Early Detection of Alzheimer’s Disease: An Extensive Review of Advancements in Machine Learning Mechanisms Using an Ensemble and Deep Learning Technique by Renjith Prabhavathi Neelakandan, Ramesh Kandasamy, Balasubramani Subbiyan, Mariya Anto Bennet

“…The used dataset includes instances with missing values, which are effectively managed by employing appropriate imputation techniques. …”
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Transdiagnostic-focused apps for depression and anxiety: a meta-analysis by Jake Linardon, Cleo Anderson, Mariel Messer, Claudia Liu, John Torous

“…Transdiagnostic-focused apps produced small post-intervention effects relative to controls on pooled outcomes related depression, anxiety and distress (N = 23 comparisons; g = 0.29; 95% CI = 0.17–0.40). …”
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Superselective embolic particle guidance in vessel networks via shape-adaptive acoustic manipulation by Yucheng Luo, Qiu Yin, Keke Chen, Zhaoyu Deng, Xiaozhou Liu, Yinning Zhou, Benpeng Zhu, Wenming Zhang, Zhichao Ma

“…Abstract Interventional embolization has been widely used as a clinical cancer therapy, which deactivates the tumors by occluding their blood supply vessels. …”
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Near-mortality Scenarios in Obstetrics: Case Studies of Severe Complications and their Management by Jayshree P Kulkarni, Swapnali Sansare, Sneha

“…Near-mortality instances among women facing severe obstetric complications, often referred to as “maternal near-miss” cases, involve situations where women experience life-threatening complications during pregnancy, childbirth, or postpartum but survive due to timely and effective medical interventions. …”
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The prevalence of dental anomalies among Saudi Population in Makkah, Saudi Arabia by Dalal T. Mahjoub, Rahaf K. Jarwan, Lana A.Z. Filimban, Jumanah K. Bahatheq, Fayyad S. Alsharif, Omar Abdullah M. Alsharif, Salem H. Albalawi, Ahmed E. Rawas, Rahaf S. Najjar

“…Identifying DA and determining their prevalence can play an important role in reducing the risk of surgical intervention and improving occlusion, leading to successful dental treatments. …”
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The Pterygium Excision with Conjunctival Autograft without Suture and Glue in Rural India by Ramya M, Mahesh J .B, Varun Y Raju

“…Material and Methods: A prospective interventional study was conducted in 40 eyes of 40 patients with primary nasal pterygium with grades 2-4 who presented to the ophthalmology Outpatient Department at Chikkballapur Institute of Medical Sciences at Chikkaballapur were enrolled for the study. …”
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CHALLENGES DETERRING EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE LAND SERVICE DELIVERY IN LAND MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT BUREAU OF ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA by Daniel Amente, Dereje Terefe, Bersisa Kecho

“…Furthermore, adequate collaboration and cooperation among different units is also missing. The performance management system is also deficient. …”
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Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Based simulators versus simulated patients in undergraduate programs: A protocol for a randomized controlled trial by Youness Zidoun, Abdelmoniem EL Mardi

“…Students will be assigned randomly to either an AI-simulator group (intervention) or a simulated patient group (control), both will undergo a history-taking simulation scenario. …”
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Identifying the predictors of ultra early neurological improvement and its role in functional outcome after endovascular thrombectomy in acute ischemic stroke by Yuzheng Lai, Mohammad Mofatteh, José Fidel Baizabal-Carvallo, José Fidel Baizabal-Carvallo, Jianfeng He, Wenhao Wu, Daohong Wang, Wenshan Yan, Jicai Ma, Sijie Zhou, Yu Sun, Yu Sun, Yi He, Shumei Li, Hao Sun

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Non-formal interviews as model interfaces: A case for deep learning in workplace instructional design research by Roberto Rojas-Alfaro

“…This paper introduces non-formal interviews as a method of qualitative data collection in instructional design research (IDR), particularly in workplace-based lifelong learning interventions. Drawing on case study and autoethnographic reflection on prior research with Costa Rican airport customs officers learning vocational English, the paper theorizes and describes how non-formal interviews capture the real-time complexities of workplace language use and communication in ways that formal interviews can miss due to their reliance on retrospective participant reflection. …”
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National-Scale Detection of New Forest Roads in Sentinel-2 Time Series by Øivind Due Trier, Arnt-Børre Salberg

“…Thus, several new nature interventions may have been missed. To address this issue, the timeliness and mapping accuracy were improved by integrating Sentinel-2 satellite imagery for the detection of new roads across Norway. …”
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Benefits from Treatment and Control of Patients with Resistant Hypertension by Michael Doumas, Vasilios Papademetriou, Stella Douma, Charles Faselis, Konstantinos Tsioufis, Eugene Gkaliagkousi, Konstantinos Petidis, Chrysanthos Zamboulis

“…It has to be noted however that data from appropriate large randomized studies are missing, and resistant hypertension remains remarkably understudied. …”
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Juvenile Psammomatoid Ossifying Fibroma: A Rare Case Report by Anchal Varshney, Manish Bhargava, Pratijya Raj, Karuna Kumari

“…Early diagnosis and intervention are crucial for a favourable outcome.…”
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Association between dietary index of gut microbiota and constipation in a female population: a cross-sectional study by Wangfeng Lu, Gang Feng, Lei Liu, Qi Ding

“…Clinicians should consider the influence of dietary structure on the treatment of constipation in women. Dietary intervention can be an important strategy for the comprehensive treatment of constipation.…”
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Mental Disorder Assessment in IoT-Enabled WBAN Systems with Dimensionality Reduction and Deep Learning by Damilola Olatinwo, Adnan Abu-Mahfouz, Hermanus Myburgh

“…The methodology incorporates techniques to handle missing data (kNN imputation), class imbalance (SMOTE), and high dimensionality (PCA). …”
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Metabolic monitoring among patients with psychotic disorders taking antipsychotics: results of a quality improvement project to address this challenging guideline-practice gap by Christine Leong, Yomen Al-Saati, Ethiraj Vijayakumar, Eefa Khan, Jennifer Hensel, Nina Kuzenko

“…Metabolic monitoring parameters (blood pressure, weight, waist circumference and glucose and lipid profiles) were reviewed 1 year before and after the introduction of the form.Results The MMF was missing from 10 charts, and despite its presence in the remainder, no improvement was observed in metabolic parameter documentation, and overall guideline adherence remained low. …”
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Protective Factors for Marijuana Use and Suicidal Behavior Among Black LGBQ U.S. High School Students by DeKeitra Griffin, Shawndaya S. Thrasher, Keith J. Watts, Philip Baiden, Elaine M. Maccio, Miya Tate

“…Multiple imputation by chained equations (MICE) was used to address missing data, and pooled binary logistic regression analyses were conducted. …”
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Validation of a Model Predicting That Physical Activities Improve Health-Related Quality of Life in Older Japanese Adults with Pain, Dysesthesia, and Kinesiophobia after Lumbar Sur... by Daisuke Higuchi, Yuta Watanabe, Yu Kondo, Takahiro Miki

“…The frequency of physical activity, pain, dysesthesia, kinesiophobia (somatic focus and activity avoidance), and HRQOL were investigated using a questionnaire. Missing values were complemented by the stochastic regression imputation. …”
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The use of ridge regression for estimating the severity of acute pancreatitis by D. V. Cherdantsev, A. V. Stroev, E. S. Mangalova, N. V. Kononova, O. V. Chubarova

“…In particular, different methods (median, linear regression) were used to fill the missing values in the observation matrix. The initial dataset contained features measured in various quantitative and categorical scales. …”
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Predicting stunting status among under five children in ethiopia using ensemblemachine learning algorithms by Misganaw Ketema Ayele, Getachew Alemu Baye, Seid Hassen Yesuf, Abebaw Agegne Engda, Eshetie Teka Mitiku

“…The findings provide critical insights for healthcare professionals and policymakers to implement targeted intervention strategies, ultimately reducing childhood stunting prevalence.…”
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