Clinical utility of targeted SARS-CoV-2 serology testing to aid the diagnosis and management of suspected missed, late or post-COVID-19 infection syndromes: Results from a pilot se... by Nicola Sweeney, Blair Merrick, Rui Pedro Galão, Suzanne Pickering, Alina Botgros, Harry D Wilson, Adrian W Signell, Gilberto Betancor, Mark Kia Ik Tan, John Ramble, Neophytos Kouphou, Sam Acors, Carl Graham, Jeffrey Seow, Eithne MacMahon, Stuart J D Neil, Michael H Malim, Katie Doores, Sam Douthwaite, Rahul Batra, Gaia Nebbia, Jonathan D Edgeworth

“…Assay performance, source and nature of referrals, feasibility and clinical utility of the service, particularly benefit in clinical decision-making, were recorded. Sensitivity and specificity of LFIA were 96.1% and 99.3% respectively. 113 tests were performed on 108 participants during three-week pilot. 44% participants (n = 48) had detectable antibodies. …”
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Integrating inflammation, nutrition, and immunity: the CALLY index as a prognostic tool in digestive system cancers - a systematic review and meta-analysis by Bo Wu, Jingting Liu, Chaodan Shao, Dongli Yu, Jianhua Liao

“…Its utility as a pre-treatment risk stratification tool, which integrates key factors of inflammation, nutrition, and immunity, renders it valuable for guiding clinical decision-making.…”
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Study on the influencing factors of fishery producers' willingness to participate in aquaculture insurance--based on the perspective of subjective norms and risk perception by Siyu Xu, Jianjun Wang, Ning Cao

“…The above recommendations are intended to provide a scientific theoretical basis and decision-making reference for the high-quality development of the aquaculture industry.…”
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DKA Prediction in Children Using Artificial Intelligence: Improved Emergency Care by Arifa Parveen, Mohsina Riffat, Sarang Shaikh

“…Although, the dataset contained more samples of normal children (i.e., 80.5%) than DKA-diagnosed children but still the prediction model performed very well in identifying the DKA in the children. …”
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Acceptability and feasibility of shared medical appointments to support self-management of anxiety and depression in primary care in England: a qualitative study of service user/pa... by Fiona Graham, Mei Yee Tang, Megan Hanrahan

“…We employed a deductive, theory-informed approach to thematically analyse the data.Participants The final sample consisted of 17 predominantly White ethnic adults with a clinical diagnosis of anxiety and/or depression from five different regions in England. …”
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ChroniSense National Early Warning Score Study (CHESS): a wearable wrist device to measure vital signs in hospitalised patients—protocol and study design by Michelle Helena van Velthoven, David Brindley, Felicia Adjei, Dimitris Vavoulis, Glenn Wells, Attila Kardos

“…The measurements by the device will not be used for the clinical decision-making in this study.Ethics and dissemination We obtained ethical approval, reference number 18/LO/0123 from London—Hampstead Research Ethics Committee, through the Integrated Research Application System, (reference number: 235 034. …”
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Rethinking global health through a better understanding of power, privilege, and influence – the narrative and voices of those who operate in the infectious diseases global health... by Prof Sipho Dlamini, Ms Muneera Rasheed, Dr Frank Kronenberg, Professor Esmita Charani

“…Methods: We purposively sampled actors in global health from different professions, ethnicities and race, geographical location, dis/ability, and gender, for face-to-face (or online) interviews, beginning in June 2023 (ongoing). …”
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Interpretable machine learning approach for TBM tunnel crown convergence prediction with Bayesian optimization by Wanrui Hu, Kai Wu, Kai Wu, Heng Liu, Weibang Luo, Xingxing Li, Peng Guan

“…Firstly, a dataset comprising 1,501 samples was constructed using tunnel engineering data. …”
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Demographic and Social Characteristics of Internationally Educated Nurses in Sweden: Descriptive Statistical Study Comparisons Between Two Different Pathways for Recertification by Emina Hadziabdic PhD, Kristofer Årestedt PhD, Päivi Juuso PhD, Anna-Maria Sarstrand Marekovic PhD, Kristiina Heikkilä PhD

“…Conclusions The findings can be used by decision-makers and authorities when developing higher education strategies for legalization and immigration policy to contribute to IENs’ career advancement opportunities.…”
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Convolution of the physical point cloud for predicting the self-assembly of colloidal particles by Seunghoon Kang, Young Jin Lee, Kyung Hyun Ahn

“…Therefore, this study is expected to serve as a highly useful decision-support method for engineering soft matter with desired morphologies.…”
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The use of Velscope to assess cellular changes occuring in oral premalignancy by Sonal Shah, Pushkar Waknis, Aditi Saha, Sneha Setiya, Tusha Ratra, Vibha Vaswani

“…It is much better to occasionally sample tissue that turns out to be benign than to fail to diagnose dysplastic or malignant lesions. …”
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OncoTrace‐TOO: Interpretable Machine Learning Framework for Cancer Tissue‐of‐Origin Identification Using Transcriptomic Signatures by Yang Hao, Haochun Huang, Daiyun Huang, Jianwen Ruan, Xin Liu, Jianquan Zhang

“…When applied to independent clinical tumor samples, the model achieved TOO prediction accuracies of 0.857, further validating its robustness. …”
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Hybrid VLC-RF Channel Estimation for GFDM Wireless Sensor Networks Using Tree-Based Regressor by Azam Isam Aladwani, Tarik Adnan Almohamad, Abdullah Talha Sözer, İsmail Rakıp Karaş

“…To overcome these limitations, we introduce a data-driven approach using a decision tree regressor trained on 18,000 signal samples across 36 SNR levels. …”
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Justifying the selection of a neural network linguistic classifier by Olessia Barkovska, Kseniia Voropaieva, Oleksandr Ruskikh

“…By systematically assessing these attributes, this study aims to provide valuable information about the strengths and weaknesses of each model and enable researchers and practitioners to make informed decisions when selecting a neural network classifier for text classification tasks. …”
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Community-Based Mycetoma Surveillance in Uganda: Identifying Knowledge Gaps and Training of Community Health Workers to Improve Case Detection. by Winnie Kibone, Andrew Weil Semulimi, Richard Kwizera, Felix Bongomin

“…Quantitative data were collected before (pretest), immediately (immediate posttest) and six months (6-month posttest) after the training and results compared using paired sample t test or one-way ANOVA. Qualitative data were collected using four focused group discussions, audio recorded, and analyzed using thematic content analysis.…”
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Analysis of Carbon Sequestration Capacity and Economic Losses Under Multiple Scenarios in Major Grain-Producing Regions of China: A Case Study of the Urban Agglomeration the Huaihe... by Junhao Cheng, Wenfeng Hu, Mengtian Zheng, Xiaolong Jin, Junqiang Yao, Shuangmei Tong, Fei Guo

“…The research results will provide scientific land use decision-making support for the realization of the “double-carbon” goals in the Huaihe River grain-producing area.…”
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Clinicians’ view on non-adherence: sharing expert opinion by Ngiap Chuan Tan, Shashank R. Joshi, Enrique De-Madaria, Enrique De-Madaria, Badr Eldin Mostafa, O. Nuri Özgirgin, Tommaso Simoncini, Lale Tokgözoğlu

“…Strategies to enhance adherence encompassed patient education, shared decision-making, therapeutic simplification, digital tools, and team-based care models. …”
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The influence of social networks in adoption of integrated health interventions: A qualitative study of fishermen in Malawi. by Madalo Mukoka, Owen Mhango, Hussein H Twabi, Chikumbutso Chipandwe, Robina Semphere, Takondwa C Msosa, Marriott Nliwasa, Chisomo Msefula, Guy Harling, Alison Price, Katherine Fielding, Augustine T Choko, Moses K Kumwenda

“…<h4>Discussion</h4>Fishermen's health decisions are deeply embedded within their social structures. …”
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Pan-immune-inflammation value in lung cancer: prognostic significance and implications for therapeutic guidance — a systematic review and meta-analysis by Shuailing Hong, Jingting Liu, Jun Cheng, Chunyan Meng, Baoqing Liu, Jianhua Liao

“…It offers valuable insights across various treatment strategies, including immunotherapy, and could enhance clinical decision-making by providing a cost-effective and reliable tool for evaluating patient prognosis.…”
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Evaluation of Neutrophil cluster of differentiation 64 in adult sepsis as a novel diagnostic biomarker by Anuradha Saini, Anjali Sharma, Mukul Singh, Shaily Goyal, Maninder Narang, Sunil Ranga

“…For biomarker evaluation, 2 mL blood samples were collected from each patient in both ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) and plain vials. …”
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