Development of an XGBoost-based prediction model for wound recurrence risk in diabetic foot ulcer patients treated with antibiotic-loaded bone cement by Yi Zhang, Yi Zhang, Xingyu Sun, Cheng Cheng, Nianzong Hou, Nianzong Hou, Shiliang Han, Xin Tang

“…Lastly, an independent test set was created to assess and determine the best model’s capacity for generalization.ResultsA comparative analysis revealed that the area under the curve (AUC) for the training set of the PRL-XGBoost prediction model was 0.85 and that for the test set was 0.71. …”
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Potential of <i>Candida bombicola</i> URM 3718 Biosurfactant for Application in Removal of Motor Oil Adsorbed on Soils by Pollyana P. Nascimento, Hugo M. Meira, Elias J. Silva, Attilio Converti, Raquel D. Rufino, Leonie A. Sarubbo

“…Tests to determine surfactant activities revealed a reduction in water surface tension to 30 mN/m with a critical micelle concentration (CMC) of 0.03 g/L. …”
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Enhancing Mild Cognitive Impairment Auxiliary Identification Through Multimodal Cognitive Assessment with Eye Tracking and Convolutional Neural Network Analysis by Na Li, Ziming Wang, Wen Ren, Hong Zheng, Shuai Liu, Yi Zhou, Kang Ju, Zhongting Chen

“…Four eye movement tasks and two cognitive tests were administered to 128 participants (40 MCI patients, 57 elderly controls, 31 young adults as reference). …”
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The impact of Limosilactobacillus reuteri in combination with non-surgical periodontal therapy on periodontal clinical parameters and salivary and subgingival microbiota compositio... by Pengcheng Huo, Li Deng, Jiawei Lu, Powen Kan, Rui Jing, Li-jun Luo

“…Methods A total of 40 patients were randomized into two groups to receive non-surgical periodontal treatment. The test group received Limosilactobacillus reuteri for 21 days along with treatment. …”
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Breaking Barriers: Empowering Cervical Cancer Screening with HPV Self-Sampling for Sex Workers and Formerly Incarcerated Women in Toronto by Mandana Vahabi, Jenna Hynes, Josephine Pui-Hing Wong, Natasha Kithulegoda, Masoomeh Moosapoor, Abdolreza Akbarian, Aisha Lofters

“…Of the participants, 88% chose HPV-SS, and one-third tested positive for high-risk HPV types. The ability to self-sample without judgment from healthcare providers was noted as a key advantage. …”
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Upgrading the COSINE-100 experiment for enhanced sensitivity to low-mass dark matter detection by Doohyeok Lee, Jae Young Cho, Chang Hyon Ha, Eunju Jeon, Hongjoo Kim, Jinyoung Kim, Kyungwon Kim, SungHyun Kim, Sun Kee Kim, Won Kyung Kim, Yeongduk Kim, Young Ju Ko, Hyunseok Lee, Hyun Su Lee, In Soo Lee, Jaison Lee, Seo Hyun Lee, Seung Mok Lee, Reina H. Maruyama, Jong-Chul Park, Kangsoon Park, Kihong Park, Se Dong Park, Kyungmin Seo, Min Ki Son, Gyun Ho Yu

“…However, this claim remains controversial, as several experiments have tested the modulation signal using NaI(Tl) detectors. …”
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Expression‐based machine learning models for predicting plant tissue identity by Sourabh Palande, Jeremy Arsenault, Patricia Basurto‐Lozada, Andrew Bleich, Brianna N. I. Brown, Sophia F. Buysse, Noelle A. Connors, Sikta Das Adhikari, Kara C. Dobson, Francisco Xavier Guerra‐Castillo, Maria F. Guerrero‐Carrillo, Sophia Harlow, Héctor Herrera‐Orozco, Asia T. Hightower, Paulo Izquierdo, MacKenzie Jacobs, Nicholas A. Johnson, Wendy Leuenberger, Alessandro Lopez‐Hernandez, Alicia Luckie‐Duque, Camila Martínez‐Avila, Eddy J. Mendoza‐Galindo, David Cruz Plancarte, Jenny M. Schuster, Harry Shomer, Sidney C. Sitar, Anne K. Steensma, Joanne Elise Thomson, Damián Villaseñor‐Amador, Robin Waterman, Brandon M. Webster, Madison Whyte, Sofía Zorilla‐Azcué, Beronda L. Montgomery, Aman Y. Husbands, Arjun Krishnan, Sarah Percival, Elizabeth Munch, Robert VanBuren, Daniel H. Chitwood, Alejandra Rougon‐Cardoso

“…Methods Here, we examine the ability of models based on Arabidopsis gene expression data to predict tissue identity in other flowering plants. …”
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The assessment of the cytotoxic activity of 2-(1,1-dimethyl-1H-benzo[e]indolin-2-yl)-5,6,7-trichloro-1,3-tropolone against the human glioblastoma U87 MG cell line by D. V. Khodakova, N. S. Kuznetsova, S. Yu. Filippova, A. S. Goncharova, A. V. Galina, S. V. Gurova, E. A. Gusakov, Yu. A. Sayapin, E. E. Rostorguev

“…Temozolomide was used as a reference drug, and its tested doses fell in the range of 250 to 0.4883 μM. …”
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Factors Related to Health Resilience in Students Affected by Disaster at Campus Graha Ananda Palu by Sadli Syam, Muhammad Sabri Syahrir, Muhammad Aji Satria, Iin Irawati

“…Data analysis was carried out with univariate and bivariate with using fisher exact test and likelihood as an alternative to the chi-square test. …”
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Passive Heat Stimuli as a Systemic Training in Elite Endurance Athletes: A New Strategy to Promote Greater Metabolic Flexibility by Sergi Cinca-Morros, Martin Burtscher, Fernando Benito-Lopez, Jesús Álvarez-Herms

“…<b>Methods:</b> Twelve professional trail runners (eight men and four women) were tested in three conditions: (i) baseline; (ii) before; and (iii) after (a) passive dry sauna exposure and (b) a maximal endurance test. …”
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Prevalence and pattern of cognitive dysfunction in young adults and middle-aged patients with type-2 diabetes by Subhankar Chatterjee, Rana Bhattacharjee, Anirban Sinha, Animesh Maiti, Anustup Mukherjee, Ritwik Ghosh, Souvik Dubey

“…Statistical analyses were done by Jeffrey’s Amazing Statistics Program version 0.19 with appropriate tests (Chi-squared test, Mann–Whitney U test, Spearman correlation statistics, and logistic regression). …”
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Investigations using potentiodynamic polarization measurements, cure durability, ultra violet immovability and abrasion resistance of polyamine cured ilmenite epoxy coating for oil... by A.M. Al-Sabagh, M.I. Abdou, M.A. Migahed, S. Abd-Elwanees, A.M. Fadl, A. Deiab

“…Accelerated ultra violet (UV) exposure coating test was accomplished to measure the ability of the cured coated films to resist UV weathering and sun light damage. …”
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Preparation of PAO/TiO2 Electrode and Efficient Extraction of Uranium from Seawater by SONG Yan, CHEN Gang, WANG Fengju, WU Haotian, LI Ziming, LI Hao, LI He, CUI Qi, CHEN Shusen

“…The results of performance test in spiked seawater show that PAO/TiO2 electrode has a good ability to extract uranium. …”
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Recognizing Epithelial Cells in Prostatic Glands Using Deep Learning by Liton Devnath, Puneet Arora, Anita Carraro, Jagoda Korbelik, Mira Keyes, Gang Wang, Martial Guillaud, Calum MacAulay

“…GlandNet is a first-generation AI with an excellent ability to differentiate between epithelial and stromal nuclei in core biopsies from patients with early prostate cancer.…”
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Inclusive educational process at the university: Theoretical and experimental model of teachers' psychological readiness by V. Z. Kantor, Yu. L. Proekt

“…The survey results were analysed qualitatively and quantitatively using the Cronbach Alpha coefficient, Shapiro-Wilk, Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Mann-Whitney tests, and the median test applying the Pearson test. …”
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Comparison of mechanical properties and shaping performance of ProGlider and ProTaper ultimate slider by Jeyi Song, Ji-Hyun Jang, Seok Woo Chang, Shin Hye Chung, Soram Oh

“…Statistical analyses were performed using the Mann-Whitney U test, and the Kruskal-Wallis test with Bonferroni correction. …”
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Examining the association of elevated initial serum lactate with mortality and morbidity in trauma patients: a retrospective study by Pablo Rodríguez-Ortiz, Kyara Berríos-Toledo, Ediel O. Ramos-Meléndez, Lourdes Guerrios-Rivera

“…Group comparisons were conducted using t-tests, Wilcoxon rank-sum tests, Pearson’s chi-squared, or Fisher’s exact tests. …”
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A new risk assessment model of venous thromboembolism by considering fuzzy population by Xin Wang, Yu-Qing Yang, Xin-Yu Hong, Si-Hua Liu, Jian-Chu Li, Ting Chen, Ju-Hong Shi

“…Methods 3284 inpatients in the medical department of Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH) from January 2014 to June 2016 were collected. The training and test set were divided based on the admission time and inpatients from May 2016 to June 2016 were included as the test dataset. …”
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FEATURES OF CEREBRAL HEMODYNAMICS AND MANIFESTATIONS OF HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY IN CIRRHOSIS OF VIRAL ETIOLOGY AT DIFFERENT COMPENSATION STAGES WITH PRESERVED LEFT VENTRICULAR EJECT... by V. E. Kulikov, T. A. Emelina, O. G. Kazakova, K. V. Nikolaevа, M. E. Hapman, M. A. Tonеeva

“…Evaluation of hepatic encephalopathy stages was carried out by the West-Haven symptoms scale and the Reitan test (Number Connection Test) according to the recommendations of the Working group of the XI-th World Gastroenterology Congress.Results. …”
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Short‐term sick leave due to epilepsy in the Swedish Prospective Regional Epilepsy Database and Biobank for Individualized Clinical Treatment (PREDICT) by Kerstin Andrén, David Larsson, Fredrik Asztély, Johan Zelano

“…Demographic and clinical factors were compared by chi‐squared test, Fisher's exact test, or Mann–Whitney U‐test. …”
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