Diagnostic accuracy of pre-hospital invasive arterial blood pressure monitoring for haemodynamic management in traumatic brain injury and spontaneous intracranial haemorrhage by J. E. Griggs, S. Clarke, R. Greenhalgh, A. N. Watts, J. Barrett, S. Houghton Budd, M. Dias, K. Hunter, R. M. Lyon, E. ter Avest, On behalf of Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex

“…Bland-Altman plots with adjustment for repeated measures were constructed to analyse disagreement in relation to absolute blood pressure values. …”
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Prevalence and Predictors of Contrast-Induced Nephropathy (CIN) in Patients with ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (P... by Huan He, Xiao-Rui Chen, Yun-Qing Chen, Tie-Sheng Niu, Yi-Meng Liao

“…Many risk factors could influence the occurrence of CIN, such as hypertension, diabetes mellitus (DM), and lower estimated glomerular filtration rate. …”
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Plasma Versus Whole Blood Tacrolimus Concentrations and Health-Related Quality of Life in Kidney Transplant Recipients by Svea Nolte, J. Casper Swarte, Tim J. Knobbe, Ilja M. Nolte, Tanja R. Zijp, Harmen R. Moes, Marco van Londen, Niels L. Riemersma, Johannes R. Björk, Rinse K. Weersma, Gea Drost, Stefan P. Berger, Daan J. Touw, Stephan J. L. Bakker

“…Consequently, therapeutic drug monitoring using plasma tacrolimus concentrations may reduce the occurrence of tacrolimus-related toxicity.…”
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The Association of Lipoprotein(a) with Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events after Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Meta-Analysis of Cohort Studies by Huiruo Liu, Liangshan Wang, Hong Wang, Xing Hao, Zhongtao Du, Chenglong Li, Xiaotong Hou

“…Publication bias was assessed using funnel plots. A random-effect model was utilized to pool the results. …”
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Analysis of the expression levels and diagnostic value of serum tumor necrosis factor-like weak inducer of apoptosis and vasohibin-1 in children with purpura nephritis by Hou Xiao-feng, Chen Bin

“…Receiver operating characteristic （ROC） curve was plotted to analyze the diagnostic value of TWEAK and VASH-1 for HSPN. …”
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Development and externally validated prediction model of individualization of FSH starting dose in the depot GnRH agonist protocol for the early follicular phase by Wenqian Fan, Tian Ye, Linqing Du, Lifeng Tian, Huijuan Kong

“…A nomogram for the ideal FSH starting dose was developed based on these factors and validated internally and externally. Bland and Altman plots and paired t-tests were conducted to verify the concordance between groups.ResultsMultivariate analysis revealed that patient age, BMI, basal FSH, AMH, and antral follicle count (AFC) were indicators of FSH starting dose. …”
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Analysis of the expression levels and diagnostic value of serum tumor necrosis factor-like weak inducer of apoptosis and vasohibin-1 in children with purpura nephritis by Hou Xiao-feng, Chen Bin

“…Receiver operating characteristic （ROC） curve was plotted to analyze the diagnostic value of TWEAK and VASH-1 for HSPN. …”
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Atelectasis predicts poor prognosis in pediatric macrolides-unresponsive Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia with A2063/2064G mutations treated with azithromycin by Jie Cheng, Ya Liu, Guangli Zhang, Yuanyuan Li, Xiaoyin Tian, Liping Tan, Zhengxiu Luo

“…The results were visualized using forest plots.ResultsThis study retrospectively included 82 children with MUMPP, and all received only azithromycin for anti-MP treatment. …”
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Risk factors, survival analysis, and nomograms for high-grade endometrial stromal sarcoma patients with distant metastasis: a population-based study (2010–2019) by Cheng Wang, Cheng Wang, Dongni Liang, Dongni Liang, Wei Kuang, Wei Kuang, Huanxin Sun, Huanxin Sun, Yuling Kou, Yuling Kou, Wei Wang, Wei Wang, Jing Zeng, Jing Zeng

“…Two nomograms were developed and evaluated using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves, calibration plots, decision curves analysis, and concordance-index (C-index). …”
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Development and validation of a carotid plaque risk prediction model for coal miners by Yi-Chun Li, Yi-Chun Li, Yi-Chun Li, Tie-Ru Zhang, Tie-Ru Zhang, Tie-Ru Zhang, Fan Zhang, Fan Zhang, Fan Zhang, Chao-Qun Cui, Chao-Qun Cui, Chao-Qun Cui, Yu-Tong Yang, Yu-Tong Yang, Yu-Tong Yang, Jian-Guang Hao, Jian-Ru Wang, Jiao Wu, Hai-Wang Gao, Ying-Bo Liu, Ming-Zhong Luo, Li-Jian Lei, Li-Jian Lei, Li-Jian Lei

“…Finally, a nomogram was plotted to increase its interpretability.ResultsThe XGBoost algorithm demonstrated superior performance in feature screening, identifying the top five features as follows: age, systolic blood pressure, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, white blood cell count, and body mass index (BMI). …”
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Clinical Characteristics and Influencing Factors of New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation in Patients with Acute Pulmonary Embolism: A Case-Control Study by Rui Liang MS, Dong Liu MD, Yinong Chen MD, Ying Tang MS, Qian Gao PhD, Wanmu Xie PhD, Yihong Sun PhD, Zhenguo Zhai PhD

“…In patients with high-risk acute PE, greater vigilance is needed for the occurrence of new-onset AF.…”
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Correlation of Non-suicidal Self-injury with 25-Hydroxyvitamin D3 and Blood Lipid Levels in Adolescents with Major Depressive Disorder by FAN Haojie, LIU Lewei, XIA Lei, TIAN Yinghan, YANG Cheng, HAO Mingru, ZHAO Xin, SHEN Qingqing, MO Daming, GENG Feng, LIU Huanzhong

“…The diagnostic value of 25 (OH) D3 and lipid levels in NSSI behaviors was assessed by plotting the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves. …”
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Petrogenetic and mineralogical constraints in metamorphic-plutonic complex of N-Bijar, Kordestan, Iran by Maryam Bafandeh, Abbas Asiabanha, Mohsen Nadrabady

“…Moreover, the studied granitic pluton belongs to a volcanic arc and/or continental collision granite type.The thermo-barometric calculations based on different procedures yielded: T= 600±20 and P=13-15 kbar for amphiboles by the method reported by Ernst and Liu (1998), T=593-718 °C in 2 kbar and T=640-708 °C in 8 kbar by Holland and Blundy's method (1994) and finally T = 730 °C and P. 2-6.9 kbar by the method suggested by Bhadra and Bhattacharya (2007).On the other hand, by plotting the plagioclase data of leucogranite pluton on Nekvasil et al. (2000) a P = 4.5 kbar and T= 500 °C. were obtained. …”
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Risk factors and prognosis of silent cerebral infarction after transcatheter aortic valve replacement by Shuguang Wu, Yi Liu, Tingting Ni, Tao Lv, Yuanyuan Yao, Min Yan

“…Survival times were compared using the Kaplan–Meier method, and survival curves were plotted. The log-rank test assessed statistical differences between the survival curves. …”
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Nephrometry Scores Based on Three-dimensional Virtual Models Improve the Accuracy of Predicting Postoperative Complications After Robotic Partial Nephrectomy: Results from a Collab... by Daniele Amparore, Federico Piramide, Paolo Verri, Enrico Checcucci, Alberto Piana, Giuseppe Basile, Alessandro Larcher, Andrea Gallioli, Angelo Territo, Josep Maria Gaya, Pietro Piazza, Stefano Puliatti, Antonio Andrea Grosso, Andrea Mari, Riccardo Campi, Laura Zuluaga, Ucpinar Burak, Badani Ketan, Sergio Serni, Umberto Capitanio, Francesco Montorsi, Alexandre Mottrie, Cristian Fiori, Andrea Minervini, Peter Wiklund, Alberto Breda, Francesco Porpiglia

“…Receiver operating characteristic curves were plotted to assess the sensitivity and specificity of the 3DVM and 2D approaches for predicting the occurrence of postoperative complications. …”
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Fault Diagnosis Method for Transformer Winding Based on the Load Normalized Lissajous Graphical Analysis of Leakage Magnetic Field by Bowen ZHANG, Jian FENG, Bowen WANG, Feiran YANG, Yitong XING

“…The results are compared to other models constructed from the original data.Results and Discussions When the transformer model is operated under rated load to produce data, the radial leakage magnetic fields measured at 1 and 5 are plotted as Lissajous diagrams, respectively. The Lissajous number changes with variations in the load, which negatively affects classification accuracy. …”
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Dung beetle assemblages, dung removal and secondary seed dispersal: data from a large-scale, multi-site experiment in the Western Palaearctic by Tanja Milotić, Christophe Baltzinger, Carsten Eichberg, Amy E. Eycott, Marco Heurich, Jörg Müller, Jorge A. Noriega, Rosa Menendez, Jutta Stadler, Réka Ádám, Tessa Bargmann, Isabelle Bilger, Jörn Buse, Joaquín Calatayud, Constantin Ciubuc, Gergely Boros, Marie Hauso, Pierre Jay-Robert, Märt Kruus, Enno Merivee, Geoffrey Miessen, Anne Must, Elham Omidzadeh Ardali, Elena Preda, Iraj Rahimi, Dirk Rohwedder, Rob Rose, Eleanor M. Slade, László Somay, Pejman Tahmasebi, Stefano Ziani, Maurice Hoffmann

“…</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%;">By establishing experimental plots allowing and inhibiting specific combinations of functional groups in the local dung beetle assemblage from removing dung and seeds, we estimated the role of each group in dung removal and secondary seed dispersal during a 4-week period. …”
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PERIODIZATION OF RECENT AND LATE PLEISTOCENE – HOLOCENE GEODYNAMIC AND PALEOCLIMATIC PROCESSES by S. V. Rasskazov, K. G. Levi

“…The magmatic occurrences are considered as representing the recent geodynamic evolution of the past 90 Ma with milestones of ~66, 40–37, ~32 and 17–15 Ma ago. …”
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Establishing the best step-up treatments for children with uncontrolled asthma despite inhaled corticosteroids: the EINSTEIN systematic review, network meta-analysis and cost-effec... by Sofia Cividini, Ian Sinha, Giovanna Culeddu, Sarah Donegan, Michelle Maden, Katie Rose, Olivia Fulton, Dyfrig Hughes, Stephen Turner, Catrin Tudur Smith

“…Choosing the best step-up treatment becomes a crucial decision to prevent exacerbation occurrence and avoid poor asthma control, improve the QoL of patients and their families, and optimise the use of NHS resources. …”
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Explainable olive grove and grapevine pest forecasting through machine learning-based classification and regression by F. Rodríguez-Díaz, A.M. Chacón-Maldonado, A.R. Troncoso-García, G. Asencio-Cortés

“…Four datasets on crop phenology, pest populations, and damage levels were used, with models developed using the Python package H2O, which focuses on interpretability through SHAP values and ICE plots. The results showed high precision in predicting pest outbreaks, particularly for the olive fly, with minimal differences between models using feature selection. …”
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