Comparative analysis of digital mammography and contrast-enhanced mammography in diagnosing suspicious breast calcifications: implications for surgical decision-making by Marwa Mohamed Taher Mohamed ElSayad, Maha Hussein Mohamed Helal, Omar Hussein Omar, Ahmed Gamal Eldeen Othman, Marwa Elsayed Abdelrahman Ibrahim

“…Calculated sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values and total accuracy of DM were 91.4%, 70.8%, 62.7%, 93.9%, and 78% respectively as compared to 85.7%, 90.7%, 83.3%, 92.2%, and 89% for CEM. …”
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Value of urinary lipoarabinomannan levels for tuberculosis diagnosis and monitoring of therapy by Yiqun Xiong, Zhihong Shen, Bo Dong, Ying Wang, Ying Zhu, Hongxia Wei, Dongliang Zhang, Yang Che

“…A combined model incorporating baseline PreLAM and week 4 change (ΔLAM) showed the highest predictive value for 12 weeks conversion (AUC = 0.871–0.943). …”
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Using statistical analysis to evaluate enterprise performance in the Python programming environment by O. G. Konyukova, F. F. Baratova

“…The presented calculations will not only allow timely and promptly react to changes in the external economic environment of activity, but also adjust costs to already predicted values, which, in turn, will help to increase the profitability of the enterprise, which is the main task of any owner.   …”
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Application of Machine Learning Models for the Early Detection of Metritis in Dairy Cows Based on Physiological, Behavioural and Milk Quality Indicators by Karina Džermeikaitė, Justina Krištolaitytė, Ramūnas Antanaitis

“…Models were evaluated based on accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values (PPV, NPV), area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) area under the curve (AUC), and Matthews correlation coefficient (MCC). …”
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Association between neutrophil percentage-to-albumin ratio and Parkinson’s disease amongst adults in the US by Li Ke, Qiaosheng Tang, Ying Li, Wenli Xing, Lei Zhao, Sili Jiang

“…Researchers are exploring the integration of multiple biomarkers, including inflammatory and non-inflammatory markers, to enhance predictive value. Neutrophil percentage-to-albumin ratio (NPAR), a novel inflammatory biomarker, offers economic efficiency and accessibility. …”
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Prognostic and functional role of PPAR-alpha and SNP receptor (Leu162Val) in acute coronary syndrome: a potential novel target by Abdullah Abdulsattar Raeef, Hassan H. Al-Saeed, Sami Mekhlif Mishlish

“…ROC analysis identified CK-MB, and hs-CRP as optimal biomarkers for ACS diagnosis; PPARα showed good predictive value. The study also found that the dominant genotype (CC) represented a small percentage of the patient samples while the homozygotes (CG) and the recessive (GG) represented the highest percentage, unlike the healthy group. …”
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MODERN APPROACHES TO CLINICAL AND LABORATORY DIAGNOSTICS OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS EARLY ONSET by D. G. Rekalov, S. Y. Dotsenko, A. V. Kylinich

“…It was shown prognostic value of the main serological markers of RA, and the predictive value for early detection of antibodies to the circulating peptide as a marker of the severity of bone-destructive changes in patients with certain clinical manifestations. …”
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Analysis of peripheral blood variables in evaluation and prediction of adverse outcomes with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy by Yingdi Jiang, Lu Dai, Jiang Lin, Yanjie Zhou

“…The ROC curves demonstrated that combining GA with NT-proBNP, LDH, and PDW provided stronger predictive value for adverse outcomes. Furthermore, the nomogram's calibration curve indicated excellent model calibration. …”
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Establishment of a Generalizable Industrial Crop Model for Microwave Extraction of Unsaturated Fatty Acids by Junyi Chen, Didi Lu, Shiqiang Chen, Song Liu, Yaqiu Zhang, Conghong Zhan

“…The stability and accuracy of the model were verified by the orthogonal experiment of UFA extraction from rice, and the correlation coefficient between the predicted value and the actual value of the orthogonal experiment was 0.9998. …”
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Value of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound in Adjusting the Classification of Chinese-TIRADS 4 Nodules by Hong Cheng, Shuang-Shuang Zhuo, Xin Rong, Ting-Yue Qi, Hong-Guang Sun, Xiao Xiao, Wen Zhang, Hai-Yan Cao, Lin-Hai Zhu, Lei Wang

“…The sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, and positive and negative predictive values of the C-TIRADS classification for the diagnosis of thyroid nodule malignancy before the adjustment based on the CEUS results were 83.6%, 63.8%, 74.4%, 72.7%, and 77.1%, respectively, and these values were 91.0%, 82.8%, 87.2%, 85.9%, and 88.9%, respectively, after the adjustment. …”
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The relationship between hair cortisol and trauma sequelae in motor vehicle crash survivors: the role of childhood trauma experiences by Ileana Schmalbach, Susann Steudte-Schmiedgen, Vanessa Renner, Philipp Drees, Katja Petrowski

“…To address this gap, our study investigates the predictive value of HCC for PTSD symptoms following a motor vehicle crash (MVC), extending our prior findings by assessing CT as a moderator within a sample that includes participants with and without CT. …”
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FAM111B and FANCD2, a dual expression signature, defines a distinct phenotype of pancreatic cancer by Fang Wei, Wanying Li, Ting Zhou, Lijuan Feng, Xianglin Yuan, Lihong Zhang

“…Results Our results indicate that expression of FAM111B and FANCD2 is correlated in human PC tissues and comprises a dual expression signature with predictive value for the prognosis of PC. Using information in public databases, we confirmed the oncogenic relevance of FAM111B and FANCD2 in PC and identified a positive correlation between FAM111B, FANCD2, TP53 and KRAS.FAM111B and FANCD2 jointly regulate ferroptosis, mitotic nuclear division, and nuclear division pathways. …”
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Performance measures of the medical priority dispatch system in an urban basic life support system by Vittorio Nicoletta, Maxime Robitaille-Fortin, Valérie Bélanger, Éric Mercier, Jessica Harrisson

“…We assessed system performance using sensitivity, specificity, overtriage, undertriage, predictive values, and accuracy. Statistical analyses included chi-square tests for priority consistency and pairwise t-tests for performance changes over time. …”
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Predictive role of cystatin C and increased proteinuria in early assessment of acute renal toxicity in patient poisoned by nephrotoxic drugs and poisons by Esam Mohammed Abdallah Ali, Emad Ahmad Mohamad Yousef, Maha Abd El-Hamed Helal, Mohammed Hamdi Mohammed, Meray Medhat Shokry Zaghary, Marwa Ahmed Hasb Elnabi

“…Cystatin C had the highest predictive value (AUC = 0.993), while proteinuria ACR and day 2 serum creatinine showed significant predictive capabilities (AUCs of 0.805 and 0.873, respectively). …”
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Prospects of application of artificial neural networks for forecasting of cargo transportation volume in transport systems by D. T. Yakupov, O. N. Rozhko

“…The neural network model consists of a hidden layer of neurons with a sigmoidal activation function and an output neuron with a linear activation function, the input values of the dynamic time series, and the predicted value is removed from the output. For a more objective assessment of the prospects of the ANN application, the results of the forecast are presented in comparison with the results obtained in predicting the method of exponential smoothing.Results. …”
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Global, regional, and national burden of knee osteoarthritis: findings from the Global Burden of Disease study 2021 and projections to 2045 by Yi Ouyang, Miaomiao Dai

“…Notably, the case number of these metrics were predicted to keeping increasing, with predicted values of 658,088,384.48 (322,110,040.98–994,066,727.98), 47,256,502.97 (23,440,017.7–71,072,988.23) and 20,517,479.78 (10,056,930.68–30,978,028.88), respectively. …”
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Peripheral blood markers predict prognosis and irAEs of stage IV driver gene-negative lung adenocarcinoma treated with ICIs by Yu Li, Lei Cao, Lei Liu, Yawen Ding, Feng Cao

“…Additionally, we assessed the predictive value of peripheral blood markers for irAEs using logistic regression models.ResultsThe 1-, 3-, and 5-year PFS rates for the cohort of 102 patients were recorded at 35.3%, 3.9%, and 0%, respectively; similarly, the OS rates at these time points were observed to be 66.7%, 8.8%, and 2.9%. …”
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Comparative analysis of 16 baseline obesity and lipid-related indices for cardiovascular disease risk prediction in adults with cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome stages 0–3:... by Yilin Pan, Beibei Du, Long Feng, Jingru Bi

“…Abstract Objective In the context of the newly defined cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome, this study aimed to systematically compare the predictive value of 16 different obesity- and lipid-related indices for new-onset cardiovascular disease (CVD) in a population with CKM stages 0–3. …”
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EFFECT IMBALANCE AQUEOUS BODY FLUIDS, AND RENAL DYSFUNCTION, CARDIOVASCULAR SURVIVAL IN PATIENTS AFTER AN ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME, MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION by E. S. Levitskaya, M. M. Batiushin, E. O. Golovinova, V. V. Gul’chenko, A. V. Khripun

“…The study demonstrated the predictive value to stratify cardiovascular disease risk, not only the presence of albuminuria, but its level and value of GFR less than 60 mL/min/1,73m2. …”
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Evaluating breast cancer screening performance without registries using medico-administrative data by Emilien Jemelen, Francisco Orchard, William Madie, Bernard Valentin, Josine Belin, Enora Laas, Guillaume Jeannerod, Pierre Mares, Sandrine Katsahian, Agathe Guilloux

“…Key performance indicators for digital mammography include sensitivity (SE), positive predictive value (PPV), interval cancer rate (ICR) and cancer detection rate (CDR). …”
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