 58 % of the winegrowers did not achieve their target yields, with important yield gaps of around 32 % yield reduction on average. …”
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Downscaling of the global climate model data for the mass balance calculation of mountain glaciers by P. A. Morozova, O. O. Rybak

“…Besides, a rise of temperature will increase the average melting season duration. These are, of cause, preliminary results just to illustrate how the downscaling method works. …”
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Comparison of Sample Preparation and Detection Methods for the Quantification of Synthetic Musk Compounds (SMCs) in Carp Fish Samples by Jungmin Jo, Eunjin Lee, Na Rae Choi, Ji Yi Lee, Jae Won Yoo, Dong Sik Ahn, Yun Gyong Ahn

“…For the separation of co-extracted substances and the target SMCs in fish samples after ultrasonic extraction, four solid-phase extraction (SPE) sorbents were investigated. …”
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How to use learning curves to evaluate the sample size for malaria prediction models developed using machine learning algorithms by Sophie G. Zaloumis, Megha Rajasekhar, Julie A. Simpson

“…Developing these prediction models requires large training datasets to ensure prediction accuracy when applied to new individuals in the target population. Learning curves can be used to assess the sample size required for the training dataset by evaluating the predictive performance of a model trained using different dataset sizes. …”
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Improved Hybrid A* Algorithm Based on Lemming Optimization for Path Planning of Autonomous Vehicles by Yong Chen, Yuan Liu, Wei Xu

“…Secondly, the distance heuristic function improves the distance function to reflect the actual distance, which makes the search target clearer and reduces the computational overhead. …”
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Estimating the Burden of False Positives and Implementation Costs From Adding Multiple Single Cancer Tests or a Single Multi‐Cancer Test to Standard‐Of‐Care Screening by Sarina Madhavan, Allan Hackshaw, Earl Hubbell, Ellen T. Chang, Anuraag Kansal, Christina A. Clarke

“…The “SCED‐10” system featured 10 hypothetical SCED tests, each targeting one cancer type; the “MCED‐10” system included a single hypothetical MCED test targeting the same 10 cancer types. …”
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Low-Cost Air Quality Sensors: Biases, Corrections and Challenges in Their Comparability by Idris Hayward, Nicholas A. Martin, Valerio Ferracci, Mohsen Kazemimanesh, Prashant Kumar

“…However, these approaches are often not standardised, varying in study duration, measurement frequency, averaging period, average concentration of the target pollutant and the biases that are corrected. …”
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Jointing Adjacent Environmental Variation Into a Deep Learning Model for Gap-Filling Passive Microwave-Based Land Surface Temperature by Weizhen Ji, Yunhao Chen, Haiping Xia, Han Gao, Lei Zhu

“…Furthermore, based on the results of six in-situ measurements, the gap-filled results gain the average RMSE of 3.7 K and 3.21 K during the daytime and nighttime, respectively. …”
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Career intervention program to promote academic adjustment and success in higher education by Célia Sampaio, Célia Sampaio, Catarina Luzia de Carvalho, Maria do Céu Taveira, Maria do Céu Taveira, Ana Daniela Silva, Ana Daniela Silva

“…In contrast, the “Social Networks and Cooperation” session received the lowest, although all sessions were rated above the average response point. The results are discussed regarding their relevance in an academic context and their implications for future interventions with this target group.…”
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Machine Learning-Based Objective Evaluation Model of CTPA Image Quality: A Multi-Center Study by Sun Q, Liu Z, Ding T, Shi C, Hou N, Sun C

“…CT values and their standard deviations (SD) were measured in 11 specific regions of interest, and two radiologists independently assigned anonymous random scores to the images. The average of their subjective scores was used as the target output for the model, which was the mean opinion score (MOS) for image quality. …”
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