Assessment of the Aging State for Transformer Oil-Barrier Insulation by Raman Spectroscopy and Optimized Support Vector Machine by Deliang Liu, Biao Lu, Wenping Wu, Wei Zhou, Wansu Liu, Yiye Sun, Shilong Wu, Guolong Shi, Leiming Yuan

“…The raw Raman spectra were processed using asymmetric reweighted penalty least squares to correct baseline shifts, Savitzky–Golay (S-G) smoothing to eliminate fluctuation noise, and principal component analysis (PCA) to reduce data dimensionality by extracting principal components. …”
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Exploring the health‐related decision‐making experiences of people with chronic kidney disease and their caregivers: A qualitative study by Shena Gazaway, Orlando Gutierrez, Rachel Wells, Tamara Nix‐Parker, Claretha Lyas, Shawona Daniel, Katina Lang‐Lindsey, Tara Bryant, Richard Knight, James N. Odom

“…Data were analyzed using thematic analysis. Results Three themes were identified: (1) decisions triggered by declining health and broad in scope, (2) challenges to decision‐making and (3) factors influencing decision‐making. …”
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Experimental Testing and Seasonal Performance Assessment of a Stationary and Sun-Tracked Photovoltaic–Thermal System by Ewa Kozak-Jagieła, Piotr Cisek, Adam Pawłowski, Jan Taler, Paweł Albrechtowicz

“…This study presents a comparative analysis of the annual performances of stationary and dual-axis sun-tracked photovoltaic–thermal (PVT) systems. …”
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Feasibility of machine learning–based modeling and prediction to assess osteosarcoma outcomes by Qinfei Zhao, Weiquan Hu, Yu Xia, Shengyun Dai, Xiangsheng Wu, Jing Chen, Xiaoying Yuan, Tianyu Zhong, Xuxiang Xi, Qi Wang

“…In this study, we analyzed gene expression data from 138 osteosarcoma samples across two multicenter cohorts and identified 14 consensus prognosis-associated genes via univariate Cox regression analysis. …”
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Understanding the Determinants Influencing Self-Medication with Antibiotics Among Malaysian Residents: A Qualitative Study to Inform Preventive Public Health Strategies by Adeel Aslam, Shazia Jamshed, Che Suraya Zin, Norny Syafinaz Ab Rahman, Syed Imran Ahmed, Zita Lívia Szabó, Márió Gajdács

“…Qualitative data analysis was carried out through a thematic approach. …”
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Joint association of frailty index and biological age with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a cohort study from CHARLS by Zhishen Ruan, Hongyan Tian, Rui Li, Jinzhi Zhang, Sheng Cao, Zi Yang, Xinyan Chen, Dan Li, Qing Miao

“…Subgroup and sensitivity analysis results are stable. This study found a joint association between CMFI and BA with COPD, suggesting that CMFI and BA are risk factors for the development of COPD.…”
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The Role of Genetics in Human Oral Health: A Systematic–Narrative Review by Anita Joy-Thomas, Zarna Lalwani, Leticia Guajardo, John Valenza, Walid D. Fakhouri

“…<b>Conclusions</b>: The data collection and analysis indicate 25 oral conditions with strong genetic components and 2 with moderate genetic contributions (fibrous dysplasia and impacted teeth), while 14 oral conditions seem to have weak genetic contributions. …”
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Acetonemic syndrome in children: modern terminology, features of pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment by Yu.V. Marushko, O.A. Dmytryshyn, O.A. Bovkun, T.V. Iovitsa, B.Ya. Dmytryshyn

“…Diagnosis of acetonemic syndrome is aimed at determining the severity of metabolic disorders and the root cause of this pathological condition and is based on a detailed analysis of the medical history (presence of provoking factors), life (number and frequency of episodes of acetonemic syndrome), clinical manifestations (seve­rity of neuroglycopenia and ketosis), physical examination (assessment of physical growth and development), results of laboratory and instrumental studies (level of ketonemia/glycemia, ketonuria). …”
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Interleukin 6 receptor inhibitors in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis during the COVID-19 pandemic, Moscow experience by A. I. Zagrebneva, E. N. Simonova, T. V. Mezenova, N. B. Burmistrova, Yu. A. Gavrikova, Yu. A. Gavrikova, E. O. Morozova, Zh. M. Kodzeva, K. S. Sapogina

“…Objective: to confirm the efficacy and safety of levilimab in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) switched from other interleukin 6 receptor inhibitors (iIL6R) for non-medical reasons.Patients and methods. A retrospective analysis of data from the register of patients with RA who during the COVID-19 pandemic were switched from foreign iIL6Rs to the Russian drug levilimab. …”
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Randomised trial of home sleep apnoea testing compared to in-lab polysomnography for the evaluation of obstructive sleep apnoea in children: rationale and study protocol by Darko Stefanovski, Ignacio E Tapia, Christopher M Cielo, Lourdes M DelRosso, Eberechukwu A Uwah, Yaelis D Roman Rosado, Mahalakshmi Somayaji, Michelle Ward, Anjalee Galion, Sally L Davidson Ward

“…Introduction Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) affects 1–5% of the paediatric population, including 55–90% of children with Down syndrome (DS), and has been associated with negative effects on neurocognitive development, cardiovascular health, immune development and quality of life. …”
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An overview of pink eye infection to evaluate its medications: group decision-making approach with 2-tuple linguistic T-spherical fuzzy WASPAS method by M. Waheed Rasheed, Hind Y. Saleh, Areen A. Salih, Jahangeer Karamat, Muhammad Bilal

“…An examination of the developed and existing research is compared to demonstrate the benefits of the suggested analysis.…”
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Phenotypic diversity and provenance variation of Cupressus funebris: a case study in the Sichuan Basin, China by Wang Yan, Yongqi Xiang, Mei Gao, Ruoyu Deng, Yan Sun, Renping Wan, Xianyi Pan, Wanzhen Li, Yu Zhong

“…Methods To rectify the shortage of existing basic morphological data, a morphological analysis was conducted in this study on 180 Cupressus funebris germplasm resources sourced from five provenances. …”
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Prevalence, risk, and outcomes of venous thromboembolic events in kidney transplant recipients: a nested case-control study by Vinant Bhargava, Priti Meena, Anil Kumar Bhalla, Devinder Singh Rana, Ashwani Gupta, Manish Malik, Anurag Gupta, Vaibhav Tiwari

“…Patients who developed a VTE had higher mortality as compared to patients who did not develop VTE. …”
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Survival Nomogram for Lung Adenocarcinoma Patients With Bone Metastasis Based on the SEER Database and an External Validation Cohort by Zhiming Liu, Min Zhang, Shuo Han, Hao Zhang, Shengwei Meng, Zhubin Shen, Xuexiao Ma

“…This study aims to establish and validate a new nomogram to solve this problem. Methods Data were collected from the SEER database and from patients at our hospital who had been diagnosed with lung adenocarcinoma and developed bone metastases. …”
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Expression of tripartite motif-containing protein 28 in primary breast carcinoma predicts metastasis and is involved in the stemness, chemoresistance, and tumor growth by Surekha Damineni, Sai A Balaji, Abhijith Shettar, Swetha Nayanala, Neeraj Kumar, Banavathy S Kruthika, Kalyanasundaram Subramanian, M Vijayakumar, Geetashree Mukherjee, Vaijayanti Gupta, Paturu Kondaiah

“…The prediction of who develops metastasis has been the most difficult aspect in the management of breast cancer patients. …”
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A Robust Algorithm for Estimating Total Suspended Solids (TSS) Using Sentinel-2: Case Study in Coastal Waters of Teluk Awur, Jepara, Indonesia by Anis Yasmin Sabila, Lilik Maslukah, Anindya Wirasatriya, Elis Indrayanti, Indra Budi Prasetyawan, Sugeng Widada

“…The best regression analysis is found in the red band (B4) and the model is linear. …”
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Improving spatial and temporal accuracy in coastal reclamation mapping using satellite image time series by Runjie Huang, Li Zhuo, Na Jie, Jixiang Zheng, Haiyan Tao

“…From 1990 to 2022, China’s coastal reclamation totaled 5,121.1 km2, with a slowdown after 2014 and a shift toward green development after 2018. Reclamation patterns varied regionally, with most projects concentrated in economically developed bays, driven primarily by urbanization and industrialization. …”
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Predicting waste generation using Bayesian model averaging by M.G. Hoang, T. Fujiwara, S.T. Pham Phu, K.T. Nguyen Thi

“…A prognosis model has been developed for solid waste generation from households in Hoi An City, a famous tourist city in Viet Nam. …”
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Enhancing drinking water safety: Real-time prediction of trihalomethanes in a water distribution system using machine learning and multisensory technology by Antonio J. Aragón-Barroso, David Ribes, Francisco Osorio

“…Then, following an exploratory analysis of the dataset using Pearson’s correlation matrix and an ANOVA test, multiple regression models were developed. …”
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Exploring the predictive value of serum lipids for short‐term prognosis in patients with acute‐on‐chronic liver failure by Yunfeng Fu, Kaini Wu, Sicheng Yang, Yuanping Fan, Jianhao Qiu, Qi Zhu, Yating Pan, Xiaqin Chen, Sihai Chen, Xiaodong Zhou

“…Methods This retrospective analysis was conducted using the clinical data of patients hospitalized for ACLF between January 2018 and December 2021. …”
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