Rapid Diagnosis of Bacteremia in Adults Using Acridine Orange Stained Buffy Coat Smears by Mark Miller, Jack Mendelson

“…Compared to blood culture, the overall sensitivity of acridine orange stained buffy coat smears was 16%, specificity 88%, and positive predictive value 13%. There was no statistically significant difference in performance of the test among patients who had fever greater than 39°C and/or shock. …”
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Diagnostic approach to elevated dd-cfDNA with reassuring EMB in heart transplantation by Rupinder K. Bahniwal, Aditya Mehta, Jamie L. W. Kennedy

“…Due to its high negative predictive value, dd-cfDNA is often routinely used for surveillance of asymptomatic patients. …”
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Omniview of three-dimensional ultrasound for prospective evaluation of extrathyroidal extension of differentiated thyroid cancer by Ruyu Liu, Yuxin Jiang, Xingjian Lai, Ying Wang, Luying Gao, Shenling Zhu, Xiao Yang, Ruina Zhao, Xiaoyan Zhang, Xuehua Xi, Bo Zhang

“…The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), negative predictive value (NPV), accuracy, and area under the ROC curve (AUC) were calculated. …”
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Comparative of metagenomic and targeted next-generation sequencing in lower respiratory tract fungal infections by Zhiyang Chen, Zhiyang Chen, Zhiyang Chen, Xin Liu, Xin Liu, Xin Liu, Li Tan, Li Tan, Li Tan, Xing Lyu, Xing Lyu, Xing Lyu, Qichen Long, Qichen Long, Qichen Long, Weimin Wu, Weimin Wu, Weimin Wu, Zhe Guo, Zhe Guo, Zhe Guo, Zhenni Liu, Zhenni Liu, Zhenni Liu, Ziyang Li, Ziyang Li, Ziyang Li, Min Hu, Min Hu, Min Hu

“…They also demonstrated positive predictive values (PPVs) of 92.1% and 87.9% and negative predictive values (NPVs) of 94.2% and 93.9%, respectively, in diagnosing IPFI. …”
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Analysis of the effect of fecal SDC2, ADHFE1 and PPP2R5C gene methylation test for screening colorectal cancer in the Otog Front Banner by Fan Zeng, Shiiu Chen, Xuli Zhu, Jinrun Chen, Maochong Lan, Runxiang Chen, Daya Zhang, Chen Chen, Shimei Huang, Da Li, Xiaodong Zhang, Feihu Bai

“…The chi-square test was utilized to analyze the positive rates of fecal SDC2, ADHFE1, and PPP2R5C gene methylation screenings, colonoscopy compliance, the positive predictive value of intestinal lesions, and to assess the risk factors associated with cancer. …”
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Synovial pH, lactate, and glucose as adjunct biomarkers to exclude periprosthetic joint infection in hip and knee arthroplasty: a prospective study by D. Müller, J. Aulenbacher, N. Heine, B. Schloßmacher, V. Lallinger, G. Matziolis, R. von Eisenhart-Rothe, I. Lazic

“…The combined use of all three biomarkers yielded a negative predictive value of 84 % for the diagnosis of PJI. <strong>Conclusion</strong>: Synovial pH, lactate, and glucose may serve as valuable adjunct parameters in the diagnosis of PJI with a high negative predictive value.…”
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Diagnostic Efficacy of Cervical Elastography in Predicting Spontaneous Preterm Birth in Pregnancies with Threatened Preterm Labor by Hayan Kwon, Ji-Hee Sung, Hyun Soo Park, Ja-Young Kwon, Yun Ji Jung, Hyun-Joo Seol, Hyun Mi Kim, Won Joon Seong, Han Sung Hwang, Soo-Young Oh, on behalf of The Korean Consortium for the Study of Cervical Elastography in Prediction of Preterm Delivery

“…This study aimed to determine the predictive value of cervical elastography for preterm delivery before 37 weeks of gestation in patients with threatened PTL and a cervical length greater than 15 mm. …”
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ANTAGONISTIC ACTIVITY OF PLANT GROWTH-PROMOTING RHIZOBACTERIA TO CONTROL RHIZOCTONIA SOLANI FUNGUS THAT CAUSES BLACK SCURF DISEASE IN POTATO by E. K. Abdul-Karim, S. N. Hawar, H. Z. Hussein

“…The results also showed the effectiveness of the immersion method with bacteria in reducing the severity of infection of the vegetative and root systems with R. solani, with reduction values of 26.67 and 30.00%, respectively, and significant differences compared with the control treatment (83.33, 88.33% respectively). …”
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An AAC Mobile-Based Application for People with Intellectual Disability: A Case Study in Brazil by Mauro José Conte, Marcelo Gitirana Gomes Ferreira, Alejandro R. García Ramírez

“…The proposed solution shows the potential educational value for professionals who assist individuals with intellectual disability in Brazil.…”
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Analysis of the influence of socio-cultural factors on the development of youth entrepreneurship by V. Alieva, V. Parakhina, O. Boris

“…The article aims to investigate the impact of education, values and family background on entrepreneurs. …”
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Diagnostic utility of auramine O smear microscopy for detecting non-tuberculous mycobacteria versus Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in adult clinical samples: a 5-year retrospec... by Nadia Atiya, Leong Tung Ong, Thian Chee Loh, Chee Kuan Wong, Azwani Abdullah

“…Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated using Open Epi Version 3.01. …”
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The validity of a new resilience scale: the Japan Resilience Scale (J-RS) for mothers with a focus on cultural aspects by Mariko Takeuchi, Michiko Matsunaga, Akimitsu Miyake, Ryuichiro Egashira, Sayaka Hotta, Mai Nakano, Misaki Moriguchi, Fumihiko Yasuno, Masako Myowa, Keisuke Hagihara

“…At a cutoff of 59/60, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value were 84.1%, 63.9%, 34.6%, and 94.7% respectively. …”
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A simple risk index predicts endovascular treatment outcomes in acute ischemic stroke: prognostic value of SPAN-100 by Noémie Ligot, Marie Dagonnier, Boris Lubicz, Nicolas Brassart, Gilles Naeije

“…Discriminative ability was assessed using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis (AUC, 95% CI), and model performance was evaluated using AIC and BIC. The positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV) were calculated for SPAN ≥100, and outcome proportions were compared between SPAN-defined groups using Fisher’s exact test.ResultsA total of 530 patients were included, of whom 116 had SPAN scores of ≥100. …”
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Evaluating the diagnostic performance of adult sepsis event criteria in the emergency department: impact of including isolated serum lactate elevations by Hyojun Park, Ryoung-Eun Ko, Hyo-Seok Oh, Jae Young Moon, Youjin Chang, Gee Young Suh

“…Diagnostic performance was assessed using sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV). …”
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Predicting survival in bladder cancer with a novel apoptotic gene-related prognostic model by Ding-ming Song, Kun Feng, Wen-fei Luo, Dong-shan Lv, Li-po Zhou, Yi-bo He, Yanyang Jin

“…Nomogram variables, prompted from ARGM and clinical parameters, also generate a high predictive value for patient survival. Conclusion Ourestablished apoptosis-related gene model (ARGM) has a substantial predictive value for prognosis and immunotherapy of bladder cancer. …”
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Clinical utility of artificial intelligence–augmented endobronchial ultrasound elastography in lymph node staging for lung cancerCentral MessagePerspective by Yogita S. Patel, BSc, Anthony A. Gatti, PhD, Forough Farrokhyar, MPhil, PhD, Feng Xie, PhD, Waël C. Hanna, MDCM, MBA

“…NeuralSeg was able to predict 98 of 143 true negatives and 34 of 44 true positives, resulting in an overall accuracy of 70.59% (95% CI, 63.50-77.01), sensitivity of 43.04% (95% CI, 31.94-54.67), specificity of 90.74% (95% CI, 83.63-95.47), positive predictive value of 77.27% (95% CI, 64.13-86.60), negative predictive value of 68.53% (95% CI, 64.05-72.70), and area under the curve of 0.820 (95% CI, 0.758-0.883). …”
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The value of ultrasonographic scoring method and nomogram in assessing cervical lymph node metastasis of papillary thyroid carcinoma by Liping Chen, Yan Chen, Zhengming Hu, Huali Cai, Xiaona Lin, Jieyu Zhong, Desheng Sun

“…A score of 3 or higher had a diagnostic sensitivity for CLNM of 81.1%, specificity of 85.2%, positive predictive value (PPV) of 83.1%, negative predictive value (NPV) of 83.4%, and Kappa value of 0.664. …”
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Comparative analysis of multi-zone peritumoral radiomics in breast cancer for predicting NAC response using ABVS-based deep learning models by Minfang Wang, Wanjun Chen, Ruiping Ren, Yuanwei Lin, Jiawen Tang, Meng Wu

“…BackgroundPeritumoral characteristics demonstrate significant predictive value for neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) response in breast cancer (BC) through tumor-stromal interactions. …”
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Peripherex Home Visual Field Demonstrates High Test-Retest Reliability, Validity by Schweitzer J, Ibach M, Berdahl J, Daoud M, Daoud YA, Kempinski Y, Goldberg JL

“…Detection of abnormal fields was excellent, with a sensitivity of 95.7% and a negative predictive value (NPV) of 98.27%. Detection of normal fields was very good, with a specificity of 79.26% and a positive predictive value (PPV) of 66.36%. …”
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Diagnostic Accuracy of AdvanSure^TM and PowerChek^TM Real-Time PCR Assays for the Detection of <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> and Nontuberculous Mycobacteria by Johny Bajgai, Chi-Hyun Cho, Jong-Han Lee

“…Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), negative predictive value (NPV), and overall accuracy were evaluated. …”
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