Machine learning technology in the classification of glaucoma severity using fundus photographs by Sukhumal Thanapaisal, Passawut Uttakit, Worapon Ittharat, Pukkapol Suvannachart, Pawasoot Supasai, Pattarawit Polpinit, Prapassara Sirikarn, Panawit Hanpinitsak

“…Glaucoma severity grading was based on the Hodapp-Parrish-Anderson (HPA) criteria incorporating the mean deviation value, defective points in the pattern deviation probability map, and defect proximity to the fixation point. …”
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Dissociating maternal responses to sad and happy facial expressions of their own child: An fMRI study. by Dorothea Kluczniok, Catherine Hindi Attar, Jenny Stein, Sina Poppinga, Thomas Fydrich, Charlotte Jaite, Viola Kappel, Romuald Brunner, Sabine C Herpertz, Katja Boedeker, Felix Bermpohl

“…<h4>Methods</h4>We used functional MRI to measure dissociable and overlapping activation patterns in 27 healthy mothers in response to happy, neutral and sad facial expressions of their own school-aged child and a gender- and age-matched unfamiliar child. …”
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Guiding a supersonic controlled object in a multi-position air basing radar by V. E. Markevich, V. V. Legkostup

“…A distinctive feature of the synthesized algorithms is the natural accounting for the nonlinear, multidimensional, and multiply connected structure of the control object, as well as the parameters of unsteady perturbations (acceleration of gravity, projections of the longitudinal acceleration of the object and acceleration of the target’s maneuver) that act in the guidance process.The unified kinematic differential equations that describe the dynamics of the control object, are obtained, and they can be used to synthesize a controller that operates according to switched or smoothly matched non-stationary optimality criteria (target functions, target integral manifolds). …”
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Discursive Characteristics of 21st Century Poetryas a Communicative Practice by Stefania A. Konkova

“…If the message and context do not match, the message of the poem cannot be decoded correctly. …”
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Design of the optimal groundwater quality monitoring network using a genetic algorithm based optimization approach by Somaye Janatrostami, Ali Salahi

“…In this paper, two conflicting objective functions are simultaneously solved. The first objective function is the maximization of the match between the interpolated EC distributions obtained from data of the all available monitoring wells and the wells from the newly generated network. …”
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ELEVATED TRIGLYCERIDE GLUCOSE INDEX IS RELATED TO THE PRESENCE OF HEART FAILURE by Sara Çetin Şanlıalp, Gökay Nar, Mehmet Güven Günver

“…Results: HF patients had higher TyG index (9.11±0.59 vs. 8.55±0.55; p&lt;0.001) but there was no correlation between TyG index with HF severity identified by NYHA functional class, LVEF and NT-proBNP. The ROC curve showed the cut-off point of the TyG index in determining HF as 9.19 with 71% sensitivity and 51% specificity (AUC:0.745, p&lt;0.001). …”
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Is there the phenotype of chronic heart failure with “intermediate” left ventricular ejection fraction? Additional echocardiographic criteria for left ventricular systolic dysfunct... by V. V. Syvolap, V. A. Lysenko

“…The aim of the work – to find out the possibility of using ultrasound parameters of LV systolic function as additional diagnostic criteria for systolic dysfunction and to develop an algorithm for its diagnosis in CHF patients with LV EF within the “gray zone” (40–55 %). …”
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Assessment and in vivo scoring of murine experimental autoimmune uveoretinitis using optical coherence tomography. by Colin J Chu, Philipp Herrmann, Livia S Carvalho, Sidath E Liyanage, James W B Bainbridge, Robin R Ali, Andrew D Dick, Ulrich F O Luhmann

“…As a result, it allows tissue synchronisation with subsequent cellular and functional assessment and greater efficiency of animal usage. …”
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Improved Performance of RT-PPP During Communication Outages Based on Position Constraints and Stochastic Model Optimization by Xiaosong Liu, Lin Zhao, Fuxin Yang, Jie Zhang, Jinjian Shi, Chuanlei Zheng

“…In the practical application of Real-Time Precise Point Positioning (RT-PPP), the outages in receiving spatial state representation (SSR) information due to communication anomalies can result in a decrease or even divergence of the positioning accuracy of RT-PPP. …”
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Increased decision thresholds enhance information gathering performance in juvenile Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). by Tobias U Hauser, Michael Moutoussis, Reto Iannaccone, Silvia Brem, Susanne Walitza, Renate Drechsler, Peter Dayan, Raymond J Dolan

“…A novel Bayesian computational model revealed that subjective sampling costs arose as a non-linear function of sampling, closely resembling an escalating urgency signal. …”
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A design-based framework for optimal stratification using super-population models with application on real data set of breast cancer. by Faizan Danish

“…This study investigates the determination of stratification points for two study variables within the framework of simple random sampling, with a focus on estimating the population mean using a closely related auxiliary variable. …”
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Using hierarchical drift diffusion models to elucidate computational mechanisms of reduced reward sensitivity in adolescent major depressive disorder by Lei Shen, Ya-xin Hu, Qin-yu Lv, Zheng-hui Yi, Jing-bo Gong, Chao Yan

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A one year longitudinal study of cortical myelination changes following pediatric mild traumatic brain injury by Jessica R. McQuaid, Tracey V. Wick, Josef Ling, Andrew B. Dodd, Divyasree Sasi Kumar, Upasana Nathaniel, Samuel D. Miller, Vadim Zotev, Harm J. van der Horn, John P. Phillips, Richard A. Campbell, Robert E. Sapien, Timothy B. Meier, Andrew R. Mayer

“…Data were obtained from pmTBI (N = 217) participants at approximately 7 days (Visit 1 [V1]), 4 months (Visit 2 [V2]), and 1 year (Visit 3 [V3]) post-injury, with equivalent sampling points for age and sex-matched HC (N = 180). Clinical results suggested only partial recovery from post-concussive symptoms from V1 to V3, with similar incomplete recovery of sleep, functional outcomes, behavior, and long-term memory. …”
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Consensus of Return-to-Play Criteria After Adductor Longus Injury in Professional Soccer by José Luis Estévez Rodríguez, Jesús Rivilla García, Sergio L. Jiménez-Sáiz, Sergio Jiménez-Rubio

“…The protocol, divided into clinical, functional, and performance criteria, was assessed using a 5-point Likert scale. …”
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Urodynamics tests for the diagnosis and management of male bladder outlet obstruction: long-term follow-up of the UPSTREAM non-inferiority RCT by Madeleine Clout, Amanda L Lewis, Madeleine Cochrane, Grace J Young, Paul Abrams, Peter S Blair, Christopher Chapple, Gordon T Taylor, Sian Noble, Tom Steuart-Feilding, Jodi Taylor, J Athene Lane, Marcus J Drake

“…There was also no difference in other lower urinary tract symptoms, sexual function or quality of life. Routine data were received for 98% of men. …”
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Urodynamics tests for the diagnosis and management of male bladder outlet obstruction: long-term follow-up of the UPSTREAM non-inferiority RCT by Madeleine Clout, Amanda L Lewis, Madeleine Cochrane, Grace J Young, Paul Abrams, Peter S Blair, Christopher Chapple, Gordon T Taylor, Sian Noble, Tom Steuart-Feilding, Jodi Taylor, J Athene Lane, Marcus J Drake

“…There was also no difference in other lower urinary tract symptoms, sexual function or quality of life. Routine data were received for 98% of men. …”
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Disparities between native americans and white individuals in global outcome trajectories over the 5 years after traumatic brain injury: A model systems study. by Jack D Watson, Paul B Perrin, Juan Carlos Arango-Lasprilla

“…<h4>Method</h4>The current study used a sample of 75 Native Americans demographically matched by sex, age, and injury severity to 75 White individuals from the U.S. …”
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Contact with a Nurse Practitioner: A Short-Term Evaluation Study in Parkinson’s Disease and Dystonia by M. Jahanshahi, R. G. Brown, C. Whitehouse, N. Quinn, C. D. Marsden

“…Patients in each group were randomly allocated to “intervention” or “control” groups, which were matched on important variables. All patients completed a set of questionnaires relating to psychosocial function at two time points separated by 6 months. …”
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Improving photovoltaic water pumping system performance with PSO-based MPPT and PSO-based direct torque control using real-time simulation by Ikram Saady, Btissam Majout, Badre Bossoufi, Mohammed Karim, Ismail Elkafazi, Safae Merzouk, Mishari Metab Almalki, Thamer A. H. Alghamdi, Paweł Skruch, Anton Zhilenkov, Saleh Mobayen

“…The first controller utilizes a Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO)-based Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) technique to maximize the photovoltaic array’s output under varying irradiance conditions. …”
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Non-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Psychological Interventions May Not Make the Difference in Children and Adolescents With Chronic Pain by Perlman L, Malka N, Terry O, Nguyen A, Guimarães Ferreira Fonseca L, Ingelmo JI, Ingelmo P

“…We found no meaningful difference between the use of non-CBT psychological intervention and no treatment in the incidence of PGIC 6– 7 points, pain intensity, school attendance, physical function, suicidality, and cause of end of treatment. …”
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