Role of preliminary registry data in development of a clinical trial for an innovative device: a small but integral piece of a health policy initiative by Donald R. Ricci, Joost de Vries, Raphael Blanc

“…Establishing a national health policy at a macro level involves the integration of a series of health initiatives across a spectrum of activities, including clinical care. …”
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Mirabegron induces selective changes in the faecal microbiota of HFHFr rats without altering bile acid composition by Roger Bentanachs, Roger Bentanachs, Lluïsa Miró, Lluïsa Miró, Patricia Ramírez-Carrasco, Rosa M. Sánchez, Rosa M. Sánchez, Rosa M. Sánchez, Manuel Bernabeu, Concepció Amat, Concepció Amat, Marta Alegret, Marta Alegret, Marta Alegret, Anna Pérez-Bosque, Anna Pérez-Bosque, Núria Roglans, Núria Roglans, Núria Roglans, Juan C. Laguna, Juan C. Laguna, Juan C. Laguna

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Abstract 051: Utilization of CT Perfusion to Optimize Selection Of Elderly Patients For Thrombectomy: A Retrospective analysis by Romil Singh, Hassan Abdullah, Harsimran Kaur, Russell Cerejo, Harneel Saini, Richard Williamson, Christopher Hackett

“…Introduction CT perfusion (CTP) has been utilized to appropriately select patients with large vessel occlusion (LVO) for endovascular thrombectomy (EVT). …”
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Analyzing Macro-Regulation Strategies of the Digital Economy in Selected Countries and Providing Macro Components of Regulation for Iran by Fatemeh Kasaei Najafi, Afsaneh Vahedian, Hassan Yeganeh

“…Deriving initial summaries and themes for each strategy. Reviewing, consolidating, and regrouping these initial themes to form broader secondary themes. …”
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Evaluation of absorbent materials for use as ad hoc dry decontaminants during mass casualty incidents as part of the UK's Initial Operational Response (IOR). by Nick Kassouf, Sara Syed, Joanne Larner, Richard Amlôt, Robert P Chilcott

“…The UK's Initial Operational Response (IOR) is a revised process for the medical management of mass casualties potentially contaminated with hazardous materials. …”
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Mapping factors influencing initiation of antiretroviral treatment among adolescents living with HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review protocol. by Palesa Grace Likoti, Desmond Kuupiel, Nelisiwe Khuzwayo

“…Although HIV prevalence among adolescents had been reduced, several HIV- positive adolescents died without being initiated on ART drugs. Therefore, this scoping review protocol aims to map factors influencing the initiation of ART drugs among adolescents living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa.…”
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Predicting the use of antibiotics after initial symptomatic treatment of an uncomplicated urinary tract infection: analyses performed after a randomised controlled trial by Ibrahimu Mdala, Morten Lindbaek, Ingvild Vik, Marianne Bollestad, Gloria Cristina Cordoba, Lars Bjerrum, Thomas Neumark, Eivind Damsgaard, Anders Bærheim, Nils Grude

“…Objective To predict antibiotic use after initial treatment with ibuprofen using data from a randomised controlled trial comparing ibuprofen to pivmecillinam in the treatment of women with symptoms of an uncomplicated urinary tract infection (UTI).Setting 16 sites in a primary care setting in Norway, Sweden and Denmark.Participants Data from 181 non-pregnant women aged 18–60 presenting with symptoms of uncomplicated UTI, initially treated with ibuprofen.Methods Using the least absolute shrinkage and selection operator logistic regression model, we conducted analyses to see if baseline information could help us predict which women could be treated with ibuprofen without risking treatment failure and which women should be recommended antibiotics.Results Of the 143 women included in the final analysis, 77 (53.8%) recovered without antibiotics and 66 (46.2 %) were subsequently prescribed antibiotics. …”
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Fostering regional intelligence from the ground up: a selection of case studies from EU projects by Anastasia Panori

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Evaluation of the Impact of Selected Financial Indicators on Foreign Direct Investment in Bangladesh: A Nonlinear Modeling Approach by Md. Sifat Ar Salan, Akher Ali, Ruhul Amin, Afroza Sultana, Mahabuba Naznin, Mohammad Alamgir Kabir, Md. Moyazzem Hossain

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Newly Identified Genetic Associations of Alzheimer Disease by Conditional Selective Inference: Potential Implications for the Tau Hypothesis by Scott Hebert, Eric Nels Pederson, Zhengqing Ouyang

“…Diagnostic, demographic information, and single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) data were collected by the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI). We performed LASSO regression with conditional selective inference to perform feature selection on the SNPs and other predictors (which included education, race, and marital status), which reduced the number of SNPs from 55 106 to 13 and removed all non-SNP predictors except years of education and marital status. …”
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Quality-based selection of the optimal hot air gradient drying method for anchovy and modeling of drying kinetics by Yiting Ye, Ting Zhou, Teyuan Liu, Wenzheng Shi

“…Six drying models were selected to fit the anchovy drying curves, and the Page model was found to be conformed the anchovy drying model. …”
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Joint Design of Antenna Selection and Resource Allocation in Massive MIMO-Based Ultra Dense Heterogeneous Networks by Malini Balachandran, Noor Mohammed Vali Mohamad

“…Initially, the objective function of the optimization problem is nonconvex and a mixed integer nonlinear programming problem. …”
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Extracorporeal therapies in sepsis: a comprehensive review of the Selective Cytopheretic Device, Polymyxin B and Seraph cartridges by Lucas Yessayan, Chris J. Pino, H. David Humes

“…Further research is needed to establish optimal protocols for their initiation, duration, and integration into standard sepsis management.…”
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An effective feature selection approach based on hybrid Grey Wolf Optimizer and Genetic Algorithm for hyperspectral image by Yiqun Shang, Minrui Zheng, Jiayang Li, Xinqi Zheng

“…Abstract Feature selection (FS) is a critical step in hyperspectral image (HSI) classification, essential for reducing data dimensionality while preserving classification accuracy. …”
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Successful Use of Upadacitinib, a Selective JAK Inhibitor, in the Treatment of Two Cases of Recalcitrant Chronic Uveitis by Diego Dominguez, Sawyer Vaclaw, Cynthia McClard, Matlock A. Jeffries, Jila Noori

“…The second patient is a 71-year-old female with birdshot chorioretinopathy, intolerant of initially used systemic immunosuppressive agents who showed significant improvement in vitreous inflammation, retinal phlebitis, and choroiditis after treatment with upadacitinib. …”
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The Influence of a Biopolymer Coating on Selected Surface Properties of Soilless Substrates Made from Coconut Fibre by Maciej Balawejder, Natalia Matłok, Małgorzata Szostek, Maciej Kuboń

“…This study presents methods for modifying coconut fibre through surface coating with biopolymers, where polymerisation was initiated in the applied solution. Additionally, the suitability of adding pelletised biochar was analysed. …”
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Precision Measurement and Feature Selection in Medical Diagnostics using Hybrid Genetic Algorithm and Support Vector Machine by Gowri Subadra K, Sathish Babu P

“…The support vector machine (SVM) is used as the primary classifier due to its robustness in classifying medical data. The GA feature selection process includes encoding chromosomes, initializing the population, evaluating fitness, and iterating through reproduction steps, that systematically evaluate and select the most informative features for breast cancer diagnosis. …”
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Total Quality Management Practices on Firm Performance: A Study of Selected Deposit Money Banks in Nigeria by Ejikeme Emmanuel Isichei, Samuel Taiwo Olabosinde

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A novel method for optimizing epilepsy detection features through multi-domain feature fusion and selection by Guanqing Kong, Guanqing Kong, Shuang Ma, Shuang Ma, Wei Zhao, Wei Zhao, Haifeng Wang, Haifeng Wang, Qingxi Fu, Qingxi Fu, Jiuru Wang

“…BackgroundThe methods used to detect epileptic seizures using electroencephalogram (EEG) signals suffer from poor accuracy in feature selection and high redundancy. This problem is addressed through the use of a novel multi-domain feature fusion and selection method (PMPSO).MethodDiscrete Wavelet Transforms (DWT) and Welch are used initially to extract features from different domains, including frequency domain, time-frequency domain, and non-linear domain. …”
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PREVALENCE OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICES AMONG SELECTED RESIDENTS OF KARU, NASARAWA STATE, NIGERIA by Adebimpe Adedolapo Olusi-Adewusi, Titus Olusi, Regina Aniaguya

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