Using artificial intelligence for the development of a living evidence map: The pharmacopuncture example by Chan-Young Kwon

“…The accuracy of nine tasks was evaluated and time efficiency was measured using manual review by experts as a standard reference. A visualization system using interactive bubble charts was implemented to provide a research gap identification function. …”
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EER-DETR: An Improved Method for Detecting Defects on the Surface of Solar Panels Based on RT-DETR by Jiajun Dun, Hai Yang, Shixin Yuan, Ying Tang

“…It has significant engineering application value and academic reference significance.…”
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Weight change during the first week of life and a new method for retrospective prediction of birthweight among exclusively breastfed newborns by George Mtove, Omari Abdul, Fanny Kullberg, Samwel Gesase, Thomas Scheike, Frederik Mølkjær Andersen, Mwayiwawo Madanitsa, Feiko O. terKuile, Michael Alifrangis, John P. A. Lusingu, Daniel T. R. Minja, Christentze Schmiegelow

“…Predictions and prediction standard deviations were computed using a linear approximation approach. …”
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Evaluating eDNA metabarcoding for fish biodiversity assessment in Nigerian aquatic ecosystems: potential, limitations, and comparisons with traditional methods by Lotanna M. Nneji, Segun O. Oladipo, Ifeanyi C. Nneji, Olabisi T. Atofarati, Maame Kobe Asiamah, Kehinde M. Adelakun

“…Second is the lack of a comprehensive DNA reference database for accurate species identification. …”
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The diagnostic and predictive accuracy of the PRISMA-7 screening tool for frailty in older adults: a systematic review, and meta-analysis by Abdirahman Mohamed, Claire McCormack, Aditi Sooknarine-Rajpatty, Louise Barry, Ahmed Gabr, Aoife Leahy, Ida Carroll, Nora Cunnigham, Tadhg Prendiville, Elaine Shanahan, Owen Higginbotham, Sandra Hembrecht, Mary Walsh, Kevin Barry, Margaret O’Connor, Rose Galvin

“…Meta-analysis of diagnostic accuracy (regardless of reference standard used) showed a pooled sensitivity and specificity of 72% (95% CI 54–84%) and 87% (95% CI 76–93%), respectively. …”
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In vivo polarisation sensitive optical coherence tomography for fibrosis assessment in interstitial lung disease: a prospective, exploratory, observational study by Michael W T Tanck, Onno M Mets, Erik Thunnissen, Jouke T Annema, Peter I Bonta, Inge A H van den Berk, Margherita Vaselli, Kirsten Kalverda-Mooij, Johannes F de Boer

“…It detects collagen birefringence, enabling identification and quantification of fibrosis.Study aim To assess pulmonary fibrosis in interstitial lung diseases (ILD) patients with in vivo EB-PS-OCT using histology as reference standard.Primary objective Visualisation and quantification of pulmonary fibrosis by EB-PS-OCT.Secondary objectives Comparison of EB-PS-OCT and HRCT detected fibrosis with histology, identification of ILD histological features in EB-PS-OCT images and comparison of ex vivo PS-OCT results with histology.Methods Observational prospective exploratory study. …”
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Research and development of quality traceability system based on intellectual technology for bee products by You Zhaotong, Kong Yaguang, Hu Xiaofei, Chen Tianjun

“…The exposure of bee products quality and safety problems, which reflects the quality and safety traceability system in the bee products is lack of a practical standard in China. Chinese apiculture has a long history. …”
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Turkish adaptation of the antenatal risk questionnaire-revised: study of validity and reliability by Ali Cetin, Filiz Yarsilikal Guleroglu, Melike Punduk, Tuba Ucar, Osman Tayyar Celik, Zehra Golbasi, Emine Fusun Akyuz Cim, Sinem Tekin, Nicole Reilly

“…Future research should aim to further validate the scale across diverse populations and settings, using a diagnostic tool as the reference standard.…”
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Metabolomics for the diagnosis of bladder cancer: A systematic review by Herney Andrés García-Perdomo, Angélica María Dávila-Raigoza, Fernando Korkes

“…Urine was predominantly used as the primary sample for metabolite identification. Risk of bias was often unclear inpatient selection, blinding of the index test, and reference standard assessment, but no applicability concerns were observed. …”
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Accuracy of Electronic Health Record Data for Identifying Stroke Cases in Large-Scale Epidemiological Studies: A Systematic Review from the UK Biobank Stroke Outcomes Group. by Rebecca Woodfield, Ian Grant, UK Biobank Stroke Outcomes Group, UK Biobank Follow-Up and Outcomes Working Group, Cathie L M Sudlow

“…To inform methods for identifying stroke cases in UK Biobank (a prospective study of 503,000 UK adults recruited in middle-age), we systematically evaluated the accuracy of these data for stroke and its main pathological types (ischaemic stroke, intracerebral haemorrhage, subarachnoid haemorrhage), determining the optimum codes for case identification.<h4>Methods</h4>We sought studies published from 1990-November 2013, which compared coded data from death certificates, hospital admissions or primary care with a reference standard for stroke or its pathological types. …”
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Occurrence and antimicrobial susceptibility of Enterobacteriaceae from public transport in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania by Gallus P. Haule, Juma M. Hussein, Fulgence N. Mpenda

“…., and Klebsiella spp.) were isolated and identified using standard microbiological techniques. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was performed using the Kirby-Bauer disk diffusion method. …”
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Incremental value of single-photon emission computed tomography-computed tomography for characterization of skeletal lesions in breast cancer patients by Thanuja Mahaletchumy, Aini AbAziz

“…Correlative imaging and clinical follow-up was used as the reference standard. McNemar's multistep analysis was performed for each patient and each lesion. …”
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Investigation of the Chemical Composition and Dopaminergic Activity of the Vitex Agnus-castus Fruits by G. V. Adamov, E. S. Melnikov, I. A. Lupanova, A. I. Radimich, O. L. Saybel

“…The composition of water-ethanol extraction was studied using HPLC-UV and HPLC-MS/MS methods. Identification of the extract components was performed by comparing the retention times on the chromatograms of the test and standard samples. …”
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Performance of Early Sepsis Screening Tools for Timely Diagnosis and Antibiotic Stewardship in a Resource-Limited Thai Community Hospital by Wisanu Wanlumkhao, Duangduan Rattanamongkolgul, Chatchai Ekpanyaskul

“…Diagnostic accuracy was assessed using International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes as the reference standard. Performance metrics included sensitivity, specificity, predictive values, likelihood ratios, and the area under the receiver operating characteristic (AUROC) curve, all reported with 95% confidence intervals. …”
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Types, method, and mode of implementation of pain/symptom maps in musculoskeletal pain rehabilitation: A scoping review protocol. by Ukponaye Desmond Eboigbe, Aliyu Lawan, Alison Rushton, David M Walton

“…Studies reporting standard patient-reported pain or body mapping interventions will be considered but studies that present X-ray or CT or MRI scans or artistic body maps will be excluded. …”
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The Effect of Solvents and Drying Temperature on the Physicochemical Properties of Darunavir and Darunavir Ethanolate Substances by S. A. Zolotov, I. A. Dain, N. B. Demina, A. S. Zolotova, E. S. Ponomarev

“…D (Mylan Laboratories Limited), DE (Mylan Laboratories Limited), D (reference standard) 99,9 % (MSN Pharmachem Private Limited). …”
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Validation of an Automated High-Throughput Multiplex Real-Time PCR Assay for Detection of Enteric Protozoa by Rachel Lau, Jason Kwan, Kimberley Marks-Beaubrun, Ruben Cudiamat, Min Qun Ellen Chen, Krista Orejana, Filip Ralevski, Andrea K. Boggild

“…<b>Methods</b>: We validated a commercial, automated DNA extraction platform and multiplex parasitic real-time PCR panel (Seegene Allplex^TM GI-Parasite Assay) detecting six protozoal pathogens: <i>Blastocystis hominis</i> (Bh), <i>Cryptosporidium</i> spp., <i>Cyclospora cayetanensis</i> (Cc), <i>Dientamoeba fragilis</i> (Df), <i>Entamoeba histolytica</i> (Eh), and <i>Giardia lamblia</i> (Gl) in unpreserved fecal specimens submitted for diagnostic parasitology. Microscopy was the reference standard for all organisms, with stool ELISA as an additional reference assay for Eh. …”
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Anticancer activity prediction of Curcuma longa and Phyllanthus urinaria through computational analysis by Marisca Evalina Gondokesumo, Muhammad Rezki Rasyak, Mansur Ibrahim

“…We use strict selection standards, like Lipinski’s rule of five, to ensure the identification of potential candidates. …”
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Validating the rigour of adaptive methods of economic evaluation by Nidhi Gupta, Shankar Prinja, Abha Mehndiratta, Akashdeep Singh Chauhan, Deepshikha Sharma, Basant Garg, Amneet P Kumar

“…The first-step required identifying two interventions for which Indian EE (referred to as the ‘Indian reference study’) has been conducted. …”
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Mass‐Guided Single‐Cell MALDI Imaging of Low‐Mass Metabolites Reveals Cellular Activation Markers by James L. Cairns, Johanna Huber, Andrea Lewen, Jessica Jung, Stefan J. Maurer, Tobias Bausbacher, Stefan Schmidt, Pavel A. Levkin, Daniel Sevin, Kerstin Göpfrich, Philipp Koch, Oliver Kann, Carsten Hopf

“…In conjunction with giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) as MSI ground truth for cell‐sized objects and Monte Carlo reference‐based consensus clustering for data‐dependent identification of cell subpopulations, PRISM‐MS enables MSI and on‐cell MS2‐based identification of low‐mass metabolites like amino acids or Krebs cycle intermediates involved in stimulus‐dependent cell activation. …”
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