Multilayer Network-Based Evaluation of the Efficiency and Resilience of Network Flows by András Rácz-Szabó, Tamás Ruppert, János Abonyi

“…Supply chain optimization and resource allocation are challenging because of the complex dynamics of flows. …”
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REMAP Periop: a randomised, embedded, multifactorial adaptive platform trial protocol for perioperative medicine to determine the optimal enhanced recovery pathway components in co... by Brian Williams, Jennifer Holder-Murray, Kathirvel Subramaniam, Kert Viele, Oscar C Marroquin, Scott Berry, Aman Mahajan, Luca La Colla, Charles Luke, Alison R Althans, Stephen A Esper, Joshua Knight, Joseph Derenzo, Ryan Ball, Shawn Beaman, Nicholas Schott, Elizabeth Lorenzi, Lindsay R Berry, Miranda Masters, Katie A Meister, Todd Wilkinson, William Garrard

“…At the beginning of the trial, participants will have an equal probability of being allocated to any given intervention within a domain (ie, simple 1:1 randomisation), with response adaptive randomisation guiding changes to allocation ratios after interim analyses when applicable based on prespecified statistical triggers. …”
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Seasonality and dynamics of schistosomiasis in the environment: usefulness of environmental DNA (eDNA) surveillance system at a community level for risk mapping schistosomiasis in... by Mark June Revolteado, Marcello Otake Sato, Joseph Valencia, Mario Jiz, Eleonor Cervantes, Ralph Aniceto, Marianette Inobaya, Darren Gray, Catherine A. Gordon, Pengfei Cai, Yasuhito Sako, Megumi Sato

“…By introducing a field-applicable eDNA-based qPCR assay, this research provides a sensitive, non-invasive, and rapid molecular method for detecting S. japonicum and O.h. quadrasi in the environment. …”
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Population dynamics and monitoring applied to decision-making by M. J. Conroy, D. C. Lee

“…The next paper, by Martin Drechler and Franz Wätzold (Drechler & Wätzold, 2004), considers the problem of optimally allocating a conservation budget over time to maximize the survival probability of an endangered species. …”
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The accuracy of an electronic-Surprise-Question defining end-of-life cohorts in a whole adult population by algorithmic digital risk stratification: the Proactive Risk-Based and Da... by Baldev M. Singh, Nisha Kumari-Dewat, Vijay Klaire, Jonathan Lampitt, Amy Palmer, Adam Ryder, Kamran Ahmed, Mona Sidhu, Hannah Jennens, Ananth Viswanath, Emma Parry

“…Summary: Background: Current methods for identifying end-of-life cannot be applied systematically to large populations. …”
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Zoning and Identification of Factors Affecting Illegal Livestock Grazing in Golestan National Park Using Logistic Regression by Meysam Madadi, HamidReza Rezaei, Alireza Mohammadi, Bagher Nezami Balochi, Maryam Shahbazi

“…By discerning patterns in these violations, managers can allocate resources strategically to those groups exhibiting the least compliance with conservation regulations and implement more effective protection strategies. …”
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Prevalence and Description of High‐Grade Intraepithelial Lesions of Cervical Mucosa Cells in a Screening Programme for Cervical Cancer in Isère, France by Christian Balamou, Karine Zysman, Cécile Olicard, Anne Garnier, Arnaud Seigneurin

“…This probability decreased by half after 50 years. We observed that the type of smear was significantly associated with LIEHG detection. …”
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Estimated direct costs of non‐small cell lung cancer by stage at diagnosis and disease management phase: A whole‐disease model by Alessandra Buja, Michele Rivera, Anna De Polo, Eugenio di Brino, Marco Marchetti, Manuela Scioni, Giulia Pasello, Alberto Bortolami, Vincenzo Rebba, Marco Schiavon, Fiorella Calabrese, Giovanni Mandoliti, Vincenzo Baldo, PierFranco Conte

“…This study estimated the direct costs of care for patients with NSCLC by stage at diagnosis, and management phase of pathway recommended in local and international guidelines. Methods Based on the most up‐to‐date guidelines, we developed a very detailed “whole‐disease” model listing the probabilities of all potentially necessary diagnostic and therapeutic actions involved in the management of each stage of NSCLC. …”
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Designing and conducting adaptive trials to evaluate interventions in health services and implementation research: practical considerations by Robert J Glynn, Niteesh K Choudhry, Julie C Lauffenburger, Lorenzo Trippa, Massimiliano Russo, Steffen Ventz

“…Adaptive trials incorporate changes as the study proceeds, such as modifying allocation probabilities or eliminating treatment arms that are likely to be ineffective. …”
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Algorithms to Identify Copied and Manipulated Spectrum Occupancy Data in Cognitive Radio Networks by Joseph Tolley, Carl B. Dietrich

“…Further, we recommend that the proposed techniques be used in conjunction with other SSDF thwarting methods that use statistics, probability, or machine learning, and can identify a wider range of SSDF attacks, albeit more slowly and less reliably than the proposed methods can identify the specific types of SSDF attacks for which they are effective. …”
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Random Regret-Minimization Model for Emergency Resource Preallocation at Freeway Accident Black Spots by Siliang Luan, Qingfang Yang, Wei Wang, Zhongtai Jiang, Ruru Xing, Ruijuan Chu

“…This paper introduces the concept of accident probability of black spots and an improved accident frequency method to identify accident black spots and obtain the accident probability. …”
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A Blockchain-Based Collaborative Storage Scheme for Roadside Unit Clusters in Social Internet of Vehicles by Dai Hou, Lan Wei, Lei Zheng, Geng Wu, Jiaxing Hu, Chenxi Dong, Xinru Li, Kai Peng

“…Subsequently, the Vehicle Service Priority-based Greedy Block Allocation Algorithm (VSPGBAA) is devised for intra-cluster storage allocation, which considers vehicles’ dwell times and block access probabilities to reduce overall access costs. …”
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Frailty Is Associated With Decreased Survival in Adult Patients With Nonoperative and Operative Traumatic Subdural Hemorrhage: A Retrospective Cohort Study of 381,754 Patients by Evan N. Courville, MD, Oluwafemi P. Owodunni, MD, MPH, Jordyn T. Courville, BS, Syed F. Kazim, MD, PhD, Alexander J. Kassicieh, BS, Allyson M. Hynes, MD, Meic H. Schmidt, MD, MBA, Christian A. Bowers, MD

“…We investigated frailty’s impact on traumatic subdural hematoma (tSDH), examining its relationship with major complications, length of hospital stay (LOS), mortality, high level of care discharges, and survival probabilities following nonoperative and operative management. …”
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Application of mechanical quantitative techniques in postoperative rehabilitation assessment of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: A study protocol. by Zhichun Zhu, Jianyun Zhang, Wenxiang Ouyang, Tiantian Li, Jinsong Xiong, Mi Fan, Jing Guo, Peng Wang, Yongqing Tong, Yulu Yao

“…Categorical data are represented as frequencies (percentages), with intergroup comparisons made using chi-square tests or exact probability methods; continuous data are represented as means ± standard deviations, with intergroup comparisons made using t-tests, analysis of variance, or rank sum tests, and correlation analysis is performed using Spearman's correlation coefficient. …”
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scRL: Utilizing Reinforcement Learning to Evaluate Fate Decisions in Single-Cell Data by Zeyu Fu, Chunlin Chen, Song Wang, Junping Wang, Shilei Chen

“…Beyond fate decisions, the same framework produces competitive measures of lineage-contribution intensity without requiring ground-truth probabilities, providing a unified and extensible approach for decoding developmental logic from single-cell data.…”
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Changes in the agriculture specialization Cherkasy region over 10 years by I. O. Zozulia

“…However, the decline in its popularity in recent decades is associated with an extremely complex and labor-intensive method that involves the processing of large data sets. …”
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Epidemiology of Multiple Myeloma in Novosibirsk (Siberian Federal District) by NV Skvortsova, TI Pospelova, IB Kovynev, GS Soldatova, IN Nechunaeva

“…MM incidence and prevalence parameters are significantly higher in women than in men, which most probably can be accounted for by specific administrative factors in the Novosibirsk region. …”
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Outcomes of specialist physiotherapy for functional motor disorder: the Physio4FMD RCT by Glenn Nielsen, Louise Marston, Rachael Maree Hunter, Alan Carson, Laura H Goldstein, Kate Holt, Teresa C Lee, Marie Le Novere, Jonathan Marsden, Irwin Nazareth, Hayley Noble, Markus Reuber, Jon Stone, Ann-Marie Strudwick, Beatriz Santana Suarez, Mark J Edwards

“…In prespecified analysis plans, we excluded participants from the primary analysis if they were unable to receive their trial-allocated treatment due to COVID-19 lockdown restrictions. …”
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Two-Timescale Cross-Layer Design for URLLC Over Parallel Fading Channels With Imperfect CSI by Hongsen Peng, Meixia Tao

“…As a starting step in our small timescale solution, we train a deep reinforcement learning (DRL) agent employing the Twin Delayed Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient (TD3) algorithm to allocate the data transmit power on each sub-channel and determine the decoding error probability to satisfy the URLLC constraints in an ideal environment with perfect instantaneous CSI. …”
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Effects of 8 weeks plyometric training on injury prevention of domestic cricket players: A randomized clinical trial by Aqsa Safdar, Farhan Ahmad, Aisha Amin, Abdul Rehman, Hafiz Muhammad Abu Bakar Rashid

“…They were randomly allocated into the plyometric group (n=18) and a conventional group (n=18). …”
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