Research on the predictive performance of using ROC curve to evaluate axial length for myopia in children and adolescents by Cui Mingming, Zhu Zhongxin, Gao Yuting, Zong Xinnan, Li Shaoli, Liu Junting, Chen Fangfang, Yang Zhou, Yin Tao, Lyu Yanyu, Zhang Hao

“…The AL and SE were significantly correlated by Spearman correlation coefficient(P < 0.01). Predicting myopia in children based on their AL has a good reference value(AUC = 0.73). …”
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Does Area Deprivation Index Predict Worse Initial Preoperative Patient-Reported Outcomes in Patients Who Underwent Microfracture for Osteochondral Lesions of the Talus? by Warren Austin, Kenzo M. Cotton BS, Garcia Findlay BS, Marfred Munoz Umanes MS, Richard Michael Smith MD, Cortes Brown MD, Warren Austin, Lauren Lewis MD MPH, Jarrett D. Cain DPM MSc, Macalus V. Hogan MD, MBA

“…The database was queried for patients who underwent talar dome OCL microfracture and completed preoperative Foot and Ankle Ability Measure Activities of Daily Living (FAAM ADL) questionnaires between September 2013 and February 2024. …”
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Research on cardiac image segmentation algorithm based on improved level set modeling by Shuaishuai ZHANG, Ruixia LIU, Ke SHAN, Zhenhua GUO

“…The model demonstrates the ability to quickly generate curves and accurately represent the contours of cardiac images. …”
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Observational study comparing the accuracy/variability between the ERSPC and the PCPT risk calculators for the prediction of significant prostate cancer in patients with PSA by Enrique Gomez Gomez, Juan José Salamanca Bustos, Julia Carrasco Valiente, Jose Luis Fernandez Rueda, Ana Blanca, José Valero Rosa, Ines Bravo Arrebola, Javier Marquez López, Juan Manuel Jimenez Vacas, Maria José Requena Tapia, Raul Miguel Luque

“…The variability between both RCs’ agreement was compared using Cohen’s kappa coefficient.Results 510 patients were analysed (87 diagnosed with SigPCa). …”
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Exogenous 2,4-Epibrassinolide Alleviates Alkaline Stress in Cucumber by Modulating Photosynthetic Performance by Wenjing Nie, Qinghai He, Jinzhao Ma, Hongen Guo, Qinghua Shi

“…Brassinosteroids (BRs) are recognized for their ability to enhance plant salt tolerance. While considerable research has focused on their effects under neutral salt conditions, the mechanisms through which BRs regulate photosynthesis under alkaline salt stress are less well understood. …”
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Exploring urban land surface temperature with geospatial and regression modelling techniques in Uttarakhand using SVM, OLS and GWR models by Waiza Khalid, Syed Kausar Shamim, Ateeque Ahmad

“…This study employed a Support Vector Machine (SVM) for land use and land cover mapping for 2024, achieving 94% accuracy and a Kappa coefficient of 0.90, indicating robust mapping. Key land indices such as NDVI, NDWI, NDBI, NDSI, and NDBaI were calculated, along with Land Surface Temperature (LST) from Landsat 8 imagery. …”
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A fully automated, expert-perceptive image quality assessment system for whole-body [18F]FDG PET/CT by Cong Zhang, Xin Gao, Xuebin Zheng, Jun Xie, Gang Feng, Yunchao Bao, Pengchen Gu, Chuan He, Ruimin Wang, Jiahe Tian

“…The model’s scores showed substantial agreement with expert assessments, achieving average Spearman coefficients (ρ) of 0.891 for PET and 0.624 for CT, while the average Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC) reached 0.953 for PET and 0.92 for CT. …”
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Effects of a positive psychological intervention on psychological states and functional brain imaging of nurses in transition training: a quasi-experimental study by Li He, Haiyan Wang, Zhiwei Guo, Yu Zhou, Lu Hu, Juan Zhao, Yi Chen, Li Xiang

“…Pearson’s correlation coefficient was used to assess the relationship between the changes in brain function and behavior.ResultsThere was no difference in the general information of the two groups pre-intervention. …”
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Reflective Processes and Social Orientation at Different Stages of Professionalisation (on the Example of Preparation for Medical Activity) by G. V. Manuilov, G. G. Gorelova, E. A. Rylskaya, S. V. Morozova, N. N. Vasyagina

“…In such fields of employment, the personal qualities of a specialist are extremely important, i. e. his or her ability to communication, productive interaction, which implies a certain type of reflection.The aim of the present research was to identify the role of reflection, when forming the social orientation of physicians at different stages of their specialty training and realisation of oneself in this or that specialty – from university education to the end of career.Methodology and research methods. …”
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Microvascular flow imaging of fibroids: A prospective pilot study by Marissa Frijlingh, Barbara Stoelinga, Robert A. deLeeuw, Wouter J. K. Hehenkamp, Jos W. R. Twisk, Thierry van denBosch, Lynda J. M. Juffermans, Judith A. F. Huirne

“…Inter‐ and intra‐observer correlations of all studied parameters were good to excellent, both for 2D MV‐flow and 2D power Doppler (intercorrelation coefficient 0.992–0.996). Using 2D MV‐flow different vascular structures were visible in detail, in contrary to using 2D and 3D power Doppler. …”
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A predictive risk‐scoring model for survival prognosis of multiple myeloma based on gain/amplification of 1q21: Experience in a tertiary hospital in South‐Western China by Yanqiu Xiong, Shanshan Liang, Wenjiao Tang, Li Zhang, Yuhuan Zheng, Ling Pan, Ting Niu

“…The model's discriminative ability was evaluated using the AUC in both the training and validation sets. …”
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Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Sinhala version of SarQoL® for assessing quality of life in older women with sarcopenia by Nirmala Rathnayake, Thilina Abeygunasekara, Gayani Liyanage, Sewwandi Subasinghe, Warsha De Zoysa, Dhammika Palangasinghe, Sarath Lekamwasam

“…However, no validated tool existed in Sinhala, limiting the ability to assess QoL among Sri Lankan older adults with sarcopenia. …”
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Droplet digital RT-PCR method for SARS-CoV-2 variants detection in clinical and wastewater samples by Feng Wang, Yi Sun, Liming Gong, Lingxuan Su, Biaofeng Zhou, Xiuyu Lou, Yin Chen, Wen Shi, Haiyan Mao, Yanjun Zhang

“…The high specificity of the RT-ddPCR assay was demonstrated by its ability to correctly detect the thirty SARS-CoV-2 variants, while not other common respiratory viruses. …”
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Comparative Study on Soil Infiltration Characteristics of Different Land Use Types in Horqin Sandy Land by Yin Jiawang, Ala Musa, Su Yuhang, Jiang Shaoyan

“…The Horton model had high fitting ability in Horqin sandy land, and can, therefore, be used to estimate water infiltration.…”
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Study on the prediction model of corrosion and scaling in the external cooling water system of ultra-high voltage converter stations phase modulator by GU Xiantao, FAN Peipei, CHEN Xiaochun, GAO Yuxiang, ZHOU Zhongkang, ZHANG Junjie, MA Xiaowei, JI Qiaozhen, WU Yan, XU Yayan, DONG Haosheng, DUAN Zhongxin, YANG Lin, GAO Zhonghui

“…The mean absolute percentage error(MAPE) and the coefficient of determination(R²) were 7.53% and 0.985 respectively, indicating good fitting performance and generalization ability of the model.…”
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Development of a method for differential diagnosis of iron deficiency anemia and anemia of chronic disease based on demographic data and routine laboratory tests using machine lear... by N. V. Varekha, N. I. Stuklov, K. V. Gordienko, R. R. Gimadiev, O. B. Shchegolev, S. N. Kislaya, E. V. Gubina, A. A. Gurkina

“…As a result, the regression model has moderate predictive ability (R2 = 0.70; median absolute error was 10.7 μg / L), the correlation coefficient between known and predicted SF level was r = 0.854 (p &lt; 0.05). …”
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Res-ECA-UNet++: an automatic segmentation model for ovarian tumor ultrasound images based on residual networks and channel attention mechanism by Shushan Wei, Zhaoting Hu, Lu Tan

“…This mechanism adaptively emphasizes tumor region-related channel information through global feature recalibration, thereby improving recognition accuracy and localization precision for tumor areas.ResultsBased on clinical ultrasound datasets of ovarian tumors, experimental results demonstrate that Res-ECA-UNet++ achieves outstanding performance in clinical validation, with a Dice coefficient of 95.63%, mean Intersection over Union (mIoU) of 91.84%, and accuracy of 99.75%. …”
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Analytical Investigation of Electromechanical Hierarchical Metamaterials for Vibration Attenuation and Energy Harvesting by Ashenafi Abebe Mebrat, Joshua LeGrande, Oumar Barry

“…The results reveal that the band structure of the hierarchical electromechanical metamaterials depends on the configuration type, the resonator masses, the electromechanical coupling coefficient, and the resistance of the shunt circuit. …”
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PENGEMBANGAN SOAL ASESMEN KOMPETENSI MINIMUM (AKM) MATEMATIKA PADA MATERI PELUANG UNTUK PESERTA DIDIK SMP by Supri Mulyani, Lusiana Lusiana, Jumroh Jumroh

“…The reproducibility coefficient value is 0.92 > 0.90, the scalability coefficient value is 0.77 > 0.60, which indicates the questions are good to use. …”
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Market timing and selectivity performance of mutual funds in Ghana by Abubakar Musah, Damankah Basil Senyo, Eliasu Nuhu

“…More specifically, all of the sample mutual fund managers attain significant negative selectivity coefficients and also most of them attain insignificant negative timing coefficients.…”
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