A prospective observation study of the dynamic monitoring of transcutaneous arterial blood oxygen saturation and carbon dioxide during bronchoscopy by Yusuke Shinozaki, Kei Morikawa, Kida Hirotaka, Kazuhiro Nishiyama, Satoshi Tanaka, Hajime Tsuruoka, Shin Matsuzawa, Hiroshi Handa, Hiroki Nishine, Masamichi Mineshita

“…Subgroup comparisons of the difference (Δ value) between baseline tcPCO2 at the beginning of bronchoscopy and the maximum value of tcPCO2 during the examination were performed. …”
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Predicting Live Weight for Female Rabbits of Meat Crosses From Body Measurements Using LightGBM, XGBoost and Support Vector Machine Algorithms by Hasan Önder, Cem Tirink, Taras Yakubets, Andriy Getya, Mykhalio Matvieiev, Ruslan Kononenko, Uğur Şen, Çağri Özgür Özkan, Tolga Tolun, Fahrettin Kaya

“…The BL was determined as the most explanatory variable on body weight.…”
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Assessing the performance of the Iceland screens, treats, or prevents multiple myeloma (iStopMM) model in a multicultural Bronx cohort: implications for monoclonal gammopathy of un... by Rajvi Gor, Jeevan Shivakumar, Pallavi Surana, John Wei, Irina Murakhovskaya, Mendel Goldfinger, Noah Kornblum, Lauren Shapiro, Aditi Shastri, Ridhi Gupta, David Levitz, Marina Konopleva, Eric Feldman, Kira Gritsman, R. Alejandro Sica, Ioannis Mantzaris, Amit Verma, Dennis Cooper, Murali Janakiram, Nishi Shah

“…The area under the receiver operating characteristic (AUROC) curve assessed the iStopMM model’s performance in predicting ≥10% plasma cells, and sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV) were calculated. …”
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Ecuación para el control de la carga de entrenamiento con datos de GPS en fútbol de alto rendimiento (Equation for player load control of training with GPS in a high-performance so... by Sebastián Urrutia, Álvaro Cappuccio, Andres González-Ramírez

“…Objective: to analyse the variables proposed in an equation for controlling the external load and the variations that occur depending on the selection of their reference values. …”
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Predicting postoperative neurological outcomes of degenerative cervical myelopathy based on machine learning by Shuai Zhou, Shuai Zhou, Shuai Zhou, Shuai Zhou, Zexiang Liu, Zexiang Liu, Zexiang Liu, Haoge Huang, Haoge Huang, Haoge Huang, Hanxu Xi, Xiao Fan, Xiao Fan, Xiao Fan, Yanbin Zhao, Yanbin Zhao, Yanbin Zhao, Xin Chen, Xin Chen, Xin Chen, Yinze Diao, Yinze Diao, Yinze Diao, Yu Sun, Yu Sun, Yu Sun, Hong Ji, Feifei Zhou, Feifei Zhou, Feifei Zhou

“…The feature-reduced LightGBM model, which achieved an AUROC value of 0.734, also showed favorable performance. …”
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Tissue-Specific Metabolic Changes During Postharvest Storage of <i>Friariello Napoletano</i> by Giovanna Marta Fusco, Maria Grazia Annunziata, Laura Alberico, Rosalinda Nicastro, Pasqualina Woodrow, Petronia Carillo

“…., commonly known as <i>Friariello Napoletano</i>, is a traditional Italian landrace valued for its distinctive flavor, nutritional richness, and cultural relevance in Mediterranean cuisine. …”
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Validation of an instrumented dummy to assess mechanical aspects of discomfort during load carriage. by Patrick D Wettenschwiler, Simon Annaheim, Silvio Lorenzetti, Stephen J Ferguson, Rolf Stämpfli, Agnes Psikuta, René M Rossi

“…As subject studies are labor-intensive and include further challenges such as intra-subject and inter-subject variability, we aimed to validate an instrumented dummy as an objective laboratory tool to assess the mechanical aspects of discomfort. …”
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A Prospective Study on the Detection of Gastric Neoplasms Using Pepsinogen and Gastrin-17 Levels by Sun-Young Lee, Hee-Won Moon, Yeon-Sun Ahn, Joo Hye Song, Jeong Hwan Kim, In-Kyung Sung

“…High G-17 levels (odds ratio [OR], 1.030; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.008 to 1.052), low I/II ratios determined by GastroPanel tests (OR, 0.834; 95% CI, 0.779 to 0.894), and low I/II ratios determined by HBI PG assays (OR, 0.584; 95% CI, 0.511 to 0.668) were significant variables for detecting gastric neoplasms. The cutoff values for low I/II ratios were <6.15 (GastroPanel test) and <3.005 (HBI assay), with no differences in diagnostic performance between the two tests (p=0.085). …”
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Handling missing continuous outcome data in a Bayesian network meta-analysis by Danila Azzolina, Ileana Baldi, Clara Minto, Daniele Bottigliengo, Giulia Lorenzoni, Dario Gregori

“…The NMA method seems to be more robust to missing value imputation if the expectation of the prior distribution, defined on the heterogeneity parameter, approaches the true value of the variability across studies.…”
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Effectiveness of UEFA's regulation for European football financial management: A comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis by Jorge Martín-Magdalena, Susana De los Ríos-Sastre, Raquel Redondo, David Alaminos

“…The meta-analysis’ main result—obtained by comparing two different financial measures (profitability versus solvency)—revealed that FFP's effect on profitability measures was significant, with a value of 0.151 (p = 0.050); however, the effect size for solvency measures was not significant, with a value of 0.049 (p = 0.639). …”
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Predicting carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection risk using XGBoost model and explainability by Yan Jiang, Hong-wei Wang, Fang-ying Tian, Yue Guo, Xiu-mei Wang

“…Respiratory tract was the most common source of infection, and ICU and hematology department were the high-risk departments. The AUC value of the XGBoost machine learning model in the training set was 0.987 (95%CI: 0.974-1.000), and the AUC value in the test set was 0.862 (95%CI: 0.750–0.974). …”
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Magnitude of Low Birth Weight and Associated Factors among Newborns Delivered in Dangla Primary Hospital, Amhara Regional State, Northwest Ethiopia, 2017 by Asmare Talie, Mekuanint Taddele, Mulunesh Alemayehu

“…Finally, variables which had significant association were identified on the basis of AOR, with 95%CI and with P-value <0.05. …”
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Determinants of intussusception in children under five years old visiting paediatric ward in selected hospitals of Sidama region Ethiopia by Abraham Fetene, Khaleel Nagarchi, Tamiru Getchew

“…Data were analysed using SPSS version 25, and both bivariate and multivariable logistic regression models were applied. Variables with a p-value < 0.25 in the bivariate analysis were included in the multivariable logistic regression model. …”
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Prevalence and associated factors of postpartum anemia after cesarean delivery in public hospitals of Awi zone, North West Ethiopia, 2023; a cross-sectional study. by Gebretsadek Habtamu, Asmare Talie, Tinsae Kassa, Dawit Misganaw Belay

“…A logistic regression model was fitted to assess the association between outcome and explanatory variables. Variables with a p-value of 0.25 or less in bivariable analysis were candidates for multivariable analysis and P-value < 0.05 in multivariable analysis was considered to declare a result as statistically significant in this study.…”
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A prediction risk score for HIV among adolescent girls and young women in South Africa: identifying those in need of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis by Reuben Christopher Moyo, Darshini Govindasamy, Samuel Om Manda, Peter Suwirakwenda Nyasulu

“…This has led to several studies aimed at identifying risk factors for HIV in AGYM. …”
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An observational study to assess the outcomes of treatment of patients with stable angina after planned percutaneous coronary intervention: baseline patient characteristics by L. G. Ratova, E. N. Parizhskaya, K. A. Kovaleva, A. O. Nedoshivin, O. D. Nemyatykh, V. V. Pulit, A. O. Konradi

“…Aim. To describe the characteristics of patients who were invited in observational, prospective study on a value-based approach to assess the outcomes of treatment of patients with stable coronary artery disease (CAD) by percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).Material and methods. …”
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Prevalence of loneliness and associated factors among older adults at Yilmana Densa District, West Gojjam Zone Amhara region, Ethiopia by Desta Menewab Birhane, Negesu Gizaw Demessie, Abere Woretaw Azagew, Hailemichael Kindie Abate, Chilot Kassa Mekonnen

“…A binary logistic regression analysis was conducted. Variables with a p-value &lt; 0.20 in the Bivariable analysis were entered into multivariable regression and variables with a p-value &lt; 0.05, with a 95% confidence interval (CI) were considered statistically significant.ResultsA total of 840 older adults took part with a 99.2% response rate. …”
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Patterns and Correlates of Multiple tobacco Product use Among people With HIV in India by Catherine S. Nagawa, Poongulali Selvamuthu, Nagalingeswaran Kumarasamy, Faith Beulah Balakrishnan, Nancy A. Rigotti, Gina R. Kruse

“…We used Fisher’s exact test (categorical variables) and the Wilcoxon rank-sum test (continuous variables) to assess statistical differences in demographics and cessation-related factors between PWH who used single vs multiple tobacco products. …”
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Effect of Matrix and Source of Quality Specification Data on the Sigma Metrics of Common Chemistry Analytes in Clinical Laboratory by Srihita Mahavadi, Jayakumari Shanthakumari

“…Introduction and aim: Internal and external quality control (IQC and EQC) is used to monitor and evaluate the analytical process. …”
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Modeling of soil salinity in Rheris Oasis (Southeastern of Morocco) using satellite spectral indices by Ait Lahssaine Ismail, Kabiri Lahcen, Messaoudi Badre, El Hafyani Mohammed, Essafraoui Badre, Kadiri Abdelhakim, El Ouali Mohamed, Canas Kurz Edgardo, Hellriegel Ulrich, Kretzschmar Helen Alice, Hoinkis Jan

“…It presents enormous ecological and natural values. Water scarcity coupled with agricultural intensification results in soil salinization and its degradation. …”
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