THE ECONOMIC RATIONALE FOR THE USE OF OUTPATIENT PLEURODESIS IN THE TREATMENT OF MALIGNANT PLEURAL EFFUSIONS by O. V. Ivanov, V. N. Klimenko, A. V. Reshetov

“…An outpatient pleurodesis can reduce these problems.The objective was to compare pharmacoeconomic parameters for inpatient pleurodesis and outpatient pleurodesis to determine the most cost-effective treatment option.Methods and materials. 179 patients in the clinic of the Federal State Budgetary Institution Scientific Research Center for Oncology named after N. …”
Get full text

Evaluation of Cluster Algorithms for Radar-Based Object Recognition in Autonomous and Assisted Driving by Daniel Carvalho de Ramos, Lucas Reksua Ferreira, Max Mauro Dias Santos, Evandro Leonardo Silva Teixeira, Leopoldo Rideki Yoshioka, João Francisco Justo, Asad Waqar Malik

“…Furthermore, our findings highlight that the choice of radar significantly impacts the effectiveness of these object recognition methods.…”
Get full text

A Real-Time Approach for Assessing Rodent Engagement in a Nose-Poking Go/No-Go Behavioral Task Using ArUco Markers by Thomas Smith, Trevor Smith, Fareeha Faruk, Mihai Bendea, Shreya Kumara, Jeffrey Capadona, Ana Hernandez-Reynoso, Joseph Pancrazio

“…In short, this protocol involves detailed instructions for building a suitable behavioral chamber, installing and configuring all required software packages, constructing and attaching an ArUco marker pattern to a rat, running the behavioral software to track marker positions, and analyzing the engagement data for determining optimal task durations. These methods provide a robust framework for real-time behavioral analysis without the need for extensive training data or high-end computational resources. …”
Get full text

A nomogram based on quantitative MR signal intensity predicts early response to combined systemic treatment in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma by Ran Tao, Haohao Lu, Xiangjun Dong, Qian Qian Ren, Hongjie Fan, Zhaoming Tang, Xiangwen Xia

“…ObjectiveThis study aimed to develop and evaluate the value of a nomogram based on quantitative MR signal intensity to predict response to combined systemic therapy of anti-angiogenesis and immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients.Methods117 HCC patients who underwent the combined systemic treatment at a tertiary hospital between September 2020 and May 2024 were enrolled and divided into a development cohort (n = 82) and a validation cohort (n = 35). …”
Get full text

Assessing the accuracy of multi-model approaches for downscaling land surface temperature across diverse agroclimatic zones by Debasish Roy, Bappa Das, Pooja Singh, Priyabrata Santra, Shovik Deb, Bimal Kumar Bhattacharya, Ajit Govind, Raghuveer Jatav, Deepak Sethi, Tridiv Ghosh, Joydeep Mukherjee, Vinay Kumar Sehgal, Prakash Kumar Jha, Sheshakumar Goroshi, P. V. Vara Prasad, Debashis Chakraborty

“…The calibration accuracy of the RF model was in better agreement with the coefficient of determination (R2), root mean square error (RMSE), and normalized RMSE (nRMSE) values ranging between 0.961–0.997, 0.103–0.439 K, and 0.034–0.143%, respectively, and lower values of standard errors for all three locations. …”
Get full text

ELEVATED SERUM PENTRAXIN-3 LEVELS IS POSITIVELY CORRELATED TO DISEASE SEVERITY AND COAGULOPATHY IN COVID-19 PATIENTS by Ming Tong, Fang Chen, Xiaolin Xiao, Lianhong Zou, Yu Jiang, Changping Hu, Qing Zheng, Hong Xu, Chen Zhu, Ying Xiong, Yimin Zhu

“…RESULTS Our results showed that serum PTX3 levels (median values, 10.21 vs 3.36, P < 0.001), chest computerized tomography scores (median values, 10.0 vs 9.0, P < 0.05), and length of stay (16.0±4.2 vs 10.7±3.6, P = 0.001) in the D-dimer_H group were significantly higher than that in D-dimer_L group. The coefficient of determination for PTX3 was 0.651 (P < 0.001) in the D-dimer_H group. …”
Get full text

Utilization of the mid-infrared spectroscopy in a county-scale soil survey: The case of Pest County, Hungary by Mohammed Ahmed MohammedZein, Brian Rotich, Elsadig Omer, Nada Eldawwy, Adam Csorba

“…Two accuracy metrics, namely, Coefficient Determination (R2) and Root Mean Square Error (RMSE), were used to evaluate the accuracy of MIR models. …”
Get full text

Monsoonal influence on particulate organic carbon variability through satellite data analysis by C.K. Tito, D.G. Bengen, T. Prartono, A. Damar, A.J. Wahyudi

“…Despite high variability, the trend in particulate organic carbon remains nearly flat (Coefficient of determination 0.0002) from hindcast to forecast.CONCLUSION: The results showed that in Jakarta Bay, particulate organic carbon variability is primarily influenced by a combination of biological production and physical transport processes modulated by monsoonal forcing. …”
Get full text

Comparative study on RF-BP model prediction of mining water-conducting fracture zone height in Binchang Coal Mine by Yadong JI, Xuan LIU, Kaipeng ZHU, Chunhu ZHAO, Kai LI, Chenhan YUAN, Panpan LI, Pengzhen YAN

“…The root mean square errors (RMSE) of the training set and the test set are 0.03741 and 0.05516, and the determination coefficient R² is 0.98737 and 0.95789, respectively. …”
Get full text

Disease-free survival as a surrogate for overall survival in early-stage pancreatic cancer trials: a correlation meta-analysis by Bishal Gyawali, Luís Felipe Leite, Luiz F Costa de Almeida, Lucas Diniz da Conceição, Mariana Macambira Noronha, Marcos Belotto, Erick F Saldanha, Thais Baccili Cury Megid, Renata D’Alpino Peixoto

“…Trial-level surrogacy of DFS for OS was assessed using weighted linear regression, calculating the coefficient of determination (R²) and surrogate threshold effect (STE).Results 29 trials involving 6777 patients were included. …”
Get full text

Development of a Partial Clustering Model of Alloy Viscosity by Aristotel Issagulov, Astra Makasheva, Vitaliy Malyshev, Svetlana Kvon, Vitaliy Kulikov, Lazzat Bekbayeva, Saniya Arinova

“…The high correlation coefficient indicates the correctness of the derived equations and possibility of predicting the distribution of the viscosity of the alloy at high temperatures based on its state diagram. …”
Get full text

Postoperative Apnea‐Hypopnea Index Prediction of Velopharyngeal Surgery Based on Machine Learning by Jingyuan You, Juan Li, Yingqian Zhou, Xin Cao, Chunmei Zhao, Yuhuan Zhang, Jingying Ye

“…The ANN model achieved the highest performance with a coefficient of determination (R2) of 0.23 ± 0.05, a root mean square error of AHI of 10.71 ± 1.01 events/h, an accuracy for outcomes classification of 81.3% ± 1.2% and an area under the receiver operating characteristic of 74.6% ± 1.9%, whereas for LR model, they were 0.094 ± 0.06, 11.61 ± 0.76 events/h, 71.7% ± 1.5% and 68.8% ± 2.9%, respectively. …”
Get full text

Characteristics of the Approximate-Optimal Training Indicators of Goalkeepers in Modern Football by Igor Doroshenko, Andrii Svatyev, Valerij Shamardin, Bogdan Khorkavyy, Daria Vaniuk, Eduard Doroshenko

“…Is to systematize data on determining approximate and optimal indicators of training activities of goalkeepers in football at different stages of sports improvement in order to improve their training. …”
Get full text

Global epidemiology and socioeconomic correlates of hypopharyngeal cancer in 2020 and its projection to 2040: findings from GLOBOCAN 2020 by Seyed Ehsan Mousavi, Seyed Ehsan Mousavi, Mehran Ilaghi, Yasaman Mirzazadeh, Alireza Mosavi Jarrahi, Alireza Mosavi Jarrahi, Seyed Aria Nejadghaderi, Seyed Aria Nejadghaderi

Get full text

Predictive biomarkers for cardiometabolic risk in postmenopausal women: insights into visfatin, adropin, and adiponectin by Anna Maria Cybulska, Daria Schneider-Matyka, Ireneusz Walaszek, Mariusz Panczyk, Dorota Ćwiek, Anna Lubkowska, Elżbieta Grochans, Kamila Rachubińska, Katarzyna Malewicz, Mariusz Chabowski, Mariusz Chabowski

“…Blood samples were collected to determine the levels of visfatin, adropin, and adiponectin. …”
Get full text

Concurrent validity of intelligence assessments in children with developmental disabilities in an Asian setting: Comparison of the Kaufman brief intelligence test – Second edition... by Alison S.M. Cheng, Jolene Q.J. To, Noor Hafizah Wahianuar, Yiong Huak Chan, Kalyani Vijaykumar Mulay

“…Pearson product moment correlation coefficients were calculated between the KBIT-2 and Wechsler assessment scores. …”
Get full text

Proportion of Hypogonadism in Transfusion-Dependent Thalassemia Patients and Its Contributing Factors by Dian Anindita Lubis, Imam Subekti, Em Yunir, Cosphiadi Irawan, Andon Hestiantoro, Silvia Werdhy Lestari, Aria Kekalih, Merci Monica Br Pasaribu, Santi Syafril

“…We performed a single-time physical examination and laboratory examinations to determine FSH, LH, and free testosterone levels. The correlation between Hb and sexual hormone levels was analyzed using Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient. …”
Get full text

Quantifying optimal inner limiting membrane peeling in macular hole surgery: a machine learning framework for predictive modeling and schematic visualization by Xiang Zhang, Hongjie Ma, Song Lin, Ledong Zhao, Lu Chen, Zetong Nie, Zhaoxiong Wang, Chang Liu, Xiaorong Li, Wenbo Li, Bojie Hu

“…Model performance was assessed using root mean squared error (RMSE), mean squared error (MSE), mean absolute error (MAE), and the coefficient of determination (R²). A graphical user interface (GUI) was developed to generate ILM peeling schematic diagrams from OCT data. …”
Get full text

Airway microbiota associated D-phenylalanine promotes non-small cell lung cancer metastasis through epithelial mesenchymal transition by Lin Gao, Hua Liao, Yuehua Chen, Cuiping Ye, Liping Huang, Mingming Xu, Jiangzhou Du, Jinming Zhang, Danhui Huang, Shaoxi Cai, Hangming Dong

“…Methods Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) samples were collected from 30 non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients, including 11 patients without metastasis (M0) and 19 patients with metastasis (M1). …”
Get full text

One-Year Mortality in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement for Stenotic Bicuspid versus Tricuspid Aortic Valves: A Meta-Analysis and Meta-Regression by Raymundo A. Quintana, Dominique J. Monlezun, Adrian DaSilva-DeAbreu, Uday G. Sandhu, Derick Okwan-Duodu, Jonanlis Ramírez, Ali E. Denktas, Hani Jneid, David Paniagua

“…Individuals with bicuspid AS were excluded from these trials. Methods. A meta-analysis using literature search from the Cochrane, PubMed, ClinicalTrials, SCOPUS, and EMBASE databases was conducted to determine the effect of TAVR on 1-year mortality in patients with bicuspid AS. …”
Get full text